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DISTINCTIVE water bird, the largest in he region, when swimming the neck is held in a elegant curve. FAMILY gruops with parents are often seen. They mate for life.

TRY TO POST all British birds seen, but have not put up a SWAN for years, shame on me. Seen at Stodmarsh nature reserve Kent.

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P1360724 - Purple Moorhen - Size - 45 - 50 cm

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Purple Moorhen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) - is a species of swamphen occurring from the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to southern China and northern Thailand.

Also Know as - Purple Swamphen, Grey-headed Swamphen, ...

WONDERFUL FACTS - The Slow Loris is one of the rarest primates.

Their closest relative is the African bush babies.

Slow Lorises may be slow, but they can travel around 8 kilometers in one night.

They are related to monkeys, apes and humans 🐾

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It is possible that there was a church on this site in Saxon times, and it is known that a church was built here about 1250-70. The record of Rectors of Child Okeford Superior and of Child Okeford Inferior begins in 1297. In 1297 Galfrid de Stocks was presented to the Parish as priest, by his relative Roger de Stocks, who held the land under the King.

The old medieval church was largely knocked down in 1878 and a “new” church built. The new North Chancel Aisle, designed for 52 Sunday School children, was actually occupied by the new Organ. This was built to a specification set by Dr (later Sir) Arthur Sullivan. The Vestry, which had been in the Tower, was also moved to the new North Chancel Aisle, where it remains.

In the valleys of the Atlas mountain range it is possible to spot several Kasbah, fortresses. Some are still Inhabited, some aren't, some are there as turistic attractives, but the time isn't so kind with this type of building. But, this place, with some palm trees before and the mountain behind, inspired me the idea of a "lost city". So here it is my lost Kasbah. Don't you agree?

Legend says that Atlantis city was built by Poseidon, god of sea when he fell in love with a mortal woman Cleito. He made this city on top of a nearby hill and named it Atlantis. It is believed that he walked through these islands until he reached the biggest of them all- Atlantis and found it to be inhabited by people more beautiful and intelligent than rest of the world. It is here he first saw his future wife and fell in love with her.

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Anything is possible in Wales

That’s why one can even find a glowing waterpipe here.

[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)]

Just tweaked saturation using the Windows Photo Editor

😄 HaPpY Sliders Sunday 😄

Uploaded for the group Sliders Sunday

Panasonic Lumix DMCFZ-200

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1/250 Sec

ISO 200

It is possible that Mr Peng, a graffiti artist from Frankfurt, overturned this portable toilet. In any case, he is definitely displaying a sense of schadenfreude that many viewers of the photo have shared.

Frankfurt, Gottlieb-Daimler-Str.

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Possible geometries for an impossible daily life

Geometrias possíveis para um cotidiano impossível

São Paulo, Brazil, 2023

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Coleção: A poesia dos movimentos invisíveis

É inevitável, pontos de conflito, linhas de organização e insurreição, invisbilidades. O tempo passa... por cima.

A poesia dos movimentos invisíveis: um olhar, um passo, um gesto, as linhas da cidade ou um detalhe qualquer, completados pelo olhar, criando uma poética nos movimentos que só existem no encontro entre corpos, fotógrafo, local, pessoas fotografados e quem vê a foto, e isso pode gerar uma potência de presença, uma dança estática.

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Collection: The poetry of invisible movements

It is inevitable, points of conflict, lines of organization and insurrection, invisibility. Time passes... over.

A look, a step, a gesture, the lines of the city or any detail, completed by the look, creating a poetics in the movements that only exist in the encounter between bodies, photographer, place, people photographed and who sees the photo, and this can generate a power of presence, a static dance.

Pose/Lush Poses - Cowboy - Men Pose Pack

Tattoo / Leven Ink Tattoo - Crow Tattoo (unpacked)

Hair / Sintiklia - Hair Eric - Naturals

Pants / RKKN. Hooligan Combat Pants - Pink

In this Day and Age All things seem possible................this image comes with a warning to all those Rich Men...........It's Fake !!

