Won't you be surprised when you wake up! Believe it or not, you can record and print all colours, and you don't even need a darkroom.
For the past week I’ve observed with fascination the opening pods of the Swan Plant. Even the smallest sigh rearranges the almost weightless feathery part of the seed, which I discovered is called floss.
@janis b
You captured the light airiness of the Swan Plant floss very well.
Won't you be surprised when you wake up! Believe it or not, you can record and print all colours, and you don't even need a darkroom.
For the past week I’ve observed with fascination the opening pods of the Swan Plant. Even the smallest sigh rearranges the almost weightless feathery part of the seed, which I discovered is called floss.
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Have a good weekend all.
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Won't you be surprised when you wake up! Believe it or not, you can record and print all colours, and you don't even need a darkroom.
For the past week I’ve observed with fascination the opening pods of the Swan Plant. Even the smallest sigh rearranges the almost weightless feathery part of the seed, which I discovered is called floss.
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Have a good weekend all.
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~Hannah Arendt
Won't you be surprised when you wake up! Believe it or not, you can record and print all colours, and you don't even need a darkroom.
For the past week I’ve observed with fascination the opening pods of the Swan Plant. Even the smallest sigh rearranges the almost weightless feathery part of the seed, which I discovered is called floss.
@janis b
Outstanding photos Janis! Beautiful! Great call on the background! Perfect!
Won't you be surprised when you wake up! Believe it or not, you can record and print all colours, and you don't even need a darkroom.
For the past week I’ve observed with fascination the opening pods of the Swan Plant. Even the smallest sigh rearranges the almost weightless feathery part of the seed, which I discovered is called floss.
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Have a good weekend all.
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Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
@janis b
Yes, that is pollen dust on the red cactus flower. Not sure if it's mind altering, but I did see a bee flying out of it upside down so, one never knows:)
#2.1
Yes, that is pollen dust on the red cactus flower. Not sure if it's mind altering, but I did see a bee flying out of it upside down so, one never knows:)
@Socialprogressive
Awesome flower shots SP! World class great! Beautiful!
Pleasant dreams.
Some flowers from the Balboa park rose garden and cactus garden.
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both - Albert Einstein
I have walked by this tree a thousand times, but really noticed it when the light shined on it from this angle.
They probably would look better if I used flicker but oh well.
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~Hannah Arendt
of trying to use a better quality image repository. I gave up on Flickr, although I knew it would translate the image more clearly and satisfyingly. Like your image of the tree though, it's often good enough. All the interest you found in the tree in that light and perspective is clear. The very bright orange from that moment's light on one of the woody branches is very beautiful.
My first digital camera was a pocket fujifilm camera which I loved because of it's capacity for low lighting.
What an interesting item for her collection.
These were all taken at dusk and low light.
Charlie being busy cleaning up the grounds.
And yes she buried it.
I have walked by this tree a thousand times, but really noticed it when the light shined on it from this angle.
They probably would look better if I used flicker but oh well.
walking around with that in her mouth. People just laughed and looked at me for an answer. I just shrugged cuz who knows why she walks past some things and picks up others? And yes it was the way the wooded areas were highlighted by the sun. This tree is one of my favorites and hopefully some day I’ll be happy with how I photographed it.
of trying to use a better quality image repository. I gave up on Flickr, although I knew it would translate the image more clearly and satisfyingly. Like your image of the tree though, it's often good enough. All the interest you found in the tree in that light and perspective is clear. The very bright orange from that moment's light on one of the woody branches is very beautiful.
My first digital camera was a pocket fujifilm camera which I loved because of it's capacity for low lighting.
What an interesting item for her collection.
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~Hannah Arendt
walking around with that in her mouth. People just laughed and looked at me for an answer. I just shrugged cuz who knows why she walks past some things and picks up others? And yes it was the way the wooded areas were highlighted by the sun. This tree is one of my favorites and hopefully some day I’ll be happy with how I photographed it.
I wanted to take another shot at the tree, but it’s been cut down. They have been busy cutting lots of them down this week for some reason. Guess I’ll have to be satisfied with this shot. This photo doesn’t really show how unique it was.
The tree is gorgeous in that light in black and white.
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~Hannah Arendt
I wanted to take another shot at the tree, but it’s been cut down. They have been busy cutting lots of them down this week for some reason. Guess I’ll have to be satisfied with this shot. This photo doesn’t really show how unique it was.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
I have been trying to remain calm about her upcoming surgery, but with all the recent deaths that have boggled my mind and heart it doesn’t take much to rattle my nerves too. We all hate it when our furry friends are hurting and we can’t explain why they do.
your best friend is counting on you. All the best you two.
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~Hannah Arendt
They look a bit better on my phone so maybe it’s the limitation of my iPad which is an older model.
