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52 weeks in 2016 ... down low ...
... this was quite the challenge ... Drift would nót lie still as I was flat on my belly (not something we're used to haha) and I wanted the shot at f 1.4 for the bokeh and that's kinda difficult if your dog is constantly moving or coming towards you ... but we did it !
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somehow the data was not exported from the new lightroom ...
canon 7D - 50 mm - f 1.4 - 1/1500 - ISO 100
The Monastery complex at Haghpat dates back to the 10th Century. Its built in a place thats difficult to access: in the mountains, almost at the top of a very steep valley. This is how the Armenians tried to keep their culture alive given the frequent invasions from all directions.
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VERY SECRETIVE SNIPE, rarely emerges from deep tangled mangroves, very difficult to see, let alone photograph, and to get to this spot was quite an adventure, my brother wearing shorts got bitten to death by mosquitoes, with very muddy stagnant saline water, this was the only brief encounter after a longish wait.
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* I made my annual pilgrimage to RSPB Bempton on Wednesday evening . It was unusual weather on the cliffs, warm and still instead of the usual chilly East wind . It obviously effected the birds the Gannets in particularly were flying much lower down the cliffs instead of being at eye level. It made flight shots much more difficult . I have to say I was not too concerned about getting too many images . I still have a lot of photos from Bempton in the archives from 2018, 2019 and 2020
This is one of the few I did take as I was using a long lens 500 mm I could not get it wide enough to catch all the Gannets wing . Stepping back to get a wider view would have been difficult Still I am quite happy with the result.
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT TO MY STREAM. I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD NOT FAVE A PHOTO WITHOUT ALSO LEAVING A COMMENT .
Difficult times ahead , but like the weather the sun will shine again , be responsible , stay safe and take care all my Flickr friends
Portulaca grandiflora is a succulent annual plant in the purslane family Portulacaceae.
It has many common names, including rose moss, eleven o'clock, Mexican rose, moss rose, sun rose, rock rose, and moss-rose
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The hard thing to do of course is to find a way to photograph a mundane subject or a mundane event in a way that makes it exciting.
Brooks Jensen
HFF! Truth Matters!
prunus, daybreak yoshino cherry, 'Akebono', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
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very tasty berries (arbustus unedo) !
For Smile on Saturday ;-)
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"Difficult roads lead to beautiful destinations"
In my recovery
I'm a soldier at war
I have broken down walls
I defined, I designed
My recovery
In the sound of the sea
In the oceans of me
I defined, I designed
My recovery
♫ Recovery
Taken at Big sky over Florence
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All the poses used in my pictures are made from scratch
No AI used
Difficult roads can lead to beautiful destinations"
Taken at Soul 2 Soul Mediterranean
Thankyou in advance for your support, faves, comments and awards!
I do appreciate you all ❤️
It is often difficult to comprehend and appreciate the size and scale of a glacier until you’ve seen it from the air. Mendenhall Glacier here for example is 13.6 miles long, 3.8 miles wide, around 2000 feet at its deepest, and rises from beneath sea level to over 6200 feet in elevation.
Having seen glaciers from a distance on foot in Iceland, it was a completely different experience to see one via helicopter. We flew over the glacier for several minutes before landing on a flat area for some hiking. A few things that amazed me while flying overhead though was how deep the crevasses were, how insanely blue the ponds of melted glacier water were, and how far the ice field stretched up into the mountains. But most of all, the sheer size of the glacier was just incredible.
The other remarkable thing was the visible path of dirt and sediment that revealed the flow of the glacier as it bent around the curves of the mountains on its way to the sea. The path must have represented decades of movement.
If you ever get a chance to visit Juneau, Alaska the Mendenhall Glacier is definitely worth a visit!
It is difficult to get started on weeding my garden. Every time I pull on my gardening gloves and bend close to the soil, another thing catches my eye. Off with the gloves. Dash into the house to grab the camera. Oh well...all interruptions should be this lovely.
It’s difficult to see a field this size and not want to run through it and touch each one of these Sunflowers. It looks like a “Neighborhood” unto itself. The setting sun just intensifies the beauty that’s already there. Thanks for viewing my work, Be Grateful for everything.
Getting more and more difficult to find something to smile about in this era of lockdown and no visitors. This little fellow’s visits, however, bring a sense of joy as he flitters around looking for a tasty morsel.
Bewick’s Wrens are medium-sized wrens with a slender body and a strikingly long tail often held upright. They have slender, long bills that are slightly downcurved.
