House´s reflections

House´s reflections, originally uploaded by mallice.

Words of the photographer:
"The river that I love. And this house? No, no.......it´s not my house, my friends....but it´s a beauty, isnt´it?
Wish you all a Very Happy 2011!!!!!!"

Rainbow Lorikeet

Rainbow Lorikeet , originally uploaded by leafypages.

Rainbow Lorikeet

Lift Off

Lift Off- Best Viewed Large, originally uploaded by aussiegall.

Words of the photographer:
"The weather started to fine up today, so I was out in the garden which meant more photo opportunities"

Christmas Bus, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany

Christmas Bus, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany, originally uploaded by Batikart.

Words of the photographer below :
"Who ever will come to the business of Käthe Wohlfahrt in Rothenburg ob der Tauber (Germany, Bavaria) during the summer might feel strange. The shop is a huge Christmas village and offers Christmas items all the year.
In front of the shop stands the nostalgic Christmas bus fully loaded with gifts. The colorful vintage vehicle is a popular photographic model for people from all over the world! "

winter flower

winter flower, originally uploaded by dedalus11.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you.

The darker days during Arctic winter

The darker days during Arctic winter, originally uploaded by B℮n.

Words below are of the original photographer:
"An ice sheet is a mass of glacier ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 km² 20,000 mile² thus also known as continental glacier. The only current ice sheets are in Antarctica and Greenland. Ice sheets are bigger than ice shelves or alpine glaciers. Masses of ice covering less than 50,000 km2 are termed an ice cap. An ice cap will typically feed a series of glaciers. The Greenland, and probably the Antarctic, ice sheets have been losing mass recently. However, loss of mass on the Antarctic sheet may continue, if there is sufficient loss to outlet glaciers. By today's recent observations the vulnerability of the ice sheets to warming could increase future sea level rise. But our understanding of these processes is still very limited and there is no consensus on their magnitude. More research work is therefore required in order to improve the reliability of predictions of ice-sheet response on global warming. According to a study at the University of Minnesota. Robert Johnson, an adjunct professor of geology and geophysics Global warming may actually assist new ice sheet growth because growth depends less on cold temperatures than on a strong supply of moisture and very heavy snowfall over northern land masses. He published his arguments in a book, Secrets of the Ice Ages.

Photo of a ice cap at the IJsselmeer (IJmeer) near Amsterdam. The lake is frozen and fresh snow fallen recently. I feel like Roald Amundsen on one of his Polar treks to the North pole. The sounds of fresh snow rustle under my shoes and a little Cessna airplane just flying over. Must have been an exciting flight for them over this beautiful ice sheet. In the distance you can see the lighthouse of Marken. The ice is a bit unsafe to walk the 10km. The is the Marken lighthouse, given its name due to its shape ('paard' means 'horse' in dutch). The original was built in 1700, then reconstructed on top of the early foundations in 1839. It's still in use today."

Lunar Eclipse 12.21.10

Lunar Eclipse 12.21.10, originally uploaded by Matthew Pugliese.

Words below are of the photographer:
"Lunar Eclipse of 2010! Was very very cool to see...was also freezing outside! This is what it looked like from Brooklyn, NY!"

in search of the wave

in search of the wave, originally uploaded by Enrique Mendez.

in search of the wave

everyone needs a helping hand now and then

everyone needs a helping hand now and then, originally uploaded by 666philly.

whoa... look at the size of those feet!!

When light is falling

When light is falling, originally uploaded by tom van hoogstraten.

When light is falling

Wind & Wuthering

Wind & Wuthering, originally uploaded by Enrique Mendez.

Wind & Wuthering

Winters Silence

Winters Silence, originally uploaded by Wolfhorn.

Winters Silence

Tall Tree, Small Moon

Tall Tree, Small Moon, originally uploaded by pixelmama.

