A friend had this clay birdhouse hanging in her zinnia garden. As it turned in the wind I was able to snap a few photos of the beautiful flowers that were visible through the two holes in the house....

Inside Puntra Gorda lighthouse. Below is the remains of St. Paul 1908 Shipwreck.

A colorful fall view of the old mill itself as you exit the Jackson's Mill Covered Bridge in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.

This beautiful archway with the hanging vines is a piece of art in itself. As I stopped to take a photo of it - I realized I could see the castle mansion beyond. This is at Skylands Manor in Ringwood NJ.

View things from a different angle ...

On a restaurant parking

In the old City of Concarneau, Brittany, France

In the Hedas district of Pau City, Pyrenees Atlantiques, France

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Built in the late 1800s on the Otago Peninsula near Dunedin.

Trip to Schliersee in Bavaria, Germany

Tegernsee (Lake) in Bavaria, Germany

Tegernsee (Lake) in Bavaria, Germany

Pinion framed canyon view from Hopi Point

Marrick Butte framed by pinion pine remnant.

Wave curl frames inner actions of surf hitting beach

taken from ground floor, Capitol Visitor Center

Part of the Kansas City Cow Parade in 2001, this display, Americow's Heroes, painted by Kansas City's Ron Raymer honored the heroes of 9-11. It shows the firefighters and the public figures of that time.

digital double exposure; from the album "3D Mac in the Saddle Again, 2.0"

A castle built in the early 1900's in the Missouri Ozarks was destroyed by fire in 1946. The ruins are still a tourist attraction. Looking through one front window, you can see through the far window. The roof is missing, leaving every section open at the top with grass growing at the floor level.

Lauritzen Gardens at Omaha, Nebraska features a model railroad layout for the visitors to wander through and enjoy. The railroad and buildings are nestled within the trees and plants of the surrounding gardens.

Finial framed view of Isola Pescatori from north end of Isola Bella

digital photo collage enhanced for viewing with ChromaDepth 3D glasses

I am standing next to the wall painting, and it looks like I am part of the picture

The Tasmenian Devil is going to bite me? No. I am standing next to a wall painting.

Mirror on a wall reflecting flowers

As I travel the North Georgia Mountains, I am always on the lookout for these old places with memories from the past buried deep within the walls. I had driven past this place several times, but this time the light was what I wanted. This past weekend as I drove past and saw it, I made a quick U turn to go back. Makes me wonder about the place and the people that lived here. Can you imagine the kids on a swing hanging from that old big tree and mom and dad sipping tea on the front porch? I have since found out the children have grown and one lives across the street and a another is a sheriff. Four photographs combined into one HDR image.

I felt that is old place that I found a few days ago was also a good subject for black and white. Traveling the back rods of Georgia, you will find many old places like this. The people have moved or passed on and the buildings slowly fall in.

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Some say the canal system rivals Venice

Very good lunch here in this 4* hotel & they knew to provide a fork as well as chopsticks!

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Nikon D100 Modified to Infrared - Lac Pink, Gatineau Park, Quebec - Red to Blue done with Photoshop

A window's view within another window's view.

The last light of day illuminates the unlit room -

Looking over the artist's shoulder in beautiful Westbury Gardens.

This is our last look back down a long and winding road, from our drive along Skyline Drive.

The colors of Fall seen through a Gazebo's "windows"....

The GOES O booster is framed by the Apollo launch platform at pad 34

Looking through the round window at the fireplace

Stained glass..

Mural at The Getty.. California

Rose Parade..

Mesa Arch area

2nd place in the View Within A View CC, Feb 14/11. This image is a high res scan of a Kodachrome 64 slide taken with a Minolta SRT 101 back in my backpacker days in 1976 - touring England on a 49cc moped. It's best viewed at full screen.

A rain drop on a pansy petal in my garden with a pot of primroses behind the drop reflecting through.

Agra, India - monument to love - construction began around 1632 and was completed around 1653

The new grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi City, UAE

La Baie, Quebec, Canada

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If your heart is set on photographing through Mesa Arch at dawn go early - and take a flashlight.

Prehistoric Megaladon shark tooth compared to great white shark jaws.

View the Flower then view the spider. Big green spider in Angels Trumpet flower. Blooms only at night and wilts during the day. Flower is as big as your open hand.

Last time I visited Lambert castle, I realized this beautiful painting was reflected in the mirror over the mantel if you just stood in a certain area. I then captured the reflection and the painting with my camera.

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Hallway at Ankor Wat

Part of the villiage lived full time in house boats.

A face through the roots.

a lovely framed landscape on the other side!

bleak cold walls, frame a warm sunny view

a bedrock room with a view!

I parked our '56 Ford (behind the sign) and walked back into the tunnel for this photo of the Canadian Rockies. ... Marv (BerryMan)

U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's view of Campobello.

