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“We may run, walk, stumble, drive, or fly, but let us never lost sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way.” ~ Author Unknown
Definitely an upside to all the rain we had on our trip....we saw more rainbows in a matter of days than I've probably seen in a lifetime :-) Hope everyone's enjoying their weekend; we're off to have dinner with my dad and then on the road tomorrow to see our nephew's NCAA championship (2012) soccer team play (go Hoosiers), so I will catch up with everyone soon.
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Based on Howard Miller's wartime poster for Westinghouse, we did a series of "We can do it!" inspired shots this afternoon. This isn't the iconic shot but it was one that I really liked. It is almost sooc with only a little touch-up on a pesky dust particle.
In other news, I probably won't have the opportunity to upload for the next week or so but I'll try to keep up on my comments. Thanks for visiting. :)
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Strobist Info: AB800 with a gridded 10"x36" stripbox camera left, triggered by PocketWizard II's.
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I've just come back from another fabulous trip to Nepal, some trekking, some chilling, some peace. She surely is my spiritual home and I was so very glad to visit her warmth once again. Whilst trekking in the Annapurna Himalaya I made some things next to the trail. Here's an excerpt from my journal on the day I made this little sculpture:-
Nepal isn't like anywhere else I've ever been. It seems to change me on the inside, it's not just the outside environs that are different.
Other places in the world have left my soul untouched. It's as though I've simply taken the me from home and travelled with it to a foreign land. I'm still the home 'me', stood somewhere else.
But Nepal is different, it seeps through my pores and changes me to what I should be. I feel at peace, confident and full of joy. My sensitivity becomes a blessing and never a chore. It's as though my sensitivity was designed to live in and appreciate the multi-faceted beauty of this place.
It is much more than the mountains, the landscape, the trails, the walking. It's the people, the magical encounters, the just about bloody everything. But most of all it's the way I can open my heart and soul and let all the world pour in. Without cynicism, without fear, without shyness, without worrying about difficult emotions and how I will handle them. Without the need to manufacture situations so I can sheild myself from things I can't cope with, all and everything that holds me back, makes my sensitivity difficult and taxing and sometimes the bane of my life. Here I am free, unleashed, filled with joy and happiness.
I can let my sensitivity fly free and grab onto every wonderful flower, tree or bird and to experience the rhythmic magic of simply placing one foot in front of the other. This is where I am meant to be , unshackled and home at last.
Now don't get me wrong. I have a rich and fulfilled time at home. But the mundanaties of life push spikily against my psyche and make some everyday tasks and relationships difficult. To feel every nuance can render you often vulnerable, confused and overwhelmed. Aching to hide from the world and to launch my vessel into the river of my own inner thoughts. That's why I love to cycle, to run, to walk, to climb and to create. The sublime lives within these things and I go looking for them to release my soul on a long leash and to let it stretch its legs for a while.
But being in Nepal is not simply a holiday, a break from those taxing minutiae of everyday life. I am not free of those things through simply being away, when I've travelled to somewhere in the States, Europe or South America I've brought a lot of those things with me.
But here I've stepped through the secret door in the back of the wardrobe into another me and another realm.
It's only when I'm here that I remember. It's only here when I am totally me once again. All those times when my innards soared skywards when climbing a snow covered mountain at home, when I've cycled to a long toiled for hill summit or lived the moment when a sculpture resonates, becomes vibrant and electric, when it is more than the sum of its parts. All those times join together with all the months I've spent in Nepal, connecting together all the sublime times in my life.
Another existence running in parallel, rich and diverse and perfect. Perhaps that's what Buddhist enlightenment feels like. Where you can ride the waves and ripples of life. It does not matter what happens, it only matters how it affects you. If the rough feels as important and as interesting as the smooth then maybe you've found the secret to how you should live your life.
I cannot manage to live in this enlightened way much of the time but I am so very grateful to have as much of it as I do. I hope to extend the length of these moments and tie the ends together with little knots in the strands of experience. And maybe one day I'll have a very long length of tightly woven cord, stretching from one side of my existence to the other and nothing, and everything will matter all at the same time.
Aside from how this place makes me feel it is brimful of brilliant in such a wonderful myriad of ways. Today was an experience of a thousand different treats.
We waited for the sun to warm us before shouldering packs and trudging into dense bamboo forest. We entered a deep gorge that is the gateway into the Annapurna Sanctuary and the trail cuts a path along the steep gorge walls like a wound.
Laim, Bamboo and Rhododendron forest dapple the light onto our faces and beneath our feet is a carpet of fallen coloured leaves while massive, savage peaks cut holes in the fabric of the sky.
