Tune....♪

Just look to tomorrow

Look straight ahead

Don't be discouraged, don't let them win

There's no use in crying

It's not the end

Don't listen to those monsters in your head

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The Monster Building, located in Quarry Bay neighbourhood in Eastern Hong Kong, isn’t actually a single building, but an E-shaped 19-floor complex composed of five interconnected structures: Oceanic Mansion, Fok Cheong Building, Montane Mansion, Yick Cheong Building, and Yick Fat Building. It was built during a population boom in the 1960s to offer housing for low-income residents. The Monster Building has 2443 flats and is home to around 6 thousand people.

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This unusual looking cactus looks like an alien monster's arm and hand !

Those ' big thorns ' looks like fingers and the hairy filaments looks like fur !

Taken at the Arid Garden, Melbourne Botanical Gardens.

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I got to know

I'm the only one for you

What have I become?

I'm a fucking monster

When all I wanted

was something beautiful

My love, too much

Your love, not enough

My love, too much

Your love

Oh, what it takes out of me

to lay by your side

Oh, how it aches and it aches:

you make me want to die

I got to kill you, my love

I got to kill you , my love

You said forever,

now you look right through me

You said forever,

did your words fall short like you?

What have I done?

I'm a fucking monster

The dried remains of a horse chestnut shell

I had a chip on my shoulder, had to let it go

'Cause unforgiveness keeps them in control

I came in with good intentions, then I let it go

And now I really wanna know

But what if I, what if I trip?

What if I, what if I fall?

Then am I the monster?

Just let me know

And what if I, what if I sin?

And what if I, what if I break?

Then am I the monster?

Just let me know,

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I see your monsters

I see your pain

Tell me your problems

I’ll chase them away

I’ll be your lighthouse

I’ll make it okay

When I see your monsters

I’ll stand there so brave

And chase them all away . . .

— Lyrics from “Monsters” by Timeflies

Credits . . .

Hatari finds himself in a truly disturbing world this time fighting against decomposing giants and a myriad of other monsters...

Taken in Shutter Thugs

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OK I'm not going to lie, I am a big fan of my friend Connor Reed's work, He is truly amazing with his skills, As he has teach me some photo skills too, I'm happy that I got to do this photo of him. I hope you love it.

From Alana

The secret side of me, I never let you see

I keep it caged, but I can't control it

So stay away from me, the beast is ugly

I feel the rage and I just can't hold it

It's scratching on the walls, in the closet, in the halls

It comes awake, and I can't control it

Hiding under the bed, in my body, in my head

Why won't somebody come and save me from this, make it end?

I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin

I must confess that I feel like a monster

I hate what I've become

The nightmare's just begun

I must confess that I feel like a monster

I, I feel like a monster

I, I feel like a monster

My secret side I keep, hid under lock and key

I keep it caged, but I can't control it

'Cause if I let him out he'll tear me up, break me down

Why won't somebody come and save me from this, make it end?

I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin

I must confess that I feel like a monster

I hate what I've become

The nightmare's just begun

I must confess that I feel like a monster

I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin

I must confess that I feel like a monster

I, I feel like a monster

I, I feel like a monster

It's hiding in the dark

It's teeth are razor sharp

There's no escape for me, it wants my soul, it wants my heart

No one can hear me scream

Maybe it's just a dream

Maybe it's inside of me, stop this monster

I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin

I must confess that I feel like a monster

I hate what I've become

The nightmare's just begun

I must confess that I feel like a monster

I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin

I must confess that I feel like a monster

I've gotta lose control, it's something radical

I must confess that I feel like a monster

I, I feel like a monster

I, I feel like a monster

I, I feel like a monster

I, I feel like a monster!

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Model Connor Reed

"Monsters are real, ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes they win."

Stephen King

Zandmotor, Monster, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands

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Manmade Sand Motor.

