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I've been sat here for quite some time
squarking sometimes . . that's my desire
who cares if I'm in a zoo cage or free . . .
matters not to many but it does to me
I'd love to be in the forests it's true
but I'm stuck in here as if with glue
oh to fly free to be a bird on the wing
and then perhaps . . once again I'd sing !
from my dear flickr friend Bev
www.flickr.com/photos/beverleyplaya/
Grünflügelara,, oder auch dunkelroter Ara, aufgenommen im Zoo von San Francisco
Green-winged Macaw, also known as Scarlet Macaw, photographed at the San Francisco Zoo
We've done it, we moved into our new home on Sat 24th, still lots to do but we've settled in, so I will try and get back to commenting more now, still rather busy to get out with the camera, so it will have to archive stuff for a bit longer. I don't want to move house ever again, ha ha
I've been a bit amiss with my posting and will try to catch up a bit (again) but staying rather busy this Fall and now with the leaves just about at peak color I thought it time to head out and enjoy the scenery. High Point State Park has always been a popular destination in New Jersey and I've been here many, many times but this year may very well be the first time the monument was actually open! I brought my camera and wasn't disappointed with the inner stairway and its 291 steps. I should have run back to the car and got my tripod but I didn't. Then again, if I got the perfect stairway shot that I had in mind I probably wouldn't have come up with this Fall slider of sorts. So it goes and I'm happy on this fine Sunday! Created for the Slider Sunday group - HSS!
I've always been intrigued by the texture and look produced by shooting with a long focal length lens in a snow storm. This year with COVID and staying home I've had more time to study my everyday surrounding like this view from my deck of the trees and woods at the back of my property, I look at them everyday and especially when it snows. I've been trying different compositions but none were exactly what I wanted. That being said, I did use one in the icicle shot that I posted. I thought I'd try again and I think I found what I was looking for. A nice composition with pleasing lines and balance. I like it because it sits good with me, the chaos of the smaller branches with their horizontal and diagonal flow support the strong near vertical lines of the trees leaning to the left and then leaning to the right. Then the cold texture of the snow completes the image! Well that's what I was thinking anyway. I hope you enjoy this bit of my winter snow storm.
Created with the help of Carol King's Tapestry in honor of it's release, 10 February fifty years ago in 1971.
I've got the music, I've got the lights
You've got the figure full of delights
Let's get together, the two of us over a glass of champagne
Switzerland, May 2021
My best photos are here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ticino-best-photos-of-southern-...
My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI
You find a selection of my 80 BEST PHOTOS (mostly not yet on Flickr) here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/western-green-lizard-lacerta-bi... (the website exists in ESPAÑOL, FRANÇAIS, ITALIANO, ENGLISH, DEUTSCH)
ABOUT THE PHOTO:
So this photo is a bit of a novelty for me - at least here on Flickr, but it's also a journey back in time in a sense. I've always loved b/w and sepia photography; already as a very young teenager I would go out into the woods with an old Pentax Spotmatic (which I had nicked from my father) whenever it was a foggy day to shoot b/w compositions of sunbeams cutting through the ghostlike trees.
I used films with a sensitivity of at least 1600 (for those of you who remember what that means 😉 ), and the resulting photos had an incredibly fine grain which I loved; I blew them up to the size of posters and hung them on the walls of my teenage man-cave next to Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Slash.
But then I abandoned photography altogether for 20 years, and when I finally picked up a camera again, it was one of the digital kind. Now neither film nor grain played any role in my photographic endeavours - let alone b/w compositions: because the reason I fell in love with shooting pictures once more was the rare and incredibly colorful lizard species that had chosen my garden as its habitat.
It's this species - the Lacerta bilineata aka the western green lizard - that my photo website www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ and also my Flickr gallery are dedicated to, but I've since expanded that theme a bit so that it now comprises the whole Lacerta bilineata habitat, which is to say my garden and its immediate surroundings and all the flora and fauna I find in it.
I like that my gallery and the website have this clear theme, because in order to rise to the challenge of portraying all aspects of a very specific little eco system (which also happens to be my home of sorts), it forces me to constantly explore it from fresh angles, and I keep discovering fascinating new motives as my photographic journey continues.
Which brings me to the horse pasture you see in this photo. This playground for happy horsies lies just outside my garden, and it normally only interests me insofar as my green reptile friends claim parts of it as their territory, and I very much prefer it to be horseless (which it thankfully often is).
