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I adopted my cat, Mr. Meowzer, from the Humane Society as a "socialized" feral kitten. I put quotes around socialized because his feral instincts are so strong that he only accepts me as his human. My husband has tried repeatedly and in vain to gain his trust. I have spent quite a good deal of my time attempting to shape his behavior to my liking, like attempting to make him an indoor only cat, LOL. I am grateful because he keeps his patrolling to his territory which consists of my yard. He will do what he wants and he condescends to sleep inside for the night and rest close to me on the couch while I enjoy tv in the evening (his favorites are nature shows, of course).
Today August 29th Bastian celebrates his 6th anniversary with us. He has gained a little weight, but is still the same cudly and playful boy as back then, when we found him at the shelter. :)
Bastian (mixed breed), 11.07.2021.
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
On Halloween, all the kids in the neighborhood were told to never go near the abandoned house...
Skippy envisioned his universe with the help of the following amazing creations:
Bad Unicorn's Creepy Cabin Backdrop!
Bad Unicorn's Freetown Forest Backdrop
Maru Kado's Skull Head Foxes!
ChicChica's Halloween Pumpkin Bucket!
And the little trick or treater wears:
Vale Koer's Very Good Sneakers!
Keep taking risks.
Keep blazing trails.
Keep shining bright, my friends.
And Happy Halloween!
Autumn in Melbourne is always beautiful, with many wonderful deciduous trees full of colour like these ornamental pear trees, which are quickly gaining the rich gold, orange and red tones of the season.
Melbourne has experienced a wonderful Indian summer this year, and as a result, not only are there still plenty of beautiful blooms about, but the Autumnal colours are starting to appear.
This double crested cormorant did a few circles of the lake to gain altitude before it finally left the area. Gave me a few passes at it. Didn't nail the focus, but I liked the dynamic pose enough to post it.
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Flay you alive
One more word and you won't survive
And I'm not scared
Of your stolen power
I see right through you any hour
I won't soothe your pain
I won't ease your strain
You'll be waiting in vain
I got nothing for you to gain
I'm taking it slow
Feeding my flame
Shuffling the cards of your game
And just in time
In the right place
Suddenly I will play my ace
seen from the Babelsberg Palace Park, near Potsdam across the river Havel. (re-.edited and reposted)
October 3rd is a German holiday - Anniversary of Re-Unification. Therefor I though this photo would be suitable to remember the past during the cold war, when Berlin has been the borderline between Russian and the western allies (American, British and French). I posted ist long ago but now re-edited and now re-posted it.
The Glienicke Bridge over the River Havel connects Berlin with Potsdam. The road bridge owes its name to the nearby former “Klein Glienicke“ estate, on the site of which is now "Glienicke Castle“. The truss bridge was opened at the end of 1907 as the fourth structure at this point under the name "Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge“, which, however, did not catch on.
The state border between Brandenburg and Berlin and the city border with Potsdam runs across the middle of the bridge. During the period of German division, the Glienicke Bridge gained worldwide fame through the third and last agent exchange, which was spectacularly staged on February 11, 1986.
Die Glienicker Brück, die "Agenten - Brücke" über die Havel verbunden Berlin mit Potsdam Ihren Namen verdankt die Straßenbrücke dem in der Nähe gelegenen ehemaligen Gut Klein Glienicke, an dessen Stelle heute das Schloss Glienicke liegt. Die Fachwerkbrücke wurde Ende 1907 als viertes Bauwerk an dieser Stelle unter dem Namen Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke eröffnet, der sich jedoch nicht durchsetzte.
Quer über die Brückenmitte verläuft die Landesgrenze zwischen Brandenburg und Berlin bzw. die Stadtgrenze zu Potsdam. Während der Zeit der Deutschen Teilung erlangte die Glienicker Brücke weltweite Bekanntheit durch den am 11. Februar 1986 spektakulär inszenierten dritten und letzten Austausch von Agenten am 11 Februar 1986.
Object: IC1805 – The Heart Nebula SHO (2022)
The Heart Nebula, IC 1805, Sh2-190, lies some 7500 light years away from Earth and is located in the Perseus arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. This is an emission nebula composed of glowing gases (ionized hydrogen, sulfur and oxygen) and darker cold dust lanes. The nebula is shape and illumination are produced by a central star cluster known as Melotte 15 aka Collinder 26.
