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Common and familiar across almost the entire Australian continent. Large gray parrot with pink underparts and a light cap. It tends to be noisy and active and is usually close to a water source. Typically feeds on the ground, where it consumes a range of seeds and grasses. Occurs in a wide range of habitats, including urban areas, parks, and gardens. Occurs in pairs, small groups, or enormous flocks. (eBird)
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One of the first birds we saw in Australia, and with us all the way through to Tasmania. This particular bird thought he would show off his beautiful colours and his crest so that we knew he was a Cockatoo and not a Parrot. Of course, he could also be a shady salesman trying to sell me a cheap watch :-)
Mr. Carbine Caravan Park, Queensland, Australia. October 2022.
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The sixteenth-century wing overlooks via della Mercanzia, with the façade entirely covered with frescoes by Raimondo Sirotti that follow those made at the beginning of the twentieth century by Ludovico Pogliaghi, who in turn had rebuilt, reinterpreting them, the original ones of the Tavarone.
The painted decoration of the facade reproduces a marble cladding with ashlar on the ground floor and pilasters that divide the façade into three sections. In the center of the façade, above the imposing marble entrance portal, stands the polychrome figure depicting St. George on horseback killing the dragon, a recurring image in numerous portals of the buildings of the historic center: in the Middle Ages the saint was in fact considered the very symbol of Republic. The subject was freely interpreted by Sirotti in 1990, having disappeared all traces of the seventeenth-century original. On the sides, from left to right, six bronze statues are painted inside false niches, depicting some historical figures of the Republic: the annalist Caffaro, the "Prince" Andrea Doria, the doge Simone Boccanegra (according to some the painting would instead depict the founder of the palace, Guglielmo Boccanegra), the crusader leader Guglielmo Embriaco known as "Head of a mallet", the navigator Christopher Columbus and finally the admiral Benedetto Zaccaria.
The decoration is completed by the figures of Janus and Neptune, also in fake bronze, and the coat of arms of the "Conservatori del Mare", the body in charge of governing the port at the time of the Republic of Genoa. The facade culminates with the clock tower.
Switzerland, May 2021
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ABOUT THE PHOTO:
So this photo is a bit of a novelty for me - at least here on Flickr, but it's also a journey back in time in a sense. I've always loved b/w and sepia photography; already as a very young teenager I would go out into the woods with an old Pentax Spotmatic (which I had nicked from my father) whenever it was a foggy day to shoot b/w compositions of sunbeams cutting through the ghostlike trees.
I used films with a sensitivity of at least 1600 (for those of you who remember what that means 😉 ), and the resulting photos had an incredibly fine grain which I loved; I blew them up to the size of posters and hung them on the walls of my teenage man-cave next to Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Slash.
But then I abandoned photography altogether for 20 years, and when I finally picked up a camera again, it was one of the digital kind. Now neither film nor grain played any role in my photographic endeavours - let alone b/w compositions: because the reason I fell in love with shooting pictures once more was the rare and incredibly colorful lizard species that had chosen my garden as its habitat.
It's this species - the Lacerta bilineata aka the western green lizard - that my photo website www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ and also my Flickr gallery are dedicated to, but I've since expanded that theme a bit so that it now comprises the whole Lacerta bilineata habitat, which is to say my garden and its immediate surroundings and all the flora and fauna I find in it.
I like that my gallery and the website have this clear theme, because in order to rise to the challenge of portraying all aspects of a very specific little eco system (which also happens to be my home of sorts), it forces me to constantly explore it from fresh angles, and I keep discovering fascinating new motives as my photographic journey continues.
Which brings me to the horse pasture you see in this photo. This playground for happy horsies lies just outside my garden, and it normally only interests me insofar as my green reptile friends claim parts of it as their territory, and I very much prefer it to be horseless (which it thankfully often is).