Not 100% sure but I suspect it's ticks that are damaging the birds eyes, if you zoom in just under the eye there's something that looks like a fresh tick. Sorry Jean Marie but your comment made sense, I think you are right it's the ticks that's damaging the eyes..

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I spent an afternoon watching Shorties yesterday, as I hadn't seen any since they were in a nearby country park in winter 2015/16. Great to see these super birds again.

I found this one flying across and perching fairly soon after I arrived at the site. It was at a moderate distance and stretched my lens a bit, not totally ideal and rather close to the sun. To try to get closer and a better angle was not possible as I would simply have been shooting straight into the sun, but sometimes we can't have everything.

Thank you for your faves and comments - much appreciated

Macro Monday...

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Pitaya Cyber Interface- Transparent screens

HILTED Nexus Panel

::DisturbeD:: Kingston Scientist Character

INORI> - FastAid-7 Medical Injector & Tablet White

Computer from MP

Location/Skybox: [Neurolab Inc.] SPACEBOX (4.0)

Ps - Adam, once again thank you for inspiring me, as this pic would not have been possible without you, your ideas, vision and imagination. I loved recreating a bit of Iteration-X here with you as thanks to you I could know that amazing part of Mage world ♥♥♥

A very beautiful and colorful nuthatch found in many parts of the country, but hard to sight unless one knows where to look. After several sightings of various species of nuthatches, I am a bit comfortable in finding them now I suppose.

They are typical nuthatches in behaviour and defy gravity looking for insects, larvae and grub on the tree trunks and branches. The birds are resident in the country and found in deciduous forests often in the upper canopy, but quite possible that they come down to the lower part once in a while. We sighted several of them much to our delight, but shooting them was very challenging due to their size and in the thick canopy.

Thank you so much in advance for your views and feedback.

the very dry summer makes it possible to go in the middle of the Eikedalselva river which thunders down on the Fossen Bratte waterfall a few meters from here

Then we boarded the train

that will lead us through the year 2017

No one knows what lies around the next bend

But whatever the starting point is, grab the days as well as possible.

See the possibilities rather than the limitations,

make the impossible possible.

Say that you love ....

Caring for others

Take a coffee break with a friend

Although you may not really have time

Say something positive to yourself every day,

and meet others with a smile and a positive word.

Take care of yourself

and others as well as you can;)

May our journey through the year 2017 be a nice trip for us all :)

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This is Skaga stave church. It is the third stave church at this place - and it dates to 2001.

The original, dated to the 12th century, was built close to an old sacred well from (possibly) pagan times. There are a lot of legends surrounding this little church, more than perhaps trustworthy history, including how the founder of the church (a woman named Skaga) was saved as an infant by a dog when her father wanted her dead and placed her in the woods, and that the church fell out of use after the Black Death and the area was abandoned - that is quite possible, but the legend continues that the church was re-discovered 'several hundred years later'. I wonder how much you would find of a abandoned wooden building several centuries later... Be that as it may, the church stood there until 1826 when it was pulled down. A copy of the medieval church was built in 1957–58 and inaugurated in 1960. But the church burnt down in 2000. Just a year later a third incarnation of the church, the one still present, was opened to the public. (Well, it is open if you come at the right time - when we passed by the place was closed.)

Geometrias possíveis para um cotidiano impossível

Metrô São Paulo SP, 2022

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Possible geometries for an impossible daily life.

Sao Paulo subway, Brazil, 2022

Is it possible to make a focus stacked, bracketed shot, lying down on your belly, with your arm streched out far as possible, just above the water surface, because everything is so overgrown? Well, I guess it is actually... :)

Thanks for having a look! All faves and comments are highly appreciated!

You do me (and hopefully yourself) a big favour by pressing L and then F11, to view at maximum size.

Stormy Skies at Southbourne

I just want to share this survivor with you. You don't have to look very close to see his wing is badly damaged. My friend and I first noticed him all alone after all the other shovelers had gone north, in the Spring of 2019. He's a permanent resident now, a survivor, and I'm always torn with compassion and joy when I see him - I'm happy he's still chugging along, but sad he's all alone. I was thinking he'd be happy now with all the migrant shovelers in town, and he has come to the specific area on the lake where they hang out, but he stays a bit aloof, a loner so to speak. Now that I recently witnessed the high-octane male behavior, it's pretty likely he doesn't want to get involved. But he's really handsome, on the other side you'd never know about his handicap. It's not too hard to single him out, as he doesn't head for the far side of the lake at first sight of a human like the others do. He's a survivor, he's adapted to what life dealt him. I can't imagine how his wing was so injured - it's possible he escaped a coyote, I have no idea. But he always makes me smile now, coming up on his third spring with us.

"To believe in faeries is to step into an enchanted space where the rational mind meets the irrational heart, and all things become possible" - Brian Froud

Last one in this little series. Although it is not the best shot with the out of focus strands of barbed wire running through the frame, because of the reflection of the sunset on the water I thought it suitable as the ending image.

I don't remember the circumstances, but I know I would have shot looking through the strands of wire closest to the camera if it was possible, but likely the ditch was full of water. The distraction aside, I still really like this one.

Snapshot

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plenty of footprints this year, but it was still possible to have the beach to yourself if you got up early !

It's possible to get some nice photos of this wonderful Black-collared hawk fishing in the abundant waters of Pantanal.

Thanks a lot for your visits, comments, faves, invites, etc. Very much appreciated!

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Spain; Murcia, Los Alcazares 27/11/21

“When fortune calls, offer her a chair”....Thanks Rita for your testimonial!

I want to take a moment and celebrate all my Flickr contacts as well - I chose to photograph a section of my kitchen chair (above) as a symbol of the friendship I have with most of you. The strands represent all of you, coming together to form a single point of strength and every day providing me with support and most of all encouragement. As with the chair, every strand counts - from the most timid but consistent "fave" (you know who you are) to the most flamboyant award giver (you know who you are too!). Please know that all this support combined has helped to up my quality and has stirred my imagination to a degree I never thought possible. We must learn to trust what we see and photograph it in the best possible way. Thank you and here's to quality, good fortune and honest opinions!

Julian

A possible choice for the Monday Macro Group. The theme is Spirals. These are corn skewers standing on end with side lighting. The skewers are about 1.5" tall.

I once again looked at the structure at the beginning of the antennae, because this springtail allowed it. Do you also see the small opening in ant.2, where possible fit in the structure of ant.1?

Stack in zerene : 12 images

Finishing touches : Photoshop CS6

Es war für mich unbeschreiblich schön und beeindruckend, das viele Menschen von überall her kamen nach Hamburg zum Hafenfest 2017. Große Schiffe die Mehrstöckig sind, spielten das Lied "99 Luftballons" von Nena und dazu im Tagt spielte die Sirene des Schiffs im harmonischen Tagt zum Lied. Es war sehr schwer zu fotografieren, wegen der vielen Menschen. Trotzdem war es mir auch möglich noch ein Video zu drehen, das ich in den nächsten Tagen ins Internet einspielen werde. Viel Spaß beim betrachten.

It was indescribably beautiful and impressive for me, that many people from all over came to Hamburg for the Harbor Festival 2017. Large ships that are multi-storey, played the song "99 Balloons" by Nena and in the daytime played the siren of the ship in harmonic Tagt Song. It was very hard to made pictures because of the many people. Nevertheless, it was also possible for me to make a video which I will be uploading to the internet in the next few days. Have fun.

