“But rational thoughts lead only to rational thoughts, whereas irrational thoughts lead to new experiences.”- Alan Lightman
Off on a new adventure, been reading Alan Lightman – more to come.
Decided to try the monochrome conversion on the wood stork, he seemed to have pretty good texture and the image didn’t come out flat – like most of my conversions.
Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/8933.Alan_Lightman
“All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.” Abraham Lincoln
Beautiful plant, 4 to 7 feet high, the flowers are 3 to 4 inches across. As you can see by the thorns, it has an excellent defense system.
Quote found at http://thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/thistle/
“Miracles are the retelling in small letters of the very same story that is written across the whole world is letters too large for some of us to see.” C.S. Lewis
This guy was REALLY big – I guess over 12 feet. If you look closely there are young gators on the right side of the photo. They are living dangerously, since the biggest predators of alligators are larger alligators.
Quote found at http://thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/large/.
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” – Leonardo Da Vinci
I enjoy the simple beauty of the Florida White butterfly
Quote found at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/leonardo_da_vinci.html
“Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift.” Albert Einstein
Quote found at http://thinkexist.com/quotations/nature/
“The woods were made for the hunter of dreams, the stream for the fisher of song” – Sam Walter Foss
He was getting ready for dinner. Unfortunately the face is too dark, but I love the texture of the wings.
Quote found at http://thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/hunter/
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” Maya Angelou
Quote found at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/bird.html
“The most beautiful thing is the mysterious. It is the source of all art and science.” Albert Einstein
“Where there is matter, there is geometry” Johannes Kepler
I’ve been waiting for a month for the proper post for this heron. Sunday’s pine tree gave that to me. The patterns within the feathers are amazing.
Quote found at http://www.goldennumber.net/phi-quotations/
Captured this sequence at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Preserve, Such a beautiful spot probably saw 30-40 different species of birds. Got some great water bird shots. I noticed this fellow has red eyes. Hadn’t encountered that before, but did twice today.
Now I’m just having fun with these 4 pics. I’m sure this all went according to the heron’s plan.
But this guy showed true determination. That post was the prime hunting spot in that particular canal.
Picture This by Frank 