Just hanging out at the beach provides some great opportunities.

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In 1911, the Old Elbe Tunnel was built to provide a more direct route for dock workers over to the southern banks of the Elbe river from the Landungsbrücken piers in St. Pauli. A technical innovation at the time of its construction, the tunnel became a tourist attraction when the 'new' Elbtunnel and several bridges were built in the 1970s. Now pedestrians and bicyclists wishing to cross below the river can ride a free lift into the deep, and cars can use hydraulically driven cages for a small fee.

Explore the southern banks

The green dome at the Landungsbrücken points towards the 426 metres long underpass. The tunnel is used by city-dwellers to explore the remote corners of the port area or to get to Wilhelmsburg or Altes Land. The observation platform south of the river is also held in high regard among tourists and locals alike for its magnificent panoramic views of the city.

A historic site

Modern tunnels can’t compare to the Alter Elbtunnel, which has been a preserved historic site since 2003. The lamps symmetrically lining the arched tunnel walls create an otherworldly yet cosy atmosphere 24 metres below the river’s surface. The Alter Elbtunnel’s Art-Deco beauty, combined with the unique reliefs lining the bricked walls, make this attraction particularly popular with photographers.

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Skylark - Alauda Arvensis

Skylarks are characteristic of semi-natural grassland systems from sand dunes through heathland to marginal upland, but are most common in arable farmland, making use of the nesting cover and bare ground for feeding that crops themselves provide throughout the year. Males are highly territorial, using long song flights at high altitude to broadcast to rivals and potential mates because the open landscapes they prefer are devoid of high perches. The stamina required to sustain long song flights has led to song flight length being used as an “honest signal” of male quality by females, allowing male Skylarks to advertise themselves without bright plumage, so they have kept the cryptic, brown and streaked coloration that affords them protection from predators on the ground.

Although migratory in much of northern Europe, British breeding Skylarks are believed not to move far between seasons, although upland birds move to lower latitudes. They can then often begin to breed in March and continue into July, making up to three breeding attempts. In winter, they mostly use crop stubble and fallow fields, in which they forage for weed seed and spilled grain, often in large flocks. Throughout the year, the Skylark’s heritage as a steppe species is apparent in its avoidance of vertical structures, which restricts the suitability of farmland with a high density of hedgerows.

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This species provides an example of sex role reversal with the females being more brightly coloured than the males. Females will also choose a male and then defend him against other females and when the chicks have arrived, the female scarpers and the male raises them on his own.

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Lions go through extensive mating rituals about every twenty minutes for several days. Sitting around watching them is super entertaining and provides opportunities to capture images like this from the Masai Mara region.

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Tumbling boulders provide a rock boundary for the waters of Burbage Brook; an incredibly scenic feature of Sheffield’s Padley Gorge and the Longsaw Estate; Hathersage, Peak District.

NB: It would be a crime as a photographer to visit this place without a camera of any description.

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The game provides a Kalah board and a number of seeds or counters. The board has 6 small pits, called houses, on each side; and a big pit, called an end zone, at each end. The object of the game is to capture more seeds than one's opponent.

Fantasy is an untruth, but one that is supposed to provide mutual benefit, unlike a lie which allows unfair advantage. Try not to lie to yourself. Enjoy your fantasies.

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The Eastern Meadowlark provides a bright splash of color on Florida's open grassy fields and prairies. Scan fence posts, low bushes or power lines for the adult bird with its yellow throat, breast and belly, and black "V" across the chest. Or listen for the sweet, melodious song: a plaintive, clear, descending whistle.

The eastern meadowlark breeds throughout eastern and central North America and in Mexico and parts of Central America and the Caribbean. This year-round Florida resident is not a lark, as its name suggests, but is in the same family as blackbirds and orioles. In size and shape, a perched meadowlark resembles a starling, but it is quail-like in its explosive take-off from the ground. Insects make up the bulk of the meadowlark's diet, but grass and weed seeds are also consumed.

I found this one perched on a fence post greeting the day just after Sunrise along Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, Florida.

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This area is my favorite on the west coast of Norway, since it provides opportunities for many beautiful landscapes. The light, and not least the weather, by the sea is changing rapidly. When the storms come, the waves can reach 100 feets high by the old lighthouse that you can glimpse far out on the horizon. Here many ships have lost their way. But not in beautiful moments like this...

