Arrived a little late for a sunrise photo...a photo of the boats in the marina is just as satisfying. I love how my favourite coffee shop opens early.

There is something about latex that as well as satisfying ones kinky side makes for a great SciFi outfit. So this gorgeous outfit by Wicca's Orginals was idea for my visit to Drune East of Eden

WICCA'S ORIGINALS

BEATRIX OUTFIT @ ROMP

Shown here with The Cyberpunk Arms (Maitreya) available at the Mainstore

Skin by Stargazer Creations

Mainstore

Alien Helmet by Azoury

Backpack by SOLE

Please see my blog for full details, links and lots more pics from Drune featuring this awesome outfit, thank you

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Drune East of Eden

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My thrill in discovering this gem of a tree quickly shifted to annoyance as I metaphorically battled with the chaotic tangle of branches to create a satisfying composition, one that I could revisit in the future.

Have a safe 😷and satisfying 🌈 day and week‼️

There is something deeply satisfying about wild-camping, particularly somewhere that is at least 5 miles from the nearest house or road. This was my view from my tent on the shore of Loch na Sealga, in the last light of evening, looking up at the twin peaks Beinn Dearg Mor (left) and Beinn Dearg Beag (right). Beinn Dearg Mor is a sensational mountain, and rare in that you can see the summit from both miles away and throughout the climb to it. ...but that was for tomorrow, for this evening I just relished the views, the solitude and the quiet. The only sounds were the breeze, the lapping water and the birds such as the Cuckoos and Curlews. It was a beautiful experience.

Thus photo of a tiny red pitcher that I use as a vase has been cropped to fit the Macro Mondays guidelines. The vase is standing on a mirror which is cropped out in this version. The full size photo was much more satisfying and was one of my favorites.

Circular setting of standing stones satisfying Man's restless mind ...

UK Stonehenge

This wall keeps changing each time I visit it. This diagonal pattern is very satisfying somehow.

A Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) satisfying an itch while roosting on a shallow wetland east of Brooks, Alberta, Canada.

17 May, 2013.

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A flowers light brings joy

to all who see it burning.

Satisfying our desire for beauty

and for this we have a yearning.

And what's inside can't be denied

for this beauties not forbidden.

But the secrets in a heart like this

are the treasures often hidden.

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The way that a tape measure rolls up is very satisfying but it never status put

Taken in Spain

For years I tried for a decent picture of this species. This year I was presented with so may opportunities. It was very satisfying.

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So...decorating finished for now...very satisfying...pleased with the results...but nice to get back to 'normal life'!! A week of warm weather while I was decorating...and the garden is 'blooming most recklessly'!

"Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night."

Rainer Maria Rilke

and now...It's time to get back to living!!

'Make your home as comfortable and attractive as possible and then get on with living. There's more to life than decorating.'

Albert Hadley

catch up with you all soon :-)

texture thanks to Boccacino

After a satisfying sunrise on top of Rannerdale Knott I’m on my way down for breakfasted I can’t resist taking a photo of this fluffy cloud floating above Newlands house. I would be following this Keskadale road in a couple hours going home, ending my travels on a hectic two weeks where I’ve travelled 916miles and slept in 4 different beds. As for this photo, sometimes all you need is a cloud in the sky and a road to follow.

HSS- there is something very satisfying about "repairing" the scrapes and scratches, even if it is only digitally/virtually

For a Photo a Day Challenge for April 2016 - there is definitely something satisfying about shooting Spiral Staircases and this one was no exception. So many ways to do it , angles, exposure, processing, which all means a near infinite variety of possibility. This one was at the Tate, worth a visit in its own right and yet two spiral staircases and some great gallery spaces before you even see the amazing art on display.

Soft & cuddly, so satisfying, lol =) Give someone you love, a big bear hug today & make their day special!

Satisfying my fetish for Second Life Food N Drink today with this cute little Pumpkin Spice Latte from the Atelier Kreslo created by Art Dummy! Love things like this Happy Hump Day!

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I have always felt this way... <3

San Francisco and the Golden Gate from Hawk Hill.

