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On the eve of the month of December, as November retires until next year. In acceptance of the changing of the seasons, I embrace each and every moment as it pauses before changing yet again.
wow, I went to the shops today and though this shot doesn't capture it - it was really busy. . lots of busy people, lots of buy buy buy. . . hmmmm, the irony is of course we can't actually buy the things we all want and hold so precious - its not for sale . . . .
(BTW - I had just been to get a remote cable release with my camera and was mucking about taking the odd snap - stopped by some nice decorations and was gently told by a centre staffer that photographs were not allowed inside. . OOPS!!)
Many of the most magical moments that I've ever experienced while walking in the Knysna forest have also been the most difficult moments to capture on camera.
I took this photo on my first (decent) walk in the forest in September 2018, shortly before I relocated here from Cape Town, but after I'd made the decision to move.
Although I have made a few attempts to edit this photo since then, unfortunately the extreme dynamic range in this scene made it impossibly difficult for me to do that in a natural and realistic way.
However, I've learned a few new editing techniques since my first attempts at forest photography, so this morning I decided to give it another go.
This still doesn't quite manage to capture the magic of the moment as I remember seeing and feeling it, though it is as close as I can get for now.
We might never be as good as we'd like to be, but that should never stop us from trying. :)
My word of the month for July is... "acceptance".
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If you see a shape or pattern, will you try and make it into something you can recognise, or will you see it as it is?
One out of a series of 10 photographs I took of the Crucifix suspended above the altar of Westminster Abbey, Mission, B.C. *
For all its ornateness, it's not a work of art that seems to go with the simpler abstract stained glass windows that surround it. And yet the more time I spent gazing at it, and trying to determine good angles to photograph it, and 'capture' its 'essence', the more I saw a complexity of 'interpretations' of this figure on the Cross.
Depending on the angle one view it, one can discern a kind of inner movement within the static form--rather like the movements of Tai Chi, e.g. With eyes closed, the crucified one seems to go inward to find strength, a kind of centring that comes with meditation. And all the while suspended between Earth & Heaven, reflecting the glorious colours of the Light.
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* A colleague from way back enrolled in a photography course, and the first assignment was to take a roll of film of one tree. He thought, a tree's a tree. How can I take 36 photos of one tree? But then the 'light bulb' went off in his head and he began to really see the tree.
Whatever our subject, can we begin to really see it, to study it, to simply be with it, to learn from its very essence? The challenge is to keep looking through the lens, closer, farther away, from different angles, in different light, with various backgrounds for context.
And so, this is what I attempted to do at the Abbey one afternoon. I felt went away with much more than I expected. It turned out to be a meditation of its own. Something photography offers us as a sheer gift of the time we might devote to it!
okay so i'm really not happy with my tone tweaking lately.
this image is inspired by the one tree hill theme tune :)
it was so hard to write this on me! i used a mirror (which probably made my job harder) and my left hand! :S
i am wearing a top btw.
i went to my favourite part of the woods at my favourite time of day and it was lovely, there will be more of these uploaded soon
this is summing up my mood fairly well. oh well.
i guess i am learning that sometimes there are no solutions and not everything can be solved in a way that makes everyone happy and sometimes you have to be selfless and not pay attention to what you want or what makes you happy and that really really sucks but it needs to be accepted and made the best of, which is not even the tiniest bit easy (reading back over things I've written when I was feeling profound makes me cringe ew)
but i will stop going on now
big loves, always x
ʙʟᴏɢ ᴘᴏꜱᴛ
ᴇᴠᴏʟ - ᴅɪᴏɴ ᴏᴜᴛꜰɪᴛ
ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇꜱ ᴛᴇᴇ, ꜱᴡᴇᴀᴛꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴏxᴇʀꜱ
ᴇᴠᴏʟ ᴅɪᴏɴ ᴛᴇᴇ - 40 ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇꜱɪɢɴꜱ (ʜᴜᴅ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟʟᴇᴅ)
ᴇᴠᴏʟ ᴅɪᴏɴ ʟᴏᴏꜱᴇ ꜱᴡᴇᴀᴛꜱ - 40+ ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇꜱɪɢɴꜱ (ʜᴜᴅ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟʟᴇᴅ)
ᴇᴠᴏʟ ᴅɪᴏɴ ʙᴏxᴇʀꜱ - 6+ ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴘᴛɪᴏɴꜱ (ʜᴜᴅ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟʟᴇᴅ)
ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴠᴏʟ ᴍᴀɪɴꜱᴛᴏʀᴇ
ᴛᴀxɪ ʟɪɴᴋ: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Etienne%20Island/82/110/2002
My Acceptances in the Nature category of the Photographic Society of New Zealand National Convention being held in Queenstown this weekend. The image on the lower right is the one that won the Gold Medal for the Best Projected Image Illustrating Nature..
Many, many years ago, as a child, I sat down on the floor, beside my pet cat who was sleeping. I stroked its fur and talked to it for what seemed like hours. But then I started to realize, it hadn't moved since I sat down. I nudged it and tried to wake it up. But it still didn't move. My mother saw what was happening, and she too nudged the cat and nothing happened. Although she tried to hide it, from the corner of my eye I saw her face turn into a tragic expression, but she turned to me and smiled. "He is just so tired, let him sleep." And then she stood up and took my hand and we went out to the terrace. She told me to wait for the sunset because it would look beautiful as it sank in the western horizon. I didn't even notice that she went back inside the house. I just waited for the sunset and stared at the sun slowly sinking into the west.
You have to accept hurdles in your life before you can conquer them.
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The model is my darling fiancé in a waterfall on campus, poor thing it was so cold out (especially to Texans). We had a delightful adventure, and I got to giggle at him from my warm dry spot on the banks.
…or body dysmorphic disorder — a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect.
This is about self-acceptance.
I’m too tired for the normal description… =/
Delicatessen #12
SL snapshot for the Meta-Body project. Learn more about the project here: www.flickr.com/groups/meta_body/
Huge thanks to Meilo Minotaur and CapCat Ragu for making these wonderful avatars available to everyone and for creating the amazing Delicatessen sim.
OMG, I'm such a dork. I accidentally deleted all the favorites from a bunch of my photos! lol... Ah well, the best part is people's comments anyway, but in case you are wondering. And by the way, don't try to set a set to private... it changes the permissions on the photos in the set. ;)
“If you're hanging around with nothing to do and the zoo is closed, come over to the Senate. You'll get the same kind of feeling and you won't have to pay.”
Bob Dole
Il vero amore non è né fisico né romantico.
Il vero amore è l'accettazione di tutto ciò che è, è stato, sarà e non sarà.
Le persone più felici non sono necessariamente coloro che hanno il meglio di tutto, ma coloro che traggono il meglio da ciò che hanno.
La vita non è una questione di come sopravvivere alla tempesta, ma di come danzare nella pioggia!
-- Kahlil Gibran
A series of frames from one roll of Ilford FP4 added here in chronological order, with minimal editing.
After spending most of the morning in Greensboro, 18M is finally accepted into Linwood with NS 1069 on the lead.
I felt like editing something old.
This is from when I was in NH over the summer.
I used the same process that I used with my recent work of Adrienne.
GWR operated IET number 800317 pictured at Doncaster Station's platform 1 on 26/10/2018 while on acceptance trials.
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A bobcat accepts my presences for 30 seconds before disappearing for the night.