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Sad to say, Lolita passed away today. Without her, I would have never met Iwona ( long story about a feisty cat that got away from Iwona and moved in with my parents for a while). We often said she was the architect of our relationship, but we also just called her Mamma because two of our other cats are her babies.
Bye Bye Mamma, your big innocent eyes, baby doll face, and sweet disposition will be missed.
Image taken near Mata-mata
Before sunset we stayed to shot a raptor that we particularly liked. We worry on our way back to find the entry to the camp closed ! A few kilometers only from our destination and near a waterhole where apparently he just drink in, a cheetah was showing off before some admirers.At first lying on the ground, the animal roll sideways, seeming very calm, enjoying himself, ignoring us. Then he stand up and left us without hurry, coming back a few times, one or two bushes away, letting us admiring his feline beauty before leaving ...The wildlife photographer knows well this intense emotion which we never tires when wild nature offers us such a gift!
Image prise près de Mata-mata
Avant le coucher du soleil nous sommes restés pour photographier un rapace que nous aimons particulièrement. Nous nous inquiétons en revenant de trouver l'entrée du camp fermée! A quelques kilomètres seulement de notre destination , près d'un point d'eau où il venait certainement de boire, ce guépard est allongé et roule sur lui même devant quelques admirateurs !Le photographe animalier connait bien cette émotion intense qui nous envahit et dont on ne se lasse jamais lorsque la nature sauvage nous offre un pareil cadeau !
Puis le guépard va s'en aller ,allant d'un buisson à l'autre ,nous permettant d'admirer sa beauté féline !
Il est temps pour nous de rentrer , encore émervveillés des moments que nous venons de vivre ..
Explore 70 🌟July 12, 2024
A quick tutorial as to how this picture evolved. I posted a similar shot in bw awhile back without the clouds, birds etc.
Below you will see the three images that comprise the main image. Often a shot is really great but lacks something. Something that can make it dramatic and eye catching.
Here I also used the burn tool in Photoshop and overlay layer to get the desired effects in the dune and clouds. The birds are a brush from Skeletal Mess.
This image took about an hour to produce from start to finish. This obviously excludes going on location(s) which is entirely another matter.
View it Large & View On Black</a :)
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EPLORE # 266
"There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven"
Led Zeppelin
Stairway to heaven.
Taken from the pier at Cromer, Norfolk, England looking back at the ramps leading up from the sea to the town with Cromer church in the background.
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A very well fed, comfortable seal pup at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire.
Clearly used to having people nearby. This pup's eye contact was incredible.
Nice to be out with my camera again. xx
A bee inside a hedgehog catus. My side yard. Dedicated macro lens. No crop. No post processing.
HMMM! youtu.be/XWLvm11MAaM
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Aucun groupe privé ou groupe multiple ne vous invite
Geen privégroep of meerdere groepsuitnodigingen alstublieft
Keine private Gruppe oder mehrere Gruppen laden bitte ein
Nenhum grupo privado ou grupo múltiplo convida por favor
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Doc and I had to travel to Glennallen for our flu shots yesterday. On the way we noticed that all of the wilderness ponds had frozen over, and even the larger lakes had skim ice on the surfaces. When we arrived at our local clinic, we found that the road was sanded, and a group of children were enjoying the first snowfall of the season. With 10 degrees predicted for our low temperature tonight, I think I can safely say that Old Man Winter has officially arrived in my little corner of the boreal forest.
Thank you to one of my flickr friends for giving me some much needed inspiration! flic.kr/p/X536V9 She posted a fabulous tutorial in her picture description. I had a BLAST taking this shot! :)
Waiting to board the Colintriave Ferry to the Isle of Bute on a day out cycling, Kyles of Bute, Argyle and Bute, Scotland
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Bartolomé Island
Galapagos
Ecuador
South America
The Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) is a penguin endemic to the Galápagos Islands. It is the only penguin that lives north of the equator in the wild. It can survive due to the cool temperatures resulting from the Humboldt Current and cool waters from great depths brought up by the Cromwell Current.
While ninety percent of the Galápagos penguins live among the western islands of Fernandina and Isabela, they also occur on Santiago, Bartolomé, northern Santa Cruz, and Floriana. The northern tip of Isabela crosses the equator, meaning that some Galápagos penguins live the northern hemisphere, the only penguins to do so.
The species is endangered, with an estimated population size of around 1,500 individuals in 2004, according to a survey by the Charles Darwin Research Station. The population underwent an alarming decline of over 70% in the 1980s but is slowly recovering. It is therefore the rarest penguin species (a status which is often falsely attributed to the yellow-eyed penguin).
Population levels are influenced by the effects of the El Niño Southern Oscillation, which reduces the availability of shoaling fish, leading to low reproduction or starvation. However, anthropogenic factors (e.g. oil pollution, fishing by-catch and competition) may be adding to the ongoing demise of this species. On Isabela Island, cats, dogs, and rats attack penguins and destroy their nests. When in the water, they are preyed upon by sharks, fur seals, and sea lions. – Wikipedia
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To my dear Maria, I can not let this day pass without sending you my warm Birthday greetings. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Your magical world and friendship will always stay in my heart. I'm sending you four birds of Happiness, Contentment, Peace and Good Health to you my dear friend!!
To Georgia with much love!! :o))
Asha's second account - Asha's first account
Just a wee picture of Ashala running free on the beach yesterday which I think shows she is at home being a beach babe... P.S...that is sand on her nose she still loves digging holes in the sand and sticking her snout in the hole to have a good sniff...I'm waiting for the day when she sniff out some treasure...lol.
We woke to fog and clouds that totally enshrouded the flats and mountains. Little by little the fog lifted and light began to find it's way through. It seemed to me as if I was watching the earth be formed. Smile.
Thank you for sharing the experience,
Bev
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Access to Parking Area, Terminal 2, Munich Airport.
This Shot is similar to the one I placed on Flickr nearly 2 and a half year ago, as my first shot. But this time I chose the opposite direction for the picture.
The Times they are a changing...........
Another view of the amazing Dune du Pilat in France, the largest sand dune in Europe.
This is the north-to-south view towards the top on the other side, about 2 kilometers from the point that I'm standing. I've uploaded it quite large so you can admire the scale and the details.
Άλλη μια άποψη του θαυμαστού Dune du Pilat στη Γαλλία, του μεγαλύτερου αμμόλοφου της Ευρώπης.
Αυτή είναι η θέα από βορρά προς νότο, προς την κορυφή στην απέναντι μεριά, περίπου 2 χιλιόμετρα απ' το σημείο που στέκομαι. Την έχω ανεβάσει σε αρκετά μεγάλη ανάλυση για να θαυμάσετε το μέγεθος και τις λεπτομέρεις.
We started our climb to the summit of Mt Atavyros (Rhodes Is) from Agios Isidoros before sunrise taking us about 6 hours to complete the gruelling 25km round trip
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