Not that the horses bother the reptiles - the lizards don't mind them one bit, and I've even seen them jump from the safety of the fly honeysuckle shrub which the pasture borders on right between the deadly looking hooves of the horses to forage for snails, without any sign of fear or even respect.
No, the reason I have a very conflicted relationship with those horses is that they are mighty cute and that there's usually also foals. The sight of those beautiful, happy animals jumping around and frolicking (it's a huge pasture and you can tell the horses really love it) is irresistible: and that inevitably attracts what in the entire universe is known as the most destructive anti-matter and ultimate undoing of any nature photographer: other humans.
Unlike with the horses, the lizards ARE indeed very much bothered by specimens of loud, unpredictable Homo sapiens sapiens - which makes those (and by extension also the horses) the cryptonite of this here reptile photographer. It's not the horses' fault, I know that, but that doesn't change a thing. I'm just telling you how it is (and some of you might have read about the traumatic events I had to endure to get a particular photo - if not, read at your own risk here: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/51405389883/in/datepo... - which clearly demonstrated that even when it's entirely horseless, that pasture is still a threat for artistic endeavours).
But back to the photo. So one morning during my vacation back in May I got up quite early. It had rained all night, and now the fog was creeping up from the valley below to our village just as the sky cleared up and the morning sun started to shine through the trees.
And just as I did when I was a teenager I grabbed my camera and ran out to photograph this beautiful mood of ghostlike trees and sunbeams cutting through the mist. There had already been such a day a week earlier (which is when I took this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/51543603732/in/datepo... ), but this time, the horses were also there.
Because of our slightly strained relationship I only took this one photo of them (I now wish I had taken more: talk about missed opportunities), and otherwise concentrated on the landscape. It was only later when I went through all the photos on my computer that I realized that I actually really liked those horses, even despite the whole composition being such a cliché. And I realized another thing: when I drained the photo of all the color, I liked it even better - because there was almost a bit of grain in it, like in the photos from my youth.
Since then I have experimented quite a bit with b/w and sepia compositions (some of which I will upload here eventually I guess), but this photo here is the first one that helped me rediscover my old passion. I hope you like it even though it builds quite a stark contrast with the rest of my tiny - and very colorful - gallery. But in the spirit of showing you the whole Lacerta bilineata habitat (and also in the spirit of expanding my gallery a bit beyond lizards and insects), I think it's not such a bad fit.
As always, many greetings to all of you, have a wonderful day and don't hesitate to let me know what you think 😊
“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on earth.” ~ William W. Purkey
Daisies taken at Centennial Park Conservatory.
Have a beautiful Sunday! HSS!
Thank you for your visits, kind comments, awards and faves. Always greatly appreciated.
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We've had an incredibly dry summer. Finally, about 2 weeks ago, we had a quick rain, in which I went outside to capture these flowers. And the other day we had an absolute downpour, which has had a bit of an effect on all the wildfires. Here's hoping for some more rain....
I am going to Vancouver Island to see family and friends, so will be off Flickr for about a week. I won't have time for photography, except maybe off the ferry, and I think you've all seen enough of my photos from a ship for awhile :)
Happy Weekend!
You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
The reality of this shot is I was playing cards with one of my grandkids and Mixie (my grandkitty) came up on the table and insisted on playing with us but on her terms of course.....just like a cat.
I've always loved those evocative misty landscapes of the Pictorialists. Like the early work of Peter Henry Emerson (1856-1936), you'll notice there is very little in this photograph that is in sharp focus. That choice is deliberate. Pictorialism was the photographic equivalent of Impressionism in painting. And although out of fashion for many years, there are plenty of photographers exploring its possibilities today.
boshamgallery.com/blog/30-what-is-pictorialism-in-photogr...
We've come here 3 mornings in a row this week, as Marnie (my lovely dog) hasn't been very well and we both need peace and quiet and open air - she knows her hill well. We met only a few people with their dogs, all very nice. This is the second one from my new phone (which I still don't understand - limited time to learn new technology), but I'll keep trying !
I used texture 396 Sun by Lenabem-Anna J. Thank you so much Anna.
Thank you in advance for your views and comments - have a happy week ahead !
I've always like the look of a Brooks bicycle seat. I saw this bike while picking up local strawberries at a nearby fruit stand.
I’ve done some hocus pocus that would make the shadow of Daguerre haunt me for a heretic.
