Taken from the top deck of the Isle of Wight ferry at Spice Island

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Something has aroused Kafara's interest behind me. Enough to make him get up and investigate.

That intense stare is spell binding and hypnotic.

You can sense the awesome power he has just by watching him move and study what is happening around him. He sees everything that is happening. His senses are amazing.

I didn't realise just how broad his nose was - it's like a ledge over a cliff face and his battle scars are telling too.

One of the biggest threats to the African Lion today are the unsustainable trophy hunters who only want the largest, healthy males with impressive manes to put on display.

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Wide Panoramic Solent Sunset.


This was a standard 3:2 ratio image cropped to 16:3 for this weeks challenge Week36: Wide Panoramic.


The clouds and rays of the setting sun were simply magical.

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Heron Hunting
Sometimes Lady Luck throws me a bone just to keep me interested.
A Great Blue Heron, hunting at the end of the day, appeared from nowhere, swooped low over the Lake and took me by surprise.
I think both of us were surprised to see the other!

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Painted Light - Leaves of a Book
"The Moving Finger Writes and Having Writ ......................" by Omar Khayyam.
Week 45 2021

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