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Here is a place where I am always to relax.
As I captured several moments here, this image I decided to do in infrared. The moment was captured at noon because the heat was intense.
Here my picture of one of my favorite lakes deep into the wild nature of Switzerland's mountains which I visited 3 months ago.
This Butterfly keep come and go everyday to my front yard. Today I took picture and share it with my Flickr friends.
Thanks for viewing :)
Explored April 13th, 2009 #240 -- thanks to all for being amused and commenting.
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Invites are always welcome, but please ... no animated ones. Your comments are exciting to receive and appreciated.
Happy Weekend, friends!
Thank you for comments and favs!
Schönes Wochenende, Freunde!
Vielen Dank für Kommentare und Sternchen!
Switzerland, May 2021
My best photos are here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ticino-best-photos-of-southern-...
My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI
You find a selection of my 80 BEST PHOTOS (mostly not yet on Flickr) here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/western-green-lizard-lacerta-bi... (the website exists in ESPAÑOL, FRANÇAIS, ITALIANO, ENGLISH, DEUTSCH)
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.
As always, many greetings to all of you, have a wonderful day and don't hesitate to let me know what you think 😊
Here's a shot taken at Newport Pier one Sunday evening. I know your not supposed to center your subject in the composition but I just couldn't help myself. :)
Thank you for taking the time to take a look at my photos and as always, your views, comments, faves, and support are greatly appreciated!! Have a great weekend everyone :)
If you have any questions about this photo or about photography in general, I will do my best to help, just post a comment or send me a Flickr mail and I will respond as quickly as possible.
Here's my last post>>
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Credits:
LeLUTKA Lilly Head 2.5
toksik - Crane Chinese Crown (Pack A)
(Yummy) Layered Rose Necklace
Stealthic - Cordova
=Zenith=Belle Spring Flower Bow Hat
Amitie Lavender Fields Pack -
Amitie Bellagio Promenade
Fashiowl - Strawberry (Lavanda Field) - Scene
♫♬♪♩Rednex - Wish You Were Here (Official Music Video) [HD] - RednexMusic com♫♬♪♩
Here is an Osprey enjoying the remains of his fish dinner - - it was amazing because there was actually 4 osprey's in this same tree at one point - - by the time I walked out to them it was only 2 remaining - - but it was some fantastic views
Osprey - Ontario
🎼: Here I Go Again ~Whitesnake~
I don't know where I'm going
(But I sure know where I've been)
Hanging on the promises
In songs of yesterday
And I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time
(Here I go again)
Here I go again
Lot about Trent, let's have a look at you, come on!
Come on!
Though I keep searching for an answer
I never seem to find what I'm looking for
Oh Lord, I pray
You give me strength to carry on
'Cause I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams
!.. عيني آنآ بعينهآ ۈآلقلـۈب آبعآد آخشى هدب عيني يلآمس هدبهآآ
Say Mshalla PlZz ,,
model al7ob Nawari <3
part 1
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part 2
Here is the ringneck drake that was near, but not quite as comfortable as, the hen posted yesterday.
Esp☛ Chevrolet Fleetmaster 1947 en Centro Habana, Cuba. Centro Habana se encuentra adyacente al norte de La Habana Vieja.
Eng☛ Chevrolet Fleetmaster 1947 in Centro Habana, Cuba. Centro Habana is adjacent north of La Habana Vieja.
Fra☛ Chevrolet Fleetmaster 1947 à Centro Habana, Cuba. Centro Habana est adjacent au nord de La Habana Vieja.
I know, I've uploaded some pictures of these stairs before. But I like them. really.
And it's been a while, so here are some new captures.
a rockface of multiple small waterfalls coming down a tremendously high mountain (Hestur mountain) in Hestfjordur along Iceland's Westfjords. The whole scenario looked so enchanting I thought this had to be a natural bathtub destined to offer dryads and nymphs a refreshing bath ;)
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More photos of the details, makeup and decoration on the blog, facebook and instagram ♥
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KAOS Tattoos
KAOS PUNISHMENT TATTOO
:: Hanatsumi ::. Shiloh
Fitted mesh outfit with texture HUD ( 21 textures ) for Maitreya, Belleza ( Freya ), Legacy ( Classic & Perky ), Slink ( Hourglass & Physique ) & Kupra ( Original )
Cheeky WOW! Event Room & Cheeky 69! Designer
Rebel Pose
Her pose: Rebel Poses -RP- Dangerous Obsession
His clothes:
AxH - The "Rabbid Rabbits" Biker Set Fatpack
His pose:
::.. SN~~Styling & Profiling
all info in the blog
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The colors are here but haven't been able out shooting yet. Can't wait. This is from a couple of years ago.
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Pentax K-5
SMC Pentax-M 100mm F2.8
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Here's a shot from our garden that was given the impasto treatment for Sliders Sunday. Topaz Glow and Impression, among other plug-ins, were used. Also submitted for Our Daily Challenge: Garden or Gardening
HSS!
Juvenile Sora, Sora Rail or Sora Crake at Dixon Meadow Preserve - Dixon Meadow House, Lafayette Hill, PA
A paradise far from any topical beach, this is how I would describe the Alpsee lake in the Ostallgäu district of Bavaria, Germany.
“Only a select few are able to see the true beauty that lies behind what just might seem like a rainy day or a grey sky.”
– Jessica M. Laar
Gloom. - Landy Skin - VELOUR - Rose Kiss, Gloom. - Sentimental Collection eyes, Gloom. - Candy Lips, LILO's FIT - Shape Lelutka EVOX Avalon [Maitreya] Bobby, LeLUTKA Avalon Head 3.0, Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara, VELOUR: Piper HD Eyeshadow (LEL), KUNI - Ara, *LD* Swapy Gloves, Lyrium. Hills Idle Stands.
[Mow] Arya Outfit
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Wicca's Originals @ The Warehouse Sale // July 23 - August 18 ☻ Item: Jadeon Nose Piercing
Here can I sit and dwell on beauty, my thoughts accompanied by the chorus of birdsong, illuminated by sparkling sunlight.
devastatingsl.blog/2020/01/05/a-place-for-fae-to-dream/
Thanks to www.flickr.com/photos/lenabem-anna/ for the texture.