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When I look at it, I always have the feeling, here is a professor looking sceptically at its audience ;-)
Wenn ich den Sperling ansehe, habe ich immer das Gefühl, hier ist ein Lehrer, der skeptisch seine Schüler ansieht ;-)
Spotted owlet / Brahma-Kauz (Athene brama)
Gir National Park, Gujarat, India
sceptically observing current world affairs from her safe tree cave ...
Have a good, hopefully healthy Monday!
When we were in Jaffna, the northernmost city of Sri Lanka, a fortnight ago, I shot this street photography because of the bright colours. It was only when I was on the computer that I noticed the woman behind the gate, partly hidden by the dog, looking out a little sceptically.
Our dear Neolinchen is without a doubt the most unusual cat we have ever had! She has her own will in everything, which she also maintains consistently! But that is only one of the reasons why we like her so much. She came to us 15 years ago and must have been through a lot before. She is always with us and has even learned to purr over the years! In addition to her typical black chin, she always has a sceptical look in her eyes, no one can fool her, and „wise Neo“ is absolutely a clever little head. For her age she still looks good and is always well-behaved, you can always rely on her! We are happy that Neolinchen found her way to us in 2006, as I am sure she is happy about her beautiful home. May she stay with us for a long time!
Ceci est une galerie personnelle. Si vous vous reconnaissez sur une photo et que vous ne désirez pas que celle-ci reste publiée, faites le moi savoir et elle sera retirée.
This is a personal gallery. If you recognize yourself in a picture of this gallery and if you don’t want it to be published, let me know and the picture will be removed.
Our dear Neolinchen was 13 years old in this picture, she came to us in 2006. She was very shy at first, in her first year of life she must have experienced such terrible things.... She only lived outside and even snow flurries and constant rain didn't bother her! She had a very special character, she was always kind and open-minded, and always had her typical, somewhat sceptical look... She was in perfect health until autumn of last year, when she developed various diseases of old age, and in January she had to go over the Rainbow Bridge. We will always think of her and Ares has certainly not forgotten her…
R.I.P., our dear friend Neolinchen in cat heaven!
Tuesday afternoon was at least dry and I was out in the garden to prune several shrubs and trees. Cleo summoned up all her courage and energy to venture out on the terrace too and face autumn. Of course she only stayed there for a few minutes, it was simply too cold for a cat who was born for summery temperatures. The short adventure allowed me to take a photo of her for her fans, though.
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Colour re-edit of a shot from February 2019.
Wishing you all a fantastic weekend of photography my Flickr friends. Stay safe and keep shooting!
Well, I'm at a loss here. This very pretty and very small flower is labeled here in the Hortus Botanicus as Felicia bergeriana (Spreng.) O. Hoffm.
I'm rather sceptical. For one, the foliage of this plant is rather different, very elongated almost like grass. Then again the flowers are very much smaller than Kingfisher Daisy; these measure as shown about 3 mm across, and fully unfurled perhaps 5 or 6 mm.
Regardless, they're very attractive and if you've an eye for the small things: go and have a look!
For Macro Mondays - Arrow.
My Fender practise amplifier can replicate the sound of any of the classic Fender amps. I was sceptical at first but it does a great job.
Happy Macro Monday!!
Being out in the garden and watching the human work is better.
I was busy with garden work most of the day again. Fynn, the gardener-in-chief, had an eye on me to make sure that I did everything right. He looked quite sceptical at times ….
Bastian was a bit sceptical at first, but soon took possesion of it...
Bastian (mixed breed), 23.12.2016.
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
A previously unpublished archive shot from September 2015. To me that is very much the expression of 'I know what you did there'. Enjoy!
Japan is a well forested country. Forest coverage of Ogawa village is 80% as compared to the prefectural average of 79% and the national average of 67%.
It is probably due to the mountainous and volcanic terrain as a result of its location striding over tectonic plates. Kita Alps belong to Eurasia Plate while Ogawa village belong to North American Plate!! If you are interested in this or sceptical, I suggest you to search “list of tectonic plates” in Wikipedia.
This guy was a little more friendly this morning when he saw my dog. Could've been because my dog didn't notice him and behaved totally relaxed. 😎
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Sceptical and thinking in my gorgeous Minori dress from Brillancia... Amazing glitter thanks to the embroidery and shine ... Original mesh from Evia Chekhov.
