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The mood and atmosphere of Venice is so romantic. It seems to intensify in the dim light of morning and evening. This scene is from a rather foggy morning along St Marks Basin.
I know I have been bothering you with a lot of color lately and I promise that this is going to end soon. But even though I think this image here could be converted to b&w successfully, I just couldn't ignore the beauty of the complementary colors here.
There's more on www.chm-photography.com.
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Drips & Drops:
intensified the reflecting colours;
created for the group
Gigaset GS290
ƒ/2.0
3.5 mm
1/33 Sec
ISO 610
Soon to be fodder for some bird or animal! The cold of winter working with the bright and sun really intensified their colors!
One day, while at the inauguration of a photographic exhibition, I was going out to take the air, a blind person crossed in front of the gallery. At that moment I became aware of something very obvious: blind people cannot see photographs. For several years, I created several collections that were called "Photographs to see and touch." This is one of them. With a cutter, I scratched the emulsion on the outline of the objects that made up the photograph, as if drawing on it, creating small scratched lines that formed a relief. In this way the photograph could be looked at, but it was also possible to touch it with the fingers and feel the reliefs of the drawing. Over time I started to use metallic photographic paper, a high quality paper in the image, but that scratches very easily. I discovered that if the photograph was scratched with the cutter, with a very sharp point and very delicately, you could get stripes of different colors by tearing the three color layers of the emulsion. With Fuji Professional Lux Color Metallic Photo Paper, stripes, oranges, reds, yellows and browns colors were obtained. On the contrary, with Fuji Professional Lux Chrome Metallic Photo Paper, blue, cyan, violet and greenish colors were obtained. To get the white stripes... easy... I scratched harder, piercing the emulsion and showing the base paper of the photo, in this case, metallic paper. Subsequently, I used photographic anilines to color and intensify the colors obtained. For this photo I used Fuji Velvia 50 Professional color reversal film and Fuji Professional Lux Color metallic paper. Scan: Epson Perfection V-700 Photo.
Location: Stairs of the underpass, Sitges-Barcelona railway line. Hort Gran Street, Sitges.
Awards:
VII Photographic Exhibition MAN RAY.
Planeta Award for Photography. Editorial Planeta.
Expo-Arte, Category: Photography.
I Photographic Contest Bahía del Pajar, San Bartolomé de Tirajana
XIV Pere Caner Photography Contests.
5th Narcís Giralt Photography Contest.
XIV Ajuntament de Cullera Photography Contests (Valencia).
III National Contest City of Cieza (Murcia).
XVIIth Photography Contests Escola Belles Arts, Sant Joan Les Fonts.
VI Fernando Villalón Foundation Photography Contest.
XII City of Dénia Photographic Contest (Alacant).
Situations
Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams (2005)
Situación número uno: es la que acaba de empezar, pero evidentemente es demasiado tarde.
Situación número dos: es la única oportunidad para ti, pero está controlada por los habitantes del odio.
Situación número tres: es la que nadie ve, demasiado a menudo és descartada como destino.
Situación número cuatro: la que te dejó con ganas de más... te tentó con su cebo.
The blue & white Cornflowers were fabulous this year.
Last year there were only all blue, all white and pink.
Can thank the bees for making this blue & white flower.
It is now endangered in its native habitat by agricultural intensification, particularly over-use of herbicides, destroying its habitat. It is also, however, through introduction as an ornamental plant in gardens and a seed contaminant in crop seeds, now naturalised in many other parts of the world, including North America and parts of Australia.
Friday hooray. It means I get to sleep in on Saturday morning.
Эта ночь обещала прекрасный рассвет, но пока мы поднимались по горному серпантину, шансы снять красочный рассветный пейзаж таяли с каждым витком, а их там 27. В итоге, когда мы поднялись на плато начался дождь. Но парочка километров по мокрой горной тропе не остановит таких энтузиатов как мы. Дождь усиливался, но прогноз упорно показывал небольшую облачность. Нам оставалось надеятся на лучшее и ждать. Так незаметно прошли два часа, усиливалась жаджа шедевров и голод (мокрые вещи тоже не прибавляли настроения). Солнце внезапно выглянуло буквально на 5 минут и все сняли только ту композицию, которую выбрали под ливнем.
Это вид на крепость Шамиля, Гунибское плато, Дагестан
Спасибо, что дочитали и посмотрели.
