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A late summer evening on the beach at Luskentyre, on the Isle of Harris, in the Western Isles of Scotland. The setting sun is reflected back in to the clouds above the hills of North Harris giving this apocalyptic-like view.
Another shot from the Joshua Tree Park series. This is not the well known Skull Rock, but I found this one lookin a bit like a skull as well. The trees made for a nice frame.
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.
Now it feels a bit like spring in Holland
But we still had a little bit of winter
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Every year I return early in the morning to the same spot to see what variations the sea and the sun have made to one of my favorite scenes
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 ~
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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What I like about this one is that was able to capture the rose in full bloom, the rosebude and way behind what is left of one.
December is here, and it is going to bring snow, strong winds, slippery roads and for sure flight cancelations.
Still, it will bring also the beauty of the slowly falling snow, the joy of having a hot cup of cocoa or coffee, ( your choice :) and of course the unique feeling of being safe and warm at home...
Something Awesome to share:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecn4ABz31s8
Drive safely, enjoy the season!
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Photography is one of my passions, and nature photography is my favorite.
I have been in Explore for more that a hundred times, and it is an awesome experience to have your photos showcased in such a special way.
I thank your for coming today, for leaving a comment, and make a favorite of yours this photo, (if that is the case) thanks again!
The best part of this forum is the contacts and friends that I have made over the years, that have the same passion for this art that is called photography!
Martha.
Like many other churches in the area, the colonial church of Chinchero was built on ancient Inca ruins like many churches
Feliz Quarta Sunset ! Happy Wednesday Sunset !
Best seen in light box "L".
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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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If you should meet a Fairy
be sure to leave it be.
Ask for a little dusting
and Love and Hope you'll feel.
You may want it for keeping
but it must wonder free.
This little Fairy wonder
isn't yours to keep you see.
Taken at Lost Unicorn
Still escaping to my garden to avoid the ubiquitous and ever-disgusting "orange menace" currently in the White House" ...
"Your life will always be better off when you concentrate on the simplest joys of life like drinking a cup of coffee."
~ Mehmet Murat ildan
"It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them." ~Paul Coehlo
Many, many thanks to all my Flickr friends for your visits, faves, and kind comments - you are always an inspiration and source of encouragement to me!
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
Green was the silence, wet was the light,
the month of June trembled like a butterfly.
Pablo Neruda
Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
Tune ~~ Phoenix
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Like North Falls further upstream, Middle North Falls has certain characteristics which one could argue give it an edge when comparing it to the park's main attraction, South Falls. Despite being considerably shorter, Middle North Falls is a markedly amorphous waterfall which changes physical shape in a very dramatic way as the volume of water in North Silver Creek changes. The 106 foot tall falls take the form of a narrow column of water during the summer months, funneled to perhaps 5 feet wide at most by a narrow runnel in the bedrock. With greater stream flow in the winter and spring months however, North Silver Creek sheets out across the 60-foot wide creek bed and turns the falls into a broad curtain of water, with part of the falls impacting on a twisting chute of basalt which then slides to join the more volumnous half of the creek in the plunge pool.
Middle North Falls is one of four waterfalls in Silver Falls State Park which features a trail which traverses behind the falling water. Unlike the other three, the trail leading behind Middle North Falls is a dead-end, constructed purely to allow access to additional views of the falls.
#sliderssunday
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!!!