Carole-Anne's Tees

Beagle Channel is a strait in the archipelago island chain of Tierra del Fuego on the extreme southern tip of South America partly in Chile & partly in Argentina. The channel separates the larger main island of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego from various smaller islands including the islands of Picton, Lennox & Nueva; Navarino; Hoste; Londonderry; & Stewart. The channels eastern area forms part of the border between Chile & Argentina & the western area is entirely within Chile. Canon 500D, zoom lens. (Featured in World Wide Sunsets group.)

Magenta orchid in macro. There are many hybrid varieties of orchids. Canon 500D and Macro lens Photographed in Adelaide, South Australia.

Travelling through the open water in the midst of sea ice in the Ross sea, Antarctica. This type of open water is called a "polinya". Such areas of water surrounded by sea ice or pack ice are typically calm as the ice damps down the effects of waves and tides. Canon EOS, zoom lens. (Featured in International Women's Photography.)

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, River Plate Stadium or simply El Monumental, is a stadium in the Núñez district of Buenos Aires, Argentina, home of the football club River Plate. It is the largest stadium in Argentina with a capacity of 67,664 & also home of the Argentina national football team. It was a venue in the 1978 FIFA World Cup & hosted the final between Argentina & the Netherlands. Canon 500D, zoom lens.

Kelp Goose, Chloephaga hybrida, is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae. It can be found in the Southern part of South America; in Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, and the Falkland Islands. They habitat rocky coasts around their food sources. Males are a white colour, with a black beak, and yellow feet. The females are dark brown, with transverse grey lines on the chest, and yellow feet. Chicks are grey. Seen on Carcass Island. Kelp geese are noted for only eating kelp and will migrate along the coast of South America in order to find kelp, hence the name 'kelp geese'. Kelp geese generally have clutches of 2-7 eggs. They prefer to hide their eggs in long grass. The eggs hatch about ...

In the "art or cultural" quarter of Johannesburg a wall art project has been defaced with graffiti. Johannesburg, South Africa. (Canon 500D, zoom lens)

It was really tricky photographing these little creatures in the wild; they are so small and so fast. When we were there they were harvesting food and running off with great mouthsfull of grass to store up food for the winter. Lammergeier Valley, South Gobi, Mongolia. Meriones unguiculatus, the Mongolian jird or Mongolian gerbil is a rodent belonging to subfamily Gerbillinae. It is the most widely known species of the gerbil subfamily, and is the usual gerbil species to be kept as a pet or experimental animal, when it is known as the domesticated gerbil. Its habitat is mainly semideserts and steppes. Soil on the steppes is sandy and is covered with grasses, herbs, and shrubs. The steppes have cool, dry winters and hot summers. The temp...

A huge tabular iceberg protrudes from the sea ice about the height of a 10 story building, Ross Sea, Antarctica. The light during the night when there is 24 hour sunlight is very special providing dramatic lighting and colour on the sea ice and in the clouds. It is like having dusk, dawn, sunrise and sunset all rolled into one. If the sun is behind clouds the colour is often muted and subtle. Canon EOS, zoom lens.

Thomson’s Gazelles drinking at a waterhole left by the drying up of the Moru River during the dry season. Thomsons Gazelles, Eudorcas thomsonii, Serengeti National park, Tanzania, East Africa. Tommies as they are known are one of the most common antelopes in Africa. Thomson’s Gazelles are 53 to 67 cm tall and weigh 13 to 24 kg for females, 17 to 29 kg for males. The males have slender elegant horns. They are prey for all the great predators, especially cheetahs. Canon 500D, zoom lens. (Featured in The World as we See it, or as we Missed it, & Other Groups.)

Traditional Church dome in the village of Pyrgos, Santorini, Greece. (Featured in Religious Architecture.)

Lotus flower with digital colour enhancement. Original photographed in Thailand.

Larger regional church in the village of Oia, Santorini, Greece. It has the typical blue dome but is mainly coloured cream rather than the traditional white. (Featured in Postcards - Destinations, & Other Groups.) Canon 500D, zoom lens. (1256 views at 24 December 2015)

King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonia) and Royal Penguins (Eudyptes schlegeli) sunning themselves on the pebble beach. Juvenile male Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) are also on the beach. Macquarie Island, Southern Ocean, Sub-Antarctic, Australia. Macquarie Island (or Macca) lies in the southwest corner of the Pacific Ocean, about half-way between New Zealand and Antarctica, at 54°30S, 158°57E. Politically, it is part of Tasmania, Australia since 1900 and became a Tasmanian State Reserve in 1978. The island is home to the entire Royal Penguin population on earth during their annual nesting season. Ecologically, it is part of the Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra ecoregion. Canon EOS (film), zoom lens. (Featured in Art F...