I’m always impressed with the clarity of your photos. I finally found a wall for your pelicans. I have been redecorating my house after getting some of my mom’s furniture and stuff. They look great!
Thanks again for them.
#3
Even without using Flickr they look sharp on my monitor and don't appear to lose any image quality.
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The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
They look a bit better on my phone so maybe it’s the limitation of my iPad which is an older model.
I’m always impressed with the clarity of your photos. I finally found a wall for your pelicans. I have been redecorating my house after getting some of my mom’s furniture and stuff. They look great!
Thanks again for them.
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@snoopydawg
I hope Charlie doesn't get hooked on those dang things! Dogs always look so funny when they smoke. I presume that is the leaning tree of ___ ? Nice shots.
These were all taken at dusk and low light.
Charlie being busy cleaning up the grounds.
And yes she buried it.
I have walked by this tree a thousand times, but really noticed it when the light shined on it from this angle.
They probably would look better if I used flicker but oh well.
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Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
It’s the leaning tree of Leavetts. It doesn’t really stand out much except for in certain lighting. I’m heartbroken that my favorite tree has been removed. This one I looked at every day looking at ways to capture it.
What kind of plane is that? It looks old?
#3 I hope Charlie doesn't get hooked on those dang things! Dogs always look so funny when they smoke. I presume that is the leaning tree of ___ ? Nice shots.
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~Hannah Arendt
#3 I hope Charlie doesn't get hooked on those dang things! Dogs always look so funny when they smoke. I presume that is the leaning tree of ___ ? Nice shots.
Great pic BR! Sorry about the history! LOL Here are a couple for you! I bet you know what this is...
My neighbor owns one of the I think five flying examples left.
from my front yard as it left one day... crummy shot, but in the air anyway.
I built the model when I was a kid, loved the plane, nothing like it.
Hint for those that don't know... The name of the plane is the same as the name of the 'pop/rock' band that was stuck on Gilligan's Island for an episode.
be well all!
livin' la vida quarantina!
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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Great pic BR! Sorry about the history! LOL Here are a couple for you! I bet you know what this is...
My neighbor owns one of the I think five flying examples left.
from my front yard as it left one day... crummy shot, but in the air anyway.
I built the model when I was a kid, loved the plane, nothing like it.
Hint for those that don't know... The name of the plane is the same as the name of the 'pop/rock' band that was stuck on Gilligan's Island for an episode.
be well all!
livin' la vida quarantina!
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Here are a few nature pix... a bird, a butterfly, and a dragonfly.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo drinking at birdbath
Roseate Skimmer
Whirlabout - male - on Frogfruit
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both - Albert Einstein
@The Liberal Moonbat
thanks those made me LMAO, hope I didn't wake up the neighbors. First one made me say "Ceiling Cat!" out loud. Praise Ceiling Kitten.
My weed wacker, one of those manual golf club style things that ya swing to and fro, is named "Devo rue Tempe" after Mark Mothersbaugh and mother earth's current climate. A Sharpie and some sand paper transformed it from True Temper, a steel trademark no mas.
Slack explained
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bO9Ghibvso width:420]
Devolution
"... It's fat ladies in double knit jumpsuits beating their kids in Kroger. --Mark Mothersbaugh"
This is year 27 for Pat Volkerding to be working on Slackware Linux, my favorite operating system of choice. He is a legend in my own mind. Thanks. Don't bother looking at slackware.com, because Pat doesn't give a shit about the commercial side of his Free software business anymore, he just keeps creating more slack. right on
Should I put a trigger warning on mother nature? Yes. Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten. Captured.
Paper wasp eating a horn worm, I think? Seen the other day whilst bee gazing in the dirt patch. I noticed a wasp in there hovering around the "gang of four" tomatoes that are crowd planted next to the squash. Suddenly it dove in and BAM! A two inch worm thingy fell to the ground and within one second that wasp was on the ground eating it alive. omg the horror
So of course I ran upstairs and grabbed the camera, of course! wtf All my photos are crap, old Kodak rarely auto-focuses on the thing I am aiming at and clicking blindly in the outdoor sun. Some days peanuts, some days shells.
Maybe it was a cut worm, not a horn worm? dunno
This is a different wasp that arrived after the other one was full I guess. I like guessing.
Maybe in this case the soft focus is preferable. I'm glad you're back posting your visual impressions of nature.
Should I put a trigger warning on mother nature? Yes. Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten. Captured.
Paper wasp eating a horn worm, I think? Seen the other day whilst bee gazing in the dirt patch. I noticed a wasp in there hovering around the "gang of four" tomatoes that are crowd planted next to the squash. Suddenly it dove in and BAM! A two inch worm thingy fell to the ground and within one second that wasp was on the ground eating it alive. omg the horror
So of course I ran upstairs and grabbed the camera, of course! wtf All my photos are crap, old Kodak rarely auto-focuses on the thing I am aiming at and clicking blindly in the outdoor sun. Some days peanuts, some days shells.
