(From here, sir, you overlook the valley; what you see, is...)

ANTICHE SITUAZIONI...

(Da qui, messere, si domina la valle; ciò che si vede, è...)

[Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - In volo]

Sometimes I see potential in a photo for these effects. Sometimes I just go willy nilly and see what happens. Sometimes I just put the photo in the trash and start over.

This is done using a layer mask and blur effect in Photoshop Elements.

Happy Slider Sunday

Borage buds and flowers in the back ground taken at the Melbourne Botanical Gardens.

Covid situation getting worse..our whole state of Victoria is in lockdown now due to the spread of the delta variant to the regional areas. Too many infectious cases not in isolation in the community and too many mystery cases that cannot be linked to known clusters is making it very hard to control the spread.

Today is day 202 of lockdown for us in Melbourne since the start of the pandemic.

Still we are better off than the poor souls who are trying to flee Afghanistan !

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"I think I'd better think it out again!" says the Rufous hummingbird

Title from a song in the musical, "Oliver."

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Many of my friends start their holidays this weekend . Interesting enough : most of them stay in their own country and do not travel abroad, regardless their country of origin. Would be interesting to know how you handle the situation in this very special summer. Steinhuder Meer, Lower Saxony, Germany

Life size food magnets in a window shop at The Flamingo...Las Vegas :))

If you're hungry press L...HWW!

A female grosbeak enjoying some grape jelly.

The wasps are chewing away an apple that I was going to eat. Good thing there are so many this year... Apples, not wasps 😂 wish you all a nice and cool Sunday ☀️😉

Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro

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is to create good from a bad situation :-)

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Doubt is the origin of wisdom.

Hummel gets nectar lavender is sufficiently pollinated....

During the holidays, Peter and Oleg visited some castles in Luxembourg. Peter (Prince Peter) is still looking for a castle for his sweet princess Rosie. www.flickr.com/photos/40262251@N03/ In the castle of Beaufort they also visited the torture chamber.

PETER:

Oleg?? That thing I'm sitting on won't turn around anymore

I can't go up and I can't go down.

What should I do now?

OLEG:

Sit still...give me your left paw and I'll pull you up

And so it happened

Peter and Oleg survived the torture chamber

This wonderful jaguar was the first one we found in our last expedition to Pantanal. The situation there is very sad, the forests are burnt and the the drought lasts for 3 years. I hope that soon the monsoon starts and bring life back to Pantanal. Luckily, the site where the jaguars are didn't suffer so much from the fires and we were lucky to find female jaguars with cubs, which I'll be posting in the coming days.

Facts: The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only extant Panthera species native to the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline species after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Americas. The jaguar is a near-threatened species and its numbers are declining. Threats include loss and fragmentation of habitat. While international trade in jaguars or their parts is prohibited, the cat is still frequently killed by humans, particularly in conflicts with ranchers and farmers in Brazil.

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The Dunnock posed nicely for me here :-)

J'ai hésité à poster cette photo de qualité moyenne (photo prise entre 40 et 50m et fortement croppée), mais la situation : un Guêpier et une femelle de Loriot côte à côte, tellement surprenante m'a incité à la publier.

I hesitated to post this photo of average quality (photo taken between 40 and 50m and strongly cropped), but the situation: a Bee-eater and a Golden Oriole female side by side, being so surprising incited me to publish it.

Vallon de Marcillac - Aveyron - Occitanie - France

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Dove on the Nest - Las Garzas - March 2017-2 LR

...I take a deep breath and walk away.

Iman

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A woman walked down to the shore of the green space with her dog, off leash. The dog proceeded to run out after this egret, causing it to relocate. She tried calling it back, but it would have nothing to do with her. She needs to use that leash, as required by law!!! First comment is moments before, as the dog charges...

Chickadee

"Do not throw newspapers in this box"

There’s a male Phainopepla living in my yard—shiny black, crest slicked back, and convinced he’s the main character. He zooms around the firethorn bush like he owns it (because he does), flashing feathers and singing the same song over and over. Field guides say they mimic other birds—mine doesn’t. He has standards.

Then came the female, elegant, gray, mysterious. They’re clearly nesting, though I’ve never looked. Why? Because I’m not a nest-peeping weirdo. Some things are better left private, especially when your yard is hosting the goth power couple of the desert.

Couplet

He gleams like obsidian, sings with control

And treats my backyard like it’s rock & roll.

(Obsidian – A sleek, glassy black rock made from fast-cooled lava, often used for tools, weapons, and metaphors involving stylish birds.)

(The first time I heard the word Phainopepla, I thought it sounded like a Scandinavian shampoo, or maybe a Mediterranean side dish that costs $14 and comes with exactly one olive. According to science, it’s pronounced fay-no-PEP-la, but let’s be honest: even the bird doesn’t know how to say it.)

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Pose - Del May

Messwerk der Anzeige der Gleitpfadabweichung eines HSI (Horizontal Situation Indicator) Anzeigeinstruments (SMITH INDUSTRIES, Cheltenham)

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Movement for displaying the glideslope deviation of an HSI (Horizontal Situation Indicator) display instrument f (SMITH INDUSTRIES, Cheltenham)

Explored #88, 2012-05-21

Just quick shot from the car...ha,ha

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