As hot as it feels during the last few days.
Inhabited by black creatures.
Or red ones. Take your pick.
But the sun must go down eventually and with it the cool down?
Linked to the Cosmic Photo Challenge: Collage.
Tag: #CosPhoChal
A bit of (cosmic) fun
I had a lot of fun with the latest Cosmic prompt: abstract.
I’ll start off with a shot that was abstract from the start. Without any editing this is how it was recorded on my memory card in the camera:
Move on to a subject that is intentionally abstract like this sculpture of which I could not find any title or the name of the artist or anything, even after researching it on the internet:
And finally a perfectly ordinary close up of a flower rendered abstract by various filters in an editing program:
Linked to The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Abstract.
Deceptive
Shiny, smooth new leaves in front of rough, weathered stone.
Or is it?
You just have to get close enough.
Linked to the Cosmic Photo Challenge: The rough with the smooth.
Grey herons
Driving on my bike these two were easy to miss. Sometimes I get lucky.
There are more storks around and they are easier to spot than the grey herons.
Look at those breast feathers and the garter on the upper thigh!
I’m by no means an expert but I think these were two juveniles.
And off again.
Linked to The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Our feathered friends.
Is it a flock? Is it a flight? No, it’s a dissimulation!
The Elwedritsche are mythical creatures believed to live in the Southwest of Germany. Often described as being birdlike but with antlers and scales instead of feathers, there are really very little bounds to the imagination. In Neustadt an der Weinstraße a whole dissimulation of Elwedritsche can be seen frolicking in the waters of a fountain, getting themselves wet and everybody who cares to stand close to them.
I picked the word dissimulation from a collection of collective nouns for birds. It seemed appropriate.
Linked to The Cosmic Photo Challenge: A wet weekend.
Vortices
A vortex can be a dangerous thing out in nature. On a playground it can be created and observed in a controlled environement.
Linked to The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Forces of Nature.
Three times different
Church cut-out.
Cut-out memorial.
Natural cut-out. Doesn’t it look like an African sunset? Possibly the travel restrictions have addled my brain.
Linked to The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Silhouette or Shadows.
Studies in grey
For the Cosmic Photo Challenge: 50 shades of grey I tried to pick photos which were naturally (almost) monochrome, either because of the subject or because of the quality of the prevailing light.
For more shades of grey, click here.
Soak up the sun
The warmer temperatures have brought out the sunbathers in a local park. I don’t think they could stretch their necks towards the sun any further!
Linked to the Cosmic Photo Challenge: Feel the heat.
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