Bewick’s Wrens cock their long tails up over their backs, often flicking their tails from side to side or fanning them as they skulk through tangles of branches and leaves searching for insects. During breeding season, males sing vigorously from prominent perches.
Bewick’s Wrens favor dry brushy areas, chaparral, scrub, thickets in open country, and open woodlands near rivers and streams. They are at home in gardens, residential areas, and parks in cities and suburbs.
(Nikon, 500mm + TC 1.4, 1/250 @ f/8, ISO 1250)
On the two days I visited the fields of Castelluccio di Norcia, a constant wind swayed the delicate flowers, which made difficult a sharp photo.
It was remembering that day and the charming (and at the same time terrible) movement of flowers when came to my mind a song of the seventies, inspiration for the title of these photos.
Breeding males have obvious white blaze on forehead and broad green slash behind eye. Females are plainer brown with rusty sides. Females are very difficult to distinguish from female Eurasian Wigeon; note colder grayish-brown head on American that contrasts with warmer orangey sides. Also look for brighter white, not gray, underwings in flight, but this can be difficult to judge, especially at a distance. Widespread and common in North America, occasionally wintering as far south as northern South America. Typically in flocks on lakes and wetlands, often grazing in nearby fields. Regular vagrant to Europe. (eBird)
Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada. May 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours Ultimate British Columbia.
Difficult getting around with the lock down so just having a mess around with some of the more common flowers. Hopefully with them being on a black background you can see the beautiful detail of them in this set of 3 images.
Hello my amazing Flickr friends !!
Today is a pink / purple day at Color my World Daily and the theme at Smile on Saturday Group is : iridescent.
Well, well , well, it was a very difficult one for me. I had a concept but apparently
iridescence is very hard to photograph (at least for me !!). I had few iridescent items in my huge collection of stuff (yes, I’m a hoarder and we all know it by now lol) but nothing was « iridescent » enough for my taste. I was about to give up but then I saw my husband’s huge collection (yes, he is a hoarder too(but not as severe as me !!!)) of CD’s ! And bam ! I saw an iridescent ray of light in my head , glowing beautifully like there is no other iridescent source of light on this earth (FYI : I dont take any drugs !!! And since I’m on a diet : no alcohol… but maybe the low percentage of carbs is affecting my mind more than I thought …). And just like that, a new obsession was born !
So here you go: iridescent and levitating CDs…
I hope you like it !! And see you later my friends !! I wish you all a very iridescent (that is my new favorite word!!) and happy day !!
Thank you so much for all your lovely comments / favs/ general support / happy thoughts!! Stay safe and healthy!! And see you soon on Flickr !!
Hi all !!
This time, I wanted to work on the white. Clearly, I am totally struggling in the light. I hope you like it. And just: Alphaaa i hate youuu !! : D (too difficult to work with).
Story : My other. My soul has petrified to stone. I try in vain to bring it back to life. "I beg you ... Come back."
Thanks for watching and your support !! ♡
The music : 🎵.
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NEW @ Chain on my head : "ROZOREGALIA_NARUSAZA*HEADCHAIN(Descule)_Friends" at TMD Event and soon at :::R O Z O R E G A L I A:::.
@ Rings : "ROZOREGALIA_NARUSAZA*RING(Alphamale)" at :::R O Z O R E G A L I A:::.
@ Wings : "ROZOREAGALIA_KALAVINKA*WING(Soar)" at :::R O Z O R E G A L I A:::.
@ Choker : "ROZOREGALIA_AQUILAGI*CHOKER( Lunar Mare )" at :::R O Z O R E G A L I A:::.
@ Body and face wounds and dirty : "A! Apocalyptic Wounds BOM" at Absinthe! Mainstore.
NEW : @ Spider earings : "HORL - Spider Earrings" at The DarknesS Event and soon at HORL Mainstore.
@ Broken statue (my backdrop for this picture) : "R.O.T. Studio's. - Quality 100% mesh -digital art cyberhell" at R.O.T. Studio's. Mainstore and Marketplace.
I love pandas and hope this shot of a three month old will bring you a smile in these difficult times.
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Priene lies to the south west of the area of Soke town in Turkey..
Priene was discovered by the inhabitants on the Ionian coast. The Ionians first arrived and settled here in the 11th century B.C.
Priene was captured and came under the Lydian rules at the end of the 7th century BC. Bias, one of the “seven sages” was born in Priene and he put into order the law of his city. So Priene had the most prosperous era in the 6th century.
The brilliant era ended when Persian King Cyrus attacked the city in 545 BC. The city was burnt down completely and people were enslaved.
