We were up in the Houston area for a wedding shower and decided to check out the famed bolivar peninsula. We got up early and headed out to high island. This sunrise backlit shot of a great egret was one of the first shots I took after setting up.

I sneaked this pic of you yesterday Coco..Hope you like it......

Like the Mandarin Duck and very similar looking the Wood Duck has also escaped into certain areas in the UK but far less well-established. A mostly silent duck and native to North America where they live in wooded swamps and will nest in holes in trees, these ducks are one of the species of duck that are equipped with strong claws that help to grip bark and perch on branches.

Redshank - Tringa Totanus

The common redshank is a widespread breeding bird across temperate Eurasia. It is a migratory species, wintering on coasts around the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic coast of Europe from Ireland and Great Britain southwards, and in South Asia. They are uncommon vagrants outside these areas.

They are wary and noisy birds which will alert everything else with their loud piping call. Like most waders, they feed on small invertebrates. Redshanks will nest in any wetland, from damp meadows to saltmarsh, often at high densities. They lay 3–5 eggs.

The common redshank is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

It is widely distributed and quite plentiful in some regions, and thus not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.

Quedlinburg

When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background.

~ Jenna Morasca

“Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern.

Everyone looks through a particular color,

but the candle is always there.”

~ Mohammed Naguib ~

The small island of Dia as seen from Arina beach, Heraklion, Crete

Dopo tanta nebbia a una a una

si svelano le stelle.

Respiro il fresco

che mi lascia il colore del cielo.

Giuseppe Ungaretti

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Feels like every day's the same

Chemicals inside my brain

Make me think I'm in a simulation

Nothing ever seems to change

And it's written on my face

Am I living in my own creation?

Am I alive or am I just breathing?

I'm so numb that sometimes I fear

It's all make believe

Is it make believe?

Memphis May Fire - Make Believe

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RKO_3642. Gotcha (4). Fishing Common Kingfisher! Last upload of this series!

As you can see the Kingfisher's eye is protected by a membrane (knipvlies in Dutch). Despite the membrane the Kingfisher can stil see under water.

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Like silk, so soft, transparent, this flower seems Magic

It amazes my Soul

Comme de la soie, si douce, transparente, cette fleur semble Magique

Pour vous

Domi

BUT IT`S NOT MY FAULT !!!!!!!

If you don't know who the loreley was just listen to the song :-)

Dschinghis Kahn - Loreley www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1pPJZQ9OE

bokeh and backlighting

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And that's just what this young Grizzly Bear sow was sleeping like.

He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.

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so much like stars

filling the dark trees

that one could easily imagine

its reason for being was nothing more

than prettiness.”

― Mary Oliver

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Western Larch Trees with Snow

Tarte - Western larch trees @ Uber

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The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition

the Mont Blanc cableway offers two very different scenarios in less than half an hour:

the photo above: the arrival

the photo below: the departure

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The song

Dance like a toddler. They don't even care if there's music.

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The Song

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Tune ~~ Phoenix

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LIKE ONCE. In some areas of the Alps where off-road vehicles do not arrive, shepherds use horses and mules for their activities. Surroundings of the Varrone Bivouac in the Lourousa Valley, Gesso Valley, Piedmont, ITALY.

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Another cherry blossom from last year's visit to TV Asahi Cherry Blossom Alley at the Mauerweg between Berlin and Teltow. This year's cherry blossom has only just begun because we're having a fairly cold spring (with the exception of this weekend, but the cold will return tomorrow), and in a small street around the corner that is lined with lovely cherry trees, the blossoms are only just about to fully open.

I've photographed this blossom with the GRIII. The 28mm focal length GR lens is very sharp and it's also an amazingly good close-up lens, but at f2.8 as the widest-open aperture, it can be tricky to get a nice background blur. Here, the blossom was popping out amidst many other blossoms, so the backdrop was very busy and distracting. Since I liked how the blossom itself had turned out (apart from the fact that there's a good amount of blur right at the center – Sharpen AI dealt with that in a satisfying enough way so it's pleasant to look at, I think), I had to do something about the background. I didn't simply want to blur it out in LR or even completely remove it in PS because I liked the springy-fresh colours of the background, so I created two layers in PS, one with the blossom only, the other with the complete image, and opened the latter in Analog Efex where began to play around with the Zoom filter and the Dust and Scratches filter palette. As finishing touches I added the thin image border and hit the Primary Color sliders in LR. I hope you like this candy-coloured cherry blossom slider :)

Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone!

June 3rd, 1am. We are on the road, looking around for potentially good spots for some more astrophotos. In essence we are "chasing" the stars. While I was driving and the girls had their own small talk with several issues to resolve as usual, I spotted a small abandoned house on the side of the road, next to the sea. Literally next to the water with small waves breaking just in front of it. Quick stop and out to see what we got. Five minutes later we are all out there taking night photos of Hydra, the island across that beach! Seen and been there on this island several times in the past, but this time it was different. We were looking at the island and saw it like we had never seen it before! What can I say... We live in a tough world yet a magical one as well!!!

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I like a lot the eyes of junior.

If you dont know that the adult is feeding him, you could think that junior is kissing mom

Zoom in please

J'aime beaucoup les yeux de junior.

Si vous ne savez pas que l'adulte le nourrit, vous pourriez penser que le junior embrasse sa maman

Zoomez s'il vous plait

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