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#MacroMondays
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It's a universal question: what (or who) is the origin of life on our planet? Only recently, I read in our daily newspaper that, once again, a group of scientists had renewed the theory that life on Earth must have been brought to our planet from the outside, be it aliens from another solar system or a meteor. A thesis that writers and filmmakers have taken up. In the Alien franchise, for instance, a universe was constructed where life was brought to Earth by the so-called "Engineers" (who, apparently, were so disappointed by the result they sent the Aliens to "undo" their creation).
Other, more credible (or at least more profound) theories state that there was a "Last Universal Common Ancestor", LUCA, from which all life on Earth developed. The meteor theory isn't that far off, either, because it is possible that one of the numerous meteors that crashed on our planet in its early aeons brought along primitive (or more developed?) forms of life.
Another universal "thing" is the spiral, a shape that is found in animals, plants, storms or water swirls, to name only a very few (and not to forget our very DNA, the double helix), and that is also described by the Fibonacci sequence that mathematically defines the "golden ratio". So one of my first ideas for the theme was to combine a piece of the spiralled jewellery ("Bouillon") wire with the metal pencil holder "coil" that is also a spiral of sorts.
Which brings us back to the "Engineers" from Alien. In a world of metal life forms, the bigger coil would be an "Engineer", while the Bouillon wire represented the first step in the creation of a new life form, starting with a double helix. In this little scene, the Engineer is checking the first "production line" of double helices, and it seems that "he" (or she) is happy with the upper part of the DNA strand, but a little sceptical about the lower, stretched part. In a human world, this employee might now call for his supervisor, and the question would be: "Boss, what do we do about this stretched part? Our schedule is a little tight; we are supposed to finish this production line today, but I think we should start again?" And the supervisor might reply: "Yesterday. Our deadline was yesterday. I don't want to be exposed to our manager's fury because we're late again, and neither do you, so this will have to do. Get going!" Sounds familiar?
HMM, Everyone!
Lake Hillier on Middle Island about 120km east of Esperance in Western Australia. After seeing all the promotional material about Lake Hillier we were a little sceptical about its colour, but
yes, it really is that pink
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Previously unpublished shot from March 2018. On a day where you are shooting some great street photography and getting nice reactions from people, it pulls your confidence to take maybe a few more shots than you ordinarily would and you end up capturing a few more sceptical expressions. It's still amazing how much a genuine smile after the fact can diffuse any perceived misgivings. Enjoy!
I have taken a picture of this Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger) on Santa Cruz island. We visited Rancho Primicias where we could observe and photograph these giants. I have taken many shots of the giant tortoises, but my favourite was this one. In this photo you can not only see this curious animal in a habitual posture, but also its surroundings, very typical to Santa cruz island - lots of grass and bushes. I was sceptical to visit this ranch as I thought this is very touristic and that tortoises living there are not wild. However, I changed my mind upon arrival. All tortoises you meet in Rancho Primicias are wild, they wander freely through the territory of this ranch and can enter and leave it whenever they want. Despite being touristic, Rancho Primicias does a lot of efforts to accommodate the life of giant tortoises and help preserve them. Unfortunately, these giants are considered as threatened due to very extensive human exploitation in the past and other dangers posed by domestic animals. I really hope we will be able to admire Galapagos giant tortoises in the future.
In my meanderings with intentional camera movement images (ICMs) a while back I came across a photographer who was mentioned by several people as being one of the denizens of the genre. He specialised in post-processing his work to achieve the result he wanted. That struck me as unusual (and from my perspective, welcome) as most ICM photographers tend to err on the side of doing everything in camera and as little as possible in post. This struck a chord with me as my personal approach tends to view the initial capture as just the first step in the creative adventure.
But I was sceptical. I’d heard that he mainly used Nik Analog Efex for his work, and normally I wouldn’t think of going there as my chosen playground for ICMs. I’ve used Analog Efex a fair bit for other things but, for ICMs, I naturally go to Color Efex for playtime.
