As I’ve stated before, I am not a sunrise person. So when I actually do photograph a sunrise I’m going to milk it for all its worth.
(Please click on the image.)
After all was said and done, the Kleinwalsertal looked once again like this:
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: The returning of the light
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We live in a house that was built less than 10 years ago. A new house then – our neighbour’s house – not so much. It was a farm house but by the time we moved in it wasn’t active anymore. This is the view from the street, our seven apartment house in front on the left, the old house at the back to the right.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Out of my window
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Shades of grey – from almost black to almost white, veering towards blue or violet, and more towards brown or light beige.
The shades are taken from birds’ plumage. Any guesses which one is the hadeda, the heron, the duck and the cockatoo (there are two cockatoos)?
The heron, the hadeda, the duck and the cockatoo. And a cockatoo who said: “Forget this grey stuff, I get me some yellow.” And then he blushed.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Shades of Grey
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No winter wonderland.
Yet undeniably winter in the woods.
And then – another walker spotted.
But he is not alone.
Then the inevitable happens.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Woodland Winter
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The very first picture I took in 2022:
It looks dangerous! The drop – which I didn’t photograph because I didn’t want to lose my place in line to have my vax status checked – was less than 50 cm. Or possibly, it was meant for the children playing two metres to the right of the sign:
Contemplating the danger of falling flat on my face with every new endeavour (and the very large possibility of the actual fall being much larger in my mind than in reality) I decided to go back and rather post something symbolic for a fresh start.
Newly fallen snow. The beckoning of a new dawn.
And now I’m really tripping:
Make it a good one!
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Starting Afresh
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hanging above the street and telling us: It’s Christmas time. Aaaaaaand …
… it’s gone!
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Show Us Your Christmas
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For the penultimate week of 2021 Dale has asked us to show our best shots of the year. I picked three photos, each from a different genre. Since the challenge is called The Cosmic Photo Challenge I thought that my macro shot should be a cosmos flower:
This portrait was just fun and more of an action shot, really. I liked the original but the sepia-around-the-edges puts the focus more on his face.
Sundown over the Rhine Valley. A dystopian landscape.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Your best bits
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Christmas markets in Germany are happening – at least in some parts of the country. Some are open, others are access controlled for COVID vaccinations. But what they all have in common: they serve mulled wine.
One glühwein, please. I'll try de one wizz de cimmamom whisky shot dis time. Can I haf anudder glühwein, pleesh? An anudder ... nudder one, shank you. Nudda -lühwa... -lühwai ... g-lüh... Nudda cuppp!!!
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There it was, this squirrel sitting in a bird feeder, oblivious to me approaching.
And then it did notice me and it took off in 0 to 100 in no time.
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