Wishing you a great summer, my friends!

Visite mi favorito en la costa oeste de Noruega. Brinda oportunidades para muchos paisajes hermosos. La luz, y no menos importante el clima, junto al mar está cambiando rápidamente. Cuando llegan las tormentas, las olas pueden alcanzar los 30 metros de altura junto al viejo faro que se puede vislumbrar en el horizonte. Aquí muchos barcos se han perdido. Pero no en momentos hermosos como este. Haz realidad tu sueño ...

¡Disfruta tu verano, amigo!

Visitez mon préféré sur la côte ouest de la Norvège. Il offre des opportunités pour de nombreux paysages magnifiques. La lumière, et surtout le temps, au bord de la mer change rapidement. Lorsque les tempêtes arrivent, les vagues peuvent atteindre 100 pieds de haut près du vieux phare que l'on aperçoit au loin à l'horizon. Ici, de nombreux navires se sont égarés. Mais pas dans de beaux moments comme celui-ci. Réalisez votre rêve...

Profite bien de ton été, mon ami !

Tunnel View provides one of the most famous views of Yosemite Valley. From here you can see El Capitan and Bridalveil Fall rising from Yosemite Valley, with Half Dome in the background. This viewpoint is at the east end of the Wawona Tunnel along the Wawona Road (Highway 41).

Strictly speaking, one never understands anything from a photograph - Susan Sontag, "On Photography"

Pitched detail of the Hiberus Hotel under the early evening sun (Zaragoza).

Architects: Martínez Lapeña - Torres Arquitectos, Barcelona (José Antonio Martínez Lapeña y Elías Torres Tur).

Developers: Zaragoza Urbana. Palafox Hoteles.

This horizontal-shaped building boasts a construction quite untypical for an urban hotel. Minimalist in many ways, it looks pretty cold for my taste, yet it neatly fits in its natural environment, smartly protected from the strong regional wind and the outside noise by glass and concrete walls, which are different in size to provide a unique perspective. // Este edificio horizontal exhibe una construcción bastante atípica para ser un hotel urbano. Minimalista en varios sentidos, tiene un aspecto bastante frío para mi gusto, aunque encaja muy bien en su entorno natural, inteligentemente protegido del fuerte viento regional y del ruido exterior por muros de hormigón y vidrio, que tienen tamaños diferentes para proporcionar una perspectiva única.

The rising and setting sun provides a warm glow to the skies and clouds; however, the opposite horizon is often over looked. As earths shadow recedes during sunrise (or advances at sunset), a band of soft pink pastels forms above it - know as the Belt of Venus.

Above, the Fort Lauderdale, FL skyline was imaged about 10mins before sunrise.

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Smuggler Cove and the shape it provides, inspires many images. It was evident early on that the clouds were going to deliver, so I made sure to get out to catch them. This time, the better shot was going to come from the cliff in the area rather than from the waters edge.

I made sure to visualize the photo prior and set up my tripod at the right spot. The clouds certainly delivered and their reflections were also terrific. Albeit unexpected, the absolute stillness of the ocean added to the final image.

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“Horses change lives. They give out young people confidence and self-esteem. They provide peace and tranquility to troubled souls, they give us hope.”

― Toni Robinson

“Horses make a landscape look beautiful.”

― Alice Walker

The Dusk of Horses

James Dickey - 1923-1997

Right under their noses, the green

Of the field is paling away

Because of something fallen from the sky.

They see this, and put down

Their long heads deeper in grass

That only just escapes reflecting them

As the dream of a millpond would.

The color green flees over the grass

Like an insect, following the red sun over

The next hill. The grass is white.

There is no cloud so dark and white at once;

There is no pool at dawn that deepens

Their faces and thirsts as this does.

Now they are feeding on solid

Cloud, and, one by one,

With nails as silent as stars among the wood

Hewed down years ago and now rotten,

The stalls are put up around them.

Now if they lean, they come

On wood on any side. Not touching it, they sleep.

No beast ever lived who understood

What happened among the sun's fields,

Or cared why the color of grass

Fled over the hill while he stumbled,

Led by the halter to sleep

On his four taxed, worthy legs.

