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[?]Swede’s Photographs » 🌐
@Swede1952@universeodon.com

Mythical Creature

Is it a flying narwhal, a unicorn with wings, or a garden fairy? Nope — it’s a ruby‑throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). I happened to catch this tiny marvel zipping past while I was set up to photograph much larger (and much slower) birds. These hummingbirds flap their wings about 53 times per second, and even with my shutter speed at 1/1000, the wings still refused to freeze.

Despite that, I love the composition of this shot. On that day, it won out over several technically sharper images simply because the moment felt right.

Discover nature's fleeting moments through my lens—visit my photo gallery to see more.

swede1952-photographs.pixels.c

"In this enchanting image, a ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) graces the frame, its iridescent feathers shimmering like a mythical creature. Suspended in mid-air, the bird’s wings blur into a delicate mist as it hovers near slender branches adorned with lush green leaves. Against a soft backdrop of muted blues and greens, the hummingbird defies gravity, flapping its wings an astonishing 53 times per second. The photographer’s choice to capture this fleeting moment, despite the challenge of freezing the wings at a 1/1000 shutter speed, results in a composition that celebrates nature’s elegance. It’s a glimpse into a world where tiny avian wonders dance amidst the foliage, leaving us spellbound." - Microsoft Copilot

Alt..."In this enchanting image, a ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) graces the frame, its iridescent feathers shimmering like a mythical creature. Suspended in mid-air, the bird’s wings blur into a delicate mist as it hovers near slender branches adorned with lush green leaves. Against a soft backdrop of muted blues and greens, the hummingbird defies gravity, flapping its wings an astonishing 53 times per second. The photographer’s choice to capture this fleeting moment, despite the challenge of freezing the wings at a 1/1000 shutter speed, results in a composition that celebrates nature’s elegance. It’s a glimpse into a world where tiny avian wonders dance amidst the foliage, leaving us spellbound." - Microsoft Copilot

    [?]The Eddie Show 📷🎧❤️ » 🌐
    @TheEddieShow@beige.party

    🦫 Beavers introduced in West London have solved a flooding problem and boosted biodiversity in the area.

    Şeniz Mustafa, Urban Beaver Officer, gives us a tour of the Ealing Beaver Project.

    ▶️ 4:53

    youtube.com/watch?v=PcJsZ9veEVc

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      [?]Words :vivaldi_blue: » 🌐
      @Words@social.vivaldi.net

      The longest day of the year proved just long enough for Lopa's two fox cubs to put in their first daylight appearance. There's a short blog entry over on my site permuted.org.uk/photography/tw

      Young fox cub sitting upright with some poppy seed heads to one side.

      Alt...Young fox cub sitting upright with some poppy seed heads to one side.

      Fox cub with huge ears seen peering through long grass

      Alt...Fox cub with huge ears seen peering through long grass

        [?]earthling » 🌐
        @appassionato@mastodon.social

        YAKAMOZ (Turkish):
        The reflection of the moon on the surface of the water.While pop-linguistics books often frame this purely as a romantic, untranslatable word for moonlight, its scientific and historical roots are even more fascinating.









        A long-exposure night photograph by Mark Stewart capturing a dramatic coastal landscape filled with glowing bioluminescence and star trails. The vertical composition looks down onto a rugged, rocky coastline where sharp stone ledges and cliffs jut out into the ocean. The water directly colliding with these rocky shores glows with a vibrant, electric neon-blue light, caused by bioluminescent organisms activated by the motion of the waves. In contrast to the glowing blue water below, the night sky above is captured in a long exposure, filling the upper half of the frame with hundreds of white, parallel star trails arcing diagonally across the sky. Along the horizon, a warm, golden-orange glow from a setting moon or distant light illuminates the silhouette of distant mountains and the dense evergreen forest lining the clifftops. The smooth, misty texture of the ocean water creates a serene, ethereal atmosphere that bridges the glowing sea and the streaking stars.

        Alt...A long-exposure night photograph by Mark Stewart capturing a dramatic coastal landscape filled with glowing bioluminescence and star trails. The vertical composition looks down onto a rugged, rocky coastline where sharp stone ledges and cliffs jut out into the ocean. The water directly colliding with these rocky shores glows with a vibrant, electric neon-blue light, caused by bioluminescent organisms activated by the motion of the waves. In contrast to the glowing blue water below, the night sky above is captured in a long exposure, filling the upper half of the frame with hundreds of white, parallel star trails arcing diagonally across the sky. Along the horizon, a warm, golden-orange glow from a setting moon or distant light illuminates the silhouette of distant mountains and the dense evergreen forest lining the clifftops. The smooth, misty texture of the ocean water creates a serene, ethereal atmosphere that bridges the glowing sea and the streaking stars.

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          [?]heavycloud » 🌐
          @heavycloud@mastodonapp.uk

          Orange-coloured flowers over blue sky.

          Alt...Orange-coloured flowers over blue sky.

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            [?]Mario Eijkemans » 🌐
            @MarioEijkemans@mastodon.social

            Voetpad tussen twee bomen door...een leuker verhaal kan ik er ook niet van makes, sorry

            Alt...Voetpad tussen twee bomen door...een leuker verhaal kan ik er ook niet van makes, sorry

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              [?]Mario Eijkemans » 🌐
              @MarioEijkemans@mastodon.social

              Klaprozen en margrieten op deze foto, met veel groen eromheen

              Alt...Klaprozen en margrieten op deze foto, met veel groen eromheen

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                [?]Mario Eijkemans » 🌐
                @MarioEijkemans@mastodon.social

                Op de foto in het midden een kerk, links en rechts bomen, rechts in beeld een stukje klooster, en om de kerk veel wolken en blauwe lucht.

                Alt...Op de foto in het midden een kerk, links en rechts bomen, rechts in beeld een stukje klooster, en om de kerk veel wolken en blauwe lucht.

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                  [?]DB 🌱💦 [She / Her] » 🌐
                  @dbattistella@mstdn.ca

                  A Japanese immunologist has spent 20 years proving that the chemicals that trees release into the air help arm your immune system in ways never before imagined.

                  unature.org/en/blog/from-the-f

                    [?]Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv » 🌐
                    @LisaWarnerLisaLuv@mastodon.social

                    🐒🐩🐨🐼🐹🦔🦍💁‍♀️*The common spotted cuscus, a marsupial native to New Guinea and northern Australia👉

                    Nature is Amazing ☘️ on X: "The common spotted cuscus, a marsupial native to New Guinea and northern Australia A nocturnal tree-dweller, the common spotted cuscus uses its prehensile tail like a fifth limb to climb through the forest canopy. Females are typically more heavily spotted than males t.co/YhrIxZCpDl" / X
                    x.com/AMAZlNGNATURE/status/206

                      [?]Philosophics » 🌐
                      @microglyphics@mastodon.social

                      Was Hobbes Right in Leviathan? Only partially.

                      brywillis634737.substack.com/p

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                        [?]Judith » 🌐
                        @aroundthehills@mastodonapp.uk

                        I've realised, this evening, that my garden is now completely out of control and wild.

                        There are head-high weeds. I have to forage for my strawberries as there's very little fruit on the potted plants but the ones which have escaped in between the shrubs are thriving. My paved and "weed suppressant" [ha! ha!] gravel covered areas have weeds and strawberries growing through them.

                        I have left most of the lawn in and I really enjoy watching the ears of grass seed swaying in the wind, although that does contribute to the overall impression of a garden that has been abandoned. Oh, and the Clover flowers are beautiful.

                        I've got plenty of fruit and veg growing in the greenhouse or the border and I've just sown some Spinach, so there are patches of cultivation but I'm pretty much at one with here. 😄

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                          [?]𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚜 » 🌐
                          @Jess.Stetson@pixelfed.social

                          Day 168: Mom's Roses 🌹🌹🌹
                          𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎

                          My mom was able to visit me once in Wales before she passed away. On that visit she saw the sorry state of my front garden and got straight to work sorting it out. As I helped (?) her weed to prepare the area for her gardening genius, she noticed me yanking the crap out of a nasty, thin, thorny, brown bit of nothing. I heard her screech 'Nooooo!' just a tad too late. I turned around slowly with the weed clenched in my grubby fist, bits of dirt flaking to the ground from the clump on the tangled mess of roots at the bottom. She looked at me and for a millisecond I'm sure I saw some harrowing thoughts flash behind her eyes. No doubt she wondered how she, the Goddess of the Garden, had a daughter with a thumb as black as mine. It passed quickly and in her kindest, most gentle voice (as one would talk to a small child of diminished capacity) she said 'That's a rose bush.' I immediately responded in just about the least helpful way possible by replying 'Fuck off! It's not.' Somehow she miraculously looked past the fact that I had cursed AND the fact that I was a dumb as a box of bricks when it came to gardening.