A difficult period stated for Priene and in 494 BC Priene participated in the Ionian revolt by joining the Battle of Lade with 12 ships against the Persians. However the city is sacked again as a result of the Persians completely destroyed the Ionaian fleet. But it didn’t take too long; Athens and Spartans attacked and burnt the whole Persian fleet in 479 BC. Following upon this battle and victory the “Attic - Delian Sea League” was established immediately.
there are always beautiful colors to bright up the soul!
The Mulungu-do-litoral (Erythrina speciosa), also known as Mulungu or Eritrina-candelabrum, is a tree 3 to 5 meters tall.
One of the most beautiful Brazilian trees, the Mulungu-do-litoral, presents a chandelier-shaped inflorescence, composed of bright red flowers, very attractive for hummingbirds. The trunk is prickly and the wood is light, soft and not very durable.
The leaves are large, shaped like a rhombus and fall in the winter, so the tree remains devoid of foliage during flowering. Flowering occurs in late winter and early spring.
Native to the Atlantic Forest (Brazil), she appreciates the humidity, vegetating well in swampy terrain, along rivers and on the coast. It has an excellent landscape effect, because in addition to its singular beauty, it produces good shade in the summer and allows the passage of light in the winter.
Informations from Wikipedia
Not sure what I am trying to achieve here but it was a learning situation
Done before I had to re-load windows and lost my photoshop (cannot find the disks)
Will be back later today or if not, tomorrow
sorry for the double posting
Imagen capturada en una calle del Arenal (Antíguo barrio sevillano a orilla del rio Guadalquivir) La fotografía está capturada a pulso sin ningún apoyo con una velocidad de 1/25, un diafragma de f/5.6 y un Iso alto de 4000 con una focal de 24 mm. El balance de blancos está corregido en la edición para darle al escenario ese tono cálido más parecido al real, que el más frio que tomó la cámara en automático. Personalmente me gusta como se ve aunque se pierdan ciertos tonos
Esta imagen es resultado de una prueba en condiciones difíciles con mi cámara.
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Image captured in a street in Arenal (Old Seville neighborhood on the banks of the Guadalquivir river) The photograph is captured freehand without any support with a speed of 1/25, a diaphragm of f/5.6 and High Iso 4000 with a focal of 24mm. The white balance is corrected in the edit to give the stage that warm tone that is closer to the real one, than the colder one that the camera took on automatic. Personally I like how it looks even if certain tones are lost.
This image is the result of one test in difficult conditions with my camera.
Cámara Nikon D850 con lente 24-120 F4/G-VR editada con ACR y PS-CC 2019.
Recomiendo hacer doble click sobre la imagen y ver en grande.
I recommend see in larger clicking double on the image.
Sunset in the Mojave Desert, Twentynine Palms, California
As 2022 draws to a close, I am looking forward to turning the page on this year, which has been a difficult one for me, and starting the new chapter that is 2023.
There are a few lines from a Josh Groban song called "Thankful", that I have always loved:
Even with our differences
There is a place we're all connected
Each of us can find each others' light
For me, Flickr has become a beautiful place to find that light and that connection, especially in a world that seems to grow increasingly dark and troubled. So I want to share a deep and sincere Thank You to all my Flickr friends and contacts for the light you give and all the ways in which you uplift my spirit. Thank you for sharing your talents and creativity which both awe and inspire me, for sharing your beautiful places, special moments, and great adventures, for your thoughtful and generous support of my photography and writing, and most of all for your personal kindness, caring, and humanity. I truly enjoy all of the conversations, comments, and connection with each of you, and am incredibly thankful for your encouragement and good wishes through some of the tough times this year.
I am profoundly grateful to have met such wonderful people here on Flickr. Because in the words of the incomparable Maya Angelou in the poem below,
"Nobody, but nobody, Can make it out here alone.
I wish each of you health, happiness, and beautiful light (both in photography and life) in the new year ahead!
Alone
by Maya Angelou
Lying, thinking
Last night
How to find my soul a home
Where water is not thirsty
And bread loaf is not stone
I came up with one thing
And I don't believe I'm wrong
That nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.
Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.
There are some millionaires
With money they can't use
Their wives run round like banshees
Their children sing the blues
They've got expensive doctors
To cure their hearts of stone.
But nobody
No, nobody
Can make it out here alone.
Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.
Now if you listen closely
I'll tell you what I know
Storm clouds are gathering
The wind is gonna blow
The race of man is suffering
And I can hear the moan,
'Cause nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.
Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.
