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Young eastern grey kangaroo takes a pensive break under the casuarinas at David Fleay Wildlife Park on the Queensland Gold Coast.
Clouds moving across the Blue Ridge Mountains create a beautiful changing pattern of light. Taken from Air Bellows overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway NC
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There a few times in my photography journey where I’ve seen a landscape that I would call “perfect”. I don’t feel nature is perfect....perfect in the sense of photographically. Nature has flaws but yet still beautiful in its own right. This particular forest scene was just right. One of those scenes where I go OH😲. Nice diffused light coming from the east, a nice arrangement of old growth redwoods, and a perfectly manicured forest floor. It was almost as if nature had its own lawn service. The scene looked like it could be in a fairy tale book. Such a surreal experience.
This is one of my favorite places I've visited. High up in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, it's situated with all of the things a guy could want. Less people around, a wonderful river to fish and enjoy, beautiful mountains, aspen and pine trees, etc. I wish I could visit more often!
Also, the little Olympus XA was a wonderful vacation camera. It pretty much lived in my pocket and capture many photos that made me glad I had it with me.
Olympus XA
Fuji 400
FPP C-41 kit (Unicolor)
PlusTek 8200i w/ Silverfast
The bridge that I've 'shot' many times, but this is the first time from this viewpoint. ....Makes a change I suppose, and I do
rather like it.
Location: near the Burrator Reservoir, Dartmoor UK
A mother grizzly and her yearling cub, in dappled light, on the move down to the waterfront where they can swim over to the rich stands of the spring sedge grass in the middle of the estuary. The estuary is a very exposed area and the mother was on high alert sensing a male grizzly in the area. Males of any age will kill cubs that they believe they did not sire in the previous year so that they can mate with the mother. Khutzeymateen inlet, BC.
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Grand Canyon National Park
Desert View
South Rim
Arizona, USA
The Grand Canyon was formed over 5 to 6 million of years by the erosion caused by the Colorado River. Many visitors are surprised with the cool rim temperatures, but with the South Rim at an elevation ranging to over 7,000 feet, winter snow averages about 60 inches a year. The North Rim elevation is about 1,000 feet higher and receives an average of 144 inches of snow a year and is closed from mid-autumn to mid-spring.
Even taken from the same location and same focal length, every photo the Grand Canyon is different. The clouds, time of year and time of day impacts the view so greatly.
The photo was taken during the afternoon with the warmer light of a late autumn day. When I view this photo, I can't help but think layers. Layers of colors, layers of canyons across the expanse and the geological layers exposed by millions of years of erosion. Note the Colorado River meandering through the photo. While it is seen well at this location, it is hidden by the depth of the canyon at many locations. Beyond being the architect of the canyon it provides needed water to much of the southwest.
It strikes me that nothing man made can be seen and that had a Native American stood at this location 5,000 years ago, the view would have been the same.
The canyon is more than 200 miles long 12 miles wide and a mile deep. The national park is visited by about 6 million people a year. On a clear day, like this one, it is possible to see for 100 miles and the distance across to the North Rim seems to shrink.
There are always visitors at the South Rim of the park, but during the winter season, it is possible to find overlooks with few or no other visitors. One can find a sense of serenity when viewing a scene like this especially when viewing it alone.
Nikon D850
Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 VR at 38 mm
1/160 sec at f/9 ISO 64
A crop from a stitch of 5 vertical captures
November 16, 2021
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Grand Canyon National Park
Desert View Overlook
Arizona, USA
One of my struggles when capturing photos of the Grand Canyon is to try to convey a sense of the size of the Canyon. I'm not sure if one can truly appreciate just how expansive the park is without visiting.
The watchtower is a re-creation by Mary Colter of an American Indian Watchtower and was constructed in 1932. It stands 70 feet tall.
The Grand Canyon was formed over 5 to 6 million of years by the erosion caused by the Colorado River. Many visitors are surprised with the cool rim temperatures, but with the South Rim at an elevation ranging to over 7,000 feet, winter snow averages about 60 inches a year. The North Rim elevation is about 1,000 feet higher and receives an average of 144 inches of snow a year and is closed from mid-autumn to mid-spring.
The photo was taken during the afternoon with the warmer light of a late autumn day. I am often amazed at just how much the light difference from season of the year, time of day and the clouds influence the colors viewed from any location within the park.
The canyon is more than 200 miles long 12 miles wide and a mile deep. The national park is visited by about 6 million people a year. On a clear day, like this one, it is possible to see for 100 miles and the distance across to the North Rim seems to shrink.
There are always visitors at the South Rim of the park, but during the winter season, it is possible to find overlooks with few or no other visitors. One can find a sense of serenity when viewing a scene like this especially when viewing it alone.
On a sad note, while millions of visitors respect the beauty of the work of Mother Nature, on this trip, we saw that a few felt compelled to use markers to on some of the safety walls and leave behind messages, initials, etc.
Nikon D850
Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 VR at 24 mm
1/160 sec at f/9 ISO 64
Single capture
November 16, 2021
© 2021 Ronald Drewnowski - All rights reserved. Any unauthorized use is prohibited.
The Grand Canyon
The many colors, layers and textures of the Grand Canyon are enhanced by the afternoon's dappled light.
