Giant boulders line a rocky/sandy beach as the tide is on its way out. A small tree covered peninsula can be seen in silhouette left in frame. The wind is blowing causing whitecaps to form on the blue sun soaked water. Wispy clouds dance across the deep blue mid day sky
The sheer joy of cancelled plans🎉
#RockInTuesday #TidesoutTuesday #photography #nature
Horizontal orientation photograph capturing the moat surrounding the Forbidden City in Beijing. A distinguished corner watchtower and the red walls are perfectly reflected in the calm water. In the foreground, an elderly man in a dark jacket is fishing from the stone bridge, leaning next to his bicycle with a basket. Weeping willow trees with light green leaves frame the right side. Natural light emphasizes the geometric patterns of the traditional roof and the symmetry of the reflections. Optimized for Chinese imperial architecture, Beijing tourism, street photography, reflections, and traditional daily life indexing
Imperial reflections corner tower of the Forbidden City mirrored in the quiet moat. An old fisherman waits connecting ancient architecture with daily life Artistic harmony.
#beijing #china #architecture #forbiddencity #reflection #photography #street #history #culture #urban #luiscordobapharchive
Great photo Luis! ✨👏
Un horitzó amb un parell d'arbres precedit per un camp immens de roselles i herbes de secà.
Paissatges difuminats. Vermell aquarel·la.
#Fotografia #Color #ColorADay #RedWed #Scape #RuralScape ##ECK
Stunning Curlew at Thursley common today
#wildlifephotography #naturephotograhpy #birdphotography
@rspb.bsky.social
Thanks, same to you!
Thanks Rob, much appreciated
I don't know how rare it is, because I might have seen it before but just assumed it was a wood anemone (which we call "White-veis") 😄
("Blåveis" = Anemone hepatica, the common hepatica, liverleaf)
A photo of a white liverleaf seen from above.
On Monday I posted some unusual liverleaf flowers that were pinkish purple instead of the usual, more blue color. (Called Blåveis, i.e. "Blue-veis" in Norwegian).
Here is something I've never noticed before: They can also be white!
#flower #wildflower #woods
A forest scene with numerous tall, vertical tree trunks. Sunlight streams through the branches from the background, creating visible light rays and a hazy atmosphere among the trees. Some trunks are covered in green climbing plants. The foreground consists of out-of-focus, low-lying vegetation on the forest floor.
You deserve all the happiness in the world. ☀️✨️
#nature #photography #forest #sunrise #teutoburgerwald #wander
A clean, minimalist close-up of a white calla lily set against a deep green background. The flower’s smooth, curved spathe opens like a funnel, its edges gently flaring outward. At the center stands a bright yellow spadix, providing a striking contrast to the soft white petals. Subtle green shading appears near the base of the bloom, blending into the long, straight stem below. The lighting is controlled and even, emphasizing the flower’s elegant shape and velvety texture while the dark background isolates it, giving the image a refined, almost sculptural quality.
Water and light ✨ Nice combo 👌
I love this photo 😊
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Petals&Perches any bird with flowers in capture. The alt is #WhatTheFlock any capture of three or more of the same bird. #birds #photography #ECK #WestCoastKin #PhotographersUnited
For the alt theme, 6 Long-billed Dowitchers.
This works for both themes of #BirdOfTheDay, #Petals&Perches any bird with flowers in capture. The alt is #WhatTheFlock any capture of three or more of the same bird. #birds #photography #ECK #WestCoastKin #PhotographersUnited
From a couple of years ago, a Mama Wood Duck & 3 ducklings & Foxglove
For #WoodpeckerWednesday, a male Red-shafted Northern Flicker Woodpecker. #birds #photography #ECK #WestCoastKin #PhotographersUnited
A female eider duck stands on the shore.
#TidesOutTuesday #RockinTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #CyanTue #AnimalArtTuesday
Amber Eye
That cheetah's amber eye
Dismisses far and nigh
As distance, petty lie.
The cheetah's eye and rip
Reveals a pink tongue's tip
With ivory's stern grip.