This night promised a beautiful dawn, but while we were climbing the mountain serpentine, the chances of shooting a colorful dawn landscape were fading with each turn, and there are 27 of them. As a result, when we climbed the plateau, it started to rain. But a couple of kilometers on a wet mountain path will not stop enthusiasts like us. The rain intensified, but the forecast stubbornly showed a slight cloudiness. We just had to hope for the best and wait. So two hours passed imperceptibly, the thirst for masterpieces and hunger intensified (wet clothes also did not add to the mood). The sun suddenly came out literally for 5 minutes and everyone took only the composition that was chosen under the downpour.
This is a view of the Shamil fortress, Gunib plateau, Dagestan.
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for Smile on Saturday: a look in the mirror
at last, I managed to dry, and keep the colour in, a few of the beautiful pink roses given to us by friends
💐thank you for your visits - have a happy weekend💐
Another version of a beautiful morning at lake Gerold/Bavaria.
The fog intensified towards sunrise. At the same time there was wind. I tried to capture the mood with a long exposure.
Spain
I increased in LR mainly the contrast, blacks and clarity which intensified the colors of the sunlit mountains.
HSS! Happy sliders Sunday!
A typical foggy September morning at a promising location in the Volcanic Eifel. As soon as the sun rises above the horizon, the fog intensifies and glows in warm tones.
Ein typischer September-Nebel-Morgen an aussichtsreicher Stelle in der Vulkaneifel. Sobald die Sonne über den Horizont steigt verstärkt sich der Nebel und leuchtet in warmen Tönen.
One of the many facets of the rock in Lower Antelope Canyon. The indirect light literally makes the rock glow; the long exposure intensifies this.
Danke für deinen Besuch! Thanks for visiting!
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Taylor’s Port wine cellars in the heart of the historic area of Vila Nova de Gaia, across the river from the old city centre of Oporto, house most of the company’s extensive reserves of wood aged Port as well its Vintage Port cellars. The cellars are long cool, dark warehouses, their thick granite walls and high ceilings helping to keep out the heat and maintain an even temperature throughout the year.This ensures that the wines age slowly, gradually acquiring the sublime complex flavours and aromas of maturity.
Wines in the cellars age either in cask or in vat. Casks are seasoned oak barrels usually holding around 630 litres of wine. They are used mainly to age Tawny Ports, in particular the smooth and mellow 10, 20, 30 and 40 Year Old Tawnies of which Taylor is the leading producer. Cask ageing encourages contact between the wine and the wood and intensifies the ageing process. The rich and complex aromas of maturity, such as notes of butterscotch, walnut and fine oak wood, therefore develop more quickly in a cask.
Oak vats normally hold at least 20,000 litres of wine. In these impressive vessels, there is less contact between the Port and the wood. This method of ageing is therefore used mainly for the fruitier styles of Port where the wood ageing is intended to give the wine smoothness and a degree of complexity but allow it to retain its youthful structure and freshness. Wines such as Taylor’s First Estate Reserve or LBV are both aged in vat.
♥ Life is beautiful :-)
The image is taken yesterday during a bike tour in my region.
And yes, I intensified the colours because I love them -;)
I hope, you will like them too, dear friends.
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"Rien n'est plus agréable que d'être couché dans l'herbe en admirant les nuages."
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Wishing you a lovely week ahead.
Many thanks for your kind visit and your support.
Je vous souhaite une bonne semaine, mes ami(e)s.
Merci beaucoup de votre gentille visite.
Ich wünsche Euch eine schöne neue Woche.
Danke für Euern Besuch und Eure Kommentare.
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♪ ♫ ☼ I will be on vacation now - have a great time, dear friends and visitors :-) ♪♫☼
Over the castle on the hill......
Our second morning in Stonehaven and we woke to thick fog shrouding the whole area.
Not to be deterred, we made our way up to the castle and it didn't look too promising, although I always arrive early.
The fog eventually started to head out to sea but left a blanket of quite thick cloud.
As quite often happens the colour was a thin band along the horizon. Then shortly after the sun rose, the colour intensified and the sun looked like a bright orange ball, surrounded by a hazy mist.
I think most photographers gave this morning a miss, as we were on our own for quite some time, till another tog joined us. The previous morning there had been 20+ photographers.
Has Pandora's Box already opened?
To me, this sinking house seems symbolic of today's world.
