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Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.
------C.S. Lewis
Vulnerable tree.
It was rather amusing to embellish this fragile tree, by giving it a fanciful crown. No significant post processing, but waiting for the right illuminated cloud to pass. The rising sun didn't reach the valley yet. Despite the modest light, the soundless lake surface gives rise to remarkable reflections.
I'm very grateful for all your visits and would like to thank you for stopping by, and any comments you may leave. Much appreciated, Frans...
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. ©2017 Frans van Hoogstraten. All rights reserved.
Pidén Austral, Austral Rail, Rallus antarcticus.
IUCN: Vulnerable (Vu)
PN Torres del Paine
Región de Magallanes
Chile
In Aug of 2018....The IUCN has up-graded this EVENING GROSBEAK from least concern to VULNERABLE statues.. (One step closer to "Endangered".)
(Image captured at Algonquin Provincial Park.)
when something is taken when you least expect it.
I had my laptop stolen from my house... there was a robbery last night whilst we were all out of the house. I lost a lot of work.. both photographs and written work. I have learnt to back up my work the hard way. I haven't lost a massive amount, as I back up now and again, but still it's frustrating. We had CSI round today to take finger prints, was so interesting to watch them dust around.
So annoying, there were quite a few pictures I'd wanted to upload... but now they are gone :( this is just an old shot I found, I had more hair then haha.
Well apart from that I have had nice things happen to me. Having such fun work experience at the moment, assisted a filmed photo shoot for a magazine cover, and will be assisting another cover shoot again soon. Such great experience, I'm learning so much.
This little beauty suddenly burst open and revealed the stamens with lots of yellow pollen, something I had never seen before...
Dicentra's flowering period: April to May, arching sprays of dainty, rose-pink, heart-shaped flowers appear in late spring above fern-like, fresh green leaves.
They come in white and pale pink too.
A single flower of Dicentra spectabilis, about the size of the tip of my thumb, it will never cease to fill me with wonder and marvel at the intricacy and beauty of Nature.
English: Venus's car, bleeding heart or lyre flower
Français : Cœur de Marie ou Cœur-de-Jeannette
German: Tränendes Herz
Nederlands: Gebroken hartje, Mariatranen, bloedend hartje.
Italian: Cuor di Maria
When you look closely you see their hidden tears...Dicentra Spectabilis
Have a beautiful day and thank you for your comments, M, (*_*)
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Dicentra, heart, stamens, pollen, tear, red, flower, colour, "single", "conceptual art", black-background, square, studio, "Nikon D7200", "magda indigo"
My photograph 'Goodbye my lover' was used as album art for a song cover of Jeff Buckley's 'Last Goodbye' by musician Patrick Thomas!
Patrick is an extraordinarily talented musician & I'm beyond honored that he asked me to contribute art. I had never heard 'Last Goodbye' before & was completely astonished with how it perfectly represented the emotions I felt when I took that photograph.
To listen to Patrick's cover of 'Last Goodbye',click here.
I truly feel that forms of art can play off of each other to create an unbelievably powerful emotional experience.
This is one of them.
I send a warm thank you to Patrick Thomas for his compassion & gratitude!
Other websites you can find Patrick:
Southern Ground-hornbills are both culturally and ecologically important. They are hailed across their sub-Saharan range as the thunderbirds or rainbirds. They are also a valuable flagship species for the savannah biome as they are easily recognizable and with such large spatial requirements, any successful conservation action in even one of their expansive territories benefits all the other savanna and grassland species, including threatened species such as vultures, wild dog, and cheetah. Their populations continue to decline towards being "Critically Endangered" in South Africa. The reasons for their decline are predominantly loss of habitat to bush-encroachment and development, overgrazing, large-scale monoculture, loss of large nesting trees, besides secondary poisoning, lead toxicosis from spent lead ammunition, and electrocution on transformer boxes.
Info sourced from ground-hornbill.org.za/
Photo capture date & Location: 2017-02 Bushtime at Mabula
one of 3 lionesses around sunset drinking at a waterhole ( after feasting on a kill)
Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa
IUCN RED LIST STATUS: Vulnerable
panthera leo
leeuw
lion
Löwe
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We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone.
I'm sorry guys, the previous photo sucks! I'm going to re-do that concept probably!
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Part IIII
Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) named "Sampson". This playful fellow is >20 years old and is the largest species in the parrot family. The hyacinth macaw is the rarest of the macaws and is found only in Brazil.
Sampson has a special yard at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park entrance where he enjoys greeting guests.
Conservation status: Vulnerable
Soon after we arrived at this spot, the Mom rounded up the little ones and moved them into the bushes, so this was a quick snap before that happened. Lions have been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1996 because populations in African countries have declined by about 43% since the early 1990s.
Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
Happy Caturday!
