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About as shot in evening light. Shade on the mourning dove as it perches on the stick we stuck there some six or seven years ago. Back forty or back yard...1000mm, f8, a moment. Love to hear their mournful coo.

Specular highlights from evening sun shining on brandywine maple leaves.

HSS

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Day 253/365:

Smile on Saturday - Beads & Pearls

This is a bead bracelet that I bought from the Chelsea Flower Show in May. Happy memories of a wonderful day.

I also took a photo of pearls but wasn't too keen on it and preferred the simplicity of this one. HSoS

Male California Quail for the Crazy Tuesday Group, Challenge: Shallow Depth of Field.

A macro image taken in Atlantic Canada

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Some hidden Treasure from last year.

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Sony A7II

Walimex Pro 135/2 (Samyang)

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Fresh back from a fishing trip.

~ George Harrison ('It's all too much')

Someone (who will know who I mean) was asking for a slice of cake - so here you are 🍰

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Display of a confectioner around the corner.

I'm not used to much sugar anymore and I'd probably get pretty sick if I ate a piece of this fancy cake, but it really looked soooo beautiful and inviting with those roses and macarons ...

So I was admiring it at least with my camera ; ))

Wishing you a happy (Whit) weekend

I will catch up later - busy eating cake right now, lol : ))

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Schaufenster eines Conditors um die Ecke.

Ich bin Zucker nicht mehr gewöhnt und mir würde wahrscheinlich ziemlich schlecht werden, wenn ich von dieser reich verzierten Torte ein Stück essen würde, aber sie sah wirklich sooo hübsch aus mit all den Rosen und Macarons ...

Ich habe sie daher wenigstens mit der Kamera bewundert und festgehalten

Habt ein schönes (Pfingst-) Wochenende !

16/30: April 2021: A month in 30 pictures

#33 - 100 x challenge - Lensbaby

Our daffodils in the garden have almost finished so I bought a bunch to brighten the house...who am I kidding? I bought them as a photo prop but they brighten the house too :)

Here they are peeking out from a drawer.

Lensbaby Velvet 56

Which is why we took fun walks and I fooled around with the only lens I brought on the July closing trip. Best viewed larger, if you, too, feel like fooling around.

Nikon D810, Nikkor 105mm f/2.8

1/8000 sec; f/3.2; ISO 250

manual exposure, monopod

Thanks for looking.

Caught him smelling the air and staring at random spots on the balcony. The sunny morning did the rest!

Taken with Pentax K20D digital camera and smc Pentax-DA L 50‍–‍200mm F4‍–‍5.6 telephoto lens, part of the lightweight kit lens duo (hence the L). Not bad for a mere kit lens!

Tomonoura, Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan. November 26, 2015.

Happy Fenced Friday my Flickr Friends. I wish you all a great weekend with only the best weather.

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Sony SEL85F14GM

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Steveston Motor Co, Mitchell Island, Richmond, BC. July 17, 2021.

Grotto in Lourdes

Also known as a katydid nymph

Smile on Saturday Theme: 'SHINY METALS'

Thank you for visiting my stream! :-))

All comments are highly appreciated. It will help me a lot to improve my photography skills. Big thanks to all of you for the comments, faves and views.

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Another one from my recent visit to Sheffield Park Garden, where I enjoyed the wonderful autumn colours.

Tsuyunoten Shrine, Kita-ku, Osaka. November 10, 2017.

Sunday, April 22 is my next Kansai Flickr photo sanpo. Our walking routes will include Ishikiri and Ikoma. Please contact me by Flickr mail for our meeting and route information!

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Montparnasse - Paris

Experimented with shallow depth of field in combination with backlighting to anonymize street shots with people. Wanted especially to include the shadows created by the sun. From October last year. After visiting a photo exhibition in Montparnasse (Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation) I got inspired to catch shadows :)

HMBT- Happy Monochrome Bokeh Thursday

The Shop, Columbia Street, Chinatown, Vancouver. October 25, 2015.

SOOC (straight out of the camera except for the signature).

Happy Fenced Friday my Flickr Friends.

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Day 269/365:

Macro Monday - Zigzag

Small wooden stars (which I think are a sort of zigzag pattern) on zigzag patterned paper. HMM

#7: 100 x challenge - Lensbaby

I love to see the snowdrops show their pretty little heads. It always feels like spring is just around the corner...this year more than ever we need signs of hope.

Lensbaby Velvet 56 f2.8 and Omni filters

Stay safe and enjoy your Sunday

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Another one from the dew drop collection

Have a great Sunday my Flickr Friends!

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Sony A7II

Meyer-Görlitz Trioplan 2.8/100 (vintage)

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The only unique knobs in our entire house. My husband's guitar cabinets are embellished with these. HMM everyone!

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Marine Garage, Steveston, Richmond, BC. August 20, 2022.

Wisteria floribunda 'Rosea' now in full, fragrant bloom.

P.S. Thank you so much, everyone, for your visits and comments.

Portulaca grandiflora is a fast growing annual succulent, with a spreading habit.

It has small, fleshy, lance shaped leaves on reddish stems.

The delicate flowers close up at night and on cloudy days, hence another common name of sun rose.

Native to Argentina, southern Brazil, and Uruguay.

Each flower 25 mm diameter.

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A tiny mother wolf spider with her precious cargo.

Wolf spiders do not build conventional webs and are wandering hunters - so to be able to continue hunting and eating, Mama carries her egg sac around with her, attached to the rear of her abdomen with silk.

Inside her egg sac, all her little babies are developing. When they are born, they will ride on her back until their first moult, then leave to make their own way in the world.

Fascinating and wonderfully impressive maternal care from this beautiful little arachnid.

Genus Artoriopsis.

Body length 7 mm

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This is another from my first beach visit with my 'new' camera (the other one is "Look what I found!"). I was terrified that I'd get sand on it, but it's got a fully articulated viewing screen which was great - meaning I didn't have to take anymore 'blind' shots, or sit on the wet sand (then struggle to get up again - that's where the real risk of getting sand on camera is!)

This is the best of the few shell shots I took - I really like it, but I'm sure that I can get even better ones with luck and practice.

Just a little crop and contrast applied.

Taken on Himatangi Beach, NZ

>> Here are more of my beach pics on flickr :-)

These eager weeds make their home in every yard on my street. And, while they are pretty, they become thugs by claiming more and more space needed by other plants. Often called "creeping bellflower", many horticulturalists advise people to not intentionally plant them.

Burrard Dry Dock Pier, North Vancouver. September 9, 2016.