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Arnhem - Weg langs het Hazegrietje
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Taken by my spouse with his 200mm macro and old D4. After my accident with that remarkable lens--and repairs by Nikon are good, but I almost could have purchased a new one for the same price--I do not borrow this rather dear lens.
Slight crop. Maple tree that we did not have planted.
“It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.”
Quote ― Roy T. Bennett
Transforming this mushroom-image, into this one. It was fun ;-))
HSS everyone!
Green-crowned Woodnymph - Woodnymphs (Thalurania) are medium-sized hummingbirds with a slightly decurved, black bill; the males also have a noticeably forked tail, and glittering throat and belly. They inhabit the understory of humid lowland forest and in adjacent advanced second growth, and often are common. The Green-crowned Woodnymph is the representative of this genus that occurs from eastern Panama south to southwestern Ecuador. As the name implies, this is the only species of woodnymph in which the crown of the male is glittering green. Four subspecies of Green-crowned Woodnymph are recognized. The three northern subspecies all are very similar: the male has a green throat but a blue breast and belly, while the female has a gray throat and the belly is mixed dark gray and dark green. The southernmost subspecies, hypochlora of southwestern Ecuador, is very different, however: the male is entirely green below, while the underparts of the female are all pale gray.
Picture taken at San Miguel de los Bancos, Ecuador.
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most people are afraid of a new beginning as it often times means that new challenges are ahead. with an apprentice's mindset, one is able to look into themselves and find the true value that you are bringing into your new destiny. use these tests as a chance to make yourself better for the future.
Getting up one very frosty morning, I found this amazing structure about 2 inches high, growing from the birdbath. Completely round it looks like a frozen tornado, or whirlpool.
"Catch on fire if you must, sometimes everything needs to burn to the ground so that we may grow."
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Blanket flowers are long lived and vibrant flowers. This year these plants have been exploding with new growth. Once I started looking at the various photographs I've taken during their stages of development, I decided that this little blossom was still quite a baby flower. Perhaps that is why gardening shops are called nurseries.
I'm enjoying seeing the new growth in my wife's garden, including the grape hyacinths springing up through the ivy.
Helianthus annuus, the common sunflower, is a large annual forb of the genus Helianthus is grown as a crop for its edible oil and edible fruits. It is a genus of plants comprising about 70 species. Except for three species in South America, all Helianthus species are native to North America and Central America. The species H. annuus typically grows during the summer and into early fall, with the peak growth season being mid-summer. Perennial sunflower species are not as common in garden use due to their tendency to spread rapidly and become invasive. Sunflowers are usually tall annual or perennial plants that in some species can grow to a height of 300 cm or more. They bear one or more wide, terminal capitula (flower heads), with bright yellow ray florets at the outside and yellow or maroon (also known as a brown/red) disc florets inside. 28624
Don't you just hate it when your vegetables go feral!
(Shot in natural light on the lid of our printer)
HCT!
On October 1, 2020 I traveled to the Highland Restaurant at the Eagle Ridge Territory outside Galena, Illinois where I knew there were beautiful flower gardens outside. I had just gotten a new Canon Camera with multiple lenses I wanted to try out. Photo Images credited to Vickie L Klinkhammer of Vickielynne Photography and Designs(VLP & Designs). Images may appear on wearable art and home essentials at www.vlpdesigns.com.
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I often come across designs on bark, trees and other forest growth and natural elements that create patterns that remind me of faces, animals and oddities. I decided it is time to start photographing them.
Also a Happy Smile on Saturday!
I will be honest when I say this image was not planned out, nor was much time taken over shooting it.
But there is something about how it captures the melancholy dusk feeling, and draws your eye back into the tower shapes in the background mirroring the foreground which I found very interesting, and wanted to share.
Potting utensils left behind next to the kitchen garden in the "Haus der Offiziere", an old military training quarter in Wünsdorf from 1910. After the war it served the Russian military in East Germany until 1994.
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Unfortunately this scene from the Birchen Coppice view point, has been taken over in resent years by tree growth. This is a shot I took of fourteen years ago where the view extended from the parish church of St Anne's in Bewdley across to the West Midland Safari Park. Featured loco working off Safari Curve is 80072.
Had a beautiful day with a flock of Evening Grosbeaks today. These birds are declining and are now listed as a species of special concern under COSEWIC in Canada. Since the 1970's these birds have experiences 77-90% declines across their range. They are mostly declining due to loss of their habitat (mature and old-growth forests), road collisions (when they feed on grit in winter) and window strikes.