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I had some fun with this one and learned some Photoshop tricks while I was doing it. As soon as I get another boarder staying here I'm going back to the coast. Just seems like there's just a lot of cool adjustments I can do to coastal shots.
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Autumn seems to arrive later each year in Nova Scotia. I discovered this explosion of colour along one of the many rivers near my home.
Lovely texture thanks to Jai Johnson.
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It seemed to be the season when all a the males join the herd to look for some love interests. I think they make a cute couple.
It seemed to favour this chunky perch when around the nest box. Pity it wasn't something a bit more fetching! Seems a long time ago now.
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Seems like it is going to get worse in Ukraine according to the French president and now the nuclear plant is on fire !! Let's hope there is no nuclear fall out !
Stop the war now !
Cyclamen flower taken at Fitzroy Gardens Conservatory.
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photographers seem elevated to a higher standard than a really good carpenter, which is probably a big mistake. Anything’s an art those days, so why not?
Bill Ray
on the question: "Do you think photography is an art?"
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peony, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
A lifer and an uncommon bird found in the forests of South India in a very narrow range. The bird seems to be quite common across South East Asia though.
They are mostly found around Banana trees in the forests where they are sighted darting off on the top and under looking for spiders. We had to just wait near this Banana flower and it was sighted several times there. The bird - a bit bigger than the common sunbird was quite agile and it was hard to keep up with it in the canopy and bush!
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Highway run
Into the midnight sun
Wheels go round and round
You're on my mind
Restless hearts
Sleep alone tonight
Sending all my love
Along the wire
They say that the road ain't no place to start a family
Right down the line it's been you and me
And lovin' a music man ain't always what it's supposed to be
Oh, girl, you stand by me
I'm forever yours
Faithfully
Circus life
Under the big top world
We all need the clowns
To make us smile
Through space and time
Always another show
Wondering where I am
I'm lost without you
And being apart ain't easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you
Oh, girl, you stand by me
I'm forever yours
Faithfully
Faithfully
I'm still yours
I'm forever yours
Ever yours
Faithfully
When The Night Seems Unfriendly
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===When you fight so hard but nothing seems to turn out right
When it breaks your heart and life seems like the longest fight
When all you see is trees but you can't see the forest
Oh baby turn to me, I'll show you where the light is
You can count on me, I'll stitch you into my heart
You know I can't breathe, you're so deep in my lungs
Oh my, oh my love's in the air
The fire, the flame, I'm there
Yes, my love's here on Earth
The ocean, death and birth
Yes, my love's in the sky
The pain you feel tonight
Through this joy I call life
So when you feel alone, like nobody will help you
Just think of me in all my heart I have kept you
You can count on me, I'll stitch you into my heart
You know I can't breathe, you're so deep in my lungs
Oh my, oh my love's in the air
The fire, the flame, I'm there
Yes, my love's here on Earth
The ocean, death and birth
Yes, my love's in the sky
The pain you feel tonight
Through this joy I call life
Through tsunamis, earthquakes or a broken spirit
When you scream with no voice, you know I will hear it
You know I will come running when I feel the Earth move
Through a flood, toil and blood, through the tides of terror
Feel my love, feel my love, let it breathe forever
You know I will come running when I feel the Earth move
Oh my, oh my love's in the air
The fire, the flame, I'm there
Yes, my love's here on Earth
The ocean, death and birth
Yes, my love's in the sky
The pain you feel tonight
Through this joy I call life====
The Enigmatic Golden Plover,the Jewel of the Pennine Hills & Moors, with its sad mournful call that seems to echo the wildness and desolation of this beautiful landscape.
I was able to get incredibly close today to this beautiful bird in the Yorkshire Dales.
Storms always seem to provide me with... a lesson from Brother Fear and Sister Awe. To the east the darkening clouds & wind rushed to engulf the landscape while to the west the sun was setting...
Katherine Walsh
“It’s not a bad lesson to learn in the bleaker months: how you view a storm is a question of perspective; provided you find the right rock to watch it from, it could be the most incredible thing you’ll ever witness.”
― Dan Stevens
A recent Spring storm on the farm fields in Sunderland, MA
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"Into the dark
I found you by the lake
We were so close
but I couldn't bear the weight
Cause you were a shadow
and I left you in the shade
I was still running from all of my mistakes
Cut to the fallout
when the silence stole our words
I was still fighting
for all that you deserved
Although it seems likely
that I left before the storm
The truth is I couldn't
leave you wanting more
I traced my lies to the coast
All I could find was your ghost... "
Picture taken at Panjin
Seems like it is very early for this Avocet to be so far along in getting his breeding plumage.
Pier 94 Salt Marsh, San Francisco, CA
suggestion of my friend Milan
Best on black!