But it’s Sunday and sliders beckoned so I thought I’d give it a try…
Woah! How interesting! Fascinating, in fact. (though you’ll readily appreciate that I find lots of things fascinating ;) ). Ooooh. I can feel myself definitely having a lot of fun with it in the future. It has a useful selection of unique tools that can create abstracty, impressionisticy, minimalist ‘art’ which often is the kind of stuff I enjoy.
This is based on a (rather boring) ICM image of the Greek mainland taken early this month from a deserted beach that is not easily accessible by car on the north of the island of Skiathos. It’s a straightforward (actually a bit of a wavy movement ;) ) horizontal swipe ICM. See the link to the original in the first comment.
I then tinkered with it. After processing in Capture One to make it nice and smoothe I took it into Affinity and duplicate the image layer. I then blended the top layer with Linear Light blend mode, mainly because I liked the colours. To add a bit more interest and variety (I did say it was boring, remember?) I increased the size of the top image copy to draw colour through the image.
Then into Nik Analog Efex for a bit of play. The result had rotational and zoom blur, a vignette, a subtle blue-green film effect layer, a rectangular vignette and some added grain.
I also added a light scratches texture layer, mainly because I dared myself to. Normally I don’t like doing that. What do you think about the scratched look. I’d be interested in your view on the image and its scratches.
The name of the photographer who inspired me, by the way, is Andy Gray (andrewsgray.photography/ ).
Thanks for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy 100x and Sliders Sunday :)
Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob dieser Reiher hier genausoviel Freude an dem Nebel hatte, wie ich.. zumindest schaute er ein wenig skeptisch drein ;)
Am not sure if this grey heron was as happy about the fog as i was.. at least he looked a bit sceptical..
Heute mal wieder ein Foto aus meinem Archiv. Mein Blick aus dem Fenster in die Landschaft mit Schnee ähnelt wohl ein wenig dem Blick dieses Gänsegeiers aus dem Vogelpark Walsrode.
Today again a photo from my archive. My view out of the window into the landscape with snow is a bit similar to the view of this griffon vulture from the bird park in Walsrode
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Der Gänsegeier (Gyps fulvus) ist ein großer Vertreter der Altweltgeier (Aegypiinae)
Die Körperlänge ausgewachsener Exemplare beträgt 93 bis 110 cm, die Spannweite 234 bis 269 cm. Die Tiere wiegen 6,2 bis 11,3 kg.
The griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) is a large Old World vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae. It is also known as the Eurasian griffon. It is closely related to the white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus). The griffon vulture is 93–122 cm (37–48 in) long with a 2.3–2.8 m (7.5–9.2 ft) wingspan. In the nominate race the males weigh 6.2 to 10.5 kg (14 to 23 lb)
Back to some more Iceland images. During our very limited time of one evening and one morning at Stokksnes in the east, we were initially so overwhelmed by the huge black sand dunes and the epic Vestrahorn mountain in the background when we arrived that we didn’t even think about going to the beach, but rather searched some compositions including the dunes and the setting sun. After this rather rushed shoot, the sun disappeared behind the horizon and we became more and more relaxed as the light faded, shrouding the epic scenery in front of our eyes into darkness. I did take some images from the sand dunes during blue hour, but these are kind of similar to my last image from this location, so I decided to share an image I took shortly after.
Once the light faded, it got increasingly windy and cold, but I tried to convince my girlfriend that there are some beautiful compositions down on the beach that until then we didn’t even have time to explore. Slightly sceptical and only thinking about turning on the diesel heater in our cozy van (those were my thoughts as well, but they get pushed far away when I sense beautiful compositions), she agreed and so we headed to the water’s edge. Unfortunately, it was not dark enough yet for a long exposure and although I had my filters with me, I really wanted some strong blues in my blue hour images which meant we had to wait. Despite the cold, we patiently hung out there and spent the time fine-tuning the composition such that I only had to press the shutter once it was dark enough.
It was low tide and the incoming waves were very small, and so I tried to set up my composition such that the waves run into the lower right corner and form a sweeping leading line to the epic Vestrahorn. Going down to the beach also gave us a beautifully clean foreground with not a single footprint in the black sand. As the darkness descended, I pressed the shutter a few times and took a couple of long exposures, with this one being my favorite. Once again, it just goes to show that patience really pays off. Afterwards we had a late dinner, a hot shower, turned on our diesel heater and went to sleep, at least for 4 hours since we had set our alarm to get up for sunrise. I hope you like this image!
