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Excitement on the croft today as my neighbour Andy got his first lamb.Proud mum staying close by for protection
As she left for work, my wife popped back in to say sunrise looked promising. My first shots of 2023, so a happy New Year to you all. I hope this year brings you luck, happiness and good health.
Cape Spear, at 47.52431612554679, -52.61917001889249 is the most easterly point in North America. It is closer to Paris, France, and London, England, than to Vancouver or Victoria, BC. In addition to its role as a strategic defensive location during WW2’s Battle of the Atlantic, many photographers enjoy capturing sunrises here. Seek out the first rays of sunshine to reach North America at Cape Spear, you will not be disappointed. I camped in the parking lot there hoping for a clear morning and am grateful I did.
First time attempting to grow some of my own veggies. I'm delighted when I saw this beauty emerge. How does a tomato even grow, let alone turn from green to yellow? Seems rather miraculous to me. Can't wait to taste it with the purple basil and other herbs!
The wildlife in the Antarctica Peninsula is ever present and Whales seemed to accompany us wherever we sailed throughout our journey.
This was a shot I took on our first day as we approached the Melchior Islands. It isn't the best whale shot I took, but it was the first. We had some pretty close encounters later in the trip when our zodiac was surrounded by 4 feeding pods of Humpback Whales. To see them close up and hear them was an experience that will last a lifetime.
So here is a shot of a Humpback's fluke as it dived to feed on the abundant krill amongst the icy waters around the Melchior Islands.
There are three Naga Bridges in Phanom Rung, and this is the first one you encounter in the Hindu temple.
What is called Naga Bridge is a cruciform stone platform open to four directions with railings shaped like serpents. Each Naga is carved like a five-headed cobra.
I took this, along with some others, in low light this morning. Trying to get the hang of flight shots. Very high ISO, but the focus appeared to work pretty well. Really liking the increased speed of locking on!
It is a magical time when the first rays of the morning sun shine into my garden. This is one of my very favorite times of the day. Here two dayliies begin to soak up their daily ration of life-giving sunshine.
I am out with my camera in my pj's and heavy coat grateful for this beautiful morning.
“Wake at dawn with a winged heart and be grateful for another day of loving.” ~ Kahlil Gibran
This female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is the first butterfly I've spotted this season. She is nectaring on a viburnum shrub in my yard in NE Oklahoma.
Woodland bathing in the first rays of sunlight as the mist slowly burns off.
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Log 2.002.1: Turned out to be a planet, no signs of intelligent life at this point. That means no hope in fixing what was broken from the wormhole jump. There are some interesting plants and minerals here, and I'm pretty sure the ship can refine some of them into fuel. The air isn't breathable, so I've got to keep my time on the surface short and only get what I need.
Mowing the lawns this morning I noticed the first fungi for the season under the Pine tree on our front corner.
Tecumseh, Nebraska
Another picture in my series of rural Nebraska churches photographed at night. This is the last of the buildings I took pictures of in Tecumseh. I decided that since I had made the long drive to Tecumseh in the middle of the night, I was going to make it worthwhile by visiting all of the churches in town. I liked the lit up stained glass windows at this church.
This is an HDR bracketed exposure of 4 photos of the building and the surrounding area. The HDR composite was put together in Lightroom. The sky is a composite of 8 photos taken at 20 seconds, ISO 1600, for noise reduction. The sky photos were taken on my way home about 20 miles outside of town get away from the light pollution of any nearby towns.
The sky photos were composited in Photoshop and the overall picture was composited in Photoshop.
One of the triplets posing for his/her first portrait.
This little fawn is one of a set of triplets. I also saw that we have for sure one set of twins and possibly a second set of twins although the second set would not come out of the woods.
I took this photo through our glass back door.
First auroras this autumn.
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