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Idyll beyond the pavement,
How green was my valley
In vernal raiment.
DeKalb County (Forrest Hills), Georgia, USA.
15 April 2023.
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▶ The East Decatur Greenway extends, unpaved, about ⅓-mile beyond its southern paved trailhead, continuing northeastward through a wildflower garden, then, here, over Cecilia Creek (aka East Fork Middle Branch Shoal Creek) via a small pedestrian bridge, finally concluding along the eastern bank of the creek.
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How beautiful is Hobbiton on the North Island of New Zealand? We did a live show from here last week, streaming from the quadcopter then flew around a bit afterwards to get some photos. This is the watermill and bridge to the Green Dragon Inn. You can see the quad video at ift.tt/21xdUtc via Trey Ratcliff on FB at ift.tt/1v05hWZ Snapchat: treyratcliff ift.tt/1qx3iMJ Instagram: treyratcliff ift.tt/1c7s6Uy
It's really hard for me to try to explain how hard it is to motivate myself to do any photography these days whilst I continue to recover from my knee injury. Recovery has been seriously interrupted by lockdowns and closures of gyms...indeed, I've not even been able to see a physio for over 6 months. With all of that my fitness has suffered considerably and so even short excursions can sometimes feel like I'm hitting the wall at mile 22 of a marathon. Therefore, the thought of making the effort to climb a hill for photography when the conditions are less than ideal...well, it doesn't appeal.
When on the hill, a different fear now presents itself. Fear of another injury. I used to head out without a care in the world really. Sure, I might slip and fall, but I always felt that I was the master of my own destiny, even in those circumstances...but now it is different. My body just failed when I injured my knee, with very little in the way of warning, just a little knee pain like I've had for years anyway. The actual step I took when my tendon snapped was so incredibly innocuous, it's the type of step I've taken thousands, if not millions, of times before...it was just like going down the stairs at home...but in that moment, my tendon chose when I was alone, on a hill, in inclement weather and without a mobile signal, to snap...not at home, going down the stairs. And now, although the injured knee presents no pain, my other one does, so the fear is that that will someday go too, as so often seems to happen with people who rupture one tendon, eventually the other one ruptures too. Add to that a lack of strength in the injured knee, some balancing issues and a tendency to give way without warning...that all adds up to a heck of a lot of nervousness when going off the beaten track.
The day I took this photo was no different in many ways. I was solo. The weather was inclement. There was no-one really around. I did have some extra protection in the form of a satellite transceiver that enables me to send an SOS and I did tell my wife where I was this time. But with boggy conditions underfoot, it still meant my mind wasn't wholly invested in photography until I'd set up my tripod and decided to wait, in the cloud and drizzle, for things to happen. And so I waited...and waited...and waited. About 2 hours later I felt the subtle change in temperature on my neck as the sun tried to break through the misty conditions. Poised with my finger on the shutter just hoping for the mistiness to clear a little to reveal the landscape, the conditions brightened to the left of the scene you see here until not only were the two tress visible, but also the landscape beyond...and low and behold, a rainbow. What resulted was a stitch pano consisting of 7 vertical frames and 160 megapixels of Lake District loveliness. This scene lasted for all of 30 seconds...and then it was gone.
I don't tend to big-up my photography, especially these days. I tend to work behind the scenes, especially for anything from Snowdonia, where I spend most of my time, refining my project and building, what I hope will be, a quality book. However, when I go elsewhere, it is sometimes nice to share what I captured, and I think even I like this one enough to shout about it.
How much of human kind is clearly visible in this creature? Intriguing and fascinating are his social behaviour, apparent intelligence, communication and the look in his eyes. And all the same we are put off by his noisiness, uncleanliness, violence and complete inability to reason. Much like the human race - the best of beings at times, and also the worst.
Created for DIGITALMANIA ~ WINGS ON THINGS
All work done in Photoshop 2024 and MidJourney
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Castle Crag and Kings How viewed from the Allerdale Ramble path in Borrowdale, Lake District. Everything's nice and green after a very wet late spring.
Zaterdagavond na enige klauterwerk onder aan de Waal dit perspectief gevonden om de drie Waalbruggen in 1 opname te vangen. 12 mm. was krap aan zoals jullie zien. Tevens een ultieme test voor me met de Sony A7III die ik in bruikleen had van CameraNU.nl. Hier de combinatie Sony body met Sigma converter MC-11 en lens Sigma Art 12-24 mm. f/4 goed kunnen ervaren.Ondanks f/8 zijn de details wat mij betreft subliem. En hoe heerlijk is het om een 1 uur aan het water door te brengen met een van je fotobuddies die koek en sopie bij zich had!!!
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For a long time he tried to follow how she was doing that, but ...........................
For more, chk out the video.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISZbFYMYblw
she woke up
every morning
with the option of
being anyone she wished
how beautiful it was
that she always chose
herself.
-tyler kent white
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How long will they be allowed their quiet home, so close to us?
When will local government decide that they are just not part of the plan? How much time have I now to sit alone here in the January chill, and think quiet beaver thoughts of winter fishing and roof repairs, and shared body warmth...How long does anyone have?
You just have those days where you get stuck on seeing something with every frame. Today was faces. Everywhere, I saw faces. In this shot alone, I saw three. distinct faces, can you see them too?
Wishing you all a Wonderful Holiday Season and may you capture that one impossible shot with perfection.
Thank you to Explore for selecting this image and to all who viewed, faved or commented.
Chipmunk with cheeks full of Sunflower seeds.
My grandmother and her mother used to say to keep a man, you have to know to cook and you have to make love, if you do both well, he will not have envy to leave you......I would have better from now to learn to cook (big smile)
CSX ST70AH (SD70ACe-T4) #8903 and 8902 wait for something to happen at Mulberry, FL, just north of the heart of the Bone Valley. Unfortunately, nothing much happened. This pair ran light back to Mosaic's phosphate production facility at Bartow after sunset, the only move I saw in two days.
These two units are apparently part of an order of ten, numbered 8900-8909, and set up at Waycross before being sent to south Florida.
Every time I view Landscape Arch I am amazed that it is standing. How is this possible? Nature does some pretty amazing things across this beautiful planet of ours!
A bit of trivia; apparently this arch was originally named "Delicate Arch" and what we now know as Delicate Arch was called Landscape Arch. In an early publication the names were mistakenly switched and stuck so this is called Landscape Arch. Now you know ;-).
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This bird couldn't work out how to get to the food other than sit on the roof or fly around the birdtable.
collared dove ~ streptopelia decaocto
The collared dove is on the RSPB Green status list.
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How rare is it to find three white Cabbage Sulphur Butterflies hanging out in the pink blossoms... and they are all turned in the same direction.