Charlie and the Nature Factory [Warning: Stunningly Beautiful Large Photo Images]
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I've found that I coming to this thread and looking at all the wonderful pictures relaxes me. Sort of makes the troubles of the day disappear. Nature is beautiful. I also look at this video when I need to mellow out. The music is Dvorak and the singer is Sissel. (I'd spell out her last name but I don't have a Norwegian keyboard- shameful, I know)
Whatever your profession is, you seriously wound up in the wrong one, unless it's nature photography. I mean it. This stuff is beautiful.
A change of pace, this time with a couple of smaller subjects which are just as meaningful and beautiful as any other creature I can think of:
Those are absolutely beautiful, SK. I agree, you really should be a professional nature photographer. Have you considered setting up an account on some place like DeviantArt or Esty where people could buy your work?
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One of my daylily seedlings today, Quote The Raven X Bela Lugosi. Can't really tell from the photos, but it has a sparkly thin gold edge that is somewhat serrated. In the sun it looks like a velvety red, in my shadow it's a black-red.
For the past few years I had been hybridizing daylilies and have several seedlings (they are called seedlings until they are named) blooming for the first time this year. Unfortunately I've had the case of the I don't cares this year and haven't been keeping track of them, or weeding or anything with my plants. I haven't tried crossing any, which is just as well, I have no more room (well, I do, but the boyfriend likes his precious weedy lawn and doesn't want me digging up anymore of it) and it has been too flippin' hot for crosses to take. So I'm not even going to try. I was outside watering this morning when I saw this guy blooming, so I thought I had better take a picture.
For the past few years I had been hybridizing daylilies and have several seedlings (they are called seedlings until they are named) blooming for the first time this year. Unfortunately I've had the case of the I don't cares this year and haven't been keeping track of them, or weeding or anything with my plants. I haven't tried crossing any, which is just as well, I have no more room (well, I do, but the boyfriend likes his precious weedy lawn and doesn't want me digging up anymore of it) and it has been too flippin' hot for crosses to take. So I'm not even going to try. I was outside watering this morning when I saw this guy blooming, so I thought I had better take a picture.
Her voice is the perfect compliment to viewing natural surroundings. It gave me goosebumps listening to her.
Thank you for sharing that link.
You all are making me blush, seriously, but in a good way.
I've thought about it quite a bit, and each time I considered trying to sell my pictures, I've talked myself out of it for one reason or another. It just doesn't seem right, mostly because my intention isn't to profit from a hobby that rewards me far more than any monetary compensation I could hope to gain. It's hard to explain, other than to say money doesn't play a part in it for me. What does, however, is sharing images here with friends who are genuinely moved; and you can't put a price on that, except to mention that I feel like a millionaire at times.
Those are beautiful. The deep red colors are unreal. I'm
Very well done, both with the pictures and the flower.
These are crappy cell phone shots I just took 5 minutes ago while laying in my bed. I just got done cooking a gorgeous sirloin steak and cracked my deck door for a little air and these guys (there are 3 total, I suspect a mom and her 2 babies) came right up to my door to check things out. They're hopping around like they want some scraps so I'll probably throw some fruit to them when I'm done posting this.
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I have bunnies romping around my backyard, and couple of babies too. They best not eat any of my hostas or other flowers. They've already mowed down a clethra shrub that's trying to grow back after my boyfriend mowed it down last year (it was four foot tall too, said he didn't see it (smh)). With just about every neighbor around us growing veggie gardens, I would like to think they would rather go after the neighbor's veggies than my foo foo plants.
Thanks SK for the compliments. I wish my seedlings were in a bigger bed, they are so over-crowded that it'll be a pain to separate them. But it needs to be done, hopefully at the end of summer. Your shots look amazing as always.
Thanks SK for the compliments. I wish my seedlings were in a bigger bed, they are so over-crowded that it'll be a pain to separate them. But it needs to be done, hopefully at the end of summer. Your shots look amazing as always.
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Beautiful Tepelus! What a gorgeous color!
Aw, Abby, bunnies! How sweet. Did they like the fruit?
Aw, Abby, bunnies! How sweet.
Did they like the fruit?
They loved it. I'm pretty sure my deck has become the most popular wildlife (well, squirrel, robbin and bunny) hang-out of the block. Tonight I'm going to make a trip to Home Depot and see what they have for bird feeders.
Tep, the color in your flowers is so beautiful. Lovely shots.
I'm pretty sure my deck has become the most popular wildlife (well, squirrel, robbin and bunny) hang-out of the block. Tonight I'm going to make a trip to Home Depot and see what they have for bird feeders. Tep, the color in your flowers is so beautiful. Lovely shots.
Agrees, love those flower photos, Tepelus. Beautiful.
aw, bunnies! Great pics, Abby. We have a lot of bunnies here, but none near where I live.
aw, bunnies! Great pics, Abby. We have a lot of bunnies here, but none near where I live.
SK, you can put your photos up without a digital watermark And offer to sell and mail prints +/- ePrints. If someone wants to have and use the img they can buy the ePrint for a small fee or the print for whatever will bring you a small profit. Or they can view it online free anytime. Everyone wins.
Calendars and books are always good. I have most of Kevin Fleming's Delaware based books and he has a blog of stunning photos that are his throwaways due to the tiniest of details being off.
Calendars and books are always good. I have most of Kevin Fleming's Delaware based books and he has a blog of stunning photos that are his throwaways due to the tiniest of details being off.
Okay, well I did a sketch of one of SK's Osprey, this one to be precise. It's just a sketch and not a very good pic of it, and keep in mind that I'm not an artist artist, I just like drawing and painting. It would probably look better in color, but anyway here it is...
It's just a sketch and not a very good pic of it, and keep in mind that I'm not an artist artist, I just like drawing and painting. It would probably look better in color, but anyway here it is...
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Thanks bettie. It might've looked better if I hadn't of posted it next to the real pic, that way no one would of had anything to compare it to. lol!
It might've looked better if I hadn't of posted it next to the real pic, that way no one would of had anything to compare it to. lol!
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Are you kidding?! you caught the sense of movement- you can see that bird is doing something... he's not just in a "pose" - which is a much easier thing to draw.
Fabulous, all on its own.
Fabulous, all on its own.