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This was taken a couple years ago on a rainy day. I sure would love some rain right now.
It's supposed to be 102F here today, ugh!!!!
This image is a reproduction of a photo of Bow Valley in Banff that I took in 1986 from the summit of Sulfur Mountain. Located in Alberta’s Rockies, Banff is one of Canada's most popular tourist destinations with more than four million people visiting Banff National Park each year. Banff is surrounded by Mount Rundle, Mount Norquay, Cascade Mountain and Sulphur Mountain. Near Banff, Lake Louise and Moraine Lake are among the most visited destinations in Canada. Located in the Ten Peaks Valley, Moraine Lake is considered one of the most beautiful glacier lakes in the world. In 1986, I remember vividly sitting on the edge of Moraine Lake and absorbing very slowly the remarkable beauty of this turquoise lake starting to crystallize in early October. It was magical and that special moment had a mystical effect on me!
Bow Valley, Banff National Park, Province of Alberta, Canada
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Cette image est une reproduction d'une photo de la vallée de la Bow à Banff que j'ai prise en 1986 depuis le sommet du mont Sulphur. Située dans les Rocheuses de l'Alberta, Banff est l'une des destinations touristiques les plus populaires au Canada avec plus de quatre millions de personnes visitant le parc national Banff chaque année. Banff est entourée par les monts Rundle, Norquay, Cascade et Sulphur. Près de Banff, le lac Louise et le lac Moraine comptent parmi les destinations les plus visitées au Canada. Situé dans la vallée des Dix Pics, le lac Moraine est considéré comme l'un des plus beaux lacs glaciaires au monde. En 1986, je me souviens très bien d'être assis au bord du lac Moraine et d'avoir absorbé très lentement la beauté remarquable de ce lac turquoise qui commençait à se cristalliser au début d'octobre. C'était magique et ce moment privilégié a eu un effet mystique sur moi!
La vallée Bow, parc national Banff, province d’Alberta, Canada
This is one that has been on my list for years and it didn't disappoint. Coming in at 200 feet wide it's the widest falls that I've seen yet and the first vertical block. From here it's hard to tell that it drops 43 feet, but the roar lets you know it. :-) The emerald water is caused by the Lewis river being born of an inactive glacier (from Mount Adams) so it doesn't have the silt like White or Puyallup and it is just stunning to see. I was here on a Friday and I kid you not, I didn't see a soul until I got back down here after hiking up to the other two drops. It was a bit spooky. :-)
This little piggy went to market,
This little piggy stayed home,
This little piggy had roast beef,
This little piggy had none.
This little piggy went ...
Wee, wee, wee,
all the way home!
This is what happens when I try to take a shortcut home to make it in time for dinner and end up choosing the least safe route. Sammy and I almost became dinner ourselves!
I'm wearing:
MadPea Shark Bite Hat
MONTANA Tee by Cold-Ash
CHINO Shorts by Cold-Ash
[P.0.E] - Messenger Bag (Demo) Crate
REBELLION = "ELLISON" SANDALS
Props:
Synnergy Flooded Room Backdrop (dismantled and altered for my scene)
Dock piling (2 Prim) by Kagehi Kohn
My lovely pet ♥
JIAN Pets Splashy Spaniels / Brit. Gold
The bitey sharks:
JIAN Sharks
Background was taken at Fruit Islands Surf beach (Frozen Banana)
This location is breathtaking (literally because it is cold) but I'm not sure it makes the most mind blowing photo - i always liked the place but couldn't put my finger on it until now. The way the lake bends around the mountain is what i like about this, an island mountain. There were grizzlies spotted in this area, and unfortunately we didn't get to see a grizzly all trip! But this will still remind me of this morning and the amazing fall colours (that were elsewhere in this area).
This row of Maples at the front entrance have peaked and are falling fast. Managed to catch this one today against a perfect blue sky before it's too late. HTMT!
Baby Brian is being a highly uncooperative specimen!
For Macro Mondays theme 'Gift'. The gift here is not the snail, but my precious microscope. It was given to me by my grandparents when I was a young child - they had had a veterinary student lodger renting a small flat above their garage who suddenly vacated the flat when the rent was due, leaving behind a number of possessions that presumably were too difficult to carry easily. One of things left behind was this microscope, clearly a quality and valuable instrument so it is curious that it would be left behind. Recognising my interest in the natural sciences, my grandparents gave me his microscope, that came with slides and eyepieces - it was a excellent source of discovery that lasted all through my school days until I went off to university. I still have the microscope, but it doesn't get taken out of its case very often any more - although I did have fun photographing it for a photography course, see the first comment box. The 4X is the magnification power of one of the objective lenses, it is 1.8cm in diameter.
No snails were harmed in the making of this photograph.
***this is one of my two macro monday postings for the theme of "halfway point", since the shadows were at the noonish hour or the midpoint of the day.......... join us on monday if you have a neat macro picture that fits the theme!!
slider sunday: this is the 8th in the series called "on the dashboard", featuring a small dish that i haven't actually photographed in its entirety, yet ~grin~ will put the album link
in the first comment box :)
apologies.......tried lightening this up in aviary because it looked darker when it got here than when it was on my laptop screen
but it dropped the picture out instead of replacing it ~sigh~
....apologies to JD and anna who had left favs- thank you for noticing it before i could get it right :)
This gander wanted to see if I had any kind of treat... other than a quick camera shot or sassy word.. lol
This dry weather means my knees are acting up, and on a short bicycle ride yesterday had to talk walking breaks. On one of such breaks this beauty fluttered over my head and settled in the bush beside me! What a wonder! Taking life slow means seeing.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. In usually make these baubles for others as gifts, but on occasion I make one or two baubles for myself. This is one such bauble.
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" for the 20th of December is "sequins", so I thought I would show you this special bauble I chose to make for myself. If you would like to see the other baubles I have made as gifts for friends over the years, you can find them in this album: www.flickr.com/photos/40262251@N03/albums/72157649901152375/. I hope you like my choice of subject for this week's theme, and that it makes you smile!
As this is the last "Looking Close on Friday" before Christmas, I should just like to take this opportunity to wish everyone in the group a very happy Festive Season. May it be filled with happiness and joy for you all.
Each bauble I make is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the large star sequins which are 10mm, the sunburst sequins which are 12 mm and the small gold border sequins which are 2mm and very, very fiddly. The sunburst sequins are French and are known as "éclate de soleil" - "sunbursts". Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
This is 2 x 30 second exposures taken at Petrel Cove, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia, and blended together.
I then used a sky shot taken by me about 75 minutes earlier, 9 km to my left, at roughly the same direction.
I used the sky replacement tool in Photoshop to place that sky in the background.
I then applied a small amount of motion blur to that sky.
The rock photos were taken just after midday.