This beautiful V12 Jaguar Coupe with the optional US spec Quad headlight was at the Jaguar event in Ace Cafe London. Spoke to the owner, who said he spend lots of time and money over this immaculate Jaguar over the years

This one is for an excellent "little bird" photographer I have the pleasure of knowing.

This lovely man is named Tim. I met him at a winery in Buellton, CA. I admired his hat and told him so. He took it off and was going to give it to me. No, no, I just want to take your picture. He was so joyful and a pleasure to meet and laugh with. Thank you Tim!

#29/100 of my 100 strangers.

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This was taken today (16 July '06) at Lillydale a rural town outside of Launceston, Tasmania.

Here is a larger version.

This is the third and final part of my Amsterdam project: two more canal houses and two canal boats next to the already existing book store and cheese shop.

The narrow dark red and white building contains a music store on four floors that sells records and a great selection of modern and classic musical instruments.

The corner building provides space for three different businesses: a flower shop on the ground floor, a therapist on the first floor and a tailor shop on the two remaining floors.

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Credits:

- Double Bass: Michael Jasper

- Upright Piano: Masao Hidaka

- Sofa bed of the grey canal boat: Redhead1982

- interior of the tailor shop: Elizabeth Nevermind

One of my bestfriends right here, he has been there for me ever since California.

Ohh my, the weather has been amazing the past two days, I've been playing outside all day long

mostly by myself..haha I'm a loser

This shot can difficult to obtain due to all the tourist that show up under North Window and never leave. I was lucky there was nobody there and the lighting was still good.

This tree had lots of character. It looked as though it had been hit by Lightning. It was scorched and had eroded from the base, yet it was still hanging on and throwing out new shoots. The sky had a bit of drama in it which seemed to be appropriate.

Taken at Elterwater

This is my son, taking a photo. He is born 1982 (i have 4 children, 1977,1980,1982,1990) He is handicap, but very strong person. He was in sports, and have many prize,from Europe, and from Sydney, when the Olympic games was there.

Now he is trying to take photos.

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He died 20-2-2011............I miss him so much......

This is Ralf, another German photographer and also another underdog here on Flickr. The way he sees the world is unique and his style is just amazing. If you like simplicity you'll LOVE his stream. He is mostly not much around but I don't care cause I love his work.

For Wednesday Contact Showcase

1. talking about art, 2. zen in the city, 3. green up, 4. the news, 5. Where do you want to live?, 6. the photographer, 7. White brick paradise, 8. The hint, 9. _❀____________

Another self portrait, this time featuring my latest addition to the camera collection: the Yashica 635.

I'm back home from university for a few weeks for the Easter break, and I'm looking forward to the slight change of scenery from campus for a bit.

This is another shot of a fancy hibiscus I photographed outside a resort in Ka'anapali! The colors were too bright and beautiful to ignore, so I thought that I would share them with you. the photo was taken in March 2012, with my trusty Olympus digital camera. Enjoy.

LT is our only longhair out of about 30 yard cats we have.she is still a kitten,but one of our favs.when you have this many Cats,names get strang.LT stands for "Long Tail" and she has the longest here.

This rare phenomenon was captured during strong Aurora in the UK last month.

This plane is the first ever white Bronze number 2 ever produced by Lie Nielsen Toolworks, later 500 each would be produced for the limited edition series that named this plane “ The Millennium Plane”. This plane is not part of that series but surely must have been it's inspiration.

Please check out my set “No.2 alike”, perhaps click and watch a slide show, might be fun?

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Are you interested in Old Tools and Tool Collecting? Want to learn more about tools, and meet some great people who have the same interests? Please take a minute to check out the Mid-West Tool Collectors Web Site at this link: www.mwtca.org

Manchester

Olympus OM2N

Ilford FP4+ 125

This swan decided I merited closer inspection - Chichester Harbour UK.

This diorama we made is a trip down memory lane for those grew up watching He-man and The Master's of the Universe in the 1980's. He-man, Orko and Skeletor are Custom 1:6 Scale figures we produced and presented at Toycon 2017. Castle Grayskull is not true 1:6 Scale but was designed to produce a forced perspective effect.

Hope you enjoy the photos as much as we enjoyed the nostalgia as we prepared this set-up for the photo shoot.

For custom private commissions, please contact us at geewhizcustoms@gmail.com

I really like these muted colors; a departure from my typical saturated hues.

This cat caught glimpse of our cat in the window.

this picture taken during the aadi perruku festival at cauveri river, srirangam, india

This photograph shows a panoramic view of HeLa cells, a cell line many researchers use to study a large variety of important research questions. The cells' nuclei containing the DNA are stained in blue and the cells' cytoskeletons in gray.

Credit: Tom Deerinck, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research

This image is not owned by the NIH. It is shared with the public under license. If you have a question about using or reproducing this image, please contact the creator listed in the credits. All rights to the work remain with the original creator.

NIH support from: National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Minolta Maxxum 9Xi 50mm f 1.7

T Max 400 @ 1600

This is Rufus the Wimbledon Hawk posing for employees of Chiltern DC ... What a flyer

This unit had worked [2R18] 13:58 Ipswich to Felixstowe.