An unusual view of the Bird of Paradise or Crane flower, Strelitzia reginae. Originally from South Africa, but now widespread in temperate and tropical gardens worldwide. This one was photographed in my own back garden in Adelaide, South Australia. Canon 450D, zoom lens.

A huge tabular iceberg protrudes from the sea ice about the height of a 10 story building, Ross Sea, Antarctica. About 6 to 7 times more is below the ocean. The sun in the middle of the night during 24 hour sunlight creates a perfectly dramatic seascape. Such tabular icebergs are new, that is less than 1 year old, having recently calved from the glaciers, or the ice tongues or the Ross Ice Shelf. Photographed at about 1am. Canon EOS (film), zoom lens. (Featured in Absolute Clarity, and Others.) (1621 views at 25 April 2015)

Stained glass Detail from the interior of the Cathedral of Rio which is dominated by 4 soaring stained glass panels at the 4 cardinale points of the building, terminating in a clear glass cross at the apex. The Roman Catholic Cathedral of Saint Sebastian, Sao Sebastiano, is dedicated to Saint Sebastian , the patron saint of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The current church was built between 1964 & 1979 & replaced a series of old churches that had served as cathedrals since 1676. Conical in form and with a 96 metres internal diameter and an overall height of 75 metres, it has a standing room capacity of over 20, 000. Canon 500D, zoom lens.

Hot air balloon with shadow over the agricultural landscape just after sunrise, Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey, Asia Minor. Canon 500D, zoom lens. (Featured in Our Planets Scenery & Others.) (1029 views at 29 August 2015)

Zygopetalum is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) (subfamily Epidendroideae, tribe Maxillarieae, subtribe Zygopetalinae), consisting of fourteen species, originating in South America. The most common colours are a combination of green, purple, white and sometimes brown. (Canon 500D, macro lens)

"Matchbox" house, (old style Social Housing) Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. This is the view that most people around the world would associate Soweto with shanty towns and squatters houses, and possibly with the Government built so called “match-box houses” but there is much more to Soweto. A city in its own right within the city of Johannesburg it has a population of about 1 1/2 million, comprising 1/3 of the population of Johannesburg. Due to its huge size it has a wide denographic with many suburbs, the largest hospital in Africa and many other ammenites for its citizens. Of course there are still many people living in poverty, but government projects are gradually replacing shanty towns with new social housing. (Canon 500D, zo...

Macquarie Island (or Macca) lies in the southwest corner of the Pacific Ocean, about half-way between New Zealand and Antarctica, at 54°30S, 158°57E.1 Politically, it is part of Tasmania, Australia since 1900 and became a Tasmanian State Reserve in 1978. The island is home to the entire Royal Penguin population on earth during their annual nesting season. Ecologically, it is part of the Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra ecoregion. Canon EOS (film), zoom lens. (Featured in The World as we See it, or as we Missed it, & Other Groups.) (1061 views at 14 September 2015) Since 1948 the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) has maintained a permanent base, the Macquarie Island Station, on the isthmus at the northern end of the island at the f...

Striking sunset across the river which divides the countries of Namibia & Angola. Africa. Canon 500D, zoom lens. (Featured in Wild Africa, & Other Groups.) (1130 views at 10 July 2015)

Traditional domed church with blue and brown trim, behind a brown gate, in cubical style architecture in Oia village on the top of the caldera cliffs on the Island of Santorini, also known as Fira, Greek Islands, Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean. Canon 500D, zoom lens. Featured in The World as we See it, or as we Missed it. & others.) (1044 views at 10 )October 2015)

Downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, from the Observation Floor of a city tower block. (Canon 500D, zoom lens.)

Profile portrait of a King Penguin (Aptenodytes halli), Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean, possession of Australia. Macquarie Island is World Heritage Listed. Canon EOS (film), zoom lens. (Featured in The World as we See it, or as we Missed it, & Other Groups.) (1554 views at 15 September 2105) The King Penguin is the second largest species of penguin at about 90 cm (3.0 ft) tall and weighing 11 to 16 kg (24 to 35 lb), second only to the Emperor Penguin. Like all penguin species, it has a streamlined body to minimise drag while swimming, webbed feet to propel more force when swimming, and wings that have become stiff, flat flippers. There is little difference in plumage between the male and female, although the latter are slight...

Striking sunset across the river which divides the countries of Namibia & Angola. Africa. (Featured in Wild Africa.) Canon EOS, zoom lens.

A few of the 200 plus strong herd of Zebra (Plains or Savanna or Common Zebra, Equus quagga) which we watched as they crossed the marsh early morning to get to a grazing site. Amboseli National Park, Kenya, East Africa. It was a beautiful start to the day, with total quiet except for a few bird calls and the slosh, slosh, slosh of the water as they cantered across. Canon 500D, zoom lens. (Featured in To Shelf Wildlife and Others.)

