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Our wild horse friends love the dappled shade in our yard. These three are tuckered out from all the horseplay. Today's visit from the herd is now becoming a relaxed interaction between them and me. The larger dominate horses have excepted me, where they let me get close and touch them and the young ones too. I talk sweet to them and scratch their necks and chest and behind their ears. The youngest black one likes to nibble. He's the one that picks up my garden hose and likes to walk around with it.
I am not a horse person per se; I have never ridden one or interacted with one like I do these. Although my wife and I love horses and admire their beauty.
The herd is keeping my meadow mowed, Lol. To my surprise, they eat whatever grows wild in the meadow.
This abandoned shepherd's cottage lies high up in the remote valley of Cwm Eigiau, Snowdonia.
The valley is steeped in history, including the days of the early slate quarries and the breach of the dam in 1925 that resulted in the death of 16 people from the village of Dolgarrog below. The area is also scattered with debris from the wreckages of numerous airplane crashes that mainly occurred here during the second World War.
The weather has been consistently good this Autumn, with plenty of golden sunrises to be had.
While the Red Deer rut is slowing down now, this large male was still bellowing away this morning to keep the smaller males away.
Another cold snap is expected to hit the UK this week so I thought I would post something appropriate in preparation. Not a recent shot, but one from earlier this year when we had a generous dumping of snow. A cyclist makes his way along a snow covered road. I have tried cycling in the snow myself and it can be a hazardous occupation, especially if you do what this guy is doing and follow the car tyre marks which, more often than not are compacted and become very slippery. Just don't pull the brakes too hard!
Worth a look on black I dare say.
European Goldfinch / carduelis carduelis. Calke Park, Derbyshire. 02/11/18.
It was quite a surprise to realise I was under surveillance by this Goldfinch! S/he remained perched, absolutely still within the dappled light of a Hawthorn. It was only when light struck its white belly and pink legs, that its cover was blown. If viewed large you can see two beady black eyes.
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WABI SABI;
Wabi-sabi (侘寂?) represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. Characteristics of the wabi-sabi aesthetic include asymmetry, asperity (roughness or irregularity. In one sense wabi-sabi is a training whereby the student of wabi-sabi learns to find the most basic, natural objects interesting, fascinating and beautiful. Fading autumn leaves would be an example. Wabi-sabi can change our perception of the world to the extent that a chip or crack in a vase makes it more interesting and gives the object greater meditative value. Similarly materials that age such as bare wood, paper and fabric become more interesting as they exhibit changes that can be observed over time.[citation needed]
Another photo of the Spirea blossom I took a few days ago. It doesn't last long but it is lovely. I hope the dappled light worked as I saw it.
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The Angel Oak is a Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) that is a native species found throughout the Lowcountry (Coastal Carolina). Believed to be in excess of 1500 years old, its massive, draping limbs and wide spreading canopy present the aura of an angel but the naming of this tree was acquired from the tree's previous owners, Martha and Justin Angel.
The Angel Oak is the property of and maintained by the City of Charleston, South Carolina. It stands 65 feet tall and the crown covers an area of 17,000 square feet. Its longest limb is 89 feet long.
The tree is a beloved local landmark that city officials say draws as many as 50,000 tourists each year.
The Angel Oak isn't the state's oldest tree (some cypress trees are believed to be far older), but it's right in there with the grandfathers of the tree world.
The tree has a deep historical and cultural significance, too. For decades, it was an integrated space in a segregated community. During the segregation era, blacks and whites alike would gather under the shade's cooling canopy. So whether you are of ... African-American descent or you are of white descent, the tree represents a community here.
The tree stands on land that was part of Abraham Waight's 1717 land grant.
The Angel Oak was damaged severely during Hurricane Hugo in 1989 but has since recovered.
It is a lovely thing to stand here and watch the play of light and shadow on a landscape like this. Light steals the show I suppose, it is most likely what you noticed first or foremost in the foreground of this image but the subtle reality is that this is an image as much about the unseen clouds overhead as it is about light. Those slowly drifting clouds, and the patches of shadow they cast down upon the land around Rowena Crest, were what made the play of light and shadow so exquisite on this particular evening. If I could paint, I would love to imagine more landscapes like this, rich in subtler qualities. But alas, I cannot paint well at all, so I make photos instead.
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Dappled late afternoon sunlight illuminates Rosedale in the North York Moors National Park.
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DAY 7 DAPPLED LIGHT…
A beautiful old house, and the Peerdebrug, around the midday.
I love dappled light, especially on these beautiful buildings with the gables and well maintained facades.
I wish you a day full of beauty and thank you for your visit, Magda, (*_*)
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Photographed at Waterberg Wilderness near the water source/ fountain known as 'die Quelle'.
Very lush vegetation and almost humid conditions in this area.
