" And I shall have some peace there, For peace comes dropping slow,

Dropping from the veil of morn, To where the cricket sings,

Where midnights all a glimmer, And noon a purple glow,

And evenings filled with linnets wings "

{William Butler Yeats}

This stream comes from a spring that cascades out from under a boulder high up on the ridge in the distance. It plays it own special music as it tumbles down the mountain where it joins many other such streams, eventually forming the great Vartry river which enters the port of Wicklow 20 miles to the south east.

The lone Mountain Ash stands and watches its passing as it has done for so many years.

A wild and a beautiful place.

P@t.

Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden - Johannesburg, South Africa

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We have been hiking in to some pretty awesome water falls this past couple of weeks. This one was only a 2 mile round trip hike. WHY have we not known about this before!!!??? It was so gorgeous. I am sure I will be posting some of the other angles of it. Playing with a new filter, so not that great of white water, but I am getting the hang of it.

Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden - Johannesburg, South Africa

River Etive - Scottish Highlands

North of Golspie.

We got about 20 cm of snow last night and I should be out getting photos but our street is a mess..and it is warm and cozy int he house..feeling lazy! I took so many photos in autumn and never posted most....

Taken surrounded by goats :)

[Long exposure & HDR process]

Through a spider web decorated with dew drops, a small stream could be seen ...

fall stream sky landscape trees shrubs

red and blue

Blue Mountains, Australia

Brainard Lake Recreation Area, Colorado

Small and beautiful stream through the forest. Standing on a few wooden plank with the tripod and shot taken with ND16 filter.

Autumn is painting Columbia River Gorge with beautiful colors.

Colour version of an earlier shot but shorter exposure.

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Swallow Falls State Park MD

Tatra Mountains, Poland

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