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An illuminated blue hour view of Marina bay waterfront featuring Marina Bay Sands, Art Science Museum and the shopping center. Boats are cruising with tourists enjoying the scene.
Submitted: 20/11/2016
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I don't blame you if you think I have gone off the deep end. Capturing a copy of reality is not compelling to me at this time. As a jumping off point, I adore the beauty of nature, but in terms of inner exploration, I want to delve deeper. I am on a journey.
Thanks to Charlotte for her comment below. Of course, we are all on a journey. I can only speak for myself. :)))
Thanks to all of you who comment and fave these exploratory images. You keep me going. :)))
COMPELLED to show you our local home Robin, the species seem to be off two characters , one very tame, and one very jumpy, and no matter what I try I cannot win the trust of our robin. Blackbirds, thrushes yes, robins no. If greeting cards are anything to go by, they are one of the nations favourites .
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THANK YOU for your visit and kind comments, am looking forward to doing the same on your latest posting.
Enjoy your weekend, very wet in Kent today, what ever you do stay well and safe, God bless you .................................Tomx.
I found the light in this cloister somewhere in Spain compelling; a refuge from darkness. My camera couldn't capture my feelings about it, so I painted it using Deep Dream Generator and Topaz Studio.
"May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out." ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
OBSERVED these in November last, and was so thrilled as they are in a very steep decline, a small partie of them, feeding in an open grassed field. They are so very wary because it is heavily persecuted in many parts of the region, and they prefer to run from danger rather than fly. .
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THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND, please leave a comment and I will eagerly look forward to doing the same with your lastest posting.
Keep a smile on your face and love in your heart for everyone!
"Jesus loves you, yes you !"...................................Tomx.
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LOVE NEVER FAILS
Even in the darkest moments, love gives hope.
Love compels us to fight against Coronavirus
Love compels us to stand together in Prayer
Love compels us to give and act as one
As we pray in our individual homes around the world, we are united as one family. In this moment of hope and peace, thank God for all he has done and is doing..............Amen.
GAMBIA TOUR feb 2020
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METALLIC royal blue body, so was compelled to show this beauty, and a hard one to get close too, they are so wary, the light was all wrong, but here it is.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP, please stay safe and well, the British Government, have placed another three weeks of home isolation on us, Your all in my prayers......
God bless...................................Tomx
When you visit Bryce Canyon, do yourself a favor and take a trip down Cottonwood Canyon Road in Kane County, Utah.
This 47-mile stretch of dirt road connects Cannonville with U.S. Route 89, providing magnificent scenery along the way. Be advised, high clearance vehicles are recommended, because if the road has been wet recently it becomes impassable in parts.
The stunning Cottonwood Narrows and colorful Cockscomb are interesting and accessible in ways that Bryce Canyon simply doesn't offer. To the north, Grosvenor Arch and Kodachrome Basin State Park are compelling stops for hikers, photographers, and adventure travelers.
Recognition:
Accepted for Display - JUN-JUL 2022, International Exhibition of Photography, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds, CA
Jimi Hendrix didn't decide on the career of professional musician when he learned to play guitar. No, he loved playing music and created something beautiful and that then became a profession. Larry Towell, for instance, was not a 'professional' photographer until he was already a 'famous' photographer. Make the pictures you feel compelled to make and perhaps that will lead to a career. But if you try to make the career first, you will just make shitty pictures that you don't care about :-).
Christopher Anderson
HMM! HPPT!
lotus blossom and guest, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
I was looking through some old images and this one caught my eye. I love the mysteries of Maine's landscape and felt compelled to post this one:)
can make compelling pictures out of uninteresting moments :-)
Alex Tehrani
HGGT! Truth Matters!
narcissus, daffodil, 'Kassels Gold', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
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I have to admit, I think the only really compelling thing about A Flock of Seagulls is the name. So I'll give you two covers for the price of one original. Here's Bowling for Soup:
have some breakfast first :-)
“Rules for the Preservation of Health,” The London Journal, 1864
HGGT!!
dahlia and guest, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
An evening thunder storm after a very hot day...
