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Happy Hug a Bug Tuesday! Sorry I haven't been around much over the past few days - have some kind of big stuff going on.
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Zookeeper, Elyse, offers the goats some leafy branches. The goats accepted them eagerly! In zoo lingo, the branches are referred to as browse.
A magnificent 7X7 Mule Deer reaches for berries from a large snow covered juniper in the early golden light of morning.
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A cow and calf were browsing on willows on a sunny day in the interior of Alaska. The calf, out of photo, was a few feet to the cow's left. The cow was not alarmed by the photographer's presence, however, she did keep her eye fixed while eating. This encounter lasted only a few moments, then she wandered behind the trees out of sight of the photographer. The cow and calf remained in the area for quite a while, but this was the best photo of the experience.
This Wisconsin white-tail doe spends her days browsing for food among the flowers and keeping to her young fawn well hidden. Hence the expression "flora and fauna".
The view from the gallery into the rotunda of the Public Library of Stockholm, designed by Gunnar Asplund.
In the back you can see the the main entrance.
See other pictures of this wonderful library here
The architectureal design annex of this library is the topic of my diploma work which is based on a real competition
Taken a few miles from our home, a bull moose browses on the vegetation that grows on the bottom of a pond. Browsing in water gives the moose a break from the constant torment of mosquitoes that bite the moose. Most often, cow moose are seen in the ponds, it's a real treat to see a bull browsing.
I need to keep on posting my bike shots. My collection is growing :-).
On a different note, are you guys liking the new flickr format that caters to bigger photos? I believe it tries to display the photograph as big as it can but limited of course to the size of the photo you uploaded and the size of your screen/browser window.
100 Bikes project. This is entry #9.
HBW!
Fukuoka City JAPAN / Sony α7R × DR Summicron 50mm F2 / mokuu.cc/2016/03/post-1921.html / JA J1 04 040
Late March, Colorado.
I was already using my camera with a macro lens. I looked up first to see two bucks suddenly appear at a ridge. They had recently shed their antlers and looked quite different from just a few days prior. They quickly moved down a path and I had no time to change my lens. So I just shot this photo of one of the two bucks with my macro lens!
Mule deer are found in North America, mostly west of the Missouri River and especially in the Rocky Mountain region. They are called mule deer because of the size and shape of their big ears. They have black-tipped tails and the bucks' antlers are bifurcated (vs. coming off one trunk as with white-tailed deer).
They are fascinating to watch run because they do so with all four feet coming down and rising up together, in pogo-stick fashion. Even the fawns run in this way. This form of running is also called stotting and pronking. This style allows them to move quickly and rise high over browse plants and shrubs. Impressive!
The South is the heart of camellia country. Indeed, common camellia (Camellia japonica) is Alabama’s state flower. Although it seems these beautiful plants must have been born here, in truth they hail from eastern and southern Asia. More than 3,000 named kinds of camellias exist, in a remarkable range of colors, forms, and sizes; they are not browsed by deer.
Browsing landscpae to catch a bee or fly. Tried capturing but gosh they move so fast, one really need lot of practise to get that shot, may be some other time..
Browsing the irregular pop-up music stall that sometimes crops up on Middle Meadow Walk, as dusk fell
Thomas Hughes QC statue outside The Temple Reading Room, now Rugby School Library, Barby Road, Rugby, Warwickshire (36/52).
Thomas Hughes QC is most famous for his novel Tom Brown's School Days (1857), a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended.
