Wetland Pond near Dow’s Lake, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. / A panorama taken in true infrared rendered as a cyanotype duotone. / Summer, 2008 Canon G2 + 720IR filter, 4 shots , 2 sec @f5.6
A Great blue heron silhouetted in the twinkling moonlight. / / / Portfolio Areas / Tigers / Wildlife / Macro / Landscape / Birds / Abstracts / Cats~wild and domestic
Winner of the Sunset Mania in Safe Haven / Featured in Amazing Orton Effect , All That Is Nature , Dutch Touch , Canon DSLR, 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE, The Beauty of the European Waters, That One Great Shot Canon EOS 350D – Canon Lens 18-55 mm – F/7.1 – 1/100 sec. / Program Dynamic-Photo-HDR Filter Color and The Amazing Orton Effect! Fochteloerveen belongs to the Society for preservation of nature monuments in the Netherlands, this is a Dutch organisation founded in 1905 that buys, protects and manages nature reserves in the Netherlands. Restoration programma of the Fochteloërveen raised bog! / At the end of the last Ice Age, about 10 000 years ago, an extensive area of peat bogs was created along what is now the Drenthe-Friesland border. For centuries, peat was used for heating on a small scale, but large-scale land clearance for agriculture between 1600 and 1900 fundamentally changed the character of the region. All that was left of this once huge peat resource was the Fochterloërveen (3 000 ha) and a few smaller cores. Even here, the peat degraded and turned into earth after the peat bog was drained for tree-planting and farming (of buckwheat varieties). The result was a monotonous expanse of Molinia grasses. Only in the highest core area was the peat still intact, complete with the vegetation associated with raised bogs. Sufficient peat moss (sphagnum) still grew here to sustain peat formation: it therefore provided a core area from which the entire Fochterloërveen raised bog could be restored. Apart from agricultural activities, this is a lonely, isolated region (the Fochterloërveen itself is surrounded by penal institutes), which in principle made the work of restoration easier. In 1965, the drainage ditches were sealed off and extraneous water was kept out. The task of restoration itself began in the 1980s, with the building of low dykes, creating isolated compartments on the bog surface. The aim was to manage the water levels in each compartment in such a way that peat moss could grow there again. The compartments proved to be too big, however, and the differences in their height above sea level has meant that some are too dry and others too wet. / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / / / Sunset in the Wetland Fochteloerveen / Featured in Amazing Orton Effect , All That Is Nature , Dutch Touch , Canon DSLR, 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE, The Beauty of the European Waters, That One Great Shot
From my collection: / Alaska North Star ~ Arctic Fantasy Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. / It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. / We ask ourselves who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? / You are a child of God. / Your playing small does not serve the world. / There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. / We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. / It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. / And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. / As we are liberated from our own fear, / our presence automatically liberates others.” by Marrianne Williamson ~ excerpts from Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles. I use only my own images to create composites, matrix panoramic images and digital art, therefore I own full copyrights on all my work. This is one of my favourites. It is a composite of three of my images, one of the Chena Slough near North Pole Alaska and two of Interior Alaska brilliant skies Featured in Mountains and Light 29 December 2008 Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” -Oscar Wilde
The thunderstorm in this photograph was taken on the top-end wetlands late in the build up season…only weeks before this area was a dustbowl, yet weeks later it becomes a floodplain ! As the storm surged across the lush plains it dumped heavy rain and some shortlived reprieving cool winds. / / EOS A2, Fuji Velvia 50. / ©T.Middleton2007 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / / / / see more of my weather related photography by clicking on the preview image below. / / / /
LITHUANIA Collaboration with jacquei model Jordie /
Sharp tailed Sandpipers common migrant from Siberia to coastal ,subcoastal and inland wetlands throughout Australia Image taken in Lake Corringle East Gippsland / All comments are really appreciated !!!! /
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FOR BETTER VIEWING VIEW LARGER Thanks for dropping in and viewing this work, your comments are appreciated, and i am honoured to those who favourite the work For those travelling the Hume HIghway 540 KIlometres south by road from Sydney, a stay in the City of Albury is well worth the time . Wonga Wetlands is the result of what can be done with some imagination and the use of wastewater, the bird population is amazing, best times are early morning or the time leading up to dusk. The asrea is dotted with bird hides , a perfect place to relax with a camera and a good lens. Wonga Wetlands, on the Murray River floodplain is being gently restored from grazing land using Albury City’s environmentally treated wastewater. This is another absorbing natural conservation area featuring amazing 600year old Murray River Red Gums and an astonishing number of birds. Albury’s Wonga Wetlands incorporate seven lagoons covering a surface area of about 80ha on the Murray River flood plain. Take a wander to Wonga if only for the picture perfect Murray landscape views. There are plenty of bird hides and viewing points to take advantage of. ‘Wonga’ means cormorant in Wiradjuri language, here you may find the Little Black Cormorant, the Little Pied Cormorant, Pied Cormorant and the Great Cormorant. There are 130 Species of birds living in and using the wetlands Nikon D300, Sigma D300, Photomatix D300, 5 Bracketted Images , light tidy in Capture NX
TAKEN IN CHICAGO ON LAKE MICHIGAN, IN THE MAIN HARBOUR. I LOVE THE LAKE AREA OF CHICAGO BECAUSE OF BEAUTIFUL SCENES LIKE THIS ONE. IM A SUCKER FOR REFLECTIONS, AD I JUST COULDNT RESIST TAKIG THIS
This is the spring counterpart to my other Barred owl called Winter’s watchman Taken in the same general area in April 2005. You can tell he was just in the swampy water below, either bathing or chasing after a snake to eat, by the wetness present on his feathers.
