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A silver lining to this pandemic was that we had loads of time to be out with our trailer this summer. I have a lot of unprocessed images! So please forgive my many upcoming images from the archives :)
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The little knight leaps into the new school year…
Skippy envisioned his universe with the help of the following amazing creations:
NOMAD's Old Ruins!
Even though the world outside may appear to be falling apart...
Stay strong, my friends.
Let's continue to rise up to meet any challenges placed before us.
Together we can imagine and create a brilliant future for all.
Keep shining bright!
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Pentax K-5
SMC Pentax-M 50mm F1.7 (almost all shots with this lens taken with aperture at 2.0)
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Macro Mondays, theme: Orange
A Carnelian stone, illuminated from below.
Hasselblad/Zeiss Makro-Planar 135mm-f/5.6 manual lens, set to f/5.6.
Six-image focus stack.
For an image with scale, see: www.flickr.com/gp/kuriyan/e969N7
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I will meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about
language, ideas, even the phrase 'each other'
doesn't make any sense.
- Rumi, "The Great Wagon"
And for those inclined :-)
Nick Mulvey's 'meet me there'
from the album First Mind.
Hiking within Skaftafell mountain range in South Iceland is a wonderful experience and one even gets closer looks to its mighty snow-covered glacier without doing a proper glacier walk which I feared would be very demanding, especially with all the photographic gear. But just looking at these places instills awe in the might of nature. This was shot in Spring with the helping of a lovely bit of Spring sunshine which brings out the textures.
Happy Textural Tuesday!
A closer look at the `workings' of a dandelion clock.
After subjecting the image to some basic twiddlation, I added a bit of tonal contrast in Color Efex Pro, and then I blended a white vignette into the mix.
Iceland's largest lake located within Thingvellir National Park and Iceland's volcanic rift valley during a mellow sunset on a very cold winter day. In the foreground there are the typical textures of the rift valley lava fields, just covered by some snow.
My heart was beating, barely breathing but still alive
Lost along the way I'd given up my fight
Scattered to pieces all along the floor, within the brokenness
I found something more
I was broken, torn apart
Scars line my arms, on my sleeve I wore my heart
They remind me of what is real
No longer needing pain to feel
I found myself in a sea of busy places, in a world of blurry faces
I found myself, on the edge of insanity, I found, I found me
A monochrome image of a stairwell within a museum in Salzburg, Austria.
This one is all about lines and contrast.
Created for the Kreative People Treat This Challenge #45: www.flickr.com/groups/1752359@N21/discuss/72157646622723838/
Created for the Hypothetical Awards "Face It" Challenge: www.flickr.com/groups/1179479@N25/discuss/72157646472570887/
Source Image by AbstractArtAngel: www.flickr.com/photos/abstractartangel77/15093538792/
Texture 37 by Anna Lenabem: www.flickr.com/photos/lenabem-anna/4803464451/in/photolis...
Kingfisher - Alcedo Atthis
The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also known as the Eurasian kingfisher, and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.
This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. It feeds mainly on fish, caught by diving, and has special visual adaptations to enable it to see prey under water. The glossy white eggs are laid in a nest at the end of a burrow in a riverbank.
The female is identical in appearance to the male except that her lower mandible is orange-red with a black tip. The juvenile is similar to the adult, but with duller and greener upperparts and paler underparts. Its bill is black, and the legs are also initially black. Feathers are moulted gradually between July and November with the main flight feathers taking 90–100 days to moult and regrow. Some that moult late may suspend their moult during cold winter weather.
The flight of the kingfisher is fast, direct and usually low over water. The short rounded wings whirr rapidly, and a bird flying away shows an electric-blue "flash" down its back.
The common kingfisher is widely distributed over Europe, Asia, and North Africa, mainly south of 60°N. It is a common breeding species over much of its vast Eurasian range, but in North Africa it is mainly a winter visitor, although it is a scarce breeding resident in coastal Morocco and Tunisia. In temperate regions, this kingfisher inhabits clear, slow-flowing streams and rivers, and lakes with well-vegetated banks. It frequents scrubs and bushes with overhanging branches close to shallow open water in which it hunts. In winter it is more coastal, often feeding in estuaries or harbours and along rocky seashores. Tropical populations are found by slow-flowing rivers, in mangrove creeks and in swamps.
Like all kingfishers, the common kingfisher is highly territorial; since it must eat around 60% of its body weight each day, it is essential to have control of a suitable stretch of river. It is solitary for most of the year, roosting alone in heavy cover. If another kingfisher enters its territory, both birds display from perches, and fights may occur, in which a bird will grab the other's beak and try to hold it under water. Pairs form in the autumn but each bird retains a separate territory, generally at least 1 km (0.62 mi) long, but up to 3.5 km (2.2 mi) and territories are not merged until the spring.
Very few birds live longer than one breeding season. The oldest bird on record was 21 years.
They are also listed as a Schedule 1 species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act offering them additional protection.
Population:
UK breeding:
3,800-6,400 pairs
Dunster is a village, civil parish and former manor within the English county of Somerset, today just within the north-eastern boundary of the Exmoor National Park.
Hiking the trail in the Lost Forty forest. Funny (and rather ironic) thing is, is that I did get lost for a short time while I was hiking the Lost Forty trail.
This section of forest lies within the Chippewa National Forest near Bigfork, Minnesota. A Minnesota DNR Scientific and Natural Area, the 32 acre Lost Forty SNA, is also part of this beautiful site.
Due to a surveying error back in 1882, this 144 acre section was never logged. As a result, there are numerous 300-400 year old magnificent old-growth red and white pines in this special place.
The sight of these incredible trees isn't the only thing you experience here. The smell of this forest is unique. The sound is also unique. The breeze blowing through the crowns of these old pines make this piece of the north woods sing a totally different tune than most other sections of forest up here. You have to experience it to understand what I am saying.
For more information about the Lost Forty, go to the Chippewa National Forest's Lost Forty Website or the Minnesota DNR's Lost Forty SNA Website.
Slowly creeping
deeper within,
deeper and
deeper,
only to find
something else creeping.
An absence of color.
A longing of light.
Buried within
the creeping night.
This is a composite captured from a combination of fern exposures. Continuing the abstraction of nature.
Rainbow lorikeets are true parrots, within the Psittacoidea superfamily in the order Psittaciformes. The rainbow lorikeet or lorikeet (common name) is a species of parrot found in Australia. It is common along the eastern seaboard, from northern Queensland to South Australia. Its habitat is rainforest, coastal bush and woodland areas. They are true parrots of medium-size, with the length ranging from 25 to 30 cm, including the tail. The weight varies from 75 to 157 g. The plumage of the nominate race, as with all subspecies, is very bright. The head is deep blue with a greenish-yellow nuchal collar, and the rest of the upper parts (wings, back and tail) are green. The chest is orange/yellow. The belly is deep blue, and the thighs and rump are green. In flight a yellow wing-bar contrasts clearly with the red underwing coverts. 35336
This is the inside of an iris in bloom.... taken in my yard this past spring.
EXPLORED (reached #327 for 7/22/07)
© 2007 Mitch Lathem
at Mt. Coot-tha. This pond normally has a wonderful array of Water Lilies and other plants growing within it.
Euprotomus vomer can be found on sandy bottom to dephts of 16 - 81 m. The shell is cream coloured with unregulary brown patches.
This species is a algae grazer and detritus feeder. (Reeflex.net)
Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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