Ray Manning

The #Nature of #Photography

#Photographer of the big and small, from #macros to #landscapes. Primarily focused on the #art and #technique of #photography.

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Dusky Monkey Watches the Setting Sun

#DuskyLeafMonkey #Fauna #Krabi #Mammals #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography #Primate #RayManningPhotography #SEAsia #SouthEastAsia #SpectacledLangur #SpectacledLeafMonkey #Thailand #Trachypithecusobscurus #Wildlife #ThePhotoHour

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Changeable Lizard

Koh Lanta Thailand

#Bloodsucker #CalotesVersicolor #ChangeableLizard #EasternGardenLizard #Fauna #KohLanta #Lizards #Nature #NaturePhotography #OrientalGardenLizard #Photography #RayManningPhotography #Reptiles #SEAsia #SouthEastAsia #Thailand #Wildlife

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Oriental Pied Hornbill

#AnthracocerosAlbirostris #Birds #Bucerotidae #Fauna #Hornbill #MalaysianPiedHornbill #Nature #NaturePhotography #OrientalPiedHornbill #Photography #RaiLeh #Railay #RayManningPhotography #SundaPiedHornbill #Thailand #Wildlife #ThePhotoHour

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The Golden Land

The beautifully designed Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok Thailand.

#Architecture #airport #Thailand #awesomesauce #ThePhotoHour

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The Golden Land

Suvarnabhumi Airport - with 58 million passing through every year, it is Thailand's biggest airport. Also known as the world's most beautiful airport and houses the largest free standing control tower at 132m (434').

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Portrait of a Great Blue Heron - Tanner Springs Park, Portland Oregon, USA

#Birds #GreatBlueHeron #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #ThePhotoHour

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Sunset at Cannon Beach - Beautiful chilly sunset among the sea stacks at Cannon Beach, OR USA

#seascape #landscape #sunset #cannonbeach #PNW #leftcoast #oregon

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Valley of Fire

One of the gems of the Mojave desert is Nevada's Valley of Fire State Park. Established in 1935 and covering 40,000 acres, the park is renowned for it's red Aztec sandstone and contrasting limestone.

#DesertScape #Landscape #ValleyofFire #mojave #ThePhotoHour

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@deptofbioregion Thank you very much.

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Outdoor Seating #2

A picnic table sits nestled in a ponderosa pine forest. Living 300-400 years, the average ponderosa pine measures 165'(50m) tall with the tallest known ponderosa being 268'(81.7m). Sisters Oregon, USA

#Landscape #Nature #thephotohour #pnw #Cascadia

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Western Columbine - Lower view. Native of the West coast USA

#Aquilegiaformosa #Columbine #CrimsonColumbine #Flowers #Macro #Nature #WesternColumbine #ThePhotoHour

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Western Columbine - Bud stage. Native of the West coast USA

#Columbine #CrimsonColumbine #Flowers #Macro #Nature #WesternColumbine #bud

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Roosevelt Bull Elk #2 - A Roosevelt bull elk keeps its eye on me during the rut.

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado USA

#Bull #Colorado #Elk #Nature #RockyMountainNationalPark #Wildlife #ThePhotoHour

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Camouflage Grasshopper -

I'm impressed by the coloration of this grasshopper which was sitting on a drive composed of crushed stone. Coincidence they match so well?

#Caelifera #Camouflage #Grasshopper #Insect #Macro #Nature #Survival #Wildlife #ThePhotoHour

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Desert Bighorn Sheep

Ovis canadensis nelsoni, is a subspecies of the Bighorn Sheep which is distinguished by its ability to go for long periods of time without water.

#Adaptation #DesertBighornSheep #Fauna #Nature #Survival #ValleyofFireStatePark #Wildlife #ThePhotoHour

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Aspen In Fall Color - Taos New Mexico, USA

#Aspen #Color #Fall #Landscape #Nature #Plants #Populustremuloides #Trees #Yellow #ThePhotohour

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Road to the Shire - Adak Alaska, USA

#Adak #Alaska #Landscape #Nature #Photography #Tundra #ThePhotoHour

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Cold War Bunker Air Locks
I'm not sure what the intention of this bunker was but it wasn't bulit for long term occupancy. This is the exit side of the double door air locks where enviornmental suits hung from the poles.

Adak Alaska, USA

#architecture #urbex #ThePhotoHour