#the joys of photography

[timbsnotsosecretteaaccout]

It’s sad that the minute I saw these pictures I went “AI?” for a second before breathing a sigh of relief that there was enough humanness from the pictures, also this org would probably be anti AI too.

Finalists of the 2023 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

Dispute by Jacek Stankiewicz from Kraków, Poland: 'I caught this scene while watching birds in the Bialowieza Forest. Young greenfinch was still fed by parents. However, from time to time birds looked like having argument. My friends interpret this scene in two ways: A young naughty kid is arguing with a parent. Or one kid is reporting to the parent that its brother did something wrong: "Look he has broken the glass in the window"'

'Excuse me sir but I think you're a little too young to be smoking' by Dakota Vaccaro from Victor, United States: 'While I was working deep in the Virginian woods, a family of grey foxes took up residence under the deck of the abandoned cottage next to my work housing. One day while practicing their hunting skills on bits of moss and branches, one of the kits lunged at a small chunk of wood and started rolling around with his prize. Tired after his hunt the kit lounged on his belly still holding the wood in his mouth which gave the strong resemblance of a cigar. I was very envious of the kit at this moment cause who wouldn't want to just lay around all day relaxing'

The Rainforest Dandy by Delphine Casimir from Brussels, Belgium: 'This picture was taken in the monkey forest in Ubud, Bali. This place is a crazy place where monkeys are king! Sometimes they give a show, sometimes they climb on you to look for fleas or steal the piece of biscuit you are trying to eat'

Otter Ballerinas by Otter Kwek from Singapore: 'An arabesque smooth coated otter'

Picture me! Picture me!! by Dikla Gabriely from Yokneam, Israel: 'A brown bear in Finland who definitely did everything to make me pay attention to him and focus on him and not the other bears'

Boing! by Lara Mathews from Melbourne, Australia: 'Taken at Westerfolds Park, a beautiful and surprisingly wild pocket of land in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, famous for its kangaroo population. The mob was enjoying some morning sunshine when this joey decided to get silly and try his hand at boxing'

Living the Moment by Kawing Chiu from Staten Island, United States: 'Relax, lay back and enjoy the warm sun... This seal is scratching its face and it is seen lying on the side while his head is supported by his flipper. This image makes the seal like the reclining Buddha statue'

[saydesole]

African Waist Beads 

[allurahomeofbeauty]

[crabussy]

two gorgeous kererū I saw today within arms reach

[ca-d]

perseids and northern lights?!!?! magical ✨

[onlyzakarismith]

Whitney Houston

[ruby-pink]

[gothicbutcher666]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐕𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 🐐

[lindagoesmushrooming]

[presumablystrange]

Love will tear us apart

[misunderstood-gold]

[undergroundrockpress]

Joy Division en concert à Rotterdam, 16 janvier 1980.

Photos de Rob Verhorst.

[bloodlessdarling]

He’s effing looking into my soul… 😭

his eyes look amazing in this light tho

[nobeerreviews]

Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.

-- John Muir

[charmed-n-zesty]

A fine hobbit hiking trail.

Inspired by this thread.

[ceaseless-exhauster]

I love Simchat Torah so much. We prayed for the Oct 7 victims in our circle; being in the middle while that happened since I had been taking these pictures beforehand was really powerful.

Our Torah is over 300 years old and survived in Poland through the Shoah, it was found in a town that had no Jews left. The man who brought it from where it landed in Cincinnati to our temple wasn’t entirely sure what to do with it overnight in a hotel so he stayed awake and hugged it instead.

I’m so glad we have it and get to love it and let it shine for the world. Chag Sameach, and don’t forget to carry the joy of Torah into the year ahead.