#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #wildlife #animal #photooftheday #Photography #blueskyphoto #photo #blueskypoetry #cheetah #predator
A close-up, profile shot of a Sacred Kingfisher perched on a thick, sun-dappled tree branch. The bird has pale buff underparts, a dark eye, and shimmering muted turquoise-blue wings. It holds a large cicada firmly in its beak; the insect's translucent, veined wings are spread wide, catching the light as it is about to be consumed. The background is a soft, out-of-focus mosaic of green leaves and bright bokeh, highlighting the sharp detail of the kingfisher’s feathers and its impressive catch.
This juvenile Sacred Kingfisher was treetop dining. The cicada was almost as big as him. 🐦🌳
He clutched onto the cicada forever - before going "Chomp." 🦗📸
#BirdofTheDay #ComeEatWithMe #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #photography #nature #naturephotography #Canon #R5 #Australia
Cheers Luis!
Many thanks, Janet
Photo of a pastel sunset with pink, orange, lavender clouds framed by trees and reflected in the lake. Excerpt from the poem, Beauty XXV by Kahlil Gibran Too long to fit here in its entirety! ...All these things have you said of beauty. Yet in truth you spoke not of her but of needs unsatisfied, And beauty is not a need but an ecstasy. It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth, But rather a heart enflamed and a soul enchanted. It is not the image you would see nor the song you would hear, But rather an image you see though you close your eyes and a song you hear though you shut your ears. It is not the sap within the furrowed bark, nor a wing attached to a claw, But rather a garden forever in bloom and a flock of angels for ever in flight. People of Orphalese, beauty is life when life unveils her holy face. But you are life and you are the veil. Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror.
"Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
But you are eternity and you are the mirror."
From: Beauty XXV by Khalil Gibran
View of the sunset from this week, in another direction, a whole different sunset.
#Stunday
#ImageandVerse
#ColorADay
#OrangeSun
#EastCoastKin
#photography
Cliffs n Clouds Davenport, CA
#Scape #Art #weareroamers #Landscape #ocean #pacific #Photography #Nature #westcoast #PhotographersofBluesky #ArtYear #cliffs #california #OnlyBeautifulThings #TheWildImages #blueskyartshow #landscapephotography
An Anhinga with a freshly-caught catfish.
#BirdOfTheDay #ComeEatWithMe
#birds #nature #photography
A broad, still expanse of water fills the foreground, so clear that the lakebed—small rounded stones in muted grays and browns—shows through beneath a thin veil of reflected sky. The surface is nearly motionless, acting as a mirror for the dawn above. At the horizon, the lake narrows into a distant valley framed by layered mountain ridges. The mountains rise on both sides in dark, cool silhouettes—deep blue to charcoal—softened by early light and atmospheric haze. On the left, a dense forest of conifers forms a continuous, shadowed edge that slopes gently into the water; on the right, the mountain face is steeper, its contours more pronounced but still subdued in the low light. The sky is the focal point. A scattered field of mid-level clouds stretches across it, each cloud catching the first light of sunrise. Colors transition from pale gold and peach near the horizon to cooler blues and soft grays higher up. The brightest band sits just above the distant valley, where the sun—still hidden—pushes a warm glow outward, illuminating the undersides of the clouds. This light is duplicated almost perfectly in the lake’s reflection, forming a symmetrical composition: sky above, sky below, divided by a thin, horizontal line of brighter water near the center. The reflection is slightly softened by faint ripples, but remains remarkably crisp.
#MountainMonday
#BlueskyMonday
Sunrise Glacier National Park
From 2012, a cabin on Lake Vanare in the Adirondack Mts.
#MountainMonday #Art #ArtYear #Watercolor
#TraditionalArt #UpstateNY #Adirondacks
#EastCoastKin
Oregon coast sunset, near Lincoln City. 11/2021
#Stunday #ColorAday #OrangeSun #Photography
#PNW #EastCoastKin
Bare trees atop a dark hillside are backlit by the eerie glow of a park lamp on a foggy, grey morning.
The rising sun transforms the sky into a scene of fiery beauty, as the clouds mimic waves of flame. Bare trees line the horizon beyond a grassy field painted in the reflected, colourful light.
#Photography
#ECK
#ColorADay
#OrangeSun
#SkySunday
#SilentSunday
#Sunrise
