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Red banana - with a fresh, unrolled leaf - photographed in the evening backlight.
Photomontage, the picture consists of 2 shots,
both together there was not such a thing, but I thought,
what has connected God, should not disconnect the camera - and have opted for this version (;-)) !
U.K. in Winequarter, Lower Austria.
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Garden 19.01:
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Hybrids of the dead, the living, the undead, algae, lichens, marble, leaves, plants, souls, clouds, life, afterlife, Mardi Gras party and afterparty, at Lafayette Cemetery No 1, New Orleans, September 2019.
Amtrak's highest (670) and lowest (600, rear) numbered ACS-64s at Philadelphia's 30th Street Station.
Time goes by....
A new rendition of an earlier shot
The passing of time is like a twilight video played in slow
motion....
See the full series " Now" is the moment when time touches eternity" here:
It's many, many months since we've last sat in this meadow - at least since early autumn last year but maybe nearer a year ago. However, Flynn has a good memory! Today, he herded me over to this spot & made it clear he thought we should stop for a break. Who am I to argue? I flopped down on the soft grass, Flynn flopped beside me & we enjoyed soaking up the sunshine & listening to the birds together. It still makes me so happy whenever Flynn is this relaxed & confident about choosing to make physical contact. Given his history & how many years he spent fearful about getting "too close", moments like this aren't something I'll ever take for granted.
We finally moved on & after making a circuit of the field, pottered homewards. Had to increase our pace on reaching town, as storm clouds appeared out of nowhere, there was a brief burst of rain & the smell of thunder in the air. We scurried for home only making a quick stop, when I spotted a little... stick... in the gutter. Except it wasn't a stick - it was wiggling! A tiny, pale brown, slow worm (the only legless lizard species in the UK). Poor creature had got itself into bad trouble. There's a huge meadow right next to - & several feet above - the road. Occasionally, small animals slip under the fence & tumble off the wall, onto the road below. No way back up for a legless lizard! Luckily, I grabbed it before it slithered into traffic! Slow worm was understandably highly displeased when a giant hand snatched it up, but seemed pretty excited when released back into the meadow! Hope it stays safe in future!
Flynn observed this all with a patient, slightly bemused expression - he doesn't understand why I do it but by now he is well used to me grabbing random wildlife (to the point that he'll point animals out to me, if he thinks they're somewhere they shouldn't be)... Usually it's hedgehogs, frogs, or injured birds! Anyway, minor "rescue mission" done, we raced the storm home... got back just before it started properly thundering & the skies opened up.
David Hull inspired, kitchen based, deep space exploration tonight. All shot during a long exposure in complete darkness.
I fashioned a new cardboard diorama with a smaller planet which I was keen to pair with some lenslessness.
Led lenser covered in tinfoil with a tiny pin hole pointing at a glass, about 2 meters away. No lens on my camera and positioned a wine glass bottom until happy with the pattern shown in live view. 2 seconds of exposure and placed the 50mm Samyang on the camera and swapped tripods for the planet part. Lit from behind with the www.lightpaintingbrushes.com colour filters and hoods. One torch with orange and the other two with a purple and a blue for the stars.
Minor faffings in light room and there you go.
We all knew that if I acquired Covid 19 in combination with my underlaying Alpha-1 things could get a little tricky. I came back from Jersey on the Thursday, felt a little grotty on the Friday, ill on Saturday, tested positive on the Sunday and into hospial on the Monday and I have been here ever since! I was started on Dexamethasone and Paxlovid and had to be supported with oxygen. This morning, a bit like the parting of the Red Sea, my fever is down, headache has gone more importantly no breathlessness at rest so got out of bed and hopefully on a mends although Covid can throw swerve balls when you think you are getting better. Unfortunately at home my eldest, Abigail is also unwell and testing positive as well as Melanie who tested positive on Thursday night. All this and we have been vaccinated and boostered, just shows you that Covid is still out their and must not be taken for granted....
I am now waiting for a double negative Covid test and the all clear to get home but this may depend on Melanie and Abigail's status first, needing to be double negative before I am discharged, then the long hall of getting better and stronger over the next couple of months and hopefully no "Long Covid"
I have my laptop so in the meantime I shall continue to upload some photos when I feel up to it, still got all the Jersey photos to post, got to stop the brain fog and boredom somehow, must be getting better!