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Winthrop Duthie Turney: Selection from Birds and Animals of the United States, 1934


Image by americanartmuseum
Selection from Birds and Animals of the United States
Winthrop Duthie Turney
Born: New York, New York 1884
Died: New York, New York 1965
oil on canvas
32 x 36 1/8 in. (81.3 x 91.6 cm)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Transfer from the General Services Administration
1974.28.75

Artist Winthrop Turney created this painting as a fantasy gathering of American wildlife visually spanning his nation from coast to coast. The artist hoped that this painting of animals grouped around a lavender-tinted tree would become a large mural to adorn a school. The mural would show urban schoolchildren American animals from a variety of environments. Denizens of the eastern coast and swamps inhabit the foreground: the Florida alligator basks below a flying American pelican and a tern; an anhinga spreads its wings to dry; and an egret stands in the lower right corner. The woodland animals are further back: a gray squirrel perches on a tree branch while the striped skunk, groundhog, black bear, wolverine, American porcupine, and red fox stand on the middle ground. In the background are creatures native to the western plains and mountains: the coyote, turkey vulture, pronghorn antelope, mountain lion, and mountain goat. Like the children for whom he painted, Turney lived in New York. He probably knew the gray squirrels of Central Park better than the other animals in the picture, which he saw only in pictures and New York-area zoos.

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Gordon County Animal Shelter


Image by zane.hollingsworth
Gordon County Animal Shelter
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Date:February,22,2012
Time:01:37:39:PM
Camera:NIKON D7000
Lens:35
Lens(35mm eq.):52
ISO:250
SS:1/1250 @ f/2.5

Check out these tree images:

Tree Of The Damned


Image by Vermin Inc
Women be warned! This is one evil looking tree!

Snake Tree


Image by will biscuits
Enchanted tree guarding the witch’s secret garden.

Adansonia digitata Baobab tree on Kubu Island, Botswana


Image by WWF International
Adansonia digitata Baobab tree on Kubu Island. Makgadigadi Pans. Botswana

© Martin HARVEY / WWF-Canon

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A few nice flowers images I found:

The wild flowers of Namaqualand


Image by Martin_Heigan
The wild flowers of Namaqualand.

Orange flowers: Dimorphotheca sinuata (Local Name: Namaqua Daisies)
Light Yellow flowers: Grielum humifusum (Local Name: Pietsnotjie)
Purple flowers: Drosanthemum floribundum (Local Name: Perstapeit)

Garies, Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa, August 2007.

Best viewed LARGE.

Featured in my book: "Namaqualand and the Richtersveld – Nature’s Spectacular Canvas".

Martin
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Administrator of:
Stapeliad & Asclepiad Group
All things beautiful in Nature Group
Succulent Treasures of the Desert Group
The World Up-Close (Nature Macro) Group

Flower II


Image by doug.siefken
a field of flowers – a 90 second fluid stil

Succulent flowers


Image by Martin_Heigan
Succulent flowers – Winter – 15 July 2006 – South Africa.

Martin
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Administrator of:
Stapeliad & Asclepiad Group
All things beautiful in Nature Group
Succulent Treasures of the Desert Group
The World Up-Close (Nature Macro) Group

A few nice animals images I found:

Waterdrops in the Animal Flower Cave, Barbados


Image by Ben124.
The Animal Flower Cave is located under the cliffs at the Northern tip of Barbados. The Cave is an interesting study in geology, local history and stunning sea activity. This beautiful Sea-Cave is a ‘must see’ for all nature loving visitors.

Mystery Animal [Explored]


Image by Douglas Brown
In 2009, this fellow was born at the Alaska Zoo. He was a big baby!

Here’s a hint. He comes from way outside Alaska. He is not native to Alaska at all.

The mystery animal is husky at around 2,000 pounds! He is tall. He once charged me at the Zoo and only a very robust, heavy-metal fence prevented me from being pummeled or worse!

Also, when the beast was trying to get at me at the fence, he snorted some kind of mucus product from his nose on my face and upper body!! Jez! I like animals but it was still pretty disgusting! If anyone remembers this story, you may remember the animal.

OK, the mystery animal is a Tibetan Yak!

A few nice architecture images I found:

persia-arabes-2


Image by muidlatif™
I was amazed by the Persian designs and architecture. This is built inside the Ibn Battuta Mall.

Bristol Concrete Lattice


Image by boliston
This architecture is pretty cool with hexagonal windows and a diamond shaped latticework exterior. I would imagine that it is not to everyone’s taste however!

Scanned as a positive image then inverted in gimp then auto equalise in gimp. Prior to auto equalise the red was a bit overpowering, mainly due to the excessive light leaks. I like a few small light leaks but when they cover too much of the frame the result is that they can make the image rather washed out and lacking in any contrast.

The Bristol Hotel – part of The Doyle Collection

Bazinul olimpic Bac?u 2001


Image by sludgegulper
Home of Doina Melinte, the famous Romanian runner. Perhaps this architecture inspired her. Perhaps this is her car.

Some cool animals images:

Baby Animals at Hancock Shaker Village – Pittsfield, MA – 2012, Apr – 08.jpg


Image by sebastien.barre
Baby animals at Hancock Shaker Village (all photos)

Baby Animals at Hancock Shaker Village – Pittsfield, MA – 2012, Apr – 05.jpg


Image by sebastien.barre
Baby animals at Hancock Shaker Village (all photos)

A few nice architecture images I found:

Madrid – Spain – Architecture


Image by .v1ctor.

Islamic architecture in the Alhambra, Granada, Spain


Image by Alaskan Dude
These photos are oldies but goodies from a trip we took to Spain in April 2004. Granada is a gorgeous city – full of history, culture, and excellent wine and Sangria – definitely a good place to go back to!

A few nice nature images I found:

Kurdistan Flowers, Nature


Image by Kurdistan Photo ????????

Nature’s pearls


Image by Harish-Rao
View On Black

Check out these flowers images:

Fractal Flower


Image by Jonathan Gill
Fractal Flower

Night Flower


Image by atmtx
Backyard Patio, Austin, TX
Do you know what kind of flower this is? I don’t remember. I took this on my friend’s back patio. He mentioned that this flower only blooms at night. Taken with my Sony TX5 point and shoot camera.

Here is my detailed TX5 review that I posted earlier this week.

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Check out these tree images:

National Tree of Maldives


Image by nattu
The National Tree of the Republic of Maldives is the "Dhivehi Ruh" (Coconut Palm). All the islands throughout the Republic support a dense growth of the palm.

Dhivehi Ruh, botanically known as Cocos nucifera and belonging to the family Palmae (Arecaceae) has been widely known here for its economic importance, throughout history.

Dhivehi Ruh, which is also incorporated in the National Emblem of the Republic of Maldives was declared as the National Tree on 25th July 1985 (07th Dh’ul Q’aidhaa 1405 AH).

Century Tree at Texas A&M


Image by eschipul
The Century Tree in front of Bolton and the Academic Building at Texas A&M University 2006.

Update: It seems quite a few Ags propose under this tree! (see comments)

This photo is Creative Commons Attribution. You are free to use it with "photo by Ed Schipul" below the photo. Links back to this page and comments are appreciated.

Creepy tree


Image by Monosnaps
Creepy tree Carton Kildare, shooting into the light on a misty morning has given this tree a creepy haunted look, it was taken on a misty morning with the Hasselbald 60mm lens and a yellow filter on a new film Lucky 100asa (e-Bay cheap and cheerful) developed in ID 11. A nice film that curls a lot but seems to handle this contrasty scene quite well.