This is one of my favorite photos. Taken with Ektachrome 35mm slide-film 'long-ago' in the 'Garden of the Gods' near Colorado Springs, Colorado. The steam-cloud is from the kiss! Happy Valentine's Day! Marv :-)

Its a matter of perspective. Iron Goat Trail, Wellington, WA, 10/30/10

Red mountain framed in Granite Kendal Katwalk 9/11/10, WA

Ruth and Schurman. Mt Rainier, Sunrise area 9/25/10

Ancient Packhorse Bridge at The Hermitage. Near Dunkeld. Perthshire. Scotland

View of meadow with Canadian Rockies in the background. Near Banff, Canada. BEST VIEWED FULL SCREEN

View from a hot springs enclosure located on the western edge of the Canadian Rockies towards the Purcell Mountains.. Out of view at the bottom of the valley is the Columbia river as it travels north around the Purcell mountains, then south to the U.S.A. until it reaches the Pacific ocean.

Chesterfield, VA 8/27/2009

Vienna's Gasometer building as seen through the nearby modern complex's coloured glass panes.

Segia Fort, Al Ain, UAE -- reconstructed fort - looking out over the "empty quarter" desert

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View of Stinson Beach and the Pacific Ocean reflected in the window of the cabin we were staying in

This photo was taken looking into a store window in Portsmouth, NH. Reflected in the window are the buildings on the opposite side of the street.

The view from my imaginary created window.The original window was taken in the Azay-le-Rideau Chateau. Using photoshop I removed the window and created my own window again using photoshop, inserted the window into the chateau's window framework then added the sunrise which I took in New Zealand at Lake Okaro near Rotorua.

A view of the Eiffel Tower painted on a carousel in Paris.

The scenery behind me distorted in a curved reflective panel.

This was taken looking into a rest stop on Route 95. The photographer is reflected in the front door window. The rear door is visible, and it appears that we are looking right through him.

The view from the deck, from Lookout Mountain East Brow, overlooking Valley Head, Alabama. Sand Mountain is in the distance. It's time to reflect on the day, How lucky am I?

Tree shadows against the stained glass create an unusual view on a view.

A view of the township thru the arches of the old temple

Looks like a giant magnifying glass for the trees on the left.

Kind of neat to see full size or rotate 180 degrees.

Beautiful blue star flower with a waterdrop balanced on the petal reflecting the daisies behind.

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was mesmerized by the effect of the golden sunlight casting graceful shadows upon my windows

Fantastic view through the window on the Grand Teton.

behind the medieval fortification walls of the City of Brasov, Romania

View from an exterior staircase of Château de Chambord, France

One of the magnificent early 13th century stained glass windows of St Etienne Cathedral of Bourges, France

One of the five great Zen-temples in Kamakura/Japan.

This is a window of the Tempe Wick House. Taken at Jockey Hollow, Morristown NJ, Nov 2010 on a very cold day. I like the contrast of the bright red and the cold Nov. day reflected in the window.

This photo was taken in Ireland in March 2010 at Malin Head in an old radio transmission shack at Malin Head. It was a vertical shot, so I rotated it and cut & pasted the photo. And used my favourite Dark & Ghostly filter. I have put the original in the album as well...

This photo was taken in Ireland in March 2010 at Malin Head in an old radio transmission shack at Malin Head. It was a vertical shot, so I rotated it and cut & pasted the photo. I have put the original in the album as well...

New York, Soho October 2010

Senso-Ji Temple, Asakusa/Japan.

A square in Gyor (Hungary) and me, reflected in my husband's sunglasses

Looking out from inside the fortress of Varazdin (Croatia)

Santo Stefano is a complex of religious edifices, called "le 7 chiese" (7 churches). According to tradition, it was built by Saint Petronious, who was bishop of the city during the 5th century, over a temple of the goddess Isis.

No so many people know that the city of Bologna has many channels. In fact nowadays most of them flows underground. This is one of the few place where you can see how the old city was like. A sort of window, a very peculiar spot that shows you something unexpected.

One could wear this Valentino shoes and go for a ballroom dancing in the reflected Hofburg Palace, as in the old times.. when Strauss was creating his wonderful waltzes...

Reflection of candles in the window and moonlit lake in the background.

The candles may be about burned out and the wine glass only half full, but we are still happily married over 40 years later.

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Reflection of the Cape May lighthouse as seen through a rain puddle!

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There was a hole in the rock formation that made a nice view within a view of the waterfall.

This is taken from the outside of a barn with a missing knothole for a frame. It took several shots to get this one.

This is the Copper Harbor lighthouse in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. I took this through my binoculars which made the tree and leaves a bit softer looking.

Shewel Hall, Lynchburg College, Virginia

After touring inside for a few hours, on an ever changing- overcast day, our venture led us outside into this beautiful courtyard, where we dined under the sun for lunch, Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina

Kerala, India

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This is the view from my hotel window in Chicago. The sun was setting, and the reflection was so cool

Pretty Place ... There is a scripture above this cross that reads, "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills. Psalms 121:1"

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'Alau Island, viewed from Koki Beach. The waves were crashing...larger than usual. Some were breaking at 40' plus. The view from this point was stunning! In fact, this is our favorite picture from our trip.