Here is how the photographer described his photo :
"I already had this image picked out for HCS when I realized I had forgotten to look at the theme!!! DOH!! So I did a search on "33+Trees" and found this on Wikipedia: "Evaluating the danger a tree presents is based on a process called the Quantified Tree Risk Assessment.[33]" -- So there you go! The magical "33" as a footnote! I assessed the risk of this tall tree, it seemed unstable so I grabbed my shot and got the hell out of there as fast as I could!!

TRF: Have you ever heard the story about the dude that brought a knife to a gun fight? I sorta do the same thing with my lenses! I arrive at the park full of warm morning sunshine kissing the treetops. And what have I done? I've brought my 'prime lens' to a 'wide angle' fight! So what do I do? Take three landscape photos and merge them! The "knife" weilder must be resourceful to win in a 'gunfight!'

Really Tall Tree: √
Really Small Moon: √
Texture: √
Lame Story to Prove Image Fits Theme: √
Lame Title:√ "

Sea gull Bomber - HCS

Sea gull Bomber - HCS, originally uploaded by P1nc.

Words of the photographer :
"Today I was feading birds again, although they are not as hungry as last time I still got some nice shots. Today I used my flash as well, and shot faster then last time (1/1000)

Again shot from my balcony with 50MM."

My Favorite Star

My Favorite Star, originally uploaded by stella-mia.

It is my favorite sar too

Winter's Entrance

Winter's Entrance, originally uploaded by forester.jake.

Words of the photographer below :
"As usual for December in Vermont, winter made a grand entrance this week with an unexpected blanket of snow one to three feet deep!
...
Happy Fence Friday and hope you have a great weekend!"

Forget winter! - Explored

Forget winter! - Explored, originally uploaded by blindebinken.

Let's go back to fall!

Germany, 2010

Short Eared Owl

Short Eared Owl. [Explored], originally uploaded by bojangles_1953.

Winter

Winter, originally uploaded by Thierry Hennet.

winter has arrived

Christmas Cookie

Christmas Cookie, originally uploaded by Katie's Something Sweet.

Christmas Cookie

bokeh of flowers

bokeh of flowers, originally uploaded by Globetrotter_J.

bokeh of flowers

Mistle Thrush on Rowan in winter.

Mistle Thrush on Rowan in winter., originally uploaded by Chris Sharratt.

Mistle Thrush on Rowan in winter

blueberry field

blueberry field, originally uploaded by jamie heiden.

Words of the photographer:
"if she belonged to me, I would trim up the brush, fix up her windows add a loft and stairs and make an awesome little studio for anyone to come visit... :) "

Nuthatch - Frosty Poser - Explored!

Nuthatch - Frosty Poser - Explored!, originally uploaded by Wales Birder.

Words of the photographer :
"A Nuthatch captured on Friday at The Valley Reserve. Near enough a Full Frame capture.

Canon 7D | 400mm F5.6 L | iso 800 | Cropped to 12.7Mpx"

Nature's Symmetry

Nature's Symmetry, originally uploaded by Jim Boud.

words of the photographer:
"I took this photo of the far end of Lake Louise as I was nearing completion of my 14km hike up and down the mountain. The water had calmed down for the evening providing a brilliant reflection"

Spring breeze (In Autumn)

Spring breeze (In Autumn), originally uploaded by Violet Kashi.

words by the photographer:
"I know it's almost winter now, but I want to show you some of my garden's flowers . Hope they'll bright up your day :) "

Waxwing

Waxwing, originally uploaded by Faybalina.

Waxwing

Christmas Tree Pillow_1

Christmas Tree Pillow_1, originally uploaded by from the blue chair.

words of the photographer :
"I've really been in the pillow mood. Here is one more I made this weekend while contemplating some final decisions on my Pillow Talk design. I find it much harder to make decisions when it is for someone else. This pillow was a nice distraction. It's taking me longer than I thought to make decisions for my swap partner. Good thing I still have a couple more weeks"

Red Velvet Cup Cake

Red Velvet Cup Cake, originally uploaded by Mashael Al-Shuwayer.

Red Velvet Cup Cake

Stone wall at Wadsworth State Park

Stone wall at Wadsworth State Park, originally uploaded by Jason Neely.

