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This is one of many strategies tried by a cormorant to eat an eel. It was nearly a fatal mistake as just out of shot was a diving gull intent on stealing the eel but the cormorant was too quick for it.
Photographed in Olhão.
Nature's confetti, showering lives with soft petals, each a reminder that joy can bloom even in the prickliest of patches.
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Yellow Branch Falls as she appeared on this bright, optimistic, sunny morning Feb 3, 2024. Even though her flow was low, I didn't mind. As for me, she never disappoints. Today I hiked down from above and completely understand why the former trail was decommissioned. It's far too dangerous of a descent for children, the elderly and people lacking hiking experience with careless tendencies. Compared with the existing trail, I found the former trail to be more of a "cut to the chase" excursion. (accepting for today's overgrown and "lack of" trail and the number of downed trees to maneuver over, through and around).The existing "new" trail today offers a beautiful array of mountain ridgeline views as the trail rises and falls along the way. Yellow Branch will always be uniquely special to me because it was one of the first waterfalls, I hiked to and photographed years ago. I have made many captures here and some with the waterfall full to overflowing. This morning, I had her all to myself for about 45 minutes. I hiked back out on the existing trail and met many people hiking in. No doubt, I'll be back many more times. It was such a great beginning for my new 2024 year of adventure hiking to waterfalls🍷🍷💙
A tour guide told us that Acadia was once all evergreens, but a great and devastating fire cut through the area in 1947. On the bare and scorched patches of land, colorful trees began to grow in, creating the park's now famous Fall foliage.
Eagle Lake, Acadia National Park, Maine
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Wandering around the desert southwest we came upon an abandoned set of buildings covered in graffiti. This is the only one i found providing some hope.
But then, there is always the fine print!
(Look at LARGE size for the fine print)
Let's be optimistic, that we are going to jump into a better, more peaceful, fairer, healthier, more colourful happy New Year!
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Sand Grasshopper
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Saltamonte jaspeado
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BITTE KEINE AWARDS, kopierte Kommentare oder diese Gruppen-Icons wie "Ich habe Dein wunderbares Bild in Gruppe xyz gesehen". Die lösche ich sobald ich sie sehe.
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Optimistically waiting for a glimmer of sunshine on an overcast morning in woodland in Uppland in Central Sweden back in mid-June (1165)
Photo captured via Minolta Maxxum AF 50mm F/1.7 Lens. Washington's Central Cascades Range. Wenatchee/Chelan Highlands section within the North Cascades Region. Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. Chelan County, Washington. Late October 2021.
Exposure Time: 1/25 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-100 * Aperture: F/11 * Bracketing: None * Color Temperature: 4350 K * Plug-In: Vibrant Fall Bright - Lou & Marks * Elevation: 2,211 feet above sea-level
The night before was beset with storms and so I wasn't at all optimistic I would get any decent sunrise shots at Cape Bruny. But I set the alarm clock anyway.
When I woke the rain had stopped, but I couldn't see the night sky, so assumed the worst. Still I was prepared to take the 30 kilometre drive through the South Bruny National Park to the lighthouse and take my chances.
When I arrived it was very dark and the only light I had was a small flashlight as I made my way up the steep path to the lighthouse over 100 metres above sea level. Then as the winds blew I noticed the moon appearing behind the cloud cover. So I set up my tripod and took this 30 second exposure by moonlight.
My title comes from the book about a secret British commando landing in Crete during WW2. This book by Stanley Moss was made into a 1957 film starring Dirk Bogarde. Ill Met by Moonlight [Dirk Bogarde] (1957) www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ahvCt9r4R4
The Nazis had turned Crete into an impenetrable fortress and had virtually enslaved the local population. The aim of this daring night raid was to capture the General Heinrich Kreipe. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Kreipe
Perhaps the coldest point on my journey and the most optimistic I've been with previously unknown circumstances, Koyasan was astounding. This sacred mountain sits in the heart of Wakayama (and I do mean it, it is VERY deep in the mountains) and is considered holy under the order of Shingon Buddhism, which was invented here as well.
