Flowers and Birds and more...

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It's 4 in the morning and I can't sleep anymore. So I thought I could as well get up and make a post after quite some weeks of not blogging ...

Flowers and Birds - Johann Piber

Flowers and Birds
and more...

All images in this post have been taken the previous Saturday in the Šunikov vodni gaj, the Šunik Water Grove in the Lepena Valley in Slovenia, from where I have posted quite some images in the past (Google Maps).

Flowers and Birds - Lepena River - Johann Piber
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Flowers and Birds - Lepena River - Johann Piber
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Images above: When I arrived at the Šunik Water Grove, I have taken two test shots of the Lepena river with the macro lens, but in the end I liked them much enough to edit and post them here :)

Flowers and Birds - Vinca minor - Johann Piber
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I thought there would be more Spring flowers blooming already, but Spring still had not really arrived in the mountain regions, such as this valley is a little higher up in the mountains.

Flowers and Birds - Vinca minor - Johann Piber
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So, the Vinca minor or lesser periwinkle (Wikipedia: Vinca minor) was the only flower I have photographed that day, or better said the images of this flower were the only ones worth editing.

Flowers and Birds - Johann Piber
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And I have taken photos of some green plants which were growing on the other side of the little gorge the Lepena river runs through. I have tried another kind of editing - such dark and moody images seem to be quite popular at the moment.

Flowers and Birds - Johann Piber
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I have photographed many of the bigger waterfalls in this area many times before, and apart from more or less water they always look about the same. So I have started to look for the smaller and sometimes even tiny waterfalls or little streams which are flowing over the rocks.

Flowers and Birds - Johann Piber
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As said above, the big waterfalls look always about the same, but these small streams and cascades are different almost every time I am there. Sometimes there's no water and sometimes too much, so that I postpone taking a photo to next time.

Flowers and Birds - Johann Piber
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I might better have titled the post "One Flower and One Bird" because both images above show the same flower and the bird below was the only one that was kind enough to let me take some photos 😀

The White-throated Dipper saw me and turned around that I could take better photos of it, although the first pose looked quite pretty too 😉

Flowers and Birds - White-throated Dipper - Johann Piber
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These are lovely little birds which are excellent and fast divers.

Before he posed for me on this rock, he was on a rock further down the river where the background was much more pleasing, but it was too far away for my 100-400mm lens. So I have to apologize for the messy background.

Flowers and Birds - White-throated Dipper - Johann Piber
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Flowers and Birds - White-throated Dipper - Johann Piber
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So, that was it for today's post and I hope you like the images from one of my favourite places.

I don't know when I will make my next post, but I will try to post more often than only once a month from now on. Maybe I should always get up and make a post when I can't sleep. In that case you might see a post from me almost every day 😁

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Wow, beautiful photos. The light was ideal!

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Thank you so much kindly that you like the photos, much appreciated 🤗

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Oh this sound good, thank you 😃

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I have to thank you 😊

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Thank you so very much kindly for the tipu curation 😊

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Wow natural scenery and flowers i really like it

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Thank you very much, @maksyam, I'm happy that you like my photos 😊

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Amazing shots! You disappeared for quite a while!
Hope to see your photos more often!

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You're too kind, dear @kaminchan, and I appreciate your nice comment a lot 😊

I don't have much time at the moment, but I want to try to post a bit more often from now on. Don't know if I'll able to though 😉

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Thanks for the tip!
I do hope you have more time for yourself and your hobby. Don’t work too hard.

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I have to thank you, my dear 🤗 and yes, I want to take more time for myself from now on ... will see how it works 😊
Wishing you a wonderful day 🌞

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These are lovely photos, Hannes. You are up early!

The White-throated Dipper is not a bird I am familiar with but really nice to see him. The periwinkle flower looks great with the droplets.

Have a wonderful evening dear Hannes. Glad you had time to post. 🤗

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Actually, many times I wake up even much earlier 😁

I have seen the White-throated Dipper a few years for the first time in Slovenia and don't think I ever have seen this bird where I live - just on the other side of the mountains 😀 It's a lovely bird and you should see it diving in the clear water - it looks amazing.

