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We had a hefty crop of Jack-O-Lantern mushrooms this year. I got down in the dirt and pine needles to enjoy the view.
A lovely place in the neighbourhood to sit and contemplate life. THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIEWS, COMMENTS, FAVES AND INVITES!
These pretty woods were along the road that our rental house was on, and was seen on a morning walk - HFF!
My sister in law invited us up to her house in Paonia it's on the Western slope of Colorado. Their Spring season seems to be a little ahead of ours here in Denver. This is one of her fruit trees in full splendor!!
Thank you everyone for visiting!! And your comments too!
I took a series of shots with a stitch in mind for this place. This one created from about 5 or 6 landscape shots stacked on top of one another.
Quite a bit of dodging and burning and a hint of the Orton Effect.
Shot a couple of weeks back in a place so serene I should visit more often.
Aman Park
This is four landscape format images panned horizontally, processed in Capture One, and stitched together in Photoshop. It is around 140 Mpxs. Zoom in!
Pond between Shell Lake and Fantail Lake, Eastern Sierra just east of Tioga Pass. Mt. Dana in the center, slopes of Dana Plateau at the left.
“You think you know so much
But I think you’re out of touch
I don’t wanna be next to you
’Cause I can’t stand a single thing you do...”
This sign seemed abrupt and a little rude to me when I came across it. I figured it needed a cranky/angry song to go with it. ;)
For my 2nd trip to Iceland, other than the aerials, Landmannalaugur was my top priority. I hadn’t had the chance to go inland to the highlands on my last trip. Landmannalaugur didn’t disappoint. It was magical and serene and even worth the effort of camping! Shooting from 10pm - 3am (sunrise and sunset happen in this window in the land of the midnight sun), we were slightly delirious by the time we hit camp but we had one of our only pink sunset days and then the morning was beautifully cast in fog. This is an image just before the sun set with wonderful light at the top of the peaks.
Bluebells at Kinclaven Woods, Perthshire.
These woods were also used in Outlander.
( There are many paths here large and small giving lots of photo opportunites so there's no need to trample the flowers ).
One of the delights of Portugal is to see its pretty tiled walls and intricately laid footpaths – especially in Lisbon, but also in countless other towns and villages as well as here in Sintra, a few kilometers to the north. This wall and pavement, in front of a former convent known as Casal de Santa Margarida, is typical.
The craft of pavement laying goes back to before Roman times – and even today, specialist craftsmen lay out footpaths, town squares and pedestrian areas using small flat pieces of stone arranged in a pattern or image, not dissimilar to a mosaic. It’s also a common feature in most of Portugal’s former colonies such as Angola, Brazil, Macau and Madeira.
this window is on the north side of the orangery at Fota house and gardens situated on Cork harbor in Ireland.
:-) HFF!
Posting early because (a) I'll likely forget to and, (b) I'll be travelling all day this Friday towards Invermere, BC for a vacation in the Rockies. Any photo spot/viewpoint recommendations around Invermere, Banff, Canmore are greatly appreciated ;-)
My walk this week was a five mile round from Bledlow. This is the steady climb to to the Ridgeway Path from Bledlow, at the start of the walk.
Another beautiful morning with dappled light in Lake Martin's cypress swamp. The sounds of birds awaking in the rockery, alligators and frogs crocking ... the swamp is preparing for another day.
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Another last minute photo when we stopped off for a meal on the way home from a weekend away. I decided to visit the churchyard again and the Ivy creeping over the headstones caught my eye, along with the light. I find these places fascinating.
I have some catching up to do...again!
Under the canopy
The more I feel I progress in photographic pursuits, the more I am interested in creating setting images for the birds and wildlife I portray so instead of just “filling the frame” with the bird image per se I like to set a living scene. Hope you all like it.
Pools of water and pools of light playing across the stream. A four image focus stack and exposure blend.
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The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 9th of July is “from the ground” (and look straight ahead). The thought that struck me for the theme was to have a toy left on the floor, forgotten and neglected, but being the old softie that I am, the idea of a neglected toy was too much for my kind heart. So I decided that rather than neglected, my toy should be waiting… patiently… as all good toys do, for when you need them for unconditional love, a cuddle, or to forget the worries and woes of the world, embrace your inner child and just play with them.
For anyone who follows my photostream, you will know that I have a teddy bear family who spend a great deal of time having adventures. There is however another member of my plush family whom I love dearly who comes out on special occasions. If you haven’t met him previously, please allow me to proudly introduce Chippy the monkey whom I have had since I was four years old (that’s a long, long time ago). The morning I photographed him, I knew the dappled sunlight from my garden would stretch into my office for a short while, so I waited until the time was right, just as Chippy waits for me to come and give him a cuddle or tell him a secret. Although Chippy is brown, I added a subtle sepia tone to give my shot more of a reminiscent feel. I hope you like my choice for the theme and that it makes you smile.
Chippy the monkey came to live with me when I was four. His name is derived from his innards, which are broken chips of hazelnut shells. He was made in America some time in the mid Twentieth Century. He features beautiful brown glass eyes, a felt face, hands and feet. He was given to me by one of my Grandfather's friends who worked in a small high street toy shop which sold a mixture of new, vintage and antique toys. Chippy was vintage at the time, and had been well loved prior, so with a few holes, some worn plush and patches, he was too worn to be sold, but my family friend knew that my gentle nature and respect for my toys meant he could find a new home with me for a long time. All these decades later, she was proven right, for he still lives with me; a bit more loved, a bit more worn and with a few more patches. He also has some red chalk marks on his right hand which I remember putting on him by accident when I was six! He wanted to draw a rose on my chalkboard and I helped him do it!
Looking towards Beinn Mhanach from the top of Beinn Challum. The long walk in from Glen Lochay was mostly in sunshine, other glens had their own weather.
A cockatoo is any of the 21 parrot species belonging to the family Cacatuidae, the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea. Along with the Psittacoidea (true parrots) and the Strigopoidea (large New Zealand parrots), they make up the order Psittaciformes. The family has a mainly Australasian distribution, ranging from the Philippines and the eastern Indonesian islands of Wallacea to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia. Cockatoos are recognisable by the prominent crests and curved bills. Their plumage is generally less colourful than that of other parrots, being mainly white, grey or black and often with coloured features in the crest, cheeks or tail. On average they are larger than other parrots; however, the cockatiel, the smallest cockatoo species, is a small bird. Cockatoos prefer to eat seeds, tubers, corms, fruit, flowers and insects. They often feed in large flocks, particularly when ground-feeding. Cockatoos are monogamous and nest in tree hollows. Some cockatoo species have been adversely affected by habitat loss, particularly from a shortage of suitable nesting hollows after large mature trees are cleared; conversely, some species have adapted well to human changes and are considered agricultural pests.
Eucalyptus is a genus of over seven hundred species of flowering trees, shrubs or mallees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, including Corymbia, they are commonly known as eucalypts. Plants in the genus Eucalyptus have bark that is either smooth, fibrous, hard or stringy, leaves with oil glands, and sepals and petals that are fused to form a cap or operculum over the stamens. The fruit is a woody capsule commonly referred to as a gumnut. Most species of Eucalyptus are native to Australia, and every state and territory has representative species. About three-quarters of Australian forests are eucalypt forests. Wildfire is a feature of the Australian landscape and many eucalypt species are adapted to fire, and resprout after fire or have seeds which survive fire. A few species are native to islands north of Australia and a smaller number are only found outside the continent. Eucalypts have been grown in plantations in many other countries because they are fast growing and have valuable timber, or can be used for pulpwood, for honey production or essential oils. In some countries, however, they have been removed because they are highly flammable. R_10451