Not that the horses bother the reptiles - the lizards don't mind them one bit, and I've even seen them jump from the safety of the fly honeysuckle shrub which the pasture borders on right between the deadly looking hooves of the horses to forage for snails, without any sign of fear or even respect.
No, the reason I have a very conflicted relationship with those horses is that they are mighty cute and that there's usually also foals. The sight of those beautiful, happy animals jumping around and frolicking (it's a huge pasture and you can tell the horses really love it) is irresistible: and that inevitably attracts what in the entire universe is known as the most destructive anti-matter and ultimate undoing of any nature photographer: other humans.
Unlike with the horses, the lizards ARE indeed very much bothered by specimens of loud, unpredictable Homo sapiens sapiens - which makes those (and by extension also the horses) the cryptonite of this here reptile photographer. It's not the horses' fault, I know that, but that doesn't change a thing. I'm just telling you how it is (and some of you might have read about the traumatic events I had to endure to get a particular photo - if not, read at your own risk here: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/51405389883/in/datepo... - which clearly demonstrated that even when it's entirely horseless, that pasture is still a threat for artistic endeavours).
But back to the photo. So one morning during my vacation back in May I got up quite early. It had rained all night, and now the fog was creeping up from the valley below to our village just as the sky cleared up and the morning sun started to shine through the trees.
And just as I did when I was a teenager I grabbed my camera and ran out to photograph this beautiful mood of ghostlike trees and sunbeams cutting through the mist. There had already been such a day a week earlier (which is when I took this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/51543603732/in/datepo... ), but this time, the horses were also there.
Because of our slightly strained relationship I only took this one photo of them (I now wish I had taken more: talk about missed opportunities), and otherwise concentrated on the landscape. It was only later when I went through all the photos on my computer that I realized that I actually really liked those horses, even despite the whole composition being such a cliché. And I realized another thing: when I drained the photo of all the color, I liked it even better - because there was almost a bit of grain in it, like in the photos from my youth.
Since then I have experimented quite a bit with b/w and sepia compositions (some of which I will upload here eventually I guess), but this photo here is the first one that helped me rediscover my old passion. I hope you like it even though it builds quite a stark contrast with the rest of my tiny - and very colorful - gallery. But in the spirit of showing you the whole Lacerta bilineata habitat (and also in the spirit of expanding my gallery a bit beyond lizards and insects), I think it's not such a bad fit.
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Yes ...the entire family made it safely across the road ......and ....No ...the police did Not issue any citations for jaywalking :-))
Have a great week :-)
Not that this is entirely pink, but for the most part it is! Sorry, I'm not one that likes pink! I tend to like the purples and reds in this picture more, or better yet, the blues of the hills and clouds! oh well! Ya must admit, they do try to give you a little bit of everything! ha! Hope you all enjoy!
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Skagit Valley Tulip Festival 2017
Mount Vernon, Washington
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I stare at my reflection in the mirror
Why am I doing this to myself?
Losing my mind on a tiny error,
I nearly left the real me on the shelf
No, no, no, no
Don't lose who you are, in the blur of the stars
Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing,
It's okay not to be okay
Sometimes it's hard, to follow your heart
Tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising,
Just be true to who you are
and Tra, am not entirely sure, but I think i managed to anchor it 😉 ❤︎
Small tern with an entirely black body in breeding plumage with silvery wings. In the winter, their body is whitish-gray and they are not as conspicuous, but note small size, rather dark gray wings and rump, and black "helmet." Breeds in colonies in freshwater marshes and ponds. Builds a floating nest of plant matter. In migration and winter, often found in flocks. Feeds on insects and small fish. (eBird)
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Despite being much larger than swallows and mosquitoes, these beautiful terns are also incredibly hard to photograph as they twist and turn in search of food on the wing.
John E. Poole Wetland, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada. June 2022.
Sooooo, I really ought to write down where I take my images. This one, I think, was Toogood Arm. If not that community then it was one of the others on New World Island.