DDG images combined with 2 photos.
The blue eyes appeared in the processing, so I thought I'd leave her with them. I was later surprised to find out that her name is Bluebell (I was sceptical - but told I could check in the stock book!).
She is a Black Highland x White Shorthorn
Though that great naturalist of Antiquity, Pliny the Elder (23-79), perpetuated lots of myths about natural phenomena, he could voice his doubts as well. A good instance is his description of Swallowwort, Chelidonium majus. 'Chelidonium' or 'Hirundinaria' refers to Swallow, and it was thought that those birds swathed that plant's sap on the still closed eyes of their young nestlings to open them. That story is repeated in Pliny's Naturalis historia, and to be complete he adds that Swallowwort restores sight 'even if their eyes have been plucked out'; but sceptical about that claim he parenthetically adds: 'ut quidam volunt', 'as some persons will have it'.
This is Swallowwort in the Hortus of Amsterdam being visited for pollen by a Honeybee, Apis mellifera - regard its corbicula - probably from one of the beehives placed on the edge of the garden.
Mermaids Pool, seen from Red Brook on the western side of Kinder Scout.
From Wikipedia: 'Mermaid's Pool is a small pool on Kinder Scout in Derbyshire, England, which, according to legend, is inhabited by a beautiful mermaid who can be seen if you look into the water at sunrise on Easter Sunday. It is also said that its water is salty due to its being connected by an underground passage to the Atlantic.'
I must admit, I'm a little sceptical about both those points...
It's right after the weekend and you might have had need of this Carline Thistle. In his description, Abraham Munting (1626-1683) also writes something about its medicinal uses. Now, our Munting was a clever man and a real scientist as well; in his works he often emphasises how important precise observation is for good botany. He wasn't easily led down the garden path. A case in point is what he says about the efficacy of this Thistle. It's not useful for much except that its root ground down in wine and swallowed can cure a variety of intestinal ailments (leading to e.g. vomiting). Munting then adds clearly tongue in cheek: "... of maar alleen op de hoed gestoken (volgens 't berigt van CLUSIUS)" (= or even if it's stuck in one's hat [according to the report of Clusius]). Famous Carolus Clusius (1526-1609) had published his book on rare plants in 1601; in the section devoted to Carline Thistle, he remarks that he himself had ever observed - Certè aliquando observavi - that the servants of nobles would stick this Thistle on their masters' hats to keep them from being sick to the stomach. Clearly Munting is sceptical and hence his parenthetical attribution to Clusius. Moreover, he's also wisely silent about the then still well-known legend that Carline Thistle was named after Charlemagne who was said to have cured his army from the plague by its medicinal use. Whether our Abraham experimented by putting Carlina on his own hat during a university feast, we have no way of knowing.
Oh! Yes! That's a Bumblebee in the photo as well...
An old shot of young Rags presenting his modern strategies to a rather sceptical board of directors, Princess Snow White and Queen Milly.
Dushara Tatters and Rags (Somali), Snow White/Snehvide (mixed breed) & Ronjas Milly (Norwegian Forest Cat), 01.08.2012
Donovan: Gold Watch Blues, (1965)
Olympus E-400 Digital Camera.
He looks slightly sceptical here but in fact he seems to like snow and wasn't pleased when I urged him to return indoors. :)
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No, there are no Duck Predators in the water basin for Lilies in the Amsterdam Botanical Garden. That's not what our Duckling fears. Downy is just the last of nine taking to the water - fearful of being left all alone - following Mother Duck, who's hatched them here in the Hortus.
But one supposes these huge leaves of Euryale ferox, Prickly Water-Lily, in their native Southeast Asia (even in semi-tropical Russia) would be a good sanctuary for Ducklings. The name Euryale is for a female Gorgon of Antiquity with fearsome (ferox) burning thorns for hair. Look at the inset and you'll be able to see Plant's thorns both on the leaf top and the magnificently purple underside. I got stuck by one myself, and would have loved to show you a thorn all blood-encrusted... but I didn't bleed. I read somewhere that these Lilies developed those thorns as a protection against leaf-munching predators no doubt with a taste for Duckling too. I'm a bit sceptical, but it's a nice story.
