Picture This #447 ~ Black And White

Hi friends, just dragged my sleepy self out of bed, want to put some pix up without delay, here are a few I like. Be around later to comment on yours. Brilliant banner by Belita, helped me wake up feeling festive (but I still need more coffee).

Picture This #447 ~ Black And White

Hi all, thanks to Heidi for a great theme. Mitch and I recently went to Monkey World when he came to visit, its not a zoo its a rescue centre for animals from around the world that for whatever reason can not be returned to the wild. They do an amazing job.

I am not big into human portraits, but I do love animal portraits and I think they lend themselves to Black and White Photography.

So my images are all shots from our shoot at Monkey World. I hope you like them.

Have a great weekend ;)

"The Boy"

"The Old Man" (shot in high key style.)

"Almost Human !"

"High Five"

Picture This #447 ~ Black And White

Many thanks to Heidi for hosting this week. She has chosen a theme that we haven't done for a while and  it's one that many people enjoy. Lots of scope on what to post. I decided to use four shots of the same place: New York in black and white!!

1) The teeming buildings of Manhattan.

2) The iconic Empire State Building.

3) NYPD!!

4) The lesser-known, but equally iconic Woolworth Building.

PICTURE THIS #447 ~ BLACK AND WHITE

HI EVERYONE!! 

BELITA, A WONDERFUL BANNER. 

I LOVE BLACK AND WHITE FOTOS 

SO OUR THEME WILL BE B&W.

ENJOY AND HAVE A NICE MAY DAY!!

BEACH.

ALL IN A ROW.

 

IN THE ALLEY.

LONG LONG AGO.

PICTURE THIS #446 ~ FUN AND PLAY

Hi all, thanks for my shot on the header. As I live on the Coast , my shots are all at the beach, where there are always people at play. Have a great day.

PICTURE THIS #446 ~ FUN AND PLAY

Very good shot for this week's banner image. Congratulations, Baz!

At an Iberian Mask Festival - Lisbon

Reminding passers-by that Alfama district (Lisbon) is the right place to sing or play the guitar

Picking up the golf ball that made him happy with  a hole-in-one.

PT CDXLVI ~ Fun And Play

Great theme by Benni and banner by Baz.

Taken at a visit by my uncles and wives. This is my younger uncle and his wife.

The Beast & the Beauty.

Picture this #446 ~ Fun And Play

Many thanks to Benni for hosting this week. A fun theme....literally!! LOL.  As soon as I saw the theme I thought of all the fun to be had in Florida, so all my shots are from my last visit there.

1) These 'rednecks' where having fun annoying the keeper (middle) at Gatorland.

2) These goofy gardeners were driving around Epcot, having lots of fun with the tourists.

3) What's more fun that being chased by a T.Rex at 'Islands Of Adventure'?

4) These 'extras' got more than they bargained for when they volunteered to take part in a WW2 scene at Hollywood Studios!!

PICTURE THIS #446 ~ FUN AND PLAY

HI ALL FROM GERMANY!!

BAZ, WONDERFUL BANNER!! 

BENNI, COOL THEME!! 

EASY FUN.

PLAYING KNIGHTS.  

CARNIVAL FUN AND GAMES.  

PLAYING WITH THE DUCKS.

Picture This #446 ~ Fun And Play

Hi, this is Benni, here I am hosting from Michigan's spring. What a magnificent animal we have as our banner, well done Barry.

For a theme I have chosen "Fun and Play". You might choose people playing a game or just playing around.  Animals play as well and you might choose those. Or even light playing on the water. Feel free to be creative. Here are my pictures, hope you enjoy them.

A couple playing around at the beach.

I stopped at a stop light and this young lady was singing to the music. She posed for me before riding on.

Dogs playing at the beach.

Have fun! I hope it's a warm spring day wherever you are. And one more note: I won't be able to comment on your pictures until morning my time and it will be afternoon your time. Also, others may  post later Saturday or even Sunday - be sure and pop back once or twice to check to see if anyone has posted so you can comment on their pix if you would be so kind. ❤️

Picture This #445 ~ Cows, Bulls, Cattle

Afternoon all, a bit late posting I was working in the garden all morning. 

OK an interesting theme unfortunately, I live in Sheep and Grain country not a lot of cattle around here. 

So I had to dig deep into the archives for this weeks shots the first two from before I moved down here, on a hike around Hartley Wintney when I lived for 35 years. 

The Second two from a trip around the New Forest also before I moved down here.

PICTURE THIS #445 ~ COWS, BULLS, CATTLE

HI EVERYONE FROM A 25C GERMANY THE HOT SPOT OF EUROPE LOL

ANDERS THANKS FOR BEING OUR HOST AND A GOOD THEME

UNFORTUNATLY I HAVE NONE OF THESE WHERE I LIVE 

HOPE THESE SHOTS ARE OKAY.

OUR GOOD OLD MILKA COW.

THE END RESULT OF A GOOD COW.

IN THE PARK LITTLE BULLS.

Picture This #445 ~ Cows, Bulls, Cattle

Many thank to Anders for hosting this week and for his bovine theme!! Had to do some digging in my archive this this one, including one that's a play on the name.

1) Contented cattle sunbathing.

2) This cow looks like it has ink-spots on it's nose!!

3) Funny-looking cow?? It's a Cattle Egret!! LOL

4) This lot seemed to be saying "If we ignore him, perhaps he'll go away!!" 

Picture This #445 ~ Cows, Bulls, Cattle

Wonderful spring leaf by Mitch! I've not seen any of these yet, but I am hopeful.

Thanks to Anders for this bovine theme. I had to get a little creative because, although I live in a rural area, I have no pictures of cattle. But I do have these:

   

In the town of Elsie, Michigan, there is this famous statue of Elsie the cow, although a quick glance will confirm that Elsie is a bull.

Male dolphins are called bulls and the females are called cows. This pair was photographed in Florida. Where it is warm.

And, finally, I discovered that male reptiles are also called "bulls". As is "bullfrog". Here we have a male lizard displaying his dewlap. Apologies, I know you have all seen this picture before. But he is quite proud of himself.

Picture This #445 ~ Cows, Bulls, Cattle

Wonderful banner by Mitch!

Greetings and welcome from Sweden! This is Anders and I'm your host this week. Hope you'll find wonderful photos to depict this weeks theme. Best, Anders.

The first two photos are from a visit to Halland's Weather Isle which lies off the nw peninsula of Scania and the third one from a visit to the Scanian Wildlife Refuge.