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It's hard to do Down without Up in San Francisco.... My intention, standing at the top of the hill, was to emphasize Down, but looking at this it seems rather to emphasize going up.... Hmmm... At any rate, this is my neighborhood at 7:30 in the morning, with its ups and downs...
It seems that photographers on Flickr are always posting images of young women; wanna-be models who - and they know it - will never rise to the level of radiance that Edna emanates. Why seek-out the rest when you can have the best: Dame Edna!?!?!
It is sometimes said that each of us is ultimately alone. This idea is compelling not because of birth and death, but because so often our moments alone seem more true, more real. I need solitude like I need food and rest, and like eating and resting, solitude is most healing when it fits the rhythm of my needs. A rigidly scheduled aloneness does not nourish me. Solitude is perhaps a misnomer. To me, being alone means togetherness - the re-coming-togetherness of myself and nature, of myself and being, the reuniting of myself with all other selves. Solitude especially means putting the parts of my mind back together, unifying the pieces of my mind back together, unifying the pieces of myself scattered by anger and fear, until I can once again see that the little things are little and the big things are big.
-- Hugh Prather
Johan Christian Mikan (1769-1844) was an ill-tempered naturalist. He was such an authoritarian that he was compelled to leave the imperial Austrian Brazil Expedition (1817-1835) of which he was one of the leaders and return home in 1818. He remained, however, in the court's favor and continued on as a prominent botanist. Regardless, in Brazil he had found time to find and later describe many 'new' plants. Among them, near Rio de Janeiro, this wonderful Blue Ginger just coming into bloom in our Hortus now. He described it in 1820.
Indeed, today it's know as a Blue Ginger. Sometimes, though, learned scientists can be a bit obtuse when they write for the 'common' man. Thus one of the first vernacular descriptions - in The Botanical Register (1822) - calls our plant: Thyrseflowered Dichorisandra. Which to me sounds quite unhelpful. But 'Blue Ginger' as descriptive as it seems is also quite off the mark: it's not a Ginger but rather belongs to the Commelinaceae...
But away from all learned talk: just look and enjoy.
A page from Lake's book:
I normally do not upload this late at night, but I felt compelled to. So here it is, one of my very last pictures for 2024. I just have a few more to go until I can start a clean slate for 2025. I'm accompanying this picture of a "fallen angel" or perhaps "angel of mercy" with a song from one of my absolute favorite opera singers, Andrea Bocelli. I was blessed to see him in concert, and I will never forget that night. He's able to stir my soul with his angelic voice.
God took away his sight but gave him a heavenly gift—his voice. It's pure, it's healing, and it's one of the most beloved voices in the world. And yes, I do believe in God, and I am not ashamed to say it. As Christmas is upon us, I worship my Maker, and I am grateful to be a Child of God. I'm not embarrassed to claim Him as my Holy Father.
May all of you find the Light.
One of my favorite songs.
...I felt compelled to walk with my just-returned camera to see remaining golden hues. Foggy and overcast, although looks lighter here.
(Love fog; don't care for fences...)
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What an amazing lady....I watched her walk the entire length of Ft.Desoto Beach all the way up and all the way back!
"Do something everyday that maintains your good health" (from "Life's Little Instruction Book")
"Do more than is expected"
"And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two." Matthew
Hope you all are off to a great start this week! Enjoy! Enjoy! : )
Over the years I’ve collected a number of old photographs and slides dating from the early 1900s through the 1970s. I find these at flea markets, thrift stores, and antique shops. Occasionally I just find a photo somewhere and add it to my collection. Almost always there is little to no information about the people in the photos other than an occasional date or brief description (i.e. Aunt Jane in the garden 1953). I get so curious as to who these people were, what their lives were like, and how their photos ended up where they did.
My recent project has been taking the people within these photos and compositing them into photos of abandoned places I’ve visited. Even though their stories may be lost or a mystery, I feel compelled to try to tell a story with whatever pieces remain.
19. Compelling
121 in 2021
As summer approaches, fire hazard reduction burning is being conducted in our local area. In the still morning, smoke haze filled the air, providing a beguiling light.
Can't you imagine how good going through this will make you feel
I promise, no one will ever know
There will be no chance of you getting caught
They never loved you anyway
So come on, be a man
And do what you are compelled to do
Back from some spring break vacation and catching up... I really butchered the edit on the first pass at this composition from last summer and I felt compelled to try again. This version/stitching came out a little wider and I didn't notice until way late in the editing that the clouds weren't lit by the lightning in this one, but oh well...I felt like this version turned out much nicer overall.