Julia was a little way behind so I stopped awhile and sat on a warmed, sunlit stone. I collected up some red, orange and yellow leaves and cut circles around a five rupee coin. I stripped some sedge grass and pinned them on with Berberis thorns.
Unusually I could step off the trail here and pin my sculpture up in a tree. Normally the drop offs, either side of the trail, are so steep that you can touch the top of the trees. Nepal is so very corrugated and dramatic but not so good for setting up a little sculpture amongst the foliage. But here was perfect with plenty of room to pick a good spot with bright sunshine and plenty of contrast. Within a few minutes it was positioned and set against the dark trunk of a Rhododendron tree. The breeze swung the branch it was fixed to so I snapped away hoping for something good and sharp and clear.
My land art comes in thirds. Every third attempt just seems to click. All the elements combine just as I imagine they may do if I had had a plan in the first place.
A quick stop on a rock in the sunshine, surrounded by beautiful hued leaves. A quick circular route with scissors and a construction was soon created. Everything combined as I would want it. The place, the materials, the sunshine: click, it was all there.
So this was the third of the three and how I would want it to be. All the pieces fell into place without me really trying very hard.
If you live your life without expecting anything and then are happy with whatever life dishes up, then surely that's a better way to be. If you can conjure up that carefree existence, go with the flow and live from moment to moment it just seems to come together how you may have wanted it to if you'd spent any time wondering how you will want it to be. But the key seems to be not wasting any time pondering on what you would wish for and grasping gently and just letting everything be. Maybe not everything will be just how you would like it, but surely you'll settle for one in three!
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EXPLORE - Mar 1, 2012 #84
Con esta imagen me despido de vosotros y de Flickr por un tiempo. Os deseo feliz primavera. Nos vemos...
With this image I say goodbye of you and of Flickr in a time. I wish you a happy spring. We will meet again...
Hier noch ein Foto der 18 201 bei der Sonderfahrt von Wittenberg nach Prag am 17.11.2012 im Bhf. Coswig bei Dresden
Sunset breaks through the marine layer at Montana de Oro State Park
Lee 0.9 Hard ND Grad, Hitech 0.9 ND
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Sunset on the Dunnigan hills - California
I recently saw an image from Ivan that really caught my attention. With busy days that seem to pass like they're almost nothing, and my lack of motivation to make costal trips, I've been spending more time photographing trees. Well once I saw Ivan's recent tree image, I knew I had to make it out to this area soon. Ivan and I have talked about me coming up to shoot the rolling hills in the Dunnigan area, but as I said... Time seems to be passing by faster than I can comprehend.
Anyway... It was a nice afternoon touring around the rolling hills of wheat and grape vines with Ivan. Thanks buddy for showing me around!
By the way... The tree that we set out for is just a sliver outside the left edge of this image.
Hasselblad 501 C/M
Zeiss 150mm CF T* @ ƒ/11
Shutter speed: 1/60
Linear polarizer
Ilford FP4 (ISO125)
Developed in D-76 stock (9 minutes
update: 8th march 2012: I've got the flickr front page... It's incredible, never thought to be able to catch it! thank you all!!!! :')))))
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Wishing everyone many loving and wondrous moments as 2012 comes to an end. May the new year be full of sweet treasures, just waiting to be found and embraced. Take Joy!
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Koenigsegg CCX - Monaco
2011 was really a great year. I've seen many cars, from the 250 GTO to the McLaren F1 LM, or this amazing CCX. Hope that 2012 will be even better ! I've planned some cool trips so... Stay tuned ;)
I wish you the best for 2012 !
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An image I took a while back, and decided to do some retouching on it. (I Fixed the color and exposure, as well as the cracked makeup among other things.) You can see the prvious image further down my photo stream.
Well here goes, first published image from the Monochrom.
I've been a bit slow getting around to using this for one reason or another.......had it three weeks.
First serious outing with it tonight at the Theatre.
Read about my initial impressions of the Monochrom here - aperturepriority.co.nz/2012/11/14/monochrom-scarily-good/
Leica M Monochrom
35mm Summilux f/1.4 Asph FLE
ISO 1250
1/350 Sec
This was the start of the river cruise by long-tail boat to the caves in Bor Thor, Phang-Nga, Thailand.
7.31am on 19.Nov.2011
Lens: Sigma DX 8-16 HSM
More about this in my blog Dicovering Bor Thor
VIOLET-TAILED SYLPH (hummingbird) males Aglaiocercus coelestis feeding at the red and yellow inflorescence of a bromeliad in the Mindo Valley in northwestern Ecuador. This photo was taken on November 18, 2012. One of the male Violet-tailed Sylphs has its tail feathers widely fanned.