Stone wall at Wadsworth State Park

Another short eared Owl

Another short eared Owl. [Explored], originally uploaded by bojangles_1953.

words below are the photograhr's :"we were very lucky to see these owls quite close, there were at least 4 of these at one time hunting the same field"

rest stop on Mars

rest stop on Mars, originally uploaded by QsySue.

Frost

Frost, originally uploaded by La Flaf.

Words of the photographer :
"Today I've learnt that:
I need to buy some fingerless gloves
it's really hard to focus of dried stems at a distance.
Picnik processes better than I can and is a marvel"

Zurich at Night

Zurich at Night [EXPLORED], originally uploaded by Popeyee.

Zurich is nice at night

Wren

Wren , originally uploaded by kingfisher888.

the photographer says :
"Little bird but so hard to capture in all the undergrowth"
he is talking about the wren

Swan

Swan 01, originally uploaded by dk73.

the photo talks , beautiful swan.....

Healthy cream soup

Healthy cream soup - Explore!, originally uploaded by Kemi H.

Health Cream Soup

Marsh tit - Stumped!

Marsh tit - Stumped! - Explored!, originally uploaded by Wales Birder.

The photographer says:
"I took this towards the start of the day when the light was lower and not quite as good as later on but Im still really pleased with it. Strangely the birds only seemed to use this perch the once, Im not sure if something was moved to stop it becoming a good perch, but I feel I might have got a pretty unique pose here compared to the others. It's also a break from the norm when it comes to how I would compose the bird in the frame."

Coconut Island - The Morning Crow [ explored ]

Coconut Island - The Morning Crow [ explored ], originally uploaded by rafaat.

Behind Story ( the photographer words) :
It was not a panning shot, the crow was sitting on the dock at St. Martin's Island, Chittagong. I focused it, I pressed the shutter and before my 1000D could close the shutter, it flew away... One of those shots when you can't really realize what you have taken until you press the review button and see the photo in that tiny 2.5inch LCD...

Red-eared slider

Red-eared slider, originally uploaded by v4vodka.

note below from the photographer of this nice red eared turtle :
"When I came to US I was stunned with the number and variety of turtles that you can find practically around every pond or river. In Poland, we have only one turtle species but it's extremely rare and endangered. I wanted to take a nice shot of turtle but they were always down in water or resting in places difficult to approach. So when I spotted this guy just on grass next to the pond I could not resist to take some pictures. He was such a great model!"

Ferrari 458 Italia

Ferrari 458 Italia, originally uploaded by ferrari california.

The photographer of this amazing ferrari 458 italia has a very intersting comment :
"For sure, if the army had Ferrari 458 Italia, it would provoke certain vocations.

But I do not think that it is the purpose searched by preparatory German, Cam Shaft, but it gives desire all the same.

They will say that Cam Shaft is specialist of auto panty hoses in vinyl to be adapted on cars and there, they made a big work on Ferrari 458 Italia. Not so badly, no?"

HEAVEN

HEAVEN, originally uploaded by Pepe Roselló.

Heaven Heaven

Long Eared Owl

Long Eared Owl, originally uploaded by copeg.

The Long-eared Owl is a medium sized owl, 31–37 cm (12-15 in) in length with an 86–98 cm (34-39 in) wingspan. It has erect blackish ear-tufts, which are positioned in the center of the head. The ear-tufts are used to make the owl appear larger to other owls while perched. The female is larger in size and darker in coloration than the male. The Long-eared Owl’s brownish feathers are vertically streaked. Tarsus and toes are entirely feathered. Eye disks are also characteristic in this species. However, the eye disks of A. otus are darker in color or rusty-orange. This nocturnal species is perhaps most easily seen perched in a tree in its daytime roost, sometimes in small groups during the winter months.

Flowers For You.....

