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Once in a while a photo captures the right conditions to offer the semblance of 3 dimensions causing the key subject to come out at the viewer. It seemed to us to be the case for the beak and head with this photo. Red advances whereas blue recedes, sharp focus and edges advance whereas blurred and vague edges recede, and shadows can enhance the affect also. Of course when desired the pros can do it all in Photoshop.
Photo taken in Green Cay Wetlands, Florida.
This purple gallinule is a beautiful bird of many shades We chose the photo in Comment 1 below to show some while maintaining the 3d theme. It is the same bird as the subject bird.
When I spotted a tiny Spider on this Rose, I thought about the little guy’s world and how all things that happen to the rose will in some way affect that little spider.
Hopefully he will move on before a human sprays the rose with chemicals and alters his universe.
(Nikon, 100-400 @ 360 mm, 1/1250 @ f/10, ISO 2500, edited to taste)
27 May 2009
…before you fall.
Bipolar disorder affects approximately 5.7 million adult Americans, or about 2.6% of the U.S. population age 18 and older every year. (National Institute of Mental Health). The median age of onset for bipolar disorder is 25 years (National Institute of Mental Health), although the illness can start in early childhood or as late as the 40's and 50's. Bipolar disorder results in 9.2 years reduction in expected life span, and as many as one in five patients with bipolar disorder completes suicide. (National Institute of Mental Health). Please, please, please, educate yourself. If you think you, or someone you know, may be suffering from bipolar disorder, please look at the sites below. This means a lot to me and I will everyone to check these sites out.
Again, I cannot stress enough how important this is to me, so please, follow the links.
Anyway, I am back! And by back, I mean you won’t be able to get rid of me! Starting next Monday I will be uploading very often, I’m talking about every other day at the least. Tomorrow is my last day of school, the last day for exams, and with all of my free time this summer, I plan to fill up my empty 365!
I’m so excited! This summer will be awesome, I get to go to so many places, and take my camera with me. So, I’m really looking forward to the two months off I have from school; which, like always, has kept me away from flickr for the past few weeks.
I wanted to apologize to those who have mailed me or marked me as a contact recently, I have been swamped with studying for exams and I haven’t had time to look through anything on flickr. So, you can expect a reply within a few days!
I also wanted to thank all of you for the comments and favourites I received for my previous photo. That was my first explore #1, and I am very honoured!
Thank you bunches!
Oh, and facebook has filled my free time. Yes, I got one. Not so sure I’m liking the no privacy bit of it (parents constantly checking it), but I like chatting with my friends. I’m not sure yet if I’ll post a link for it on here or not, but if you want to add me, flickr mail me with your address and name etc.
So, what are you all doing for summer? Going anywhere fun?
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Part of my educate yourself series..
www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Signs_symptoms
www.psycom.net/depression.central.bipolar.html
www.livingmanicdepressive.com/
If you have any causes I’d be happy to spread the word, so contact me with the information!
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Explore #1, thanks again!
Contamination affects all our oceans and other bodies of water. An example is the rust colored tint left in a strait.
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« L’affection qu’on nous porte explique le neuf dixièmes du bonheur vrai et durable que nous ressentons dans nos vies. »
« L’amitié, comme la philosophie et l’art, est parfaitement inutile. Elle n’a aucune valeur de survie; mais elle compte parmi ces rares choses qui donnent de la valeur à notre survie. »
C.S. Lewis (Auteur irlandais, 1898-1963)
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« Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. »
« Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. »
C.S. Lewis (Irish author, 1898-1963)
LE MUSCARI :
Appelés aussi « jacinthes à grappes », les muscaris sont des plantes bulbeuses d'assez petite taille, parmi lesquelles on distingue une quarantaine d'espèces La floraison, généralement d'un bleu-violet soutenu, a lieu tôt, à la fin de l'hiver et au printemps (fin février - mars). Le Muscari d'Arménie (Muscari armeniacum) est l'espèce la plus cultivée, dont les variétés horticoles peuvent être de diverses nuances de bleu, blanc ou rose.
Alimentation :
En ethnobotanique, l'usage alimentaire du muscari est attesté depuis l'Égypte antique, et notamment en Grèce, en Espagne et Turquie, mais il est particulièrement consommé en Italie. Ce n'est pas une plante ayant été domestiquée ni cultivée ; elle est principalement récoltée à l'état sauvage.
