Balancing stones - HSoS

A snowy egret balancing on a pillar during a windy evening at the inlet ✔️✔️

"smile on saturday" theme "balancing act".

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"Smile on Saturday"

With such long legs and an uncooperative tree limb, it takes a balancing act to find the perfect perch to rest upon.

Smile on Saturday - Balancing Act

New Mini Challenge #24.0 ~

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Song: Basic Instinct Theme aka Neo-Noir in polycrome

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A fun fog shoot, and I met some good folks along the way! ISO reduced to 31 to get to a 30 second exposure with a 10 stop ND filter... To me, the color corrected result was not as appealing as this version - one of the benefits/happy accidents of a color casting ND filter!

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For roughly 2 seconds Danni was perched atop her dog Boo.

Dad was just off to the left and kept her from toppling over.

Babies act out when they're hungry, cold, tired. They do this for survival.

Marilu Henner

Waxwing birds are not true long-distance migrants, but wander erratically outside the breeding season and move south from their summer range in winter. In poor berry years huge numbers can erupt well beyond their normal range, often in flocks that on occasion number in the thousands.

A new Waxwing family in the tree about 50' outside our balcony.

My wife caught this one!

Rehoboth Beach, DE

This lovely White Cow acted like a model, posing neatly and showing her beauty.

We were along, she and me, and although we couldn´t speak one each other, I think we felt well communicated and we thought the same about nature.

It was a moment of pleasure in Cerro de La Golondrina, in the nearby of Navacerrada village.

I hope you enjoy this picture and I take advantage to wish you a peaceful and healthy Wednesday!

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Esta hermosa vaca blanca actuó como una modelo, posando pulcramente y mostrando su belleza.

Estábamos juntos, ella y yo, y aunque no podíamos hablarnos, creo que nos sentíamos bien comunicados y pensábamos lo mismo de la naturaleza.

Fue un momento de placer en el Cerro de La Golondrina, en las cercanías del pueblo de Navacerrada.

¡Espero que disfrutéis de esta foto y aprovecho para desearos un miércoles tranquilo y saludable!

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the boy and his schadow

HSS & may you find your balance : )

"I vanish into poetry as the sunlight mingles with the mist

I spy a boat across the water as I greet the sunrise in a lover's tryst." - AP (inspired by Oleg)

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaouEHiuuYM

VANISHING ACT - LOU REED

FLOAT IN TO A MIST

Take me now

while I am up

while I am down

while I have happy news to read

and sad news that I found

let me float into a mist

and vanish from the Earth

let me fly above the clouds

and see below the fields where birth

and death flow side by side

like the strongest river and sea of yellow flowers

and hope and faith walk hand in hand

show me how this promised land

softens and hardens beneath my feet

like sand and toffee apples cracked

and parched and suffocating defeat

self-deprecating and all I lacked

was time to heal

and time to be me

to run and laugh

to fly high and free

but you gave me an anchor to my life

and you gave me free will

and I squander these gifts

and I still get ill

but who is there who will take my hand

and who is there left who will understand

that here on earth is the promised land

but we break our promises

like we break the wind

and we take the love for granted

and give so little back and so much binned

what becomes of the seeds that are never planted

I could tell you I was sorry

I could try to make it right

but I don't deserve the chance

my broken wings are ever-ready for fight or flight

so let me go now gently

let me float into the mist

it's too little

it's too late

to wonder if I will be missed

what will make me happy

what will make me smile

I give to you my everything

I run that extra mile

but nothing that I do can ever

make up for the gaps

the silences

the way I run

the things in me that don't relax

so now I sit here crying

but am I crying for you or me

I do not like pity in any form

life and love is such a mystery

and I feel like first night in dorm

homesick lovesick puppy dog tales

and tears trickling like Niagara

Falls and fools and spout like whales

the little lies you whispered to me

were the sweetest and the ones that cut

and for all I know that I am foolish

I could see we were wedged deeply in a rut

but what is the answer I do not know

I have no purpose or place to go

yet I find myself dreaming and distancing like

Virginia Woolf in sheep's clothing

pockets ladened heavily as the shroud

shrink wraps around me the fear and the loathing

loses it's lofty wafty transparency

as I float into a mist to meet my destiny

and the mist is half of mistake

and the other half is take

and I hope for goodness sake

I will come to my senses before I wake

oh why do so many words sound the same

but when they are written look really quite different

I am just as I am but “somehow different” (Thank you Dieter)

and I remain just the same I am not indifferent

but in or out or roundabout

all roads lead to Rome or roam

spinning the wheel and tossing the dice

a spinning wheel's yarn twined hearts to bring them home

and now I am at the water's edge

my barefeet stepping into the foam

who will prevent me will it be a mistake

as I float into a mist

the earth beneath my feet doth shake

as I float into a mist …

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Contrary to the poignant emotions evoked in my poem, I am pleased to say that the feeling was fleeting as are all emotions aren't they ; 0) I would like to share with you some good news.

