Wasps have gotten a bad rap so I thought I start off showing that they can be beautiful. Still beautiful but they seldom come on their own which makes them at least a nuisance (even if they are not aggressive). Now wasps and food – … Continue reading A Waspish Post
The last on my SD card in the camera. A tiny spider with a big shadow. But it scuttled away before I could get anything better. The last photo on the camera SD card. I’ve enlarged it to show what caught my eye. The guy … Continue reading Halloween Much?
Water, Water Everywhere
Barren trees means nests are exposed and you can see where a happy family lived last spring. Lack of leaves also exposes weird forms like the cudgel like branches of a barren sycamore or planetree. And sunsets – whether au natural or with the plastic … Continue reading Bare Faced
Monday Window
My garden has never been well tended but in the last months it has been severely neglected. I didn’t even manage to prune the roses. With my back totally out of whack I didn’t even dare to go there. But the weather has been absolutely … Continue reading Last Bloom of the Year
Monday Portrait
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The original. Just a touch lighter than the original and a bit of fiddling with contrast etc. (done with Photoscape). The obvious choice for two castles and a medieval tower: sepia (done with Photoscape). Metallic sheen, notably copper: Lomo (done with Lunapic). A filter called … Continue reading Quiet Reflection on a Sunday Afternoon
Because Aino asked here is a bit of information about the statues beyond the names in the tags:From left to right: Friedrich Schiller is one oft the two national poets of Germany, like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, he lived in the 2nd half of the 18th century. Großherzog Ludwig IV. was a local regent in Hessen in the 19th century. Jran-Baptiste Kléber was the most important general of Napoleon Bonaparte, hailing from the Alsace. The severed head is an allogorical figure from the works of Friedrich Rückert, another German author, same era as Goethe and Schiller. And Großherzog Ludewig I. was an ancestor to the other “Louis” in this collage. The names are mentioned in the tags.
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Ragtag Daily Prompt: Surreal
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