There is one bird too much on this island!
That’s it, also birds from Heaven do have some quarrelling from time to time. No blood was shed, no feather was pulled. Click on each picture to magnify.
There is one white peacock too much on this island!
The Italian blues of Lago Maggiore
Shadows of blues in the sky upon Lago Maggiore …
Shadows of blues on its lands and waters …
Rarely some clear object defines the horizon.
Only at sunset the lake surface marks its presence:
… just a glimpse before the blue night melts everything together.
The awesome patterns of Villa Taranto, Italy
… can you spy Villa Taranto in the background?
Don’t forget to pay a visit to Villa Taranto if you pass by Pallanza, Lago Maggiore, Italy.
… the most elegant botanical garden I have visited, together with Terra Nostra on Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal. Click on pictures to magnify.
Pictures shot with Nikon 16-35 mm f/4 or Nikon 70-200 mm f/2.8 VR-II on D800
White birds of Heaven: Isola Bella, Italy
On Isola Bella (“Beautiful Island”) on Maggiore Lake you might encounter quite a peculiar bird.
The voice of a squeaking old door …
… the magnetic eyes of a chicken …
… but the plumage directly from the garden of Heaven.
May you meet it before it starts “singing”…
… although its royal beauty is worth some ear pain.
Click on each picture to appreciate the wonderful plumage of this white peacock.
The tempest by D800 and 16-35 mm
Hast thou, spirit, perform’d to point the tempest that I bade thee?
All hail, great master! grave sir, hail!
I come to answer thy best pleasure
be’t to fly, to swim, to dive into the fire, to ride on the curl’d clouds
to thy strong bidding task Ariel and all his quality.
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