Big, Big World: April 2016

4/24/2016

12 Awesome Photos of Rome, the Capital of Italy

Castel Sant'Angelo at Dusk

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Castel Sant'Angelo at dusk, Rome, Italy.
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Church of Saint Thomas More

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Church of Saint Thomas More, Rome, Italy

The Colosseum in Rome

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A 4x4 segment panorama of the Colosseum at dusk. Taken by myself with a Canon 5D and 50mm f/1.8 lens at f/5.6
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Forum Romanum

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The Forum Romanum in Rome. HDR panoramic view out of 9 pictures (3 exposures at 3 different angles). Picture taken from the Capitoline Museums.
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Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II San Pietro

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Dusk at Saint-Peter Basilica, Vittorio-Emmanuele II bridge, and Tiber river. Rome, Italy.
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Castel Sant' Angelo

Piazza Navona

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Piazza Navona, Rome
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Via Appia

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Remains of the Via Appia in Rome, near Quarto Miglio
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Panorama of Trevi fountain

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Panorama of Trevi fountain, Rome, Italy
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Bocca della Verità, Rome

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Bocca della Verità, Rome, Italy
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Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls

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Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Rome, Italy
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Saint Peter's Basilica at Sunset

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Saint Peter's Basilica at sunset.
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Colosseum at Night Rome, Italy

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Roman Coliseum (Collesseum), Rome, Italy

Colosseum at Night Rome, Italy

Colosseum at Night Rome, Italy

Colosseum at Night Rome, Italy

A historic depiction of the Colosseum, Rome, Italy, ca. 1896

6782 P.Z. Roma, esterno del Coloseo. Photochrom print by Photoglob Zürich, between 1890 and 1900. From the Photochrom Prints Collection at the Library of Congress More photochroms from Italy | More photochrom prints [PD] This picture is in the public domain

The Colosseum Rome, Italy

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Colosseum, Rome.

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy

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Interior of Colosseum, Rome, Italy

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy

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Colosseum angled photo taken in 2009. The clouds in the background provide relief from the blue sky normally seen from this angle.

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy

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Colosseum Rome Italy February 2013

A Panoramic View of the Colosseum Rome, Italy

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The Colosseum is an
oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy.
It is the largest amphitheatre ever built and it is situated just east of the Roman Forum. Construction by three Roman emperors Vespasian, Titus and Domitian from the Flavian dynasty in the 1st century AD.

4/07/2016

Flower Power Photography

Red rose with black background

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Kardinal – Hybrid tea rose, Raised by R.Kordes, Germany. 1986(reg.)

Paeonia 'First Arrival' Flower

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Paeonia en 'First Arrival' Flower. It is an Itoh intersectional hybrid Peony. Identified by tag at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Geranium wallichianum 'Crystal Lake'

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Geranium wallichianum 'Crystal Lake'. A silvery blue selection.

Pink twinged daisy on table edit

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A daisy (Bellis perennis en ) on a table. This picture is another version of the original. It was sharpened and the blue color fringing lessened.

Dahlia 'Moonfire'

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Dahlia 'Moonfire'. A brilliant selection. Warm colors combined with dark leaves.

Close-ups of Salicaceae flowers

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Close-ups of Salicaceae flowers, Weinviertel, bought at Karmelitermarkt, Vienna 2015

Duinroos (Rosa pimpinellifolia). Nationaal Park Lauwersmeer

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Rosa pimpinellifolia. Location. Lauwersmeer National Park in the Netherlands

Disa uniflora (Peter Jonas Bergius 1767)

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Disa uniflora is a species of orchid in the Orchidaceae family in the Berggarten in Hanover, Germany.

Nymphaea Laydekeri Purpurata

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Nymphaea laydekeri purpurata, Park Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Stack of 2 telezoom images.

Magnolia liliiflora

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Lily magnolia, also known as Mulan magnolia, Tulip magnolia, Jane magnolia and Woody-orchid. Ukraine, Vinnytsia

Taraxacum officinale

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Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), Golovec, Slovenia. Flower in around 25-30 mm in diameter.

Silphium perfoliatum

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Silphium perfoliatum, Ljubljana Botanical Garden. Slovenia. Size of flower around 7 cm. Macro stack of 7 images.

4/06/2016

Birds of Prey

Roo-loorkull Paunküla veehoidla kohal

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Roo-loorkull (Circus aeruginosus) Paunküla veehoidla juures.

Hawk eating prey

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A juvenile Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis eating its prey (California Meadow Vole Microtus californicus); seaside bluffs of Half Moon Bay, California.[1].

Bald eagle in a nosedive

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Bald Eagle in the Adlerwarte Berlebeck in Berlebeck, Detmold, Germany.

Parabuteo unicinctus - 01

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Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) in the Community of Madrid, Spain.

Gavião caramujeiro

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Snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) on the Transpantaneira.

Steinadler Aquila chrysaetos

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The Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.

Bald eagle at the Hawk Conservancy Trust

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Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) at the Hawk Conservancy Trust, Andover. Brightened version of File:Bald eagle at the Hawk Conservancy Trust 2.jpg.

Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus)

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Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus), adult, the Pantanal, Brazil

Strix nebulosa (Chouette lapone) - 393

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Strix nebulosa (Great grey owl) in the spectacle of birds in the ZooParc de Beauval in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, France.

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Fischbussard

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Black-collared Hawk

Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus

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Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus), castle Augustusburg, Germany.

Jungle crow, Tennōji Park, Osaka

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Jungle crow (Close-up of the head area), Tennōji Park, Osaka.

Birdies photography

Bullfinch male

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Eurasian bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula, male. Lancashire, UK.

Eurasian blue tit Lancashire

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Eurasian blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus, Lancashire, UK

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) on the water

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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) on the water (male) in Poland

Luscinia cyane - Khao Yai

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Siberian Blue Robin (Luscinia cyane), Khao Yai National Park, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

Goldcrest 1

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Goldcrest female, Regulus regulus, Lancashire, UK

Myioborus torquatus Santa Elena

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Collared whitestart, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Vervain hummingbird (Mellisuga minima)

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Vervain hummingbird (Mellisuga minima), Strawberry Hill, Jamaica

Gibão de couro

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Cliff flycatcher (Hirundinea ferruginea) in Pindamonhagaba - SP, Brazil.

The brown-eared bulbul after playing with water

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Brown-eared bulbul after playing with water.

Inland Thornbill

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We have just come back from a few days in the beautiful Flinders Ranges in South Australia (I managed to sneak the 500 on board and had a few brief opportunities for birding). I love the Thornbills, they are usually such friendly birds that respond well to my attempts at a type of bird call! This red-eyed species tends to carry it's tail cocked, particularly when people with large white lenses try to imitate their call!

Black lory (Chalcopsitta atra), Gembira Loka Zoo, Yogyakarta 2015-03-15 03

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Black lory (Chalcopsitta atra), Gembira Loka Zoo, Yogyakarta 2015-03-15

European robin (Erithacus rubecula)

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European robin (Erithacus rubecula) from a distance of one meter. Photograph was made at Berkelaue II nature reserve, Vreden, Nordrhein-Westfalen. Taken from a tent near river Berkel.