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Panorama of 7 vertical shots, original size: 14506 x 6859 pixels.
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Faulkland/Somerset, Lavender farm, 29.06.2015, 5:27 am local time.
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If you don't know the guy on the other side of the world, love him anyway because he's just like you. He has the same dreams, the same hopes and fears. It's one world, pal. We're all neighbors.
Frank Sinatra
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Switzerland, May 2021
My best photos are here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ticino-best-photos-of-southern-...
My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI
You find a selection of my 80 BEST PHOTOS (mostly not yet on Flickr) here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/western-green-lizard-lacerta-bi... (the website exists in ESPAÑOL, FRANÇAIS, ITALIANO, ENGLISH, DEUTSCH)
ABOUT THE PHOTO:
So this photo is a bit of a novelty for me - at least here on Flickr, but it's also a journey back in time in a sense. I've always loved b/w and sepia photography; already as a very young teenager I would go out into the woods with an old Pentax Spotmatic (which I had nicked from my father) whenever it was a foggy day to shoot b/w compositions of sunbeams cutting through the ghostlike trees.
I used films with a sensitivity of at least 1600 (for those of you who remember what that means 😉 ), and the resulting photos had an incredibly fine grain which I loved; I blew them up to the size of posters and hung them on the walls of my teenage man-cave next to Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Slash.
But then I abandoned photography altogether for 20 years, and when I finally picked up a camera again, it was one of the digital kind. Now neither film nor grain played any role in my photographic endeavours - let alone b/w compositions: because the reason I fell in love with shooting pictures once more was the rare and incredibly colorful lizard species that had chosen my garden as its habitat.
It's this species - the Lacerta bilineata aka the western green lizard - that my photo website www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ and also my Flickr gallery are dedicated to, but I've since expanded that theme a bit so that it now comprises the whole Lacerta bilineata habitat, which is to say my garden and its immediate surroundings and all the flora and fauna I find in it.
I like that my gallery and the website have this clear theme, because in order to rise to the challenge of portraying all aspects of a very specific little eco system (which also happens to be my home of sorts), it forces me to constantly explore it from fresh angles, and I keep discovering fascinating new motives as my photographic journey continues.
Which brings me to the horse pasture you see in this photo. This playground for happy horsies lies just outside my garden, and it normally only interests me insofar as my green reptile friends claim parts of it as their territory, and I very much prefer it to be horseless (which it thankfully often is).
Not that the horses bother the reptiles - the lizards don't mind them one bit, and I've even seen them jump from the safety of the fly honeysuckle shrub which the pasture borders on right between the deadly looking hooves of the horses to forage for snails, without any sign of fear or even respect.
No, the reason I have a very conflicted relationship with those horses is that they are mighty cute and that there's usually also foals. The sight of those beautiful, happy animals jumping around and frolicking (it's a huge pasture and you can tell the horses really love it) is irresistible: and that inevitably attracts what in the entire universe is known as the most destructive anti-matter and ultimate undoing of any nature photographer: other humans.
Unlike with the horses, the lizards ARE indeed very much bothered by specimens of loud, unpredictable Homo sapiens sapiens - which makes those (and by extension also the horses) the cryptonite of this here reptile photographer. It's not the horses' fault, I know that, but that doesn't change a thing. I'm just telling you how it is (and some of you might have read about the traumatic events I had to endure to get a particular photo - if not, read at your own risk here: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/51405389883/in/datepo... - which clearly demonstrated that even when it's entirely horseless, that pasture is still a threat for artistic endeavours).
But back to the photo. So one morning during my vacation back in May I got up quite early. It had rained all night, and now the fog was creeping up from the valley below to our village just as the sky cleared up and the morning sun started to shine through the trees.
And just as I did when I was a teenager I grabbed my camera and ran out to photograph this beautiful mood of ghostlike trees and sunbeams cutting through the mist. There had already been such a day a week earlier (which is when I took this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/51543603732/in/datepo... ), but this time, the horses were also there.
Because of our slightly strained relationship I only took this one photo of them (I now wish I had taken more: talk about missed opportunities), and otherwise concentrated on the landscape. It was only later when I went through all the photos on my computer that I realized that I actually really liked those horses, even despite the whole composition being such a cliché. And I realized another thing: when I drained the photo of all the color, I liked it even better - because there was almost a bit of grain in it, like in the photos from my youth.
