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A Halloween Night Theme - AI and Me by Lutfi Shedraway Via Flickr: I asked AI to generate a Halloween theme. I got the bats, the trees and the cloudy sky with greyish cloudy sky night. The rest, Graveyard, Tricks or Treats, Grave Stones, Castle, Skeleton, Witch on a broom, etc. were my add on to the AI canvas. Here, in the US, some of the decorations and some entertainment parks put out Halloween decorations which depict scary themes. The ancient Celtic celebration of Samhain, which signaled the end of the harvest season and the start of winter, is where Halloween got its start. Some of these customs were included into the Christian calendar when Pope Gregory III declared November 1st to be All Saints' Day in the eighth century. These traditions developed into the modern Halloween celebrations over time. This photo is digitally created by me and my friend, my AI tool. 😊

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Dragon Fly by Lutfi Shedraway Via Flickr: I added to my photography arsenal, a new 100 MM RF Macro lens. I had to play with its setting on few photos before grasping how to use it. This one is one of the very first photos I took with this lens. Distance from me to the dragon fly was close to 4 meters. There were 3 manual switch settings, less than 0.5 meters (m), 0.5 m to 10 m, and then 10 m to infinity. I tried all 3 settings. The mid setting worked the best.

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Kill Deer by Lutfi Shedraway Via Flickr: The killdeer is a large plover found in the Americas. Its shrill, two-syllable call is often heard, sounding like "kill deer". The nonbreeding habitat of the killdeer includes coastal wetlands, beach habitats, and coastal fields. Its breeding grounds are generally open fields with short vegetation, but locations such as rooftops are sometimes used. Although it is a shorebird, it does not necessarily nest close to water. This bird was ashore of a pocket of water moving around in the hope he gets his food for the day. He was active on his 2 legs.

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A Landscape Sunrise by Lutfi Shedraway Via Flickr: It is a photo, I found in my archives. I know I took this photo in Australia but where in Australia, my memory fails me. Whenever I had days off or long weekend, I would drive my car from Adelaide to locations for sightseeing and to see Australia beauty. This photo more likely was taken when I went to visit the Great Ocean Road, but again it probably somewhere else.

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Young Spoonbill by Lutfi Shedraway Via Flickr: With rain showers almost daily, I had to take the opportunity based on the weather forecast to go to the Wetlands and do some photoshoot. There was plenty of gators sunbathing. There was hardly any birds. However, I made the best of it before the temperature rise. I walked four miles. I got in around 7:45 AM and I was out of there aorund 10 AM. This Spoonbill was wading. A couple next to me, he was telling his companion that this is a young spoonbill. I am not sure how he can tell but I titled this photo "Young Spoonbill" .

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Alien Planets, Alien Beings by Lutfi Shedraway Via Flickr: Used a night photo of the stars to be as a canvas for this photo. Then I worked with photoshop AI and did some digital work to produce an Alien world. The goal was to show an Alien planetary system with a one planet surface where it has a control tower for Alien flying ships. My imagination and AI resulted in this digital scene.

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Kingfisher Chilling by Lutfi Shedraway Via Flickr: Florida Kingfisher are known as the belted kingfisher. The Males are large. They are blue-grey with a white collar and blue-grey breastband. The females are stocky and have large crest and a thick dagger like bill. The females have flanks and chestnut like breast-band (close to their belly). So this one was a female. This Kingfisher was sitting and feeling like a king/queen (being a female ;-)) on this branch. This is a rare occasion, since usually they fly away. This one did not move or fly away. So to my surprise, she sat there, and let me take few snap, before deciding she had enough and flew away.

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Egret Special Afro Wading by Lutfi Shedraway Via Flickr: On a windy day, Egrets usually have special head feather styles. This one is no different!

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A Foggy Florida Scene by Lutfi Shedraway Via Flickr: Being misty and foggy, it was not the ideal day to do some photo shooting, but I wanted to get my legs moving and do my walk. I started in 2012 my cycling routine and my walks, I weighed then 272 Lbs. 13 years later, I am now under 200lb, at 198 Lbs. My goal is 182 Lbs. Slowly but surely, I am slowly walking to attain this goal. 😊 Also, I wanted to check out this area on a foggy day. There were signs to be careful as Gators are in their mating season and the males tend to be aggressive. With the fog, I did not see any but still I had my defense and I walked cautiously around this area. I got out of it a 4.2 miles walk. It was a good day! Explored June 7, 2025: www.flickr.com/photos/shedraway/54569970337/in/explore-20...

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A Florida Wild Landscape Scene by Lutfi Shedraway Via Flickr: Florida marsh and swamp is rich with wildlife and gators. Unfortunately, some pet owners have let their snake pets lose in this wilderness and now we have Boas and Anacondas in some areas of Florida. But cleaning is on the way by Florida Wild Life Management.

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A Foggy Florida Scene by Lutfi Shedraway Via Flickr: Being misty and foggy, it was not the ideal day to do some photo shooting, but I wanted to get my legs moving and do my walk. I started in 2012 my cycling routine and my walks, I weighed then 272 Lbs. 13 years later, I am now under 200lb, at 198 Lbs. My goal is 182 Lbs. Slowly but surely, I am slowly walking to attain this goal. 😊 Also, I wanted to check out this area on a foggy day. There were signs to be careful as Gators are in their mating season and the males tend to be aggressive. With the fog, I did not see any but still I had my defense and I walked cautiously around this area. I got out of it a 4.2 miles walk. It was a good day! Explored June 7, 2025: www.flickr.com/photos/shedraway/54569970337/in/explore-20...

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A spoonbill and her Juvenile Chics by Lutfi Shedraway Via Flickr: A spoonbill and her 3 juvenile chicks are too much for this nest. They were stimulating their parent for food but one can tell they were also trying to balance themselves on this, now, tiny nest. This was their home for few months but given their size, the nest is getting smaller. More likely few days, and they will be on their own.

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Skimmer Fly By by Lutfi Shedraway Via Flickr: Skimmers have a distinctive flight style: usually very low to the water, with long upstrokes but short downstrokes to stay clear of the water. This creates a characteristic bounding or ranging style to the flight. They roam coastal beaches and islands near oceans or Gulf of Mexico. They are occasionally seen inland, especially in sites such as Merritt Island, Florida and Palm Beach County, Florida.

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Skimmer Skimming The Water Surface by Lutfi Shedraway Via Flickr: With graceful glide and amazing flight, this skimmer would fly near the surface to grab food. Skimmers have a light graceful flight, with steady beats of their long wings. They usually feed in large flocks, flying low over the water surface with the lower mandible skimming the water for small fish, insects, crustaceans and mollusks caught by touch, by day or especially at night.

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Boat Tailed Grackle Orlando Wet Lands by Lutfi Shedraway Via Flickr: A male grackle showing his shiny colors for attracting females. The boat-tailed grackle is a striking bird found along the coasts of the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States. The male has glossy, iridescent black plumage and a distinctive keel-shaped tail.

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Reddish Egret Strange Jumps by Lutfi Shedraway Via Flickr: This bird was something else. His gesture in this photo was neither a takeoff, nor it was a landing, instead he was jumping from one place to another place within few feet from the place he was last at. So I am not sure what he was doing but it was interesting to watch.

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year by Lutfi Shedraway Via Flickr: This is my last photo of the year... Wishing all of my Flickrs Friends and Followers a Merry Christmas and a Happy & Blessed New Year Stay safe and will follow and check out your activities in the new year!