Thanks so much kindly for your nice compliments, dear Jo, I'm wishing you also a very nice rest of the day 🤗🌞

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Wow all amazing images gorgeous waterfalls beautiful flowers but I personally love your two test shots something surreal and magical about them

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I had not thought that the macro lens would produce images like these. Usually I use the 70-200mm lens, but maybe next time I'll use the macro lens again 😉

Thanks a million for your kind words, my friend, I really appreciate your comment 😊

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Yeah makes me want to try using my macro lens for other formats sometime

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I have once had the macro lens on when I saw a lovely bird, but the photos haven't been sharp at all because focusing was much too slow. So I have never tried taking photos other than macros again with it.

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Yeah makes me want to try using my macro lens for other formats sometime

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Always a pleasure to see you have posts. Lovely work:)

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I am really shocked to see Vinca minor. We use to have this in our garden, didn't know that it is also found in the wild.

I hope that you post more, and I get more chances to see vibrant images haha!

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There are places where the ground is blue from them. Unfortunately I haven't found that many this year, but we are still in mid Spring, so they might only be a little bit late 😉

Thanks a million for your kind comment, @coinfactor, much appreciated 😊

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I imagine that would have been a stunner.

My pleasure @johannpiber :)

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If I'll find such a place I will certainly take photos and post about it 😀

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And I would certainly enjoy myself going through it. Have a lovely day! 🙂👍

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... but don't hurt any of the flowers while walking through them 😉
You have a wonderful day too 🌞

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Haha! No definitely not @johannpiber. I will always remember your words 😃

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The photos of the waterfall look very life like and are spectacular.

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A beautiful set of images @johannpiber! Really love the framing of the waterfall shot with the tree cutting through the top right corner... :)

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Thanks very much for your kind feedback, Cath, that means a lot to me 😊
This tree has fallen last year and I also think it looks great in the image. I have tried different angles, but this one was the most pleasing to me.

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You're welcome! Sad that the tree fell, but I suppose that's nature's cycle of life. Anyway, it looks great in your composition. :)

Thank you for the !PIZZA :)

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A friend of mine would say "such is life" and I believe the tree likes it in the water because otherwise it wouldn't look that nice 😁

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Your waterfall photos always impress me. They are your signature indeed.

Only one flower that you showed to us is really gorgeous. It has a lovely color. The raindrops make it look vivid and refreshing.

The little bird is cute. You were so lucky to see it with your own eyes.

Great capture, as always. ;)

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Hi @tangmo,
thank you so very much for your always kind compliments on my photos, I really appreciate your comments a lot 😊
I don't like to swim in deep water, but such streams and rivers are something special to me. If I had the time I would spend every day at a waterfall 😁

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You are much welcome! 🙂

Spending time at the waterfall is my favorite, too. 😺

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In my next life I will have a little house right at a waterfall 😁

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Ah! That's the dream of my next life, too..... 😸

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Maybe we will be neighbours 😊

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Ah! That'll be great..... 😺

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White-throated Dipper how exciting I watched a documentary about this little birds ability to dive and swim in these streams, of which you once again captured superb photography.

Lesser periwinkle and ivy hanging both eye candy along with the last little stream capture showing rocks and roots drawing eye into the splash of light emerald green water.

Wonderful end to a stressful day, being able to linger and enjoy.

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!BEER and !PIZZA actually soft pink clouds out, time to take a walk and watch the sun going down....

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I haven't known these little birds until I saw them diving into a river in Slovenia and then I found out what they are called. They are always so fast that I haven't been able to take photos until that morning and I think I will try it there again soon 😀

Thank you so much for your nice feedback on my post and photos, dear Joan, I appreciate your comments a lot 😊

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Watching wildlife I normally go Northern hemisphere to learn something different. These little aquatic birds only feed in pristine clean waters, I was totally amazed at the speed they move in and out of the water.

You captured some amazing photography, also thrilled you starting to venture into more compact water scenery with flowers, birds, eventually anything that moves basically!

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These little birds are really great 😀

All places are crowded since 2 years, so I try to learn other techniques or kinds of photography and it makes fun, although patience is not my thing, as you might remember 🤣 !LOLZ

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Patience not a requirement, early start into area not disturbed by humans then look carefully into the trees, on the rocks, one never knows what may be right in front of you.

To watch these little birds flipping in and out the water would be a treat!

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You have no idea how many certainly great bird photos I have already missed because I have only looked for waterfalls or landscape compositions, so many lovely little or even big birds have flown away right in front of my eyes 😂 !LOLZ

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Now you more aware you first check before focusing on water falls or landscapes that don't move 😂

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Yep, and I hope I don't forget it next time 🤣 !LOLZ

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They say you get wiser.... eventually 😅never worry I still search for patience regularly!

