You don't usually expect to find pine cones on the beach...

Nags Head Woods Preserve

Outer Banks, NC

Driving through the grounds of Callaway Gardens, we were so surprised to see this small knoll of trees ablaze with Fall colors so late in the season we just had to pull over.

Bighorn Mountain Sheep

Palm Canyon

Agua Caliente Indian Reservation

Palm Springs, California

Best viewed large to see the bighorn mountain sheep near the top of the image.

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While the sumac shines red,

The "Rabbit Brush" just starts to bloom, and the blue of the river creeps through.

This Gladiator Meadow Katydid (Orchelimum gladiator) made an unexpected visit while shooting at Wildwood Lake, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Abstract Universe

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a wonderful start to 2021

HafenCity Hamburg

Queenstown, New Zealand

In the evenings the sun shines in my kitchen so beautifully and while I was preparing dinner, I discovered this unexpected shadows from the cheese grater. I shoot this kitchen subject so often and in so many different angles but never realized this shadows before. 😁

Auckland. New Zealand

I frequently hear this Pheasant but my many attempts to locate and photograph it have typically ended in failure. Today it decided to walk across my path as if I was not even there.

snowfall

For the Sunny 16 Podcast Cheap Shots Challenge (landscapes ... Does this "meet the brief"? That is, does it count as a landscape?)

Holga 120S, Ultrafine Extreme 400

HC-110 dilution H, 12 min

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I was composing a shot of this red carpet when a gentleman stopped abruptly in front to re-tie his shoe... :)

"Do not lose hope, please believe that there are a thousand beautiful things waiting for you. Sunshine comes to all who feel rain." ~R,M. Drake

Parker's Laundry Basket

Doug Harrop Photography • August 2, 1978

With a pair of SLSF "Frisco" U30Bs visiting from Springfield, Missouri, UP 6916 leads the CN east on track No. 1 at Uintah, Utah.

UP 6916 is on display at the Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden.

10th of January ♥

Tattoom;Soulmate, Tantraaaaaan&The day has come! YAY! ;P

Happy Birthday Sweets(^)(^)!

&Sweet 15 ya 7elwa ;P

Seriously, you're one of kind <3! So damn lucky to have you <3 :P!

Loveyou a loooot ;*!

&Enjoy your day to the MAX.!

*BirthdayHugs&Kisses* ;$ ;P

There were weeds popping through the pavement near a vacant commercial property, but the patch of purple thistle and seed pods was an unexpected surprise. Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare), One photo a day (195/366) -- Bayside, Queens, NYC -- July 13, 2020

Poznan, Poland

Autumn/Dawn

I kind of always wished that a tram stop was here on Ul. Święty Marcin...looks like today that wish came true.

Truly "street" photography...

#unexpectedtramstop

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You never know what to expect when there is a storm at the beach. But no weatherapp (I use three) was predicting any light yesterday. I went anyway, also for a little walk. But although the sky was nothing but grey and rain was pouring down indeed, little patches of light started to break through around sunset. From that moment things only got better:)

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Imagined in DALL-E 3

The Deuterosminthurus pallipes forma repandus did jump away for the Entomobrya marginata f. pallida : thanks Frans Janssens for ID

Unexpected friends are the best ones.

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I was sitting for a bit in a public area in Cambria. At some point I looked up and found this beetle looking back. I eased back, it eased back. No creatures harmed in this encounter.

I have absolutely no idea what sort of beetle it may have been.

Suggestions appreciated.

Unexpected

I found this little plant growing in my garden... I noticed the leaves were different from anything I had ever seen, so I let it grow to see what it would be!!

It spread pretty wide with tiny little buds... then they started to open into the sweetest little daisies I had ever seen. A friend told me they are called Chamomile.... or maybe Anacyclus!

German chamomile is an annual plant, however, it self-seeds so readily, you may think it's a perennial just like Roman chamomile

Close-up and wide-open with the Pentacon 3.5/30.

Les Quatre Temps, Elysées La Defense, Paris

Not used to seeing dolphins in our waters. These are probably Short-beaked common dolphins (Norwegian: Gulflankedelfin), and were a part of a pod of about 40 animals. Photo from last summer.

♫ Tommy Shreve Band - Summertime ♫

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Badlands National Park, South Dakota

If you look out of the hotel window and see that, you are in the Hotel Innside Dresden. Apart from that, the hotel is excellent!

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