Advection Frost

Dipladenia flower about to unfurl

One from the archives for the Looking Close on Friday theme of tip. I have no idea what the plant is!

Looking Close... on Friday: Tip

On tonight's episode of "Cats Are Perfect": the ear! This delicate, soft little ear possesses 32 muscles (we poor humans only have 6) and allows cats to keep their balance, move their ears 180°, and of course hear 5 times better than us. It never ceases to amaze me how these little killing machines with superfeline powers can be so graceful, elegant, beautiful... and so, so cute! (Incidentally, the cuteness is... not incidental. They share baby-like features with lots of baby animals, which makes us subconsciously attracted to them. But these devious little monsters have also managed to tune their purring to a human baby's cries, triggering our instinct to protect, help... and smooch. We are being totally manipulated. And we love that.)

Male Orange Tip butterfly in my garden

I photographed this little Palm Warbler last week during Spring migration at Chicago's Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary.

Texture: The Daily Texture and Topaz Impression

HTT

Padiham, Lancashire

Last years leaves can still be seen on these trees

A happy shot of a Douglas Fir tip. Things look so green in rain or drizzle.

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

Giant Swallowtail butterfly taking nectar from a wild Coneflower.

Common though not so abundant this year.

My attempt at the "Looking Close... on Friday" theme "Tip".

Shot with a Schneider Kreuznach "Makro-Symmar 120 mm F 5.9 Makro-Iris" lens on a Canon EOS R5.

weiblicher Aurorafalter

Orange tip Butterfly seen at RSPB Leighton Moss. (2123)

Captured for Looking close on Friday: Tip. HLCoF everyone!

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

Loch Spelve, Isle of Mull

In Cornwall

did try to put the Tears for Fears track here (tipping point) but for some reason I keep on getting a bad link - so I shall hum instead -----^^

When in the country I use to find antlers that had been shed, trick is to beat the field mice to the prize. That is my tip of the day on getting antler tips.

Looking close...on Friday!:-)

The subject is tip . . .

Just enough snow to give this bison frosted tips 😊

RSPB Baron's Haugh, Motherwell...have learned its best not to photograph these in bright sunshine!

Spring is in the air after a slow start! The first pair of the season on a local nature reserve close to home (Nottingham, UK) (1628)

A Male Orange tip butterfly settles on a Cuckooflower which is the main food plant for the caterpillar of this species

Viceroy butterfly surveying its domain.

Common.

Emma's Surf Tips.

Now remember, always respect the locals, be sure to always give them the right of way! (Or else!!!!) :-)

P.S This is the 1st time I've takein a pic, that looking at afterwards has given me the heebie-jeebies!

Weekly challenge for Looking close on Friday!

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A roosting female on a grey day near the Wirksworth Stone Centre in the Derbyshire Peak District (UK) (8803)

Janolus savinkini, common name purple-tipped janolus, is a colorful sea slug, an arminina (a suborder of Janolus) nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Proctonotidae. The body and caruncle of this species are yellow with a hue of light orange. The papillae and cerata are also this colour except for the tips, which are blue/purple, hence the common name. (Wikipedia) Anilao, South Luzon, Philippines

Kalender 2026

Took this on a rainy/ cloudy day, so its more dull than I wanted but Im still glad I got a shot of one : )

Anthocharis cardamines

This male Orange Tip was taking a few minutes rest on his favourite sprig of Hawthorn, from defending his patch. Orange Tip season seems to be almost over. A shame as I love to see them in spring, and this was a bumper year for them.

Anthocharis cardamines (OrangeTip) is a small butterfly belonging to the Pieridae family. They emerge in early April. The males can be easily recognized by the orange tips of their wings which the females don't possess. They can be found throughout Europe and temperate Asia as far as China.

Soldering Iron

Looking Close on Friday: tip

Methinks I’ll stop now- this one is pretty darn good!! Sometimes my little iPhone acquits itself nicely!!

.......💙 HLCoF 💙

A Female Orange Tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) on the bright pink spring flowers

Taken at Lichfield

The remains of a hortensia flower, a little bit of one of the flowers is still holding on.

Happy looking close....on Friday!

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