The entire area was quaint, quiet, and beautiful, but I explored it on a grey day and didn't get many images I was happy with. The dark clouds arrived for this though and while rain wan't the best for wandering, it did give me a nice mood.
Hope you all have a great weekend and a Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians out there! :-) Have good one!!
I was looking at the forecast the entire trip wondering how each day would turn out. On this day I was relenting that I would have rain and storms in the morning, but to my advantage the top parking lot was empty and it made the hike to the second lookout of Peyto Lake much easier to obtain. As I look back on this place, I still have to pinch myself that I was able to visit here.
This vantage point is so much better than the viewing platform they have for the hordes of tourist that visit this location.
We're out of town and back in the country and with it for one of my favorite photos of the entire Tuscany tour.
There are also two versions of this scene. The other one is much wider, but for today we're going to take a closer look at this absolutely breathtakingly beautiful landscape.
The photo was also taken in the town of San Quirico D’Orcia and also on that one magical morning when I photographed the Podere Belvedere for the first time.
I became aware of these beautiful rolling hills even before sunrise when I had to wait and do a bit of looking around the area (as you may remember, it was quite cold that morning so I had to move a bit).
Already at dawn I found this hilly landscape interesting. However, once the sun had risen, the view changed again to this work of art, which you can see here.
Art that was simply spread out in front of me, created from nature and light and that I was able to capture here to my great joy.
Wir haben die Stadt wieder verlassen und sind zurück auf dem Land und damit bei einer meiner liebsten Aufnahmen der gesamten Tour durch die Toskana.
Von dieser Szene gibt es auch zwei Versionen. Die andere ist deutlich weiter, doch für heute schauen wir uns dieses absolut umwerfend schöne Landschaft erst einmal aus der Nähe an.
Das Foto entstand ebenfalls in der Stadt San Quirico D'orcia und auch an dem einen magischen Morgen an dem ich Podere Belvedere das erste Mal fotografiert habe.
Auf diese wunderschönen weichen Hügel wurde ich bereits vor Sonnenaufgang aufmerksam, als ich die Wartezeit überbrücken musste und mich ein wenig in der Gegend umgesehen habe (wie Ihr Euch vielleicht noch erinnert, war es ganz schön kalt an dem Morgen und so musste ich mich etwas bewegen).
Schon in der Morgendämmerung fand ich diese Hügellandschaft interessant. Als dann jedoch die Sonne aufgegangen war, veränderte sich der Anblick nochmals zu diesem Kunstwerk, was Ihr hier sehen könnt.
Kunst, die einfach so vor mir ausgebreitet wurde erschaffen aus Natur und Licht und die ich zu meiner großen Freude hier festhalten durfte.
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The entire longitudinal valley section of the Mur within the Mur-Mürz furrow is known as the Upper Mur Valley. The industrial areas around Leoben, Kapfenberg and Judenburg, which are important for Styria, and the core area of the Lungau in the province of Salzburg are located in this valley. Wikipedia
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A fun shot for Slider Sunday. I have to be honest...I didn't take the original photo...my husband took it of me in London. But I decided to try something entirely different in PhotoShop, inspired by several of my contacts on Flickr, and just play with it to see where it went. It was fun!
The two people who inspired me to do this were: Irina - www.flickr.com/photos/80318257@N06 and Agata - www.flickr.com/photos/eggii. Thank you both for being so inspiring :)
I was looking for Fede the entire day ... he was supposed to help me with wrapping up the gifts and making the house ready for Christmas.
The last place left for me to check was the Bad Santa' Club where I heard that naughty Elves are playing darts and drink - the last place I expected to see Fede ... And there he was, with his shinny balls and carrot out ... I had to drag him out of there, just happy that the poor snowman still has his carrot ...
He keeps telling me that he had to be there to help Santa with the gifts wrapping ... But what about me?? Who helps me with that?
xDDD
This is part of the "Ugly Christmas Sweater Challenge". I was challenged by Racey Boom.