                          She took my 'weed' from me, cleaned it off ever so gently, and planted it in the corner of my garden with fresh soil and lots of water. I was still pretty convinced that she was taking great care with a thorny weed but who was I to argue when she was fixing up my garden and loving it?

                          So here we are almost 18 years later and each year I have glorious roses in the early summer and they remind me of the woman who knew how to love the thorny weeds of the world until they blossomed.




                          #365project #365 #rose #roses #redrose #redroses #flower #flowers #Blume #Blumen #bloomscrolling #garden #nature #Natur #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #makro #makrofotografie #closeup #photography #Fotografie #amateurphotography

                          A close-up of a large, fully opened red rose with velvety petals. A smaller bud blooms just above and behind it. In the background, a weathered wooden trellis stands with lush green foliage around it.

                          Alt...A close-up of a large, fully opened red rose with velvety petals. A smaller bud blooms just above and behind it. In the background, a weathered wooden trellis stands with lush green foliage around it.

                            Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv boosted

                            [?]Swede’s Photographs » 🌐
                            @Swede1952@universeodon.com

                            Ruby in the Air

                            Here is a ruby‑throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). I’m personally not thrilled with the image. I used Lightroom to blur the background, and it ended up looking like a clumsy kid trying to stay inside the lines of a coloring book. I could have started over, but I thought, nah — just go with it.

                            By order of the Galactic Empire, your presence is commanded at my photo gallery:

                            swede1952-photographs.pixels.c

                            "The hummingbird hangs in the air like a tiny, living ember — a moment of motion frozen so clearly it feels almost impossible. Its head and back shimmer with iridescent green, the kind of green that shifts with the light, like polished metal or wet leaves after rain. At its throat burns a brilliant ruby patch, glowing as if lit from within. That red is sharp, jewel‑bright, and unmistakable — the signature of the ruby‑throated hummingbird. Its wings are stretched wide, each feather a delicate, translucent blade. You can almost hear the faint hum they would make in motion, even though the photograph captures them in perfect stillness. The bird’s long, slender beak points forward with purpose, giving the sense that it is mid‑hover, deciding its next move. The background melts into soft purples and greens — blurred flowers and foliage — creating a dreamy wash of color that makes the hummingbird’s vivid plumage stand out even more. The whole image feels intimate, like you’ve stepped into the bird’s world for a heartbeat and it allowed you to witness its impossible grace." - Microsoft Copilot

                            Alt..."The hummingbird hangs in the air like a tiny, living ember — a moment of motion frozen so clearly it feels almost impossible. Its head and back shimmer with iridescent green, the kind of green that shifts with the light, like polished metal or wet leaves after rain. At its throat burns a brilliant ruby patch, glowing as if lit from within. That red is sharp, jewel‑bright, and unmistakable — the signature of the ruby‑throated hummingbird. Its wings are stretched wide, each feather a delicate, translucent blade. You can almost hear the faint hum they would make in motion, even though the photograph captures them in perfect stillness. The bird’s long, slender beak points forward with purpose, giving the sense that it is mid‑hover, deciding its next move. The background melts into soft purples and greens — blurred flowers and foliage — creating a dreamy wash of color that makes the hummingbird’s vivid plumage stand out even more. The whole image feels intimate, like you’ve stepped into the bird’s world for a heartbeat and it allowed you to witness its impossible grace." - Microsoft Copilot

                              [?]Karen Kaspar » 🌐
                              @KarenKasparArt@socel.net

                              Hier habe ich ein bisschen Sommerfeeling für dich - inspiriert von Spaziergängen vorbei an reifenden Getreidefeldern, aus denen die wunderschönen roten Mohnblumen herausleuchten und im Sommerwind tanzen...

                              Leuchtend rote Mohnblumen in einem Getreidefeld - handgemaltes Acrylgemälde
                              --> artheroes.de/de/motiv/Leuchten

                              Leuchtend rote Mohnblumen in einem Getreidefeld ist ein Acrylgemälde im Hochformat handgemalt von der Künstlerin Karen Kaspar. Eine Gruppe roter Mohnblumen mit ihren zarten zerknitterten Blütenblättern leuchtet aus einem Hintergrund in sanften warmen Pastelltönen heraus. Die zarten grünen Stängel und Knospen bilden einen lebendigen Kontrast zu den leuchtenden Blütenblättern. Während die Blüten der Blumen detaillierter gemalt sind, habe ich den Hintergrund abstrakter gehalten, um die Blumen besser hervorzuheben und die lockere, frische Stimmung eines Sommertags einzufangen. Inspiriert zu diesem Acrylgemälde haben mich Spaziergängen vorbei an reifenden Getreidefeldern, aus denen die wunderschönen roten Mohnblumen herausleuchten und im Sommerwind tanzen.