La consommation traditionnelle de bulbes de muscari, particulièrement ceux du muscari à toupet, a eu une valeur culturelle importante pour les immigrants italiens aux États-Unis, bien que les bulbes contiennent des molécules hépatotoxiques : « Les muscaris appartiennent à une famille de Monocotylédones, les Hyacinthacées, où les substances dangereuses ne sont pas rares, comprenant des molécules hépatotoxiques susceptibles d’induire des affections graves par effet cumulatif. Le bulbe de muscari à toupet (lampascioni, lampagione, cipollaccio) a une valeur identitaire à ce point élevée que les immigrés italiens aux États-Unis en importaient par cargos entiers à l’occasion des festivités commémoratives, en importent peut-être encore. Il reste très apprécié en plusieurs provinces de la Péninsule, apprêté à l’huile, à la façon des tomates sèches. Les toxicités masquées, qui induisent à long terme des affections sans rapport manifeste avec les substances ingérées, que les sociétés traditionnelles ne relient pas à leurs pratiques alimentaires, sont fréquentes sous toutes les latitudes. » (Pierre Lieutaghi, « Aux frontières (culturelles) du comestible », Ethnologie française, vol. 3, n° 34, 2004, p. 485 à 494.)
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Somehow the photo below in comments ended up in a somewhat different genre altogether. Must have something to do with seasonal spirit...which I trust is beginning to affect us all. As the tagmaster appropriately points out, a "sign" indeed.
Nothing should affect the beauty created by nature ... it is our duty to preserve and respect it!
Nada deve afectar a beleza criada pela natureza... é nosso dever preservá-la e repeitá-la!
From small germ cells to enormous whales as they go through their life they affect other creatures around them.
"Within Without", James Turrell. Sculpture in Parkes with a viewing chamber that affects the way we perceive the sky. Located next to The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. ACT.
Placée en situation médiane en France moyenne et en Europe occidentale, sur un axe migratoire rhéno-rhodanien conduisant de la Baltique à la Méditerranée, la Dombes connaît un climat de caractère plutôt continental, teinté néanmoins d’influences océaniques avec un maximum pluvial en automne, voire méditerranéennes avec un bilan hydrique estival parfois nettement déficitaire. Avec une moyenne de janvier comprise entre +1 et +2°C, la contrée subit 60 à 80 jours de gel par an, aux occurrences quasi aléatoires, soit en cours d’hiver, soit au fil des ans. Les incidences d’un tel régime thermique sont limitées sur la flore et sur la faune subaquatiques mais nettement ressenties par l’avifaune, les oiseaux plongeurs tels la foulque, les fuligules... mais aussi les cormorans désertant alors la région.
Ce statut climatique est en cours de changement rapide, les données disponibles démontrant un très net réchauffement en Dombes entre les années 1970 et le début de ce siècle : un échauffement moyen proche de 2°C a été relevé, nettement plus accusé en été qu’en hiver, tandis que la pluviométrie d’automne augmente au détriment de celle d’hiver ; le bilan hydrique est donc affecté.
(Source : Académie de la Dombes )
It has been said that the lack of pollinators could lead to starvation and poverty. A small insect such as a bee is important as roughly 66 per cent of all the plant species we eat rely on pollinators. With the use of insecticides such as Neonicotinoids that are making an impact on pollinators around the world. Latest evidence shows the risk that insecticides are having and which may affect us all in the future.
"Climate change affects everyone but not equally" ...
Once they were threatening symbols of paramilitary control, but now Belfast’s murals have new themes,
In recent years, the face of the mural has changed. Community groups have worked tirelessly to remove the gunmen of the gable wall and replace them with messages of hope and achievement.
They commemorate, reflect values,communicate and display aspects of culture and history.
Murals of international solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue.
The ones representing peace and tolerance are becoming increasingly popular with school groups.Sts either design or actually paint murals in areas around their schools.
Domicile, Duhamel, Québec, Canada
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Les semaines se suivent et se défilent à grande vitesse, mais je dois avouer me laisser tenter par certaines conditions météo plutôt particulière que nous avons eu pour un mois de février. Pluie neige et grésil cette journée du 10 février, ça n'a pas semblé déranger les oiseaux ni affecter leur appétit. J'ai donc fait une pause et pris le temps de prendre quelques photos.