This is variation in colour (slightly different composition) from the same place. I deleted the b&w variation in the group with photographs that are not technically correct. I apologize to everyone who gave feedback.
Thank (in advance) to you all, very much my friends!
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Yes, I always seem to have a drink in my hand...or I'm wishing I did! I'm a luscious lush! Okay, just a lush! I am chilling out here with a delightful strawberry margarita (heavy on the Patron!) and my pups, of course. When nobody else has time in their busy schedules to get tipsy with me, the pups are always game on! hehehe I have a Corgi in real life, so they are extra dear to my heart, and they are total rascals, constant energy! While I am a couple of sheets to the wind here, I think I will be quite safe as these two keep their sharp lil puppy eyes on everything that's going on!
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A fine, sunny winter's day seemed a very good excuse to go for a wander along a beach - this one at Kai Iwi near Whanganui.
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Seems like more show up each day. And this is nothing. I'll post some down the road where you'll see how it is. Lots of them
This year I was able to attend the excellent "Electric Glen" event held in Rouken Glen Park in Glasgow. This was my second time there and it just seems to get better every time I go :)
I seem to have gone daft on Harry's toys, sorry it will stop soon he doesnt have any other retro type vehicles left to shoot....he does have a London bus though that I might just have to get a shot of but I'll leave it for a bit....give you a break hehe.
Although titles may seem like a countdown to sunrise, I simply wanted to post in chronological order. When I get to the shot taken at official time of sunrise, it will actually be looking away from the sun. I will also be including images taken after sunrise.
I can not resist taking shots of grasses, and although I found the bit of frozen water interesting, my main focus was on the grasses and the western sky which had more clouds than looking east. In hindsight I wish I would have zoomed in to the frozen water as an extra shot, but I was trying to work quickly as the light, and especially the skies were changing very rapidly.
Seems like it was several weeks that I hadn't seen any kingfishers around the lake, then last week, there was a couple hanging out together, and another individual. Nice to see them!
that seems to take the bite out of being alone :-)
Louis J. Camuti
Happy Caturday!! if you are enduring this time of sheltering at home alone, consider a rescue cat :-)
emma, our rescue cat, 3 years old, cary, north carolina
it seems very likely that St Anthony's Chapel was closely associated with Holyrood Abbey, which stood just a few hundred yards away to the north-west. The two were linked by a well-made stone track (now heavily worn) with prominent kerbstones that can in places still be seen, and about three quarters of the way along this track up to the chapel is the spring and carved stone bowl known as St Anthony's Well.
It's tempting to think of St Anthony's Chapel as an outlying chapel for Holyrood Abbey, perhaps constructed as a means of getting pilgrims out from under the feet of the monks in the abbey. It has also been suggested that the chapel served as a sort of religious beacon, designed to be clearly visible to sea-borne pilgrims coming to Holyrood Abbey as they sailed up the River Forth.
As for dating, there are references to a grant paid for repairs to St Anthony's Chapel by the Pope in 1426, suggesting the building could date back into the 1300s or beyond. Details of its demise are equally unclear, but presumably, like Holyrood Abbey itself, St Anthony's Chapel fell into disuse and disrepair after the Reformation in 1560.
Today, all that remains of the chapel are parts of the north wall plus remnants of another building a little to the south-west, which has sometimes been called a hermitage but was probably just a store room. The remaining chapel wall shows signs of vaulting, and it is thought that when complete the building would have comprised a small three-bay chapel, with a three-storey tower at its west end. This odd shape, almost as tall as it was long, supports the idea that the chapel was designed as much to ensure distant visibility as to accommodate worshippers.
With all the processing options available today, it seems we become programmed to look at photos and immediately analyze what might be done to tweak them to make them better in some way. I recall when I first began photography 8 or so years ago, I knew nothing about anything and thus deleted at least 90% of my photos upon review, often all of them. Now, even though I still don't know much, I delete none on the basis of being possibly able to do something with them. Sometimes I do with pleasing results. Most of the time I do not and they remain buried in the archives where they will probably never do more than take up space.
When this view of the far north end of the lake (where the turtles bask in the spring and summer but have now already vanished into their hibernational haunts) appeared, now habitual thinking said, "what does this need?" I thought for a while and finally determined that there was really nothing I could do to make this photo better. Different maybe, but not better. Perhaps you agree.
So here you have it...an actual unenhanced SOOC snap shot of my beloved northwoods entering prime time for color. Maybe not too artsy...but still kind of pretty...;-))
My brain seems to be on pause as I can't remember the name of this flower:)) Thanks to two of you who said they were carnations!!
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I almost missed this shot. I was taking a shot in the other direction and I looked over my shoulder and spotted this girl staring at me. And, of course, there was a fence..;) She seems as surprise to see me as I am to see her.
