Nature Pics

[Inanna]

Beautiful, V.

[Maria]

They really don't look very aerodynamic. They look like they'd be clumsy flyers.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

There actually phenomenal flyers, particularly in formation. But, as you can see in the videos I posted in the other thread, they are particularly well-designed for diving and fishing.

Here is a picture that Beth took of one of the smallest visitors that we have had.

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[RoseMorninStar]

Awww. I love that feeder too!

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Seen on my bike ride today


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[RoseMorninStar]

Aww. I've been trying to get photos of wildlife, but they're just too skittish and my telephoto isn't good enough. I guess I'll have to settle for something more stationary, like flowers, plants, and landscapes.

[Frelga]

I sure wished for a better lense to catch sight of a bird on top of the high voltage tower. I think it's a hawk?

When I got a new phone, I went for the budget option. It's a very good phone in every regard, but the camera is not top of the line.

Ah well. Most of the phone photo quality is in the software anyway.

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[RoseMorninStar]

It looks like a hawk to me.

The camera on my new phone is OK. I should spend a little time learning how to use it. It's the first mid-level phone I've had and I'm not fond of how 'assistive' (invasive) it is. I've turn off most of the 'assistive' features.

[RoseMorninStar]

Peonies from my garden. What survived after being pounded with wind & rain last night.

[Inanna]

Beautiful….

[Maria]

Those are nice!

[Inanna]

Thought this thread was right for this pic. I’m in Dehradun. Below is a typical Dun house.

[RoseMorninStar]

That is in the very far north, correct? What does 'Dun' mean?

[Inanna]

Oops sorry - Dun/Doon is just short for Dehradun/Dehradoon. It’s a city in a valley in the foothills of the Himalayas. Full of traffic now. Like every other city in India.

Not very far north, just north. About 4.5 hours North-East drive from Delhi.

[narya]

I spent yesterday on the San Francisco Bay, as part of a crew on a 51 foot sailboat. During a few quite moments, I took pics of birds (Common Murre, Brown Pelicans, Brandt's Cormorants). The seals were too fast for me. I also have lots of sailboat pics, but I'm not sure where to post those.

[Inanna]

Great pics! The sailboat ones too (;)).

Here are some local flowers (I was thinking of our Rose when I took them. Hope you like them, Rose):

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Beautiful!

[RoseMorninStar]

Here are some local flowers (I was thinking of our Rose when I took them. Hope you like them, Rose):

Oh yes! Very much! I recognize bougainvillea, but not the others, unless that last one is a type of mandevilla/dipladenia. I appreciate them all!

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Too many pictures and videos from our almost ten mile walk at Wilder Ranch State Park, so I'll just post a link.

https://www.facebook.com/doug.kane.18/p ... spAq6TzJ4l

[Eldy]

I don't know if this counts as a nature pic, but the view of the sky on my walk this evening (taken at 8:35 p.m., right at sunset) was a nice reminder to me "of how much beauty there is in the world," as Voronwë put it in this thread's OP.