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Mother Giraffe nurturing her calf. This is a commission piece I built late last year. Hope you like it.
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Watching the nurturing nature of Magellanic penguins is amazing. They spare no effort to feed, soothe, protect and teach their chicks to survive and thrive on land and sea.
And their patience! Here, one of the parents patiently comforts a chick under wing, while nibbling/grooming the other chick.
Great mothers ARE miraculous...
In the wild @ Magdalena Island, Chile
A mother sparrow feeding her juvenile/offspring with rice
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Happy and thankful to chance upon this, not knowing she's going to feed her little one.😊 I've always wanted to capture such a scene. But my second-hand semi-DSLR camera had already decided to retire, so I picked up my remaining point-and-shoot camera.❤️
it has been raining most of the day
and just at sunset, as i stood at my kitchen
window, i saw the fog thickening in the back
yard. i had to grab a shot. :)
People sometimes forget, but Momma Cat knows what's important.
Pics from the Valor photosim, currently moving towards spring. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bay%20of%20Dreams/30/48/21
John’s child, a fisherman at Bosumtwe sacred lake, Ashanti region, Ghana. Myself being born in a country of solid fishermen and sailing traditions, I nurture the highest respect for this demanding craft. (C) Joel Santos - www.joelsantos.net #liveforthestory #ghana #joelsantosphoto #travelafrica
Plant as found on a cafe terrace before opening time.
No personal message intended here. It just caught my eye, and I thought it would make an interesting picture.
I visited Ploughman Wood, a Nature Reserve in the good hands of Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. It's between between Lambley and Woodborough in the Nottinghamshire countryside. Just a short distance from the Woodland. Here you can see some of the wonderful views on the approach to the woods.
Position on the map is approximate.
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Well, where do I start?
These last few months have been a very difficult time for me. Being in an on and off relationship and working very long hours was not a good combination. A couple weeks ago the relationship came to an official end. I continued to work but because of the nature of my job I had all day long to daydream and replay events from the relationship, think about what I should have done differently. It was becoming torturous and I was crying at work each day. Suddenly on Friday things seemed to reach a breaking point and I just decided not to return to work after my lunch break. It was a very selfish thing to do, but that seems to have eased the pressure for the moment and gives me a chance to make a new start.
One thing I have come to realize through all this is that when I look back at my life it seems to be a jumble of disjointed memories that all lead to a dead end. It has taken me to age 39 to realize that I want to have ongoing experiences and memories with a single special person. I recently read a saying that goes " Love is a decision, not a feeling" and at the moment that really has meaning for me. You have to want it and nurture it, not just stand there waiting for something to hit you over the head. In this case it was there for the taking and I just decided too late...
Who knows what is to come my way... for the moment I am free. Starting over is so hard.
I wanted to take a moment to answer a question I've been asked many times recently, and this brown pelican gives me perfect opportunity to do it. One of my grandmothers was an oil painter, and she had easels by her bedside. While she gifted me with paints, I never got the hang of oils, and used acrylics instead. But alas, this grandmother also ALWAYS used to wrap me in what was called "The Bird Blanket" when I'd stay the night at her home. It had many different species of birds on it and I absolutely loved it and looked forward to it. My other grandmother pretty much nurtured everything I had a passion for, and supported me with truly unconditional love. So I feel incredibly fortunate to have had these influences during my young years.
We just had a long weekend here in the UK, yesterday was a public holiday and for me even longer as I had Friday off as well. I spent all of that time working in the garden, a DIY project to extend the decking area and create more space for plants/trees and flowers. It all sounds very nice and I'm sure it will be but I'm knackered !! :-) (so I'm catching up from my busy weekend)
Here is a shot from my garden, these very small flowers look really nice up close.
I have had a couple of mails asking for more South African landscapes, I'm struggling to keep up with processing them :-) but I will post a few more this week... promise :-))
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Hawker Beechcraft CT-156 Harvard II, 2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School. This unit is part of NFTC (NATO Flying Training in Canada). The CT-156 is equivalent to the T-6A Texan II used by the U.S. Air Force, but looks much prettier in the dark blue.
A brief spell of mist a little while back and I knew exactly where to go. Having shot this handheld previously, I wanted to get back with the tripod to see if I could improve anything. A lower iso would be be a good start. I also used a slightly wider angle on the 35-70 lens instead of the 85mm last time. This helped get the two distant trees 'inside' the curve of the foreground one. I love the characters these wind blown trees have, and hope that comes across in the photograph.
Here in Week 6 of Be Still 52 I spent more time experimenting with side light...this time with bright afternoon light on the porch from the left and using a black foam core on the right. I am definitely out of my comfort zone using Kim's "darkmood" LR preset but I am happy with the results after a little tweaking and it has nurtured my creativity:) For props, I raided the garden shed but ended up with removing many of the props....simple was definitely best.