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No sun but high tide was at 13:00 and the heavily overcast sky had brightened up considerably and just kept getting brighter. Not very often I prefer thick cloud cover to blue skies and typically the weather misbehaved. Having said that I'd never have thought of using the 10 stop and 6 stop together so I should be thankful.
Thoroughly enjoyed myself and a huge learning curve vis a vis how to edit. Lockdown has had me watching and reading all manner of you tube videos and tutorials online.
Got a list as long as my arm of places I'd like to visit and new ideas aplenty. Quite a lot of fun this photography malarkey.
Taking this shot personal safety never crossed my mind
And why should it?
But imagine if mother nature had played her cards differently...
Making this brute of a bird twice it's size and us humans half our size!
It'd make this a truly terrifying sight
but what they conceal is vital :-)
Aaron Levenstein
HBW!!
cercis, hybrid redbud, 'Big John', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Not too far from Chittagong Airport is a nice waterfront strip along the banks of the Karnaphuli River. There were boats and ships moored everywhere but this was one of the few days where the sun didn't shine and it was overcast and very hazy but there was enough colour to lift the mood a little.
Photo By Steve Bromley.
iPhone 6 snapseed mextures
As I was driving into work, the morning sun was making its way thru the mist and fog, trees are just starting to burst with color and I couldn't help myself but to pull over and take it all in. I drove up on this ridge and parked. I walked up to the open gates and noticed several small spider webs, glistening from the dew in the morning sun and started snapping away, I was very excited to see these come out so well on my iPhone. Tiny moments otherwise unwitnessed, my "stopping to smell the roses" moment.
smokers are already on a smoking roll and cannot be expected to stop abruptly on the stroke of midnight with so much nicotine in the system. Also dieting on New Year's Day isn't a good idea as you can't eat rationally but really need to be free to consume whatever is necessary, moment by moment, in order to ease your hangover. I think it would be much more sensible if resolutions began generally on January the second :-)
Helen Fielding, 1996
Happy January 2, 2021 :-)
phlox, plant delights nursery, wake county, north carolina
...but closer and closer to a 'new' spring ;)
Ok, I know, all seasons can be the same good/bad, it's just that spring brings a little more joy and hope than the others.
But Izzy and I were hoping for "The Sound of Silence" haha .. lol
Thank you guys so much for hanging out and making it a fun lil shooting time. Mucho enjoyed. SL is a lot brighter with friends.
Photo was taken at La Vie .. absolutely stunning sim. I found a new shot around each lil bend .. or corner even. Amazing job.
293/365: 2015
# 20 For October: A month in 31 pictures
Lacking inspiration again today so a quick look in the garden at all the dying flowers and saw the hydrangeas. I think they are just as beautiful when they are dying as when they first bloom. I shot this in daylight WB but changed it to cloudy in editing to give it richer autumnal tones.
I'm almost afraid to say the Internet is behaving better today so I hope to catch up on some commenting...I spoke too soon...it's being very slow and temperamental! :(
From 1944, "To Have and Have Not", was Bacall and Bogie's first film together. I remember this quote as " if you need me, just whistle." And it comes up that way in online searches. But (as I am wont to do) I decided to fact-check. As it turns out, the quote is a little different, but that often happens with popular movie lines.
With Bacall as Slim and Bogie as Steve, she says:
You know you don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything, and you don't have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and... blow.
Steve actually had a power boat, but I only have a sail boat in my prop drawer - so hope you'll forgive my poetic (photographic?) license.
The whistle is a silver charm - now quite tarnished - from an old bracelet. It actually works and is just over an inch (2.8cm) long.
One Republic - Wild Life
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmAG_SpfUVs
I'm staring at these sudden waterfalls
Tears that don't make sense to me at all
This life's what happens when you're making plans
Don't know what happens next or where I stand
Wanna live this wild life wild every day, woo
Wanna say the things people never say, woo-ooh
I'll take all the love and all the pain, eh
Wanna live this wild life wild today, oh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Give me all your love and all your pain
Gon' live this wild life wild today, oh
I'm staring at these faded signs ahead
But all these turns just fill me up with dread
But life's what happens when you're making plans, woo
Dive or step right in but please don't stand, oh
Wanna live this wild life wild every day, woo
Wanna say the things people never say, woo-ooh
I'll take all the love and all the pain, eh
Wanna live this wild life wild today, oh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Give me all your love and all your pain
Gon' live this wild life wild today, oh
...I could sit on your knee!"
But how to climb up? Minimus wants to see the world around him, and not just the floor!
With M.E. a large part of the world at my feet does comprise the indoor floors. 😊
For the 'Smile on Saturday' group: "the world at your feet"
Cliché and Smile on Saturday: Here
iPhone shots: Here
My Simple Pleasures set: Here
tomorrow is the last day of school :')
i got a couple of good mosquito bites while i was out. not cool.
Green Herons are common and widespread, but they can be hard to see at first. Whereas larger herons tend to stand prominently in open parts of wetlands, Green Herons tend to be at the edges, in shallow water, or concealed in vegetation. From a distance, the Green Heron is a dark, stocky bird hunched on slender yellow legs at the water’s edge, often hidden behind a tangle of leaves. Seen up close, it is a striking bird with a velvet-green back, rich chestnut body, and a dark cap often raised into a short crest. These small herons crouch patiently to surprise fish with a snatch of their daggerlike bill. They sometimes lure in fish using small items such as twigs or insects as bait.