Each thinks he awakens where

The sun is black on the rooftop,

That the green is dancing in the next pasture,

And that the way to sleep

In a cloud, or in a risen lake,

Is to walk as though he were still

in the drained field standing, head down,

To pretend to sleep when led,

And thus to go under the ancient white

Of the meadow, as green goes

And whiteness comes up through his face

Holding stars and rotten rafters,

Quiet, fragrant, and relieved.

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The Riffelsee lake trail provides scenic views of the highest mountains in the Alps, a lake surrounded by majestic mountains, unspoiled Alpine nature.

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Panorama of the Pennine Alps and Riffelsee lake, Valais, Switzerland. View from a height of 2815 m.

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Walking in fog often provides a visual representation of my thought process. My brain constantly brings different topics into view, but in the process lets others slide into the periphery. Most of the time they are all still there, competing for my attention, but all in varying degrees. In fog I respond to the overall loss of clarity, but also the nuance that is created by relative distance. It's this layering effect I find most appealing as more distant objects eventually recede into nothingness...exactly the same as my mind reacts.

Walking outdoors this morning felt otherworldly. I love seeing familiar places rendered as ones I'm visiting for the very first time. A rich dichotomy as the serenity of fog is ripped apart by this visceral reaction. In these moments I invariably come up with camera angles that never would have occurred to me in normal circumstances.

Ich melde mich für ein paar Tage ab. Tolle Motive erwarten mich und euch, wenn ich dann wieder zurück bin. Bis bald!

I'm signing off for a few days. Great motifs await me and you when I get back. See you!

A walk through the Ethnographic Museum Complex Etar, Bulgaria. You can see the Yantra River, which is still very small here, but together with the cool mountain air, it provides a refreshing atmosphere.

The people there behind the falls help provide some scale to this location and waterfall there in Oregon.

Companies provide lifting the ship in dock and inspection, hull cleaning, painting and processing of underwater parts, as well as engine overhaul, equipment (including hydraulic) installation, cutting of metal, cleaning, painting, gas and electrical welding, as well as turning, milling and other works.

The setting sun provides a golden glow over this mountain range.

Those tracks are not mine; I walked out to the water and came across the tracks and liked how it worked with the view.

The Great Salt Lake - GPS is not the exact spot of the shot.

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Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.

Mahatma Gandhi

The world says: "You have needs -- satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

Socrates

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.

Shirley Chisholm

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ENG: The Hörner gondola lift provides access from the Bolsterlang valley to the Weiherkopf peak at an altitude of 1665 meters and the Bolsterlanger Horn peak at an altitude of 1588 meters.

At an altitude of 1540 meters, the cable car ends between the two peaks and from here the very steep path then leads towards Weiherkopf. In the sloping terrain is then the launch site for the paragliders with a fantastic view - in good weather - over the Allgäu Alps in Germany to Tyrol in Austria.

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GER: Die Gondelbahn „Hörnerbahn“ erschließt vom Bolsterlang Tal aus den Weiherkopf Gipfel in 1665 Meter Höhe sowie den Bolsterlanger Horn Gipfel in 1588 Meter Höhe.

In 1540 Meter Höhe endet die Seilbahn zwischen den beiden Gipfeln und von hier aus geht dann der sehr steile Weg Richtung Weiherkopf. Im Hanggelände ist dann der Startplatz für die Gleitschirme mit einem fantastischen Blick - bei guter Wetter - über die Allgäuer Alpen in Deutschland bis hin nach Tirol in Österreich.

Beauty berries provide a treat for the birds and other wildlife around. The berries begin to turn purple in August and continue to ripen until devoured or through April, whichever comes first.

The bushes are deciduous but the berries remain. The bushes benefit from a heavy trim in the spring after the berries are gone or mostly gone. It helps them branch and grow more berries the following season.

People often make jam out of the berries. Although I am not sure why, they don't have a lot of flavor. I added some to a salad once and it was pretty but again, not much flavor so I believe beauty berries are best left as a food source for wildlife.

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The All American Park in Quincy, Illinois provides this beautiful view of the Bay Bridge (on the left) and the Quincy Memorial Bridge (Highway 24, on the right). Large barges headed up the Mississippi River frequently pass beneath the bridges.

