As the last light of the day fades the city lights take over, and a different side of Melbourne appears.
This shot is taken in the north of Rwanda near the DR Congo border. It showcases the absurd beauty of this broken land. Known as the land of one thousand hills Rwanda is bursting at the seams. This shots is part of the ‘world’s most expensive card’ promotion initiated by John Robb. It has raised close to $700 AUD so far.
Horseshoe Bend is the name for a horseshoe-shaped meander of the Colorado River located near the town of Page, Arizona, in the United States. It is located slightly downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell, about four miles or 6 km south of Page. Accessible via a 3⁄4-mile (1.2 km) hike from U.S. Route 89, it can be viewed from the steep cliff above, forming a spectacular vista. / This image is actually made of 4 pictures taken with my Canon 20D – 17-40mm L lens and stitched together to create this panoramic
Sunset / dusk and a boat, Convict Lake in Mammoth Lakes, CA “Eureka” (I have found it) The ultimate merge of being one with your environment. Nature, human, beauty. First place: Group Avatar challenge @ The Great Outdoors group, September 2009 2nd place: Reflections of mountains challenge @ Mountains Across the Globe Group, September 2009 3rd place: Landscapes challenge @ The Male Photographer Group, October 2009 Top ten: Let’s Hunt for Watercraft challenge @ The Scavenger Hunt Group, September 2009 Featured: The scavenger Hunt Group, September 2009 / Featured: Landscape Photography group, September 2009 / Featured: light & reflection group, February 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / *—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—
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Magnificent Waves, Mother Nature Creates The most Beautiful images … even surferes were in awe at their beauty & by their size. Photograph taken in Playa Del Ray, California.
The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence, that makes no demands for sustenance and extends generously the products of it’s activity. / It affords protection to all beings, offering shade even to the axeman who destroys it. Lord Buddha 500 BC . / Shot taken outside the Royal Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia . /
Chateau de Villandry – a 16th century late Renaissance chateau in the Loire Valley, France…..famous for it’s magnificent gardens. The Loire Valley, with a great number of chateaux, is listed with UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. / / This recreated Renaissance garden at Villandry is like a tapestry changing with the seasons. / The gardens are on three levels. At the top, from where this photo is taken, is a water garden fringed with ancient lime trees, then on the next level down, a flower garden level with the chateau and then below that is the world’s largest ornamental kitchen garden. Eight full time gardeners maintain the gardens at Villandry. They raise and plant 60,000 vegetable and 45,000 bedding plants each year. / It truly is a delight to the senses. National Heritage and Other Trusts Sites World Wide.
How can it be that we can say so much without words? Madness (from Complete Madness, 1982)
Sumatran tiger cub, National zoo.
Sumatran tiger cub – original photograph, digitally accented and enhanced for a more painterly appearance. Taken at the National Zoo, Washington, DC. / / Name: Panthera tigris sumatrae (Sumatran Tiger) Description: The Sumatran tiger has the darkest coat of all tigers. Its broad, black stripes are closely spaced and often doubled. Unlike the Siberian tiger, it has striped forelegs. Sumatran tigers are the smallest tiger subspecies. Males average 2.4 meters (8 feet) in length from head to tail and weigh about 120 kilograms (264 pounds). Females measure approximately 2.2 meters (7 feet) in length and weigh about 90 kilograms (198 pounds). Distribution: The Sumatran tiger is found only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra in habitat that ranges from lowland forest to submontain and montain forest with some peat-moss forest. Biology: The Sumatran tiger eats wild pig, big deer (called rusa), and small deer (called muntjak or barking deer). The specific range size of this tiger is not know, however the population density is approximately 4–5 adult tigers/100 km 2 (39 mile 2) in optimal lowland rainforest. As elevation increases through submontain and montain forests, the number of tigers in any given area decreases because there is less prey available. Status in the wild: 400-500 wild Sumatran tigers were believed to exist in 1998, primarily in the island’s national park areas, but no island-wide census or monitoring system has been possible. Tiger numbers have continued to decline because of poaching of tigers to supply the illegal trade in tiger parts. The last remnants of lowland forest are being eliminated to establish oil palm plantations and for shifting agriculture by recent settlers from other areas of Sumatra and Indonesia. Ongoing road development makes many formerly inaccessible mountain areas accessible to illegal logging even on the steepest slopes, and many mountainous areas are being converted into plantations for coffee and other products for international markets. Tigers are legally protected but are not highly valued. Captive breeding: For three years, the Indonesian Zoological Parks’ Association (PKBSI) has been working with the Tiger Global Conservation Strategy to develop a conservation program for Sumatran tigers. In addition to the 65 Sumatran tigers living in Indonesian zoos, there are 55 tigers managed by North American zoos, 100 in European zoos, and 12 in Australasian zoos. This captive population is descended from 37 wild-caught founders. The Indonesian Sumatran Tiger Masterplan now has the potential to function as the heart of the Sumatran tiger population worldwide. It is designed to preserve sufficient genetic diversity to reinforce both captive and wild populations, thus fulfilling its goal to ensure that the in situ tiger program comprises verifiable founders permanently identified and registered in the Indonesian Sumatran Tiger Studbook. It also extends the capabilities of Indonesian zoo staff to professionally manage their tiger programs in Indonesia, and at the same time serves as a model for other range country tiger management programs in Southeast Asia.
It was really cold up there in the mountains at times … like late October Jasper Canada
I have been told that this shot is rarely captured, due to the frequency of the winds around this area. My Aunt and My Grandmother have tried for years and never had the opportunity to capture this Mountain and its mirrored image before. / I have been back several time time to take more shots but the water was too choppy, I was fortunate with this one.
A must to view larger – so gorgeous Driving home from Tahoe I was snapping photos like crazy. I am surprised my window didn’t break from going up and down so many times. This is straight from my camera to you! Hope you see the magnificent beauty that I do! Nikon D80 / Lens = 50-200mm
Aerial image of the famous heart-shaped Coral Reef in the Whitsundays, Australia
This family of Trumpeter Swans is landing in a field. The adults are whiter than their youngsters. Captured in a wetlands area of the Comox Valley of Vancouver Island, Canada. Nikon D300, Nikkor f4 600 mm lens, ISO 200, f4, 1/400s.
There is nothing quite like the early morning beach before anyone else is there. You have it all to yourself and it is magnificant. Taken early morning in Mexico on the beach in the Mayan Riviera.
The timbered bridge with autumn leaves
A magnificent black stallion
The glory of the sunrise is reflected in one of the many rock pools located on the coastline, along The Great Ocean Road. Pentax K20D Camera – S.speed 6 Sec – f27 – ISO 100 / Sigma 18 -125 mm lens – 21mm / Edited in ACDSee Pro3. My Bubblesite showcases images in their categories.
The comet of a lifetime hangs in the evening sky
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