Please, if you have some extra browsing time have a look at the rest of my 'Project 52 2021' photo set www.flickr.com/photos/29663856@N03/albums/72157717690744777
Please, if you have even more time, have a browse at my previous years projects:-
'Project 52 2013' photo set www.flickr.com/photos/29663856@N03/albums/72157632445195620
'Project 52 2014' photo set www.flickr.com/photos/29663856@N03/albums/72157639407666594
'Project 52 2015' photo set www.flickr.com/photos/29663856@N03/albums/72157650090374041
'Project 52 2016' photo set www.flickr.com/photos/29663856@N03/albums/72157660757070783
'Project 52 2017' photo set www.flickr.com/photos/29663856@N03/albums/72157677419784130
'Project 52 2018' photo set www.flickr.com/photos/29663856@N03/albums/72157689104924052
'Project 52 2019' photo set www.flickr.com/photos/29663856@N03/albums/72157702107071042
'Project 52 2020' photo set www.flickr.com/photos/29663856@N03/albums/72157712523161043
I've been browsing flickr for a long time. My account has been dormant but I've always come back. Especially to be inspired!
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my Special Angel ♫ ♫ ♫
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"" Walking up the hill tonight
And you have closed your eyes
I wish I didn't have to make
All those mistakes and be wise
Please try to be patient
And know that I'm still learning
I'm sorry that you have to see
The strength inside me burning
Where are you my angel now
Don't you see me crying?
And I know that you can't do it all
But you can't say I'm not trying
I'm on my knees in front of him
But he doesn't seem to see me
But all his troubles on his mind
He's looking right through me
And I'm letting myself down
By satisfying you
And I wish that you could see
That I have my troubles too
Looking at you sleeping
I'm with the man I love
I'm sitting here weeping
While the hours pass so slow
And I know that in the morning
I'll have to let you go
And you'll be just a man
Once I used to know
And for these past few days
Someone I don't recognize
This isn't all my fault
When will you realize
Looking at you leaving, I'm looking for a sign..""..... (Marketa Irglova )
A pair of giraffes browse the bush for some late snacks as the sun sets in Chobe. Although hard to see in the dim light, the giraffe on the left is the male, with smooth ossicones, and his companion is female, with tufts of hair on hers.
I am continuing my browse through my photo archives and I have noticed a theme that regularly emerges at some stage in my cross-dressing sessions. Part of me is thrilled by that and part of me is embarrassed and part of me questions the motivation behind it. If my narratives irritate then I suggest stop reading now as I have another scenario I am musing over and intrigued by.
In this photo I am clearly trying to be sexy and alluring and attractive to men. I am an heterosexual male so why am I doing this?
Since my early cross-dressing days, I started to cross-dress at the age of 41 nearly fifteen years ago, I have seen a very definite theme in that I have dressed in certain clothing and posed in a way that can only be described as sexual. In my early days there was a period when I was dressing in a way that looking back now resembles ones expectations of how a prostitute may appear. I also recall I was highly aroused by my cross-dressing back then and had some very intense pleasurable moments. I see no point in denying any of this as the reality is I did it, it happened.
I have noticed on browsing through transvestite pictures that I am far from alone in having at some point dressed in the provocative sexual style of a prostitute. I fact I cannot help but note that such pictures are very popular receiving high viewing numbers on transvestite photo pages. It seems a lot of cross-dressers are captivated by others cross-dressing in such a way.
I won’t deny that I find it rather exciting to dress in a sexy style and enjoyed the erotic nature of doing so and posing for a photo. I can acknowledge now I did want men to be attracted to me and excited by my female appearance. I loved the idea I may be able to do this.
This brings me back to one of my recurring themes in my narratives regarding sexuality. On the face of it dressing up like a prostitute and posing in a picture and hopefully stirring excitement in men is surely the act of an homosexual man? I say no, it is I believe the act of an heterosexual man.
My view is that what lies behind transvestites going for this look and provocative posing is our own male sexual fantasies. Most transvestites deny any kind of sexual arousal is involved in their cross-dressing. At some stage in one’s years of cross-dressing I feel fairly certain there was a definite sexual element and masturbation involved. This can cause dismay and guilt and self loathing after it has occurred, I definitely experienced such feelings. However, as one evolves with their transvestism and grows older it is easier to be more accepting of oneself and start to enjoy the experience with the sexual aspect and some of the earlier style choices diminishing.
