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Fire and Ice
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice. ~ Robert Frost
Yellow and Blue - I just hope this transfers the necessary sentiment.
This Lanner Falcon was photographed in the wild in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
Bernus and Hakus are sitting in front of the window, looking out.
BERNUS:
Bernus ...... I see a hot air balloon.
HAKUS:
Where. I do not see anything.
BERNUS:
Then you should have glasses with stronger lenses.
The balloon is heading our way.
Oh ..... Look! It's Peter and Oleg who are in it.
HAKUS:
Where?
BERNUS:
You are now looking to the right, you must look to the left.
HAKUS:
You're right!
Where are they going to land, I wonder.
BERNUS:
On the grass ... at least ... if they go a little lower with that balloon.
Can we help them Hakus?
HAKUS:
Too late!
peace and happiness are the nature of your being and you share your being with everyone and everything.
Peter and Oleg are still at Anholt Castle. The fog is now gone.
PETER:
Oleg! There is a ladder against the wall. Someone climbs up.
OLEG:
Who is it?
PETER:
No idea.
.........
Hey guys!
I'm Bob the Butler and I'm here to help you.
Two bears named Scout and Bruno told me the story about the fog and how scared you are.
You do not have to be scared. That often happens here. Cheshire cat sometimes lives here. He comes and goes like this.
I'll help you down. It's your turn first, Peter. Give me a paw.
And that's how Peter and Oleg come back safely to the ground and look for mommy Marian
There are not many mushrooms in my woods, but I sure have a lot of photos of them :-) They are so cooperative..they just stand there and they don't even bend in the breeze like flowers do...
now if only I remembered their names....
Pretty much SOOC except for squarer cropping
I can't grasp how the light brought out those colors from a murky brook. I have another work in the pipeline which shows the exact same color gradient. And I didn't even have to push in editing, this is quite close to the RAW file!
Wind and Rain some of the weather from the recent hurricane made it here, strong winds and heavy rains left some more leaves and limbs on the ground, shot in North Carolina.
Pan,zoom,shutter..... breath and shiver........
Had been walk about,and on returning i heard the announcement.... platform alteration, 10.27 Arriva trains Wales service to Holyhead will now arrive on platform 1, any how i put on a sprint, well a brisk walk ;-)))) and went on the car park for this one, thinking and setting as i went.
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Black and white re-edit of a shot from December 2017. Enjoy!
Fly and her prey
Taken with a Schneider kreuznach xenar edixa 50mm f2.8 from 1955 with extension tube
Simplicity and tranquillity are good for the mind and soul. Take time to look at the beauty around you.
The grass here is cut and taken to the 1.2MW Wothersome Anaerobic Digestion Plant.
This alternative energy technology uses maize, grass and whole-crop wheat silage, grown on the Estate’s home farm, to produce methane gas. The gas fuels a generator, which exports electricity to the National Grid. This provides enough green electricity for about 1,500 homes. The waste heat from the generator is being used to dry wood-chip for biomass boilers
This is taken from the path linking Kennels Lane to the wood and Milner Beck looking across to Ragdale, Wothersome, West Yorkshire. Behind was the sun and ahead a storm brewing.
I was back out in our meadow this morning. No dew today but I found this lonely Lady on a small, dried weed. It was cool out and no wind. She was quite still for me to set-up and take around 30 shots for focus stacking @ 4x magnification.
...of cheese ;-)
#MacroMonday
#Yellow
Width of the frame: 6,5 cm / 2,5 inches
When Yellow Mouse got up from her soft bed of garden flowers (others would call it weed, but hey, she hadn't smoked in years!), lured outside by a wonderful, savoury smell, humming Cat McKenzie's old but gold Yippie song to herself, "If you're going to San Mouseciso, be sure to wear some weed..." No, wait, those weren't the exact lyrics. So what, that smell was overpowering. And there it was, her huge, delicious breakfast piece of Swiss cheese. At other times, she would have been nervous, always double-checking that resident cat Jim wasn't anywhere near, ready to pounce and do what he'd call "morning exercise with mouse". Jim was alright, in his slightly weird "Jim way", but she strictly refused to do anything that came even remotely close to a workout before breakfast, let alone one that would have her twirled and tossed around by Jim, who, quite inefficiently, tried to assure her that "It's good for your poise!" She didn't need more poise, she had poise in abundance. But ever since Jim had taken on an enormous liking to homemade lasagna, and upon which he had declared: "Live and let live!", her days had gotten so relaxed and peaceful that it was almost too good to be true. Au contraire, these days it was barn dog Yellow Dog who tried to chase Jim around. Yellow Dog complained that Jim had gotten so lazy, "lasagna lazy" as he would call it. As Yellow Mouse set about to enjoy her breakfast, she heard, from a distance, some inviting barking ("Let's go Jim, it's time for our workout!"), followed by a harried caterwaul ("Leemeelone, I want lasagnaaaaa!"). Yellow mouse sighed happily. Life was good :-)
The yellow mouse has been with me since childhood. It once had a purple sibling, but that got lost at one point. The glass mouse is filled with a yellow liquid that shines beautifully in the sunshine (and would have been a nice subject for last week's shadow theme, as I realise now). The flowers I've picked from a front garden around the corner, and the cheese, in case you wondered, was delicious ;-) In-camera focus stacked image, only minimally post-edited in Lightroom, were I slightly increased the luminance and saturation of the yellow, and in Luminar 4, where I slightly enhanced the details (small) on the mouse, cheese and flowers.