Anne Brigman
HPPT! Ukraine Matters!
japanese camellia, 'Spring Awakening', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Everything begins with an idea. – Earl Nightengale
💋Drumknott
♫ Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang ♫
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I've known for some time that the place around here to see acorn woodpeckers is Dawson Creek. But, after multiple trips there, I'd still not seen them. Finally, today,, I did my (internet) research to see _where_ at Dawson Creek that they'd been seen. I found a wetland somewhat matching the description, and immediately saw a Northern Flicker. But soon after, I saw a pair of acorn woodpeckers land on this tree. I now know where to look!!!
I've not been out with the camera for a while, due to family issues and a series of equipment problems: my go to D500 camera had a shutter break at Bempton in July; my iMac expired mid September, which has prevented any photo processing since that time and I lost my access to Flickr for a number of weeks; then on holiday in late September in south Devon, I got caught in a heavy squall on Bolberry Down and my D7200 camera was reduced to an expensive paperweight and 500mmPF lens was also damaged. My trip to Frampton was an exercise in checking out this lens, which has been confirmed as faulty. I use the 500mmPF lens as a go to lightweight walkabout lens so I may not be out much in the foreseeable future either, being limited in available kit.
The lens was a delight to use at Frampton, since it only allowed one shot (no burst shooting), then jammed and displayed "err" and had to be switched off for a number of seconds before the next shot could be fired, as well as having a focusing problem. Great fun. I was quite pleased to get this shot, as the adjacent track was busy in late afternoon, with people passing to and from the car park, the flock of mixed Goldfinches and Greenfinches, plus sparrows getting in on the act were quite skittish and easily flushed up, back to the hedge where they waited, across the track.
Thanks for the faves and comments. Appreciated as ever.
So, I've been experimenting with some new heads this past week - some for better, some for worse, all of them still works in progress. Bear with me! 💕
Featuring:
Seul Exposed Shoulders Blouse
Kitja Nalan Jeans - available at Kustom9 through 10-Jul
Zenith Lolita Leather Handbag - from Winter Lolita Gacha 2
Tram C409 hair
Taken at Sobe
Full details at Grumpy Kitten.
I've been taking time lapses recently after my astrophotography night sessions. This is a. shot from one the other night when at last some storms came our way. I love clouds on the coast, they change so quickly , and there's always something to photograph. Jubilee Street is by Nick Cave and The Band Seeds.
Deniz ve Ben!
Deniz ve ben...
Sensiz olamayız.
Sen de denizsiz ve bensiz olamazsın.
Bir kanadının altına beni,
Diğerine de denizi sığdırmışsın.
Sen o masmavi sen kokan sularda gidip gelirken,
Ben de bekler dururum seni.
Senin denizi geçip, bana gelmeni.
Arzu Özbilen!
I've always wanted to see flowing lava. And when the volcanic eruption started on March 19, 2021 on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland, it was clear that we would go to Iceland again this year (for the fourth time in 9 years). Unfortunately Iceland was not open for tourism so we had to wait and wait and wait. A few months later we could finally go. The Fagradalsfjall volcano was no longer as active as it was in March, but my long-held wish to see lava flowing someday came true. From the ground there was not much to see so we went with a helicopter. And just when I first saw the Northern Lights, I was once again moved by the splendor and power of nature. We could even hear the sound of the volcano in the helicopter and i didn't expect lava to flow so fast. It was so beautiful I almost forgot to take pictures.
Almost.
FOTO SENSE MUNTATGE - fenomen atmòsferic
FOTO SIN MONTAJE - fenómeno atmostérico
PHOTO AUTHENTICATES - atmospheric phenomenon
Feta a EMPURIABRAVA (Girona)
amb una càmara Sony A100
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In a world with so many uncertainties one thing remains constant, You. Thank You for being the bestest Daddy. ♥♥♥
🎧 Hear what I feel ► to play 🎧
You got a way with me
Somehow you got me to believe
In everything that I could be
I've gotta say, you really got a way
You got a way it seems
You gave me faith to find my dreams
You'll never know just what that means
Can't you see, you got a way with me
It's in the way you want me
It's in the way you hold me
The way you show me just what love's made of
It's in the way we make love
You got a way with words
You get me smiling even when it hurts
There's no way to measure what your love is worth
I can't believe the way you get through to me
It's in the way you want me
It's in the way you hold me
The way you show me just what love's made of
It's in the way we make love
Oh, how I adore you
Like no one before you
I love you just the way you are
I've always thought giraffes were simultaneously incredibly peculiarly constructed and intensely beautiful. I'm transfixed when I see them, and I really wanted to capture that in a photo or two.
