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“Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.” – Robert Frank
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What once was close, now seems far.
Our landscape is dotted with spaces for birds. For those who stay, for those who stop and fly away.
Lakes, rivers and ponds, weave between the crops, fields, houses, businesses and malls.
Prime land for those who delight our lives with colour, flight and call.
I often wonder around the lake with my daughter. It is full of life and now, with leaves that fall.
In the time I had to lie in bed and rest, friends have been to ICU, two came home, one was laid to rest. RIP my friend.
Yet, I am still here to see the season change, to be with the people I love and savour the day. So I count myself blessed to still be here to share with you all, before it's time to rest.
Thanks to everyone for the love and support :-)
A closer view across the rocks at Jaggers Beach, Cuttagee near Bermagui on the Far South Coast of NSW.
Marvel of Peru or belle de nuit flowers open in the late afternoon and close early the following morning. As the flowers close the stamens and the style fold back into the centre of the flower
.. to the weekend 😎☀️
ladybird on lavender, up close... 😃 TGIF!
Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro
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Looking Close... on Friday: Eraser
(Not *my* work in progress, by the way. But a very cute work in progress. Oh, and of course I didn't erase the cat's paw, it hadn't been drawn yet. I would never do that to a poor kitty.)
RKO_3664. Close-up shot of a beautiful Bittern. Actually, I knew she was somewhere nearby in the reeds, but I couldn't find her due her camouflage feathers. Surprisingly the Bittern left the reeds (very relaxed) just in front of me allowing for some quick close-up shots.
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Farming under the shadow of a National Monument. Devils Tower in Wyoming has been one of my favorite places to visit for years. Always reminds me of the Steven Spielberg 1977 movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
I do so love when wildlife chooses to come really close, and was thrilled to get such a great view of this beautiful red squirrel in Kilchrenan way back in 2013. However, it was slightly frustrating that it was so close that it wouldn't quite fit in the frame, and so I had to chop the tip of its lovely fluffy tail :(
Slender Ringtail Damselfly (Austrolestes analis)
Every now and then on of these will let me get in close.
I will be taking some time off my dear friends, I need a break as I'm sure you guys need a break from me, all the best ! :-))
~The head,lip shade,shadow and lash is
from lelutka called Erin evox 3.1,update
~Added liner is from Glam affair
from the Tera pack
~Brow style in shade black is from
Not found called Joy
~Applier is from Not Found called
Scarlet and the shade is Sorbet
~Blush and moles are from warpaint
called woke up like this 4
~The hair is from [LERONSO]
~The shape and brow shape is from Lilo's,
made for the Erin head called Flower
face is not edited and i bought it at the Dubai event
~The earrings are from Ysoral called Lucia:
rigged for the Erin head,human
~Lip piercing is from Ysoral called Aela:
rigged for the Erin head
and i got both for the Glorious Days event
~Top is from Pixicat called Era Sweater
style Latex and i got it at C88
This red winged blackbird took off near me, and headed toward another branch even closer. Zoom in for details of the water drops.
This was an unintentional close encounter earlier this year and I was hesitant to upload this photo for the longest time. It was a case of observing an animal from safe distance, in a vehicle and then the bear walking quickly in my direction and past me on the shoulder of a road. I didn't want to start the engine and startle the grizzly and I just held my breath and sat there silently as he walked on by.
I'm totally opposed to any actions taken by people designed to attract wildlife or affect their natural behavior. The most obvious example is baiting, which is actually done in some wildlife tourist retreats.
Excerpt from a photographers blog on his trip to one such retreat in Finland: 'the large communal hide was directly in front of a clearing where food was left to attract the bears'. This would be illegal in British Columbia but apparently is perfectly legal and considered ethical in other countries and by photographers, many of whom upload photos here on flickr.
Our dog Fedya (1990-2005) and cats Myshka (1991-2008) and her son Vas'ka I (1992-2008). Vas'ka I was so attached to his mother that after her death from eye cancer, he also could not live, fell ill and died a few months later.
Thank you all for visits, favs and comments, it's greatly appreciated!
“Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.”
Ruth Ann Schabaker
for "Looking close... on Friday!"
Theme : "CURVES" - November 19, 2021
Canon EOS 6D - f/5 - 1/250sec - 100mm - ISO 100
- for challenge Flickr group: Macro Mondays, theme: Closed
- Closing Time by Leonard Cohen:
Great question for many of us when it comes to the final crop
Yes I did get the entire Owl in frame (inc. wings)
& Yes he was extremely close
But also 'yes' we've uploaded countless 'fly-by' Short Eared Owl shots recently
So an unconventionally close crop to create something
different
Good idea?
Bad idea?
There's no right answer
In the end it was just 'my idea'
"Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time you are near?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you"
This is not exactly what this Golden-headed Cisticola was singing, but close... (-;
(Cisticola exilis)
This was taken at the 28th Street Metro Cruise in Grand Rapids, last year.
Thanks for views, comments and favs :)
Stranded in the spooky town
Stop lights are swaying and the phone lines are down
The floor is crackling cold
She took my heart, I think she took my soul
With the moon I run
Far from the carnage of the fiery sun
Driven by the strangle of vein
Showing no mercy, I'd do it again
Open up your eyes
You keep on crying
Baby I'll bleed you dry
Skies are blinking at me
I see a storm bubbling up from the sea
And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer
Your shimmy shook my boat
Leaving me stranded all in love on my own
Do you think of me?
Where am I now
Baby where do I sleep?
It feels so good but I am old
2000 years of chasing taking its toll
And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer