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Possibly a Wrinkled Shield | Pluteus phlebophorus | Pluteaceae

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

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Possibly a new friend. On my property.

It has quite the tail.

Possibly one of the same birds as last week. This Common Snipe was enjoying surveying his territory

What could possibly be more perfect than strolling along the shore with two rascally terriers? Nothing! Instant happy place. 😊

Leaving the familiarity of the farm behind, the three of us set off on a beach adventure, soaking up the magic of the salty ocean air and feeling the sand beneath our feet. When we returned home, the pups left sandy paw prints in the barn and I noticed that my mane had a few more sun-kissed highlights in it! As I mixed up a margarita and caught up with friends, I felt a contented peacefulness to start the new week.

I hope everyone is having a beautiful Monday, and that you all have glimmers of happy weekend memories to carry along with you as well. Sending love ... 💕

Possibly the most photographed rock in Coyote Buttes South, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, seen here in golden evening light.

Der vermutlich meist fotografierte Stein in den Coyote Buttes South, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, hier im goldenen Abendlicht.

Tune ♥

Location Paradise Falls

Credits ♥

Commercial Fishing Vessel possibly winterized, as per the wood shielded front windshield and the tarp 'tied' snuggly over her bow.

Catching some low on the horizon rays

Steveston is an ever so romantic fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC, on the Mighty Fraser River

Canada

Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.

If you enjoy quaint fishing villages, combined with light and vibrant colours, I am pleased to extend an invitation for you to browse through my.... 'I 💖 Steveston album'

www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157677404584764

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships. Wishing you all health during this difficult time.

Stay Healthy

~Christie

*Best experienced in full screen ❤

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Possibly zero access to Flickr (hopefully not!) I will be away soon, off to Snowdonia with my lovely sister Margaret. I won't be on much at all from Sunday 14th July for a few days. I hope to have time to show you a few photos from there in future, if I manage any good ones !

This was taken in Plantsbrook Nature Reserve - not Wales - at the very end of May. Amazing to think how lovely the weather was then, how much rain we've had since - and now it's 'changeable'. That's the UK for you - 'changeable' in most ways !

Take care of yourselves and have a lovely time everyone !

~ Done in Topaz Studio and PicMonkey for the final details ~

And for no reason at all, apart from the fact I love Joan Armatrading and this song, here is some music for you.

Joan Armatrading - Down to Zero

Thank you for looking - every view, comment and fave is really appreciated !

a little dark, but I've been enjoying myself!

Happy Umbellifer Wednesday :))

Possibly the start of a mini-retrospective of the year that is about to end..

Some more Short-eared Owl shots. I suspect these MAY be recently fledged birds, especially the flying one as every feather looks sharp and new. There were 4, possibly 5 birds indicating that some of the youngsters have fledged.

Possibly a juvenile looking at the relatively pale iris

Forest of Bowland

( Possibly Allium)?

possibly Winter Chanterelle

Possibly the last time I'll ever use the keyboard shortcut "Shift + Alt + X, Q" today 😥 I think that's the thing I'm most sad to be leaving behind 😆 I started work there as a timid 26 year old, and I'll be leaving almost 17 years later having managed to fool my colleagues and customers that I've evolved into someone confident and capable.

I've made some great friends, and worked with some brilliant customers over the years. Possibly my favourite being the chap whom I've always bickered with about politics. Discussing recent events he referred to "Jeremy Cvnt the Chancellor" on a call with one of our very straightlaced PMs. PM was not amused. I was crying. Customer sent some follow-up emails to apologise. We're staying in touch.

Anyway, thought I'd post the photo I've been looking at every day for about the last year. I've deleted it from my work laptop so the gits can't have it 😆

Bye work!

Could this possibly be an original perspective on one of Scotland's most photographed castles? Maybe, but if so, then Per Kamperin needs a mention (see first comment below), as do the folks who decide on the Flickr Friday theme!

This is a focus merge of two shots, one for the castle and one for the mooring ring. I wish I'd taken a third shot for the slipway, but that's the benefit of hindsight.

To get the final image, I loaded the foreground into Affinity Photo, then the background as a separate layer and aligned the two images (I couldn't use a tripod with such a low perspective, so there was some camera movement). Next, I painted-in the background onto the foreground image through a mask layer.

A ring is very difficult to merge, because the blurred version ends up being bigger than the sharp one, so you lose some of the sharp background. I've therefore had to do some careful cloning to hide most of the post-processing artefacts. I've also cropped out some of the sharp foreground concrete, because it distracted from the castle.

...Possibly: Protection device, for shops and public service buildings, in France. 😓

Or possibly Mrs, or even Miss Green. I had been sitting by the bird bath with the camera posied and ready, as always living in hope of something landing right in front of me, and after twenty minutes of holding the camera in one position, I decided to lower the camera to my knee to give the arms a rest. Within a second, the green finch arrived, so not even wanting to twitch a millimetre, I pressed the shutter in hope that I was roughly aimed the right way. I didn't even want to attempt to pull out the flip screen for fear of spooking the finch. Luckily, I also run the Sony on full silent shutter mode too, so I was very happy to get a shot of this flighty little finch!

Possibly a young one let me get really close full frame.

Catching up :)

Possibly one of the best photography days of my life, so far. I took many, many shots of a couple of female Crossbills leading up to this set. At this point I was directly under her as she enjoyed the pine cones and kept a watchful eye on me. These are exported directly from Lightroom with little or no edits at all, in fact, I had to back off the lens to keep her in shot. A wonderful experience that she allowed me to share

These lovely flowers just appeared in the garden a couple of years ago. They’ve since spread providing lovely Autumn colour and pollen for the bees. Please correct me if I’ve identified them wrongly.

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Possibly one of the most spiritual and eye catching locations in Bali. This is Pura Ulun Danu Beratan, or Pura Bratan, a major Shaivite water temple on Bali, Indonesia. The temple complex is located on the shores of Lake Bratan in the mountains near Bedugul.

I arrived late in the afternoon with high expectations and was prematurely disappointed by heavy clouds and poor visibility which diminished the beauty of the location. However, the setting sun broke through around 6:00 p.m. and allowed me to witness the temple in all its splendor. Do not miss this place if you ever visit Bali!

Possibly the most famous location in the UK to find street art and graffiti. Brick Lane is synonymous with the street art and graffiti scene in London. From Whitechapel to Shoreditch it runs up through the heart of the East End. It’s streets leading off towards Spitalfields in the west and Bethnal Green in the east all have their stories to tell.

Brick Lane has been at the heart of the East End since before the East End was a thing. So called because it was down this old track that bricks from the old brick works running along its length would be transported to build the burgeoning environs of London. It’s a street full of character. Layers of history lap over one another hinting at it’s past as a home for immigrants. It’s many different architectural styles tell a story of a place which has never stopped evolving.

More about Brick Lane

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Happy Wall Wednesday!

Possibly the most photographed bridge in the popular and beautiful area that is the "Lake District".

Macro Mondays -Danger

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Possibly Sparaxis flowers

Composition width 5.5cm

Macro Mondays High key Vivitar 105mm f2.5 at f2.5 PA172129

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

possibly the last pas de deux of the season

From my bedside view of the weather out of the window this morning, I see that it's grey and dull, the neighbour's maple tree blowing heroically in the wind.

It's cosy indoors catching up on Flickr friends on my tablet.

Day 15 post-op and I am remembering once more how beautiful is the quality of a good night's sleep.

Possibly a male its said if the flanks are more a intense colour online who knows :)

Storage Shed possibly equipment like tractors or baller, now in bad disrepair, soon to came down, shot in North Carolina.

Possibly the tallest Viper's Bugloss I've ever seen… Viper's Bugloss is a hairy plant with dense spikes of bright blue, funnel-shaped flowers. It is found on chalk grassland, sand dunes, cliffs and disturbed ground, and is in bloom from May to September. This is a common wild flower on Cleeve Common, Cotswold Hills, Gloucestershire.

Possibly my last upload from my recent Dorset trip. It was a great trip away to get a feel for this part of the country and I'm looking forward to my next visit

You'd have to be my age to remember that song...

Model: Krystal Smith

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With new each image I will mention one of my very favorite Flicker photographers. These are not in any order except for chronologically - how could one possibly rank such different artists?

50) Christina's World - Christina's scope of photography rivals anyone's, and yet she produces pure artistic gems with each image

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p.s. Flickr has recommended my group. Please check out the Little Select Gallery of Eclectic Visual Poetry

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Possibly half way up Ben MacDui now looking back along the way we've come along Glen Lui.

Ben Macdui is the UK's 2nd highest peak (second only to Ben Nevis) and stands at 1309m (4294ft). After descending from this Munro we make a climb to the 2nd Munro of the day, Carn a' Mhaim (pronounced Carn-ah-Vame) at 1037m (3402ft).

Possibly a swan feather floating in the very green water of the pond in the park. Do Zoom in to see the detail.

(possibly) the last of the high key bits from the MM group for last week.

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Possibly one my favourite shot form my recent visit to Thornham in Norfolk. Lovely golden tones..we love this nature reserve and creek hey hum 2023!!

Possibly, known things in a different scale.

Possibly the same stonechat that starred in my last image, this time posing against a different pretty background.

Possibly a giant croquet lawn...

possibly the most iconic view of Corfu, with the little Vlacherna monastery in the foreground & Mouse Island (Pontikonisi) behind it.

possibly a 'dying breed'...one of the dwindling number of original residents of Bokaap

Possibly a failed experiment. The photo not the dog. Well... actually...

Canada, Quebec, Montreal

Was lucky enough to find this very nice specimen of Augocloropsis Metallica (I think?) in my kitchen window. He was unfortunately already dead, but I took this opportunity to take some high magnification photography of this magnificent sweat bee.

Mitutoyo M Plan APO 5x, 256 pictures of 10µm each, Stacked in Helicon Focus and edited in Photoshop.

One Lincolnshire character who has become well-known in the county over the years and has touched the hearts of many is Ropeneck the seal.

Her name was first given to her in November 2000, when she first arrived at Donna Nook National Nature Reserve entangled in discarded netting and was clearly in distress.

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust wardens, along with RAF Donna Nook, managed to isolate her so that they were able to cut her free.

Due to the netting cutting a deep wound in Ropeneck's neck, she now has a scar there which is still visible today and allows those at Donna Nook and visitors to be able to spot her when she arrives each year.

Since being cut free in November 2000, Ropeneck has loyally returned to her same spot at Donna Nook except in 2006 when she must have had other plans, to give birth to a pup.

This year, she gave birth to her 22nd pup since coming to Donna Nook in November 2000.

Donna Nook now accounts for 1.5% of the world's grey seal population. The work of the wardens and the wildlife trust, is therefore crucial, for the future of these lovely animals.

Grey Seal - Halichoerus Grypus

Donna Nook Nature Reserve

As always I extend my sincere appreciation to all those who take the time to stop by and comment on my photos.

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Possibly, I'm no botanist.

Garden shot!

Possibly one of the least advertised of the U.S. National Monuments outside of Colorado. My wife and I were lucky to hear about it and stopped by while driving by the city of Grand Junction. A must see if you enjoy spectacular canyons cut deep into sandstone as well as various granite–gneiss–schist, rock formations.