This Jaguar X-Type, was travelling along the E40 road near Ghent. The car was registered with a re-issued 1962-1971-series plate, in a format I previously captured some hours previously in the Netherlands. Despite that, I enjoyed spotting these strange older Belgian plates.

E40, West Flanders, Belgium

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This family in Brussels, Belgium was so gracious to have my wife and I in their home and fixed us an amazing dinner so I wanted to thank them with a photo.

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This is a photo made of my acquaintance when we were trying to convince her boyfriend to participate in my 100 Strangers project. She removed her eyeglasses for the portrait. The umbrella was mostly helpful for the background, but because of her height, she didn't block out the central column on the pole. It didn't bother her when I showed her the image, so I moved on to the intended subject, my stranger 32.

This was the best I could do without trespassing and was taken from the road outside, and the Coach has recently pitched up here following the recent Closure of Taylors Coach Travel of Thanet, though I'm not sure about the Electric Bus yet.

This is sans any added flash at 12:40am

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Photograph taken at an altitude of Forty nine metres at 09:45am on Saturday 20th February 2021 off Blackheath Avenue and Charlton Way in the grounds of Greenwich Park, one of the Royal Parks of London situated in Greenwich, South East London.

The carrion crow (Corvus corone) is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae and the genus Corvus which is native to western Europe and eastern Asia. It can grow to twenty inches in length with a wingspan of up to thirty nine inches. Highly intelligent, utterly beautiful with an amazingly detailed and rich plumage, these stunning birds are much maligned and tainted with unfair tags attributed through folklore and ignorance. I love 'em!

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Nikon D850 Hand held with Sigma OS Optical Stabilization enabled on normal setting. Focal length 420mm Shutter speed: 1/250s Aperture f/6.0 ISO640 Image area FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L (8256 x 5504). NEF RAW L (14 bit uncompressed) Focus mode AF-C focus. AF-C Priority Selection: Release. Nikon Back button focusing enabled. Auto ISO 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points.AF-Area mode single point & 73 point switchable. Exposure mode: Shutter priority mode. Matrix metering. White balance on: Auto1 (4370K). Colour space: RGB. Vignette control: Normal. Picture control: Auto (Sharpening A +1/Clarity A+1)

Sigma 60-600mm f/4.5-6.3DG OS HSM SPORTS. Lee SW150 MKI filter holder with MK2 light shield and custom made velcro fitting for the Sigma lens. Lee SW150 circular polariser glass filter.Lee SW150 Filters field pouch.Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup.Mcoplus professional MB-D850 multi function battery grip 6960.Two Nikon EN-EL15a batteries (Priority to battery in Battery grip). Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag.

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Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.20 (14/01/2021) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (18/02/20) LF 1.00

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit Version 1.4.1 (18/02/2020). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.13.5. Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

This is a 1:12 scale swimming pool, using a 20" M112 Pod body cut down to 2" high. I can make them any depth, it just depends upon whether or not you want it recessed into a landscaped base or set on top.

the smiths,taken new brighton merseyside,with Aaron.

This one caught me by surprise as GAL don't usually use Church Street to reach the Kimpton Road yard. Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban VWL54 HF05 HXD is seen here running Not in Service. It is displaying Rail Replacement, despite their being none to my knowledge. My guess is that it was on a run to a fuelling station (usually Arriva) or if you look closer it says "Transfer", and may have been on a return from London after repaint.

This postcard of Hackenschmidt, early 20th century strongman and professional wrestler is marked "Whitfort Series 106". Aren't the socks a stylish touch?

This day, I am reflecting on my many years of hiking and photographing

the natural beauty that is the Appalachian Mountains

This day, I realize that I am no longer alone in my journey and

I have someone special in which to share the world as I see it

This day, the sun shines bright and a cool breeze blows elsewhere

and I am indifferent

This day - "This wonderful day"

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A cloudy and humid July 4th offered us a chance to get upclose with nature.

The land we walked was once the Mertens Brothers apple orchard (early 1900's) and is now part of Western Maryland's Green Ridge State Forest.

This MOC is design in the Architecture Skyline style and it features the most memorable locations from the original "Shrek" movie.

From left to right:

- Shrek's swamp (with the pesky fairy tale creatures' tents)

- Fiona's Castle

- The Windmill near Duloc

- Farquaad's castle

Find the instructions here and on Rebrickable.com!

You can also follow all the fun on Instagram: @BenBuildsLego

This originally had a different theme, but felt right after taking it.

This Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) just finisched bathing in the pond.

Bremen - Böttcherstraße

This is a part of my painted canvas series. More to come.

This was the best I could do without trespassing and was taken though the open gates in Nelson Road on long zoom.

And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Very Recently!!

This is the Prins Claus Bridge near Utrecht. With a very nice architectural design.

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Wordt ook lid van ons forum: www.undiscovered-pictures.nl! Dit is een van de plekken die te fotograferen is tijdens onze Photowalk van 10 Februari..kom je ook???

This external source of agony is made tragically concrete in D Doraiswamy's (1923-2003) harrowing painting. "The Aftermath of War". The work established the scene with decimated bodies. children with their throats slit. and a kneeling mother crying out in mute agony. Amidst this tragedy, Arup Das introduces a unique tension. The artist states " My works are about human beings, but I like to put them in their historical and social context.