The permafrost has melted and the war has begun.
Global warming will make climate and life on this planet more difficult.
And This war will drastically change the way the world is.
What I fear is that the powerful countries will intensify their struggle for supremacy, and that nationalism and "country first" will rise in each country.
What can we, as inhabitants of a virtual world without borders, do for the real world?
I don't know yet.
Endless:Permafrost
Now No URL....Let's wait for the next chapter
As shot from RAW. The rainy day intensified the bold red maple tree hues. Today is quite windy with wind gusts warranting warnings from the weather people. I thought this might be one of the last captures of some of the trees with remaining leaves.
I took this from the back deck hide without the 1.7x tele. Better reattach it.
Redstart (M) - Phoenicuros Phoenicuros
The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply redstart, is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, (Turdidae), but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher (family Muscicapidae).
Common redstarts prefer open mature birch and oak woodland with a high horizontal visibility and low amounts of shrub and understorey especially where the trees are old enough to have holes suitable for its nest. They prefer to nest on the edge of woodland clearings. In Britain it occurs primarily in upland areas less affected by agricultural intensification, but further east in Europe also commonly in lowland areas, including parks and old gardens in urban areas. They nest in natural tree holes, so dead trees or those with dead limbs are beneficial to the species; nestboxes are sometimes used. A high cover of moss and lichen is also preferred. They also use mature open conifer woodland, particularly in the north of the breeding range. Management to thin out the trees is thus favoured.
In England, where it has declined by 55% in the past 25 years, the Forestry Commission offers grants under a scheme called England's Woodland Improvement Grant (EWIG); as does Natural Englands Environmental Stewardship Scheme. It is a very rare and irregular breeding bird in Ireland, with between one and five pairs breeding in most years, mainly in County Wicklow.
It is a summer visitor throughout most of Europe and western Asia (east to Lake Baikal), and also in northwest Africa in Morocco. It winters in central Africa and Arabia, south of the Sahara Desert but north of the Equator, from Senegal east to Yemen. It is widespread as a breeding bird in Great Britain, particularly in upland broadleaf woodlands and hedgerow trees, but in Ireland it is very local, and may not breed every year.
The males first arrive in early to mid April, often a few days in advance of the females. Five or six light blue eggs are laid during May, with a second brood in mid summer in the south of the breeding range. It departs for Africa between mid-August and early October. It often feeds like a flycatcher, making aerial sallies after passing insects, and most of its food consists of winged insects. The call is chat-like and the alarm a plaintive single note, wheet, like that of many other chats.
The male’s song is similar to that of the Robin, but never more than a prelude, since it has an unfinished, feeble ending.
Thanks to all who take the time to Comment/fav etc, It is always appreciated.
Redstart (M) - Phoenicuros Phoenicuros
The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply redstart, is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, (Turdidae), but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher (family Muscicapidae).
Common redstarts prefer open mature birch and oak woodland with a high horizontal visibility and low amounts of shrub and understorey especially where the trees are old enough to have holes suitable for its nest. They prefer to nest on the edge of woodland clearings. In Britain it occurs primarily in upland areas less affected by agricultural intensification, but further east in Europe also commonly in lowland areas, including parks and old gardens in urban areas. They nest in natural tree holes, so dead trees or those with dead limbs are beneficial to the species; nestboxes are sometimes used. A high cover of moss and lichen is also preferred. They also use mature open conifer woodland, particularly in the north of the breeding range. Management to thin out the trees is thus favoured.
In England, where it has declined by 55% in the past 25 years, the Forestry Commission offers grants under a scheme called England's Woodland Improvement Grant (EWIG); as does Natural Englands Environmental Stewardship Scheme. It is a very rare and irregular breeding bird in Ireland, with between one and five pairs breeding in most years, mainly in County Wicklow.
It is a summer visitor throughout most of Europe and western Asia (east to Lake Baikal), and also in northwest Africa in Morocco. It winters in central Africa and Arabia, south of the Sahara Desert but north of the Equator, from Senegal east to Yemen. It is widespread as a breeding bird in Great Britain, particularly in upland broadleaf woodlands and hedgerow trees, but in Ireland it is very local, and may not breed every year.