Thank you very much Racey for tagging me, I had so much fun shooting this with Fede! I wished to do this a bit earlier, but getting some more spare time was itself a challenge. 💞✨🎄😘💖
I challenge all my friends here to do it!
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We wish you ALL a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Thank you all for your amazing support during this year. Stay safe, lots of love and hugs ♥
Merry Christmas baby! Muackssss 💞😘💖💖💖🎄
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My least favourite type of weather, is an overcast sheet of white across the entire sky, featureless, boring and annoying, plus seemingly it lasts forever! So, one thing I know when I have perused other photos against such a backdrop, is that they can look like watercolour paintings. This is what I wanted to achieve in this shot.
However, much to my luck, a Bumblebee flew into the shot just as I hit the shutter down and thus, this is the result, I couldn't be happier. The slightly out of focus Bee accentuates to the image I wanted to create, a water painting without heavy software manipulation; sometimes in photography you can just get lucky!
I hope everyone is well and so as always, thank you!
Elephants are among the most intelligent of the creatures with whom we share the planet, with complex consciousnesses that are capable of strong emotions. Across Africa they have inspired respect from the people that share the landscape with them, giving them a strong cultural significance. As icons of the continent elephants are tourism magnets, attracting funding that helps protect wilderness areas. They are also keystone species, playing an important role in maintaining the biodiversity of the ecosystems in which they live.
During the dry season, elephants use their tusks to dig for water. This not only allows the elephants to survive in dry environments and when droughts strike, but also provides water for other animals that share harsh habitats.
When forest elephants eat, they create gaps in the vegetation. These gaps allow new plants to grow and create pathways for other smaller animals to use. They are also one of the major ways in which trees disperse their seeds; some species rely entirely upon elephants for seed dispersal.
On the savannahs, elephants feeding on tree sprouts and shrubs help to keep the plains open and able to support the plains game that inhabit these ecosystems.
Wherever they live, elephants leave dung that is full of seeds from the many plants they eat. When this dung is deposited the seeds are sown and grow into new grasses, bushes and trees, boosting the health of the savannah ecosystem.
Sidenote: (This kind of digital art is certainly not one of my strengths, I don't use photoshop so cutting out the model to place into a background wasn't as easy as I thought. I still have much to learn with this but felt proud enough with what I had achieved to publish this with regards to the subject. Elephants face so many more threats than loss of habitat, as do many more wild life species.)
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There was a lot of fog around the Snake River Overlook in Grand Teton National Park. Fortunately it began to clear as the light descended on the peaks.
View the entire Tetons - East and West Set
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Love days like these where fog engulfs the entire docklands area and you are left with a misty fog all around. Light bounces in unusual ways and you get to see colours and highlights such as these.
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This shot was edited entirely for my liking. Only the colours are not modified.
I improved brightness, saturation, clarity, sharpness, structure and I added a little of HDR. :)
MacroMonday, Evolution
I'm not convinced this fits the theme, but it does depict change.
(ps. the entire frame is just less than 3")
he Southern Alps is a mountain range extending along much of the length of New Zealand's South Island, reaching its greatest elevations near the range's western side. The name "Southern Alps" generally refers to the entire range, although separate names are given to many of the smaller ranges that form part of it.
Maritime textures at Iceland's Northwest coast below the Westfjords, where the mountains clearly continue into the sea and their peaks can be seen like this. The entire place must be impossible to navigate with all those hidden rocks and peaks under the water surface.
Happy Textural Tuesday!
In 2020 I saw, for the first time, this entirely flowered African tree in the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden. The exotic form of the flowers has enchanted me, and the petals (so difficult to photograph because they are curly) have a color pattern and drawing that reminds me of the skin of a leopard.
In my last visit to the Botanical Garden, I found some remaining flowers hidden under the large leaves. The focus is not on the best, but the beauty of the set has impressed me again.
Monodora Myristica / Nutmeg-African or Tree-of-Orchids
Origin: occurs more often in West Africa, but reaches the east of this continent (Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania).