This is an imagined skeleton of a creature in Hindu mythology. Being part elephant, crocodile, fish and more, Makara was believed to have been able to roam in multiple realms. An exhibit at UrMu (Urban Museum) in Kuala Lumpur.

Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)

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My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (it's very brief but pretty unusual: a tiny wall lizard attacks two young great tits): www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQqkSsyrm7E

THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO: MY LONG AND ARDUOUS JOURNEY TO BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY

If you've set yourself the challenge of exclusively shooting the wildlife in your own back yard, you might find - as I did - that bird photography is really, really hard.

It's not that reptiles are easy to photograph either, mind - but at least the ones in my garden stay (for the most part) on the ground, and one can learn how to carefully approach them with a camera. They're also clearly egoists, which from a photographer's point of view is is a great character trait: if a lizard detects a human in its vicinity, it's only interested in saving its own skin, and it won't alarm its buddies.

But birds... oh man. Over the years, my feathered friends and I have developed a lovely routine that now defines our peaceful co-existence. As soon as I as much as open a window (let alone the door), I'm instantly greeted by an eruption of panicky fluttering and hysterical shouts from my garden: "SAVE YOUR WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND FLY FOR YOUR LIVES: THE HAIRLESS, PINK MONSTER IS COMING!!! (Yes, I speak bird, and I know that this is exactly what they are shouting 😉).

Needless to say, with the exception of the redstart I already showed here, all my efforts to get the kind of detailed shots I usually strive for with my nature photography ended in complete failure and utter disillusionment. I was ready to give up on stalking the winged misanthropes in my garden altogether, but then winter came - and changed everything.

One day this past January I observed my neighbor Signora P - a kind, elderly Italian lady - putting something on the low garden wall in front of my house. At first I thought she was just putting some treat there for her cat Romeo; the young tom patrols that wall constantly (it's his favorite spot in the garden, and during the warmer months he usually lurks in the thick foliage next to it to prey on lizards).

But once I detected a lot of movement on that wall through my window, I understood she had put a little pile of bread crumbs there; she was feeding the birds who soon arrived in flocks. This was certainly well-intended on my neighbor's part, but her noble action came with a catch, and I'm afraid quite literally.

When I took a stroll through my garden the next day I discovered a suspicious amount of feathers on the ground next to the wall. Romeo had apparently switched from his low-calorie summer diet (lizard) to more energy-rich meals consisting of "fowl" (it was winter after all, so from a nutritionist's point of view this made sense).

I would find fresh traces of Romeo's victims (mostly feathers, but also the odd wing) in my garden over the following days; so my first intuition that my neighbor was feeding her cat hadn't been that far off after all, as Romeo was now clearly being "served" fresh birds on a daily basis. And although the hungry visitors seemed to be aware of the danger and became slightly more prudent, they just couldn't resist the tasty snacks Signora P put on that wall - and neither could Romeo.

It was obvious that I had to act, but talking to my neighbor - who is as stubborn as she is kind - would have been futile, I knew that much. I pondered the matter long and hard - until a light bulb went off in my head. The idea was genius. If successful, what I had in mind would not only increase the birds' chances of surviving Romeo's appetite, but also greatly benefit my own photographic endeavors.

I started to enact my master plan the very next day by buying a giant bag of bird feed (consisting mainly of sunflower seeds) from the store. Then I dragged a huge piece of a tree trunk (approx. 120 cm in height) that we normally chop firewood on from the shed out into the garden and emptied almost half of the bag's content on top of it. Signora P's buffet for birds (and cats) was about to get some serious competition 😊.

My reasoning was as follows: not only would the birds be lured away from the fatally low garden wall to a place where they were safe from the cat - there was nothing around that tree trunk that provided cover for a predator, and the birds had a nice 360° view around it at all times - but I was also able to photograph them while hiding in the shed.