Details:
- Acquisition Date: 11/23/2022 to 11/24/2022
- Location: Western Massachusetts, USA
- Imaging Camera: QHY600PH-M -10°C - Mode 1(High Gain) Offset:15 Gain:56
- Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106 EDXIII @ f/5 (530mm focal length - 106mm aperture)
- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100 w/GTO4
- Guide scope: Celestron Off Axis Guider
- Guide Camera: ASI174m mini
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, Aries Astro Pixel Processor
Filters:
- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm
- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm
- Astrodon SII 3nm 50mm
Exposure Times:
- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 30 x 10min. (300min) bin 1x1
- Oxygen III (OIII):30 x 10min. (300min) bin 1x1
- Sulfur II (SII):25 x 10min. (250min) bin 1x1
Total Exposure:610min. (14.17hrs)
Sky Quality:
-Magnitude: 19.71
-Bortle Class 5
-1.41 mcd/m^2 Brightness
-1234.6 ucd/m^2 Artificial Brightness
Through the year there are rare events that take place that really capture my imagination, fall leaves, spring bloom, thunderstorms... Fireworks though, that's one I truly enjoy. In essence it is a simple idea, a quick composition, easy to gain focus quickly even when shooting manual lenses. The joy is palpable, the crowd is paying attention to one thing only, everyone solely focused on this transformative art. Oohs, Ahhhs ring out through the night under the percussive sounds of the fireworks. Beauty unfolds, a flower blooms and vanishes just as quickly into the night, and for a fleeting moment you, as a photographer have to find your composition, address the focal length you're using, adjust on the fly. And before you really know what's going on, it's all over and the crowd disperses and you're left all alone packing your gear back up, hoping you managed to capture a small slice of the night.
ISO: 160
Aperture: f11
SS: 3 secs
Focal: 27mm
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A northern pintail takes off from the Big Salt Marsh at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in Stafford County, KS.
I am currently working on some pictures with motion blur and textures. Tokyo is the ideal place to trial this technique and to gain more experience. I’m completing a little article about the use of textures that I will post together with the the first motion blur images. Until then there will be one or two more straight and calm night shots....
The Trautzberger Maar (= volcanic lake) at Strohn in the volcanic Eifel was unknown to me until now, because it has only been renatured since 2014 so it is filled with water again.
It was once drained (like many other maars) to gain additional grazing land.
The Maar is idyllically nestled in a meadow valley and is considered the smallest maar of the Eifel.
Das Trautzberger Maar bei Strohn in der Vulkaneifel war mir bisher unbekannt, weil es erst seit 2014 renaturiert also wieder mit Wasser gefüllt ist.
Es wurde einst trocken gelegt (wie viele andere Maare auch), um zusätzliches Weideland zu gewinnen.
Das Maar liegt sehr idyllisch eingebettet in einem Wiesental und gilt als das kleinste Maar der Eifel.
siehe auch: www.eifel.info/a-trautzberger-maar
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Object: The Sights in Auriga– (HST or SHO palette) – 2022
A widefield view of part of the constellation of Auriga (The Charioteer)
The field contains:
Left side of frame -IC405 (The Flaming Star Nebula -aka SH2-229 or Caldwell 31) an emission/reflection nebula in the northern part of Auriga. It surrounds the irregular, blue star AE Auriga and is about 1500 light years from Earth.
Center upper right - IC410 (The Tadpoles Nebula) a dusty emission nebula/stellar nursery at about 12.000 light years from Earth that illuminated by the star cluster NGC1893 which is about 4 million years old so still relatively young. The nebula is noted for the ”tadpole” structures that have been created by the radiation pressure from the stars in NGC189.
Right side of frame - IC417 (The Spider Nebula) – An emission nebula lit up by massive hot stars that is currently producing new stars. It is located about 10,000 light years from Earth.
Details:
- Acquisition Date: 10/28/2022 to 10/30/2022
- Location: Western Massachusetts, USA
- Imaging Camera: QHY600PH-M -10°C - Mode 1(High Gain) Offset:15 Gain:56
- Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106 EDXIII @ f/5 (530mm focal length - 106mm aperture)
- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100 w/GTO4
- Guide scope: Celestron Off Axis Guider
- Guide Camera: ASI174m mini
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, Aries Astro Pixel Processor
Filters:
- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm
- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm
- Astrodon SII 3nm 50mm
Exposure Times:
- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 22 x 10min. (220min) bin 1x1
- Oxygen III (OIII):22 x 10min. (220min) bin 1x1
- Sulfur II (SII):24 x 10min. (240min) bin 1x1
Total Exposure:680min. (11.33hrs)
Sky Quality:
-Magnitude: 19.71
-Bortle Class 5
-1.41 mcd/m^2 Brightness
-1234.6 ucd/m^2 Artificial Brightness
The best option is to gain intel, the local D18PD station is quiet so Flit takes the opportunity to sneak across the street to tap into their databases and hack some information.