The best revenge in the world is success they say.. but a little bit of voodoo goes a long way, too!
Most of these things are from The Gacha Garden this November!
Check out the event's flickr too! Gimme Gacha Flickr
What I am wearing ( @ The Gacha Garden )
The hair: {Limerence} Ember hair with hat RARE
The eyes: {Demicorn} Blip Eyes - Rainbow SOI
The necklace: Necklace Zodiaque Silver Lara - Nord Embel'Lys
Clothes from Art&KO - Autumn style GACHA:
1 RARE Art&KO - Autumn style GACHA - Jacket
5 Art&KO - Autumn style GACHA - Black handbag
10 Art&KO - Autumn style GACHA - Black pants
The skybox (also @ The Gacha Garden)
[Since1975] Ivy Street Gacha RARE
Things from OTHER places:
The pose and voodoo doll: Secret Poses - VooDoo Doll 7 (@ Spookzilla October 2019 by TR Events)
The rings:
4. lassitude & ennui Pearls ring - silver (@ Gachaland October 2019)
6. lassitude & ennui Ouija ring - silver (@ Gachaland October 2019)
The corpses and biohazardous waste containers: #Outbreak Containment - GOTHIC HORROR SHOP, BIKER STORE - MP
The lipstick: [POUT!] Revolution lipsticks
The eye makeup: ~Shiny Stuffs~ CATWA Bedroom Eyes Appliers
The body: Maitreya Lara
The head: Catwa Catya
I've no idea how old this fence is but it looks old. I bet it stands for a lot more years though.
Happy Fence Friday!
But I see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful
Like a rainbow
In my opinion Cyndi Lauper provides the best description of this picture.
A colorful staircase somewhere in Germany.
Every criticism and comment is very much appreciated.
But how he set – I know not –
-Emily Dickinson
This is my image for category 104 – Terracotta, in the group 120 pictures in 2020.
It died, but its growth form may give some insight to its death. At the top left of the tree is a proliferation of branches that is decidedly non-juniperish. Forest biologists call these witches brooms, and they occur in a variety of conifers and deciduous trees. They are usually caused by fungi, viruses, or plant parasites called mistletoes. This growth may have been the last straw for a tree growing in an arid environment.
Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness, Utah
My wife and I loved Brienza but it didn’t exactly return the favor, during the our passeggiata before supper my wife had a flip flop fail catching her death trap of foot wear in a sidewalk crack falling forward into a very solid bus bench made of some very hard steel which split her scalp open. We cannot say enough good things about the help of the locals, the farmacia supplying bandages and advice until the ambulance medics arrived that eventually closed her profusely bleeding wound.
Other than this life threatening incident that started our visit, we thoroughly enjoyed the city, it is a lovely place with a small cozy old town that surrounds a castle at its heart and peak built by the Lombards back in the 8th century from which the city grew around. We also enjoyed the our accommodations at a B&B called La Voce del Fiume (The Voice of the River) a lovely artisanal restored setting with amazing views over the countryside and a wonderful host who that I am sure we scared to death arriving back from our walk covered in blood and bandages.
The center piece of the city is its castle Caracciolo di Brienza and has been since its construction consisting of 365 rooms that follows the ancient tradition of building each room for a day of the year. The sight of the castle rising above the city during the daylight is wonderful but it truly comes into its own when evening falls and the fully illuminated fortress shines over the city like a beacon. This shot captures the castle at the end of the day and is one of the few we have of the city for the previous mentioned reasons I remained on concussion watch that evening
I took this on Sept 25, 2018 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 Lens at 85mm 1/50s f`11 ISO 100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
But I know if I could do it over
I would trade, give away all the words that I saved
In my heart that I left unspoken
- Rascal Flatts
The past two years I've happily watched a volunteer perennial plant return to my garden. Even though it towered over my other plants, I loved how many insects seemed to adore it. Then a friend mentioned I was growing Tansy Ragwort.
I discovered Tansy ragwort reproduces by seed. A single plant is capable of producing up to 150,000 seeds, which can remain viable for up to 15 years. Seeds in the upper 2 cm of soil remain viable for 4 to 5 years. Plants can flower from June to October, but typically start to form seeds by mid August. It only seemed right to remove the plant with its bright yellow flowers and make this tribute to their short life in my garden. Something tells me the plant will appear next year....and the year after. :)
But - What if there's a bigger picture?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Yasgzjc0w
credits - Mattew West
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But when you get behind the camera you can be involved without being on centre stage. I learned quickly that I could participate in the things I loved while taking pictures. Photography was my way of fitting in :-)
David Young
HPPT! Justice Matters! Indict Trump!
rose, little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina
LightRoom is so impressive, how it stitches images. But give it a complex scene and unsurprisingly it can struggle for perfection. You have to look fairly hard for the flaws, and many may not see them. Believe it or not, in this shot are hidden fairies, pixies, gnomes, panthers, snakes and killer worms. Everywhere. Padley Gorge is enchanting, magical and mystical, so atmospheric.