This pair of Hyacinth Macaws were preening each other until a black vulture rudely interrupted their bonding. Vultures seldom "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" (Billy Joel)

Captured during a photo tour with Juan Carlos Vindas of Neotropic Photo Tours. www.neotropicphototours.com.

...interruption

I think I interrupted lunch. In Perryville, Maryland

Interrupted Dune. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Interrupted curve of sand at a Death Valley dune.

SSand dunes seem to have very distinct personalities, at least from what I’ve observed in Death Valley National Park and nearby areas. Perhaps counterintuitively, their forms are much more stable than we might imagine, and the changes are mostly superficial. Their unique qualities come from their orientation to the surrounding landscape, how the light strikes them, their tendency (necessarily quite high!) to be in windy areas, the materials that form the sand, the amount of plant life in and around them, and small but persistent features that they hold — peaks, ridges, valleys, twists and turns, hollows, and more.

This was my first visit to the dunes in this photograph. Based on their orientation and the distance to and height of nearby mountains, I had some idea of what the light might be like before I set foot on them. But until I got there I had no idea of the smaller features that could be revealed by changing light. I photographed this beautiful curving pattern in the morning, shortly after the sunlight arrived over the top of a nearby ridge and slanted across the dunes to create the yin-yang pattern of light and shadow along a curve that was surprisingly broken near its lower end.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.

A courtesan, after hours

Whispered something in your ear

It was a perverted thing to say

But I said it anyway

Made you smile and look away

Nothing's gonna hurt you baby

As long as you're with me you'll be just fine

Nothing's gonna hurt you baby

Nothing's gonna take you from my side

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she was walking. a simple act, a straight line from one point to another. then, the wall spoke. a painted man, kicking at the sun with joyful abandon. she paused, her head turned, the forward motion interrupted by a question. art is a question asked of a passerby. sometimes, they stop to consider an answer. then, the walking continues.

Former CGER-ASLK "new" building, Brussels, Belgium undergoing extensive restorations.

(Caisse Générale d´Epargne et de Retraite - Algemene Spaar- en Lijfrentekas)

Design (1969): Marcel Lambrichs

Parc Ahuntsic, Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Montréal

One second you are just a bug hanging out with the fam in a bark crevasse enjoying your day…then BAM! You and yours are hit with a long, sticky tongue that instantly breaks your grip on your home and whips you towards a creature with a large black beak and glowing red eyes…

Reason 733 that I thank God that I am not a bug!

A Red-bellied woodpecker from the archives and taken on 23 May, 2022 at Lincoln State Park, Indiana.

He sat at a coffee shop, gazing out the window. The city buzzed around him, but his thoughts were interrupted by the sight of his therapist walking by, looking stunning in casual clothes. Their sessions had been helping, bringing a glimmer of hope.

He wanted to call out, to connect beyond their professional boundary, but he held back. *She's my therapist,* he reminded himself. The rules were clear—therapist and patient relationships had boundaries for a reason. Yet, seeing her like this made it hard to resist.

As she disappeared into the crowd, he felt a strange pull, a mix of curiosity and something darker. He reminded himself to make another appointment, but the thought lingered—what would their next session bring? Would it unveil new insights, or only deepen the mysterious shadows within him? The mystery of his own emotions seemed to intertwine with the uncertainty of their encounters, casting a dark, seductive shadow over his thoughts.

Tᴏ Bᴇ Cᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇᴅ.....

An Anhinga is none too happy at that.

Abandoned Hospital

A golden field is interrupted with trees enough to serve as a windbreak.

Antiguo interruptor y fusibles de porcelana eléctrico

Old electric switch and fuse porcelain.

.© 2017 Manuel Oliver.

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Photo captured with Sony a7II & Pentacon electric 29mm f2.8 MC + M42 - NEX helicoid adapter

A pair of Northern Mockingbirds stop their conflict to make sure we won't interfere.

just sitting enjoying the view, Me also actually

I interrupted this female Pileated Woodpecker having her breakfast outside our front window this morning.

To get an idea of the size of this large woodpecker species, the measured distance from the root at the base of the stump to the hole she had made is a full 12", making her about 14" in total length.

355/365

Calamity Ranch

My first drive and stop photography. Managed to squeeze some shots in before traffic approached.

Grand Forks AFB.

"Welcome to the end of the worl...CAT!"

Taken for the Grove Art centre photo club. Prompt this week is photobombing and/or embarrassing situation.

The Grove Art Centre ~ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Club%20Road/130/193/34

House Finch eating berries at San Joaquin Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Irvine.

Created for MIXMASTER CHALLENGE #73

➤ NO TRANSPORT VEHICLES (car, truck, van, train, etc.)

All work done in Photoshop 2024

Shadow Frames and PNG Images

Thank you very much for your comments and faves, regretfully, I am finding it increasingly difficult to reply to your comments, because of my very limited time on the internet, due to constant power interruptions in South Africa. I do read and appreciate every one of them, however! Thanks again!!

A sunny walk in springlike weather was interrupted by a short, but heavy snow storm

Tofu sat under one of the Acers and was about to keep his fluffy white fur clean when something interrupted him, most likely a BIRD. Dry moments in which he could enjoy his garden have been rare today, though. After weeks of sunny and summery hot weather it's suddenly beginning to feel autumnal.

Furniture store in downtown Carthage, Missouri