the late sun fell through the leaves, a chaotic pattern on the stone. he walked through it, unaware, his world a small rectangle of light held in his hand. behind him, his shadow became a different creature, elongated and distorted by the wall. there are two worlds: the one we look at, and the one we cast behind us. the wall saw both.

Another image taken on the Minolta AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6D lens that I already had at home attached to the 20 year old film camera.

I doubt I will be using this lens much or at all after my initial experimentation spirit wears off here, but it has been a fun little challenge to get some images that I actually like out of this mediocre lens. I think the lens does best in the dappled light like in this image.

NIkon7500

Minolta AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6D

f3.5

1/40

ISO100

or...I'm ready for lunch :-)

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Explore July 23 - #271. Thanks so much for your comments~!

Explored April 22, 2014 #124

I've been spending more time with Foxes recently due to working away. I really have to give thanks to Tanya for letting me know about them. It's a great way to spend an evening!

Edited from summer into autumn .... The forge, France 2019

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far ~ Thomas Jefferson

A hillside grove of trees within the Pine Hollow Arboretum. The image was produced using a 3-shot High Dynamic Range function on a small camera which tends to produce cooler images.

A damaged and attacked Beech leaf draws much needed energy from the dappled light. Taken with my old, manual Rokkor MD, 35-70mm macro 3.5 fully open.

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The Khlong Sok River running low and fast over rocks and pebbles during the dry season. The morning sun made for a pleasing dappled effect on the busy surface. Photographed in Khao Sok, Surat Thani, Thailand.

One of the many small streams and waterfalls which can be found in Cornwall's Tehidy Country Park.

For the Smile on Saturday challenge: Light and Shade.

SCERA Park, Orem, Utah

Two young Fallow Bucks enjoying the Spring sunshine.

Walking through the woodland I could see the morning light was breaking through the gaps in the overhead canopy and creating this abstract pattern on the pathway

The bluebells are at their very best right now, I may have taken a shot or two yesterday :-)

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A gravity defying Pine Cone, but very beautiful nevertheless less. It comes complete with both a few webs and bags of bokeh.

I love the look of ferns as they unfurl at this time of year. Shot with the Helios 44M on Fuji XT1.

Olympic National Park, Washington

Just the best time of year 😍

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after blossoming comes the fall

this is the view underneath the previous post

A lone Teasel surrounded by the foliage of a Copper Beech tree

Coombes Brook in the Coombes and Churnet Valley Nature Reserve.

Coombes Valley RSPB reserve (grid reference SK005525) is a nature reserve, run by the RSPB, near the town of Leek in Staffordshire, England. It is best known for its breeding woodland birds, including common redstart,wood warbler and pied flycatcher. It is also home to the nationally scarce argent and sable moth, a priority species in the UK's Biodiversity Action Plan.

The Combes Brook flows through the valley on its way to the River Churnet.

Seminary Wood in Legacy Park

City of Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.

4 January 2025.

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It was nice to see a bit of sunlight reach through the trees on a cold day on the trail.

For me, usually, getting a decent shot of a Pyrrhuloxia is a lot like saying its name. Across the street from the post office in Langtry, Texas.

Axel the miniature dachshund on a hike ~ Hyde Park, NY

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences ...... all events are blessings given to us to learn from.

~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross.

Remains of an 1860's era Victorian house in Franny Reese State Park Preserve ~ Highland, NY

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Another image from my trip to Alaska earlier this year. The rainbow can represent a new beginning and as 2017 comes to an end we look forward to a New Year.

I wish everyone a healthy and prosperous New Year!

One of a pair of twin whitetail fawns. The spots aid in camouflage in the dappled morning light. Their mother was nearby and took them deep into the underbrush, where they bedded down in the shade for a morning nap. Wildwood Park, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Smile on Saturday: Let there be light.

this was taken last year -- the birds re singing so nicely at the moment, they think spring is coming so so must i

St Bede's Cemetery, Widnes

Dappled autumn sunlight in the trees at Rufford Old Hall - a National Trust property

Shot on Front St in the South Street Seaport district in lower Manhattan.

A Porsche 911 at the Bicester Heritage, Autumn Scramble Event (2022).

Mown stripes pull the eye across the pasture to a silver band of lake, with Torc and Mangerton catching the light beneath a clearing sky. Made on the Muckross Demesne in Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland.