The Celebration

TODAY IS MY BLOG 5th ANNIVERSARY

Dear WordPress.com,

I didn’t realize that time passed so quickly.  My blog is 5 years old now.

On this day, I’m grateful for the wonderful WordPress.com that I can step ahead into the 6th year of blogging. I am so impressed with its Blogging Community I have found and all of the inspiration and support I get from my fellow bloggers. So from the bottom of my heart, to each of my readers, followers and likers. You have held me up, offered validation and positive reinforcement, have responded wonderfully to my bare-bones honesty, I am so grateful.

this is me 65 yo

 

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Hellooooo …. is it me ?

 

the world is beautiful

 

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Thank you WordPress.com

 

 

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BETTA AMAZING BEAUTY

This post today is about Siamesse fighting fish which is often called  Betta splendens.

The species is native to Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietman and can be found in standing waters of canals, rice paddies and floodplains.

B. splendens usually grows to a length of about 6.5 cm (2.6 in). Although aquarium specimens are widely known for their brilliant colours and large, flowing fins, the natural coloration of B. splendens are generally dull green, brown and grey, and the fins of wild specimens are short. In captivity, they have been selectively bred to display a vibrant array of colours and tail types. (Wikipedia).

Enjoy the beauties of some of them from my photography.

WILTING MOMENT

THE WILTING MOMENT

I know
It is really hurt
Part by part fell apart
Wisdom of the wind
The gift of mother nature
The perfect harmony for livings.

May 20. 2017

JUST PHOTOS

My dear friends, “If my words are just nothing then I won’t write them down”.

Just photos.

FLOWER

I am always confused by so many flowers even a single one is beautiful

WILD CANE

Between sky and wind, Wild cane never stop dancing

LANDCARVING

God created the world and Men carved it to live with

RAY OF LIGHT

The moon and year pass and disappear forever, but the most beautiful moments shine through the ray of light.

THE MIST

I am always amazed by the mist, they are housing many mysteries.

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GETTING DOWN LOW IN THE FOREST (Part2)

I hope you still remember about one of our hobbies told in my previous post Click here . And this is the continuation of our journey in to the forest.

This was our mushroom hunting preparation

One of our fellow in action

THESE ARE THE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN DURING HUNTING

I hope you enjoy them

Mushrooms in the misty forest

Mushroom in red light

The most beautiful mushroom growing on a fallen fruit

A gigantic one among others

Mushroom in close up

Mushrooms in close up

Artistic Mushrooms

On its nature

Tiny Mushroom in close up

Mushrooms in art

Thank you for visiting

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GETING DOWN LOW IN THE FOREST (Part 1)

Perhaps we are the only photography group in this country that has a hobby of photographing mushrooms.Our passions is wandering in the forests, especially tropical rain forest around the place where we lived. This time let me take this opportunity to tell you about our visit to the Research Forest Center of Dramaga- Bogor- West Java Indonesia.

Bogor Dramaga Research Forest Center was built in 1956 covering an area of 60 ha by the Forestry Research Institute. The distance from the center of Bogor is aproximately 11 KM westbound that can be reach by vehicle in + 15-30 minutes.

Beautiful trees set on the edge of the lake side

In the Forest Research Dramaga also include an office area used by CIFOR (Center for International Forestry Research) covering the area of 10 ha, there is also a lake (situ) called Situ Gede located just aside the forest which is managed by the city administration.
In addition to increasing the functionality of forest research, here also have been established the Captive Technology Development Center for Timor Deer.

Situ Gede Lake at day break

Artificial tropical forests that formed long ago presents a replica of small portion of a tropical rain forest environment in the country. The trees grow towering into the sky with shrubs underneath giving an impression that we feel it like we were in the wild.

Trees towering into the sky

A beautiful morning, the sun was shining brightly after a couple of days rained. Today is the time for us to hunt fungus there.
This research forest is full of biodiversity that has been formed long ago, such as an ecosystems as appropriate in the growth of fungi that can be found in the tropical rain forests in Indonesia.

Nevertheless we are not Mycologist, we’re just fans of photographing mushrooms

to be continued …

 

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Mungkin kami adalah satu-satunya kelompok fotografi di negeri ini yang memiliki hobi memotret jamur. Itulah sebabnya salah satu kegemaran kami berkeliaran di hutan, terutama hutan hujan tropis di sekitar tempat di mana kita tinggal. Kali ini saya akan bercerita tentang kunjungan kami ke  Pusat Penelitian Hutan Dramaga- Bogor.

Hutan Penelitian Dramaga dibangun pada tahun 1956 seluas 60 ha oleh Balai Penyelidikan Kehutanan. Jarak dari pusat kota Bogor kira-kira 11 km ke arah barat yang dapat dijangkau oleh kendaraan bermotor dalam tempo 15-30 menit.

Di Hutan Penelitian Dramaga juga mencakup area kantor yang digunakan oleh CIFOR (Center for International Forestry Research) yang meliputi wilayah 10 ha, dan ada juga sebuah danau (situ) disebut Situ Gede yang terletak persis bersebelahan dengan hutan, yang dikelola oleh pemerintah kota .
Di samping untuk meningkatkan fungsi penelitian hutan, di sini juga telah mendirikan Pusat Pengembangan Teknologi Penangkaran Rusa Timor.

Hutan tropis buatan yang terbentuk sejak lama menyajikan sebagian kecil dari situasi hujan tropis di negara ini. Pohon-pohon tumbuh menjulang ke langit dengan semak-semak belukar di bawahnya memberikan kesan bahwa kita merasa seperti  di alam hutan yang liar.

Suatu pagi nan indah, matahari bersinar terang setelah beberapa hari yang lalu turun hujan. Hari ini waktunya kami untuk berburu Jamur disana.
Hutan penelitian ini memang sangat sarat dengan biodiversity yang sudah terbentuk sejak lama, diantaranya ekosistim pertumbuhan jamur sebagaimana layaknya yang dapat ditemui didalam hutan-hutan hujan tropis di Indonesia. Namun demikian kami bukanlah ahli Jamur, kami hanya penggemar memotret jamur.

bersambung …

 

My Flower photos (part 1)

Many people assume photographing flowers is easy! just look at the viewfinder, place the focus point, and press the shutter … finished! Later, what happened to the result?… the photos don’t tell anything.

So,… what does the photo have to tell about?…

You are absolutely right !… It must tell us its beauty.

Here, I was trying to capture the beauty of some flowers that are a bit difficult  to photograph. Why?… It just because they emerged in an environment that were very hard to be isolated,  too many leaves around.

This Fire Lily (Clivia Miniata) grows in my country with slightly different than in its country of origin. the leaves grow up taller than its bloom’s stalk.

Similar condition to the above. This Water Hyacinth ( Eichhornia crassipes) flowers are always surrounded by many leaves.

The Water Liies ( Numphaea) grow in a swampy wilderness

The Orchid phalaenopsis hybrid on the tree

to be continued

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