A great feeling to summit the Hawk and achieving a tour goal. Not as grueling as Hurricane Ridge, but no less satisfying.

I wasn’t completely sure whether the three young German speaking men to the left of me were discussing the scene in front of us, or the seemingly erratic middle aged photographer that had only moments before been to the left of them. And then to the right of them again, before rapidly returning to their left hand side once more. As the tufts of high cirrus changed from white to gold, and finally to a satisfying pink, perhaps they were wondering why that lone tog appeared to be so confused.

I studied German to A level standard, albeit forty years ago, and only just scraping through. In the intervening four decades, I’ve been able to practice what I learned just twice. Once on a day trip to Vienna from where we were staying on the shores of Lake Balaton in Hungary, and then again during a two hour layover at Dusseldorf airport on the way to Majorca. On the latter occasion the lady who was offering us a free tasting session from the Bailey’s range she was promoting said she'd thought we were just shy before discovering that we weren’t German. Sadly I’d remembered so little that I’d failed to understand a single word she’d said.

But some odd stray remnants of vocab did manage to stay with me – and I knew that the happy trio of German photographers had just declared that something was “unglaublich.” Which means unbelievable if you haven’t got the babel fish implant in your ear. I hoped they were referring to the epic vista in front of us, rather than my very apparent indecision as to which composition I was going with. “Funf minuten” also came across the airwaves during the golden hour. It seemed that one of them was going for a five minute exposure. Either that or he was giving his mates a deadline before setting off for the pub. They reminded me of those halcyon days when Lee, Dave and I would gather together at the exact same patch of ground and more or less take the same image – the days before we began to develop our own styles and stand at least ten yards apart from one another, quite often pointing our cameras in different directions.

Ali and I had spent most of the day gradually making our way south through the mountain roads of Fuerteventura. We’d fueled up on toasted ciabatta sandwiches at the brilliant Alberta’s in Lajares, before taking a wrong turn at Tindaya, and then heading towards the FV30, which took us onto higher ground where we stopped a while to watch the Barbary Squirrels, that have for reasons unknown (to me at least) have made their home on Fuerteventura alone, whilst pointedly ignoring its neighbours. Another brief stop at the old capital of Betancuria, where someone attempted to relieve us of three euros to park, was followed by a longer break at the oasis of Pajara and ice creams from the local Spar.

By now, the afternoon had advanced to a surprisingly late hour, but the timing seemed to have worked out well as I’d wanted to arrive at the observatory of Sicasumbre, a place I was completely unaware of until I’d done some research before our holiday here. The term “observatory” is a bit of a stretch I must confess. More of a patch of high ground with some binoculars mounted on poles for anyone passing by to stop and gaze at the stars. Don’t go expecting a state of the art white dome with sliding doors, a café and restrooms – just saying. But while the use of the word “observatory” required a slight stretch of the imagination, the three hundred and sixty degree views were enough to send me into a spin.

I started by taking a few snaps of compositions on the phone, checking the focal length and making notes for later. Firstly I’d visited a hefty hillock on the opposite side of the road from the more lofty observatory that overlooked a valley of folds and forms towards the west. Then I made my way up to the rocky outcrop, I mean the observatory from where views to the other three compass points opened up. To the south lay the mysterious coastline and mountains of Cofete, a place only accessible by four wheel drive unless you wanted to risk your excess on the hire car and a little bit more. This was the view that enticed yet ultimately frustrated me, the foreground mountain filling too much of the frame and encroaching more closely on the stunning cloud capped hinterland than I’d have liked it to. Heading further to the left found me losing altitude, and ultimately I decided it wasn’t quite going to work. But a couple of draft compositions taken on the phone earlier had looked quite promising, so back across the road I went to the grassless knoll to join those young Germans, who were having an unglaublich time in a heavenly landscape of diagonals and V shapes.

Three compositions caught my eye, and this is what caused my endless shuffling around the contented triumvirate who collectively seemed far more certain of their shots. To the right, a patch of low cloud danced across the mountain crests, while in the middle, a series of interlocking repeating forms lay where the bases of the connecting ranges overlapped one another. And on the left I could see a patchwork of tessellating lines and stunning conical peaks rose and then fell away again. You can’t beat a lot of diagonal lines really.