This tree out our back door was so pretty with the fall colors framing the moon behind it, that I just couldn't resist!

There is some type of small building that was used for geological studies up at Glacier Point. Most people pose for photos in front of Half Dome on the patio outside the window. I preferred to get a window view of Half Dome itself.

This small cave is located in above the Tieton River in Yakima County Washington.

Adare, Ireland

Krzyztopor (Crossaxe) Castle In Poland

Oskar Schindler's Factory, Lipowa Street, Krakow, Poland

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Smokey got all excited! (#20862-1.20M)

View of Lake Champlain, Adirondack Mountains, framed by branches of oak trees and the picture window.(#15156-939k)

Somewhere between Charlottesville, VA and Charlotte, NC in the early, early morning

Looking over part of the mesa-top Sky City from the bell tower of Mission San Estevan del Rey. Sky City is located about 65 miles west of Albuquerque, New Mexico

This old glass window gives the rooftops of Florence an impressionist look.

Mutianyu Great Wall

Beijing Sights And Sounds

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My adorable and lovable Chipoo.

Just the Right Stuff

Here's the Cardinal just making sure no one is around

New Moon For Jan. 2011

Castle Hohenlimburg in Westphalia (Germany) was built in the 12th century. A popular event in January 2011: the artistic illumination of many parts of this medieval castle, here of the front wall with a window.

Photo taken in the fishing port of Althagen (Northeast Germany)

Prerow is a beautiful seaside resort on the Baltic Sea coast, Germany. Beside the way to the beach I noticed this painted sign welcoming visitors to the village. The sign is surrounded by green meadow and bushes - a "view within the view".

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The city is filled with skyscrapers of all sizes and the glass windows create many beautiful reflections. I love looking at the different views these reflections give.

aka Seaview Terrace, aka Carey Mansion, aka Slave University

you can see the next covered bridge called "Second" or "Lower" covered bridge, through the Station bridge

View on the Parliament from Pest

The view within.

After taking a photo of these beautiful shiny globes, I found another picture within the reflection. Myself,and the trees behind me.

Monflanquin Lot et Garonne Midi Pyrenées France

North Wales - England

I had a birds eye view of this young rubby throated hummingbirds first day out of the nest.

The view when you are short! ~

Sitting on Sunset Beach, NC

Memories of life with in the old log house.

Billy Goats in Mt. Hood Oregon

Our little Jordan sleeping at Jeff's and Sheila's wedding

Hindu Temple

local spring

A building with multiple windows in Chicago reflecting the windows of the building across from it.

Photo taken last summer in Wells, Somerset, England.

Northern Ireland, Co.Antrim.

Clear sky in Winter photographed in Varenna, Lecco lLake. In the back Swiss mountains

This photo shows the rock the castle is built upon.

Costa Rican countryside

Blue-crowned mot mot trapped in the attic looking at the view.

The old town from the ramparts

St. Lawrence Fortress seen from the city wall

i took his picture from my garage window. after i uploaded it, i saw the reflection of my garage door in his eye. a picture within a picture

Yoav was delighted to be Kanguruh baby

an empty door window becomes a frame

The cross protected behind huge walls but look: the door is open!

From the Ferncliff Forest Tower. The mountains from left to right are: Ohayo, Tobias, Tremper, (unnamed) and Carl, Guardian, Olderbark, Overlook, Indian Head, Plattekill, Roundtop, Kaaterskill High Peak, Blackhead, Stoppel Point and North Mountain.

Alfred S. Clark covered bridge built 1976 and dedicated to Walter R. Snyder, 1930-2004.

Belleayre Ski Center, NY

Looking out through a decorated window from the first floor of the Market Hall (1596) over the market square of the Shropshire county town of Shrewsbury (in western England, near the Welsh border). A half-timbered Elizabethan building (originally built by Richard Owen) and a late nineteenth-century (1895) brick-and-sandstone building can be seen at the end of the square, on the High Street. The spot where this photo was taken is now a cafe. [Shrewsbury view through market hall upper window 2007 sep 24 n]

Fountain in the lagoon in Audubon Park, in New Orleans (Louisiana, US), seen from a gazebo on a late-November afternoon. [New Orleans Audubon Park gazebo framing fountain 2008 nov 29 c]

View through arches of the ruins of Hailes Abbey (Gloucestershire, western England) towards and through arches across the cloister, on a partly sunny mid-May morning. This Cistercian abbey (1246-1539), a National Trust site now under the care of English Heritage, lies on the western edge of the Cotswold Hills. [Hailes Abbey view through arches 2010 may 17 o]

I know it's the wrong angle for this creative challenge, but I thought I'd put it in anyway.