Full resolution if you like.

Here is one of the captures from my recent trip to Ricketts Glen, PA that I played with in Lightroom by reducing the saturation of color by 33%. I liked the resulting moody tones and colors. It was very green and luscious ... but this is a more subdued view allowing us to focus more on the waterfall and less on the surroundings.

(yes ... re-posted)

... have a meaningful week-end ... :))

Here's a shot from our stop in Agadir, Morocco. We went up to a scenic lookout expecting to take pictures of the city and shoreline below - - but instead - I spotted this Crested Lark making its way towards me. I quickly changed over to my 100-400 MM before it got past me.

Crested Lark - Agadir, Morocco

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Canon EOS 6D - f/8 - 1/30sec - 100mm - ISO 200

- for challenge Flickr group: Macro Mondays,

theme: Center Square B&W

- Ø (diameter) of this garlic bulb: 5 cm

- Garlic (Allium sativum) is a species in the onion genus, Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive and Chinese onion.

Garlic is native to Central Asia and northeastern Iran, and has long been a common seasoning worldwide, with a history of several thousand years of human consumption and use. It was known to ancient Egyptians, and has been used both as a food flavoring and as a traditional medicine. China produces some 80% of the world supply of garlic.

The garlic plant's bulb is the most commonly used part of the plant. Garlic bulbs are normally divided into numerous fleshy sections called cloves. Garlic cloves are used for consumption (raw or cooked) or for medicinal purposes. They have a characteristic pungent, spicy flavor that mellows and sweetens considerably with cooking.

In folklore, garlic has been regarded as a force for both good and evil. In Europe, many cultures have used garlic for protection or white magic, perhaps owing to its reputation in folk medicine. Central European folk beliefs considered garlic a powerful ward against demons, werewolves, and vampires. To ward off vampires, garlic could be worn, hung in windows, or rubbed on chimneys and keyholes.

Here is another crocus, the only crocus in my own garden. I bought it a few years ago because I liked the colour and it faithfully returns every year.

Here in Aurel, on a day loop from Sault

here on the Little Belt in Denmark

❃Shirt Over Org (Gianni,Jake,Legacy)

❃Jeans GB Rolled hem red

❃Skin make-up LOWEN Beauty Pulled EvoX

❃Hairbase Sap Promise EvoX

❃Horns Just Tony Demon

❃Claws [CX] essential dirty claws

❃Tongue .Tardfish. Anti-love

❃Earrings UNHOLY MOLOCH gift group

❃Pose [Dope+Mercy] group gift 18

❃Backdrop .PALETO. EXORCISM

It's about 2 months since I last picked up my camera and a combination of time, energy and motivation seem to be conspiring against me at the moment. With nothing new to process and upload, it's back to the archives and a shot from a beautifully peaceful morning up at Buttermere back in March

A selection of my images are now available to purchase at James Bell's site here

Here it is just a matter of weeks Photo taken in March 24

Bobcat

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Here's the same Buckeye - fresh with beautiful colors, at the wetlands, 2 days ago. North Georgia

WEATHER: first time Atlanta hit 90o in October since 1954! More 90o ahead ...

UK, 2021, kentmere 800

“Smell the sea and feel the sky, let your soul and spirit fly”

– Van Morrison

Here is the lantern photo that the text book team decided to use. It was really fun to have an assignment and find different ways to illustrate their theme,

The comment has the book design.

cool days are here

get up and cheer

gather round the fires

fall will take away the liars

with their sun tans and Kaftans

and give us back our sweaters and wooly socks.

long live the flowers of the sun

may they never be done

giving us cheer and cold beer!

A tiger swallowtail butterfly on a zinnia flower, from my garden

Here is, I think, the most perfect Cherry tree in town.

[ADD] Jamie Boots @ TOKYO ZERO

MADRAS Skull Ground Decor Iron

BLOG POST <<<

considering if Pro would be worth the extra 9 bucks a month 😂

[EDIT] The fact Flickr did what they did shortly after this is astounding

Here on this image folks I got a bit of a head turn and just loved the pose I got, and as he flew higher toward the blue section of the rainbow the colors got more intense, and as he came closer to the lower half they became more muted, I had a ball.

Thanks for visiting and have a glorious day.