The magnificent Grand Canyon National Park is located in northern Arizona and was formed over millions of years by the Colorado River. The canyon is more than 200 miles long 12 miles wide and a mile deep. The national park is visited by about 5 million people a year.
To me the colors and view of the canyon change with the season, time of day and of course clouds. This photo was taken during the late winter when the visiting crowds are almost non-existent. It almost feels strange. I've had the experience of going to one of the overlooks and being the only one there. Every visit brings new discoveries and a great appreciation for the works of nature.
Nikon D800
Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 at 24 mm
1/125 sec at f/10 ISO 100
Single photo
March 4, 2014
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When it snowed heavily in the Palouse region of eastern Washington, it was a landscape photographers' delight. Dappled light rolling across the hills was frosting on the cake.
Grand Canyon National Park
Desert View Overlook
Arizona, USA
The Grand Canyon was formed over 5 to 6 million of years by the erosion caused by the Colorado River. Many visitors are surprised with the cool rim temperatures, but with the South Rim at an elevation ranging to over 7,000 feet, winter snow averages about 60 inches a year. The North Rim elevation is about 1,000 feet higher and receives an average of 144 inches of snow a year and is closed from mid-autumn to mid-spring.
The photo was taken during the afternoon with the warmer light of a late autumn day. I am often amazed at just how much the light difference from season of the year, time of day and the clouds influence the colors viewed from any location within the park.
The canyon is more than 200 miles long 12 miles wide and a mile deep. The national park is visited by about 6 million people a year. On a clear day, like this one, it is possible to see for 100 miles and the distance across to the North Rim seems to shrink.
There are always visitors at the South Rim of the park, but during the winter season, it is possible to find overlooks with few or no other visitors. One can find a sense of serenity when viewing a scene like this especially when viewing it alone.
On a sad note, while millions of visitors respect the beauty of the work of Mother Nature, on this trip, we saw that a few felt compelled to use markers to on some of the safety walls and leave behind messages, initials, etc.
Nikon D850
Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 VR at 35 mm
1/160 sec at f/9 ISO 64
Single capture
November 16, 2021
© 2021 Ronald Drewnowski - All rights reserved. Any unauthorized use is prohibited.
Noticed these stairs the other day, almost walked past before the dappled light caught my eye.
Happy Stairs for Saturday.
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The WayThrough the Woods Rudyard Kipling
THEY shut the road through the woods
Seventy years ago.
Weather and rain have undone it again,
And now you would never know
There was once a road through the woods
Before they planted the trees.
It is underneath the coppice and heath,
And the thin anemones.
Only the keeper sees
That, where the ring-dove broods,
And the badgers roll at ease,
There was once a road through the woods.
Yet, if you enter the woods
Of a summer evening late,
When the night-air cools on the trout-ringed pools
Where the otter whistles his mate,
(They fear not men in the woods,
Because they see so few.)
You will hear the beat of a horse's feet,
And the swish of a skirt in the dew,
Steadily cantering through
The misty solitudes,
As though they perfectly knew
The old lost road through the woods.
But there is no road through the woods.
explore 22/06/09
One of the flowers on our Queen Anne's Lace plant.
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The Blackdown Hills are a range of hills along the Somerset-Devon border in south-western England, which were designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1991. The plateau is dominated by hard chert bands of Upper Greensand with some remnants of chalk, and is cut through by river valleys.
The mobility scooter is a lovely shade of red so it was a bit of a struggle for me decide whether to leave the photo in colour or to convert to B&W but now that I've done it I think the overall photo looks much better in B&W. It was a gorgeous early evening and I loved the way the dappled sun played out on the scene.
I may be a bit slow in responding to any comments that might come my way as I've been unwell since last weekend and I'm still not up to par.
I hope you all have wonderful weekends.
Spring light and flowers combine to give us beauty and hope beyond winter.
Thank goodness it comes each year...
Enjoy the weekend, flickr friends....thanks for your visit!
Pat....xo
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Thanks to Suzy Holm for pointing out my comment box was closed.....details, details.....
Moss-covered Beech trees near the Burrator Reservoir on Dartmoor
I reduced clarity in processing to give a softer look.
Willow Emerald Damselfly / chalcolestes viridis. Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk. 15/08/16.
I was absolutely thrilled to get my first sightings of WED's this month at Strumpshaw. They really are gorgeous and so confiding, particularly the territorial males.
Once I had found two hot-spots to observe and photograph them in, I made repeated visits. Fascinating to watch their activities unfolding in the dappled light created by branches overhanging still water.
Looking north from the summit of Avalanche Peak, New Zealand. Mt. Rolleston at top center, deep canyons below to the left and right. We went up the very steep Avalanche Track (easier going up than down, partly due to occasional rock climbing in the lower part), and down the Scott Track. Both routes were awesome! Good weather like this really helps.
The orange-brown color is moss, which grows, and stabilizes the ground, wherever the ground is stable. This makes a two-phase or biphasic system--either scree slope or consolidated ground. Nature is amazing.
Along Joey's Lane, near Sheepstor Village in the Dartmoor National Park.
Joey's Lane is an old packhorse route which runs near the base of Sheeps Tor, starting near Sheepstor Village