A pastel-colored summer's day.

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The sea mist can almost be an artist, as it paints the sky with light colors.
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Mist can be beautiful at times, as it really makes a color change.

We have the Atlantic Ocean a short distance away, towards the west, and when one of Cape Town's renowned winds drives the mist inland from the west, then it starts to paint the skies in light colors. Not your usual deep blues and bright yellows, and stuff like that, but rather a water painting mist at work. I have taken a few more photos earlier in the day, that I will do in another post as I wanted to combine some of the special things that we saw on this day.

Look how bleak the yellow looks behind the palm tree.
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I left the dove on the roof peak in the shot, to show some abstraction.
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And then, the colors started to wane as the dark was on its way.
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And then, a big surprise!

A perfect V-shape of Sacred Ibis birds came over.
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I followed them on the zoom with the camera.
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Unscrambling the V here a bit.
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And then, settling back into formation as they disappeared behind the trees.
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This Ring-necked Dove watched the show with me in the late sun.
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One can never know what the day, or in fact any day over here, can bring, but I am used to getting surprises. Many say that I am lucky to get the shots, but my favorite retort is to tell them that I was just in the right place at the right time. Yes, it takes patience but now at my age I have an overload of patience. The funny thing here is that we think that time is going faster.

I don't know about you, but to us the hours have become much shorter. The mornings fly by, and before you know it the day is over. I don't know if it is only us that think this way, but we are convinced that the world is spinning faster. So, not only do we have the El Nino's and whatnot, that result in the devastating floods and landslides and such, but now we also have time rushing away.
Such is life.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.

Photos by Zac Smith. All-Right-Reserved.

Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.

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I don't know about you, but to us the hours have become much shorter. The mornings fly by, and before you know it the day is over.

I also feel something like that. time goes by very fast. btw I like the appearance of the Sacred Ibis bird, they fly very compactly

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True that we do not know what a day could bring. It even gives us surprises. And on that day as the photos were taken, I find the V-shape of flying birds iconic and grand. That's a rare scope for the photographer to shoot. Well done @papilloncharity😇

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I agree and thank you. I am always on the lookout for the flying bird formations, and yeah, the V shape is a special one.

!PIZZA

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This first picture is a painting, isn't whoever made it put a lot of effort into it and the birds always look beautiful flying in the sky.

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Nature painted the first picture and glad that you liked the birds.
!BEER

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The background in the first photo looks like a beautiful watercolor. It really is special how we are rewarded with an everchanging view on the world. I wonder what caused the Ibis to break formation?

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Thank you, and yes my first thought was that it is a water color. Change is a constant, and nature teaches that. The birds break formation when there is a change a sudden direction, but then they line up again to continue with the flight. Strong wind gusts can also cause the collapse of a formation.

!PIZZA and !LUV

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Thanks for the information. I've often seen birds flying in formation but haven't ever seen a formation break!

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I could ignore all posts but not yours, really amazing pictures just like all your pictures in every post! You have magic or what?

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