She is careful to not be detected, but then she hears the whirling of an overhead chopper.
Come Play with us
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CREDITS
AZOURY - Conception High Leg
[Azuchi] Galactic Chestplate Black
Bauhaus Movement - Interdimensional Hyperdrive/BLACK
Black Cats poses - Call of Duty 1
*Bolson / Wynehouse - tattoo @ Summerfest'18
[ContraptioN] SK3LET0 Series Prosthetic Arm *???* Right
DRD - geekmania - cybernetic face
DRD - geekmania - keyboard
erratic / eunice - bikini bottom / black (maitreya)
[ kunst ] - Slim Cigarette
[LAB737] Locust MK-III (Gunmetal)
T. Holotags
T. Solid Eye System
[The Forge] Tyre Pauldrons
A faschinating little shop by this name, found along George Street, along my driving route to work.
I haven't actually been inside yet, just stopped to shoot its title mural along the side of the building.
Helicopter gaining altitude, having taken off from Battersea heliport.
Pentax K-3 mk lll
Sigma 150-500mm f5-6.3 APO DG OS
I enjoy the grainy aspect when shooting with a low resolution device. Some seem to not favor having large foregrounds or backgrounds but this is how I feel great proportion and balance is gained. I tried many different angles with this shot and personally preferred being able to show the one angler having his morning smoke and the only way I could accomplish this was having their heads above the shore line. By doing this as well highlights the sunrise reflections on the face of the other sportsman. I feel this just ads to the depth of the image. since both heads have a unique presence. Sure I could crop out some of the foreground (Many will say I should) but it's my style and signature if you see my gallery
Tibor has a flock of sheep that varies in size but is anything up to 600 strong after the lambing season. Here he is with part of his pack of livestock guardian and herding dogs.
Many people ask why does Tibor require so many large dogs? His flock graze on agricultural land on the lower slopes of the Carpathian mountains of Transylvania. Bears and wolves are regular visitors from the forest and they test the defences of his dogs, in the hope of gaining an easy meal.
Happy 2021 , Dear Flickr friends !!
Let us leave this sad 2020 behind us , having gained lessons about Love, Compassion, Pain, True Harmony, Universal Peace, Friendship, and Democracy!
Some times misfortunes can become great Teachers in Life , and the result is to proceed ahead with a clear mind and a brave, refreshed heart…
I have left Flickr for a certain period…..again!! But here I am….again!! Hope, creative and optimistic as always!! To have again, my warm human and Artistic exchange with my extra talented flickr, Nature- Lovers- and-Photographers friends!!! ❤️❤️ 😊😊
All photos copyright 2015-2025 by Gerd Michael Kozik No further use of my photos in any form such as websites, print, commercial or private use. Do not use my photos without my permission !
Maya Bay liegt auf der Insel Phi Phi Ley und ist weltberühmt für ihren halbkreisförmigen Strand, der von bis zu 100 Meter hohen Kalksteinfelsen umgeben ist. Der Ort wurde durch den Film The Beach mit Leonardo DiCaprio weltbekannt und zieht seither Besucher aus aller Welt an. Nach einer mehrjährigen Schließung zum Schutz der Natur ist der Zugang mittlerweile streng reguliert, um das empfindliche Ökosystem zu bewahren.
Maya Bay is located on the island of Phi Phi Ley and is world-famous for its crescent-shaped beach surrounded by towering limestone cliffs up to 100 meters high. The bay gained global recognition as the filming location of The Beach starring Leonardo DiCaprio. After being closed for several years to protect its fragile ecosystem, access is now strictly regulated to ensure sustainable tourism.
Thank you for your visit!
3135 feet of elevation gain in 3 1/2 miles. And that's all that I have to say about that...
Mildred point is one of the highest viewpoints on the South side of Rainier next to Van Trump (which is kinda in view to the right) and of course Skyline which if you lost your baring's you might find yourself on the summit of the volcano... It is also unique in that it doesn't take you to a lovely spot, nay, it takes you to a chasm, a rocky valley carved and eroded by many a lahar and landslides depicting the more volatile aspects of the Grand Lady. Up and to the left you can just discern the Kautz Glacier and the birth of the creek by the same name as it is expelled into the world via waterfalls and a downhill run that would make a bobsledder cry. The chill wind is in your face and ruffling your clothes all the while the sound of water surrounds you interrupted occasionally by the sound of a boulder bouncing down the steep slopes and the insanely loud CRACK of the glacier melting in the Summer heat. I was alone as I'd set off at dawn and I couldn't find a bird, squirrel, dear, elk, bear, nor human in any pics or in person, it was eerie, just me and the mountain that I'd not seen in what felt like ages sharing a moment.
