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With possible snow or flurries forecasted for this weekend, I had to post a butterfly of some variety to think spring and look ahead to summer!!! The Gulf Fritillary is perhaps one of my favorites, in addition to any bird I can photograph. Photographed in the Dixon Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee.
Memorial Day, a day when our nation remembers, reflects and honors those men and women who have given their all in service to their country. Let us never forget.
I thought life was supposed to be
A lesson in itself
But each day I find it so much harder
Believe in what you feel inside
Cos there's no wrong and there's no right
Everyday I find it so much harder
Oh! You can search in the gutter down low
You can even wait 'til the mountain comes down
And if you wanna wait 'til the river runs dry
But you'll never find another one
You can search around the whole damn globe
Search from in the North, to the East, Westside
I bet your bottom dime
No matter what you do, you'll never find another one
Greetings...Captured this handsome looking critter at the Hokkien Garden during my lunch break...
Nikon D90 + Tamron SP 90mm + Raynox DCR-250 + Pop-up Diffuser + Handheld
as seen from manila. this is the sun being eclipsed by the moon. the eclipse started at 8.30am and ended 10.30am. unfortunately this is only a partial eclipse. so far i have photographed two of this rare phenomena. the first one was in 1988. but alas they are both partial eclipse. i hope that in my lifetime i can still experience a total solar eclipse as my grandparents did in the 1930's. A total solar eclipse is when the sun is completely covered by the moon. when this happens the day will become night but only until the event lasts.
would you believe that in ancient china the people thought that the sun is being eaten by a dragon. the emperor called his priests to explain what was happening. but unfortunately none of them were able to explain the phenomenon, since the priests did not have the knowledge about the eclipse during those days. so the emperor ordered the priests to be executed. such is the price people pay for lack of knowledge.
Leaving the dog park which was filled with active dogs after three days of rain, the sunset was vivid and oh so worth seeing and capturing to share it with all of you.
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The Corridor was built in 1564 by Giorgio Vasari. It served to link up the Pitti Palace, where the Grand Duke resided, with the Uffizi (or offices) where he worked.
It is a covered walk, almost a kilometre in length, an overhead passageway that starts out from the West Corridor of the Gallery, heads towards the Arno and then, raised up by huge arches, follows the river as far as the Ponte Vecchio, which it crosses by passing on top of the shops. The meat market on the bridge was at this time trasferred elsewhere, so as not to offend the Grand Duke's sensitive nose with unpleasant smells on his walk, and replaced (from 1593) with the goldsmiths who continue to work there today.
On the other side of the Arno, the corridor passes through the interior of the church of Santa Felicita. Down the tops of the houses and the gardens of the Guicciardini family until it finally reaches the Boboli gardens (one of the exits stands beside Buontalenti's Grotto) and the apartments in the Pitti Palace.
The passageway contains over 1000 paintings, all dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as the important collection of Self-portraits by some of the most famous masters of painting of the 16th to the 20th century like Bernini, Annibale Carracci, Guido Reni, Salvator Rosa, Rubens, Rembrandt, Canova, Hayez, Corot, Ingres, Delacroix, Ensor and many others.
This photo is taken from the Uffizi
We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put in their place.
-- Daniel J. Boorstin
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Look Ma, I can do the swing!...Orangutans are the only exclusively Asian living genus of great ape. They are among the most intelligent primates and use a variety of sophisticated tools, also making sleeping nests each night from branches and foliage. They are generally not aggressive and live a mostly solitary life foraging for food. They are the largest living arboreal animals with longer arms than other great apes. Their hair is typically reddish-brown, instead of the brown or black hair typical of other great apes.
from Wikipedia
Nikon D90 + Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 AF-D + Kenko 2X Teleconversion Lens + Handheld
This road leads to sunrise... Happy weekend everyone and thank you kindly for your comments, awards and visits....They are very much appreciated...Take care...
Nikon D700 + Tamron AF 28-75mm f/2.8 + Handheld
Baby, now that I've found you
I won't let you go
I build my world around you
I need you so, baby even though
You don't need me now
When the rain stops...Wishing you all a nice week ahead and thank you so much for your visit...
Nikon D700 + Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 AF-D + Kenko 2X Teleconversion Lens + Handheld
They say the best place to take flower pictures is at your local nursery. I agree. We didn't buy any of these flowers, but aren't they spectacular?
Smile please...Fun photo shoot with talented Jessica...Thank you for viewing my friends...Cheers, Ringgo.
Nikon D700 + Nikon 70-200/2.8 VR II + Available light + Handheld
Odonates (Odonata), or odonatoptères are an order of insects with elongated body, with two pairs of membranous wings generally transparent, and whose large compound eyes and usually allow them to hunt their prey efficiently. They are terrestrial and aquatic as adults in the larval stage. They are predators that may be encountered occasionally in all types of natural environment, but which are found more frequently around areas of fresh water to brackish, stagnant low current, they need to reproduce.