Family: Annonaceae.
The tree has medium to large size (7-10 m), branched from the base. Its leaves are showy and decorative, measuring up to 35 cm long by 18 cm wide.
Cultivation: Easy maintenance in tropical and mild subtropical climates, at full or half shade. Prefers deep and fertile soils, rich in organic matter.
The flowers are fragrant and pending, standing out for the large and colorful size very exotic, which resembles that of orchids.
The fruit is woody and large as a gourd where the most valued part is the seed, black and flattened.
These seeds are widely used in Africa in the same way as the nutmeg (fragrans), ie, grated to spicy soups, stews and cakes. They also have medicinal properties, being applied as stimulating and in the treatment of migraine. They are also estimated as an amulet and are good for handicrafts.
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Egyptian Goose - Alopochen Aegyptiacus
Once common along the entire Nile valley and regarded as sacred in ancient times, the Egyptian Goose is no longer an easy bird to see in the country from which it takes its name, as it is largely confined to upper Egypt. It is, however, widespread and common throughout sub-Saharan Africa, with introduced populations firmly established in England, Holland, Belgium and France. Concerns over conflict with native species has led to restrictions on keeping them in Britain and Europe.
This distinctive small goose is a member of the shelduck family. In the wild it is invariably found in pairs or family parties, while flocks of 50 or more can be found after the breeding season. The sexes are similar: both have a conspicuous chestnut patch encircling the eyes, giving them a somewhat piratical appearance, while the brilliant white forewing is obvious when they fly.
The UK Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019 came into force on Sunday 1st December. The Order implements requirements contained in EU Regulation 1143/2014 on Invasive Alien Species, which sets out rules to prevent and minimise the impact of the introduction and spread of non-native animals and plants across the EU. The Order makes it an offence, amongst other things, to import, keep, sell, transport, breed or release into the environment, any of the listed plants and animals. Invasive alien waterfowl currently covered by this Order are Egyptian Geese and Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis.
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Mid-June late spring wildflowers partway up Steptoe Butte - with The Palouse below. Loving the light, cloud shadows, & colors!
Steptoe Butte is a thimble-shaped, 3,612-foot tall quartzite mountain in southeast Washington State, USA. Atop the butte, the natural eye has 200 miles to view Idaho and Oregon as well as surrounding mountains, including the Blue and Bitterroot mountains. This entire area was originally home to the Palus People who are said to have described Steptoe Butte as having a view that’s a 10 day ride in all directions.
Today, The Palouse encompasses the top wheat producing county & the 2nd highest barley producer in the US - & is dotted also lately with bright yellow canola fields.
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With most shortlines generally operating on weekdays, I had to take advantage of an entire Wednesday off work yesterday. Initially I had planned to head east to Delaware on good authority that ESPN would run a blue and yellow trio out of Wilsmere, but when I punched this into the GPS I must've had a brainfart of some sort, as it began taking me west towards the MMID. By the time I noticed my mistake I was already half way to Union Bridge, so turning around would've been of a low mental standard. Instead I caught up to UBHF at Thurmont, where I was very pleasantly surprised to see a lashup of three flared 40's and a pair of oldies in tow, lined up with the 2060 facing east for the return. After a westbound chase to Highfield, I set up in Sabillasville after scoping out all the possible eastbound angles and settled for this winner. A nerve-wracking two hours later, and surely not long before the shadows consumed the ROW, the screaming dynamics of the MMID quintet could be heard roaring down the mountain, and a scene for the ages was converted into pixels.
Situated almost entirely between 1750 and 2100m above sea level, the Fafleralp to Lauchernalp – Lötschental Panoramic Trail offers a magical panoramic view of the Lötschental. Easy. 9.3 km.
It quite quickly starts to climb gently all the way to Schwarzsee. The path meanders through wild romantic forests, and if you’re hiking during the autumn months, then be prepared to experience some of the nicest colours autumn has to offer. Trail offers idyllic picnic spots to rest and recover on the edge of the picturesque Schwarzsee lake.