Since then I have experimented quite a bit with b/w and sepia compositions (some of which I will upload here eventually I guess), but this photo here is the first one that helped me rediscover my old passion. I hope you like it even though it builds quite a stark contrast with the rest of my tiny - and very colorful - gallery. But in the spirit of showing you the whole Lacerta bilineata habitat (and also in the spirit of expanding my gallery a bit beyond lizards and insects), I think it's not such a bad fit.
As always, many greetings to all of you, have a wonderful day and don't hesitate to let me know what you think 😊
The maple tree flowers drop in the water faster than I can clean them out. The critters don't seem to mind. It's very peaceful watching them drink.
Hmmm... as I sat there thinking in the chilly winter evening.. what should 2023 bring.. what are my resolutions... ponders this...
I know what my resolutions are, do you? :)
Wishing you all A Happy New Year!
🎼: Cigarettes and Alcohol ~ Oasis ~
✈️ : Astoria 2022
Is it my imagination
Or have I finally found something worth living for?
I was looking for some action
But all I found was cigarettes and alcohol
You could wait for a lifetime
To spend your days in the sunshine
You might as well do the white line
Cos when it comes on top...
You gotta make it happen!
Is it worth the aggravation
To find yourself a job when there's nothing worth working for?
It's a crazy situation
But all I need are cigarettes and alcohol!
Isle of Skye/Inner Hebrides/Scotland.
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Yesterday morning on the freeway I accidentally saw through a gap between high hedges these in red, blue and yellow shining fields ... 10 minutes later I stood directly in front of it to hold on to posterity ;-))
Gestern Morgen auf der Autobahn sah ich zufällig durch eine Lücke zwischen hohen Hecken diese in rot, blau und gelb leuchtenden Felder...10 Minuten später stand ich direkt davor, um dies für die Nachwelt festzuhalten;-))
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A short meeting and a talk about religion and beliefs, we parted ways and I'm still an atheist😊
Always respect other people’s beliefs and the world will be a better place.
I wish a happy Eid to all my friends who are Muslims and the rest a happy Friday!
Swallowtails like to gather for sleeping in the immediate vicinity. The more they fight when it comes to the females. Thus, the butterfly on the left was still relatively fresh, while the right already had lost some colors and had injuries to the wings.
Schwalbenschwänze versammeln sich gerne zum schlafen in unmittelbarer Nähe. Umso mehr bekämpfen sie sich, wenn es um die Weibchen geht. So war der Schmetterling links noch relativ frisch, während der rechts bereits einige Farben verloren hatte und Verletzungen an den Flügeln aufwies.
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Back to Alpine Texas for another Respect Big Bend (respectbigbend.org/) workshop with our Stakeholder Advisory Group. Flew thru Midland and caught a glimpse of the energy colony that the area between Midland & Odessa has become - amazing to see. In case you are thinking those are houses - no they are oil and gas well pads.
Continuing with my Positive Flags of the Nations project.
We need to show how we can be polite, respective, courteous, understanding & kind to all, no matter who they are! It is MORE THAN TIME FOR US TO COME TOGETHER!!!
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Santuario Ramses II
Al fondo del templo de Ramses II, en Abu Simbel, se encuentra el Santuario (Naos), donde destacan cuatro estatuas talladas en la roca. Se trata de Ptah, Amón-Ra, Ramsés II divinizado y Ra-Horajti, todos en posición sedente. La precisión con la que fue edificado el templo hace que dos días al año (20 de febrero y 20 de octubre, nacimiento y coronación de Ramsés II respectivamente) los rayos solares entren hasta este lugar e iluminen las caras de Amón, Ra y Ramsés. El rostro de Ptah permanece en la penumbra, ya que se trata del dios de la oscuridad.
Debido al desplazamiento que sufrió el templo para salvarlo de las aguas del Lago Nasser, en la actualidad este fenómeno se produce con dos días de retraso.
Imagine you are on a dream beach in the summer and have it alone for you...
Reminiscent of the Caribbean, a manless sandy beach on the Isle of Harris, outer Hebrides.
