Morning light skims across a scene at Dinner Plain in the Victorian High Country. Waking up and walking around in the mornng light amoungst the trees was a delight.
The sunrises over tropical Fiji, the palms blow gently in the morning breeze. The resort pool looks inviting, jump on in.
Wind swept trees on the cliff top at Torquay surf beach
Red Pandas are found in the temperate forests of the Himalayas and some high mountain areas of China and Myanmar (Burma). Anatomical features indicate Red Pandas are most closely related to the racoon and similar to giant pandas and bears but are now in a ‘family’ of their own. Like Giant Pandas, Red Pandas have an extra ‘thumb’ which is simply an enlarged bone. In captivity Red Pandas can live up to 14 years but it is not known how long they live in the wild. / The Chinese name for Red Panda is hunho or firefox, due to their colour and similar size to a fox. The red panda was first discovered in 1821, 48 years before the giant pandas were found in 1869. The major threats confronting Red Pandas are loss and fragmentation of habitat due to deforestation; poaching for the pet and fur trades; and competition from domestic livestock. The fur of Red Pandas is used to make hats and clothing by local people in China. The fur hat with its long, luxurious tail at the back looks beautiful and warm. In Yunnan Province, this type of hat is still desired by newlyweds, because it was regarded as a talisman for a happy marriage in the past. The Red Panda is nearly extinct in the western part of its range due to human interference in its natural habitat. / The ‘Exotica Collection’ wildlife painting portrays the beauty of the shy Red Panda while creating an awareness of their plight.
Corio Bay at Portarligton with the You Yangs in the distant background. / On the Bellatine Peninsula near Geelong
Sit down… Relax… Take a break from the hustle and bustle. Enjoy a mid-day dream.
This was taken in the summer of 2007 at a favorite spot of mine at Jones Valley on Shasta Lake, CA, about 16 miles north east of Redding, CA….It was a perfect day and the light was very cooperative with me and my camera…..this has become one of my favorite places to just kick back and relax….and the fishing is not bad, an added plus. Common species most often caught here are Bass, Crappie, and Trout. It is also well known for camping, hiking and boating. / __ / All The Materials Contained May Not Be Reproduced, Copied, Edited, Published, Transmitted Or Uploaded In Any Way Without My Permission. My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. © 2007 Joyce Dickens: Using my images for any purpose and in any way, without prior permission, may lead to legal action!
This shot was of the jetty over looking the coast at paradise cove resort mauritius .It was almost completly dark when I took this shot . / The shot was a few mins exposure . It was really windy and rainy this morning and had to stand to the side of the camera to stop the wind from shaking the tripod as much as possible and duck in for cover between showers of rain . Beacuse of the wind the image isnt as sharp as i would have liked . I was also lucky there werent any boats tied up the jetty like they normally where this morning . Not to sure what the little island of the coast you can see was called The color of the water there is amazing its really that Turquoise , quite different from the cool and deep blues of Western Australias oceans .
Ocean Edge Resort Tower, Brewster Massachusetts.Orton Effect.
Colourful houses stacked onto the hillside around Brixham harbour in Torbay, South Devon, with the setting sun perfectly complimenting the illuminated shopfronts on the harbourside. A single trawler is moored beside the quay safely home from a day of fishing. The fishermen had their catch of the day, as did I. View the rest of our portfolio here Or visit our own website here
I remember and old man came and told me as a child I had a big soul. So here I just want to share it with you :) ENJOY Hope you LOVERS enjoy it. Made with happiness in mind.
Sunset at Portarlington Beach
I was in Laguna Beach and happened to look down over a balcony at the Surf & Sand Resort to capture this scene that we all may identify with at some point or another (in our busy lives). :)
A planned and never completed community in Salton City. They paved the roads and planted the trees and no one moved in…
Sunrise colours reflected in the beautifully calm harbour at Brixham, in South Devon, England. View the rest of our portfolio here Or visit our own website here
Taken on a calm and peaceful night. / Canon EOS 400D
Abundant gardens surrounded every area of the resort but consisted mostly of green foliage and trees. I found this particular formation interesting. Majestic Resort, Punta Cana-Dominican Republic, February 2009. Top ten placement in the Features pruned, Gardens group May 2009 / Featured in the Outsiders group, March 2009
Earth Watch tonight 8.30 – 9.30 Australia, turn off your lights for 1 hour :) / before photoshop colouring it was just a pencil sketch as above / / / Mother Nature a pencil drawing on paper / i’ve coloured this in photoshop this drawing came about while I was holidaying on an island off the Qld coast recently, I was there when the oil spill happened, and a cyclone threatened to disturb our lovely rest….but as it happened, we were not disturbed by either of these events, and were lucky enough to connect with dolphins each and every day, this is from my latest “Connection” series, it’s about our connection with creation and every living thing, especially the beautiful dolphins of Tangalooma.. I hand fed the dolphins and Tinkerbell, a mother dolphin gave me what i like to call 5 dolphin kisses to the hand. I also encountered the other dolphins called Echo, the 2 baby dolphins, one named Phoenix and it was a really special time for me. Dolphin facts I learned at Tangalooma: . Baby dolphins have hair and whiskers…they have a hairy growth on their fluke/tail and they have whiskers on their face, so that their mother knows when they are going to suckle…it tickles her and she can get into the right position . The pack of dolphins at Tangalooma have given many gifts of fish and / things like eels to their feeders and the staff their, which are in a glass display case with the various stories . The baby dolphins ‘play’ with puffer fish…they annoy the puffers til they PUFF and then toss them to and fro on the surface like they are ping pong balls . Dolphins chase their prey upside down . Many dolphins get entangled in fishing line and makes them unable to feed properly, as it gets around their fluke and around their mouths….they eventually die if they don’t receive intervention . The males get into packs and they fight for dominance, the stress of this shortens their lifespan, so the females actually live longer . A baby dolphin suckles for the first 18 months and does not eat anything while suckling…during that time the juvenile dolphin learns to hunt, they are not born with these skills, they are learned. . A baby dolphin suckles approximately every 10 minutes . Other dolphins in the pack protect the baby dolphins while the mother dolphin feeds, etc . Dolphins are mammals and share many similarities with humans…. / they can see well above and below the water :) . At Monkey Mia in Western Australia where they also feed wild dolphins, only the male dolphins come in to feed now, they have bullied the female dolphins so that they don’t come in to shore anymore….
Relaxing on a beach in the Cook Islands, South Pacific. The image was taken on One Foot island near Aitutaki which is part of the Cook Islands in the South Pacific. This is a coral beach not a sand beach so the feet are actually covered by tiny pieces of dead coral which gives the extremely coarse effect. The image was shot on slide film and scanned using a Nikon CoolScan III film scanner.
Joondalup Resort, Western Australia
Sunset at the pool. / Palau Pacific Resort, Koror, Palau, Micronesia, Pacific. Canon EOS 50-E, 17-40mm, 1/125s, f 8, ISO 100 (no filter!) http://www.norbertprobst.com
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