Street Art spoiled with graffiti in the down town area of Johannesburg, South Africa. Canon 500D, zoom lens. (Featured in The World as we See it, or as we Missed it.) (2924 views at 18 November 2015)

King Penguin (Aptenodytes halli), Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean, possession of Australia. Macquarie Island is World Heritage Listed. The King Penguin is the second largest species of penguin at about 90 cm (3.0 ft) tall and weighing 11 to 16 kg (24 to 35 lb), second only to the Emperor Penguin. Like all penguin species, it has a streamlined body to minimise drag while swimming, webbed feet to propel more force when swimming, and wings that have become stiff, flat flippers. There is little difference in plumage between the male and female, although the latter are slightly smaller. The upper parts features of the King Penguin include a silvery-grey back with a blackish-brown head decorated with ear patches of bright golden-orange...

Expeditioners walking on the fast ice between the ramparts of the Drygalski Ice Tongue. The Drygalski Ice Tongue (an extension of the Davide Glacier) extends into the sea for about 80 kilometres. The Drygalski Ice Tongue forms the southern edge of Terra Nova Bay in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Glaciers are formed when pieces of the ice tongue break off its far end due to sea and wind erosion. Much of the sea on the Northern side of the tongue is open in summer, rather than ice as the massive tongue, which rises to about 10 stories high above the water, offers a degree of protection from the worst of the weather. Canon EOS (film), zoom lens. (Featured in The World as we See it, or as we Missed it, and Other Groups.) While Global warming ...

Pair of mature white lions. The white lion is occasionally found in wildlife reserves in South Africa and is a rare colour mutation of the Kruger subspecies of lion (Panthera leo krugeri). It has been perpetuated by selective breeding in zoos around the world. White lions are not yet a separate subspecies and they have been said to be indigenous to the Timbavati region of South Africa for centuries, although the earliest recorded sighting in this region was 1938. Regarded as divine by locals, white lions first came to public attention in the 1970s in Chris McBride’s book “The White Lions of Timbavati”. Up until 2009, when the first pride of white lions was reintroduced to the wild, it was widely believed that the white lion could not su...

A Gentoo Penguin family, Pygoscelis papua, on the pebble beach on Macquarie Island, possession of Australia in the Southern Ocean. Canon EOS, zoom lens. (Featured in Images of Endearment, & Other Groups.) (4662 views at 9 September 2015) The gentoo penguin is easily recognized by the wide white stripe extending like a bonnet across the top of its head and its bright orange-red bill. They have orange webbed feet and a fairly long tail - the most prominent tail of all penguins. Chicks have grey backs with white fronts. As the Gentoo penguin waddles along on land, its tail sticks out behind, sweeping from side to side, hence the scientific name Pygoscelis, which means "rump-tailed". Gentoos breed on many sub-Antarctic islands. The mai...

Adult Magellanic Penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus, on the beach having just returned from fishing, Carcass Island in the Falkland Islands. The penguins will return to their nesting burrows on the grasslands above the beach. Carcass Island, the Falklands. Jackass Penguins is the local name. The Magellanic Penguin is the most numerous of the Spheniscus penguins. Its nearest relatives are the African, the Humboldt and the Galápagos Penguins. The Magellanic penguin was named after Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who spotted the birds in 1520. They breed in coastal Argentina, Chile and the Falkland Islands. Canon 500D, zoom lens. (Featured in International Showcase, & Other Groups.)

Super macro of the petals of a Dahlia. Canon 400D, macro lens. (Featured in The World as we See it, or as we Missed it.) Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. A member of the Asteraceae or Compositae, dicotyledonous plants, related species include the sunflower, daisy, chrysanthemum and zinnia. There are at least 36 species of dahlia, with hybrids commonly grown as garden plants. Flower forms are variable, with one head per stem; these can be as small as 2 in (5.1 cm) in diameter or up to 1 ft (30 cm) ("dinner plate"). This great variety results from dahlias being octoploids—that is, they have eight sets of homologous chromosomes, whereas most plants have onl...

Sunset across the tundra at Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. The golden sun lights up the freezing landscape in an impression of warmth, highlighting the clouds in red and reflecting on the frozen landscape. Canon 500D, zoom lens.

Just a couple from the hundreds of Peale's Dolphins, Lagenorhynchus australis, which enjoyed a period of porpoising in the Beagle Canal in the early evening. Several dozen followed our ship for some time, playing in the ocean and showing off for us. Beagle Canal, Argentina, Chile, South America. Canon 500D, zoom lens. (Featured in The World as we See it, or as we Missed it & Other Groups.)

African Rock Pigeon (Columba guinea) on Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa. Canon EOS (film), zoom lens. (Featured in Animal & Pet Cards, & Other Groups.) (1270 views at 21 September 2015)