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"