Stell dir vor, du bist im Sommer an einem Traumstrand und hast ihn für dich allein....
An die Karibik erinnernder menschenleerer Sandstand auf der Insel Harris, äußere Hebriden.
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“When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”
- Lao Tzu -
Design and build the most beautiful bridge in the world, win awards and accolades, even get a statue erected in your honor. And what happens? I tell ya, I don't get no respect.
Joseph Strauss
Volterra, the historic city in the heart of Tuscany, many known for the Twilight Saga as the home of the Volturi. The movie was shot in Montepulciano, about 120 km from Volterra.
The town of Volterra is situated on a hill. To the north there is an impressive erosion area, the "Le Balze".
The long abandoned monastery on the upper left is dilapidated and threatened by collapse and demolition.
The picture was taken in the late afternoon after a rain shower.
Volterra, die historische Stadt inmitten der Toskana, vielen bekannt durch die Twilight-Saga als Heimat der Volturi. Gedreht wurde allerdings in Montepulciano, ca. 120 km entfernt von Volterra.
Nördlich der auf einem Hügel gelegenen Stadt erstreckt sich die Le Balze, ein beeindruckendes Erosionsgebiet.
Das längst verlassene Kloster oben links ist baufällig und vom Einsturz und Abbruch bedroht.
Das Bild entstand am späten Nachmittag nach einer Regenschauer.
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In order for others to respect you boundaries must be set! Many times this will be an unpopular decision, but it is necessary for you to be crowned!
Es la iglesia parroquial de Viso del Marqués, de estilo transición gótico-renacentista, fue levantada en el siglo XV. Edificio de una nave, descentrada respecto al presbiterio, por estar construida sobre los restos de otra más antigua. En sus paredes cuelga "El lagarto de Viso", un cocodrilo disecado de unos 5 metros de longitud procedente del río Nilo, que fue traído a la localidad por el marqués de Santa Cruz, Álvaro de Bazán, en una de sus expediciones. Albergaba una tabla de la escuela flamenca que representa el Calvario, que actualmente se encuentra en un nicho de la iglesia parroquial después de haber sido restaurada.
El andén principal de la desaparecida estación de ferrocarril de Baza, cuya linea ferrea iba desde Murcia a Granada, y que era conocida como la linea del Almanzora,, dado que transcurria por el valle de dicho rio.
En la actualidad el trazado se encuentra repartido en varias líneas, de las cuales la sección Guadix - Baza - Almendricos está clausurada desde el año 1985 por la baja rentabilidad que tenia.
Aunque en un principio estaba proyectado como un único ferrocarril de carácter transversal, el trazado fue construido en diversas secciones entre los años 1.885 y 1.907, interviniendo en el proceso distintas compañías.
El cierre del trazado no estuvo exento de polémica en su época y fue muy criticado por la población de las zonas afectadas, dado que dejaba sin conexión ferroviaria a una gran área del Sureste español, y por este motivo, desde entonces ha habido diversas iniciativas ciudadanas que han buscado su reapertura, aunque sin éxito hasta la fecha, e incluso el proyecto de reapertura se encuentra dentro del Corredor del Mediterraneo, sin que hasta la fecha se sepa nada al respecto, solamente que se ha aprobado en marzo de 2004 la primera del estudio informativo, el cual debería haberse acabado al completo en otoño de 2023.
En la actualidad el recinto de la estación se utiliza como aparcamientos, para la realización del mercado semanal de venta ambulante y como recinto ferial, mientras que la linea ferrea, en distintos tramos, es una via verde-
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Por favor, respete mis derechos de autor. Ningún uso de la foto sin mi permiso explícito.
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I'm like Albert Schweitzer and Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein in that I have a respect for life - in any form. I believe in nature, in the birds, the sea, the sky, in everything I can see or that there is real evidence for. If these things are what you mean by God, then I believe in God. Frank Sinatra
Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?
David Attenborough
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"Each of us carries a sleeping tiger inside, and we can’t predict when that cat will wake, stretch, and sharpen its claws."
Holly Robinson Peete
Some flowers have the ability to draw me closer and closer while I focus on their petals. It isn't until later that I notice such sharp edges to the petals.