The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large cat native to Africa and central Iran. It is the fastest land animal, estimated to be capable of running at 80 to 128 km/h (50 to 80 mph) with the fastest reliably recorded speeds being 93 and 98 km/h (58 and 61 mph), and as such has several adaptations for speed, including a light build, long thin legs and a long tail.
The cheetah lives in three main social groups, females and their cubs, male "coalitions" and solitary males. While females lead a nomadic life searching for prey in large home ranges, males are more sedentary and may instead establish much smaller territories in areas with plentiful prey and access to females.
The cheetah is active mainly during the day, with peaks during dawn and dusk. It feeds on small- to medium-sized prey, mostly weighing under 40 kg (88 lb), and prefers medium-sized ungulates such as impala, springbok and Thomson's gazelles. The cheetah typically stalks its prey to within 60–70 m (200–230 ft), charges towards it, trips it during the chase and bites its throat to suffocate it to death. -
The cheetah occurs in a variety of habitats such as savannahs in the Serengeti, arid mountain ranges in the Sahara and hilly desert terrain in Iran. The cheetah is threatened by several factors such as habitat loss, conflict with humans, poaching and high susceptibility to diseases. In 2016, the global cheetah population was estimated at around 7,100 individuals in the wild; it is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. – Wikipedia
A glimpse of what I hate to crave
will carve out almost fourteen days
A yellow sky, a bright red cloud,
a special song... we laughed so loud...
If it's a strength then why it tore my chest?
Must save myself; it's for the best.
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Vulnerability © Ilina S.
Our most exciting encounters with lions were when they were on the move. At first we could hardly see them in the deep grass, but then they began to walk. They came closer and closer until they were right in front of us. They walked between the vehicles as if we were invisible obstacles and continued on their way. It was exciting, but also frustrating as some came so close we couldn’t focus with our long lens and didn’t have time to change cameras. All we could do is watch and enjoy. Lucky for us, this encounter happened more than once.
Here is an example. By our count, the pride consisted of 12-13 members, though there may have been more hiding in the grass or out doing lion things.
Conservation Status: Vulnerable.
Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Africa
One last shot of the orangutans that are receiving help in order to survive. Young orangutans will suckle up to eight years of age so if they lose there mothers they need a great deal of help from humans.
There is a big effort going on in Indonesia involving many organizations to save the rain forest for these little ones. Many have international recognition and use social media outlets to further the cause.
Camp Leakey is such a great place to visit. You can walk among the orangutans, see how they are being cared for and see how their caretakers help them return to the wild. There are also adult orangutans swinging from the trees and finding bananas to eat that the staff thought they had hidden. They are so much fun to watch.
trachypithecus pileatus;
IUCN RED LIST STATUS: VULNERABLE;
the most common forest langur in the Northeast of India; some of the subspecies are more golden in appearance than the Golden Langur;
kuiflangoer
entelle pileux ou langur à capuchon
Kappenlangur
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Young cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) born November 21, 2015. Part of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park's highly successful cheetah breeding program. Seen on exhibit in the African Outpost of the Park with their mother "Addison". Conservation Status: Vulnerable
The first Lily from my garden-pond ….
We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy
ENJOY::..PAOLO COELHO ABOUT LOVE...
texture my own ..
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable. [C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves]
... the quiet orb of communication after my dear friend introduced me to one of her dear friends...
... another 5 minutes with CS Lewis for www.flickr.com/photos/a_walden/
mu textures
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
The original of this image is available as a stock photograph with Grandmaison Photo Agency www.grandmaisonphotography.com/image?&_bqG=0&_bqH...
Atlantic Puffin has a Conservation Status under the IUCN of Vulnerable www.iucnredlist.org/species/22694927/132581443
The rain almost looks like snow. It was cool but not that chilly at the famous viewing spot in Elliston, Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland.
Nombre común: El pibí boreal
Nombre científico: Contopus cooperi
Nombre en inglés: OLIVE -SIDED FLYCATCHER
Nombre en alemán: Olivflanken Schnäppertyrann
Nombre en francés: Moucherolle á côtés olive
Lugar de la foto: Cataratas de Medina, Mariquita, Tolima, Colombia.
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Bare Tree by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Already I have shed the leaves of youth,
stripped by the wind of time down to the truth
of winter branches. Linear and alone
I stand, a lens for lives beyond my own,
a frame through which another's fire may glow,
a harp on which another's passion, blow.
The pattern of my boughs, an open chart
spread on the sky, to others may impart
its leafless mysteries that I once prized,
before bare roots and branches equalized,
tendrils that tap the rain or twigs the sun
are all the same, shadow and substance one.
Now that my vulnerable leaves are cast aside,
there's nothing left to shield, nothing to hide.
Blow through me, Life, pared down at last to bone,
so fragile and so fearless have I grown!