Ici ce beau mâle Durbec des sapins qui est détrempé par la pluie et qui est maintenant sous un torrent de grésil. Temps très gris et lumière pauvre...
Home, Duhamel, Quebec, Canada
Thank you very much for your comments, they are always very much appreciated.
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The weeks go by faster and faster, but I must admit being tempted by some rather special weather conditions that we had for the month of February. Rain, snow and sleet that day, February 10, didn't seem to bother the birds or affect their appetites. So I took a break and took the time to take some pictures.
Here this beautiful male Pine Grosbeak who is soaked by the rain and who is now under a torrent of sleet. Very gray weather and poor light...
Thank you all, my dear friends for all your support, feedback, faves and friendships throughout 2022, it really does mean a lot.
I haven’t been on line for a while, depression came back to bite me in the bum over winter, the cold weather usually does affect my mental health. This year, even more so, we discovered the new house has quite a bad issue with damp, and some of the interior walls become wet when it’s raining, which has caused mould to grow. We left the previous house due to damp and having a landlord who wouldn’t deal with the situation. Now, the damp here is much worse, and again we have a letting agent who don’t seem to be in a hurry to resolve it. Antonio is allergic to damp and mould also, luckily it doesn’t seem to be in his bedroom which is a blessing, but it’s not great. We’ve had builders round to survey the house and now awaiting for them to come and do the repairs that are causing the walls to get wet, but their hands are tied until the letting agent gives the go ahead. 😳
Apologies for not responding to all my recent notifications, I just haven’t felt up to online interaction. Trying to keep optimistic and hoping that the horrid weather will soon get better as it’s also much too freezing cold for me to go out shooting, which is always something that helps my mental health. Roll on summer. Lots of love and best wishes for 2023.
‘Brain fog’ is a re-edit taken in the Lake District in October, 2021. Have a wonderful weekend, all. ❤️😍
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"As humans, we are all the same. To create a better world,
however, we tend to point fingers at others and say
that they have to do this or that.
At the same time the change begins with ourselves.
If somebody changes, that will affect others, and that's how the world will change. "
Dalai Lama
"Als Menschen sind wir alle gleich. Um eine bessere Welt zu kreieren, neigen wir jedoch dazu mit dem Finger auf andere zu zeigen und zu sagen, dass sie dieses oder jenes tun müssen. Dabei beginnt die Veränderung bei uns selbst.
Wenn sich jemand verändert, wird das andere beeinflussen und so verändert sich die Welt." -Dalai Lama
The late summer roads are deep with dust from a rainless season of travel. Each passing tractor and truck digs more earth out of roadbed, sinking the road little by little each year. The dust on top is finer than Double 0 flour. Driving in it is similar to driving in snow, though the skills to do one don't necessarily transfer to the skills to do the other.
When driving summer roads blind, just to see where they end up, conditions can change quickly. You can move from these deep ruts of dust to driving on grass or along the sharp edge of a freshly-harvested wheat field.
These roads are hardly driven by anyone but farmers and the rare photographer. Stopping along them is usually not an issue, as even the busiest will see only a few cars a day.
Most of these roads are closed in winter so that emergency workers won't have to risk their lives to drag out a stranded motorist. It also frees up resources as they don't have to be plowed.
Then in spring, a quick grading by a dosser of some kind and they're back to nearly regular dirt roads.
In the dry, later days of spring, these summer roads are packed earth. But by August, the dust lays several inches deep.
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'The Opposite Affect'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 3.8/90mm
Film: Ilford HP5+ at 1600iso
Process: HC-110B; 11min
Washington
August 2022
*Working Towards a Better World
This dreadful disease affects the whole family and it is good to have knowledge of the facts and try and prevent breaking up the family:
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! xo❤️
Future shock is the disorientation that affects an individual, a corporation, or a country when he or it is overwhelmed by change and the prospect of change ... we are in collision with tomorrow.
Alvin Toffler
The web: yet another total disorientation that becomes status quo without anyone realizing it.
Richard Powers
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
Ernest Hemingway
We came into a broken world. And we're the cleanup crew.
Kayne West
When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody's right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day.
