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Most pups tend to sleep off a rather large meal. This grey seal pup was very lively and a complete cutey... lots of engagement with the camera.
Donna Nook is a wonderful place to visit on the Lincolnshire coast. There tends to be a really biting cold wind coming in from the sea but you forget all that with the wonders of what is on that beach. My friend and I witnessed a birth and..... unfortunately lots of fighting between naturally protective mothers protecting their pups and males wanting their pick of who to mate with. Then of course there are the numerous pups who, when awake, will grace your camera with some lovely images.
Photographed at Donna Nook, UK
Eleven image series of one of the most beautiful sunsets I've ever witnessed.
Every night after hiking, I built a small fire and watched the sunset. This one was incredible. Most of these images show a prominent lenticular cloud.
This one is my favorite in the series. I hope it lived up to the hype!
The Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common. Butchers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewelers, art dealers and souvenir sellers.
The bridge spans the Arno at its narrowest point where it is believed that a bridge was first built in Roman times. The Roman piers were of stone, the superstructure of wood. The bridge first appears in a document of 996. After being destroyed by a flood in 1117, it was reconstructed in stone but swept away again in 1333 save two of its central piers. It was rebuilt in 1345.
In order to connect the Palazzo Vecchio (Florence's town hall) with the Palazzo Pitti, in 1565 Cosimo I de' Medici had Giorgio Vasari build the Vasari Corridor above it. The Vasari Corridor is an elevated enclosed passageway (the yellowish part of the structure above the shops to the right in the photo), which begins on the south side of the Palazzo Vecchio, it then joins the Uffizi Gallery and leaves on its south side, crossing the Lungarno dei Archibusieri and then following the north bank of the River Arno until it crosses the river at Ponte Vecchio.
The Vasari Corridor was commissioned in connection with the marriage of Cosimo's son, Francesco, with Johanna of Austria. The idea of an enclosed passageway was motivated by the Grand Duke's desire to move freely between his residence and the government palace, when, like most monarchs of the period, he felt insecure in public, in his case especially because he had replaced the Republic of Florence.
" I was born to rock the boat
Some may sink but we will float
Grab your coat-let's get out of here,
Your my witness
I'm your mutineer"
On of my favourite Warren Zevon songs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU3e-dSY4v0
I only just made it to witness this sunset as it quickly dipped behind the Cape (Cape Woolamai), leaving golds and reds to light the sky in it's wake.
I am away with work part of this week then off to Singapore with a girlfriend for a week so am mostly off for the next few weeks.
I'm sorry I will miss your images during that time.
Some say that Nature adapts to cohabitation with our human species. We instead, should realize that We are the ones who have to react, adapt and accept. Nature has the real power and providence over the earth, sky and earth. And water always wins.
~Tom Cousteau Handy from "Deep Thoughts About Sandbars"
A great musical example of reacting to changes in tempo, tone and atmosphere.
Free form and beautiful flute imaginations from Nicole Mitchell~ "Adaptability"
song~ youtu.be/0IbLGeQC5CY
One photo. All images and art by me, Tom. Textures are naturally occurring.
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Fortunate to have encountered this beautiful sunrise at Cleethorpes beach in England. Very lucky to witness the two paddle board fellows as they sailed through the upcoming sunrise over the sea.
This weeks's theme of the Smile on Saturday group is "Nuts and Bolts". I found some old and rusty ones but didn't know what to do with them. Finally I decided to photoshop them into a capture I took this morning during a stroll around the palace of Ludwigsburg. The building is certainly much older than my nuts and bolts but in much better shape. :) HSoS !
Lovely day full of surprises...!
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Knowing when to walk away,
is wisdom.
Being able to,
is courage.
Walking away with your head held high,
is dignity.
Romy in DC
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This bird is also known as the King Cormorant or the Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer in latin... LOL! I am glad I do not have to remember these latin names. It is the larger of the two cormorant resident species of the Falklands. Apparently Rockhopper Penguins like to establish their nests in mixed colonies with Imperial Shags, as the Shags are actively defending their nests from predators and give a hard time to skuas and other birds trying to steal their eggs, something I was able to witness on several occasions and sadly enough sometimes on an ongoing basis... :(
series: The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex
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nikon 24-120 mm f/4
Rencontres entre un inconnus et des inconnus
Encounters between strangers and strangers
Feeling like a noir director filming Barbara Stanwyck in 'Witness To Murder" I loved this BW noir look to Jane.
Mir 24-N 35mm f/2 @ f/2 (wide open)
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WOW, WOW, WOW, what a place this is. I arrived here with a friend of mine Ed a couple of hours before sunset and a short fifteen minute walk from the car park had us standing on the shoreline of this utterly remarkable iceberg mountain lake.
Oh my word, this is where New Zealand seriously impresses you. As the sun slowly sunk down the mountains behind us and the last throws of light that lit up the peaks of these incredible mountains finally disappeared to be replaced by a billion stars that shone like precious and priceless diamonds, all that remains is you standing there feeling a little emotional and so thankful to be alive witnessing this quite incredible view.
New Zealand for those of you who have yet to visit and experience the breathtaking views for yourself, is quite rightly at the top of the list of countries to visit with a camera. I have had the very good fortune to have visited the country three times now and I honestly cannot wait to return at the start of May 2019 to run a ten day workshop.
All I will say is that if you have ever had a strong desire to fly to the other side of the world and be transported to fairy tale locations, go and DO IT!!! Either with me on a workshop or by yourself. The most important thing is that you experience it. Wait no longer, book the flight and be amazed by what you will see and experience.
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Zeugen des Irrsinns, Stahlbetonsperren des sog. Westwalles bezeugen den Irrsinn einer glücklichweise vergangen Zeit - witnesses of madness, concrete blockers of the so-called Siegfried line now lost in a nice country side, good that these evil times are gone ...
We all hold some opinion on Australian White Ibis; Bin Chicken to many, it is also an amazing bird: beautiful when landing against the light, a trooper with tough surviving skills and, as I witnessed from a hide last Sunday, a caring parent. This chick was thoroughly cleaned by its mother, with special attention given to its backside. Pity - just like its human equivalent, it will not remember...
(Threskiornis molucca)
Knowing when to walk away,
is wisdom.
Being able to,
is courage.
Walking away with your head held high,
is dignity.
Romy in DC
❤ BLOG: Credits & Slurls & More ❥
sllorinovo.blogspot.ca/2015/01/romy-in-dc.html
Featuring DESIGNER CIRCLE / 96th Round * Jan 4 - Jan 17
Sarah Mclachlan - Witness