Esta foto de dos machos del colibrí de nombre común Silfo Colivioleta Aglaiocercus coelestis están bebiendo néctar de una bromelia con una inflorescencia roja y amarilla en el Valle de Mindo en el nordoeste de Ecuador en noviembre de 2012.
No flash - I never use flash!
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With temperatures well into the eighty's before 07:00,283's train drifts down into the Reeseville Marsh with quite a fine set of hot power with a GEVO in the mix just for fun. Maybe the chill in the midwest isn't so bad after thinking about the summer of 2012.
Brune,blonde!.....
Je sais que pour mes cheveux naturels je serais brune,maintenant patience il faut
qu'ils poussent encore.
Le 20/10/2012.
Sometimes—just about everything comes together with a photo—only the subject doesn’t show up. During recent years on a much quieter Rio Grande main line through Colorado and Utah, this happens more often than not. On March 4, 2012, the sun has quickly moved off the serpentine rails climbing Thompson Hill. With the last rays of a setting sun dancing on the Book Cliffs in the background, the only sounds are an occasional pop from the rails in cooling temperatures, and distant trucks cruising over the desert on I-70. If only a train…
Falafel is a deep-fried ball or patty-shaped fritter made from ground chickpeas, fava beans, or both. Falafel is a traditional Middle Eastern food, commonly served in a pita, which acts as a pocket, or wrapped in a flatbread known as taboon; falafel also frequently refers to a wrapped sandwich that is prepared in this way. The falafel balls are topped with salads, pickled vegetables, hot sauce, and drizzled with tahini-based sauces. Falafel balls may also be eaten alone as a snack or served as part of a meze tray (assortment of appetizers).
Falafel is eaten throughout the Middle East and is a common street food. Falafel is usually made with fava beans in Egypt and with chickpeas in the Levant. It is popular with vegetarians world-wide.
The word falāfil is of Arabic origin and is the plural of filfil pepper, borrowed from Persian pilpil from the Sanskrit word pippalī long pepper; or an earlier filfal, from Aramaic pilpāl small round thing, peppercorn, derived from palpēl, to be round, roll.
The name falāfil is used world-wide. In English, it is first attested in 1941.
Falafel is known as taʿmiya in most of Egypt and in Sudan. The word is derived from a diminutive singulative form of the Arabic word ṭaʿām; the particular form indicates a unit of the given root in this case having to do with taste and food, thus meaning a little piece of food or small tasty thing. The word falafel can refer to the fritters themselves or to sandwiches filled with them.
The origin of falafel is controversial. The dish most likely originated in Egypt, possibly influenced by similar Indian dishes. There is a legend that a fava bean version was eaten by Copts as early as the 4th century during Lent, but there is no documentary evidence for this. It has been speculated that its history may go back to Pharaonic Egypt. However, the earliest written references to falafel from Egyptian sources date to the 19th century, and oil was probably too expensive to use for deep frying in ancient Egypt.
As Alexandria is a port city, it was possible to export the dish and name to other areas in the Middle East. The dish later migrated northwards to the Levant, where chickpeas replaced the fava beans.
Falafel is a common form of street food or fast food in Egypt as well as the Levant. The croquettes are regularly eaten as part of meze. During Ramadan, falafel balls are sometimes eaten as part of the iftar, the meal that breaks the daily fast after sunset. Falafel became so popular that McDonald's for a time served a "McFalafel" in its breakfast menu all over Egypt. Falafel is still popular with the Copts, who cook large volumes during religious holidays.
Debates over the history of falafel have sometimes devolved into political discussions about the relationship between Arabs and Israelis. In modern times, falafel has been considered a national dish of Egypt, Palestine, and Israel. Many Palestinians resent what they see as the appropriation of their dish by Israelis. Additionally, the Lebanese Industrialists Association has raised assertions of copyright infringement against Israel concerning falafel.
Falafel plays an iconic role in Israeli cuisine and is widely considered to be the national dish of the country. While falafel is not a specifically Jewish dish, it was eaten by Mizrahi Jews in their countries of origin. Later, it was adopted by early Jewish immigrants to Ottoman Palestine. As it is plant-based, Jewish dietary laws classify it as pareve and thus allow it to be eaten with both meat and dairy meals.
In 2012, one of the hotels in the capital of Jordan, Amman, prepared the world's largest falafel disc weighing about 75 kg breaking the previous record set at a Jewish food festival in the United States. Source Wikipedia.
TD : Agfapan 100 Professional 35mm film, developed in D-76 1+1 for 7 minutes. Exposure ISO 100 @35mm lens, natural daylight. Scanned with Alpha 6000 edited in ACR, inverted in CS6.