Listening to Cake's "Love You Madly," which when it comes to giraffes, I do. youtu.be/2uwjsG0cRf0
I've shot this bendy beech a few times now and each time it is the tree that keeps giving, especially with the curving track that sweeps around it. The mist just adds to the atmosphere as the soft light percolates through the canopy to highlight the path ahead. I'm sure it will feature many more times to come too! Taken in Barnes's Grove, Buckinghamshire
Ves que te puedo tocar con un dedo de amor...
Puedo hacerte temblar cuando escuches mi voz....
No esta todo perdido..si quema mi fuego en tu piel..cuando digo tu Nombre......
Ves que no todo acabó..el amor sigue aqui..
Esto no terminó.. tu me miras así..-como ayer...
Tiene tanto poder lo q siento...
Esq lo Nuestro es Eterno....
I’ve got red and green and yellow and blue...'
Do they float?'
Float?' The clown’s grin widened. 'Oh yes, indeed they do. They float! And there’s cotton candy..**
**Stephen King's IT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=631gCQIaXl4
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Open May 13th
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:Moon Amore: Circus / Clowns Tamer Jacket RARE
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:Moon Amore: Circus/ Nightmare Gloves
:Moon Amore: Circus / Loud Boots L (Blood)
[PL] - Full Perm - Bowler Hat
'MAD IT Tattoo Face
ZIBSKA Eyemakeup Noir Pk #5
I've hired this delightful Cottage for my two lovely Maids, so they can have a wonderful peaceful weekend, the accommodation has three bedrooms all having en-suites, there is a private garden with a hot tub, well a bath ;-) big enough for them and there friends ;-) O I forgot to say Toby the gardener will also be joining them, have fun ;-)))
Today, I've got a floral tribute for You.
When I passed this bush in the summer (in fact I was just on my way back to the car) suddenly Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave started to sing inside of my head. They still do it, every time I am watching this photograph. This was the decisive factor for the titel and the main reason, why I finally stopped there.
Heute gibt es einen kleinen Blumengruß für Euch.
Als ich im Sommer an diesem Busch vorbei kam (eigentlich war ich auf dem Weg zurück zum Auto) fingen plötzlich Kylie Minogue und Nick Cave in meinem Kopf an zu singen. Sie tun dies bis heute, sobald ich das Foto betrachte. Das war der ausschlaggebende Punkt für den Titel und dafür, dass ich überhaupt stehen geblieben bin.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
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I've been very happily involved with photographing and Flickr-blogging for the Enchantment: Lord of the Rings event this past February and seem to have found myself turning to all things elvish. I've always loved the elves of LOTR ~ they're so beautiful, mystical, noble, and so wonderfully TALL. My typist is not so wonderfully tall, however, so I guess that's *one* of the many reasons I'm drawn to them.
Pictured here are three of my bento heads. I've found, as with Strawberry, that I no longer to have a "go-to look" that I can say definitively is "ME" as with back in the old days, because I change how I look all the time, sometimes three or more times a day! I love finding just the right bento mesh head to go with whichever ensemble I'm photographing to showcase the outfit at its best. It's both challenging and fun - and so gratifying when I get it right.
In any case, some of my latest and favorite bento mesh heads from left to right: LeLutka Vera Bento Head, second, Catwa Blueberry Bento Head, and third, the GENUS Babyface Bento Head. These are by no means, ALL of my bento mesh heads, or all of my favorites...these are simply some that I particularly love to wear, but you'll notice on my Flickr page, I wear LOTS of different heads!
More Details Broken Out Here:
1st avatar:
Bento Mesh Head: LeLutka Vera
Bento Mesh Body: Maitreya Lara
Skin Applier: Fae by [ session ]
Eyes Applier: Enigma by .euphoric
Hair: Atrea (reds) by EMO-tions
Elf Ears: Leevi Medium Ears by Lumae
Entire ensemble blogged here: www.flickr.com/photos/scubagrl/33169072638/in/dateposted-...
2nd avatar:
Bento Mesh Head: Catwa Blueberry
Bento Mesh Body: Maitreya Lara
Skin Applier: Brooke by DeeTaleZ
Eyes: Applier: Giselle by .euphoric
Hair: LENI by EMO-tions
Elf Ears: Swallow
Entire ensemble blogged here: www.flickr.com/photos/scubagrl/39945743283/in/dateposted-...
3rd avatar:
Bento Mesh Head: GENUS HEAD - Baby Face
Bento Mesh Body: Maitreya Lara
Skin Applier: GENUS Basic Honey
Elf Ears: Leevi Medium Ears by Lumae
Entire ensemble blogged here (used different hair here): www.flickr.com/photos/scubagrl/47099479772/in/dateposted-...
