*** This Week Through Your Eyes 2024.02.22 ***

Good morning to everyone wherever you are in the world...3 weeks after my detached retina surgery now. I still have a gas bubble in the eye which is gradually receding. One or two things I'm concerned about. I have an assessment next Thursday when I'll know more. Thanks everyone for your messages.

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The final sunset of 2024. New Year's Eve, Brazil.

Siberian Jay

Previous week I was in Lapland, shot tons of photos and had lot of hiking in winter wonderland. Some images I've published in landscape threads, here I want to show siberian jay shots. It's regarded as bad luck bird in lot of countries and this superstition is shown also in its latin name: Perisoreus infaustus. But Finns consider it lucky bird. Anyway, it's very nice bird, too bad that it's living so far away...

Great image. I like that big visible "X".
The sky colours and the silhouettes are wonderful and then the reflection makes everything twice as good ;-)

Hidden danger revealed !

If you just happened to be flying around at these icy temperatures you’d be safe from the spiders today.
The ice crystals have revealed their webs!

We were in Bologna last Monday, as my wife wanted to visit the Prada shoe shop. After a good lunch, we saw the, amongst other things, the "Transito della Vergine" by Alfonso Lombardi, which I wanted to add to my Terracotta project. It is in the same building as the more famous "Compianto sul Cristo Morto" by Niccolò dell’Arca.

I find it fascinating how the sensations the individual sculptures give, and relationships between the sculptures, change as you move around the group.

Next week if certain stars align, I think one of my well used Z7 bodies, is going to be traded in for a shiny new Z8, which I am told is very similar to the more button driven D850 I have.

I have seen the "Compianto sul Cristo Morto" by Niccolò dell’Arca before, but I made a couple of different angles

Spectacular! Water and interesting light, always helps to make a stunning picture.

Good luck with your recovery. These things take time and lots of patience.

Good to see you back shooting birdlife again. I always enjoy your bird photogrphy.

Looks like a strong steel net. An incredible amount of work must go into creating these deadly traps.

Snow Dance

ENLARGE to see better.

Brilliant, wind blown image.

Dream image. Magical and magnificent.

Get better. We need you.

Both amazing in its clarity and originality.

Birds and more birds. Great images.

Wonderful. The bud is magnifico!

Nice way to end year and start new. Love these lines, horizontal and diagonal.