This beautiful avenue of beech trees was planted by the Stuart family in the eighteenth century. It was intended as a compelling landscape feature to impress visitors as they approached the entrance to their Georgian mansion, Gracehill House. Two centuries later, the trees remain a magnificent sight and have become one of the most photographed natural phenomena in Northern Ireland. In fact, the iconic trees have been used as a filming location in HBO's epic series Game of Thrones, representing the Kingsroad. Featured Scenes: Season 2, Episode 1: The North Remembers - On the King's Road, Arya Stark has escaped from King’s Landing, disguised as a boy. She is with Yoren, Gendry, Hot Pie and others who are to join the Night’s Watch, in a cart, travelling north on the Kingsroad.
I'm compelled to keep shooting the Hummingbirds until they leave. I try to keep it fresh and something I haven't photographed before, soon enough it will be cold here, lots of white in every photo...
Perhaps my favorite photo from last Sunday is this image of what appears to be a red shed on wheels in the midst of a sea of white. Both the color of the shed and its scale in contrast to the large snow covered evergreens made this a visually compelling photo for me.
I love all paint I cant help myself.
I felt compelled by the plainness of my stare no expression can all be an expression in itself.
Explored September 30 #57
This sunset was so compelling that I had to pull off the road in the only available spot and get the camera out. I made several different compositions trying to avoid poles and lines and then looking at the images later, my favourite one had the most poles and lines--go figure.
(English follow)
Écoute le silence, il te dira l'essentiel » (patrice)
Listen to the silence, he will tell you the essential (patrice)
"Conversation With a Stranger" is an interactive installation as viewers are compelled to reflect on the life of a stranger before judging them. The inspiration for this installation comes from current events, showing that the lack of empathy for other people in the world divides us. It is a microcosm of society, where a stranger who may have passed us on a street could potentially be someone we could connect with, sharing similar interests, background, or values. It is only through conversation and a sharing of words and ideas may we truly know and understand one another.
It also shines a light on the beauty and power of Second Life, where we get to meet people around the world through their avatars. It celebrates the diversity of Second Life and what it does to bring people together. It is my hope that visitors who come into this installation will take the time to sit down with a stranger and discover their personalities and stories.
LM:
That look on her eyes was so full of warmth and her simplicity was very appealing
Location: on top of a mountain trek in West Bengal
Talking of fells with immense character, just how utterly compelling is Great Gable?
I'd earlier traversed this stately 'dome' & had been 'entertained' by a pretty nerve-wracking descent off this face on iced-up rocks; an 'adventure' I hadn't factored in for the day.
This was taken from the moonscape plateau topping Kirk Fell, where I lay down on my little mattress to rest my aching back - & awoke two hours later! And it only felt like five minutes. Weird, that.
P.S. Do I spot that pesky twosome, Harrison Stickle & Pike o' Stickle, vying for attention yet again?!
Posting old shit, because I have not taken anything worthwhile, more recently.
When you are looking to photograph almost any subject, look for compelling framing . . . Here, I saw this weed beneath my feet, but the way the blades of grass had made a natural frame is what caught my attention.
I seem to almost always think about framing, whether I have a camera in my hand or it is still in the cabinet, at home.
A gentle reminder about copyright and intellectual property-
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Earlier this morning when the sky was more compelling in the opposite direction from the lighthouse :)
"What a great image; a compelling lineup of shape and texture." (Elliot MARGOLIES / www.flickr.com/photos/elliotmar/)
"Composition parfaite. Bien vu l'Artiste." (Régis DUBUS / www.flickr.com/photos/dubusregis/)
"Pure esthétisme." (SOPHIE C. / www.flickr.com/photos/sophie-clb/)
"A splendid black and white picture of those "feathers"." (Dave LINSCHEID / www.flickr.com/photos/33083567@N02/)
Walking along the river bank, I am compelled once again to stop, to stand and stare. I am reminded of the poem by W.H Davies
Leisure
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?-
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows:
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night:
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance:
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began?
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
Every now and then, I feel compelled to share a photograph of an all-time favourite: the Superb Fairywren.