William J. Clinton
Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Does fog affect fishing? That is a good question and the answer is yes, and not always in a bad way. Sometimes, foggy weather can give you some of the best fishing conditions that you can find. When you fish in foggy weather, there are things that you need to know such as what types of bait and lures you should use as well as the type of weather, like is it warm or cold outside.
….. Plus a few cobwebs & reflections for added affect. Alan:-)….
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Well I've chosen this one for Macro Mondays theme "Black and white" was hard to choose! I like the grain in the aluminium and the fact it runs a different direction to the ring pull.
If you didn't know metal has a grain which affects it when it is being formed, one way bends easier than the other which makes a difference of about 1.5° for the same amount of pressure. Boring I know :)
Happy macro Monday all :)
Using this time to revisit my archives. No artificial light, just a great day and a beautiful butterfly.
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An obscure flickr post I created back in 2017 about Seasonal Affective Disorder has been trending near the top of my activity feed for the past couple of weeks. I can only imagine people are searching that phrase and turning up my photo. A sure sign that the darkening phase in the northern hemisphere is taking a toll on our collective mental health. For me, this time of year brings about yet another dichotomy in my life. I'm not keen on the reduction in the hours of daylight. Yet the abrupt transformation of the landscape in the past couple of weeks is truly astounding. It's not just the feeling of omnipresent darkness, but the utter stripping away of the foliage and the resulting desaturation of the landscape that fascinates me. Recent snow has heightened the sensation of existing within a monochromatic world that, if appearance is all that matters, is devoid of even a hint of joy. Yet within that construct I find wonder. I truly revel in the feeling that familiar places look completely different, and at times even inhospitable. Such was the case as I contemplated this lone tree, buffeted by wintry winds beneath an eerie layer of striated clouds ahead of a massive cold front. A moment of cheer on a very bleak November afternoon.
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It is difficult to experience Ryoji Ikeda's epic installation, Spectra without a powerful affective response. The Tasmanians love it so much they want to buy it. I trekked up to the Cenotaph to see it at 5.00 am this morning when there was only a handful of spectators. The sound it makes is amazing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQGvabX9DHU
Affectation de dernière minute pour la BB22347 en tête du Corail 4661 Bordeaux - Marseille. Elle est vue peu avant la gare de Villefranche-de-Lauragais.
Villefranche-de-Lauragais - 18.02.2019.
Photography affects us like a phenomenon in nature, like a flower or a snowflake whose vegetable or earthly origins are an inseparable part of their beauty :-)
Andre Bazin
HBW!! Free Speech Matters! Protect Freedom of the Press!
Resist the Despicable Orange Clown and his Cabinet of Stooges and Buffoons!
oakleaf hydrangea, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
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No colour in the leaves on the chapel yet however the fog caused an interesting affect with the filter.
Walking around gardens is a way to better the moment. When not feeling our best “Flowers Affect Our Mood” The shapes, colors and fragrances are the reward we receive when we decide to indulge ourselves. Our lives have grown far to busy it seems. Catch your breath enjoy the beauty and share your photos here on Flickr, You’ll be thanked I’m sure.
Q: How does weather affect fall colors?
A: Astronomical fall began on Sept. 22.
Climatologists consider fall as the months of September, October and November. The fall season is also associated with pumpkin patches, fresh apples and beautiful foliage.
Leaves are green in the summer because they contain chlorophyll, which reflects green light more than other colors. Other colors are absorbed by chlorophyll for photosynthesis.
During autumn, the green chlorophyll disappears from the leaves as the leaves stop their food-making process, and yellow and orange colors appear. These colors have been in the leaves all along but we can’t see them in the summer because of the chlorophyll.
The color orange comes from carotene, and the yellows from xanthophyll. The bright red and purple colors come from anthocyanin pigments, which are made from leftover glucose trapped within the leaves of some trees, such as maples.
Brilliant fall colors with bright red and purple colors require conditions in which leaves can make a lot of anthocyanin pigments. The brilliance of a fall color season is a function of the weather.
Sunny days and cool nights are the key weather ingredient for brilliant fall colors. The best weather conditions are bright sunny days and cool, but not frosty, nights.
A drab autumn has lots of cloudy days and warm nights. Leaves begin to turn before we have any frosts. An early frost speeds up the fall of the leaves and brings a quick end to the fall color. A few hard frosts can cause the leaves to wither and fall from the tree without changing color.
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