Maybe it was a cut worm, not a horn worm? dunno
This is a different wasp that arrived after the other one was full I guess. I like guessing.
@janis b
hi, and thanks. Is "soft focus" a camera setting? right on
American Goldfinch are the rascals shredding leaves in the sunflower patch downstairs. They stop by in tiny flocks and rip away leaf chunks like they're at a salad bar. I love it, and love the soft little sounds they make calling back and forth, kinda like pew, pew. lol
Goldfinches are among the strictest vegetarians in the bird world, selecting an entirely vegetable diet and only inadvertently swallowing an occasional insect.
You inspired me to go searching for balance to the previous omnivorous post. Cheers.
not long ago. If you could see my images I would post a photo of two of them gorging on Lavender seeds.
#7.1 hi, and thanks. Is "soft focus" a camera setting? right on
American Goldfinch are the rascals shredding leaves in the sunflower patch downstairs. They stop by in tiny flocks and rip away leaf chunks like they're at a salad bar. I love it, and love the soft little sounds they make calling back and forth, kinda like pew, pew. lol
Goldfinches are among the strictest vegetarians in the bird world, selecting an entirely vegetable diet and only inadvertently swallowing an occasional insect.
You inspired me to go searching for balance to the previous omnivorous post. Cheers.
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Hi Bollox
Won't you be surprised when you wake up! Believe it or not, you can record and print all colours, and you don't even need a darkroom.
For the past week I’ve observed with fascination the opening pods of the Swan Plant. Even the smallest sigh rearranges the almost weightless feathery part of the seed, which I discovered is called floss.
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Have a good weekend all.
Excellent shots, Janis.
You captured the light airiness of the Swan Plant floss very well.
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
Thanks Social
It has been a great pleasure, and still sits on my table unfolding.
Very cool shots
What are you using for your backdrop?
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
Hi snoopy
It's always nice to see you and your curiosity here.
It's a black shirt lying on the table, near a glass door with interesting light coming through.
Colour, floss
Imagine that.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
Imagine that!
You make me laugh.
Great pics Janis!
Outstanding photos Janis! Beautiful! Great call on the background! Perfect!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Thanks for Friday Night Photos tonight, BR.
Pleasant dreams.
Some flowers from the Balboa park rose garden and cactus garden.
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
I love the dance of the flowers in the second photo.
Is that pollen dust on the red cactus flower, and is it mind-altering ; ).
Thank you, Janis
Yes, that is pollen dust on the red cactus flower. Not sure if it's mind altering, but I did see a bee flying out of it upside down so, one never knows:)
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
Very funny, Social
Excellent photos!But I gave you thumbs up for the sig!
I've seen lots of changes. What doesn't change is people. Same old hairless apes.
Thanks Voice.
Just a little bit of my goofy sense of humor.
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
great pics SP!
Awesome flower shots SP! World class great! Beautiful!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Thank you, dystopian.
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
I’m very impressed with this phone camera
These were all taken at dusk and low light.
Charlie being busy cleaning up the grounds.
And yes she buried it.
I have walked by this tree a thousand times, but really noticed it when the light shined on it from this angle.
They probably would look better if I used flicker but oh well.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
I know about the frustration
of trying to use a better quality image repository. I gave up on Flickr, although I knew it would translate the image more clearly and satisfyingly. Like your image of the tree though, it's often good enough. All the interest you found in the tree in that light and perspective is clear. The very bright orange from that moment's light on one of the woody branches is very beautiful.
My first digital camera was a pocket fujifilm camera which I loved because of it's capacity for low lighting.
What an interesting item for her collection.
You can imagine the looks she got
walking around with that in her mouth. People just laughed and looked at me for an answer. I just shrugged cuz who knows why she walks past some things and picks up others? And yes it was the way the wooded areas were highlighted by the sun. This tree is one of my favorites and hopefully some day I’ll be happy with how I photographed it.
Here’s the spot she picked
Did I catch the comet?
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
You did catch the comet, nice
The tree is gorgeous in that light in black and white.
Well hell
I wanted to take another shot at the tree, but it’s been cut down. They have been busy cutting lots of them down this week for some reason. Guess I’ll have to be satisfied with this shot. This photo doesn’t really show how unique it was.
Life.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
Cut down, how sad.
Sorry
Charlie is adorable!
I've seen lots of changes. What doesn't change is people. Same old hairless apes.
Thanks!
I think so too. She really is an enjoyable lil companion and she keeps me laughing. And sane.
She is having surgery Wednesday for a possible tumor and I am trying to not freak out about it. Keep her in your thoughts folks please.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
Good luck Charlie,
your best friend is counting on you. All the best you two.