The males first arrive in early to mid April, often a few days in advance of the females. Five or six light blue eggs are laid during May, with a second brood in mid summer in the south of the breeding range. It departs for Africa between mid-August and early October. It often feeds like a flycatcher, making aerial sallies after passing insects, and most of its food consists of winged insects. The call is chat-like and the alarm a plaintive single note, wheet, like that of many other chats.
The male’s song is similar to that of the Robin, but never more than a prelude, since it has an unfinished, feeble ending.
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Winter in São Paulo at the moment
23°C / 73°F
Nowadays it is still little known, but now it is being very commercialized, at least at CEAGESP (Market in São Paulo) I found several seedlings, they call succulent hedgehog.
This succulent caught my attention for its beauty. With a more delicate appearance, it certainly appears to be fragile, but on the contrary. Its rosette is very dense and can reach 10cm in height. The leaves are fleshy, dark blue-green, covered with tiny hairs. When kept in full sun, it intensifies its color, appearing black and keeps the rosettes denser and more compact.
Why choose this succulent at the time of arrangement? Firstly, it reproduces on the sides, which after some time fills a basin with several dense rosettes, secondly its color is very beautiful which gives a contrast of texture and interesting color in the arrangement.
The buds start to appear in summer, bright red in color, but with small white flowers, remaining for a few weeks.
The name "Sinocrassula" means "Chinese crassula". They come from the Yunnan province in the south of China, and also from the north of Burma. They grow at an altitude between 2,500 and 2,700 m
Synocrassula Yunnanesis prefers colder than warmer places. Remember that full sun does not mean hot places. What is easier to be cultivated in southern Brazil, due to our more tropical climate.
Redstart (M) - Phoenicuros Phoenicuros
The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply redstart, is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, (Turdidae), but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher (family Muscicapidae).
Common redstarts prefer open mature birch and oak woodland with a high horizontal visibility and low amounts of shrub and understorey especially where the trees are old enough to have holes suitable for its nest. They prefer to nest on the edge of woodland clearings. In Britain it occurs primarily in upland areas less affected by agricultural intensification, but further east in Europe also commonly in lowland areas, including parks and old gardens in urban areas. They nest in natural tree holes, so dead trees or those with dead limbs are beneficial to the species; nestboxes are sometimes used. A high cover of moss and lichen is also preferred. They also use mature open conifer woodland, particularly in the north of the breeding range. Management to thin out the trees is thus favoured.
In England, where it has declined by 55% in the past 25 years, the Forestry Commission offers grants under a scheme called England's Woodland Improvement Grant (EWIG); as does Natural Englands Environmental Stewardship Scheme. It is a very rare and irregular breeding bird in Ireland, with between one and five pairs breeding in most years, mainly in County Wicklow.
It is a summer visitor throughout most of Europe and western Asia (east to Lake Baikal), and also in northwest Africa in Morocco. It winters in central Africa and Arabia, south of the Sahara Desert but north of the Equator, from Senegal east to Yemen. It is widespread as a breeding bird in Great Britain, particularly in upland broadleaf woodlands and hedgerow trees, but in Ireland it is very local, and may not breed every year.
The males first arrive in early to mid April, often a few days in advance of the females. Five or six light blue eggs are laid during May, with a second brood in mid summer in the south of the breeding range. It departs for Africa between mid-August and early October. It often feeds like a flycatcher, making aerial sallies after passing insects, and most of its food consists of winged insects. The call is chat-like and the alarm a plaintive single note, wheet, like that of many other chats.
The male’s song is similar to that of the Robin, but never more than a prelude, since it has an unfinished, feeble ending.
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I had already finished my morning photo session mentally and went back to the car. Looking back, I noticed that the fog was intensifying and laying like a cloud in front of the sun. So then came some more pictures.
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A pair of Burlington Northern EMD SD9s intensify their chant as they pull a welded rail train over the Chicago & North Western diamond at Rochelle, Illinois, on the afternoon of April 10, 1996. The CB&Q-era searchlight signal bridge, as well as the C&NW signals in the background have since been “modernized.”
Redstart (M) - Phoenicuros Phoenicuros
The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply redstart, is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, (Turdidae), but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher (family Muscicapidae).
