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I do not want to stand
under quiet skies.
I want them filled with bird song,
the intertwining symphony
of life breathing life
singing life
I do not want silent trees
or Silent Springs
without the buzzing
of hummingbirds
or the whisper-flight of wrens.
The grass has held worm
for robins, warm-breasted
and numerous —as far
into my memory as I can search.
Where are the robins now?
I haven’t seen one in so long.
The Aves are in decline.
I do not want to live
in a world without birds.
Without the intricacies of color
the dapper dancing for mates
the delicate strength of wings
teaching us to soar above things,
to be light as the wind
and quick on our feet.
How can I soar on wings like eagles, Lord
if there are none to inspire
my soul to lift?
Who will announce the gift of sun
after rain? Who will skip on delicate
feet along the shoreline, or lift
their notes on wind and wing?
Who will bring morning?
Coming too soon —
artist renderings,
a cross-stitched Avocet
on white linen, framed,
picture books and stories
telling of days when the skies
were ablaze with a flurry
of swift flying creatures
— this is what we give
to the generations?
Tales of them?
Empty skies
and our
remorseful eyes?
I cannot live
in a world without birds.
— forgive us our trespasses
Poem written by Christina Ward
Many viewers have commented that The Guardian Building (originally The Union Trust Company Building) reminded them of a church.
This picture shows approximately half of the bank lobby on the main floor. Imagine the original bank building with 60-90 bank teller cages lining the entire length of both sides of this "nave". The ceiling was composed of a 3/4 inch (1.9cm) of horsehair and coated with a layer of plaster cement. Then, a canvas layer was applied, and painted with designs reminiscent of the patterns of Navajo rugs. This was a sound-deadening system.
The "altar piece" ( I suppose) was the three-story mural of the map of the lower peninsula of Michigan. Highlighted were the major Michigan moneymakers of the1890s to 1920s: mining, manufacturing, lumber, fishing, commerce, and agriculture. It was completed in 1929, unfortunately the year of the beginning of "The Great Depression".
This superbly decorated Art-Deco bank building was nicknamed "The Cathedral of Finance." So, if the earlier pictures reminded you of a church (reprised in the first comment below) --you were very observant : -)
The Ana Kai Tangata cave is of note because in the back left wall cave paintings depicting birds, mainly manutaras, can be seen. The paintings were drawn using natural earth pigments and animal fat, but the high humidity of the cave has harmed them almost to the point of erasing them.
Burn all of the books Watson!! They all need to be destroyed the world must not learn these stories!!!
Thank you SneekyBrat for the fun pic!!!
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Each year thousands of these gentle giants rest, play and nurture their young in the sheltered waters of Hervey Bay. A real treat to watch them.
Hervey Bay, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland
"You can miss places.
You can miss people.
Just know that what you're really
missing is the way things were.
And even if you could go there again...
see them again...
you can't go back.
They're not the same.
You're not the same.
The loss of them changed you."
- Ranata Suzuki
I liked this shot because the sun was behind them and it illuminated the splash of the Hooded Mergansers footsteps as they were taking off. Bucks County PA.
I really like shooting kitchen things .It is always great to get that different perspective.
Happy Macro Mondays
Samburu National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
Gerenuks are built to stretch high when they are on their hind legs which is why their necks and legs are so long.
To take a photo of one standing completely upright can not be done successfully without having to see them from farther away.
I was so surprised by meeting the tea terraces while we went hiking to the Golden Orange Tree Mountain trail last Sunday. It is a very original forest with very narrow and difficult paths.We even encountered a Taiwanese(Formosa) Black bear that day. To find this tea terrace, I felt I seemed to go to the wrong world. :-) How those farmers go so far here to plant them everyday by walk. That is why the Taiwanese Oolong tea is so fresh and nice to taste. :-)
With dandelions I usually shoot them against black, against a bokeh filled background or cover them with water droplets. Decided on subtle for a change this time to make them appear more soft and well, fluffy!
Shot with LED lights against a simple sheet of white A4 paper.
She turned to chapter thirteen of her story,
Her favorite chapter of them all,
A guardian angel so unique,
Hardly ever spoken about,
Your memories are what she guards,
Deciding when it was right to shelve some, shove some in drawers or bring out some in tsunami waves,
She is the culprit who releases butterflies in your stomach,
Sometime she is mischievous,
Sometimes she can be cruel,
But most of the time she is sincere,
Memories can be fragile,
If shaken, it can shatter and break,
Time adds more and more,
But also takes away what it gave,
It's difficult to puzzle the pieces back together,
There are things you need to remember to be able to forget...