!BEER and !PIZZA it's that time of the day once again?

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Yep, you get wiser the older you get, but there are also exceptions and I am certainly one too 🤣 !LOLZ

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Hey stranger .. lol. Good to see you back and with this extraordinary post!! Excellent photos @johanpiber and a very beautiful setting! The first Lepina river photos might be my favorite but only by a little bit since all the photos are amazing! I can just imagine how you must feel to see such beautiful scenery and capture it on camera! 😊💕

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Haha, I'm happy that you remember me, dear @deerjay 🤣

I'm getting more and more in such abstract and intimate shots of waterfalls and landscapes and I am always amazed how interesting the photos of waves of a stream turn out when I open them on the computer.

Thank you so much for your kind words and compliments, I'm happy that you like my post and the photos 😊

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Those are fantastic long exposures! Waterfalls are just amazing to begin with. You've done them well.

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Hi Victor,
thanks a million, I'm happy that you like them, you know that waterfalls are my favourite photo motifs 😊

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Great to see you back again with your phenomenal photography after taking a HIVE posting hiatus. (I did the same). Glad you thought about us at 4am when you had an insomnia attack - it's an excellent cure!

That indigo shade of periwinkle is quite lovely. There aren't enough blue flowers in the world if you ask me. Morning glories, hydrangeas and irises come to mind.💠🔹️💠

Your idea of photographing small waterfalls is a terrific plan. I love how smoky and cloud like the flowing water looks, especially with multiples in a single shot! @johannpiber

Enjoy your Wednesday!💫

Sending you some !LADY !LUV

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Hi Nina,

I wasn't really gone and have been here every day, but I didn't have any motivation to make a post. I want to try to post more often from now on, although I still don't have much time, but as said in my post, I really might get up when I can't sleep 😁

Thanks so much for your nice words about my photos, you make me happy ... I had even forgotten how motivational nice comments are 😉

When I think of blue flowers I always think of the forests in England which are blue from bluebells 🔵

Our Wednesday was nice but is almost over and I hope you're also enjoying a wonderful Wednesday ☺️

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Those are beautiful ♥️ I loved the macro pictures of the water!!!

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Thanks a lot kindly, @wrestlingdesires, and I'm happy that you and so many others like this kind of photos too. That motivates me to take more of these 😊

Wishing you a great day 🌞

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Isn't enjoying the beauty enough motivation ❤️

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You're so very right, but knowing that other people like my photos or the kind of photos I take, motivates me to do more of the abstract or intimate landscape photography. I think it was too early in the morning when I wrote my reply 😉

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Coffee needs to accompany posting 😂 But yes, such small landscapes can be incredible when given the right attention ❤️

!PIZZA !ALIVE !LOL

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Haha, yes, maybe mine wasn't strong enough to wake me fully up 😂 !LOLZ

Have a !PIZZA with a !BEER from me 😉

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so wonderful! nature gives the best view , nothing else does

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Oh yes, Mother Nature shows us her beauty all the time but so many people close their eyes. Thanks so much that you like my photos, much appreciated 😊

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Wonderful photos as always dear @johannpiber 🤗🌸

And the flower in blue is beautiful ....🥰

These days I'm really busy and I can barely make it and I'm sorry that I just saw this beauty ....

And of course the waterfalls are much more beautiful than this one I photographed ...🤭

I enjoyed your post ....
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And I've been waiting for you to share your inspiration with us ....🤗☀️

I wish you a wonderful day and weekend 🌸🌸🌸

With sun ☀️☀️🌸☀️💮😉🌺🦋

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I have just wrote in my comment on your post that I love waterfalls of any size or kind - I don't mind if it isn't the highest or biggest, because in my mind I can hear the music of the falling water and that's enough joy for me 😊

Thanks so much kindly that you like my photos and enjoyed my post, dear @Suzana72, it means a lot to me 🤗

You don't need to be sorry - I am the laziest commenter of all 😏

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Exactly 🤗

My pleasure dear @johannpiber 🌸
I'm happy about that 🌸

Hehe, I wouldn't say that's right ... thank you ....😊

my day is filled as if they are two in one ....🤣

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Oops, clicked too fast .. I'm wishing you also a wonderful rest of the day and a hopefully wonderful and sunny weekend too 🌞

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