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darkness cannot drive out darkness
only light can do that
hate cannot drive out hate
only love can do that
Martin Luther King Jr.
song by Timmy Thomas "Why Can't We Live Together" 1973
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hULALx9PuXA
I stepped out of the house one day,
was not in a good mood
then I looked up and saw the blue sky
strewn with cotton candy clouds
and the most vivid light ...
wow, my bad mood floated away ...
....to waste anything so precious as sunshine by staying in the house.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Image created in Stable Diffusion & Topaz Studio
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Please, don't fave and run, you will get yourself blocked.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
Photographed at the Maine Wildlife Park. The park is home to over 30 species of Maine wildlife that cannot be returned to their natural habitats. Some are there because they were injured or orphaned, and others because they are human dependent – raised, sometimes illegally, in captivity.
Canon FD 300mm F4 L. Shot was taken through the plexiglass wall of the enclosure.
When I first arrived at the park, this animal was curled up in a ball, sound asleep in a dark part of its enclosure. I came back several times, and on one of those occasions it had moved to a sunny spot and was awake.
They are magnificent and rare animals. In 30+ years living and hiking in Maine, I have never seen one in the wild. It was a real treat to spend some time observing and photographing this one.
Flickr lounge: patterns. Traveling and was stuck in airport, so … only with phone, so cannot add to thread….or if someone knows how to do that through the app, let me know.
It was quite a Year in 2024, I cannot wait to see what 2025 will be awaiting for me and everyone else. Here we see a Union Pacific Manifest Navigating through the West Bottoms. Happy New Year Everyone!
Kansas City, MO
12/29/24
I was up early this morning hoping for a little golden hour light once the sun rose to get some much needed practice in before June, but as the sky became brighter I realized my hopes for any morning golden light across the fields was not going to happen. I began packing my camera away when I noticed a bright orange spot on the horizon. And as much as I have moved away from chasing sunrise/sunset shots I still cannot resist pointing the camera at a dramatic sky and snapping a few frames.
**Photographer Critique: Is this a wall worthy image, probably not. But for some reason it soothes my creative soul. I suppose seeing the morning colors like this just brings a inner warmth to me. I guess it puts my day into a good mood. ;-)
Photography cannot capture the pure light and brilliance of these ice formations on a rock in a Chimneys area mountain stream.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee.
You Have to Take in the Complete Whole
For a tall tree cannot be without the lichen or tiny unseen bugs
Without the tree roots stretching across the ground and causing me to fall,
The trees wouldn't have the support in the reach to the skies
For it is only in looking down that we begin to appreciate the
grandeur when we look up.
Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one early afternoon in Hot Springs National Park while walking the Sunset Trail. This was a section of forest displaying the colors of Autumn in the tree leaves all around. This was walking along West Mountain with a view looking to the northeast.
I did some initial post-processing work making adjustments to contrast, brightness and saturation while playing around as I learned how to work with DxO PhotoLab 3 that I’d recently purchased after moving away from Capture NX2. I then exported a TIFF image to Nik Color Efex Pro 4 where I added a Polarization and Pro Contrast filter for that last effect on the image captured.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
It really was a sunny, gorgeous day however, this shot was taken in the woods :O).
Autumn is beginning!
September 2009.
It has been a whole month now since the last drop of rain on and around my city, Madina or Medina as it is known.
I cannot wait for the next time it rains again.
it is expected that we are going to have very cold weather the coming days. I love cold weather more than hot weather. Don't we all!?
Any way, my car is ready and loaded with everything I need for my picnics around Madina.
Nature is the creation of the All-Mighty.
... I cannot remember how many times I have been here, but I will never get bored of this view.
Riva Valdobbia. Valsesia, Italy.
EN.
Val Vogna, the valley of Rio Vogna, seen from the final part of the trail to Cima Mutta, 2135m.
At the horizon, the skyline painted by the summits of Monte Palanca massif, 2685m.
IT.
Val Vogna, vista sul gruppo del Monte Palanca dal tratto terminale del sentiero per la Cima Mutta.
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Shot in RAW, edited and converted by the free software Rawtherapee.
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I cannot sleep, I cannot dream tonight
I need somebody and always
This sick, strange darkness
Comes creeping on so haunting everytime
And as I stared I counted the webs from all the spiders
Catching things and eating their insides
Like indecision to call you and hear your voice of treason
Will you come home and stop this pain tonight?
Stop this pain tonight"
Blink 182 - Miss you
Self-portrait
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. - Virginia Woolf
details and landmarks at ahchoo-e!.
Cannot identify the bird type. It was found in the floor in the Dragon Fruit Plantation area. Hope they will have time enough to procriate and fly away.
Un nido hecho en el piso sin cualquier protección. No sé que tipo de pájaro es, pero es una foto simbólica de la inocencia de los pájaros en situaciones como esta. El nido está en una plantación de Pitaya.
Numa plantação de pitaia, descobri este ninho de algum pássaro, não sei qual com seus ovinhos depositados. São inocentes e devem crer que estão protegidos... Oxalá consigam procriar e voar a tempo!
Although we already had feeders of seed out and a holder of fat-balls, I took pity today on the pair of robins who frequent our garden.
I crumbled up a fat-ball and put it on the patio table. This little robin soon came but spent quite a few minutes just standing and looking about before he dared to start eating.
I cannot get tired of watching fireflies in these late spring nights. It's like a therapeutic practice for my wellness. This is a fusion (only lights) of 8 images.
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Unlike the southern and central part of the state, that has gotten their share of extreme weather, we have not seen as much the last couple of years. I always love a good lightning storm.
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{ Explored #90 }
In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive
in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.
~Peter McWilliams
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The Moon Cannot Be Stolen
A Zen Master lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening, while he was away, a thief sneaked into the hut only to find there was nothing in it to steal.
The Zen Master returned and found him. "You have come a long way to visit me," he told the prowler, "and you should not return empty handed. Please take my clothes as a gift." The thief was bewildered, but he took the clothes and ran away.
The Master sat naked, watching the moon. "Poor fellow," he mused, " I wish I could give him this beautiful moon."
Lost in darkness, shadows deep,
Bound by fury I cannot speak.
Tongue tied tight, words betray,
All the thoughts I’d need to say.
Anger fierce, a blinding light,
Swallows reason, blocks my sight.
Stumbling here, without control,
As silence buries heart and soul.
Yet beneath this heavy haze,
A spark remains, a quiet blaze.
Though bound in silence, fire seethes,
Yearning for the voice it needs.
In time, the dark may come undone,
And words will find me, one by one.
Sabbath Event: October 21 - November 12
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The Sabbath Event is in full swing this season, bringing a collection of bold, creative, and edgy items that embody the spirit of style and expression. Here’s a closer look at a few standout pieces that you won’t want to miss!
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- John Muir
"You cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain might be lifted, but to see it, you have to toil from month to month through its labyrinths."
John Wesley Powell
Post sunset look to the north from Desert View in Grand Canyon National Park, towards Comanche Point and the Palisades of the Desert. This is the only time during a nine day trip that we had any clouds in the sky, and they were pretty far off. Earth's shadow is visible as the dark blue band below the pink (the belt of Venus).
#33
i cannot wait to start these journals :)
thank you guys so much for all the tags! <3
i shall now do the "10 things you want to do before you die" tag:)
1 fine a soul mate get married for life. its always been such a great dream of mine.
2 keep my old friends forever and make lots of new ones along the way.
3 travel the world. i espicially want to go to europe and asia.
4 go visit my relatives that live on the other side of the world. i havent seen them in about 9 years.
5 be in great shape. i want to take good care of my body & health.
6 become an expert at something. anything.
7 do photography for the rest of my life.
8 find a job that i really love. i yet to have find that. (besides a photographer anyway ;) )
9 learn to master an unusual dish.
10 go on vacation with friends. it would be the greatest thing ever.
TAG. your it. ;D
30,000+ views! thank you guys so so so much! :'D
i really really wanna do a print giveaway to thank you guys.
ill try to talk to my mom again about it. :)
EXPLORED. #72. holy crap hollllyyy crap thank you guys so much!! eeeee<33
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John 15
15 ‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-grower. 2 He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes* to make it bear more fruit. 3 You have already been cleansed* by the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. 6 Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become* my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11 I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.
You cannot walk among the stones, as in the old days.... But this also makes for better atmospheric photos, as well as protecting the stones themselves.
I was there in 1977, with my family..... This is a better arrangement by far !
from Wikipedia
"Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England, about 2 miles (3 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.
Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. Radiocarbon dating in 2008 suggested that the first stones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC,whilst another theory suggests that bluestones may have been raised at the site as early as 3000 BC.
The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. The site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986 in a co-listing with Avebury Henge. It is a national legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument. Stonehenge is owned by the Crown and managed by English Heritage, while the surrounding land is owned by the National Trust
Archaeological evidence found by the Stonehenge Riverside Project in 2008 indicates that Stonehenge could have been a burial ground from its earliest beginnings. The dating of cremated remains found on the site indicate that deposits contain human bone from as early as 3000 BC, when the ditch and bank were first dug. Such deposits continued at Stonehenge for at least another 500 years."
I just cannot get enough photos of this beautiful exotic bird.
This one was in the Cotoneaster shrub along "Meadowbrook"
you cannot properly understand the feeling of this image without listening at this song:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MCe7-58QqY
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You cannot see the sun as it sets down in the trees on many areas on the pines but you do get the best reflections in the late evening sun
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Parting gift to my dear quokka friend. They cannot reach eucalyptus leaves as the lower branches of tree are above their heads, so I picked a leaf and offered it to this grateful little quokka. How gentle are they? Well the first panel had the quokka grab the leaf in the middle, he sensed his teeth were too close to my fingers, so he opened his mouth again (panel 2) to show his teeth position and moved his head back until he felt the end of the leaf . He closed his mouth (panel 3) once he felt he was far enough away then in 4th panel indicated he was ready for me to let go of the leaf.. Last panel a very contented quokka with the famous quokka smile.
Sony ILCE-9
E 20mm F2.8 F050
ƒ/2.8 20.0 mm 1/400 125
Albert Einstein
Have a wonderful Monday my dear friends !
Aphantopus hyperanthus
Ringlet
Succisa pratensis
Explore # 382 August 10, 2009
..You can only spend it .. so don't rush through .. take your time and enjoy the moment ..life is not a race (even though Viru Sahasrabuddhe aka Virus (from the movie 3 idiots ) may not agree with this ) ;-)
Slug and another insect on a banana tree trunk ...
Editing : Healing and contrast adjustment in Snapseed and Picasa... I was contemplating cropping but decided against it
#ShotOniPhone, #iPhoneX
They cannot scare me with their empty spaces
Between stars—on stars where no human race is.
I have it in me so much nearer home
To scare myself with my own desert places.”
― Robert Frost, Desert Places
35mm Kodak 2238 developed in L-110 (1:31)
Nikon F4 with 50mm f/1.4 lens
somewhere off Hwy 50
near Emery, Utah
July 2021
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Cannot believe it is mid July and I am looking out on to near monsoon conditions. Not been a good week here weather wise in Cornwall. Here is a shot of Trebarwith Strand where I was able to include the setting sun. So lucky to have this location just down the road which has so many possibilities. Oh well, light the fire settle down and watch The Open Golf Championship. Thank you for looking, and I Really appreciate your comments.