God rest the Queen, long live the King.
ps. once you see the smiley face you won't be able to unsee it. :)
Blow it up, lots to see in there.
After gaining the upper plateau of Cairn Gorm, we can look down through the rocks of the coire as we refuel with some light snacks. A small lochan lies below us called Coire an Lochan with our starting point to the right and the town of Aviemore just visible beyond Loch Morlich in the distance.
Cairn Gorm, the mountain from which the Cairngorm mountain range gets its name, stands at 1245 meters (4085 feet) and is my 4th Munro of the season, my 27th in total. The hike (no bike this time) sees me covering a circuit of just over 7 miles and making an elevation gain of around 762 meters (2500 feet).
The only little brown bird (White throated Sparrow) to gain a name of the 20 or thirty that come to my thoughtfully provided buffet dining area. He has been missing his tail but I think I now see where it's coming back so after awhile I will probably be saying stuff like I used to have a little brown bird that I named Shorty but I don't' know what happened to him, when the reality will be that he is still right there and I can't tell him apart from all of his comrades! LOL Happy Sabbath everyone! The sun has decided to pay us a short visit today for which I am extremely grateful! :) I'm guessing Anita will escape the confines of "sick hill" today and be out and about doing what Anita does while I will be ... well, napping most likely! LOL
Object: WR134 (October 2024)
WR 134 is a variable Wolf-Rayet star located in the constellation of Cygnus. It is surrounded by a faint bubble nebula blown by the intense radiation and high velocity winds from the star. It is 5.25 times the radius of our own sun, but due to a temperature over 63,000 K it is 400,000 times as luminous as the Sun.
- Other designations - V1769 Cygni, BD+35° 4001, HD 191765, WR 134, HIP 99377, SAO 69541
- Distance: 6000 light years
Details:
- Acquisition Date: 10/05/2024 to 10/08/2024
- Location: Western Massachusetts, USA
- Imaging Camera: QHY600PH-M -10°C - Mode 1(High Gain) Offset:15 Gain:56
- Telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 11 Celestron 11" Edge HD @f/7
- Focal reducer: Celestron .7x Focal Reducer, for 11 HD
- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100 w/GTO4
- Guide scope: Celestron Off Axis Guider
- Guide Camera: ASI174m mini
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, Aries Astro Pixel Processor
Filters:
- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm
- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm
Exposure Times:
- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 27 x 10min. (270min) bin 1x1
- Oxygen III (OIII):25 x 10min. (250min) bin 1x1
Total Exposure:520min. (8.67hr)
Sky Quality:
-Magnitude: 19.71
-Bortle Class 5
-1.41 mcd/m^2 Brightness
-1234.6 ucd/m^2 Artificial Brightness
Do you ever feel like this snail where somehow you got into a situation with or without your consent and now feel like a puppet? Think and act and get your control back. This snail was not going to do what I wanted and was actively letting me know by trying to escape. It moves slowly but that's all it takes to make the necessary changes to gain control, just baby steps. Never give up!
After walking for a while, you will always find beautiful scenery, experience some things, and always gain something.
Sure hope we all soon can comfortably see aerial views like this again! :)
Have a terrific day, everyone...
Données FIN prise de vue
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Date : 2023-06-11
Objet : M27
Instrument : Telescope 200/800 Quattro SkyWatcher
Camera : ZWO ASI1600 MC / Filtre = IrCut / Temp = -10°c / Gain= 139 / Offset = 21
Durée pose unitaire = 240s / Nombre de pose : 23
Traitement SIRIL et PHOTOSHOP / Gestion Stellarmate
Phase lunaire : Last Quarter(0.752)
Données Météo fin de session
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Fin de session StellarMatte : 2023-06-11 03:19:14
Lever du soleil : 06:09 AM
Coucher du soleil : 09:56 PM
Conditions climatiques : clear sky
Couverture nuageuse : 0 %
Taux d'humidite de 93 %
Pression : 1015 hpa
Vitesse Vent : 10 km/h
Orientation : 320 ° (N=0° / Est = 90° / Sud = 180° / Ouest = 270°)
La temperature en fin de session est de 16 °c
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@ Frank TYRLIK -->>> www.flickr.com/photos/frank_tyrlik/
“The leaves fall, the wind blows, and the farm country slowly changes from the summer cottons into its winter wools.”