Common redstarts prefer open mature birch and oak woodland with a high horizontal visibility and low amounts of shrub and understorey especially where the trees are old enough to have holes suitable for its nest. They prefer to nest on the edge of woodland clearings. In Britain it occurs primarily in upland areas less affected by agricultural intensification, but further east in Europe also commonly in lowland areas, including parks and old gardens in urban areas. They nest in natural tree holes, so dead trees or those with dead limbs are beneficial to the species; nestboxes are sometimes used. A high cover of moss and lichen is also preferred. They also use mature open conifer woodland, particularly in the north of the breeding range. Management to thin out the trees is thus favoured.
In England, where it has declined by 55% in the past 25 years, the Forestry Commission offers grants under a scheme called England's Woodland Improvement Grant (EWIG); as does Natural Englands Environmental Stewardship Scheme. It is a very rare and irregular breeding bird in Ireland, with between one and five pairs breeding in most years, mainly in County Wicklow.
It is a summer visitor throughout most of Europe and western Asia (east to Lake Baikal), and also in northwest Africa in Morocco. It winters in central Africa and Arabia, south of the Sahara Desert but north of the Equator, from Senegal east to Yemen. It is widespread as a breeding bird in Great Britain, particularly in upland broadleaf woodlands and hedgerow trees, but in Ireland it is very local, and may not breed every year.
The males first arrive in early to mid April, often a few days in advance of the females. Five or six light blue eggs are laid during May, with a second brood in mid summer in the south of the breeding range. It departs for Africa between mid-August and early October. It often feeds like a flycatcher, making aerial sallies after passing insects, and most of its food consists of winged insects. The call is chat-like and the alarm a plaintive single note, wheet, like that of many other chats.
The male’s song is similar to that of the Robin, but never more than a prelude, since it has an unfinished, feeble ending.
Thanks to all who take the time to Comment/fav etc, It is always appreciated.
Redstart (M) - Phoenicuros Phoenicuros
The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply redstart, is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, (Turdidae), but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher (family Muscicapidae).
Common redstarts prefer open mature birch and oak woodland with a high horizontal visibility and low amounts of shrub and understorey especially where the trees are old enough to have holes suitable for its nest. They prefer to nest on the edge of woodland clearings. In Britain it occurs primarily in upland areas less affected by agricultural intensification, but further east in Europe also commonly in lowland areas, including parks and old gardens in urban areas. They nest in natural tree holes, so dead trees or those with dead limbs are beneficial to the species; nestboxes are sometimes used. A high cover of moss and lichen is also preferred. They also use mature open conifer woodland, particularly in the north of the breeding range. Management to thin out the trees is thus favoured.
In England, where it has declined by 55% in the past 25 years, the Forestry Commission offers grants under a scheme called England's Woodland Improvement Grant (EWIG); as does Natural Englands Environmental Stewardship Scheme. It is a very rare and irregular breeding bird in Ireland, with between one and five pairs breeding in most years, mainly in County Wicklow.
It is a summer visitor throughout most of Europe and western Asia (east to Lake Baikal), and also in northwest Africa in Morocco. It winters in central Africa and Arabia, south of the Sahara Desert but north of the Equator, from Senegal east to Yemen. It is widespread as a breeding bird in Great Britain, particularly in upland broadleaf woodlands and hedgerow trees, but in Ireland it is very local, and may not breed every year.
The males first arrive in early to mid April, often a few days in advance of the females. Five or six light blue eggs are laid during May, with a second brood in mid summer in the south of the breeding range. It departs for Africa between mid-August and early October. It often feeds like a flycatcher, making aerial sallies after passing insects, and most of its food consists of winged insects. The call is chat-like and the alarm a plaintive single note, wheet, like that of many other chats.
The male’s song is similar to that of the Robin, but never more than a prelude, since it has an unfinished, feeble ending.
Thanks to all who take the time to Comment/fav etc, It is always appreciated.
The Côte de Granit Rose is an impressive coastline in Brittany in northern France. I waited until sunset to take this shot as the low light shines on to the rocks intensifying their colour almost making them glow. I decided on a long exposure to give the picture more drama.
The Sun disposed to Mirth
Is falling down to Earth
The last Sunlight’s glowing
While the Wind is gently blowing
It’s the Day’s last Celebration
In Honour of this Occasion
Too soon it will be over
And the Night is coming closer
(Caren)
[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)]
😄 Happy 1st Sliders Sunday 2020 😄
Sunset in the deep West Wales countryside (colours slightly intensified)
Taken January 3rd, 2020 and
uploaded for Sliders Sunday
ƒ/5.6
18.5 mm
1/800Sec
ISO 200
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Redstart (M) - Phoenicuros Phoenicuros
The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply redstart, is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, (Turdidae), but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher (family Muscicapidae).