Quincy is a beautiful river city. According to Wikipedia, "In the fall of 2010, [it] was listed as eighth in the top fifteen small cities to raise a family in the United States by Forbes magazine for its commute times, high school graduation rate, median household income, home ownership rate and cost of living. Forbes compared 126 cities with a population under 100,000 and ranked them on these five quality-of-life measures."

I also found this to be of interest, "During the winter of 1838-1839, five thousand members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormons, on their way west, were driven from their homes in Missouri and arrived in Quincy. Though vastly outnumbered by the new arrivals, the residents of Quincy provided them food and shelter. Joseph Smith then led his followers 40 miles (64 km) up river to Nauvoo, Illinois. The kindness extended by the people of Quincy continues to be remembered by Mormons. In 2002, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir gave a benefit concert in Quincy, with the proceeds donated to the city as an expression of gratitude."

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An American Robin (Turdus migratorius) provides an interesting silhouette on a snowy day in Maryland. A few days ago, I decided to take a walk in the snow near my house (snow in late March is pretty rare for Maryland). The snow was picturesque and it was fun seeing a few Robins feeding for worms in an exposed patch of grass. I got down on the ground and achieved just the right angle so that the nearby snow bank was in the foreground of my shot with distant snow in the background. This combination gave me a unique all-white background. I fixed my settings for a silhouette to give a bit of shadowy contrast to the high-key image. This shot was just what I had envisioned!

The only tree we have that actually provides us with fruit is this Victoria plum which grows in a sheltered corner of the garden. Every year we anxiously watch as the lovely white blossoms unfurl, and pray that there will not be a frost harsh enough to kill the flowers. If that happens there will be no fruit come September! This year we have had constant frosts, but so far the flowers have survived! So we have fingers crossed for a plum harvest once again!

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In the former malt tower of the Basel brewery, new spaces with a public character have been created spread over nine floors. A metal staircase visible from the outside (designed by Stefan Eisele and Fabian Nichele) provides access for a broad public.

Grebe chicks enjoy very special treatment captured in this photograph, it has always amazed me how diligently wildlife cared and provides for their off spring.

You can also see grebe feet, which don't have the webbing common in ducks, grebe legs are located at the very back of body which makes them very clumsy on land.

Short brake from Costa Rica.. family gathering in Florida provide another opportunity to get shots of this rarity. Dense morning fog overcome with with dehaze in Lightroom. Airboat tour.

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Nests and forages year-round in freshwater wetlands of southern Florida, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Locally endangered species in the Florida Everglades, with a population of less than 400 breeding pairs. Research has demonstrated that water-level control in the Everglades is depleting the population of apple snails. However, this species is not generally threatened over its extensive range. it might be locally increasing in numbers, such as in Central America.

This is a gregarious bird of freshwater wetlands, forming large winter roosts. Its diet consists almost exclusively of apple snails, (especially the species Pomacea paludosa in Florida, and species of the genus Marisa). Snail kites have been observed eating other prey items in Florida, including crayfish in the genus Procambarus, crabs in the genus Dilocarcinus, black crappie, small turtles and rodents. It is believed that snail kites turn to these alternatives only when apple snails become scarce, such as during drought, but further study is needed. On 14 May 2007, a birdwatcher photographed a snail kite feeding at a red swamp crayfish farm in Clarendon County, South Carolina.

The presence of the large introduced Pomacea maculata in Florida has led the snail kites in North America to develop larger bodies and beaks to better eat the snail, a case of rapid evolution.[17] These non-native snails provide a better food source over the smaller native snails and has had a positive effect on their population

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These boats provide a ferry service across the Looe River to East Looe when there is sufficient water. It saves a walk down to the bridge and back again on the other side. West Looe and East Looe were once separate towns, but became united at the end of the 19th century. East Looe is by far the largest of the two and was once an important port for the export of tin and copper ore from the mines on Bodmin Moor, as well as farm and other produce. Some of the former warehouses can be seen on the other side of the river. The arrival of the railway and the end of the mining industry led to Looe's decline as a port and it became a popular seaside resort.

In Melbourne, the number 35 City Circle Tram service provides a free and convenient way to get around central Melbourne. Tourists, shoppers, office workers and families can use the City Circle Tram to travel to major attractions, shops and city events.

