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Species: Coracias garrulus.
Location: Greece.
The European roller is the only member of the roller family of birds to breed in Europe. Its overall range extends into the Middle East, Central Asia and Morocco. The European roller is found in a wide variety of habitats, avoiding only treeless plains. Info: Wikipedia.
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The Lilac-breasted Roller is common in Botswana and boast spectacular plumage. It has around 8 colours: green, white, black, yellow, turquoise, dark blue, reddish-brown, and lilac.
Seen and captured in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
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Many of my wildlife shots, particularly birds, although generally acceptable, are spoiled by an unattractive background. This often happens when they are shot against a blank or featureless sky. I have found that the Luminar 4 editing program is not just a boon for landscape photographers, but is also a fun way to give the birds a second chance. Sky replacement in these shots is not an attempt to deceive - just a bit of fun to let the subjects have their moment in the sun (or cloud, or storm, or sunset!).
The Lilac-breasted Roller and its perch are absolutely real.
Image taken in The Hortobagy, Hungary at one of the hides with Sakertours...
This bird is having a wing stretch ..
We were lucky enough to have four European rollers very near to where we were staying in France this summer. One day I hope to capture them nicely in flight, to display the vivid blue of their outstretched wing feathers.
A snow roller in a highway ditch. They occur when a piece of snow or a rock rolls or is blown down a slope and gather snow as they go
No detailed informations could be found about a machine tool factory "Karl Jockel" in Prag-Weinberge (Královské Vinohrady). It operated in the early 20th century and between the world wars.
August 2025: A beautiful Indian Roller, a brightly coloured bird with various shades of blue on the wings, tails, and belly that are often more prominent in flight- Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan, India 🇮🇳
Species: Coracias garruls.
Portrait - Wild Bird.
Lanzarote, Canary Islands.
Breeds in dry, warm, open country with scattered trees, copses and open woods and plenty of largish ground-dwelling insects etc. Winters in South Africa. Info: Collins Bird Guide.
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While driving on Highway 12, somewhere between Capitol Reef NP and Kodachrome Basin State Park, USA, I checked the rearview mirror and saw this scene that reminded me somehow of a roller coaster.
taken with fujifilm x-t1 and xf55-200 zoom leens.
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Common names: Indian Roller, Indian Blue Roller, Indian Blue Jay
Scientific name: Coracias benghalensis
Place: Hubbali, Karnataka, India
Date: December 02, 2018
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Prompt: Create an ultra-realistic digital fine art image using Image 1 as the single base reference . Preserve the exact subjects, count, from the reference image. Depict in the front right is a West Highland White Terrier, on the left front is a salt and pepper Schnauzer, with a group of dogs riding a roller coaster at the peak of motion, mouths open and ears lifted by speed, conveying joy, adrenaline, and playful chaos. Render with realistic motion tension in paws and ears, and natural facial anatomy. Maintain the outdoor amusement-park setting, blue sky, and coaster structure, but elevate the scene into fine-art realism: cinematic clarity, balanced color grading, and subtle filmic contrast. Lighting should feel like bright midday sun with soft directional highlights and clean shadows that match the original angle. Use a shallow-to-moderate depth of field that keeps all dogs sharp while gently separating the background. No stylization that alters identity—no cartooning, no painterly distortion, no added props, text, logos, or watermarks. Ensure seamless realism at 200% zoom: correct scale, consistent perspective, accurate shadows, no halos or artifacts. vertical aspect ratio
This digital fine art was created using OpenAI Sora AI and Photoshop
A little roller coaster at the Bear Lake County Fair had this amazing dragon figurehead on the front end.