Switzerland, Lötschental Panoramic Trail
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Catbirds give the impression of being entirely slate gray. With a closer look you’ll see a small black cap, blackish tail, and a rufous-brown patch under the tail
Gray Catbirds are relatives of mockingbirds and thrashers, and they share that group’s vocal abilities, copying the sounds of other species and stringing them together to make their own song. including the catlike mewing responsible for its name.....a succession of musical and mechanical notes and phrases.
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Mon troisième jour sur Séoul. Une matinée où je traîne encore dans les quartiers environnants la "Galerie K" où j'expose. L'art me semble présent ici et partout, s'affichant sous de si nombreuses formes. Ici aussi, comme à Tokyo, des immeubles peuvent être entièrement consacrés à une galerie unique. Eaux et gaz à tous les étages. Dans l'un d'entre eux, je ne croiserais pas âme qui vive sur 4 étages. Je finirai sur sa terrasse à succomber à l'enivrement des lieux et de la cité. Après un déjeuner délicieux composé surtout d'une poule cuite au bouillon, farcie de riz aromatisé, je file vers l'ambassade des Etats Unis, en passant par le bâtiment 119, histoire de prendre la température suite à l'énorme manifestation de la veille. Calme plat, flics un peu partout. Là se trouve aussi l'immense Palais royal de Gyeongbokgung. Un lieu où tout est vaste. Ici le mystère s'établit pas à pas devant vos yeux. J'y pénétrerai le lendemain et assisterai même à la levée de sa garde. Un peu plus tard après une nouvelle douche à l'hôtel, je reprendrai ma marche errante dans la nuit de Séoul. Le GPS sera ma boussole en des lieux que je ne saurai nommer, désolé.
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My third day on Seoul. A morning where I still hang in the surrounding neighborhoods "Gallery K" where I expose. Art seems to me here and everywhere, appearing in so many forms. Here too, as in Tokyo, buildings can be entirely dedicated to a single gallery. Water and gas on all floors. In one of them, where I would not cross a living soul on 4 floors. I will finish on his terrace to succumb to the intoxication of the place and the city. After a delicious lunch consisting mostly of a chicken cooked in broth, stuffed with flavored rice, I go to the Embassy of the United States, through building 119, just to take the temperature following the huge demonstration of the day before. Quiet flat, cops everywhere. There is also the huge royal palace of Gyeongbokgung. A place where everything is vast. Here the mystery is established step by step before your eyes. I will enter the next day and will even attend the lifting of his guard. A little later after a new shower at the hotel, I will resume my wandering walk in the night of Seoul. The GPS will be my compass in places that I can not name,sorry.
A very difficult plant to photograph! Its seed head resembles that of a jumbo dandelion, with seeds attached to reversed parachutes to carry them far and wide. The photo problem is finding a pattern that isn't totally confusing visually. One can always step back and shoot the entire puffball, but I've done that. This is an experiment to see what else may be possible.
One more macro flower shot after this, and then a brief foray into the six-legged world.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
For our Bank Holiday last Monday we choose a destination I read about and which I really wanted to see for myself - the Cosdon Hill Bronze Age triple stone row. Cosdon Hill is a prominent marker of North Dartmoor, with 550m being the second highest peak of the National Park and can be seen for miles around. Our walk began in Sticklepath which is merely 30 min away from home. The path followed ancient stone walls gradually uphill and I was thankful for my new hiking boots (the old ones were ~17 y old!!!) which are waterproof as the path was more of a little stream due to the recent rainfalls. Once reaching open ground stunning views across Devon and Dartmoor opened up and I was over the moon to find the stone rows visited by a group of Dartmoor ponies! The triple stone row might be as old as 2.500 B.C. and is a colossal 146m in length! It might have been used for ceremonial purposes but one can only imagine...