The town itself is beautiful and rural, exactly what you'd expect from a mountain village. But people, myself included, normally come here for the massive Okunoin Cemetery. Sheltered by a massive canopy of trees, this place can look dark and dim at any time of year.
Snow is often not a nice thing to deal with when you're not prepared. Especially with the tight turns on the road up to Koyasan, not to mention roads are more narrow in Japan, and there's tour buses around nearly every turn, not a very peaceful journey.
But I instantly tried to make good of this. I've seen photos of this place in rain, sun, and best of all, fog, but I've never seen a shot in the snow. I didn't have any predetermined photo spots as I wanted to be surprised anyways. So all these factors combined made me open to many suggestions. I mean, I said it myself in my "about" page, "I see somethin I shoot somethin".
When it came time to edit this, I knew EXACTLY what I wanted to do with it. I wanted to make the photo darker and more mystical to match it's atmosphere. I gave the lanterns more light and brought a dark brush to most of the image except the path itself. Added a vignette afterwards, the sun was truly shinin' down on the path. And it's position only got better as time went on, you'll see.
As an American who's been to considerably more "gothic" cemeteries, this one didn't quite tick as hard as I thought but I still had a great time. It's still a place that teams with a similar type of essence. Of course, the Japanese have a very different relation with the deceased then we do in the west (hence my editing choices). But one thing is for sure, we both know how to house the departed well.
I love cemeteries so much.
escaping back into the time before the US went off track. For me that was late fall 1963. I was a junior in high school. I had my first real girlfriend. The Dodgers swept the Yankees in four. We had a young president who made everyone optimistic about the future. We trusted government, revered science, and valued experts. The middle class was flourishing and it felt like the beginning of a new American golden age.
(Also I really miss the rowing machine at the gym)
This picture was taken in Blue Ridge, Georgia at our cabin. Jill and Bella make a wonderful team. If you're not familiar with the pug breed, they are wonderful pets. ...As many of you know, Jill is my daughter who was diagnosed with brain cancer when she was 3 years old. Since this picture has been taken, Jill's health has taken a turn for the worse. We are now looking at a recurrence, but not sure at this point. Her doctors are scanning her brain and spine every 3 months to see what is taking place. We are remaining optimistic and praying for God's intervention. After all, He is the Great Physician!
Mostly I'm an optimistic woman in my heart. And even though I'm a person who often says: no white without the black I want to convey positivity. For a few days already it feels as if I'm in a black period of my life. I'm left with almost no hope by all the things going on in the world and it seems I can't get rid of it.
To better days and peace!
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Optimistic sunset shot looking toward the Buachaille Etive Mor from near Blackrock cottage. Alas the cloud shrouding the iconic munro did not budge. Entrance to Glencoe is on the right of the image with the route to Glen Etive on the left into the light..
I try to stay optimistic, but that means that I have to avoid the news! I pray for the biggest blue wave imaginable in November that will totally hobble the petulant, ignorant child that currently resides in the White House and all his corrupt, incompetent, disgusting minions!!! When I think of the loss of great leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy whose assassinations happened 50 years ago this year, I can't comprehend how we have come to this and how much damage can occur before he is removed from power.
"Now I lay me down before I go to sleep.
In a troubled world, I pray the Lord to keep,
keep hatred from the mighty,
And the mighty from the small,
Heaven help us all ...
~ Lyrics by Ron Miller - first performed by Stevie Wonder
"The arc of the moral universe is long,
but it bends toward justice."
~ Theodore Parker - popularized by Martin Luther King, Jr. who was murdered 50 years ago this month.
ok the title is pretty optimistic... august just started but i guess we're not far away from falling leaves ;)
this is a picture from last year. i found it by browsing my archives. just wondering why i did not notice this one last year...
however... taken in luxembourg in the evening hour.
i hope that summer stays (at least for a while - i did not have any summer vacation yet) but i also look forward to fall season.
how do you think about the upcoming season change?
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