Flowers For You....., originally uploaded by FrozenBlizzard.

quots below from the original photographer :
"The softness of the presence
Which caresses like a warm breeze
sustains in times of trial
soothes with a gentle hand

Not the ecstasy of joy
neither the desert of absence

But the peace which passes all understanding

You are with me
and I can smile upon this life

"

IMG_0380

IMG_0380, originally uploaded by pia.reynolds.

The photographer story about this beautiful photo is :
"I spotted this chap on the verge in my road on the way home from the school run! Straight back out again with camera...then back home to get stuff to kneel on and to rest the camera on :) All the neighbours undoubtedly think I'm a nutter, kneeling with my face on a wet lawn and my bottom in the air :) So...the photo is taken in Surrey, UK, with the EOS7D and a Sigma 105mm macro lens. Ever so slightly desaturated the greens and yellows in PS to allow the amazing 'hat' to stand out. (Oh, and should add that the poor mushroom is no more :( I think he was decapitated by a lawnmower)"

Colorado Plains

Colorado Plains, originally uploaded by Dan Ballard Photography.

"This shot was taken about 5 minutes from my house. I love skies like this, and this wheat field seemed to be the perfect subject to go with it. There's not much to photograph in my area so the sky becomes even more important then normal. I go take pictures at least 3 to 4 times a week depending on the weather and how the sky looks and try to find something interesting. Really a nice feeling to get something decent from a very un-photogenic place. I really think it helps to train your eye for when your shooting someplace amazing as well." says the photographer of this amazing shot .

Gehry Sheen

Gehry Sheen, originally uploaded by Wolfgang Staudt.

Frank Owen Gehry, CC is a Canadian-American Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles, California.

His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions and many customers seek Gehry's services as a badge of distinction. His works were by far the most often cited as being among the most important works of contemporary architecture in the 2010 World Architecture Survey, which led Vanity Fair to label him as "the most important architect of our age".

Gehry's best-known works include the titanium-covered Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles; Experience Music Project in Seattle; Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis; Dancing House in Prague; the Vitra Design Museum and MARTa Museum in Germany; and the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. But it was his private residence in Santa Monica, California, which jump-started his career, lifting it from the status of "paper architecture" – a phenomenon that many famous architects have experienced in their formative decades through experimentation almost exclusively on paper before receiving their first major commission in later years.


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Time to Return

Time to Return, originally uploaded by Mark Southgate.

The photographer of this photo says :
"Went for a walk along the cliffs from Seaham yesterday. We stopped off at the harbour on our way home just as the sun was setting. Bumped into Steve so had a good chat with him. There was a terrific sunset behind me but the light out to sea was fading very fast when I took this. This was my last shot from the day."

{ She dieted and lost more than just wieght ,,

{ She dieted and lost more than just wieght ,,, originally uploaded by B a r ش a.

the note below is from the original photographer :
"she lost her health .. she lost her life ! ,,

but hey ! .. at least she died with a body of a model ! :P ,,



Barca's Blah Blah:

ok people ! ,,
what is it with girls these days ? :/ ,,
they all are like i MUST be skinnier than nicole richie or i'm fat ! :S ,,

take it from B ! .. no diet .. and i repeat NO diet is useful !! and some are even harmful to the body !! ,,

and if u haven't noticed .. diets have the word DIE in them ! :/ ,,

people you don't need no diet ! .. all u have to do is EAT HEALTHY .. like seriously eat WHATEVER u want as long as it's HEALTHY ! .. and EXERCISE .. exercise people !! ,,
i'm not saying u must do 23876684 set-ups and 38794 push-ups per day ! ,,

all u need is like 20 set-ups .. 15-20 push-ups a day ! and some walking around ..

don't wake up and set on ur a** all day long and make people get things for u ! --"
like the kitchen isn't 5 blocks away ! ,,
can't u just get urself that glass of water ! :S ,,

anywayz ,,

take my advice .. eat healthy .. live healthy .. and leave those diets to those zero-sized models .. coz ur not one of 'em and u'll never be ! :P ,,

and about the shot .. i know the green-apple-with-a-meter is old and used .. but i tried to add a B twist to it ! xP ,,

hope u like it ! ,,

"