If you'd like to get to know resident cat Jim (thank you for the Jimspiration, dear ironicdream!, and also Yellow Dog, please check the second comment :-) HMM, Everyone, stay safe, stay healthy, and take care!
At Pashley Manor Gardens you will discover 11 acres of beautiful borders and vistas – the culmination of a lifetime of passion for gardening, an appetite for beauty and an admiration of the tradition of the English Country garden. These graceful gardens, on the border of Sussex and Kent, are family owned and maintained – visitors often express delight at the attention to detail displayed throughout and the intimate, peaceful atmosphere.
All the ingredients of the English Country Garden are present – sweeping herbaceous borders, ha-ha, well maintained lawns, box hedges, espaliered rose walk, historic walled garden, inspiring kitchen garden, venerable trees and the Grade I listed house as a backdrop. The gardens are a haven for wildlife – bees, butterflies and small birds as well as moor hens, ducks and a black swan. Then, of course, the plants! Borders overflowing with perennials and annuals – the look changing through the seasons, but always abundantly filled, and each garden ‘room’ planted in a different colour theme.
Pashley is also renowned for fantastic displays of tulips, roses and dahlias. Our annual Tulip Festival features more than 48,000 tulips this year! During Special Rose Week over a hundred varieties of rose swathe the walls, climb obelisks and bloom in flower beds. Then in late summer our Dahlia Days event transforms the gardens once more with bountiful, brightly coloured dahlias in every border and pot.
Add to all this a Café and Terrace with excellent garden views, serving delicious homemade lunches, scones and cakes; Sculpture and Art Exhibitions; a Gift Shop with Plant Sales; and a friendly, knowledgeable team waiting to welcome you, and the recipe for a wonderful day out is complete.
For more information please visit www.pashleymanorgardens.com/
I've been shattered and broken, for most of my life
But I've done pretty good, with a job and a wife
Got a family that loves me, and a good piece of land
That I bought with hard work, that I earned with these hands
But these things that I do
I did them for you
So just tell me you love me, and tell me you'll stay
And you'll watch over this house, while I go away
And just promise to be here, when I get back home
So we can start where we left off, all those years ago
Before my demons they took control
Lost and lonely, out here on the road
'Cause I've been careless and selfish, got no self respect
I'm an albatross hanging around my own neck
I'm a hard one to handle, and I've played the fool
And I'm so hard to love, 'cause I break all the rules
But these things that I do
'Cause I couldn't have you
So just tell me you love me, and tell me you'll stay
And you'll watch over this house, while I go away
And just promise to be here, when I get back home
So we can start where we left off, all those years ago
Before my demons they took control
Lost and lonely, out here on the road
Angels and Demons
"Vai fra le montagne, sia che tu voglia cercare gli angeli, sia che tu voglia fuggire dai tuoi demoni" - Jeffrey Rasley
Foto di archivio, Dolomiti.
Buona serata
Light, shadow, curves and diagonals
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Jeremiah 2:24 “Or [you have the untamed and reckless nature of] a wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, that sniffs the wind in her passion [for the scent of a mate]. In her mating season who can restrain her? No males seeking her need to weary themselves; in her month they will find her [looking for them].”
Stop and rest a spell and have a wonderful weekend. We are going to have a busy one celebrating our Great Grandson's 12th BD. I will catch up nest week.
Starling and Flowers.
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This was one of those images which you take and all the while thinking not sure whether that is worth keeping but i`ll sit on it for a while and come back to it.
Well it has been a while and it has been on my screen for a while too as I ponder what to do with it, the sky was rather dark and moody, windy with rain in the air with a little brightness out over the sea.
I then thought contrasty mono yes, now I was getting exited about it, the light had caught the damp patches so I exaggerated those with dodging to make them lighter and then burnt in some darker areas then a curves layer for a little more contrast and I love how the path is now highlighted through the length of the image.
From what was an image that nearly went into the bin I am now super exited about. This is at Goring By Sea in Sussex.
“If my heart can become pure and simple like that of a child, I think there probably can be no greater happiness than this.”
~Kitaro Nishida~
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This church is located just a few miles down the road from the barn in my previous posting.
I would like to do more black and white images and I was attracted to a magazine at my local newsagents that was hard to resist.
Usually the images are street, buildings or portraits, but this edition has still life and flowers to inspire - lovely!
My PSP has some B&W presets so I chose one of those and then added a light vignette.
However - I also have PSP 'Scripts' that do a B&W conversion with a choice of colour selection.
I'm guilty at times of overloading myself with too many choices and can't make my mind up. My son preferred this one , so this one it is …
I've got to change my habits cos I'm making far too much work for myself these days !