Herrerillo común - Cyanistes caeruleus

Pelophylax perezi - Rana común

Nikon D4

200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6

@F8

Stick Marsh at J M Goodwin-View large

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Mo gan shan, zhe jiang. China

There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on

the feelings as now in October.

-- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Shanghai Bund, China.

No está todo lo nítida que quisiera debido al movimiento rápido que hizo, pero me parece una toma distinta y un momento curioso cazando esa mosca.

In joy or sadness flowers are our constant friends.

― Okakura Kakuzō

A drift of buttercups accent a density of green...

Yesterday my husband Bernie and I watched a Snowy Owl sitting on a pole for over an hour... I could see the light quickly fading and the sun very low in the sky... by the time he did fly, there was little light left.

Thanks to my friend DrgnMastr and his Photoshop skills, this shot was saved.

But I remember more dearly autumn afternoons in bottoms that lay intensely silent under old great trees.

-- C. S. Lewis

A little of the sky is reflected in the water. So peaceful and calm.

Groningen

for not being around much. Yesterday, 28th January, we suffered an extremely close family bereavement, so I am not able to be on Flickr very much. Please forgive my absences. You are all very special to me, but this is something which has devastated us. (My husband's son died suddenly at the age of 48 from an unknown cause. He was buried yesterday, 8th January - a moving and wonderful experience - but painful, as you can imagine.)

Thanks so much for your understanding and I hope things will return to normal before too long. Meanwhile, I hope you like this painting of Windermere under thick cloud.

Cruising the spring shoreline offers a myriad of photo ops, the eye moving from spot to spot, the ear taking in the variety of sounds a wilderness provides. The challenge always becomes one of deciding which image of many deserves further attention after initial review...as well as keeping the canoe stable and in position for the shot. Here an example in which I tried to avoid ripples from the canoe while avoiding moving into the scene itself. (SOOC)

leave me a smile

just warm enough...

to spend a million

golden afternoons in.

― Sanober Khan

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But don't let go

If you cling too tightly

You're gonna lose control.

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El señor del bosque

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Picture taken september 7th 25020

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