Very difficult to get a shot of one of these out in the open but this Cetti's Warbler from earlier in the year at Lodmore RSPB was out and about foraging for at least 4 fledglings as far as I could make out. Case of right place at the right time for once :-)
Cerulean Warbler
This was my main objective for this trip. We found several in the one spot, but as Warblers do, make it very difficult to get a shot. I won! Worthington State Forest, Columbia, NJ.
In the bus that brought us back from Keukenhof to Amsterdam, I had the chance to take a rather successful photo despite the difficult conditions. Usually, photos from a bus are missed, and I don't take my camera out there.
Here, we discover a glimpse of the rich Dutch plain and the canals that criss-cross it.
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Canal de Hollande
Dans le bus qui nous ramenait de Keukenhof à Amsterdam, j'ai eu la chance de prendre une photo assez réussie malgré les conditions difficiles de prise. Habituellement, les photos en bus sont ratées, et je n'y sors pas mon appareil photo.
On y découvre un aperçu de la riche plaine hollandaise et des canaux qui la sillonnent.
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Close to Amsterdam - Netherlands / Près d'Amsterdam - Pays-Bas
My cat's facial expression is a perfect reflection of how I'm feeling right now.
An eventful, beautiful but also very strenuous weekend (with little sleep and lots of hiking in the fresh air) is over. It's still a bit difficult for me to find the energy to start the working week.
But we won't let that stop us, right? With this in mind, I wish you all a successful start to the week.
Der Gesichtsausdruck meiner Katze spiegelt hervorragend wieder, wie ich mich gerade fühle.
Ein ereignisreiches, wunderschönes jedoch auch sehr anstrengendes Wochenende (mit wenig Schlaf und viel Bewegung an der frischen Luft) ist vorrüber. Noch fällt es mir etwas schwer, die nötige Energie aufzubringen, um die Arbeitswoche zu beginnen.
Doch davon lassen wir uns nicht aufhalten oder ? In diesem Sinne wünsche ich Euch allen einen erfolgreichen Wochenstart.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
More than half a year has passed since my last visit to Paris. I began to feel something like withdrawal symptoms. The decision was not difficult. I went back to Paris. 😉
Rags, Caithlin, Bastian and their humans wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Great Yuletide, Sweet Solistice or whatever you may celebrate with your loved ones. :)
Thank you for every Fave click - and for the great and inspiring photography that you yourself have so generously shared here on Flickr.
Take care and stay safe through these difficult times - there is light at the end of the tunnel...
Bastian (mixed breed), 23.12.2019, edit 21.12.2020
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
The best I could do under difficult lighting conditions in the early morning with heavy clouds. I've seen these fantastic hornbills before, but only in flight. I was so thrilled to see this pair sitting in a fig tree. There were also around twenty brown and pied hornbills flying in and out of the tree gorging themselves with figs.
Wikipedia: The great hornbill (Buceros bicornis), also known as the concave-casqued hornbill, great Indian hornbill or great pied hornbill, is one of the larger members of the hornbill family. It is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Its impressive size and color have made it important in many tribal cultures and rituals. The great hornbill is long-lived, living for nearly 50 years in captivity. It is predominantly frugivorous, but is an opportunist and will prey on small mammals, reptiles and birds.
The great hornbill is a large bird, 95–130 cm (37–51 in) long, with a 152 cm (60 in) wingspan and a weight of 2 to 4 kg (4.4 to 8.8 lb). The average weight of 7 males is 3 kg (6.6 lb) whereas that of 3 females is 2.59 kg (5.7 lb). It is the heaviest, but not the longest, Asian hornbill. Females are smaller than males and have bluish-white instead of red eyes, although the orbital skin is pinkish. Like other hornbills, they have prominent "eyelashes".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_hornbill
Conservation status: Vulnerable
I so seldom set myself to master difficult things. I ought to try it more often :-)
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799), "The Character of a Person of my Acquaintance"
HPPT!! Character Matters!
camellia, wral gardens, raleigh, north carolina
Bird in freedom. La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Momotus aequatorialis (Andean motmot / Barranquero)
The Andean Motmot, as the English name implies, is the Andean representative of the "Blue-crowned Motmot" complex. For many years, all members of this group were considered to be conspecific, but this group now is reclassified as representing five different species. The Andean Motmot occurs in humid montane forests of the Andes mountains of South America, from Colombia south to Bolivia. Andean motmot is a big bird about 50 cm from beak to tail.
These birds often sit still, and in their dense forest habitat can be difficult to see, despite their size. They eat small prey such as insects and lizards, and will also regularly take fruit.