Thanks Janis
I have been trying to remain calm about her upcoming surgery, but with all the recent deaths that have boggled my mind and heart it doesn’t take much to rattle my nerves too. We all hate it when our furry friends are hurting and we can’t explain why they do.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
Nice shots, Snoopy.
Even without using Flickr they look sharp on my monitor and don't appear to lose any image quality.
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
Thank you
They look a bit better on my phone so maybe it’s the limitation of my iPad which is an older model.
I’m always impressed with the clarity of your photos. I finally found a wall for your pelicans. I have been redecorating my house after getting some of my mom’s furniture and stuff. They look great!
Thanks again for them.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
You're welcome, Snoopy.
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
great pix SD!
I hope Charlie doesn't get hooked on those dang things! Dogs always look so funny when they smoke. I presume that is the leaning tree of ___ ? Nice shots.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Thanks too
It’s the leaning tree of Leavetts. It doesn’t really stand out much except for in certain lighting. I’m heartbroken that my favorite tree has been removed. This one I looked at every day looking at ways to capture it.
What kind of plane is that? It looks old?
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
; )))
Hooked
neat pic BR!
Great pic BR! Sorry about the history! LOL Here are a couple for you! I bet you know what this is...
My neighbor owns one of the I think five flying examples left.
from my front yard as it left one day... crummy shot, but in the air anyway.
I built the model when I was a kid, loved the plane, nothing like it.
Hint for those that don't know... The name of the plane is the same as the name of the 'pop/rock' band that was stuck on Gilligan's Island for an episode.
be well all!
livin' la vida quarantina!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Nice shots of the Mosquito, dystopian.
Wish my neighbor had one.
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
a little nature
Here are a few nature pix... a bird, a butterfly, and a dragonfly.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo drinking at birdbath
Roseate Skimmer
Whirlabout - male - on Frogfruit
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Wow, how sweet is that cuckoo, dystopian
Beautiful colour and view of the Skimmer and Whirlabout, thank you.
The only cuckoo I know is the shining one, whose presence is gone for now. But they’ll be back before too long, about 2 months from now.
Cheers
That time again already?!
In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is declared mentally ill for describing colors.
Yes Virginia, there is a Global Banking Conspiracy!
"If you are going to totally screw it up ...
At least screw it up so bad people wonder how you did it."
Thanks Moonbat
Stephen Colbert is not SubGenius
thanks those made me LMAO, hope I didn't wake up the neighbors. First one made me say "Ceiling Cat!" out loud. Praise Ceiling Kitten.
My weed wacker, one of those manual golf club style things that ya swing to and fro, is named "Devo rue Tempe" after Mark Mothersbaugh and mother earth's current climate. A Sharpie and some sand paper transformed it from True Temper, a steel trademark no mas.
Slack explained
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bO9Ghibvso width:420]
Devolution
"... It's fat ladies in double knit jumpsuits beating their kids in Kroger. --Mark Mothersbaugh"
This is year 27 for Pat Volkerding to be working on Slackware Linux, my favorite operating system of choice. He is a legend in my own mind. Thanks. Don't bother looking at slackware.com, because Pat doesn't give a shit about the commercial side of his Free software business anymore, he just keeps creating more slack. right on
peace and love
and devo
praise bob
Polistes dominula eating Manduca sexta
Should I put a trigger warning on mother nature? Yes. Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten. Captured.
Paper wasp eating a horn worm, I think? Seen the other day whilst bee gazing in the dirt patch. I noticed a wasp in there hovering around the "gang of four" tomatoes that are crowd planted next to the squash. Suddenly it dove in and BAM! A two inch worm thingy fell to the ground and within one second that wasp was on the ground eating it alive. omg the horror
So of course I ran upstairs and grabbed the camera, of course! wtf All my photos are crap, old Kodak rarely auto-focuses on the thing I am aiming at and clicking blindly in the outdoor sun. Some days peanuts, some days shells.
Maybe it was a cut worm, not a horn worm? dunno
This is a different wasp that arrived after the other one was full I guess. I like guessing.
peace and love
and full bellies
Hi eyo
Maybe in this case the soft focus is preferable. I'm glad you're back posting your visual impressions of nature.
Vegetarian birds
hi, and thanks. Is "soft focus" a camera setting? right on
American Goldfinch are the rascals shredding leaves in the sunflower patch downstairs. They stop by in tiny flocks and rip away leaf chunks like they're at a salad bar. I love it, and love the soft little sounds they make calling back and forth, kinda like pew, pew. lol
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Goldfinch/overview
You inspired me to go searching for balance to the previous omnivorous post. Cheers.
peace and love
I had the pleasure of European Goldfinches visiting
not long ago. If you could see my images I would post a photo of two of them gorging on Lavender seeds.
Was out of town this week
so I missed my visual fix. I'm happily caught up today.
Rec'd!!
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.