I do feel that our male fantasies about the ideal woman affects our approach to how we cross-dress. We may be men dressing up as women but for the majority of us we are most definitely heterosexual men; as is fairly accepted now most transvestites are not homosexual. That is not a definitive statement as there can be other factors behind ones desire to dress and look female. In my case I am an heterosexual male but I do have a definite transsexual aspect to me but not strong enough to dominate. I will admit I enjoy the dressing up and the illusion and the knowledge I am really a man. The transsexual side I feel puts in me in the ball park so to speak of why I desire to spend time as a woman now and again.
I think cross-dressing has a lot of the male fantasy about women involved in it. We often wear outfits and make style choices real women would not choose themselves, We frequently dress to suit our inner fantasies rather than real world female appearances. Let me be clear I am not condemning this, I will admit I like to indulge in my fantasies now and again despite knowing I am being unrealistic, it’s fun and yes, can be pleasurable.
I conducted an experiment with some female friends and showed them a few pictures that were hugely popular with transvestites, often with comments such as ‘totally convincing’, you get the idea. Interestingly they found them anything but convincing. The pictures they preferred were ones that indeed looked more realistic and real world but it was noted were not being viewed much. It seems that utterly convincing, passing one hundred percent in the outside world as a woman in a totally realistic way is not what most of us aspire to even if we think we do. Only a minority pursue this and do well . The majority go in for overtly feminine, more towards glamorous looks and often with a high degree of sexual fantasy such as mini skirts, very high heels, heavy make-up, long hair styles, long painted nails, posing in lingerie, adopting provocative expressions and poses. I see this all the time and I have even done this myself quite a lot over the years. Still don’t believe it’s motivated by sexual fantasy? I rather think it is, I rather do.
I fully expect this post to be unpopular and draw a high degree of negative responses but I like to talk openly about my transvestism when I can so please bear in mind this is my own view I do not expect agreement. I do feel though we can be less than honest with ourselves about why we engage in cross-dressing and I think the whole taboo around the sexual aspects, which many deny vehemently, does exist for a lot of cross-dressers and it would be a lot easier for many to accept if they admitted this and enjoyed it instead of the angst that can be felt.
What I’m saying is dressing up in sexy way and looking like a prostitute does seem to be a stage many of us go through and may well retain. Don’t feel bad about it just get on with it and enjoy it. It may be a stage that passes or always be something one goes in for. Whatever, don’t feel too bad about it, don’t question your sexuality, it is I believe an heterosexual act and one can derive a lot of pleasure from it. Have fun, have a lot of fun!
Sidewalk Heroes is a series where I use the pavement opposite to my home as a stage to photograph the passers-by in their everyday life.
With this year's World Book Day falling during the second Lockdown, we wondered how we could let the local schoolkids exchange the vouchers they are given for the special WBD books. Fortunately it stayed dry and we wheeled out a display outside the shop, so the youngsters could pick what they wanted, instead of having to ask for books to be brought out (since customers can't enter the shop just now, click and collect only), which is good as the chance to browse and pick what they want is a big part of it for the youngsters. Happy to say we had a lot of very delighted young readers over the last few days! And that made us pretty happy in turn,
Taming Light #17.
Deep in the depths these strange creatures of light feed on radiant filaments of green.
Well, that's what I can see. Perhaps you see something else? :)
For new viewers: These are light refraction patterns or 'caustics' formed by a light beam passing through a shaped and textured plastic form. Colour is added into the clear plastic which modifies the way the plastic hardens further enhancing the patterns.The pattern is captured directly on to 35mm film by removing the camera lens and putting the transparent object in its place. The processed film is digitally scanned for uploading. Please note these are not computer generated images but a true analogue of the way light is refracted by the objects I create.
View large to see the 'rainbow' refraction colours and the diffraction effects.
With her housework finished for the day, Elizabeth relaxes at her desk to catch up on the latest doll fashion news and plot her shopping choices at Penny Lane boutique tomorrow.