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Su uno sfondo dei colori del tramonto, la cucciola scava nella sabbia, assaporando un momento di libertà.
Autumn is lavish
With her Midas touch turning
Everything to Gold-----DR
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This is a third in an accidental series of images of birds that surprised me, either by being there at all or by being so close. In each case I was able to, or had to, use the 100-400 lens to secure an image of the bird.
In this case I was watching a Great Blue Heron at sunset. I had crawled through some trees and shrubs to position myself right at the shoreline. Because of the density of the vegetation I could not back up (and I was sitting in some nasty mud). The Heron was hunting and oblivious to me, and I was waiting for it to walk into the remaining sun.
And then this juvenile Grebe approached. I was kicking myself because I could not get right down to water level without actually going for a swim. But I decided to try anyway. And it kept coming closer. And closer. And then it parked right in front of me and began the exercise in this image: an elaborate stretching of wings and neck. Its legs were stretched out behind it, one leg at a time. And then it turned around and ran on the surface of the water about sixty metres away from me. It was practicing flying.
This juvenile had arrived with an adult, but the adult had already departed. It was getting late-ish in the season, but the bird wasn’t yet ready to go. It needed to build strength and practice. As the sun set, it continued the stretching and running.
The bell tower of St. Peter and Pauls church is silhouetted by the vibrant hues of a late Fall sunset in the background!
As flowers die back with the colder temperatures, the smaller woody shrubs and ornamental trees take center stage in the gardens with their brilliant Autumn colors. And, of course, the larger canopy trees are renowned for their flaming Fall colors, here in New England.
These fiery red-orange leaves are Staghorn Sumac which grow wild along our roadways, fields and meadows. I loved the purple shadows they created in the sunset light yesterday - such an unusual and beautiful Fall palette.
Have a wonderful week, my friends!
Highland Farms, Cornish, Maine.
We had a nice fall sunset today, at least it wasn't overcast and raining.
A perfect moment chased for many time
Tramonto al Ponte del Diavolo
Un momento perfetto inseguito per molto tempo
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Another cold, colorful autumn day comes to a close at Cane Creek Park in Cookeville, Tennessee. I have been pleasantly surprised at the length of time that the leaves have stayed on the trees this fall...and the amount of color has also been more than I remember is many years. All positives for the photographer in me...
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5200 and combined with Photomatix to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Here's the description I wrote when I first posted this:
When I left work yesterday, I caught a tiny glimpse of this beautiful light in the distance and my heart stopped because at first I thought a house was on fire, as it was sooooooo bright. I quickly turned my car around thinking to call the fire department, but then I saw it was actually the sun setting through the trees, found a place to park, and grabbed my camera! Not having time to set up a tripod I did my best to capture the scene in the very few minutes I had before everything changed.
Here is some architecture -- so wonderful -- designed and created by the Great Spirit Mystery that has made our beautiful world. I cherish the beauty and mystery of Nature with all my heart and have dedicated my life to helping preserve it.
Here in Northern California along the Pacific, just 4 hours north by car from San Francisco we have a very dedicated and strong group of environmentalists who have done everything we can to bring attention to the importance of preserving life in this area for future generations. Mendocino is the part of the world where the big redwood forests grow.
We live in such a very very beautiful mysterious world! The hand of the architect who made our world - whatever it is - whatever this creative energy is -- must have so much love to make such a wonderful place....if we only have eyes to see....how wondrous.
To help protect life on Earth, we all need to focus and work together to retool our economies and develop new ways to fuel our everyday life activities with energy that is sustainable for the planet. Here are several excellent and helpful resources on line: www.renewableenergyaccess.com www.greenbiz.com and www.apolloalliance.org
note: In this photo, you see some eucalyptus trees along the road. A friend who studies California flora has told me that "the eucalyptus trees were imported to California around 1900 as a substitute for the depleted Redwoods and to provide shade for roadways and to create boundaries for farms and ranches. They were also meant as a money making development scheme for Sunset Magazine (owned by Southern Pacific Railroad) to get people to buy land in the northern Sacramento Valley and make a decent living by growing Eucalyptus. Of course after people bought the land and planted the trees, they couldn't do anything with the wood. But there are still lots of nice Eucalyptus groves dotting mostly the western side of the Sacramento Valley as well as up and down the California coast." Despite not having much economic value in the long run they are marvellous trees that give us shade, beautiful leaves, fantastic fragrance and another plus: they have medicinal properties. Their leaves are antiseptic.
I liked the way this one came out last night, the sun peeking between the trees and the beautiful colors of the leaves.
Little pink chrysanthemums in the chilly outside gardens at Smith's Botanic Gardens. Feisty little flowers, they are, getting ready to brave the freezing night time temperatures, and catching the last rays of sun light for the day.
The lavender-hued light and tones in the background were a lovely sunset surprise - there were no purple flowers from which to pull color and I performed no PS magic. The magic was all Nature's... :)