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A drop of water detaches itself from an icicle.
The background is black.

Shaped by the prevailing summer wind a tree reaches in the opposite direction for an incoming cold front that signals winter is on its way.

#summer
#wind
#tree
#clouds
#silentsunday

The black branches of a tree reach across the image against a grey cloudy sky

The four sisters.Carved in African Sandlewood. Only the faces have precisely carved features.
The base is infinished except for the removal of bark
Carved in Mozambique they are sold by souvenir vendors at many of the South African Tourist spots.
This carving is slightly unusual in that the heads have head scarves. In this example one of the heads does not have a head scarf. The missing head scarf is probably a mischance.

#Art #sculpture #carving
#Africa #Mozambique

A sculpture about 30 cm (12") high with an unpolished base
The top consists of four carved heads on long thin necks rising from the unfinished base
Three heads are alongside each other in front and one heads is behind the three and is on a longer neck.
The right hand head does not have a head scarf.

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Bird
#bird #color #closeup #nature #wildlife #NatureLovers #photo #photography #picture #image

@laur_lawr A pretty little House Sparrow!

Swimming in the Atlantic as the clouds roll in

#MonochromeMonday
#photography
#monochrome
#sea
#clouds
#swimmer
#waves
#WideAngleShots

The sky has clouds, heavy and dark
A wave is on the middle left of the image and slopes towards the right.
A swimmer is visible middle of the right side

@Lyno Have you thought of using the pico parsec per fortnight unit?

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Colored pencil sketch playing with color on toned paper! This medium requires a lot of patience and tons of layers of colors. Was a challenge to make the colors pop with the toned grey paper, I was going for a luminous look!

#art #ColoredPencil #sketch #DetoxDoodles #sketchbook

Colored pencil drawing of a redheaded woman looking at the viewer and facing to the left. She has a vibrant red bob and is wearing a dark green collared shirt. The date 9/7/25 is written on the left of the drawing.

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Philippine tea tree with its flowers for #FlowerFriday.

An edit of my photo taken two years ago.

Google Pixel 7a | 2x Zoom / 50mm
Edited in #Darktable
Jan 15, 2024

#bloomscrolling #naturephotography #flowerphotography #pixelfed #photography #amateurphotography #smartphonephotography #pixelography #googlepixel #pixel7a #teampixel #shotonpixel #nature #flowers #ehretia #ehretiaceae #plants #leaves

Close-up shot of a Philippine tea tree with its delicate, star-shaped white flowers.

A view from a footpath in the Robertson Karoo.
It is a harsh land and now in late January the temperature is > 34°C and it hasn't rained significantly since late August.
The tall plants visible in the photo are called Pigs Ears because of their succulent, broad, flat leaves.
The Pogs Ear is part of the Renosterveld biome which roughly translated means rhinoceros land or fields.

#FootpathFriday
#karoo
#succulent
#arid
#nature
#naturephotography
#hiking

A foot path cuts diagonally across the bottom right hand side of the photo
The visible ground is pale brown with broken stones
There are tall flower stems with dead flowers still attached.
Low brush surrounds the pigs ear and is pale yellow.
A ridge is visible almost at top with blue sky and broken filmy clouds above

A mantis snacks on a honey bee.

#mantis
#insect
#bee
#nature
#naturephotography

A green manits cropped just above the tail holds a bee in its fore claws.
It is standing on green leaves.

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What can one do in the park when the sun sets and the sky softens into muted pastels?

https://universalcompendium.com/gen_images/ucg/1music/dance-song-music-ballet-photography.htm

#photography #dance #romance #sky

What can one do in the park when the sun sets and the sky softens into muted pastels?
Dancing in the twilight
Image by Oswaldo Ibáñez

A is for Arum Lily!

I will eventually get the perfect Arum photograph. This photo is progress towards perfection

(Yes I know I missed the deadline but I loved the challenge and decided to cheat - just a little)

Join us for another year of #ArtABCs, the most laid-back art challenge on the Internet
Share your art of anything starting with A!
No AI, Yes alt text, CW as needed

https://dotart.blog/karin-wanderer-learns/a-is-for-astounding

#artabcs

A colour photograph of an Arum Lily against a black background
The lily is a white funnel with a yellow stamen off centre if the white funnel

B is for beetle. Ink and charcoal

Join us for another year of #ArtABCs, the most laid-back art challenge on the Internet
Share your art of anything starting with B for the next 2 weeks.
This is such a great idea!

No AI, Yes alt text, CW as needed

https://dotart.blog/karin-wanderer-learns/a-is-for-astounding

#artabcs

A black and white beetle viewed from above.
Jointed legs and patterned body

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I had a really beautiful drive home last night. I decided to pull over and snap a few pictures.

#Kentucky #sunset #photography #commuter

@PetaPixel @photography-news-PetaPixel
Considering the AI feeding frenzy I am not sure if copyright has any meaning at all anymore.
On my small, quiet website 70% of all traffic is scraping by AI crawlers.

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