The light began to fail and the last patches of pink cloud started to turn black. The German party were still having enormous fun. The word “aufwiedersehen” came to me rather more easily, although I had to refrain from adding “pet” in a Geordie accent. What a location. It took us two hours to drive back to our apartment in the darkness, but I was glad we’d made the effort. I’m not sure whether Ali felt the same, but I promised her we’d only come this far south in Fuerteventura on another holiday – one with a four wheel drive included so I can drag her to Cofete at the ends of the earth. Now that’ll be unglaublich for sure.

Here's another eastern chipmunk satisfying its sweet tooth as it chows down on ripe crabapples. They have amazing agility as they can climb out to the tips of very flimsy branches in order to find the tastiest crabapples.

My visit to Echo on Sept. 13, 2024 was quick but satisfying. A quartet of trains polished the rails of Evanston Sub, two in each direction. Due to a stalled INPOA train below Wahsatch on Main 1, dispatcher 6 routed a pair of Z trains around it on Main 2. Meanwhile, two eastbound trains were stuck at CP Strawberry, waiting for the hot Z trains to zip by. The congestion finally broke and the eastward traffic began to move up Weber Canyon grade at 5:30 p.m.

I decided to catch the second eastbound train an Echo, through a pair of curves that look super in backlighting. The IOANP 11 growled through town at 6:48 p.m. in glorious light. The first half of the 206-car monster mash looked every bit an intermodal, while the second half, an ethanol unit train. The clean FedEx containers behind the power were icing on the container cake.

So satisfying to catch one 'in the wild' not at an airshow!

To pick a flower is so much more satisfying than just observing it or photographing it.

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"Luna hibiscus is a warm-season deciduous perennial that returns each spring to provide drama to the landscape.

Luna hibiscus belong to a group called hardy hibiscus, Hibiscus moscheutos. These hibiscus are often referred to as dinner plant hibiscus due to the large size of the flowers."

Thanks for visiting, enjoy each day.

This week there is an extra landscape. It was taken today looking across Fontmell Down in the north of Dorset.

Another lady on black paper. It's quite satisfying as the drawing progresses. Hope you like it too!

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During the growing season “Bees Are Busy” buzzing around satisfying themselves and humans as well. The beauty they supply us with is noteworthy. Some bees are supplying honey for our sweet tooth. Nature is kind and our job is to respect all facets nature. Photograph and help preserve nature for the generations coming behind us. Gratitude and Kindness are present now. Let’s do our best to help define those concepts,

It’s enlightening, therapeutic and satisfying, because the very process forces me to connect with the world.... you inevitably slow down and begin to observe and appreciate more what’s going on around you :-)

Michael Kenna

Character Matters!

cercis, weeping variegated redbud, 'Whitewater', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina

taken from Piazzale Michelangelo in Florence.

Taking a picture from the famous bridge Ponto Vecchio has been a challenge for me. Many pics taken in daylight by me were not satisfying. Fading light and/or b&w are probably the best choice, so I took this one from the blue hour with a hardly visible bridge for uploading to flickr.

Few things are more satisfying than to see a seventy five year old classic aircraft in full working order and looking as new as the day it rolled out of the factory floor. At the new York Air Show.

Probably one of my most satisfying spots so far this year, as I had been passed by it travelling at a reasonable speed over two years ago.

Looks in very decent shape, and has only done 77k.

In Japan, it is customary to present quality products in a quality packaging.

In the case (pun intended!) of this ink stick (Sumi in Japanese), the wooden box has probably been carefully trimmed flush with a wood plane in the expert hands of a craftsman, who made sure that the lid fits perfectly on the box with a satisfying "swoosh" sound...

very satisfying, ox tail cooked all day in the oven with black eye peas, rice, and collard greens. Vincent's Soul Food, Sunnyvale, TX. Fujifilm X-A1 and XC16-50.

Walking through the Mimico neighbourhood, on a rainy day today. Just being in the fresh sir and walking was satisfying.