Common redstarts prefer open mature birch and oak woodland with a high horizontal visibility and low amounts of shrub and understorey especially where the trees are old enough to have holes suitable for its nest. They prefer to nest on the edge of woodland clearings. In Britain it occurs primarily in upland areas less affected by agricultural intensification, but further east in Europe also commonly in lowland areas, including parks and old gardens in urban areas. They nest in natural tree holes, so dead trees or those with dead limbs are beneficial to the species; nestboxes are sometimes used. A high cover of moss and lichen is also preferred. They also use mature open conifer woodland, particularly in the north of the breeding range. Management to thin out the trees is thus favoured.
In England, where it has declined by 55% in the past 25 years, the Forestry Commission offers grants under a scheme called England's Woodland Improvement Grant (EWIG); as does Natural Englands Environmental Stewardship Scheme. It is a very rare and irregular breeding bird in Ireland, with between one and five pairs breeding in most years, mainly in County Wicklow.
It is a summer visitor throughout most of Europe and western Asia (east to Lake Baikal), and also in northwest Africa in Morocco. It winters in central Africa and Arabia, south of the Sahara Desert but north of the Equator, from Senegal east to Yemen. It is widespread as a breeding bird in Great Britain, particularly in upland broadleaf woodlands and hedgerow trees, but in Ireland it is very local, and may not breed every year.
The males first arrive in early to mid April, often a few days in advance of the females. Five or six light blue eggs are laid during May, with a second brood in mid summer in the south of the breeding range. It departs for Africa between mid-August and early October. It often feeds like a flycatcher, making aerial sallies after passing insects, and most of its food consists of winged insects. The call is chat-like and the alarm a plaintive single note, wheet, like that of many other chats.
The male’s song is similar to that of the Robin, but never more than a prelude, since it has an unfinished, feeble ending.
Thanks to all who take the time to Comment/fav etc, It is always appreciated.
This was the sea at Sheringham tonight. Urm, a little slid for Sliders Sunday tomorrow. I’ve adopted a square crop and intensified the blueness.
Another version of a beautiful morning at lake Gerold/Bavaria.
The fog intensified towards sunrise. At the same time there was wind. I tried to capture the mood with a long exposure using a "big stopper".
Danke für deinen Besuch! Thanks for visiting!
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Weather forecast conditions didn't look great for this night - I picked up dinner from 7-Eleven and ventured out to see what I can find.
The Great Salt Lake - GPS is not the exact spot of the shot.
It’s difficult to see a field this size and not want to run through it and touch each one of these Sunflowers. It looks like a “Neighborhood” unto itself. The setting sun just intensifies the beauty that’s already there. Thanks for viewing my work, Be Grateful for everything.
Der Wiedehopf ist der Vogel des Jahres 2022. Zur Wahl stehen immer die Verlierer, also Vögel die stark in ihrem Bestand gefährdet sind. Der Wiedehopf soll hier auf den Insektenschwund durch Gifte und die intensivierte Landwirtschaft aufmerksam machen.
Das Bild ist schon etwas älter und leider bislang das einzige Mal, dass ich einen Wiedehopf gesehen habe.
The Hoopoe is the Bird of the Year 2022. The choice is always with the losers, i.e. birds that are highly endangered in their populations. The Hoopoe is intended to draw attention to the insect loss caused by toxins and intensified agriculture.
The picture is a bit older and unfortunately so far the only time I ever saw a Hoopoe.
After a 32km (=20 miles) walk this B&B looked like heaven to me. Today, I like the rural charm of this place.
I took this image in 2014 while I was hikong the Hadrian's Wall Path. There's more on www.chm-photography.com
From the Verpeiltal to around 2,000 meters above sea level you have a good view of the wild peaks of the Kaunergrat: Verpeilspitze 3,425m, Wazespitze 3,533m or Schwabenkopf 3,378m. An impressive scenery that was intensified by the snowfall in early autumn.
Red peonies in a garden can command our attention from a distance. Planted in partial shade, the darkness of the deep red varieties intensifies in contrast to those grown in full sun. When the peony buds are developing and opening under cloudy skies, you will see darker pigmentation than when they develop and bloom in hot sun. That is why the vibrancy and hue of some peonies may vary slightly from one season to the next.