Tourists can spend all day on a City Circle Tram! Information leaflets, including an 'easy to understand' map of the city are available on board each City Circle Tram. The City Circle Tram can be used as a 'hop on - hop off' service, this way tourists can enjoy each of Melbourne's sites and have the added bonus of traditional Melbourne transportation.

Brambles and scrub provide good habitat for Dunnock which usually feed on the ground. The Dunnock was once misleadingly known as the Hedge Sparrow. For a long time it was thought to be related to the Wren. New research places them within a large group consisting of sparrows, finches and pippits.

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Autumn colors always provide beautiful pictures! Sacha is a very musical girl. She took lessons from me for a while and every time we were together I was amazed how musical and creative she could be. She got the ukulele from grandpa and grandma and she is of course very happy with it.

I reached out to her mother to ask if she would like to help me build my portfolio. She responded very nicely and we immediately set a date. I knew her family a little bit and I knew they were warm people, so I assumed it would be a lot of fun. We met at their home, after a delicious espresso and biscuits we went straight to the woods. Here we took a lot of photos, everyone was so nice and that is certainly reflected in the photos. Thank you Lizz for your trust in me.

The world doesn’t provide a meaningful life,

It’s up to us to create meaning in it.

Through love, through dreams, through what we give,

We can brush away the gray clouds and paint gentle rays of light on the horizon.

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These words you are reading right now, whether it's a poem, a short story, or a thought is a piece of my soul. I write with passion, each word flowing from my heart, deeply connected to me. My writings are not just words; they are alive, carrying my emotions and essence within them. are not just words they are alive, carrying my emotions and essence within them.

If you plan to take them without my permission, know this: you are also taking a piece of my soul. And with every stolen word, I will always be present within the lines you use.

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The mouth of the harbour provides access to the Solent. It is best known as the home of the Royal Navy, HMNB Portsmouth. Because of its strategic location on the south coast of England, protected by the natural defence of the Isle of Wight, it has since the Middle Ages been the home to England's (and later Britain's) navy. The narrow entrance, and the forts surrounding it gave it a considerable advantage of being virtually impregnable to attack from the sea. Before the fortifications were built the French burned Portsmouth in 1338. During the civil war parliamentary forces were able to carry out a successful cutting-out expedition within the harbour and capture the six-gunned Henrietta Marie.

chiselled by wind, sand and eroding water at Pasabag, one of many sites of Nature's artistery in Cappadocia.

December in the Hebrides, and the days grow short, with the sun setting in the early afternoon. Gress River provides a perfect reflection of a low lying cloud at dusk.

Situated in Sydney's Northern Beaches, Narrabeen Lake provides a delightful taste of Australian country while being surrounded by quite populous suburbs. It's circumnavigated by a track which is popular with cyclists and walkers alike.

To capture the wildness (combined with the human amenity aspect) of the place, I wanted a night scene with star trails. But I also wanted the light trails of passing cyclists. Obviously, if I set up this shot in the middle of the track, I'd be in the way - so the only answer was to do it deep in the dead of night (with plenty of moonlight to illuminate the scene), take my bike, then ride back and forth to produce the trails. Not one other person passed during the whole two hours of the shoot; but then, it did finish at about 2am, so maybe that's not altogether surprising.

So far, this has been the only shoot where I needed to take my bike, camera, tripod, stepladder (so the tripod could be set up high above the track) and a bag of lenses.

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Taken back last year at the BTCC event the minis provide an exciting support class filled with thrills and spills. Coming out of the Chicane this No 7 car went flying off into the gravel trap but somehow managed to keep it going and get back into the race! It was one of those moments of excitement as a photographer where blind panic set in and I just had to shoot on the settings I was on. Thankfully at 1/640 I was able to catch this... if I was being picky I'd prob say shooting at 1/250 may have been better to get just a little more wheel spin and gravel fly motion... but as I'd been shooting them straight on as they came round the corner then I'd been set at 1/640 and I never would have had the time to rethink and change the settings. I think to get the perfect crash shots you almost need to be in place on the right settings at a corner you know they come off at... and almost wait not shooting till one does come off!

A trip up onto the fells always provides the right medicine for the dogs where they can roam freely and explore and do sheep spotting. Paddy here set against an old slate drumline used for slate quarrying in days gone by.