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Serengeti, Tanzania
I take pictures because I like it, not because I am good at it.
The world is like a book and those, who do not travel, only read the first page.
If you only visit 2 continents in your lifetime, visit Africa, twice.
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The Sancti Petri lighthouse is located on the coast of Cádiz in southern Spain. This day was special because of the color that the clouds acquired just as the sun disappeared.
Switzerland, May 2021
My best photos are here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ticino-best-photos-of-southern-...
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You find a selection of my 80 BEST PHOTOS (mostly not yet on Flickr) here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/western-green-lizard-lacerta-bi... (the website exists in ESPAÑOL, FRANÇAIS, ITALIANO, ENGLISH, DEUTSCH)
ABOUT THE PHOTO:
So this photo is a bit of a novelty for me - at least here on Flickr, but it's also a journey back in time in a sense. I've always loved b/w and sepia photography; already as a very young teenager I would go out into the woods with an old Pentax Spotmatic (which I had nicked from my father) whenever it was a foggy day to shoot b/w compositions of sunbeams cutting through the ghostlike trees.
I used films with a sensitivity of at least 1600 (for those of you who remember what that means 😉 ), and the resulting photos had an incredibly fine grain which I loved; I blew them up to the size of posters and hung them on the walls of my teenage man-cave next to Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Slash.
But then I abandoned photography altogether for 20 years, and when I finally picked up a camera again, it was one of the digital kind. Now neither film nor grain played any role in my photographic endeavours - let alone b/w compositions: because the reason I fell in love with shooting pictures once more was the rare and incredibly colorful lizard species that had chosen my garden as its habitat.
It's this species - the Lacerta bilineata aka the western green lizard - that my photo website www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ and also my Flickr gallery are dedicated to, but I've since expanded that theme a bit so that it now comprises the whole Lacerta bilineata habitat, which is to say my garden and its immediate surroundings and all the flora and fauna I find in it.
I like that my gallery and the website have this clear theme, because in order to rise to the challenge of portraying all aspects of a very specific little eco system (which also happens to be my home of sorts), it forces me to constantly explore it from fresh angles, and I keep discovering fascinating new motives as my photographic journey continues.
Which brings me to the horse pasture you see in this photo. This playground for happy horsies lies just outside my garden, and it normally only interests me insofar as my green reptile friends claim parts of it as their territory, and I very much prefer it to be horseless (which it thankfully often is).
Not that the horses bother the reptiles - the lizards don't mind them one bit, and I've even seen them jump from the safety of the fly honeysuckle shrub which the pasture borders on right between the deadly looking hooves of the horses to forage for snails, without any sign of fear or even respect.
No, the reason I have a very conflicted relationship with those horses is that they are mighty cute and that there's usually also foals. The sight of those beautiful, happy animals jumping around and frolicking (it's a huge pasture and you can tell the horses really love it) is irresistible: and that inevitably attracts what in the entire universe is known as the most destructive anti-matter and ultimate undoing of any nature photographer: other humans.
Unlike with the horses, the lizards ARE indeed very much bothered by specimens of loud, unpredictable Homo sapiens sapiens - which makes those (and by extension also the horses) the cryptonite of this here reptile photographer. It's not the horses' fault, I know that, but that doesn't change a thing. I'm just telling you how it is (and some of you might have read about the traumatic events I had to endure to get a particular photo - if not, read at your own risk here: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/51405389883/in/datepo... - which clearly demonstrated that even when it's entirely horseless, that pasture is still a threat for artistic endeavours).
But back to the photo. So one morning during my vacation back in May I got up quite early. It had rained all night, and now the fog was creeping up from the valley below to our village just as the sky cleared up and the morning sun started to shine through the trees.
And just as I did when I was a teenager I grabbed my camera and ran out to photograph this beautiful mood of ghostlike trees and sunbeams cutting through the mist. There had already been such a day a week earlier (which is when I took this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/51543603732/in/datepo... ), but this time, the horses were also there.
Because of our slightly strained relationship I only took this one photo of them (I now wish I had taken more: talk about missed opportunities), and otherwise concentrated on the landscape. It was only later when I went through all the photos on my computer that I realized that I actually really liked those horses, even despite the whole composition being such a cliché. And I realized another thing: when I drained the photo of all the color, I liked it even better - because there was almost a bit of grain in it, like in the photos from my youth.
Since then I have experimented quite a bit with b/w and sepia compositions (some of which I will upload here eventually I guess), but this photo here is the first one that helped me rediscover my old passion. I hope you like it even though it builds quite a stark contrast with the rest of my tiny - and very colorful - gallery. But in the spirit of showing you the whole Lacerta bilineata habitat (and also in the spirit of expanding my gallery a bit beyond lizards and insects), I think it's not such a bad fit.