(Malurus cyaneus)
As I was taking pictures of the golden female Fiery Skimmer on the Buddleia, all of a sudden I felt compelled to turn around : there, behind me, low on the Tibouchina tree was this Grey Butcherbird, maybe the same which had left its baby in my company some time ago ?. It was so close that I could almost touch it and was looking very cool and composed ! I started taking pictures under various angles and it didn't move until I had finished ! Then it flew away. A very intriguing experience ! /
Alors que je prenais des photos d'une femelle Fiery Skimmer doree sur le Buddleia, j'ai ressenti le besoin de me retourner, presque une obligation. Et la, sur une branche basse du Tibouchina derriere moi, il y avait ce Cassican à collier, peut-etre celui-la meme qui avait laisse son petit en ma compagnie il y a quelque temps ?. Il etait si pres de moi que j'aurais pu le toucher et il paraissait calme et detendu ! J'ai commence a prendre des photos sous divers angles et il n'a pas bouge jusqu'a ce que j'aie termine. A ce moment-la seulement, il s'est envole. Une experience etrange !
Watkins Glen State Park, NY.
Loved the way the small waterfall complimenting the higher one in the background. And the pool was so compelling I had to jump the stone railings and get wet to capture this
待ち焦がれて feel so compeller to see #END
そして、季節は終わり。
静寂へとかわる、
その瞬間をきっと待っていたんだ。
紅い時間の中で、ずっとずっと待ち焦がれて。
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Macro Mondays: Theme is Glass
I used a non-colored drinking glass. The colors you see are being reflected from colorful objects that I placed around it. The edge details were particularly compelling to me.
HMM!
So here is my black and white re-edit of the 2019 Palais Theatre RAW file. Two things commended monochrome to me here. The first is the fact that the image was always sharp as a tack (you can easily read the enlarged signs on the theatre entrance). That wasn't the problem, colour was and it is why I now need a compelling reason to process a night shot in colour (the reverse of daytime photographs).
The second issue is that black and white to some degree can mask some of those artefacts I talked about in the "Just for fun" re-edit. That "fake" looking palm tree on the left (in the colour version) doesn't look so bad in black and white.
Finally, although I am nowhere near as satisfied with the outcome of this monochrome as "The National Theatre" I posted yesterday (there are just too many problems to solve in this RAW image), my own preference is for the monochrome version over the colour re-edit.
One of the photographs which changed my whole outlook on black and white night photography is this wonderful photograph from Hollywood in 1949 by Max Yavno, "Premiere at Carthey Circle, LA". It is in the Peter Fetterman collection and can be seen on the cover of his superb book, The Power of Photography (ACC Art Books, 2022). www.peterfetterman.com/artists/30-max-yavno/works/57953-m...
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Nefekalum - Oracle's Crown @ Midnight Order
Doux - River Hairstyle @ Mainstore
Jack Spoon - Miel Lipstick @ Anthology
Vermilion - Forbidden Paradise Set @ Midnight Order
Aii - Stardancer Cuffs Set @ Mainstore
Soap Berry - Merila Orbuculum @ Midnight Order
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The above linked photo was pasted on Facebook today by OWR. I was so taken with it that I felt compelled to repaint it (on a larger scale) using digital painting techniques to help recapture something more of the scene.
Thanks for all the comments - they are inspiring. I should also comment that this scene had particular significance for me because although I didn't take the photo I did travel this route on those same trams (or similar ones) every weekday as a teenager travelling to and from secondary school - so it all felt very familiar albeit a long time ago.
I feel almost compelled to take about 100 pictures of "Big Mac", the Mackinac Bridge, every time I go "Up North". The 5 mile long bridge is an engineering marvel. The roadbed at midpoint is about 200 feet (61 m) above the water, and the water at that point is 295 feet (90m) deep. When it was completed in 1957, it was the world's longest suspension bridge.
The bridge connects the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan. Previous to it's construction, ferry boats were used to cross the Straits of Mackinac.
Note: Mackinac Bridge and Mackinaw City, although spelled differently are both pronounced "Mack-in-aw".
Explore #106 on 7-25-2016
Rightly or wrongly, I was compelled to promote the long ridge of Gray Crag, housing Hayeswater in the right-hand 1/3rd. A 'straight-down-the-middle' 'V' could have been more effective, arguably.
I can't stress enough what a memorable walk this was. For the sheer number of ever-changing outlooks, on many secretive nooks & crannies, it truly was an exceptional outing.