Lens-Artists Challenge #61 – Precious Pets – A Dog’s Life

[Categories: Photography, Photography 101 Forever [Photos this week are hosted right here on WordPress.  Somewhere…  serene.] The Lens Artist Challenge is hosted this week by Tina. A childless person who may have difficulty relating to humans might shower attention on a domesticated animal such as a dog.  Such was the case with my West Highlands White Terrier named …

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Tender Moments

Happiness is a warm... dog. Inspiration kudos: Cee's Black & White Photo Challenge

Someone told me it’s all happening…

[Categories: Travel, Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Photos here are hosted on Microsoft OneDrive.] ...AT THE ZOO.  (Thank you songwriter Paul Simon.) The world famous Jack Hanna-headquartered Columbus Zoo (Ohio) is that to which I refer. As I am no longer the wide-eyed schoolchild, it was with mixed emotions in this conservation, preservation, ecological world that …

Trust~

is an honor, that is earned, and easily broken. The Holler Hummers have learned to trust, and will feed readily from hand. My husband and son volunteer occasionally for photos, as you can see in th… [Follow the link below to some drop-dead gorgeous hummingbird closeups from a fellow blogger whose photography I greatly admire.] …

Flying Rainbows~

For the three or four of my readers who don’t view photos on CindyKnoke.com I beg you check her recent post of colorful Rainbow Lorikeets. The poor woman gets practically no traffic on her website, takes terrible photos, and no one ‘likes’ her posts, so I’m rallying support to encourage her to keep at it regardless. 😉 This post appeals to my pre-Cro Magnon sense of art and nature, i.e. if it’s colorful I like it. Be sure to click on a bird photo twice to see it zoom into a painting-style ultra-closeup suitable for a screensaver. Don’t give up Cindy!

Talk about PDA!

These guys perfect it.

It’s enough to make your head spin!

Rainbow Lorikeets are affectionate, comical and congenial birds, as sweet as they are pretty.

Of course this grumpy guy might disagree, it’s no fun waiting for your feathers to grow, you can hardly fly and the big birds are having all the fun!

There is always some minor bickering among birds, come to think of it, among people too, but that’s another story….

What personalities these guys have. They hammed it up on my hand for my camera! They know how handsome they are……

Some day I’d be over the rainbow to have a rainbow of my own.
Cheers to you from the free flying Lorikeets at Lorikeet Landing~

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Florida, May 2014, Pt. VI and last – Ford-Edison, Sunken Gardens St. Petersburg

[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Large photos, possible slow loading ahead.] [Gallery/multiple photos: Click any photo to enlarge.  See photo info lower right corner.  Lens was the 18-55mm.  Click View Full Size if desired. Single photos: Click on any photo to enlarge.  Click again for extra zoom detail.  Use your Back Page method to return.] …

Florida, May 2014, Pt. V – Museums

[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Large photos, possible slow loading ahead.] [Gallery/multiple photos: Click any photo to enlarge.  See photo info lower right corner.  Click View Full Size to do that. Single photos: Click on any photo to enlarge.  Click again for extra zoom detail.  Use your Back Page method to return.] I must get …

Florida, May 2014, Pt. IV – EPCOT

[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Large photos, possible slow loading ahead.] [Gallery/multiple photos: Click any photo to enlarge.  See photo info lower right corner.  Click View Full Size to do that. Single photos: Click on any photo to enlarge.  Click again for extra zoom detail.  Use your Back Page method to return.] EPCOT Wikipedia will …

Self-drive safaris in Africa?!?!

[Categories: Travel, Photography] Naive, sheltered and uninformed as I am I had not heard of a self-drive safari until inveterate mega-travel blogger Lesley Carter mentioned in her blog Bucketlistpublications.org she is doing one.  Follow her travels at her website.  Her first two posts on the safari are: http://bucketlistpublications.org/2014/06/11/namibia-safari-starts-today/ http://bucketlistpublications.org/2014/06/12/etosha-national-park-safari-teaser/ A quick Google brought this website …

Florida, May 2014, Pt. III – Sea World Orlando

[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Gallery/multiple photos: Click any photo to enlarge.  See photo info lower right corner.  Click View Full Size to do that. Single photos: Click on any photo to enlarge.  Click again for extra zoom detail.  Use your Back Page method to return.] Sea World Orlando My go-to lens on this vacation …

Dog Days – A Walk In The Park

[Categories: Photography, Dogs] It is taking me forever to read and review Lapham's Quarterly and forever to post pictures in my Florida 2014 series .  Today was time for a break and a walk in the park.  A dog walk in particular.  A charity dog walk in support of cures for pet cancer. Let's see if I …

Florida, May 2014, Pt. II – Kennedy Space Center

[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Gallery/multiple photos: Click any photo to enlarge.  See photo info lower right corner.  Click View Full Size to do that. Single photos: Click on any photo to enlarge.  Click again for extra zoom detail.  Use your Back Page method to return.] Kennedy Space Center. Hail Atlantis (the Space Shuttle): Rocket …

Florida, May 2014, Pt. I – Fort De Soto

[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Click on any photo to enlarge. Click again for extra zoom detail. Use your Back Page method to return.] Fort De Soto State Park, St. Petersburg FL.           Map courtesy Apple Maps:

Dog, Dove, and Depth of Field (Caw! Caw!) (Tesla)

[CATEGORIES: Photography, Travel Photography.] [Click on pictures to enlarge.  Click on enlargement to get realllllly big.  Find your way back to this page somehow.  🙂 ] PHOTOGRAPHY 101 FOREVER, of course. Following is a bit of miscellany taken between the autumn color shots during the last month. DOG: Exposure experiment: Just dog: DOVE and DOF …

Summit County Mid-Late Autumn – Photography 101 forever

[CATEGORIES: Photography, Travel Photography.] [Click on pictures to enlarge.  Click on enlargement to get realllllly big.  Find your way back to this page somehow.  🙂 ]Yes it is barely a week since I posted about early autumn in Colorado but things change fast here.  My guess is a decent Colorado autumn averages about 2 weeks, though …

Snorkeling with the Ballerinas of the Ocean

[And now for something completely different.... This lady (Lesley) is a non-stop traveler. But snorkeling with mantas... Woof! - John]

The Perpetual Beginner: Photography 101 forever

[CATEGORIES: Photography.] I am the perpetual beginner in everything.  I need two lifetimes; one in which to make all the mistakes, another in which to get it right.  I'm out of luck on that (the second life). One thing I'm more certain of in my retirement years is that my road well-traveled must be paved …

Summit County September

[CATEGORIES: Photography, Recreation, Travel.] Contrary to published reports, not all of Colorado is under water this mid-September 2013.  It does seem like the state has either been on fire or flooded all summer.  We just do that so people don't think it is too nice here. These pictures were taken between 9 and 12 September, …

A Dog’s Life – The Early Years. 8 weeks 3 days old (in 2006).

People like photos.  People like dogs (usually).  Dogs like people (usually).  Do dogs like photos? [This gallery is in slideshow mode.  Click on any dog picture to open the slideshow.  Scroll down and click 'View Full Size...' to do just that.  On my Macbook I can then click again to make the photo REAL BIG. …