这让我印象深刻，令人印象深刻，许多来自各地的人都来到汉堡参加2017年港湾节。多层大型船只，演奏了Nena的歌曲“99气球”，白天在谐波Tagt演奏了这艘船的警笛歌曲。 因为很多人拍照很困难。 不过，我也可以制作一段视频，我会在接下来的几天里上传到互联网上。 玩得开心。

كان الكثير من الناس من جميع أنحاء العالم قد جاء إلى هامبورغ لمهرجان الميناء 2017. السفن الكبيرة التي هي متعددة الطوابق، لعبت أغنية "99 البالونات" من قبل نينا وفي اليوم لعبت صفارات الانذار السفينة في التوافقي تاجت أغنية. كان من الصعب جدا لالتقاط الصور بسبب كثير من الناس. ومع ذلك، كان من الممكن أيضا أن أجعل الفيديو الذي سوف يتم تحميلها على شبكة الإنترنت في الأيام القليلة المقبلة. المتعة.

Riverside of the Nigorizawa that flows into Takase Reservoir.

It is like Sai-no Kawara (賽の河原), which means the riverside between this world and the next, where the souls of children who died prior to their parents are believed to stay. They are forced to build stone cairns that are to be broken down by resident ogres when they are completed. They start over to build new ones to be broken down again. The process continues forever…. It is a Japanese version of limbo.

Here in Nigorizawa, a huge volume of white granite sand carried by the stream forms a large expanse of sandy plain. TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings) wrongly forecasted the volume of incoming sedimentation, and it turned out after the completion of the dam that it would fill the reservoir in decades (^_^;

Now a troop of dump trucks are carrying out the sand every day. They must continue forever like the souls of deceased children in Sai-no Kawara. It is also challenging the financial sustainabilty of the hydropower plant.

I heard the sand from Takase Dam is not suitable for construction material due to light specific gravity. Only possible use is for creating artificial beaches.

The Takase-gawa is a tributary of the Shinano-gawa that flows into the Sea of Japan at Niigata City located 250 km to the northeast. The Japan Sea coast in Niigata prefecture is now suffering from coastal erosion. Many good beaches disappeared over the past decades. It was caused by the construction of dams in its upstream.

A magnificent magnolia tree in front of the rectory from 1773 of the Catholic parish of Saint Laurentius in Ahrweiler/Rhineland-Palatinate.

Ein prächtiger Magnolienbaum vor dem Pfarrhaus von 1773 der katholischen Pfarrei Sankt Laurentius in Ahrweiler/Rheinland-Pfalz.

Looking close on Friday theme in front of the fence.

thank you everyone for your kind comments and faves. all are very much appreciated

Yesterday afternoon, while I was thinking about possible photo locations, it dawned on me that I'd never been to Meissen in winter.

That's obviously unacceptable. So I set off immediately.

And I wasn't a minute too soon, because shortly after my arrival, the lights at Albrechtsburg Castle were already coming on.

So I first devoted myself to the beautiful castle and its fantastic reflection, before taking a stroll through the old town.

Gestern Nachmittag , während ich über mögliche Ziele zum Fotografieren nachgedacht habe, ist mir bewusst geworden, dass ich noch nie im Winter in Meissen war.

Das ist natürlich ein Zustand der nicht tragbar ist. Und so habe ich mich umgehend auf den Weg gemacht.

Und ich war keine Minute zu früh, denn bereits kurz nach meiner Ankuft ging schon die Beleuchtung an der Albrechtsburg an.

Also habe ich mich erst einmal der wunderschönen Burg und ihrem fantastischen Spiegelbild gewidmet, bevor ich dann noch eine Runde durch die Altstadt gedreht habe.

Possible Crimson x Eastern Rosella (?), near Bulla, Melbourne, Australia. Not sure if this bird is a hybrid? It has most of the features of an Eastern Rosella, but it has prominent green feathers on the head and around the eye, as female and immature Crimson Rosella's have. The bright white feathers below the beak confirm that it is at least partly an Eastern Rosella.

Image taken early February 2023.

“The sky is the ultimate art gallery just above us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson