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Wombo blend using the source

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Taken @ Where our journey begins

White-Headed Buffalo Weaver, Dinemellia dinemelli, native to the dry brush and savanna of eastern Africa. San Diego Zoo's Africa Rocks aviary. Conservation status: least concern

This little one is doing some reno on the old homestead which just happens to be my garden.

HFF

outer-outer mission st.

daly city, california

Photographer: Senna Coronet

Cill Chriosd Manse House, Nr Broardford, Isle of Skye

I'll give you a break from Valencia for a while!

Back to March and my trip up to Skye. I met up with Skyeweasel and although the weather/tides meant Elgol was pretty pointless she was kind enough to show me a few locations I'd not shot before on the Broadford to Elgol road.

I'd seen this old manse house on a map and aerial photo and had it in mind to try to find but Louise took me straight there and we must have spent 90mins at least trying different povs and portrait v Landscape orientations. The snow on the mountains added a different feel. Several areas of rock existed to create leading lines and this was one of them.

Have to say I really enjoyed this location so once again my sincere thanks to Louise for her help and guidance on the day. Check out her channel if you haven't already www.flickr.com/photos/95388056@N02

© All rights reserved Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.

Piazza del Dumo (central square) in San Gimignano, Italy

(a pano stitch of 5 shots, using the Image Composite Editor software on the recommendation of our fellow Flickerite Hrvoje Šašek :-)) ; in my eyes, this is a considerable improvement over the smartphone pano I published earlier today, and now removed from the gallery)

Always makes me think of that Everly Brothers song "The Price of Love" also covered by Bryan Ferry. I was out practicing my handheld nighttime photography & was really pleased at the result. Probably not the greatest photo but I see some improvement on what I've been doing.

Some time before I shot the previous photo, the Black-shouldered Kite male was carrying this twig and landed in the tree where the nest should be. I suppose this was just some small addition to the already completed construction because I had observed the nest building process at lest a month ago. I wonder about the strength of his beak holding the twig so precisely at its very tip during the fast flight.

What do you all think?

Do you guys want another review?

Self-protrait

This house looked so sad for a very long time. The area at the front was overgrown and full to bursting with three cornered leeks.

It took the new owners a bit of time, but it's now looking lovely. You can just see the Welcome sign I took a photo of on the left hand wall - www.flickr.com/photos/44506883@N04/50176710771/in/album-7...

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This Red-necked Grebe pair is working side by side to improve the nest with floating materials gathered nearby. Here they are moving the materials with their beaks to where they like them.

Taken 14 June 2021 in Anchorage, Alaska.

Workers on a rooftop in Fès.

The Little Old Woman finally found a cobbler to add on to her shoe. Of course, now there is room for more children.

Created by blending elements from several Wombo images.

Thanks to Cindy Mc for the idea

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'twas great fun watching a pair shore up their nest in anticipation of little ones this morning.

Northern VA

Young red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) collecting hay. Grass was recently mowed with some hay remaining, and it's a great opportunity for some nest improvement.

Młoda wiewiórka (Sciurus vulgaris) zbierająca siano. Trawa zostałą niedawno skoszona i pozostało po tym nieco siana, co jest znakomitą okazją do ulepszenia gniazda.

Abandoned house in Delaware, Ohio

7DWF-B&W

Minolta 24mm Rokkor X 2.8- shot at f4

Cactus wren looking to upgrade its nest.

An t-Sràid Àrd, Glaschu / High Street, Glasgow - www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA05138

captured in the abandoned GBS Ltd. (2015)

Carden's Garage

Woolsey, Georgia

Kodak Ultramax film.

Some of my old 1/72 were pretty rushed and all getting a good revisit. Much improved Mig-29 and now working on some camo versions.

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. . . this shot bigger (on black) . . . Via Fluidr . . . bigger stream . . . via Fluidr . . .

. . . thanx to boccacino for this great texture . . . www.flickr.com/photos/boccacino/6775333365/

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The work never ends for a pair of nesting Blue-gray Gnatcatchers as this male returns to the nest bearing a clump of spider silk that will be woven into the nest.

Huntley Meadows Park

Alexandria, VA

Grey heron, partially back lit, working on home improvements.

Thank you for stopping by to look at my images. Any comments and faves are always appreciated. Have a great day!

A CSX West Olive coal train turns the corner toward Grand Rapids in Plymouth, Michigan with a much improved yellow nose scheme. I hated the all grey and blue/grey schemes, this was an improvement but far from what could have been considering all the classy schemes that disappeared into Family Lines and CSX. April 1990

Furious nest building going on at the Rookery on Ninth Street today.

Number 135 of my 365 photo challenge - Another macro image of a Dandelion fruit.

I know I have used this subject already, but this was just too much of an improvement from my point of view, not to be used for today's picture.

Stumbled across this old gem! Did a little composite work on the sky and was happy with the result!

Bald Eagle taking another offering home to the nest, maybe this one will pass its partner's approval.

Check out this picture to see what he brought 1st! www.flickr.com/photos/137525873@N08/51953549437/in/datepo...

Back and hat more shaded

Thanks everyone! I've been with this Flickr Account since the 29th of December 2011. With this image as my 100th uploaded I just wanted to recap the 60 days of Dirks_Designs.

Over 25,000 visits! with my best day at 1,097 :D

Created a Group for Decal requests with 39 members (Not too shabby) Which you can check out here

www.flickr.com/groups/dirks_designs-requestsandideas/

I'm truly grateful to everyone for supporting this hobby with so much positive feedback and great ideas for additional designs!

This image showcases the first decal I ever made for LEGO. I made it December 25 while figuring out what to do with myself for Christmas on deployment... away from family.