Lulu Lockjaw
This was taken early in the morning while kayaking through the LaKe Martin cypress swamp east of Lafayette, Louisiana. This is on the east side of the lake just south of where most people put their kayaks in.
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Inspired by my fellow Flickrino friends who find waterdroplets so much fun.
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A gorgeous photo I snapped of one of the otters at The National Zoo & Aquarium in Canberra, Australia. These guys are an absolute delight to photograph!
Magda wearing Dreamandawake belt.
Most interesting portrait on flickr Interestingness page on Explore, 29/11/2008 Explore 1st, 29/11/2008 1st on interesting photos taken with Olympus E-500 Most interesting photo on my photostream Most commented photo on my photostream Most faved photo on my stream +2.500 faves 200.000 views on my photostream +230.000 views "- Nothing must end." (My Left Foot - 1989) More pictures of Marta here.
Soap Photogram
Madame Sherri's Chesterfield, NH
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Magnolia isolated by bokeh. High contrast. Bright pink
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Takashima, Shiga, Japan
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Saint Mary and Saint Anne's Cathedral
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Utagawa Shigenobu (1826-1869) was the chief pupil of the the second great master of the Japanese landscape woodblock print, Hiroshige. He took over his master's go 'Hiroshige' on the latter's death, and is now principally known by it, being more usually referred to as 'Hiroshige II'. The general view on him now is that was a relatively minor artist who was unable to generate a distinct style of his own, but nonetheless occasionally designed some very fine prints, and produced a considerable body of acceptable work. Many critics feel that the quality of his later works feel off significantly towards the end of his life, especially during the last half-decade. Detailed biography He was born into a family of fire-watchmen, like his master Hiroshige I. He was originally named Suzuki Chimpei, and as his artistic career began, he was given the name Shigenobu (重宣) by his master Hiroshige I. He was made part of his master's household, and married Hiroshige I's daughter Tatsu. During the period 1849-1858, he produced his earliest works, very much in the style of Hiroshige I. His work was principally nature prints, although he also produced figure prints, and prints of samurai or historical subjects. He also began signing with 'Ichiyūsai' (一幽斎, a former go of Hiroshige I) during this period. He is thought to have assisted Hiroshige I with a number of his later series, including '36 Views of Fuji' and the 'Upright Tokaido'. He is known to have contributed at least three prints in 10/1858 to Hiroshige I's last great series of landscape prints, the Hundred Views of Edo, using the signature 'Hiroshige' (during Hiroshige I's lifetime). After Hiroshige's death in 1858, in the first month of the following year he formally adopted his master's go of Ichiryūsai (一立斎) and Hiroshige (広重, although they wrote it with the characters 廣重). During this period his work continued to strongly resemble that of Hiroshige I, both in style and subject matter. In 1865, he divorced his wife, moved to Yokohama, remarried, and adopted the names Ryūsho and Risshō (立祥). Although his prints were shown at the Paris Exhibition in 1867, it brought him little success in Japan, and he was forced to make a living painting tea-sets and lanterns for export. He died in Yokohama, in great poverty, in 1869. Works He produced a number of series of prints, many of them views of Edo, including: One Hundred Views of Famous Places in the Provinces (1859-1864) Forty-Eight Views of Famous Places in Edo (1860 - 1861) Thirty-Six Views of the Eastern Capital (1861 - 1862) Views of Famous Places in Edo (1861 - 1863) Sixty-eight Views of the Various Provinces (1862) 'Processional' Tōkaidō (collaboration with other artists) (1863) Thirty-Six Flowers (1866) Some are of some merit: the 'Thirty-Six Flowers', all shown at famous places in Tōkyō (as it was by then called) in particular is a good flower series, and 'One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Various Provinces' contains a number of first-rate images. mercury.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/prints/shigenobu.html www.hiroshigeii.net/
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one of Klimt's most famous works painted in 1907-1908 and located at the Austrian Belvedere Gallery in Vienna.
Gray sitting in a path through the weeds in my yard
My gardenia is in bloom again.
Besides landscape photography, I enjoy revisiting my artistic roots and occasionally indulge myself in more creative work. This recent light painting image is to form part of a ‘Creative Photography’ presentation to a Plymouth based photography club at the end of April. My aim is to create a range of simple and achievable creative images to inspire beginners. More images to follow soon. Thanks for looking - Mk www.markgeorgephotography.co.uk Facebook Page
Its of course a captive one sadly, though it is the male of a regular breeding pair so they must feel settled to breed. There is talk of re introduction of lynx in to remote areas, and being a particular favourite of mine I would love to see that, but I fear its all hot air, it will never happen!!!! The fact that they were here and we wiped them out centuries ago means we could legally re introduce them, but as with so many species, the authorities take far more notice of the whinging minorities than the people who would like to see the animals our ancestors wiped out here again. We already have IDIOTS wanting to control the numbers of whitetailed eagles just a few years after their re introduction. If we were to cull anything I say we start with idiots !!!! Here I shall take a deep breath to prevent a full scale rant......................... ;o))
The magnificent Izu, taken in late afternoon light in Lion Camp at the San Diego Wild Animal Park, June 25, 2009
A white tiger in captivity at Singapore Zoological Gardens. The presence of stripes indicate it is not a true albino. In the wild, Bengal White Tigers are found exclusively within South Asia, notably in India. Although Bengal tigers make up 60% of the world’s wild tiger population, individuals with white coats are indeed very rare. Only one White Tiger exists out of every 10,000 normal orange-coloured tigers.
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Mount Rainier, from Mazama ridge
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