However, in order for my plan to work there was one little extra measure I had to take, and it was one that risked lowering my own life expectancy considerably once the owner of the property - my mom - discovered it. You see, our shed is completely windowless, so if I wanted to use it as a blind, I had no choice but to cut a hole into one of its wooden walls... which I promptly did (I figured all's fair in love - and photography 😉).

Granted, I have absolutely zero carpentering skills, and it showed. That hole was an ugly mess: the shed's wall seemed to have had an encounter with Jack Nicholson's ax-wielding lunatic character from the film 'The Shining'. Needless to say, I was incredibly proud of my work (I mean, come on: there now was a hole where before there wasn't a hole, and it was big enough for the lens of my camera to peek through, so it was mission accomplished as far as I was concerned).

Now all I had to do was wait for the birds to discover the tree trunk. In the meantime I started to mentally prepare myself for the inevitable confrontation with my mom and go through possible explanations for that splintering hole in the wall (it was either gonna be a rabid woodpecker attack or an emergency rescue mission with a feeding tube for a little kid that had accidentally locked himself inside the shed - both seemed valid options, though I slightly preferred the locked-in kid due to the involved drama and heroism 😉).

A whole day went by, and not a single bird visited the sunflower seeds. I had expected that it might take a few hours until the first of the ever curious great tits or blue tits would show up, but given how tiny my garden is, an entire day seemed excessive. Then another day came and went: the birds kept flocking to the bread crumbs on the wall, and my tree trunk kept collecting dust. To add injury to insult, a few fresh feathers on the ground were proof that Romeo was still feasting.

It was incredibly frustrating: I provided my winged guests with a much better view - plus a higher chance of surviving the cuisine - than Signora P's place; I risked (almost) certain death at the hands of my own mother (OK, the act of vandalism on the shed I had committed for my own benefit, but still), yet the birds kept ignoring me.

Then, after three days, just before sunset, I spotted a single blue tit on the tree trunk picking away at the sunflower seeds.

When I got up the next morning I immediately realized that the loud noise that accompanies each and every tit activity had shifted from the wall to the shed. At last the dam had broken: there was a flurry of movement around the tree trunk, and I counted at least 5 different species of birds feasting on the sunflower seeds.

From day 4 onward my plan worked beautifully: the birds now indeed mostly ignored Romeo's "snack wall" and kept to the tree trunk. And yes, I was able to play peeping tom from behind the shed's wall and photograph them!! 😊

Thus, dear readers, I finally managed to produce some acceptable bird photos, and I had even saved my feathered friends from a deadly foe in the process. All through winter and spring I took advantage of my new bird hide, and in late May I started mixing some cherries with the sunflower seeds. The idea was to attract a Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius), and as you can see, it worked!

It took me almost three weeks and more than a few tricks to capture that clever fella, but given how long I've been rambling here already, that's a story for another day. As for my mom, she still doesn't know about the hole in the wall, so please don't snitch! 😉.

I hope you like the photo and wish you all a wonderful weekend! Many greetings from Switzerland, and as always: let me know what you think in the comments 🙏 😊 ❤!

P.S. if anyone has their own funny tale about the obstacles we photographers are prepared to overcome for a desired photo, please write it in the comments: I love such stories 😊

How bout' a monster for breakfast today?

Count Chocula! It's Fang-tastic!

Pareidolia

Gila Monster: Beads, Burrows, and Bite

One of only two venomous lizards in North America (the other’s in Mexico), the Gila Monster lumbers through the Southwest like it owns the desert—which it kind of does.

It doesn’t strike—it gnaws to inject venom. Yes, chews. Slowly. While you rethink your life choices.

It spends most of its time underground, emerging to snack on eggs, hatchlings, and the occasional unlucky rodent.

I photographed this one drinking at a pond and then strolling off like it had a reservation somewhere cooler. It never rushed. Why would it? Legends don’t run.

The dreaded Mississippi River Ice Monster waves hello.

(this is a natural formation, no human manipulation was done)

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A candid street shot from Blackpool, UK (August 2024).