As always, many greetings to all of you, have a wonderful day and don't hesitate to let me know what you think 😊
I'm back...back back back!! Didn't get back from California till 3:00 am last night with delays on flights because of thunderstorms in Chicago!! :))
Because life can be like burning a candle at both ends, so keep them burning!
A tribute and respect to Queen Elizabeth II, who was a remarkable woman. For in that same year of 1952; I was born, she was crowned, and for all of 70 years, she gave her full loyalty and devotion in her service to us all.
Now, may she finally come to rest in peace !!!
I took this shot from St. Philip's Cathedral of Birmingham; so many thanks for your kind appreciation of compliments from you here, my good flickr friends !!!
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because he is afraid of not being elected :-)
Will Rogers (1879–1935)
HPPT!! Truth Matters! Character Matters! Conscience Matters!
hybrid tea rose, 'Elle', little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina
Because there is definitely something not looking right, and I can't put my finger on it yet !!!
A visit to The Midland Air Museum, which is just based outside Coventry and where there is a unique aeronautical collection of old military aircraft's. And it was rather cool to get inside and sit down in a Pilot's cockpit seat of an old military helicopter; I was amazed just how tight it was to get inside this cockpit and then amused with all the control panels in front of it me.
Just a bit of creative fun, with my fisheye lens here!
Many thanks for your cool comments and compliments from you here, my flickr friends !!!
There goes my heart beating
Because you are the reason
I'm losing my sleep
Please come back now
There goes my mind racing
And you are the reason
That I'm still breathing
I'm hopeless now
I'd climb every mountain
And swim every ocean
Just to be with you
And fix what I've broken
Oh, because I need you to see
That you are the reason
There goes my hands shaking
Because you are the reason
My heart keeps bleeding
And I need you now
If I could turn back the clock
I'd make sure the light defeated the dark
I'd spend every hour, of every day
Keeping you safe
I'd climb every mountain
And swim every ocean
Just to be with you
And fix what I've broken
Oh, because I need you to see
That you are the reason
You are the reason
Yeah, yeah...
I'd climb every mountain.
And swim every ocean
Just to be with you
And fix what I've broken
Oh, because I need you to see
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Because her mom was not good and didn't go to the gym this morning...La Mer went outside early to set her butterfly free.
Tank and hair clip by blothesocdcloset; trousers by Polly...both on etsy.
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I can feel myself
slowly but surely
becoming the me
I have always
dreamed of being.
-Tyler Knott Gregson
Because of the government shutdown in early October 2013, we could not visit the Great Sand Dunes National Park. So unfortunately remained just the view from a distance (from the Great Sand Dunes Lodge) with a telephoto lens.
Wegen des Government shutdown Anfang Oktober 2013 konnten wir den Great Sand Dunes National Park nicht besuchen. So blieb leider nur der Blick aus der Ferne (von der Great Sand Dunes Lodge aus) mit dem Teleobjektiv.
I chose this simple image because Water and life are represented in it. The water so precious on earth, essential to life, and this group of flamingos still called "flamboyance" The shot was taken in the Camargue (France ), lying on the ground. It is the only place in Europe where these animals breed.
They populate the marshes and ponds by feeding on small molluscs, crustaceans, insects, larvae, algae contained in the mud. A shrimp artemia salina, give them their pink color.
Due to global warming, the sea level is rising. Storms will become more numerous? The Camargue will one day be threatened?
With imagination, if pink flamingos could speak, they might seem to be saying this to us: "Let's all act together against global warming to help limit the harmful impacts on biodiversity and preserve the wonders of the Earth!"
#. J'ai choisi cette image simple car L'eau et la vie y sont représentées . L'eau si précieuse sur terre , essentielle à la vie ,et ce groupe de flamants roses encore appelé "flamboyance " La prise de vue a été effectuée en Camargue(en France ) ,allongée sur le sol.C'est le seul endroit en Europe où ces animaux se reproduisent.
ils peuplent les marais et étangs en se nourrissant de petits mollusques, crustacés, insectes, larves, algues contenus dans la vase.Une crevette artemia salina, leur donnent leur couleur rose.
Du fait du réchauffement climatique ,le niveau de la mer augmente ..les tempêtes vont devenir plus nombreuses ?la Camargue un jour menacée ?
Avec de l'imagination ,si les flamants roses avaient la parole ils sembleraient peut être nous dire ceci :" agissons tous ensemble contre le réchauffement climatique pour permettre de limiter les impacts néfastes sur la biodiversité et préserver les merveilles de la Terre !"
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Because I'm in a stadium of blossom and flower photography I want to raise the ante with this rose slumbering on my hard-disk for qite a while waiting for being published.