The fog is rising and creates a mysterious mood.
Captured near Gusterath / Germany.
A couple of years ago, the water level of Lake Argyle was significantly lowered for work. The eerie-looking remnants of tree stumps dotting the new shoreline were well underwater before that. Obviously, fish that had been using these stumps as guideposts had to find new haunts... compelling fishermen to change their tactics as well.
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I was wandering a field one day and saw a clump of clover flowers....for some lizard brain reason I felt compelled to eat them...they were very sugary. How did my brain know that? Then I thought about all the squirrels that probably peed on them...ugh...my brain can be so mean.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VosvTUxyRZE&list=PL5LvBPqDIE4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4RPkoURwL8&feature=youtu.be
Suggested by Rhysand Spooner - PERFECT
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Sunrise from Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Unfortunately, this loop road is not opened until the actual sunrise, so this was the first pull-out where I thought I might capture a compelling image before the sun was too high in the sky.
give him an immediate reply. Where he compels me to turn over the sheet, he must wait my leisure :-)
Lord Sandwich
HPPT!! apparently Lord Sandwich was an advocate of the "KISS" principle...keep it short and sweet ;-)
echinacea, coneflower, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
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A cat determined not to be found can fold itself up like a pocket handkerchief if it wants to.
-Louis J. Camuti
“Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.” – Christopher Hitchens, Writer
“A cat will do what it wants when it wants, and there’s not a thing you can do about it.” – Frank Perkins, Composer
“Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.” – Sir Walter Scott, Writer
“As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.” – Ellen Perry Berkeley, Writer
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Mount Rainier and the Goat Rocks, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Continuing around the Naches Peak Loop trail, on the south side the trail disconnects fro the PCT and crosses into Mount Rainier National Park. This section contains many spectacular views of The Mountain and the surrounding peaks. There was wildfire haze hanging over the mountains to the south and Mount Saint Helens wasn't visible but it can often be seen from this trail on a clear day.
This part of the trail takes me a long time to hike because there are so many (slightly) different views of Mount Rainier and I seem to feel compelled to stop at all of them for photos!
Another beautiful lighthouse at Frogmore. I don't know what it is about lighthouses, but they compel me to photograph them.
A most lovely and serene place to spend some time....here is your TP ♥
Photo taken @ Elysion
“By my intimacy with nature I find myself withdrawn from man. My interest in the sun and the moon, in the morning and the evening, compels me to solitude.”
- Henry David Thoreau
....as you usher in the season that awakens my soul,
your awesome beauty compels my spirit
to soar like an leaf caught in an autumn breeze
and my heart to sing like a heavenly choir.
Peggy Toney Horton
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Texture with thanks to Alan- sunsetsailor
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Please, don't fave and run, you will get yourself blocked.
With a hint of texture (flypaper). The sky was so perfectly blue I felt compelled to add some structure to it.
Due to current events, I feel compelled to interrupt my series on Morocco. Because after almost exactly a year, I managed to visit my favorite tree on the small mt. Winter in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains again this morning.
The decision was made relatively spontaneously last night. And since it was already too late to go to bed, I just stayed awake and set off at 1:30 a.m. When I got back at 7:30 a.m. I had to get some sleep. That's why I'm a little late today.
It wasn't until I was there that I really realized how much I missed standing up here alone, watching the changes in the light, listening to the birds (and watching them, because a couple of very curious blackbirds were hopping constantly around me) and watch the day as it was born.
I really hope that it won't be too long before I return to this beautiful place.
Aus aktuellem Anlass fühle ich mich genötigt, meine Serie über Marokko zu unterbrechen. Denn nach so ziemlich genau einem Jahr ist es mir heute früh wieder einmal gelungen meinen Lieblingsbaum auf dem kleinen Winterberg im Elbsandsteingebirge zu besuchen.
Die Entscheidung fiel relativ spontan gestern Abend. Und da es schon zu spät war noch ins Bett zu gehen, bin ich einfach wach geblieben und habe mich 1:30 Uhr auf den Weg gemacht. Als ich dann 7:30 Uhr wieder zurück war musste ich erst einmal etwas schlafen. Darum bin ich heute auch etwas später dran.