                              Alt...Leuchtend rote Mohnblumen in einem Getreidefeld ist ein Acrylgemälde im Hochformat handgemalt von der Künstlerin Karen Kaspar. Eine Gruppe roter Mohnblumen mit ihren zarten zerknitterten Blütenblättern leuchtet aus einem Hintergrund in sanften warmen Pastelltönen heraus. Die zarten grünen Stängel und Knospen bilden einen lebendigen Kontrast zu den leuchtenden Blütenblättern. Während die Blüten der Blumen detaillierter gemalt sind, habe ich den Hintergrund abstrakter gehalten, um die Blumen besser hervorzuheben und die lockere, frische Stimmung eines Sommertags einzufangen. Inspiriert zu diesem Acrylgemälde haben mich Spaziergängen vorbei an reifenden Getreidefeldern, aus denen die wunderschönen roten Mohnblumen herausleuchten und im Sommerwind tanzen.

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                                [?]Karen Kaspar » 🌐
                                @KarenKasparArt@socel.net

                                Bright red poppies - they are bringing me joy on every walk right now!
                                Now I’d like to bring you a little joy with this.

                                Bright red poppies in a cornfield - hand-painted acrylic painting
                                --> karenkasparartprints.com/featu

                                Bright Red Poppies in a Cornfield is a portrait-format acrylic painting, hand-painted by the artist Karen Kaspar. A cluster of red poppies, with their delicate, crinkled petals, stands out against a background of soft, warm pastel shades. The delicate green stems and buds provide a lively contrast to the vibrant petals. Whilst the flowers themselves are painted in greater detail, I have kept the background more abstract to better highlight the flowers and capture the relaxed, fresh atmosphere of a summers day. I was inspired to create this acrylic painting by walks past ripening grain fields, from which the beautiful red poppies shine out and dance in the summer breeze.

                                Alt...Bright Red Poppies in a Cornfield is a portrait-format acrylic painting, hand-painted by the artist Karen Kaspar. A cluster of red poppies, with their delicate, crinkled petals, stands out against a background of soft, warm pastel shades. The delicate green stems and buds provide a lively contrast to the vibrant petals. Whilst the flowers themselves are painted in greater detail, I have kept the background more abstract to better highlight the flowers and capture the relaxed, fresh atmosphere of a summers day. I was inspired to create this acrylic painting by walks past ripening grain fields, from which the beautiful red poppies shine out and dance in the summer breeze.

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                                  [?]Marco Sales Photography » 🌐
                                  @marco5ales@socel.net

                                  Abandoned Country House Az #1 fineartamerica.com/featured/1-

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                                    [?]JanluitPhotos » 🌐
                                    @JanLuitPhotos@photog.social

                                    Juvenile Eastern Chipmunk on a rock

                                    See it bigger here: jan-luit.pixels.com/featured/j

                                    The head of the Chipmunk is in the middle of the photo.

                                    Alt...The head of the Chipmunk is in the middle of the photo.

                                      Joseph S Giacalone Photo Art boosted

                                      [?]Steve Henderson Fine Art » 🌐
                                      @SteveHendersonFineArt@mastodon.social

                                      Nature loves blue and red, green and purple, white and black, well, pretty much all the colors.

                                      But then again, nature has nothing to do with politics.

                                      Many Hues canvas print -- fineartamerica.com/featured/ma

                                      The colorful Grand Canyon.

                                      Alt...The colorful Grand Canyon.

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                                        [?]Adam Gladstone » 🌐
                                        @agladst@mastodon.social

                                        Time for an view:

                                        adam-gladstone.pixels.com/feat

                                          JJDavis :terminal: boosted

                                          [?]TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨ » 🌐
                                          @tksst@fediscience.org

                                          💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐝🔥 A new study of 95 native bee species across eastern shows that nesting inside plant stems cannot escape extreme .

                                          Ground-nesting species burrow to stay cool, but stem-nesters have no insulation. University researchers found that bees face the highest risk, having already reached their thermal limits.

                                          👉 sciencedaily.com/releases/2026

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