Nikon D750

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 14-24MM F/2.8G ED

This is the famous Treasury of Petra. This is part of the new world wonders. A massive building structure carved out of stone at the beginning of the 1st Century AD during the reign of Nabataean king Aretas IV Philopatris.

It was always my dream to visit this place. Jordan as a whole is a country of wonder. With bordering Iraq, Syria and Sinai Peninsula of Egypt along with Israel and Saudi Arabia; it is never an easy situation for Jordan in the current circumstances. That is why tourism; which was one of the main industry of Jordan for last decade had reduced a lot. It is probably good for people like me who doesn't want to be in a place packed with tourists. But this is actually a big problem for the locals who entirely depends on tourism.

Many of my colleagues seriously discouraged me and advised me for not visiting Jordan as this being a war zone. I never found such warnings in any of the government sites (UK, US, NZ, GB are the ones I followed). Everyone said to avoid the border with Syria and Iraq. That is understandable. But I was always few hundred kilometers away from those borders. The security in Jordan was tight and I saw many military check posts with advanced large weapons. Even though that looked scary; I could completely understand. At the same time the tight security also provided a sense of comfort and protection.

Now that I have visited; I can confirm that there is nothing unsafe in Jordan. The locals are very friendly and welcoming. Strange enough they love Indians. Every time they realized that we are from India; their eyes glowed. Sometime we felt like an alien from another planet for good. We were really flattered by the overwhelming and welcoming attitude of each and every locals we met. Many of them were really interested to take photos with us. Initially we felt a bit strange as it never happened to us before. But later we got used to it and took loads of images with the locals with a smiling face. :)

As a whole we really loved Jordan and will be very happy to go back there again and encourage everyone to visit Jordan. It is a wonderland and you must visit Jordan if you like landscape photography.

Regarding this image; well; this is a common image of Petra by Night. However; it was not easy to manage such image without anyone moving around the candles. I will keep this as my little secret in an open forum on how I managed to get there at such time and how I managed to take this image with no one around. :)

If you really want to know; please contact me over the FlickrMail and I will be happy to assist you. At least I can tell how I managed to do it at that time.

At the same time it was an exiting time for me as I was using my new Nikon D750 with the 14 24 for the first time in a real low light situation. I mast say that I am impressed with the low light performance and even more impressed with the dynamic range of the Sony sensors. The images kept a lots of details in the shadow even at ISO 1600 without much noise even with such tricky lighting. Something that I have never seen on my all the Canon 5Ds (Mark I, II, III & SR is the worse).

Overall it was a very successful day of shooting; which started at 05:30 and ended at 22:30 (17 hours). It was physically challenging; but extremely satisfying. Eventually I ended up going there few more times to photograph the candle lit Siq during night.

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Have a nice weekend.

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Thornleigh, Sydney

Sunset (before "Morning") along Quai du Commerce, Saint-Omer as we were making our way back to the excellent Maison d'hôtes Cap et Marais d'OPale after a most satisfying meal of Steak-Frites with local beer.

I was treated to a rather lovely neon dawn on Loughrigg a week ago. Quite satisfying after having to cut my Lakes trip short a fortnight before. Although this didn't quite go to plan either. I had intended to head up Loughrigg from Tarn Foot, but a fallen tree across the footpath put paid to that. Fortunately, I had plenty of time for Plan B, and had laboured up here previously during my ill-fated trip, so knew the way. Possibly via the easiest way up Loughrigg?!

Shame about the lack of st(i/y)le... The classic comp but I did get a few others too.

Forbury gardens seen through the gate from St Lawrence's churchyard. The lamp and the tree line up in a very satisfying way

Bicycles

Although I don’t ride a bike, well not at least for 40 odd years, there is something satisfying about a bike. It’s solid, reliable (mainly), an art form, it has a place in our society, an environmental champion, a pleasure and a serious competitor.

There aren’t many things in life that fulfil those criteria, there will always be those detractors but for me the bike is a hero.

I shot this picture at a playground for children (and adults, I guess...), in the city of Groningen. With a low sun, playing with lines and shadows is very satisfying.....!

The thrush had a very satisfying lunch.