touching photos on Flickr

Reviewing last week's results, I realised that 1/100th was just too slow , so tried with 1/200 sec, and got some better results. Usually, I use something like 1/2000 sec for a bird in flight to get a sharp picture. I got several shots with the head and eye sharp and noticed there was more success getting the eye sharp on the wing downbeat, than the upbeat - I wonder why that is.....

This bird isn't showing any sign of the white throat breeding plumage that appears around Spring..

Touching the Face by Aedan Charron

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Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,

And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;

Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth

Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things

You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung

High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there

I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung

My eager craft through footless halls of air...

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue

I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace

Where never lark or even eagle flew --

And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod

The high untrespassed sanctity of space,

Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

--John Gillespie Magee, Jr

♬ Vibrations: Night Sky - Rameses B

The rest of the story: Touching The Face

Christi complained about being ghosted out and posted her own version here -> Touching The Face - Full

I don't know why I didn't read the poem out loud myself when I first posted this but I have revisited this and.....(wait for it) uploaded a new video based upon this image but with me reading it this time...The Face of God

Touching The Past by Brenda Kirkley

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Studying antique perfume bottles, I was struck by the amount of history each piece represented. If only antiques could speak. Think of all the stories they could share about past owners. This geometric bottle kept reflecting back the sunlight, so knew I'd enjoy investigating its potential as a photographic subject. It did not disappoint me!

… touching the heights … by ...arpi...

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“At the Top” of Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world

… invoking my photo Metropolis from Tokyo 5 years ago …

It’s been a flurry of travels and fleeting impressions … hope all is well in the FlickrVerse

Touching the snow by nicolas Valentin

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Looking towards Ben lomond

Touching the sky. by Ernest Bech

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Panoramic view of 320 photographs taken in two rows of 8 photographs each; and each photo is a stack of 20 photographs with the parameters: iso: 10,000 24mm.f: 3.2 and 15 seconds.

Panoràmica de 320 fotografías realizadas en dos filas de 8 fotografías cada una; i cada foto es un apilado de 20 fotografías con los parametros: iso: 10.000 24mm.f: 3.2 e 15 segundos.

Panoràmica de 320 fotografies realitzades en dues files de 8 fotografies cadascuna; i cada foto és un apilat de 20 fotografies amb els paràmetres: iso: 10.000 24mm.f: 3.2 i 15 segons.

Touching the sun by NPC Rebel

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Touching the Tops by Terry Eve

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Golden evening light touching the tops of the surrounding mountings. Ballachulish Hotel view. Scotland West Coast.

This is a low resolution 100dpi watermarked upload. For the original large file please contact Terry Eve Photography through Flickr mail.

Touching light by Max L

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Touching the sky by Sir Zexri

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Touching Down by Neal

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Canadian Coast Guard helicopter coming in for a landing at the Entrance Island Lighthouse, Entrance Island, Strait of Georgia, B.C. Taken from a British Columbia ferry enroute to Duke Point, Nanaimo, B.C.,

Une petite sieste bien meritée au marché du Laos by Georges Morel

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Un emouvant coup de coeur.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlLPCpWWJKQ

A touching crush..... www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlLPCpWWJKQ

Touching edges by Sandrine KP

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Wrapping paper. I was wrapping a present for a birthday and I couldn't resist :-)

I didn't knew a simple peace of paper could be so photogenic, I have discovered a new world :-)

... touching ... by Suus

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in de serie "te gek bestek"

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