A good bluebell pic needs bluebells - and usually - plenty of them. But some nice light - and shadow - can make all the difference,,,

Of winter's lifeless world each tree

Now seems a perfect part;

Yet each one holds summer's secret

Deep down within its heart.

~Charles G. Stater

Flypaper Textures Lost Void, Bassalt and Muscatel

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In our back yard.

Another edit of a previous upload. The rain clouds got me 5 minutes later!!

Christmas greetings to all my friends contacts and people that have stopped by over the past year well almost a year anyway:)

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and i wish you all a happy festive season

steve

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Snowdrifts taken from the roof of my almost stranded van.

'tis the season ...

in my Urbanscape Series 5 ; Pic # 14 ...

Taken Dec 1, 2018

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Re-work of an old photo

That one moment in time when you see things as they really are

This photo was captured at a november afternoon at the edge of the wood near Plantage at Freising, Bavaria. It seems like I had some luck because all the following days when I came along I never could find this light again like it was here.

Now autumn colours are fading away more and more. In the moutains the larches should still be beautiful but due to Covid-19 and my own problems after my accident I will have to make the hiking through the alpine larch forests one year later.

Sparkly bokeh by RegularJane from deviantart

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Nice that this cheerful image is my 250th picture that has been in explore!

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same path in Autumn

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This is a "maritaca" , a type of parrot, smaller, she was eating small coconut ..

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My first time I'm using texture of somebody ...hope it's nice...; )

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Winner on second place on Challenge - Textured works on # # Shining Pieces Of The World! ... Thak you so much !

Winner on First place on March Challenge ~ Show me Green ~ 2012 in Magik Troll Artistry ... Thank you so much !

Thanks to Clifford Sax for the texture.

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Ran up to Yosemite for the day. What a lovely winter wonderland!

Finally a day whit a little sunshine. Its so dark now, and it feels like its never any daylight at all, when the weather is cloudy and raining. No snow... I wish it would snow. It is so dark.

I feel fine, have just not been "flickr-ing".

Still out of job.

Have a lot to catch up here with my contacts.

Entered in Tis' The Season - Show Me Green challenge.

(Winner - 1st place) Four way Tie

Leaves image, my picture.

Effects done on DDG.

Lizard, Butterfly & Green Style purchased from Renderosity.

Butterfly wings (mirror image) from my private collection, purchased.

Manip done in Photoshop.

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Cloudy sunset at Zugspitze, Bavaria. Leica M11 and Carl Zeiss Sonnar 2/85 ZM. With this focal length the first 2 shots hand held were not absolutely sharp so I made the following shots from the tripod. For this picture 2 photos taken from the tripod were merged in Lightroom. These shots were the very last ones before the light was switched off. I'll show further shots with longer focal length but even more clouds. Only a very short period of time the summit of Zugspitze was visible.

This church sits in the East Meon Village,Hampshire

Our Daily Challenge : More White

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Are any of you, besides me, old enough to recall a TV series called Adventures in Paradise? Along with Route 66, that was one of my favorite shows. Heading home from lunch in Long Beach in our power cruiser, I yell at my husband to STOP!...I love that sailboat...let me take some photos. Isn't she a little beauty? Oh how I would love to ride on that boat. That would be my adventure in paradise...even if just for a few hours.

Skeletal Mess texture: New Testament

7 Days with Flickr - Tuesdays: CRAZY TUESDAY THEME : Heart

Smile on Saturday theme "Heart-shaped"

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HBWE....I love the Holidays~

Uploaded for the November challenge at Daarklands "Around the world on Street Photograph"

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Plenty of Christmas lights.

This is another panorama taken at the beautiful Grünwaldtal. It was merged from 3 single shots too, like the other one - H5D-60 with the beautiful lens HC 3,5/50 II.

At this time of the year the hill farmers had already closed the farm and were gone to the valley. Anyhow, I like the view with the lonely alp.

Christmas lights in winter ... Ottawa, Canada ...

in my Winterscape 2019 Series ... Pic # 12 ...

Taken on Dec 27, 2018

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Texture thanks to Kerstin Frank.

I go to the Lily Society Bulb sale every year. Two years ago, I was visiting with some of the society members, when one winked at me and told me he had something special for me in the back room...something that wasn't available to everyone. And, this gorgeous trumpet lily came home with me. I transplanted it into a sunnier spot earlier this spring. It killed me to cut down the stalks so that the roots would be stronger. However, I kept one stalk and this is one of the dozen flowers that bloomed last week.

This ornament was on the Australian tree at Frederik Meijer Gardens...this one was taken quite a few years ago.

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This is a composite work, combining two of my photos. The elk shot was taken at a now closed elk ranch. I am so sad that the elk ranch is gone, so I am going through old photos and making them something by which to remember the magnificent elk.

First Place Winner, T'is the Season's October Challenge ~ Cloudy Skies ~ Month of October 2010. Featured on Front Page.

First Place Winner, Daarklands Nature at it's Finest, August 2010

First Place Winner, Winner's Gallery Best of the Best Contest 47, in Dragon Dagger Awards. September 2009

This picture was featured on the Front Page of Nature's Garden, August 30, 2009

EXPLORED! Highest rank #346, August 27, 2009

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Ottawa Canada ...

Pic in my 'Tis the Season series ...

Pic taken Dec 14, 2021

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Street photography at night.

Uploaded for the January challenge at Magik Troll Artistry..

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All the spring trees have bloomed and offer a visual spectacle on my walks. These peaceful moments are so beautiful...leaving the world's problems and sadness behind. I just enjoy the moment!

"When a flower blooms, spring awakens everywhere." 🌸

—John O'Donohue

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Yellowstone NP

Kacaba Winery, Vineland, Ontario

The purple iris with the Georgia O'Keeffe treatment! Dedicated to Xandra!