Explored October 5, 2020

#sliderssunday

Do you remember the Mendelian laws of inheritance? We've learned them in school on the basis of how the eye colours of fruit flies (the notorious Drosophila Melanogaster) are inherited to further generations according to dominant or recessive characteristics, although Gregor Mendel himself conducted his groundbreaking genetic experiments with pea plants. Unfortunately, the significance of Mendel's laws was never truly understood or acknowledged in his lifetime (1822 – 1884). His studies, however, were rediscovered three decades later, at the turn of the 20th century, and, following their rediscovery, American biologist Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866 – 1945) began to experiment with Drosophila in his "Fly Room" at Columbia University. It was Morgan who discovered that genes are carried on chromosomes; he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1933. Further Fly experiments (with a less successful outcome) were conducted by a certain Dr. Seth Brundle in 1986 (aka "The Fly"). So where exactly does my image come in here, you may have already asked yourself (if you haven't stopped reading my lengthy introduction long before – which I could totally understand). Well, during one of those numerous teaching experiments with fruit flies, which numerous generations of students have conducted ever since modern genetics became part of school curriculums, something must have gone very wrong. And who knows, maybe Dr. Seth "Brundlefly" Brundle himself had led one of those biology experiments? Experiments in which some dinosaur genes were mixed with those of an innocent fruit fly... Which resulted in the creation the biggest Drosophila the world has ever seen – the Olympic Brachosophila Megalogaster? Nonsense, of course, and you know it ;-) But doesn't this kaleidoscoped image of the Olympic stadium's interior (the roof, mostly, taken at a dutch angle) look just like an ultra close-up of a (fruit) fly's face? Not one that you'd like to see buzzing around your fruit bowl, that's for sure, but let's say that the other "third party genes" that were used in this crazy experiment came from a puppy. So this would be the friendliest, cuddliest giant dinosaur puppy fruit fly you'll ever come across :) OK, I'd rather stop before you start to believe that I was a part of those experiments as well ;-)

Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone, stay safe and take care, dear Flickr friends!

Drosophila Megalogaster – Schau mir in die Augen, Kleines :)

Ihr erinnert Euch doch bestimmt noch alle an die Mendelsche Vererbungslehre und die berühmte Drosophila Melanogaster mit ihren dominanten bzw. rezessiven Genen, die über die Vererbung der jeweiligen Augenfarbe entscheiden. Was wäre, wenn jemand bei einem der unzähligen Biologie-Experimente, die Generationen von Schülern mit Fruchtfliegen durchgeführt haben, nicht nur Fruchtfliegen(-Gene) gekreuzt, sondern evtl. noch ein paar Dinosaurier-Gene dazwischen gestreut hätte? Das Ergebnis könnte die größte Fruchtfliege sein, die die Welt je gesehen hat, die unglaubliche "Olympische Brachosophila Megalogaster" mit Augen so groß wie zwei Stadiondächer ;-) Nun ja, Ihr habt es schon erraten, dies ist eine kleine Spielerei mit einem Foto vom Olympiastadion für den Sliders Sunday. Ich hatte hier einfach aus Spaß mal eine Aufnahme mit schräger Perspektive gemacht und dabei überwiegend das offene Dach mit ins Bild genommen. Nachdem ich in Photoshop das Bild kopiert, gespiegelt und neu zusammengesetzt hatte, schaute mich plötzlich eine riesige (Frucht-)Fliege an ;-) Keine, die man gerne daheim um den Früchteteller herumschwirren sehen möchte, aber ich kann Euch beruhigen: Bei dem manipulierten Experiment kamen als "Drittanbieter-Gene" nicht nur die eines Dinosauriers hinzu, sondern auch die eines kuscheligen Welpen. Diese Fliege ist also gaaaanz lieb und verschmust und will bloß spielen ;-)

Ich wünsche Euch einen guten Start in die neue Woche, bleibt gesund und passt auf Euch auf!

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The city of Guimarães is historically associated with the foundation of Portuguese nationality and identity. Guimarães (among other villages) precedes and prepares the foundation of Portugal, being known as "The Cradle of the Portuguese Nation". Here took place in 1128 the main political events. A cidade de Guimarães está historicamente, associada à fundação da nacionalidade e identidade Portuguesa. Guimarães (entre outras povoações) antecede e prepara a fundação de Portugal, sendo conhecida como "O Berço da Nação Portuguesa". Aqui tiveram lugar em 1128 os principais acontecimentos políticos

Here you can find such a cute tattoo

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... and here in the moment (a walk in the mist).

Here are some wide open apple blossoms, and some partially opened blossoms.

Here we have a buzzard, post-breakfast, tentatively wading into the water. Wings held up, it seems to be testing the unfamiliar terrain. A snapshot of curiosity in action.

This place is boring. I'm leaving.

Salk institute, La Jolla, California.

Meyer-Optik Görlitz Oreston 50mm f1.8

Here's my wide take of LL-1 coming down the hill towards the switchback connecting to the trolley line, Monday's breathtaking winter paradise could make almost any location look good.