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This seemingly abandoned or neglected old stately home was spotted on a country road in Durham, Connecticut and shot with the Olympus E-M1.
THE VERY OLD ONE SINGS:
there is not more in little
nor is there less
still is uncertain what was
what is to be will be will-less
first when it is it is serious
fruitless it recollects itself
and stays in great haste
everything of worth is defenceless
grows rich from touchability
and equal to everything
like the heart of time
like the heart of time
Lucebert
Translation: Diane Butterman
The treacherous hornby Rapids. This seemingly impossible sandstone wall was said to be inspiration for some of M C Escher's famous drawings (although the source of this rumour is unreliable).
A completely reworked version of this image, including some valuable feedback from Adam Williams.
I took a punt and entered it in the Better Photography Image of the Year competition, Creative Flair section. It was awarded a Silver and finished in the top 50. A very pleasing result.
A seemingly hassled Black-capped Chickadee searching for a safe nighttime roost after a rough day only to find curious me in the way.
Common to the area year round.
A rainbow seemingly sitting on top of the dam wall at the end of Loch Glascarnoch on the Inverness-Ullapool road. The buildings in front of the dam are those of the Aultguish Inn - or, as my son commented, the Anguish Inn if the dam leaks!
Having spotted Tommy Turtle seemingly stranded upon a lily-pad after heavy rains in the 'Glades, Al E. Gator decided to assist a fellow creature by scooping Tommy into his mouth to carry him to dry land.
Unfortunately for Tommy Turtle, Al E. Gator was apparently allergic to the Lily; and all it took was one sneeze from Al to bring the ride (and Tommy's life) to a crashing halt.
... the Circle of Life ...
These teeny, seemingly fragile, very beautiful little Rosemary flowers are on a little plant in a 4" pot in the greenhouse. Is at max 1:1 magnification and also taken in aps-c, so effectively 1.5x, but with a 1.0 d.o.f. and a bit of a crop thrown in.
They were pretty awkward to photograph - I took some photos first and then uploaded in order to get an idea of what they were like, which didn't really help that much as even with the 20x was difficult to tell what was what on these pretty complex flowers, then I took a lot of various little flowers and angles but only a couple worth keeping. A bit hit and miss to say the least :^)
From a small rock outcropping near the summit, a young Rocky Mountain Goat surveys the seemingly endless array of mountain peaks in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
This old church, seemingly abandoned, was the Palmer Methodist Church according to the sign on the building. Surprisingly, the bell was still in the tower.There is no other information regarding the historical building, as there are only 449 residents in Palmer, according to a recent census. None of the 449 were seen.
Palmer is near one of the last large mines in the Upper Peninsula, the soon-to-be-deactivated Empire Mine,
Because birds fly seemingly effortlessly, something that we cannot do at all, we tend to think of them as nimble and flawless. Yet, just like us, they can fail and make mistakes, sometimes quite painful.
Here is a failed landing of a tree swallow, observed at the Heinz NWR.
Fairly small, boldly patterned diving duck that lives a seemingly dangerous life near fast-moving water and jagged rocks. Male is striking and unmistakable. Female is dark brown with small white patches on face; compare with female scoters but note smaller size and smaller bill of Harlequin. In summer, almost invariably seen in pairs on rocky streams where they breed. Gathers in small flocks on rocky coastlines in winter. Feeds on insects, fish, and aquatic invertebrates. Frequently dives underwater. Vocalizations are cute, high-pitched squeaks. In North America, more numerous in the west than in the east; also occurs in eastern Asia and Iceland. (eBird)
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My first sighting of a male Harlequin Duck in full breeding plumage! We often get one female or immature male in Ottawa for the winter, but never one this beautiful! There is also an immature male in this group. His plumage is similar, but not yet as colourful. No females were seen.
Inshore waters off Tofino, British Columbia, Canada. May 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Ultimate British Columbia.
The Whale Centre - Pelagic Bird Watching Tour.
Seemingly secluded from the rest of the world, this lowermost but typical side valley of the Simmental is welcoming place. The Diemtigtal valley is a 16km-long oasis of wilderness and pristine beauty.
This seemingly abandoned house sits in the middle of a field. I didn't see any driveway or path to the house. It's just surrounded by crops.
Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Barley, Lancashire
This seemingly semi abstract looking image was actually on the river bank at Barley. I could only assume that after the river had flooded, it had eroded part of a tree and left this wonderful design as the water level dropped
Mother nature at its best, hope you enjoy it!
Somehow, the seemingly endless chaos of Nature’s
hammock can intrigue and inspire. And bring Peace
to one’s spirit. As opposed to the chaos of politics,
the forces of change, violence in the streets and
attempts to rob freedom and peace from our spirit.
“When will it end, when will it end ?”ask the
Yardbirds.