Erst als ich vor Ort war wurde mir richtig bewusst, wie sehr es mir gefehlt hat allein hier oben zu stehen, die Veränderungen des Lichts zu beobachten, den Vögeln zu lauschen (und Ihnen zuzusehen, denn ein paar sehr neugierige Amseln sind permanent um mich herum gehopst) und dem Tag bei seiner Geburt zuzusehen.
Ich hoffe sehr, dass nicht wieder so viel Zeit vergehen wird, bis ich an diesem wunderschönen Ort zurück kehre.
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Abstracting anything meaningful to focus on, we are compelled to consider the landscape free from narrative bonds. To imagine what might have been, in the space between reality and dreams. Nothing physical is eternal.
Canon fd 50mm f1.2L @ f1.5 (Zeiss b-speed mod)
This is a lens I bought cheaply due to a damaged and non-working aperture. I'd previously removed the aperture blades and used the lens in some early shots as a fixed f1.2 to nice effect, though decided to add a fixed reuleaux triangle aperture to emulate the look of the early Zeiss b-speed cine lenses used by Stanley Kubrick. I may create a blog about how I did this, as the improvement from f1.2 and against my Canon fd 50mm f1.4 with regards to sharpness, aberrations, optical vignetting, bokeh and transition is quite something.
Some people may find the triangles distracting, but I like it, and Kubrick chose to use the Zeiss stopped down, where he could have used the lens wide open and had circular bokeh. So maybe he liked it too.
Worth noting, the lens focuses perfectly well. I'm deliberately defocusing here with an eye toward abstract art, and look forward to posting more photos taken with it.
After the fishermen have left little tuna in the Atlantic Ocean over, they stopped their businesses and they placed their anchors in protest as a monument in the dunes of Barill.
Nadat de vissers weinig tonijn in de Atlantische Oceaan over hebben gelaten, stopten zij hun bedrijven en plaatsten zij hun ankers uit protest als monument in de duinen van Barill.
I always feel compelled to rescue on or two of these when the opportunity arises….Bettie than plastic perhaps, but still mad!
Picture taken at Bronte Beach, Sydney Australia. The colours and reflection caught my attention and compelled me to take a shot. Sometimes the Australian summer is simply magical!
This compelling bald eagle has a blood-stained chin but I'm not about to suggest it wear a bib at breakfast, lunch and dinner after getting this steely glare for simply standing there.
rather, I believe that photographs - especially good photographs that compel our interest - help us to remember; and even more importantly, they help us to decide what is worth remembering.
John Rosenthal
HBW!! Truth Matters! Lies have consequences!
pyracantha, Saphyr Orange firethorn, 'Cadange', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Notwithstanding the allure of Crater Lake we were compelled to look the other direction towards a developing forest fire. We shared our vantage point with the fire chief who said that despite the constant aerial waterbombing the fire wouldn't be under control until the next morning and it would be a week before it would finally be declared out. All started, of course, by human hand.
rather than to make men happy :-)
Bertrand Russell, "Icarus: or, The Future of Science," 1924
HMM!!
iris tectorum, teresa's garden, cary, north carolina
David Mach, one of Britain’s leading sculptors and a big name in international art, now has his monumental sculpture ‘Golgotha’ installed in Chester Cathedral.
Handheld iso 5000 !
Mach’s compelling depiction of the crucifixion is situated in the 14th century South Transept chester april 2016
A hazy distant mountain range lies behind the peaks skirting the Fjord.
Another compelling view as we sailed southward on Norway's Inside Passage route back to Bergen from Tromso.
HIS PAINTINGS IN MOTION, PROJECTED ON SURROUNDING WALLS, SPILLING ONTO THE FLOOR.
A 40 MINUTE SHOW ACCOMPANIED BY SOME VERY COMPELLING MUSIC.
Saying it's wrong, saying it's right
Compelled by prescribed standards
Or some ideals we fight
For wrong, wrong and right...
I had no idea the center of a dahlia could be so compelling. Thank you, world, for your gifts of nature.