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Highest position: 356 on Friday, December 28, 2012
Another photo from my archive.
I shot this in the Sutro area of San Francisco. The couple sat like this a long time and really seemed to cherish each moment. It is good to take time to enjoy a nice view with someone you love.
"The absence of a person in the landscape allows us to wonder into the photo as we please.
The presence of a person in the landscape can sometime restrict our wondering.
The absence of a person in the landscape makes us explorers.
The presence of a person in the landscape makes us observers.
But the presence of a person in the landscape brings more life to the photo, no matter how small the presence."
- by John P. Lucic 2012-
Taken at Saint-Helen's Island (Parc Jean-Drapeau) next to Montreal.
It was Saturday morning and I was about to embark on my 18 hour journey back to Colorado. Originally I planned to drive my buddy back to Reno and stop in Lake Tahoe for sunset. But after looking at weather and road conditions, I knew that was not a good option. The lower route it won and my buddy Laith decided to fly.
After sitting in 2mph traffic for a few hours I knew I was going to mis sunset completely and started planning for sunrise. A few people on G+ helped me out with locations in Death Valley, as I knew nothing and it was too spur the moment to plan ahead. I got to the parking lot at Zabriskie Point at 11pm and just slept in my car. It was around 37 to 47 degrees out, so it wasn't the best car camping conditions! But waking up and walking a few hundred feet up this hill, to see this, was definitely incredible. It sure is weird driving in to a place in complete darkness and and waking up to see where you ended up. Unfortunately there were no clouds but the light here was great. Now its time to shoot in some snowy conditions! Happy Holidays everyone!
Reays Coaches of Wigton VDL SB4000-Berkof Axial coach heading South on the M6 at Penrith. This vehicle was new to Strawberry Fields depot in March 2012.
Ambrotypes shot for the Album cover and sleeve notes for the debut of Agata Kubiak a Polish Jazz singer and violinist. agatakubiak.com
8"x8" Black perspex Ambrotype Dallmeyer 3B
Make up Liz Beckett
© dave king 2012
Acerola
A acerola (Malpighia emarginata), também é conhecida popularmente como cereja-das-antilhas ou cereja-de-bárbaros, tem origem nas Antilhas, América Central e norte da América do Sul. É da família das Malpighiaceae.
O fruto nasce na aceroleira que é um arbusto de até três metros de altura, seu tronco se ramifica desde a base, e sua copa é bastante densa com pequenas folhas verde-escuras e br
ilhantes. Suas flores, de cor rósea-esbranquiçada, são dispostas em cachos, têm floração durante todo o ano, e após três ou quatro semanas se dá sua frutificação. Por ser uma planta muito rústica e resistente, ela se espalhou facilmente por várias áreas tropicais, subtropicais e até semi-áridas.
Esta fruta possui muita vitamina C.
Acerola
Acerola (Malpighia glabra), also known as Barbados cherry or wild crapemyrtle, is a tropical fruit-bearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae, native to the West Indies and northern South America and also cultivated in India. It grows to 3 m tall, with a dense, thorny crown. The leaves are evergreen, simple ovate-lanceolate, 5-10 cm long, with an entire margin. The flowers are produced in umbels of 2-5 together, each flower 1-1.5 cm diameter, with five pink or red petals.
This fruit has a lot of vitamin C.
(Wikipedia)
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Uruaú, é uma das praias do litoral Leste do Ceará que preserva o seu anonimato no meio turístico. Esta pequena vila de pescadores fica a 100 km de Fortaleza e é um verdadeiro paraiso!
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I was down on the field with the SF Giants before a recent game. I got down there because Tom Anderson sent out a tweet, and the marketing manager for the SF Giants responded and got us in! So, we were able to go anywhere and do anything before and during the game. It was great! I made full use of it.
I had my giant D800 Camera out there (see the Nikon D800 Review for more baseball photos from that evening).
After I left the field, I went to the very very very top part of the nosebleeds to take this shot...
- Trey Ratcliff
Click here to read the rest of this entry at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Location: Kings Palace, Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
Date: December 24, 2012
Camera: Leica M9
Lens: Leica M Noctilux, 50mm, f0.95
El-Hajj Naaba Kiiba, King of Yatenga since 49 years
certains trouveront qu'il y a trop de bleu, mais ce sont les vraies couleurs de cette fin d'après-midi là
(2012-11-17 Montpezat-d'Ag (38) - ALB-2
I'm sick of black and white Aventadors, so here's a yellow one to bring some colour into my photostream.
Gonçalo Reis Bispo © 2012
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