Da ich gerade in einer Phase von Blumen- und Blütenbildern bin möchte ich hier noch eine Rose nachlegen, welche schon eine Weile auf meiner Festplatte auf Veröffentlichung wartet.
Hi all !!
This time, I wanted to create a character that is anything but me. Clearly, he is kind, gentle.. Okay, don't bother him too much! BUT... I' a goth, I took it for a chalenge! So I present you Ayashi: My new character completely fan of yaoi. I hope you like it.
Story : "OMG OMG OMGGGGG !!! I've the new YAOI with the signature of the mangaka!! I'M SO HAPPY !!!! So i do a picture on my insta !! ahaha You're happy for me too all? "
Thanks for watching and your support !! ♡
The music : 🎵.
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a 100% cropped view on this nice long tailed tit.
Happy with this one because they never stay for long at the same place, they are always moving, jumping, flying etc ...
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I gaze into the doorway of temptations angry flame
And every time I pass that way I always hear my name
Then onward in my journey I come to understand
That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand
--
I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea
Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, sometimes it's only me.
I'm hanging in the balance of the reality of man
Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand.
Bob Dylan - Every Grain of Sand.
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"Die Zukunft steht fest, lieber Herr Kappus, wir aber bewegen uns im unendlichen Raume."
Rainer Maria Rilke
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Porque se levantó temprano
Californian Sea Lion
León Marino de California
Lleó Marí de Califòrnia
Zoo de Barcelona
because there is a northern hemisphere ;-)
icm image of a forest friend.
one of the things I love about getting to know a forest
is recognising individual trees.
I've photographed this tree before.
but it went missing after it's leaves fell...
and then late autumn this year, it reappeared ;-)
the same and yet different...
taller, stronger, a more supple dancer.
and for those inclined Daan Park from Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra:www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fb05_-ttas :-)
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We are, we are living our dream, we are
Singing our song, we are, just because
We know, we know, we're carrying on, we'll be
Chasing the things we love, just because
You are the sun, happy out here alone
You don't need to feel it all
Just sing your song
Sing your song
Just sing your song
Just sing your song
Just sing your song
If you never had friends...
you never lived life....
My bus to the wonderland.... my rare gatcha i dont think i will ever manage to find the right words buddy... but you know already... lovs u CAS x
... because I have friends from Russia and I have friends from Ukraine. And I know these friends from Ukraine have friends in Russia too. And none of them is looking forward to burying their friends ...
because I'm crazy for you ;)
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Less than 1 inch of size each one
I knew this song for the first time because it was sung by Robert Palmer. Many singers sang this song, originally released by Marvin Gaye in 1971.
First, I loved the very gentle melody, but when I understood the lyrics, I knew it has been sung about the environmental issue. And I learned that the subtitle was "The Ecology".
Also, The lyrics "Ah things ain't what they used to be, no, no" are linked what people in the world is feeling right now, isn't it?
As an image of this song that sang about environmental issues, I took a polar bear in the iceberg that melts due to global warming.
This polar bear is 1 cm long on a pen cap decoration. I used freezer frost as the snow.
Sandhill Crane.
Between 34 to 48 inches in length with a wingspan of nearly 7 feet. They are very tall with a long neck and long legs. Largely gray with a red forehead. Juveniles browner with no red on head. Plumage often appears a rusty color because of iron stains from water of ponds or marshes.
They inhabit large freshwater marshes, prairie ponds and marshy tundra. They are also on prairies and grain fields during migration and in winter.
They range from Siberia and Alaska east across arctic Canada to the Hudson Bay and south to western Ontario. There are isolated populations in the Rocky Mountians, northern prairies, and the Great Lakes region along with in Mississippi, Georgia and Florida. They winter in California's Central Valley and across the southern states from Arizona to Florida. They can also be found in Cuba.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
Always messing around with my poses... and always when i love the angle i just post it... Trip thank you so much sweetheart for all your help and support means a lot.....ur a beautiful soul and im honored to call you a friend.. hugs u tight
Theres a song, a song that goes deep in me in both worlds...
Happy Easter all and happy month feel blessed for what u have every day and cherish it!
Because I'd just climbed over it. I was having a really weird and unpleasant day health-wise and hadn't intended to take a photograph at all, but saw this and nipped over the fence on the track to a farm building and snapped it with my phone. Then I painted it, of course ! Things are a bit better now, so here we are !
A bit late for Fence Friday but never mind, there are no fences in my picture LOL. Happy Fence Friday and all the days ahead everyone !
Many thanks for your visits and comments, faves etc. I would prefer not to receive multiple invites - thank you !
~ Edited in Topaz Studio and finished off in PicMonkey. ~