Hopefully political chaos will bring peace and
Holy Light will shine through again.
“Over under sideways down
(Hey)
Backwards forwards square and round
(Hey)
Over under sideways down
(Hey)
Backwards forwards square and round
When will it end (when will it end)
When will it end (when will it end)
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!”
~Yardbirds~ from the song~
“Over, Under, Sideways, Down”
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Textures by accident©️> Tom Roche©️
~Faver-Dykes State Park, St Augustine, FL, USA ~
~for my good Buddy, Super Photographer, Phil Jackson~
Yes, Phil, trees in Florida Do grow sideways !
Seemingly heading for no where in particular, this road grabbed my imagination, and it was all I could do to resist the temptation to light out to wherever it might take me. Maybe some other time.
Somewhere in Nevada
Sighs!! And there you have it... seemingly no such thing
Don't wait for Prince Charming, you will get bone weary!
Dream on ... 😂
See Part One
Dream on
Dream on
I dream on
Dream a little, I'll dream on
Dream on
I dream on
I dream on
This gull picked up a seemingly live small Dogfish from just above the water line at the famous iron structure called the diamond it then flew down to the sea and just dropped it into the water . I suspect that is one very lucky Dogfish and one very grumpy gull The huge Structure known as the Diamond finally toppled into the sea on the 3rd of November 2019 .
* Californian Sea Lions a long way from home in the Yorkshire wildlife park but seemingly very well settled . Once again I have to praise the park they have created a very large space for the Sea-lions that does not feel at all like an enclosure .
I have no way of verifying this but they claim to have the largest purpose built habitat of its kind in the world . Certainly it does contain two very large naturalistic lakes featuring varying water depths, authentic sandy shorelines, sheltered caves, grass banks and rocky beaches. Everything a sea lion needs apart from Californian sun and the Beach Boys
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Kestrel (juvenile)
Another image of the confiding young but seemingly independent kestrel I photographed near Strangeways prison. Some folk might consider the name 'Strangeways' to be a strange name pun intended:) It comes from Anglo-Saxon Strang and gewæsc meaning "[a place by] a stream with a strong current". The river Irwell runs through Strangeways. At one time, as a result of the Industrial Revolution, it was perhaps one of the most polluted rivers in Europe
. Thankfully it is in a far more healthy state now. Strangeways, however, if it is given a name which describes the environment (that I am familiar with) accurately today, should be renamed 'shithole' because that's what it is. This bird and perhaps some nesting sand martins are the only things worth loving and protecting in Strangeways.
These 2 trees look to me as if they are slowly dying?
HTmT 😊😊😍
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Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Canada. Banff National Park is amazing, with seemingly endless beautiful mountains peaks along Icefields Parkway, turquoise lakes, great hiking trails, etc. I hope to get back there again some day. On the day I took this photo the weather was very rainy. Maybe I'll get some sunshine next time.
Great Egret seemingly dancing across the water of Hancock Lake along the Alligator Alley Trail in the Circle B Bar Reserve in the City of Lakeland in Polk County Florida U.S.A.
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Belguim, Brussels
In …. we had a few days in Brussels and enjoyed every minute of it. The accommodation, the food and especially the people were excellent. These images I thought I had lost forever when my old desk-top crashed but I found books of negatives in my loft. I bought a little machine that converted negatives into jpegs. They are not the best in the world but after some editing I was eventually pleased with the results. Brussels was breath-taking, the sharp contrast between new and old architecture was quite amazing and seemingly fitted well together.
Seemingly absorbed in distant thought, a mature gent keeps a close clutch on his afternoon latte in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood.
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 400, f/5.6, 105mm, 1/160s
I'm feeling a little dejected today after yesterday's LPOTY results and not seemingly making it through the first rounds of cuts. I'm not sure why, but I had high hopes for some of my images making the short list this year. I've tried to be original in my choice of shots and locations and was really pleased with some of the images I had made.
I think the hardest thing for me is when you enter a competition and your images get rejected you don't get any kind of feedback, it's simply a cold NO.
It has me thinking, maybe I need to find some peers or maybe a camera club to join where critique is common place and it can give me an objective viewpoint and a way to learn and improve on my images, which in turn will hopefully help me to look at them more critically. Being completely self-taught I don't have many reference points other than other people's images I enjoy, so I am left wondering how or where do I need to improve.
My day to day working life is one which is subject to peer review and maybe that's why I feel such a sense of despondence, what there the judges thinking? why didn't they like my images? am I really that bad? how did I think I even had a chance? should I just throw my camera in the sea? ok maybe that last point is a bit extreme but I think you get my train of thought.
Here is one of my rejects. A woodland shot taken during a lovely foggy winters morning spent wandering a local woodland.
Apologies if this reads like a self-indulged pity fest "It's me, not you".
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