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Mostly as the camera grabbed it. Bit of PS.
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One baby squirrel was doing his best to coax his sibling out of the nest for a little play time. It's sad - but they are only "kittens" for such a short time before they have to learn to take care of their selves. Winter comes quickly to Alaska, and there is a lot for them to learn and to do, before the snow settles in and the temperatures drop to below zero.
Most newborns rarely make it through their first winter. But once a squirrel establishes its own territory, it can live up to ten years, if it can stay away from predator's.
I was putting the final touches to our breakfast, when I looked out of my kitchen window and noticed what looked like a large rock in the forest. Slowly the "rock" tuned its head in my direction. At that moment, something made me reach for my closest camera. In the blink of an eye, a snowshoe hare bolted out of nowhere, and straight into the jaws of the rather good sized Lynx. I captured its final moments before it was dragged off.
Flash ahead now to about mid-night of the same day . . . with our windows open for fresh air - I was awaken at precisely 12:00AM to the familiar screams of another snowshoe bunny, and the sounds of another hungry lynx as it silenced its prey.
A few minutes later - at 12:34 AM, I was just beginning to nod off when another snowshoe hare started screaming at the top of its lungs, accompanied by the familiar yips and barks of a coyote, as it snared its prey.
That was it for me. I tiptoed to the open window, and closed it for the night. After a day that began with a killing, and then ended with two more - this girl needed some sleep.
I am one of those strange people that really enjoys a rainy day - which made it easy for me when I lived in southeast Alaska.
*Each bloom on this little Alaskan wildflower measures 1/4 of an inch. It is so delicate, I cannot understand how it endures our bitterly cold winters.
Fun,
used: Pixabay, fun-20008_created_using_Artensoft_Photo_Collage_Maker, photoshop, Filter Forgehotomanipulation
We had just dropped down a very steep hill as we headed into Palmer Alaska, when at a very busy intersection, this old gentleman was headed up hill, on the wrong side of the road, and in a turn lane as well. I shuddered to think what could happen to him, and wondered if he ever got home safely.
I rarely do an HDR - but in this image, it made that bright pink tricycle just pop.
Drive safe everybody - your grandpa might be out playing in traffic on a three wheeler.
I can't stop at a "simple" ripple (often with multiple re-iterations). I also can't resist the impulse to add extra, complimentary, and/or contrasting color by adding a run through with a "scattered tiles" filter. It shatters the image into overlapping squares and allows me to choose the colors between the tiles. It sometimes looks great on its own and it sometimes requires more rippling to get the full benefit. I add it like a spice to give an angular contrast to the rippled curves.
Deep in a forest, that is known as the home of bears, is a beautiful campground overlooking Chilkoot Lake. Heavily forested it is cool and shady even in the middle of the day. Can you imaging just how dark it is at night when the bears are roaming? How comfortable would you feel sleeping in this little tent with big bears walking by just a few feet away? It does afford a truly Alaskan experience for those who can brave it.
Textures Only ~ Competition #81
Original shell image by Fontplaydotcom
TV background picture susan e. adams:
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Texture by skeletalmess:
www.flickr.com/photos/neighya/4345762554/in/pool-textures...
some water pictures by Erminig Gwenn
2015
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My mid-morning break - a nice thick slice of rhubarb bread with butter, and a cup of French Vanilla coffee.
The rhubarb bread I make, was the Alaskan State Fair blue ribbon winner way back in the mid-nineteen seventies. It is the best I have ever tried, and even rhubarb haters love it. Enough said.
Bought a load of 'cogs' to use as a backdrop. Placed the broken watch on a glass tube to raise it up above them. Using a 20mm Kenko Extension Tube on my Sigma 17-70 Macro lens at different 'f'-stops ... here's the result with a textured digital effect added to the scene..
Deeply satisfied to have finally tweaked this staircase well beyond the realm of recognizability! :)
What to do when winter drags on, and you are tired of looking at white snow? . . . Play with images you have captured, and create a little art.
What you see here is a beautiful flowering cabbage, that grows like crazy in Alaska, due to the long hours of daylight we get each summer.
There . . . now my eyes are happy. ;-)
...but two uninvited guests.
This image is the sum of three parts:
- The feeding station and background (incl. the hidden bird)
- The horse
- The foreground bird
The image info belongs to the feeding station shot only
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..The future for Dorothy & Timothy is in the balance
part of the nightmaresanddaydream series
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