There are also two burial chambers on the head of the standing stones so plenty of fascinating history to explore! For my photo the two white ponies were kind enough to pose nicely and I am very happy with the result!
And for those interested - you can have a look at the entire walk on a Youtube video: youtu.be/6cUES9JU_Jc
An entire street of beautiful properties over looking the Susquehanna River in Columbia, Pa. And, of course, fences full of character... :D
18-march-2022: the perpetual alternation between low and high tide, more marked precisely in this area where the tidal masses are channeled along the entire narrow Adriatic Sea, has greater variation in conjunction with the days around the full moon and the new moon.
It is therefore an astronomical phenomenon, but that Weather Patterns can alter, even massively.
In "my area", for most of the winter and with a peak in March, there were numerous extreme low tides and minimal high tides, this due to the over 1040hpas of adiabatic pressure and the continuous currents prevailing from the East or North-East.
So, every +1hpas over the terrestrial average pressure (gravity) value of 1013hpas corresponds to 1cm less in the level of that sea placed under the adiabatic pressure of the anticyclone and obviously vice versa in case of decreasing pressure.
The north-eastern currents tend to move the water masses towards the West and then towards the South following the anti-clockwise current that goes up the Adriatic along the Dalmatian coast and descends it from the Italian side.
All these factors "empty" the Gulf of Trieste which is also the Northernmost Spot of the entire Mediterranean Sea!
The exact opposite occurs with Low Pressure and the activation of persistent "long currents" from the South or South/East, in which cases not only Venice ends up under the surface of the Northern Adriatic Sea.
A unique dimension that the beam of sunlight bought into the Canyon, a smoky soul. It is the falling sand that is shimmering in the sunlight.
One of my most favorite of places on earth! This one is from he upper Antelope Canyon.
I took the photography tour where you get more time and get to take a tripod with you. The canyon gets this beam of straight sunlight for a few minutes that makes the canyon a magical place to be at!
I can spend the whole week walking and taking pictures here (only if I don't have to earn a living!). Every curve gives you a unique perspective and every turn is an entirely different world!
Tres Hectáreas de viñedos en parra dedicadas en su totalidad al cultivo de uva "Albariño". La bodega practica una política de autoabastecimiento de uva con una producción moderada de unas 20.000 botellas al año, dentro de la denominación de origen "Rías Baixas".
Vineyards in the Manor of Quinteiro da Cruz.
Three hectares of vineyards in vines dedicated entirely to the cultivation of grape "Albariño". The winery practises a policy of self-supply of grapes with a moderate production of about 20,000 bottles per year, within the denomination of origin "Rías Baixas".
Ribadumia (Pontevedra). Galicia. España.
An entire new beginning at our new place.
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Nearly the entire interior of the Sainte-Chapelle Cathedral is covered in beautiful stained glass. Within the 15 huge 50 feet (15 meter) high windows are 1,113 separate scenes taken from the old and new testament. The chapel itself is arguably the finest example of High-Gothic architecture in the world.
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The Garganey (Anas querquedula) is a small dabbling duck. It breeds in much of Europe and western Asia, but is strictly migratory, with the entire population moving to southern Africa, India (in particular Santragachi), and Australasia in winter, where large flocks can occur. This species was first described by Linnaeus in 1758 under its current scientific name. Like other small ducks such as the common teal, this species rises easily from the water with a fast twisting wader-like flight.
Their breeding habitat is grassland adjacent to shallow marshes and steppe lakes.
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Our guides, from Guilin Photography Tours, setup an opportunity to go into some peoples homes on our first day.
It's one thing to be walking around an ancient village but something else entirely to be invited into a home and photograph people within their surroundings.
This lady, to me, was absolutely beautiful both in her appearance and in spirit. So was so welcoming when we came in and was so willing to be a subject for our cameras.
This is one of my favourite moments from the trip and one of my favourite shots from the couple of weeks that I was in China.
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