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

i thank you for your support and comments which you have given me

thank you

and i wish you all a happy festive season

steve

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Snowdrifts taken from the roof of my almost stranded van.

Re-work of an old photo

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

(Bas-Rhin - Alsace - France)

Lake Ontario view from The Beaches, Toronto.

Sparkly bokeh by RegularJane from deviantart

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

Some buildings , two birds and an airplane so far ...

Thanks for you support , is very appreciated ; )

Great rest of the week to all ..

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This photo is here too .. www.flickr.com/cameras/canon/eos_50d/ ... thanks !!!

Happy Weekend to all of you !!! I will be away on this weekend ...

Winner on second place on May Challenge ~ Cloudscapes ~2011 on group Magik Troll Artistry ! Thank you so much !!!

Winner on Third Place on Challenge for January 2012 ~ Sunrise/Sunset ~ in Tis' The Season ... Thank you so much !!!

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. . . bigger is better . . . Via Fluidr . . . bigger stream . . . via Fluidr . . .

. . . thanx to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for this great capture . . . www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/8246896289/

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

I wish a great week to all ...and thanks a lot for all comments, invites, awards and faves !

Thanks Lenabem for texture !

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

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Thisphoto also is here ... www.flickr.com/cameras/sony/dslr-a200/ ... thanks !

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 !

same path in Autumn

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Thanks to Clifford Sax for the texture.

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

Christmas Wreath ... ...

Pic in my 'Tis the Season Album ...

Pic taken Dec 20, 2022

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A partir du château du Haut-Koenigbourg - Le ciel bleu rencontre le brouillard

(Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France)

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.

trees ...

Pic in my ;Tis the Season Album

Pic taken 25 Nov 2025

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'tis the season ...

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

Taken Dec 1, 2018

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Our Daily Challenge : More White

Thank you everyone for your visits, faves, and kind comments

HBWE....I love the Holidays~

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

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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.

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.

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

Smile on Saturday theme "Heart-shaped"

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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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Uploaded for the January challenge at Magik Troll Artistry..

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This church sits in the East Meon Village,Hampshire

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

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.

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