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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake," said Henry David Thoreau. As a photographer we see beauty all of the time, but in the midst of the technical side of shooting, we're seeing composition, light and color. Often times we don't take enough time to stop in awe of the sheer magnificence of nature. This amazing aspen forest was near Telluride on Last Dollar Road and it was bathed in warm afternoon light. If I could go here in dreams, I would, over and over again.
What's your "in dreams awake?"
These are the moments I am so much in peace with myself!
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Phantom voices with no words to follow
At the mercy of the cold and hollow
I withdrew into my sanctuary of silence
My defence
In this moment I am just becoming
Liberated from my cell of nothing
No sensation there was only breathing
Overcome oblivion
Falling awake
From a walking sleep
And all that remains
Is the dying memory
And now I can dive for
these dreams I make
Like I am Falling
I am falling awake
Waves of melodies once forgotten
like a symphony across the ocean
Never knew that
they could hear my calling
deep within
crashing in
rushing in
like falling
Falling awake
From a walking sleep
And all that remains
Is the dying memory
And now I can dive for
these dreams I make
Like I am falling
I am falling awake
There is no returning to that emptiness,
loneliness
The dream that lives inside of me
won’t fade away, it’s wide awake
Falling awake
From a walking sleep
And all that remains
Is the dying memory
And now I can dive for
these dreams I make
Like I am falling
I am falling awake
[Tarja - Falling Awake]
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The sound of my boat didn’t wake him so I left to follow other photo ops and returned later. This time he sat up had a look, assessed the threat and laid down and when back to sleep, obviously not concerned, nap time is more important.
Here some information about the North American River Otter from NWF
These playful mammals are well adapted for semi-aquatic living. They have thick, protective fur to help them keep warm while swimming in cold waters. They have short legs, webbed feet for faster swimming, and a long, narrow body and flattened head for streamlined movement in the water. A long, strong tail (called a rudder) helps propels them through the water. They can stay underwater for as much as eight minutes. They have long whiskers which they use to detect prey in dark or cloudy water and clawed feet for grasping onto slippery prey. They are very flexible and can make sharp, sudden turns that help them catch fish. Their fur is dark brown over much of the body, and lighter brown on the belly and face. On land they can run at speeds of up to 15 miles per hour—they can slide even faster. Their playful snow and mud sliding, tail chasing, water play and snow burrowing activities also serve other purposes—they help strengthen social bonds and let young otters practice hunting techniques.
Settings:
f/7.1
400mm
1/200sec
ISO 320
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Film: HP5+
400iso
No Crop, No Filter, No Post Editing. Not A.I
Camera: Hanimex 35SF
Australian brand. Rebranded Japanese technology.
Lens: Unknown Japanese Lens.
34mm 1:4.5
Metering: Manual Aperture Choices
Fixed shutter speed 1/125
Cloud setting (f5.6)
I recently fixed this camera's pressure plate that had come off. I couldn't solder it in place so I resorted to using a sewing needle with some black thread to reattach it to the spring. Seems to have worked well enough to hold the film in place.
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed using this little cheap camera. The viewfinder was the clearest, biggest and sharpest I've ever used on a point and shoot. And the lens produced some nice sharp-ish results. I will use it again for sure. The only thing is the advance motor would advance the film by two frames each time which meant I ended up with half the number of shots I could of had with another camera.
Development:
Kodak Xtol. 12 minutes. 1+1 dilution. 20c.
Ilford Fixer 3 Minutes
Ilford Wetting Agent 1 Minute.
“Life—it really did go on, even after insurmountable grief, debilitating sorrow and a life waiting to begin. As long as we were able to love and be loved in this world, no heart would ever be beyond repair.”
― J.L. Berg, Within These Walls
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPDoAWwyaJI
ABSORBED IN NATURE – KATIE STOUT
I stood stock still and held my breath
became a part of the great horse chestnut tree
ethereal light licked at my boots
branches curved like loving arms around me
the sea of meadow grass rose tall and yellowed by the sun
it mellowed me and caused my heart to stop;
skip once; then beat again
the breath was taken from me in that one small tick of calm
the golden rays of sunlight stroked
and soothed my soul like balm
through this heavenly vista I could see a flock of sheep
pastoral scene and everything enveloped me;
lulled me to deep sleep
and in my dreams I thought I saw you
heard you whistling in the valley
I rose; pink-clad feet and arms swept up
I danced Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet
I pirouetted towards the sunset
hoping to catch a glimpse of you
and there you were; a vision before me
smiling now at the pinkness of my ballet shoes
don't come further you shouted to me
I'll come to you, you promised me
yet as you stepped into the shadows
my eyes peered where you used to be
I shook myself awake and left my dream
tear-stained cheeks; bewilderment
if only my dreams could make you real
and keep you close with me always
it's understood by me that you were special
and heaven needed another angel
but I get to see you in my dreams
and in my dreams you live again.
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they mourned him a minute ago. now he opens his eyes and starts talking. one friend is already made of light.
Clover, the Kemode bear is a bit slow to joining the world after hibernation ans likes to gradually get used to being awake
Marble wonders where the night sky goes when the sun wakes up each morning. She thought if she waited for the moment when the sun first begins to reach up from its mountain top bed, she would have her answer. Marble never did make it to sunrise, but Phillip did. He won't say what he saw. He is kind of mysterious like that.
nf.
If you'd open your eyes then maybe you'd see what's at stake
You're sleeping
You make a lot of money, and you live in a mansion
And pretty much got everything that you could ever imagine
But you feel like even though you got everything in the world
You got nothing
So what you do then is you start going backwards
You runnin' in a direction
And you lookin' for something that isn't real
And all you know is that you just gotta have it
What you're doin' is sleepin'
And thinking that you're awake and you're not
And the problem is that you don't know what you're after
So you put everything that you have into what you do
Hoping that one day maybe you don't have to feel like you're empty
But as you get older a lot of weight on your shoulders is getting heavy
Then you look back and you start to regret things
You only get one life
And every time you lookin' at yours
You feel like everything you have is a waste
And the problem and the reason you could never fill a hole in your life
Is because you were never awake
“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.”
Henry David Thoreau
Hope you have a great Sunday and that you find time to dream a little! ;-)
Don't break me....
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the eyes are resting,
and no light touches from the outside.
Left in the own darkness
safe - not born to be here.
rain is my second skin,
washing the world away,
covering me
in a shine of reflections -
which i do not be.
to be - be -
in the inside,
my god
and my holding heart,
knowing.
i did not win what is already lost,
but i swim
in the energy of my soul.
being.
knowing.
alive.
but not alive -
in this wrong neon lights,
fake lights
of illusions.
its all inside.
♥
(my words - i am not gone - i am just not here)