Baby animal photos from National Geographic
Baby Harp Seal
Photograph by Norbert Rosing
Baby Asian Elephant in Tall Grass
Photograph by William Albert Allard
Lynx and Cub
Photograph by Norbert Rosing
Black Bear Mother and Cub
Photograph by Norbert Rosing
Leopard Cub Playing With Mother's Tail
Photograph by Beverly Joubert
Bobcat Kitten in the Wild
Photograph by Hope Ryden
Polar Bear Mother With Cub
Photograph by Norbert Rosing
Cheetah Mother and Cubs
Photograph by Chris Johns
Black Bear Cub
Photograph by Robert Caputo
Tea Flower
A few nice flowers images I found:
Tea Flower
Image by autan
Cha-no-ki, 茶の木, tea tree, Camellia sinensis (Theaceae)
Tea, the most loved and utilized plant in Camellia family has very small and indistinctive flower. But I like this kind of small camellia (^_^) Leaves, being utilized as tea, in wild has typical fat, hard and uniquely luminescent beautiful leaves.
The home place is supposed to be southern part of China, but as it is cultivated since ancient, not clarified. In Japan, brought from the continent, also has been cultivated since ancient, it is often seen naturalized to be growing even in the forest. This was in a shrine grove.
Camellia family is unique and common group in East Asian warm temperate zone or in the East Asian tropics on high altitude warm temperate equivalent zone. And later, British, who adopted tea in their food habitat, and further utilized tea as cash crop, found its equivalent place in tropical highlands in their colonies out of tea's home land such as in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, or far away in Kenya.
Camellia family plants are mostly and typically evergreen, the leaves being fat with thick cuticle layer on upper surface. The thick cuticle layer is supposed to be adoption to low temperature in winter or in the night, and it gives high luminescence to the leaves. Seeds are rich in high quality oil. Both of Tea and Camellia (Tsubaki, Camellia japonica) are utilized for oil production.
In China as tea is so deeply rooted, common Camellia, which has bigger and beautiful flowers were named after tea, like 山茶, which means "mountain (or wild) tea", whereas in Japan, tea and common big flowered Camellia are recognized under different context, called Tsubaki, 椿, of which character, meaning completely different plant in China.
Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Dec2007
Nikon D40x Micro Nikkor 60mm
Overprocessed flowers
Image by Tanozzo
Just some overprocessed flowers.
wild flowers
Image by Per Ola Wiberg ~ Powi
Natt och Dag, Night and Day in english...and Melampyrum nemorosum in latin.
A one-year wild flower and the seeds are spread by ants !!
Black Footed Cat (Kitten)
A few nice kitten images I found:
Black Footed Cat (Kitten)
Image by Asten
Still a kitten, but more or less fullsized. Smaller than an average housecat. Born May 11, 2006. To put this in perspective, he's about 2 feet long.
Kitten
Image by jm2c
Abandoned kitten
Image by Bogdan Suditu
One of seven kittens abandoned near my workplace. They were small and ill. We took care of them and now they're fine and playful.
Camera used: Canon 50D, Lens: Canon EF100mm 2.8 Macro.
Nice Macro photos
Check out these macro images:
Stapelia tsomoensis flower - Corona Macro
Image by Martin_Heigan
A macro photograph of the Corona of an unusual 4 petal Stapelia tsomoensis flower from Pongolapoort Dam (Jozini Dam), KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Field Number: DGA Styles s/n (GSIS)
Note: This flower is also called: "Stapelia hirsuta var. tsomoensis".
"Corona" means "Crown" ; "Hirsuta" means "Hairy"
Best viewed LARGE.
More photos of the Genus "Stapelia".
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
Cool Flowers images
Some cool flowers images:
Tiara de flor ou headband with flower
Image by erika.tricroche
Lindo de mais!!! Peguei a receita aqui neste blog
E aqui estou traduzindo a receita!!!
Segue então!!!
Fiz com linha dupla e agulha 3,0 mm
Tiara
Flor = Faça 6 corr e prenda com 1 pbx (vc vai trabalhar em circulo)
1carr = 16 p.a = 16pt
2carr = 2 p.a em cada pt = 32 pt
3carr= 5 corr + 1 p.b p/ cada 4 pt anterior = 8 conj de corr (8 petalas)
4 carr = 1p.b + 7 p.a + 1p.b repetir
Tiara= comece com 141 corr vire e faça
1carr = 30 pb + 80 corr + 30pb vire
2carr = 30 pb + 80 corr + 30 pb
3carr = 30 pb + 80 corr + 30 pb
Coloque a tiara e amarre por baixo dos cabelos e divirta-se!!!!! :0))
A tiny flower from Somalia
Image by graftedno1
Pseudolithos migiurtinus. This tiny flower you never notice without magnification. No crop.
Stapelia flower.
Image by graftedno1
a fuzzy nickel sized flower found in South Africa
Cool Macro images
A few nice macro images I found:
Stapelia hirsuta var. vetula flower Corona Macro
Image by Martin_Heigan
A macro photograph of the Corona of a small Stapelia hirsuta var. vetula flower from Tradouws Pass, Barrydale, Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa.
Field Number: Ddk 1785 (PVB sn)
Best viewed LARGE.
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
Macro Retratos #9 El Payasito
Image by jsanzb (Poco a poco de regreso)
Serie Macro Retratos, puedes verlos en Tiltviewer (airtightinteractive)
Tambien puedes verla sobre fondo Negro
#1 El Arrogante.
#2 El Curioso.
#3 El Simpatico.
#4 El Manitas.
#5 El Hado del Bosque.
#6 La Elegante.
#7 Ojitos.
#8 El Mafioso.
#9 El Payasito.
#10 La Lenguaraz.
flower
Check out these flowers images:
flower
Image by suchitra prints
flower
Wild Yellow Flower
Image by Isolino
We found this yellow flower on the side of the road on our way to Yosemite.
Orbea lutea subsp. lutea flowers
Image by Martin_Heigan
Orbea lutea subsp. lutea flowers from the Northern Cape, South Africa.
Best viewed LARGE.
More Orbea photos HERE.
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
Nice Flowers photos
Some cool flowers images:
Larryleachia marlothii flower - extreme macro
Image by Martin_Heigan
An extreme macro photograph of the very tiny Larryleachia marlothii (South African Stapeliad Desert flower). What makes this flower even more special is the fact that Stapeliad flowers usually have 5 petals (and not 6 petals like this flower).
Best viewed LARGE.
More Larryleachia photos HERE.
Complete Stapeliad and Asclepiad Flower Gallery HERE.
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 dreams · #4 · flower explosion
Image by Xavier Fargas
En grande se ve mejor : View On Black
... explosión floral
... flower explosion
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Nice Kitten photos
A few nice kitten images I found:
kittens
Image by mathias-erhart
Yay! New cute little kittens ^^
camouflaged kitten: part 2 of 4
Image by Malingering
Okay, this is almost sickeningly cute. But I can't help myself. She's so funny. This was one of her naps when she was about 9 weeks old, she had that kitten thing where the just fall over and sleep in the most bizarre positions.
Here's part 1 if you missed it... parts 3 and 4 to come...
This was the #1 photo by Flickr - Interesting on the date Jan 10, 2006.