Blue-gray gnatcatchers are, without a doubt, one of the most special and entertaining birds the US has to offer. With a pretty sky-blue back contrasting with a paler shade of blue, along with white and black, they boast what I think is one of the more underrated color combinations when it comes to Neotropical migrants, and I’m sure they know it because they sure like to flip those tails around (kidding, that’s a foraging technique). That isn’t the only thing about them that’s underrated; males are pretty great songsters too, emitting an intricate series of what is both their own little babbles and little phrases of other species songs. I even found yesterday that they are able to mimic new vocalizations on the spot. Unfortunately, these guys have the luck of returning earlier than the warblers, and they only get two weeks of fame before what many people consider the real show falls upon our forests. That’s okay, though- they get right to pairing up and nest-building and have fledged young by the end of June, so I think they couldn’t care less about how much attention we pay to them.
There are spots that are obviously only intended to attract photographers. This is one of them, the cypresses of San Quirico d'Orcia. Two small groups of trees on green hills. Actually nothing special for a landscape photographer as it was created by humans. And yet, as you can see, it works.
The idea of ​​having this image as a screen background was just too tempting. Ok, I wouldn't come here especially for sunrise, but for a short detour I found the result very successful. Above all, I think I was really lucky with the clouds. Without them, the photo wouldn't look nearly as good.
And although there are basically only a few trees in a meadow, visitors could actually be seen here all day long.
By the way, I've been here twice, to be exact, as I forgot my sunglasses the first time. In case anyone is interested in that detail, I found them again.
Es gibt so Spots die sind offensichtlich nur dafür gedacht Fotografen anzulocken. Dies hier ist einer davon, die Zypressen von San Quirico d'Orcia. Zwei kleine Baumgruppen auf grünen Hügeln. Eigentlich nichts Besonderes für einen Landschaftsfotografen, da es von Menschen angelegt wurde. Und doch, wie Ihr sehen könnt, es funktioniert.
Die Idee dieses Bild als Bilschirmhintergrund zu haben, war einfach zu verlockend. Ok, zum Sonnaufgang würde ich jetzt nicht extra hier her kommen, doch für einen kurzen Abstecher fand ich das Ergebnis sehr gelungen. Vor allem finde ich, dass ich mit den Wolken richtig Glück gehabt habe. Ohne die würde das Foto nicht ansatzweise so gut wirken.
Und obwohl es im Grund ja nur ein paar Bäume auf einer Wiese sind, so waren hier eigentlich den ganzen Tag über Besucher zu sehen.
Ich war übrigens, um genau zu sein, zweimal hier, da ich beim ersten Mal meine Sonnenbrille liegen gelassen hatte. Ich habe sie, falls dieses Detail jemanden interessiert, auch wieder gefunden.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
Call them flyover states, the sticks, rural, back of beyond, whatever you wish, but places like this are the heartbeat of America. In Wisconsin.
I was going back through my bug photos from last year, looking for a good one to add tonight since there's not much new happening out in nature right now here in the local area, when I came across this photo of a white-tailed deer fawn that I found out in the forest last spring while photographing insects. I'd forgotten that I even took the photo since I download all my bug photos into special files and wait until winter to look at them and then try to figure out what I found. I'm positive that I photographed this fawn that stood up at my feet with a macro lens
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An image from last spring in Prince Edward County - I have one week or work travel before I get a chance to head back there for a few days to check in on the migration.
Last year my visit coincided with a major push of Grosbeaks and Orioles, and they were everywhere along the shore, in flocks. I had not witnessed a landing by so many of a single species before, let alone a species that one is lucky to find, let alone photograph, in Ottawa.
My preference is always to find birds in habitat and to situate them as such in images, but every once in a while opportunities arise for a completely clean image.
I have no idea how many little ones they are,
I don't like to bother them cause some times the parents will leave them.
Happy Friday!
Pose: Pam Stand 2 by ROQUAI
Credits:
Currently @ TMD February Round
GUZZI Jacket by [sYs]
Hunter Glasses by MINIMAL
Mikey Hairstyle by DOUX
Currently @ Chapter Four
In the Lap of Elegance Gacha by E.V.E
oh yeah and a special thanks to Mr. V for letting me play with his balls. The glowy ones in my hands... gah.. what did you think I meant... Freaks!
It was my first time photographing this species. I had seen them before in TX. I was lucky to see this bird at its nest in Patagonia. I love how fierce they look!!
From the session "Wonderful beasts and where to find them" by The Emmas www.facebook.com/theemmasproject/
The evening light has come
It's obvious that they are meant to be together
They have been wondering
Where is he
Where is she
Was this it
And then suddenly the time was right
The Universe opened up
The light beamed its way down
They were both hit by it
Time flies when they are spending their precious time together
They like each other immensely
The chemistry is like electrified
It says ZAP if you go in between them
"May I have this dance, dear, may I have it forever?"
The answer is obvious
Them bitches stay mad 'cause I'm living the life
‘Cause I'm living the life,
Most people think I'm shallow
‘Cause I'm always dressed like I'm going out to the club
But I gotta keep up 'cause there's new chicks poppin' up every day
And they want the same things
So I never leave the house without make-up on
I keep mascara in my pocket if I'm running to the market
‘Cause you never know who's watching you
So I got to stay on
We seek them here,
We seek them there,
We dream of footwear everywhere
Created for the Artistic Manipulation Group Mixmaster Challenge
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