Darker red peonies come in single, double and Japanese style blossoms; some are accentuated with golden stamens peaking through their petals. Black Swan, Bob, Buckeye Belle, Charm, Chief Black Hawk, Old Faithful, Red Charm, Rubra Plena and Topeka Garnet are some of the deep reds that just shout out for attention.
Widespread and common throughout Britain and Ireland. The Gatekeeper is generally smaller and more orange with a row of tiny white dots on the hind underwings.
The Meadow Brown is the most abundant butterfly species in many habitats. Hundreds may be seen together at some sites, flying low over the vegetation. Adults fly even in dull weather when most other butterflies are inactive.
Regional variations in the spotting pattern on the wings have led to it being studied extensively by geneticists over many years. Larger forms occur in Ireland and the north of Scotland.
It is one of our most widespread species, but many colonies have been lost due to agricultural intensification.
Redstart (M) - Phoenicuros Phoenicuros
The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply redstart, is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, (Turdidae), but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher (family Muscicapidae).
Common redstarts prefer open mature birch and oak woodland with a high horizontal visibility and low amounts of shrub and understorey especially where the trees are old enough to have holes suitable for its nest. They prefer to nest on the edge of woodland clearings. In Britain it occurs primarily in upland areas less affected by agricultural intensification, but further east in Europe also commonly in lowland areas, including parks and old gardens in urban areas. They nest in natural tree holes, so dead trees or those with dead limbs are beneficial to the species; nestboxes are sometimes used. A high cover of moss and lichen is also preferred. They also use mature open conifer woodland, particularly in the north of the breeding range. Management to thin out the trees is thus favoured.
In England, where it has declined by 55% in the past 25 years, the Forestry Commission offers grants under a scheme called England's Woodland Improvement Grant (EWIG); as does Natural Englands Environmental Stewardship Scheme. It is a very rare and irregular breeding bird in Ireland, with between one and five pairs breeding in most years, mainly in County Wicklow.
It is a summer visitor throughout most of Europe and western Asia (east to Lake Baikal), and also in northwest Africa in Morocco. It winters in central Africa and Arabia, south of the Sahara Desert but north of the Equator, from Senegal east to Yemen. It is widespread as a breeding bird in Great Britain, particularly in upland broadleaf woodlands and hedgerow trees, but in Ireland it is very local, and may not breed every year.
The males first arrive in early to mid April, often a few days in advance of the females. Five or six light blue eggs are laid during May, with a second brood in mid summer in the south of the breeding range. It departs for Africa between mid-August and early October. It often feeds like a flycatcher, making aerial sallies after passing insects, and most of its food consists of winged insects. The call is chat-like and the alarm a plaintive single note, wheet, like that of many other chats.
The male’s song is similar to that of the Robin, but never more than a prelude, since it has an unfinished, feeble ending.
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As wisdom abounds through time…I let go of attachments. I change the direction of my life to have the intensified and expanse awareness of Unity. My intuition and synchronicity is heightened, because I no longer ignore the everyday subtleties.
I Was Asked How I Created This Image, I Got The Image From Google. And Modified It With Noiseless & Intensify Pro & Topaz Impression.
Beautiful Lynmouth
Lynmouth, or as it is better known “Little Switzerland”, where Exmoor meets the sea, it is renown for its amazing, stunning scenery and chilled out way of life.
As you drive through Exmoor, your eyes will be spoilt with an over whelming beauty of lushish green rolling hillsides and an explosion of bright, vivid colours of the wild flowers and heather that are scattered between them. The panoramic views from the winding country roads are simply breath taking and as you drive closer to Lynmouth the beauty intensifies, the small little fishing village seems to appear as if magic, out of nowhere. Gorgeous
On Holiday from Thursday for two weeks
so catch up with you all soon
Highlighting features of some of the new earthquake resistant architecture in Christchurch, through the use of intensified colour and other manipulations.
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand.
The city suffered a series of earthquakes between September 2010 and January 2012, with the most destructive of them occurring on 22 February 2011, in which 185 people were killed and thousands of buildings across the city collapsed or suffered severe damage.
By late 2013, 1,500 buildings in the city had been demolished, leading to ongoing recovery and rebuilding projects across the city.
Redstart (M) - Phoenicuros Phoenicuros
The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply redstart, is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, (Turdidae), but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher (family Muscicapidae).
