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Approaching thunderstorm in Val D'Orcia.
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Usually, Roses are red
But this Rose is blue
And this unique one
Is only glowing for You
Although ...
This BLUE-tifulness
Is not genuine, I guess
(Caren)
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Macro of a small translucint plastic rose (1 ½ x 1 ½ “) backlit with a blue light, taken 10 Oct 2020 and
uploaded for the group
Macro Mondays #Translucent
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4.5 mm
1/40 Sec
ISO 400
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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.
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Swallowtail at sunrise.
To properly illuminate the butterfly in the backlight, I used a reflector and a dimmed LED lamp.
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Another autumn impression in the valley of the Fremont River at the foot of the South Cainville Mesa between Capitol Reef NP and Hanksville.
Eine weitere Herbstimpression im Tal des Fremont River am Fuß der South Cainville Mesa zwischen Capitol Reef NP und Hanksville.
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A few weeks ago, not far from home, I discovered a field of blue lupins with individual sunflowers sticking out.
Vor einigen Wochen entdeckte ich nicht weit von zu Hause ein Feld mit blauen Lupinen, in dem einzelne Sonnenblumen herausragten.
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Mesquite Flat Sanddunes between Blue Hour and Sunrise.
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My favorite place for the game with time and aperture in the Verzasca Valley near Lavertezzo/Ticino/Switzerland.
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*early in the morning in the orchard*
Last week at the blue hour and fog in the meadows near my place of residence.
Letzte Woche zur blauen Stunde und Nebel in den Wiesen in der Nähe meines Wohnortes.
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that they may more perfectly respect it :-)
G.K. Chesterton
HSS!!
japanese flowering quince, 'Atsuya Hamada', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
When are we going to learn to live together in peace and understanding? Violence is NO solution. We need to share our space in this world together and make room for all of us to share with respect, friendship and love! There is NO ROOM for hate in this world, it just kills us all and creates never-ending pain and devastation. STOP the hate, START the love!!!
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At Night in the Rain
Green Leaves awake again
Rain Drops keep falling on their Heads
And even kiss the Flower Beds
Droplets are dancing on their green
Reflecting in the Starlight Sheen
(Caren)
😄 Happy Sliders Sunday 😄
Taken in a Wild Garden in West Wales (Ceredigion), processed saturation, reduced brightness and uploaded for
ƒ/2.8
4.5 mm
1/80 Sec
ISO 100
[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)]
[Text and image copyright Caren (©all rights reserved)]
please respect my ©copyright : Do not use any image or text without my previous written authorization, NOT even in social networks. If you want to use a photograph, please contact me!
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Meine Fotos und Texte sind ©copyright geschützt (alle Rechte vorbehalten) und dürfen ohne meine vorherige und schriftliche Zustimmung NICHT von Dritten verwendet werden, auch nicht in sozialen Netzwerken. Falls Interesse an einem Foto besteht, bitte ich um Kontaktaufnahme!]
On a spring morning in a meager meadow, in the background buttercup blossoms (May,16 2017, 6:18 am).
An einem Frühlingsmorgen in einer Magerwiese, im Hintergrund Butterblumen/Hahnenfußblüten (16.05.2017, 6:18 Uhr).
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a beautiful and highly recommended national park not far from the city of Luoping/Yunnan/South West China.
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Quiet morning mood at Schalkenmehrener Maar (a lake of volcanic origin) during dissolution of the morning fog.
Ruhige Morgenstimmung am Schalkenmehrener Maar während der Auflösung des Morgennebels.
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Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
Robert Frost
In remembrance of Paris, November 13, 2015.
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Before the sun shone directly on the water in the morning and outshone it, I "played" a bit with exposure times and details.
The water has such a high falling speed that 1/8 to 1/10 exposure time is sufficient to make it soft and yet with a certain movement.
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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
L'Étourneau Sansonnet comme tout un chacun peut le voir, est un bel oiseau très gourmand, qui vit en groupe et de ce fait devient invasif au détriment des autres oiseaux (Merle, Grive, Fauvette etc...).
Sur cette photo on peut déjà constater les dégâts causés sur les cerises avant même qu'elles ne soient mûres....
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Mille mercis par avance à vous tous pour vos visites, commentaires, critiques et compliments toujours très appréciés.
Je ne manquerais pas de visiter vos galeries respectives et d'y laisser un petit mot..
Excellente journée à vous.
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Photo prise dans le jardin public à Bordeaux.
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to all on flickr wishing you all a Happy and Creative 2017
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A most humble bow of respect to the painters and woodblock artists who created the "ukiyo-e" celebrating the original "floating world" of the Edo period of Japanese history. (From the series: "The secret life of lily pads")
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!
Part 3 of 3 of my Ancient Egypt series.
The title is known to be given during the Old Kingdom of Egypt, and was at that point very powerful and prestigious. The mummies of the priestesses testify that they were decorated with a religious tattoo, covering the stomach around the area of the uterus. After the Middle Kingdom of Egypt, the title was often irregularly awarded the women of the royal family, typically princesses.
The rise, fall & extinction of the priestesses of Hathor are seen in ancient Egyptian culture. The women who wanted to become socially powerful usually took refuge in religion & took the charge of priesthood.
Ancient Egyptian society took women's empowerment much more loosely than ancient Greece & ancient Rome. There women were given the right to their own property. However, after becoming a priestess, a woman is seen not only as an important figure in ancient Egyptian society, but also a living symbol of divinity.
The priestesses of Hathor were called hm ntr hthr & they were one of the most respected people in Egypt. But After the Middle Kingdom of Egypt, the title was often irregularly awarded only to the women of the royal family, typically princesses. This includes the daughter of Ramesses II. At one time their names were completely erased from history.
Egyptologysts have shown that in early days only women of aristocratic lineage could be appointed to the priesthood of Hathor. They were called Badak-Purohit or God's Consort (Hmt nTr). They performed dances and songs during the sacred rites. Because of their menstruation and ability to give child-birth, they were considered unholy, which is why they could not perform sacred duties like dressing up the sacred image of deity.
Taken at the amazing Alexandria
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What is that work? Women doesn't work, everything she does..she is mother,wife,sister, ....
In this picture, woman walked around several kilometres with her camelcart and luggages , such women has wonderful power .
Respect and salute them.
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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.
I end the year with a black and white image as a respect for all those people who are no longer due to the scourge of this 2020, and all those who have gone through it and are having a hard time.
I humbly wish that the year 2021 may leave us space to relax at some point, and that we may keep close to us all those people who bring us good things.
I wish the best of lights to all the photography lovers that we show in spaces like this our mutual respect and our widest tolerance, and that we continue sharing the world within our images.