When I stayed on the island of Inhaca, in Mozambique, I was told that I might see a humpback whale (megaptera novaeangliae) position itself vertically and allow the wind to catch its tail and "sail" downwind. I was, to say the least, sceptical - but here is one doing just that.
In the cemetery of the little town of Noratus (pop. 6,700) by the shores of Lake Sevan in Armenia, there is an open air museum of what Armenians call ‘khachkars’. It is now the largest collection of khackhars in the world.
A khachkar is a carved, memorial stele bearing a cross, and often with additional motifs such as rosettes, interlaces, and botanical motifs.
The most common khachkar feature is a cross surmounting a rosette or a solar disc. The remainder of the stone face is typically filled with elaborate patterns of leaves, grapes, pomegranates, and bands of interlace. Occasionally a khachkar is surmounted by a cornice sometimes containing biblical or saintly figures, although this is less common as the art form developed in response to Armenia’s long period being ruled by Muslim powers who were sceptical towards or outright forbad the depiction of human figures.
The oldest khachkars in the Noratus cemetery date back to the late 10th Century, but many date from the revival of the khachkar tradition in the 16-17th Centuries.
An old picture of Milly with the twins. She looked somewhat sceptical at these two strange creatures... :)
First posted 26.04.2014 - reposted 04.02.2023 for the "Happy Caturday" theme "Memories".
Grandchildren Gustav and Rosa with Ronjas Milly, Norwegian Forest, 17.09.2011
Olympus Digital Camera
Tomorrow might be Thursday but it feels like Monday...
see, I got totally confused. Tuesday, it's Tuesday!
Thank you, Ralf :o)
Excerpt from www.cliftonhill.com/attractions/dinosaur-adventure-golf:
As one of the nation’s largest miniature golf courses, Dinosaur Adventure Golf features two 18-hole courses, "Raptor" and "T-Rex" for a total of 36 holes. It also boasts three distinct decorative ponds with fast-moving rapids and bubblers, as well as a 50-foot high active steam-erupting volcano that lets golfers play directly through a realistically eerie, cavernous volcanic interior on their way to the 18th hole.
All of this is spread out over a massive 70,000 square foot playing surface, and populated by 50 astonishingly realistic and life-sized dinosaurs — many which loom over 30-feet high.
A digital sound system complements the scene by pumping out jungle and nature sound effects, which are sure to make even the most sceptical golfers wonder if they’ve been transported back in time hundreds of millions of years.
Dinosaur Adventure Golf is located behind the Niagara SkyWheel, with the entrance to the immediate right of the SkyWheel. Call 905-358-3676 for hours of operation, ticket prices and other helpful information about this epic Niagara mini-putt experience!
Eine recht interessante äußere Gestaltung weisen die von ELP angemieteten 2019 317 und 323 der Dispo-Tf Rail auf. Das Unternehmen aus Berlin hat seine beiden EURO 9000 Maschinen gleich prophylaktisch mit Graffiti Motiven versehen, vermutlich um Vandalismus vorzubeugen und sich Reinigungskosten zu sparen. Hierbei sind die beiden Seiten der Lok jeweils unterschiedlich gestaltet. Zunächst war ich skeptisch, aber zumindest die Seite mit der stilisierten violetten Schrift wirkt dann doch ganz gefällig. Jedenfalls war ich erfreut, als am Nachmittag des 03. April 2025 die 2019 317 mit einem Kesselwagenzug meinen Standpunkt bei Laaber in der Oberpfalz passierte und ich diese Aufnahme anfertigen konnte.
The 2019 317 and 323 of Dispo-Tf Rail leased by ELP have a rather interesting exterior design. The company from Berlin has prophylactically decorated its two EURO 9000 locomotives with graffiti motifs, presumably to prevent vandalism and save cleaning costs. The two sides of the locomotive each have a different design. At first I was sceptical, but at least the side with the stylised purple lettering looks quite pleasing. In any case, I was delighted when 2019 317 with a tank wagon train passed my position near Laaber in the Upper Palatinate on the afternoon of 3 April 2025 and I was able to take this photo.