Monday, May 30, 2011

The Golden Hour


The Golden Hour, originally uploaded by lablover47.

Words of the photographer :
"That was the title for our Picture This! assignment this week, referring to those times near sunrise and sunset when the light is magical. Unfortunately, we've had nothing but cloudy and rainy days. I snapped this one just before sunset when the sun peeked through the clouds after a rain for a very short time. These maple leaves start out red and turn green later. I did not sharpen; the golden outline around the leaves occurred naturally because of the sun's back-lighting"

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Rainbow over London


Rainbow over London, originally uploaded by londonstuff.

Words of the photographer :
'[Captures everything if you look at the 'original' view - London Eye, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, The Gherkin in the distance, Barbican, Strata at Elephant & Castle, Canary Wharf and the Shard. A much harder to spot second rainbow, that I only noticed on the photograph, is just visible above the original rainbow to the right and left.
'

Thursday, May 26, 2011

STS-134 - Endeavour's Final Launch

Photo taken remotely with a sound-activated trigger. [You wouldn't want to be this close].

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Yemen


Yemen, originally uploaded by .m.a.r..

Yemen .... the country of traditions and heritage

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Ah........mum, dad!.....do I have to eat my greens?

Ah........mum, dad!.....do I have to eat my greens?

Monday, May 23, 2011

cherry blosoom in otterbourne

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Eye to Eye


Eye to Eye (Explore), originally uploaded by {{Kim}}.

words of the photographer :
"yes...

our baby LOVES its mama.

these two are such a joy to witness.
and it brings me great joy to share them with you."

Friday, May 20, 2011

Female Rufous Hummingbird


Female Rufous Hummingbird, originally uploaded by Moosicorn.

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Sighted at Moosicorn Ranch in Stevens County, WA near Spokane.
May 2011.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Honeymoon Island


Honeymoon Island, originally uploaded by msdstefan.

Honeymoon Island is part of the island of Aitutaki in the north of the Cook Islands, right in the middle of the South Pacific

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Lesser Striped Swallow


Lesser Striped Swallow, originally uploaded by Nydiaso.

Cecropis abyssinica. White River. South Africa

Monday, May 16, 2011

Turtle Weather


Turtle Weather, originally uploaded by Madison Guy.

Words of the photographer :
"Yesterday's warm weather brought out this turtle to soak up the late afternoon sun with its buddy the mallard at Tiedeman's Pond"

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Nature's smile..


Nature's smile.., originally uploaded by madhu.kartha.

Nature's smile..

Nature's smile..


Nature's smile.., originally uploaded by madhu.kartha.

Nature's smile..

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Simple Pose


Simple Pose, originally uploaded by kenskritters.

Words of the photographer :
"This Eastern Bluebird male posed nicely for me yesterday. He and his mate are feeding 4 babies these days"

Friday, May 13, 2011

Lion King


Lion King, originally uploaded by vikhoa.

Lion King

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Photographed in the wild in the Florida Everglades this past March

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Hearts


Hearts [Explored], originally uploaded by stuckinseoul.

Hearts

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Elan Valley - Garreg Ddu Crop

Words of the photographer :
"I took this last year, although it was one of those shots I was never really happy with but felt it had potential. Anyway, after a bit of cropping and a reprocess I am much happier with it. It was taken at Garreg Ddu, one of a series of reservoirs at Elan Valley in Wales, well worth a visit as its just stunning. Oh and the reflection is true to scene, it really was that calm."

Monday, May 9, 2011

floating light and stream


floating light and stream, originally uploaded by neurodoc2010.

Words of the photographer :
"thinking of J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851): in 1815, there was an outbreak of the volcano Tambora, worldwide the most important eruption after that one of the lake Taupo some 20.000 years before... this eruption changed the daylight for a long time and the sunsets in Europe have been so beautiful as never described before - all the shadings of red, orange and purple, sometimes even blue and green..."

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Sakura


Sakura, originally uploaded by Sergey Sus.

Sakura

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Obliging reed warbler

Obliging reed warbler

Friday, May 6, 2011

white throated kingfisher


white throated kingfisher, originally uploaded by bojangles_1953.

white throated kingfisher

Thursday, May 5, 2011

look down


look down, originally uploaded by hkvam.

Words of the photographer :
"Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.
Winnie the Pooh

By the river of Hvítá (White River) near Barnafoss (Children's Falls) waterfalls, Borgarfjörður, W-Iceland"

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Mariposa


Mariposa, originally uploaded by alfonso-tm.

Mariposa

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

A view to the river (Douro)


A view to the river (Douro), originally uploaded by Jose Viegas.

A view to the river

Monday, May 2, 2011

Kingfisher


Kingfisher, originally uploaded by bojangles_1953.

Kingfisher