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This is Ruby. One of the pair I have been following for some time now. Ruby is a bit cautious around this time, probably pregnant.
Image shot as it is on Nikon series E 1:4 F=70-210mm
Brighton 🇬🇧
March 2021
Frosty morning and blindingly bright on this new little rhododendron plant.
Thanks for looking.
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Nikon series-E 1:4 F=70-210mm
Unedited image, of exposure and focusing were all manually carried out (no metering).
Brighton 🇬🇧
6th March 2021
Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro
Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2017.
and always willing to pose even at 20+ years old!
When my daughter was around 8-10 years old (she's now 31)... she wanted this tiny little plant that was in a small clay pot to keep in her room.... and she named it Harold.
Years later, she went off to collage and I cared for him... he has branched off and also graduated into a larger clay pot!!
Venus is in the lower left and Mars/Jupiter are in the upper right of the photo at a 45 degree angle.
It is a warm Saturday afternoon and I had to wake Jane up from a nap for some photos.
Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/2 Macro @ f/5
You are taking one courageous step after another down the healing road. While these are healthy steps, it’s intensely challenging to face the unknown and experiences so terrorizing that your mind wisely blocked them out for the sake of your survival. This is too much to handle alone and it’s important to remember that God’s presence surrounds you in each moment and you have the gift of your small though incredibly mighty group of supporters. Things are unclear, difficult, scary, require a tremendous amount of perseverance, and when you reflect on the past the healing process is evident, encouraging and certainly worth the effort it requires.
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Recently I was struggling a lot with my own intense mental health struggles in addition to the stress and fear of my husband’s health struggles and recent hospitalization. Somehow I found the strength to spend some time outside capturing the beauty I saw in the fog and frost that was visible through the windows that morning—it seemed to tell an important, uplifting story that helped me continue pressing on.
On my way to a shooting location after a couple of days of heavy rain, I spotted this cow by in the river. It was difficult to focus with all the branches, very lucky to have got this shot with its tongue sticking out.
Nikon F=70-210mm 1:4 Series-E
*Unedited image.
Central Alentejo, Portugal
January 2023
I got up early and embarked on an early morning stalk, I mean, walk around the narrow alleys of Amsterdam.
Mint Moth | Pyrausta aurata | Crambidae On Marjoram | Origanum majorana | Lamiaceae
I found this Mint Moth laying eggs on my Marjoram, in the rain.
Samsung NX1 & Helios 44M - 58mm f/2
26mm Macro Tube | f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2020
in my garden...
I love this plant and have it growing everywhere... but when I found these at a nursery, in bloom, I had to pick up four more to add to my collection!!
Peace and joy to you and your family this holiday season, if you celebrate.
A friend gave us a bright red poinsettia plant. I had fun with varying apertures, window light plus an off-camera light, and shallow depth of field. Thanks for looking!
(disassembled stainless steel stopper)
The diameter and height of the cone is 2.2 cm.
Have a great week my friends !
Explored on 16th October 2016 #16
Harlequin | Harmonia axyridis | Coccinellidae
Samsung NX300 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro Lens | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2016.
Due to the weather I got my location much later. By then it was windy and full of noises from the kids coming out to play. So, this robin stopped here only for a brief moment for a couple of shots. It was all in a hurry. At the lens closest range, perhaps a bit too close. No time for adjustment, image is straight from the camera, unedited.
Brighton 🇬🇧
17th February 2021
Since lockdown, the animals behaviour have changed especially the squirrels in my local area. The seagulls and pigeons have encroached their territory. The squirrels are now scared, not so easy to photograph them anymore.
This female squirrel is pregnant. She came down from the tree a few times to get the groundnuts from me but she would not come close. When she got the nut she will climb up a tree keeping her distant until she finishes the nut before coming down again.
Although it is noted that animals can be seen more easily these days as compared to before lockdown. The sudden change of the way of life has certainly affected not only humans but of animals too.
Has there been less food for the squirrels ? Most probably it has as the seagulls have move inland to find food because the tourist trade has ceased and not much food for the seagulls at the seafront. Same goes for the pigeons.
So, it is not that a place had became quiet and other animals appear. They are actually forced to look for a greener pasture. Just an observation in my normal location shoot of squirrels.
Brighton 🇬🇧
26th March 2021
You face so many challenging, unknown, unchosen and terrorizing circumstances that have a tendency to drain the color from your vision and create an incredibly unclear atmosphere. And though you often don’t know how to keep going and many times just want to quit, you work very hard and are often surprised to see a little colorful sunlight among your bleak surroundings. This stark contrast is a beautiful reminder that opposing experiences and feelings can exist at the same time—you don’t have to deny the truth and it’s ok to recognize reality in a healthy way.
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A few days ago I was struggling a lot with my own intense mental health struggles in addition to the stress and fear of my husband’s health struggles and recent hospitalization. Somehow I found the strength to spend some time outside capturing the beauty I saw in the fog and frost that was visible through the windows that morning—it seemed to tell an important, uplifting story that helped me continue pressing on.