On my birthday I received from my doctor long-awaited news. Earlier this year I underwent a small procedure and a biopsy was taken. I was told to expect cancer and now I learn that it is benign, so I am once again thanking God for a miracle. If I had to store my miracles in a box, I would require a very big box! : 0) I have a small scar from the stitches. It's a bit bumpy still, but is fading already. I like to touch this scar and remind myself of all the joys in my life and all the love and light that surrounds me and how each and every day is a miracle.

Having smelt the cheese a resourceful little mouse headed for the fridge!

After steeling a Shrimp, this Little Blue Shrimp performs a balancing act to get away.

The Fink Water Jug, designed by Robert Foster, is now regarded as the flagship of the Fink collection and has been described as an Australian design icon.

I took this image within the National Gallery of Australia gift shop.

Balancing Act - Pulled this image from 6 years ago. Not a subject I photograph frequently, but a very elegant species. The new software really brings old files to life.

Species: White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)

Location: Northern California, CA, USA

Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mark II + EF 400mm f5.6L + 1.4x III Extender, Handheld

Settings: 1/1000s, ISO: 800, f/8 @896mm

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Australia 2015/16

This Great Blue Heron landed in the top of a cedar tree but the branches were too flimsy to support its weight. So he struggled to maintain his balance. It was rather entertaining to watch for about 30 seconds until it flew off to find a more stable perch.

We observed this fun behavior at The Nature Conservancy's Cheyenne Bottoms Preserve in central Kansas.

Tattoos by Lottas Act

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I was out one morning last week looking for dragonflies and it started to rain. It provided some fairly different dragon photos with this common darter covered in rain drops!

Stacked image taken with the Canon 5DS

Conifer tree

In 2008 nam het toenmalige ACTS 3 locomotieven van de serie 1600 in dienst. Hiermee konden de zware containertreinen uit Leeuwarden en Veendam gereden worden, die eerst in handen waren van een 1200 en een 6700.

Op de winterse ochtend van 27 November 2010 passeert de van Railmotion gehuurde 1606 Steenwijk met aan de haak een vol beladen Leeuwarden shuttle onder nummer 50063 vanuit Leeuwarden naar Ijsselmonde. Vanaf Ijsselmonde zou een dieselloc de trein verder rijden het Rotterdamse havengebied in.

Inmiddels is alles aan deze foto verleden tijd, de Leeuwarden shuttle rijdt niet meer, HUSA heeft haar spooractiviteiten gestopt, en de 1606 rijdt inmiddels bij RRF in het fraaie ‘hommel’ jasje onder het nummer 4401.

♫ Dave Lee Roth - Stand Up ♫

What kind of fashion is this flash infatuation

Is all this admiration mutual?

Need no lessons in emotional starvation

That look in her eyes is too good to be true

So now you got a good reason

(Now you got a good reason)

Yeah, but you just gotta learn

(You really oughtta learn)

Is what makes the world turn

Stand up, stand up

The more you do it, the less you fall down

Stand up, stand up

Put your head in the clouds and your feet on the ground

Stand up, stand up

For the time of your life, you turn it up loud

Stand up, stand up

Ladadika, Thessaloniki, Greece

Sunday's forecast for Glen Affric looked promising for some potential mist so I managed to persuade Iain (Highlandscape) along for a sunrise shoot. We were initially restricted to some 'minimalist' mist shots, disappointed that the mist and low cloud blocked any chance of some sunrise colour. However, all was about to change as the sun broke through the mist tops, with the next 30 mins or so providing some of the best light and environmental conditions I have witnessed,

Ghosts in the photograph, never lied to me. I’d be all of that. A false memory, would be everything. A denial my eliminent. What was that for?

Try to be bad.

Smile on Saturday theme: Red & Round!

Thanks to everyone who took the time to view, comment, and fave my photo. It’s really appreciated. 😊

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Mt Stromlo observatory ACT

Balancing Act - This backyard Bobcat may not be wearing Air Jordans, but he's certainly got hops like a prime MJ!

Bobcats have longer hind legs than front legs and it's amazing how much jumping power they can generate from a standstill.

Recently, I've enjoyed capturing images of wildlife in urban settings. I think there's great value to showing how wildlife navigates the built environment and showcasing their importance to urban ecosystems.

Species: Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

Location: California, USA

Equipment: Canon EOS R3 + RF 100-500mm IS

Settings: 1/800s, ISO: 10000, f/7.1 @500mm, Handheld, Electronic Shutter

Great blue heron at Oneal Lake at Hatchie Wildlife Refuge.

Christmas gifts ... - the annual balancing act ...!

This sculpture at the Advent market at Vienna Karlsplatz has

this "contemplative" time for me in a nutshell (;-)) !