Another product of our recent week in North Caroline, this exposure was made about ten minutes after a virtually invisible sunrise on a very cloudy, dark morning. Sort of a blue hour, I set the white balance to daylight, rendering it in the blues.

Some late grass bales being taken in from a field I often photograph during the year

Taken in Nea Makri on "Clean Monday", the 1st day of Lent, February 27, 2017. Traditionally in Greece it is a holiday and the beginning of a period of fasting leading up to Easter.

NEA MAKRI - ΝΕΑ ΜΑΚΡΗ, ΚΑΘΑΡΑ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ 2017.

Nea Makri is located in the northeastern part of Attica, Greece.

It is a small, picturesque coastal resort town about 32 km from Athens, and exactly 10 km from Marathon (the starting point of the classic Marathon run).

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A colour shot from a few days ago, sketching for the Bronica

4th of the year

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The middle of January, Alnmouth. Feels Surprising warm

This is the same plant seen in Amaryllis 1, 2, and 3, several days later. The toll taken by time is evident, but I for one still find this blossom beautiful. This is an 18-image focus stack, so it will reward very, very close examination.

ΑΦΙΕΡΩΜΕΝΗ ΣΤΟΝ ΚΑΛΟ ΜΟΥ ΦΙΛΟ ΓΙΩΡΓΟ ΘΑΝΟ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΜΗΤΕΡΑ ΤΟΥ ΚΥΡΙΑ ΖΩΗ.

DEDICATED TO MY GOOD FRIEND GEORGOS THANOS AND TO HIS MOTHER MRS. ZOE.

POLITIKA, EVIA ISLAND GREECE.

ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΑ, ΕΥΒΟΙΑ, ΕΛΛΑΣ.

Taken during the long "May Day" weekend, while my beloved English wife Theresa Jane Brown and I were visiting friends on the beautiful island of Evia, Greece.

EVIA ISLAND, GREECE.

The island of Evia lies along the Eastern coast of Central Greece, and is accessible to the mainland via two bridges, an old wooden bridge and a contemporary suspension bridge. There are also frequent ferries to several parts of the island. It is 175 km long and is the second largest island in Greece, and the third largest in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Professional Photographer, retired.

Athens, Greece.

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Rapids Park.

Lasalle. Qc.

04/06/22

The Garter snake is eating the husk of a Crayfish.

The slugs would feast and feast around here

Sketching shot for the Bronica. Managed the first shot one one film then waited 30 minutes for the light again

I have cycled this road which was used in Tour de France

Another shot from my recent vacation, this one was a Photoshop project. The sun was blown out, so I had to try to make it look colored. And the shot had my wife and our dog Riley almost at the edge of the frame, so I had to stretch the sliver to Riley's right, and then correct a bit for the elongated and blocky shadow just under them, and correct for the remarkably long building on the horizon that resulted from the stretch. I'm not sure it's all been done perfectly, but I'm satisfied with the result. The image was exposed about eleven minutes after sunrise according to one website.

Bigova Montenegro

Saturday open air market. Λαικη αγορα Αμπελοκηπων.

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Athens, Greece

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Athens, Greece

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Nissakia, Artemida beach.

Here I am on the job...

Εγω επι τω εργω...

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A clam day before the storms

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In the lea of the sun, so creating a lovely shadow with fill in, reflected light

A dull evening in North Devon

Taken on October 23, 2016.

LIMNI - ΛΙΜΝΗ

Limni, on the island of Evia, is a small port, beach and tourist resort, which is beautiful the whole year round. It is located 80 km NW of Chalkida and about 150 km from Athens.

The island of Evia lies along the Eastern coast of Central Greece, and is accessible to the mainland via two bridges, an old wooden bridge and a contemporary suspension bridge. There are also frequent ferries to several parts of the island. It is 175 km long and is the second largest island in Greece, and the third largest in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Professional Photographer, retired.

Athens, Greece.

(retired in 2011, born in 1946).

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“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Want to avoid the weekend crowds in the Columbia River Gorge, but still enjoy the lush greens and refreshment of a waterfall. So Annette and I made the easy decent down to Spirit Falls, which of course turns into a intense leg burn on the way out! I am always amazed at the pure beauty of the turquoise water and power of this falls.

Had a walk around a local arboretum today - it was mobbed despite having to book

Evening light

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Early October - Kintyre

With this tulip, I like the swoop of the stem around the frame, with a colored blossom at the end.

Taken with the IR camera

This is certainly not at the 1:1 magnification of which this lens is capable, but it's approaching it, probably around 1:2 or 1:3.

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Summer are the best times for storms

The hills provide a lot of feeders into the Ure

The whole thing was constructed decades ago from bits lying around

I guess it's pretty clear that the attraction here is the pattern made by this blossom's stem and three leaves, which I found it impossible to resist. The blossom's a hit as well, with it's petals wide open, exposing the stamens and pistil.

This is the product of a 35-exposure focus stack, so it should reward a rather close examination, at least as much as the jpeg format allows. I'm always taken by the little stickers that protrude all the way up from the stem.

That second day when the sun shone

Life's a beach and all that swaddling

Taken in our front yard on January 13, 2017.

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Professional Photographer, Athens, Greece

(retired in 2011, born in 1946).

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