Zandmotor, Monster, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands

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The Sand Motor was built as coastal protection.

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A favorite abandoned farmhouse on mine. I need to revisit it soon to see if it still stands.

Canadian Pacific ES44AC No. 8873 leads what the dispatcher called a "monster" train 669 west at Jaffray, British Columbia. Feb. 2, 2020.

The iconic interlocked loops of the Loch Ness Monster roller coaster at Busch Gardens Willamsburg in Virgina.

Some monsters should probably stay dead. They tend to come back a little 'wrong' when they're made whole again.

.:: Monster Bedtime Series ::.

Prompts: a scary bedroom monster sleepover.

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This is an illustration I created for the exhibition "Fiesta Duduá del fin del mundo". The Duduá, a great craft shop in Barcelona is going to close and this work will be exposed in its last exhibition.

The 22th december from 19th to 22th all the artists work will be on sale with a cheap cost. You are invited! Unfortunatly I couldn't be at the party :(

Good luck Duduá!

Wow, six wagons. Still the train is often one or none, but will load up with port traffic at Timaru an hour north.

18 March 2020, Train 934, 7104-7092, Oamaru, SIMT-NZ

Sometimes to fight a monster you have to become one yourself.

Location:Innsmouth

Pose: 5ifth Order

Weapons: C-Tech,Brutal Weapons,Semple Creations

Armor: Tonktastic

Smoke: Black Sheep Cig

The monster

Thank you all for viewing, commenting and favouring my images

...cambiando il modo di fare le cose abituali,

permetti che un uomo nuovo cresca dentro di te...

life is made of magic moments...

mauroNSTER!

RAF Tornado GR4 from 31 Squadron tearing through Wales at low level using call sign 'Monster'

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It's a freak show, baby, I'm a ring leader

Like an acrobat in a dark arena

I could dance both ways like a ballerina

Caught an emo bitch, she my man-eater

Monster

I'm a stone cold monster

I could be your little monster

I'm a stone cold monster

I could be your little

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A young enthusiast getting to learn all about driving a steam powered traction engine on the 1907 Burrell "Dixie Flyer". The kids were fascinated by the steam and noise of these mechanical monsters!

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Teaching M some basic sewing. He did the pattern, a bunch of the backstitching, stuffing, and eyes/mouth. Serious fun. Thank you to Craft magazine for some inspiration: www.craftzine.com/

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A monster lives in my pool. I don’t know how it got there. It only comes out at night.

I first saw it when I went for a swim one night. There it was, lurking in the corner. I was scared witless. I ran away screaming. I did not call the police. Who would believe me?

One morning, I awoke to find my glasses on the back porch. The glasses I had lost in the swimming pool. Somebody had placed a flower beside my glasses.

Later that same day, I left some biscuits by the poolside. Nobody touched them during the day. In the morning, they were gone.

This all happened some weeks ago.

Now I lie awake at night, listening. Waiting and listening in the dark. I like listening in the dark. It’s wonderfully relaxing, to listen in the dark. Waiting for the monster.

I hear the garden door open, gently. I hear naked, wet feet tiptoe towards the kitchen. I hear the fridge door open. I hear the satisfying sound of munching. Isn’t it wonderful?

At night, I don’t bother locking my front door anymore. You’d have to be crazy to break into my house. I have a monster living in my pool. It's in the kitchen right now.

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(Inspired by ‘Mrs. Caliban’, by Rachel Ingalls, 2017)

For further info:

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Moderate safety level so I don't scare kiddies and grandma's.

The monster in the pool: Kangsom

(Kangsom is not a monster in real life, let me assure you, she is a very nice person. We’re just versatile).

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My huge monster put on his best smile for todays (28-Apr-2025) Macro Mondays 'M' theme.

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A three ship of RAF Tornados fly through the Mach Loop. One of the greatest passes I've experienced, fully swept....although in this going away shot the wings are forwards as they approach Tal Y Lyn lake.

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