This area is protected by the plateau on all sides with entry only via the east, most probably the reason for this incredible vegetation which is not usually found in Namibia.
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Dress: Jacques Guto Fashion
Yes, I dragged this dress along on the hike and then wore it for a while on the hike with big boots.... what's a girl to do?
I couldn't ask NIc to wear it?
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coast wetlands, Narrabeen lake, Sydney 2015. Yashica 635 TLR, Fomapan 100 120 film developed in Rodinal 1+50. V700 scan.
Sunday was the first day of Autumn. Another summer gone, the days getting shorter, cooler. This is fine by me. After a lifetime of sunshine in Australia I'm no fan of London summers. The city isn't designed for it, and the only way to get respite is to head to one of the many parks the city offers. Our favourite remains Regent's park.
A young woman working at the camping place where we were staying. I whish to take more photos of her!
Hello everyone!
A huge apology for such a long absence - I have not perished at the wrath of Covid-19 (so far so good) and I hope you are all safe & well.
I have a lot of catching up to do so I hope you don't get alarmed when I post some pics of me abroad in March - I am definitely at home!
Over my last few posts a good couple of months ago now, I mentioned that I had breast cancer.
I kept a blog throughout my treatment, and took many photos, documenting every single emotion but I kept a lot of it private at the time. I chatted endlessly to friends about it & made the blog, long before I started my Flickr account.
I thought I would do a post explaining what happened to me..
Some of you will already know, (and many won't) I was diagnosed with stage 1, grade 3 invasive ductal carcinoma breast cancer in November 2018.
I had successful lumpectomy surgery, (and a lymph node biopsy which was thankfully clear) followed by chemotherapy & radiotherapy to hopefully prevent a reoccurence.
I was trying to grow my hair super long.. I'd bleached it blonde for a long time, (I'm a natural brunette) and conditioned it everyday, and when I found out I was going to lose it all I was devastated. I ordered a very long & very expensive platinum blonde wig with a super realistic hairline which I fell in love with, and features in many of my photos here.
My hair is growing back now - it's short, curly and dark, pretty much the opposite of what I had(!) but here's a photo from July 2018 with my bald head, when I had just finished chemo & waiting for radiotherapy treatment.
I indulged in the summer of 2019 for healing as much as possible - I climbed trees, built hideaways & hung fabrics - everything I love to do to make me feel good. Nature is so healing.
I'm not ashamed of my body, rather I'm proud of how it continues to try protect me. Whoever you are, and for whatever reason, losing your hair is nothing to be ashamed of, but it can feel like it's not in-keeping with a certain way of life, when actually, it IS life and you realise you are still beautiful and can do beautiful things, influence others, etc.
I wasn't going to write about it here at all because I didn't want this gallery to become linked inherently with cancer or disease, but I can see now on the contrary, it has opened me up to many creative possibilities.
I hope you'll continue to follow 😘
Be well x
This is the place I hike to for a lot of my photos.
It is a 1/4 mile from our house and is in our valley. The light and reflections are so beautiful when we have water in our little creek.
The white arrow points to where Glenda was standing.
A more picturesque Leeds-Liverpool Canal at East Marton in North Yorkshire
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I like daisies. They are happy simple flowers and whilst I was staying with my Father in June I took a number of photographs of the daisies in the garden. Yesterday I came across a couple of image that I'd taken for texture but not yet used, and experimented with them (and several other textures ;-)) on this photograph. This is the result.
One of the aspects of playing with textures that I really like is that you can use the most unlikely textures and get interesting effects - Ice granules photographed on a dark January morning is not what springs immediately to mind when thinking of daisies, and yet ...
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I spent as a guide, taking a friend on a circular route out of Edale and up one of my favourite ascents in the Peak District; Crowden Clough.
The weather was very dynamic during the day, quick moving patchy cloud casted big shadows that moved across the landscape, with bright dappled light accompanying it.
This shot was taken looking across to Crowden Tower, a rock outcrop that sits at the top of the clough, which was catching the light as it danced across it.
Memorial to the Reverend David Dickson, by Alexander Handyside Ritchie. You can just see this in the centre bottom of the previous photos of the church. I've snapped it before, but the spring light was dappled by the trees when I passed, giving this lovely effect, and I just had to take another pic.
If only we could bottle that light quality, the photos never really do it justice...
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Sometimes things aren't clear right away.
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My favourite time of the day is sunrise - there's a stillness about the air and often it's just me and the wildlife.
At this time of year, on a nice crisp morning with plenty of sunshine, I like to play with the light where opportunity allows. This adolescent stag was having a rest at the top of a hill. Only a small shard of light was coming through to his head, while the trees in the background were lit nicely showing green, yellow and orange. Combine that with the foreground in shade (both the branch above and the ground) and it made for a nice image - or at least I thought so!
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Dappled light at Thomason Foss during a flying visit this week.