POSES: Unforgettable (all) by {NANTRA}
BACKGROUND: MONOMANIA - BG16 (1)
Strawberry's Life Challenge: strawberrysingh.com/2019/02/28/second-life-avatars-challe...
FLICKR page: www.flickr.com/groups/blogmemes
We've been to the tree several times
We've seen them their several times
But getting one to pose in the open for a shot is something of an endurance test
Anyway this one finally obliged in the fading light... but it wasn't for long!
I've been looking though the many pictures on my phone.
As today is Mothers day, to all the Mothers in the world especially my own, thanks for all the love & support we give without question every day.
I picked this picture Kilkee as I have very found memories as this amazing place as a kid.
Above all be safe & enjoy the day.
Happy Mothers Day.
We've rejoined the bike now and warmed up considerably from the chill at the summit of Mount Keen, which can be seen rising high in the distance. This is my view as I finish my sandwiches and get my breath back before the 6 mile downhill cycle back to the car.
Mount Keen is the most Easterly of all the Munros and although it is the closest to where I live, although I've climbed 10 others before climbing this, my 11th Munro. It stands at 939 Meters (3080 feet) and forms an almost perfect cone in its prominence. I made the ascent from Glen Tanar, cycling 6 miles in by bike (with an ascent of 210 meters / 689 feet), taking about 1.5 hours. This left me a final climb of just over 2 miles, with an ascent of 549 Meters (1801 feet), which I did surprisingly quickly (for me) at not much more than an hour. Including stops the whole trip was just over 4.5 hours, not bad for a 50 year old covering 16 miles of tough ground.
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I've been going through old photos, especially in folders from 2015. Why 2015? No significant reason other than looking for something led me there and I got stuck in.
I came across the previously posted to Flickr version of this. My tastes in editing have changed and I didn't like how saturated and contrasty the previous version looked.
This version I like much more.
I‘ve repeatedly called myself "clumsy" and I know that a number of people can‘t quite imagine that I am, considering some of the more delicate macro-arrangements I experimented with… however if you ever get the chance to watch me folding laundry and particularly wrapping a gift, you would immediately know what I‘m talking about. 😅 What a mess!
One of my attempts at the "Macro Mondays" theme "Wrappings".
Shot with a Screen Cezanne Scanner lens on a Canon EOS R5.
I've got so many pictures of the forest that sometimes I don't even remember I have them. Not all of them are presentable, but I like to share those nice. I could fill my stream for quite some time with fancy trees, but they would get unrecognizable. I will have to break it with something else...
NO PRIVATE GROUPS
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I've been running through the jungle.
I've been running with the wolves to get to you.
I've been down the darkest alleys, I saw the the dark side of the moon to get to you.
I've looked for love in every stranger, took to much to ease the anger, all for you.
All for you.
I've taken most of my capture of Steetley Pier from the confines of the beach. This one is a little different as it captures the pier from above, looking straight along the top platform. Hence the play on words for the title.
At an earlier point this top area was accessible and was used by many local anglers.
Due to the deterioration of the pier, a section was removed, which now prevents access.
The setting sun casts a nice pink glow across the sky and the Long Exposure blends the clouds nicely.
I've never been one to shy away from a little harmless yet extravagant over-engineering and I was in perfect form the day before I took this photo with a completely excessive amount of work anchoring my tent into the snow with oversized snow pegs and buried blocks of ice which, had given the comedians camping with me plenty to work with.
A few hours after I'd finished work on my aptly labelled 'Fort Knox' we noticed some dark clouds beginning to appear on the horizon. I was so excited but they were quickly dismissed by the others in favour of the forecast which, was still calling for a calm night...
The next morning came and I woke to an aftermath of ripped and wrangled tents from a surprise storm that had kept everyone up frantically trying to save their gear and make it through.
As it would turn out, that was the best nights sleep I'd had in a while and now I was the only one up to enjoy the beautiful sunrise ❄️💨
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When you've once set foot on the other side
and you can still go back
your foot will never tread the same way again
and little by little you will learn to be on one side and then on the other
It is a learning that later does not want to resign
to that everything else learned, especially love,
learn to do the same.
The other side is the biggest contagion.
Even the eyes themselves change color
and they acquire the transparent tone of fables.
by Roberto Juarroz
Le Paradis, Ambiance Hideaway (66, 95, 24) - Adulto