― Henry Beston
That time of the year when shooting after work becomes impossible without adding your own light. I hate that!
Dati: 110 x 300 sec ( 9,16 ore) gain 5 @ -15° c + 55 dark + 30 flat e darkflat
Filtro: Astronomik UV/IR Block L2
Montatura: EQ6 pro
Ottica: Takahashi FSQ106
Sensore: QHY168C
Cam guida e tele: asi120mm su Scopos 62/520
Software acquisizione: nina e phd2
Software sviluppo: AstroPixelProcessor e Photoshop
Temperatura esterna: 2 ° C - Umidità 55%
Rolling thru Gaines, Michigan having just left the home terminal in Durand a couple miles back is GTW train #450 a turn to east yard in Detroit with former boiler GP9 4930 leading 2 sisters on February 26, 1983.
Pacific white-fronted geese after taking off from the Colusa National Wildlife Refuge on their spring migration to the northern reaches of Alaska and Canada. Currently two populations of white-fronted geese are recognized: the Pacific Population and the Mid-Continent Population. Numbers of Pacific Population white-fronted geese have increased steadily over the last decade.
Thanks, as always, for stopping by and for all of your kind comments -- I appreciate them all.
© Melissa Post 2018
Rolling into the nice super elevated curve just south of Gaines, Michigan is Grand Trunk Western train #410 running from Durand to Lang Yd. in Toledo, Ohio. Normally a pair of SD40's this day you found no complaints from me with GP9 4544 leading SD40 5929 - December 18, 1976.
10 Year Project
Each month I take a favourite photo from ten years back, and re-edit it, using current tools and knowledge.
This one seems to have gained a little something from the changes in tech. Plus I straightened it better. :-)
Photographed using a Helios 40-2 85mm Lens
The flare was actually caught with the lens. Flare is quite prominent with this lens. It just happened to be in the right place this time so I kept the photo.
Bougainvillea is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees belonging to the four o' clock family, Nyctaginaceae. They are native to Brazil, Peru, and Argentina. There are between 4 and 22 species in the genus. The inflorescence consists of large colourful sepal-like bracts which surround three simple waxy flowers, gaining popularity for the plant as an ornamental. The plant is named after explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811), after it was documented on one of his expeditions.
The species grow 1 to 12 metres (3 to 39 ft) tall, scrambling over other plants with their spiky thorns. They are evergreen where rainfall occurs all year, or deciduous if there is a dry season. The leaves are alternate, simple ovate-acuminate, 4–13 cm long and 2–6 cm broad. The actual flower of the plant is small and generally white, but each cluster of three flowers is surrounded by three or six bracts with the bright colours associated with the plant, including pink, magenta, purple, red, orange, white, or yellow. Bougainvillea glabra is sometimes called "paper flower" because its bracts are thin and papery. The fruit is a narrow five-lobed achene.
On a cold fall day, a bighorn sheep chose to rest on a natural rock bench that had been heated by the sun. It was so content it was chewing its cud while soaking up the sunshine.
You may want to enlarge to see more detail of the sheep but I purposely shot for distance to get a better idea of the setting.
Photographed in the Colorado National Monument, Grand Junction, Colorado.
2024 was one of the hardest years of my life.
I learned so much about myself - strengths and weaknesses.
I broke myself repeatedly to form a more solid me.
I sacrificed true love on an altar of commitment.
I watched generations wither and stepped into the gap.
I gained beautiful flowers in my garden of friends.
I froze in the face of trial and closed within myself.
I created from the depths of my agony.
I screamed in silence for dreams unfulfilled.
I stepped up and made the choice - God over everything else.
I struggled out of the pit of surviving.
I don't know what 2025 holds.
But I know there will be continued pain... continued longing...continued moments of falling and picking myself back up. Moments of showing up for myself in solitude. Moments of nostalgia... and memory... that crush the air from my very chest.
And likely...Grief.
But through it all...
I will continue to persevere as best I can.
I will continue to cry out to God in my confusion and gain clarity.
I will continue to soak up the sun and dance in the rain.
I will continue to find small joys in the birds song.
I will continue to breathe in and out.
I will continue to believe.
I will continue to live.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11
Forever is composed of Nows
Tis not a different time
Except for Infiniteness
And Latitude of Home
~Emily Dickinson