Blue-winged teal. Eagle Bluffs CA, Missouri.
First daylight colors!! Great sky and waterreflection in Fochteloerveen Wetlands and Protected Area. / Provence Drenthe/Friesland, The Netherlands. Photo made early in the morning 07.31 am. april 10, 2009. Photo made with Canon Powershot A40. Software Program Dynamic-Photo HDR with as little Filter Orton Effect Together with My Fairytree by Sunrise made a Sets of Two Happy with a SALE : Matted Print “Morning Sky in the Wetlands” was featured in Canon DSLR / “Morning Sky in the Wetlands” was featured in The Scavenger Hunt / “Morning Sky in the Wetlands” was featured in Mornings & Evenings—Sunbeams & Storms Most favorite: 20 times , in June 2009
BEST VIEWING LARGER I had great fun wandering this magical area , the home to hundreds of bird species that have made home to this oasis, add to that the wonderful sunsets over the Murray and to get one like this you do feel Blessed ! “Wonga” is Wiradjuri for Black Cormorant, still one of the most abundant bird species in this area. The Wonga Wetlands was named to give recognition to the local flora and fauna, and the important relationship the Aboriginal people had with this environment. *Restoring Natural Flow * / / A unique environmental development has taken shape downstream from Albury, along the floodplain of the Murray River – the Wonga Wetlands. The water that is bringing new life to this beautiful country is not directly from the river – it’s from the AlburyCity’s wastewater treatment systems. During the warmer months the reclaimed treated wastewater is used for irrigation, while in wetter months it is redirected to the wetlands, helping to restore the natural flow regime. Since the construction of the Hume Dam in 1919, the Murray River has been regulated for irrigation and does not flood as often. When flooding occurs, it is now often in the late Spring or Summer and is of a lower intensity. This alteration to the natural flow has dried out many of the floodplain wetlands and billabongs, destroying the bird and fish breeding habitat. The Wonga Wetlands development is an opportunity to revert to the original hydrological regime, with birds and other wildlife now returning to the wetlands For more information on Wonga Wetlands“ / / Equipment: Nikon D300, Sigma 10-20mm lens, Manfrotto Tripod, Luck / Technique:HDR, 5 Braketted Exposures, Photomatix Pro, Tidy up in Capture NX
Featured in Alphabet Soup, Happy Haven, Nikon DSLR Users’ Group, and I Love Birds. Top 10 challenge winner in Alphabet Soup (letter D) Winter freeze has made less open water available in the marshes of the Fraser River Delta near Vancouver for ducks and other water fowl. This male mallard duck appears to be very much enjoying the small opening in the ice on a sunny late afternoon. Nikon D300, Nikkor f4 600 mm lens, ISO 400, f4, 1/800.
Storming but I had to try to capture the beautiful sky. The Sacramento Delta supports miles of beautiful waterways and wetlands and this is along the convergence of the Consumnes River and the Sacramento River.
Mangrove shoots are reflected in the calm water in a local wetlands reserve (marsh for our overseas friends). This was taken on a nature walk just a km from my house.
I was able to capture this image at a wetlands area of Vancouver Island, Canada, where Trumpeter Swans migrate from northern Canada and Alaska to spend the winter. This is a very large bird. I think of them as the 747’s of the bird world. They need a lot of space to take off and land. They often appear ungamely, their legs not meant for much walking, or supporting such a large bulk away from water. But in the water, or in the air, they become ballerinas, full of grace and incomparable beauty. Their trumpeting sound is unique in nature. These are birds that mate for life, and model ideals of parenting. This image was captured against a forest background as the bird leaves the marsh. Nikon D300, Nikkor f4 600 mm lens, ISO 200, f4, 1/400s. Camera mounted on a Gitzo Tripod with a Wimberley head.
After quite sufficient rain over the last week in Noosa, it was good to see the blue sky, and sunset. The wetlands in the Noosa basin were higher than normal, making for some spectacular scenery :) The trees are mostly paperbarks in the Noosa Basin, and some hardy salt and sand resistant species of pine. Canon 50D, 10mm. Noosa Basin, Noosa Heads, Queensland.
A Great Egret leaps of a Tree limb at Green Cay Preserve, Delray Beach, Florida after I won the “War of Wait” with him.
Dying tree at Herdsman Lake, Perth Western Australia. Taken 40 minutes before sunset. / Captured with Nikon D300. Featured in Lakes and Inland Waterways group 05/05/2009
gray treefrog, Richmond, Virginia.
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