Common redstarts prefer open mature birch and oak woodland with a high horizontal visibility and low amounts of shrub and understorey especially where the trees are old enough to have holes suitable for its nest. They prefer to nest on the edge of woodland clearings. In Britain it occurs primarily in upland areas less affected by agricultural intensification, but further east in Europe also commonly in lowland areas, including parks and old gardens in urban areas. They nest in natural tree holes, so dead trees or those with dead limbs are beneficial to the species; nestboxes are sometimes used. A high cover of moss and lichen is also preferred. They also use mature open conifer woodland, particularly in the north of the breeding range. Management to thin out the trees is thus favoured.
In England, where it has declined by 55% in the past 25 years, the Forestry Commission offers grants under a scheme called England's Woodland Improvement Grant (EWIG); as does Natural Englands Environmental Stewardship Scheme. It is a very rare and irregular breeding bird in Ireland, with between one and five pairs breeding in most years, mainly in County Wicklow.
It is a summer visitor throughout most of Europe and western Asia (east to Lake Baikal), and also in northwest Africa in Morocco. It winters in central Africa and Arabia, south of the Sahara Desert but north of the Equator, from Senegal east to Yemen. It is widespread as a breeding bird in Great Britain, particularly in upland broadleaf woodlands and hedgerow trees, but in Ireland it is very local, and may not breed every year.
The males first arrive in early to mid April, often a few days in advance of the females. Five or six light blue eggs are laid during May, with a second brood in mid summer in the south of the breeding range. It departs for Africa between mid-August and early October. It often feeds like a flycatcher, making aerial sallies after passing insects, and most of its food consists of winged insects. The call is chat-like and the alarm a plaintive single note, wheet, like that of many other chats.
The male’s song is similar to that of the Robin, but never more than a prelude, since it has an unfinished, feeble ending.
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Redstart (F) - Phoenicuros Phoenicuros
The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply redstart, is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, (Turdidae), but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher (family Muscicapidae).
Common redstarts prefer open mature birch and oak woodland with a high horizontal visibility and low amounts of shrub and understorey especially where the trees are old enough to have holes suitable for its nest. They prefer to nest on the edge of woodland clearings. In Britain it occurs primarily in upland areas less affected by agricultural intensification, but further east in Europe also commonly in lowland areas, including parks and old gardens in urban areas. They nest in natural tree holes, so dead trees or those with dead limbs are beneficial to the species; nestboxes are sometimes used. A high cover of moss and lichen is also preferred. They also use mature open conifer woodland, particularly in the north of the breeding range. Management to thin out the trees is thus favoured.
In England, where it has declined by 55% in the past 25 years, the Forestry Commission offers grants under a scheme called England's Woodland Improvement Grant (EWIG); as does Natural Englands Environmental Stewardship Scheme. It is a very rare and irregular breeding bird in Ireland, with between one and five pairs breeding in most years, mainly in County Wicklow.
It is a summer visitor throughout most of Europe and western Asia (east to Lake Baikal), and also in northwest Africa in Morocco. It winters in central Africa and Arabia, south of the Sahara Desert but north of the Equator, from Senegal east to Yemen. It is widespread as a breeding bird in Great Britain, particularly in upland broadleaf woodlands and hedgerow trees, but in Ireland it is very local, and may not breed every year.
The males first arrive in early to mid April, often a few days in advance of the females. Five or six light blue eggs are laid during May, with a second brood in mid summer in the south of the breeding range. It departs for Africa between mid-August and early October. It often feeds like a flycatcher, making aerial sallies after passing insects, and most of its food consists of winged insects. The call is chat-like and the alarm a plaintive single note, wheet, like that of many other chats.
The male’s song is similar to that of the Robin, but never more than a prelude, since it has an unfinished, feeble ending.
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Thank you for your well-wishes, Flickr friends! Things are beginning to shape up! :)
I took this the day before yesterday in the lobby of a large hotel.
Olympus OM-D E-M5
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Spring rainbow of tulips
The meaning of tulips is generally perfect love
Tulips are by far my most favourite flower.
I am fascinated by their beauty from the moment they start to bloom and open, to way beyond their prime. As these
flowers mature, the colours intensify and they start taking on delightful new formations...
Wishing all my wonderful Flickr friends a great weekend. Happy Clicks.
Christie