Savannah Elaphants of Queen Elizabeth...

Queen Elizabeth National Reserve in Uganda is a huge place that is filled with all types of wildlife including the African Bush Elephant. African bush elephants are the largest living land mammals and the second tallest after the giraffe. The biggest ever recorded was a bull that weighed 10 tonnes and stood 4m at the shoulder. The large ears, formidable tusks and strong trunk all add to their physically striking appearance. 

African elephants have remarkably complex and interesting social lives. Their society is guided by the oldest female called a matriarch. She determines when they eat, rest, bathe and drink. They feed on grass, tree foliage, bark, twigs, herbs, shrubs, roots, and fruit. Altogether, elephants consume more than 225 kilograms (500 pounds) of vegetation a day, spending hours eating it. Due to their large size, African Bush Elephants must drink water daily.

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If you  live in the Bay Area, you know this building and you also know it looks very little like this ... I can present my poetic license if you wish to see it ...

#ArchitecturalVisions  curated by the dynamic duo: +Joel Tjintjelaar  and +Julia Anna Gospodarou  ... 

Pochard taking off
Re-airing a reprocessed version of an old favourite of mine. One of the early Gplus posts, so few would have seen it, very few :)
Female Red-crested Pochard, West Bengal, India.
  #exploreindia   #breakfastclub  by +Gemma Costa 

Black and White in Colour
Zebra - Addo National Park
#hqsppromotion  (+HQSPPromotion )

"ON FIRE" ... +Lindsey Stirling
While the mountain was on fire we photographed.

Here is the final results of that evening encapsulated in a Blog Post:
http://jarviestudios.com/blog/2012/07/joyful-music-lindsey-stirling/

Or straight to the +SmugMug - Gallery
http://smu.gs/N56SFT

I'd love to hear which location you liked best and even which shot.

Dandelion swaing in the wind.

Sharing this with today's +Macro Monday  curated by +Kelli Seeger Kim 
+Kelli Murphy  and +Jennifer Eden

Wishing you all a great week.

Three photo composite

"Breakfast in the morning sun".

Willet With a sand crab
(Tringa semipalmata)
Morro Bay, CA. April, 2012
 
Getting up early has its rewards, what makes it even better is when you get that sweet golden lights. Being out on the seashore gives you ample opportunity to get all kinds of bird shots and even some nice seascapes and abstracts of the breaking waves.
 
Morro Bay is a great place to visit if you love shore birds, it is a picturesque seaside village located along scenic Highway 1 halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
 
Unlike the Curlews and the Godwits, Willets are not found in flocks. On this particular morning I found this fellow all by himself and not bothered by my presence.  I had the opportunity to make some images of it feeding. Here, he has found early breakfast in form of a sand crab.
 
 For #birdphotographymonday   +Bird & Wildlife Photography  curated by +David Hemmings 
 
For #birdloversworldwide   +BIRD LOVERS Worldwide  by +Robert SKREINER 
 
 For #naturemonday   curated by +Rolf Hicker  and +Kate Church 
 
For #birdsinfocus    curated by +Risto Talman  +Birds in Focus 
 
+HQSPPromotion  and curators +Carina Marsh  +Marina Versaci  +Tammy Boldt  +Mukundh B  +Thierry Bouriat  +Rinus Bakker

#canon #canonphotography #birds #birdphotography  

my contribution for #monochromemonday  by +Charles Lupica +Bill Wood +Jerry Johnson  and +Hans Berendsen 
This is an old box on an attic in an old abandoned house.
Such objects are great motives for me, an art of urbex still life.

+Monochrome Monday  #urbex   #abandoned   #lostplace   #talkurbex  

"Lone Survivor" - Can you imagine what type of will to live a bush must have to survive in Death Valley?''.  

Early sunrise, compliments of +Colby Brown and +Peyton Hale.  +Joe Azure and +Scott Sawyer should have a few similar pictures?

#landscapephotography   #hdrphotographers   #hdrphotography  +death valley 

Good Morning dear Googlers :) Hope you have a good start in the new week :)