These trees seems to cry for help, probably any help will be too late 😢
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Seems like every year on the range bring changes to motive power and operations on the former Missabe. However a few of the old reliables still earn their keep such as this former DM&IR tunnel motor taking empty limestone cars south along Rt 7.
Which fact seems somehow totally amazing and somehow not really amazing at all.
At the weekend we unexpectedly found ourselves at Lee on Solent in front of the camera, a change from the usual when we meet a stranger: me behind the camera and Ray patiently waiting at a discreet distance. Our story involves a group of people with a lady photographer taking turns to have a photoshoot whilst one of their party looked after a little dog, not allowed on the beach
The lady photographer approached us, sitting on the next seat, with a request to look after her little dog to which we readily agreed with a cheeky request from me that we might have our photo taken. Believe it or not, I had left my camera at home.
Thus we have received a gallery of photos together with happy anniversary wishes, and have chosen this one for our celebration. Thank you to Bella, the little dog, and of course especially to Myriame, the lovely lady, who we discovered is a professional photographer.
We seem to have a pair of Eurasian collared doves that are wintering here at Lake Meyer Park. I really enjoy hearing their owl-like cooing calls coming from nearby spruce trees during the day.
They are normally quite easily spooked, but this one didn't seem that bothered by me at all! Manningtree estuary.
A Super Spinto Tenor previously Overlooked
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Gilels in response to Richter said, Lazar Bergman is the best pianist amongst the three of them. Whether he really meant it is off the point, the point is this pianist is of the same league with them :
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Vasa Prihoda - Toselli's Serenade (1930s)
Tiny seemed to think the fake bird just might want in on the stash and she really didn't want to share. I thinks she's negotiating as most of the peanuts (her favorite) are around the bird.
This one and his girl seem to like our back yard. They are tricky to catch as they're active, and I often see them sally out to catch insects in midair!
This time of year I'm typically shooting osprey, but there is something off this year. The fish they eat are here, but the osprey aren't fishing for them...we are all flummoxed. More on that later.
Take good care!!
It seemed for about a week, that I couldn't spot a mantis, and I was confused as to whether they relocated, died...or possibly ate each other ;-) The past couple of days, I've realized why they were hard to spot...and I'm sure you can guess from the image. After their last...and possibly final molt, most have changed color. Out of the 4 I found in one area, 2 were all pale brown, one was a combination of brown/green...like this male here...and one was all green, but with brown accents. When I looked around, and noticed how much of the brush is already changing, I could see how a more brown appearance helps them blend. Whereas in spring and early summer, when everything was lush and green, their bright green color was better camouflage.
The next difference....wings! Yes...we now have flying stick figures floating around our yard lol. But I found the wings covering the abdomen was making it difficult to determine gender. So with research and more watching, I found both genders have wings. But the females, being larger, with the thicker, heavier abdomens, do not fly, and therefore have wings that are just about the length of their body. Whereas the lighter, narrower males sport longer wings that are a little longer then their abdomen, and are the ones that are seen flying, usually to find a mate...of course ;-)
And they've grown much bigger! No more are they the little bitty green aliens I was used to holding. But I've found these larger, more intimidating mantises are just as friendly, and even try and climb on my camera when I get it close lol. So my mantis study continues ;-) Please view large.
The kids are going back to school in a couple of days, so being loaded with back to school arrangements and activities, this will probably be my last post for the week, but I'll be stopping by to check in with everyone. Have a wonderful week, my friends :-)
Potluck..Seen at Gibraltar point sailing club where a kind gentleman told me all the yachts would be lowered by crane into the river the following weekend...my timing is always off but never mind , this abandoned liite hulk will get its five minutes of fame instead lol....
Btw this was taken just a week or so ago, I noticed my Fuji x100v was bracketing exposure and iso..have no idea how I did that because I did not set it up to bracket.
I altered the settings to stop the bracketing and set to single shot. However it must have gone to default settings. I did notice and fully intended to remove the date to upload date but forgot 🤔
Located on the River Steeping at Gibraltar Point nature reserve, the last accessible part of the medieval port of Wainfleet Haven.
Being located at the entrance to the Wash, the club is ideal for exploring the nearby ports and harbours of the Norfolk coast as well as venturing further in, to the mystical Wash with its shifting sands and unique wildlife.
Apologies Nigel, also to anyone else who may have bothered to fave this shot before I had to move it to today. This shot seems to be entirely jinxed and dropped back 3 days lol..it is in its rightful place now..
zebra longwing / zebra heliconian
I have to wonder if this was the butterfly that Mohamid Ali was referring to when he said "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
These beauties really seem to float as they gather around their host plant.
Host plants in my yard: Passiflora Biflora and Corky Stem vine.
Have a beautiful Tuesday, happy snapping.
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