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I had something else for today, but when I saw the "Wasting Away Again In Margaritaville" title for the group today, I decided to load up one of my favorite Key West images! This was taken in July of 2004 in Mallory Square during the infamous "Sunset Celebration!" I've partaken in quite a few of these celebrations and I have to say, on this particular occasion, the sunset rocked my socks off!!
When we go to Key West, we always stop in at Magarittaville and belly up to the bar with the rest of the Parrotheads ... and we always catch the cliche tourist celebration!!
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Happy Cliche Saturday to all my Flickr buds wishing they were wasting away in Magarittaville like me!!
I was working on a bracketed shot, trying to catch some flare ... some long shadows ... when into my scene ran these two surfer boys. It was a little rude, but I can understand their excitement. The waves were cranking! Besides, I ended up loving this shot, so they are forgiven. There wasn't much color to speak of so, in an unusual move for me, I went monochrome!
Happy Thursday Folks!!
She is what's left. She is the remnant; the promise of the Son's return and the reminder that nothing can ever fully expel light because she ushers in the stars.
|| Incredibly excited to announce my new project!
I've posted a few of my finished poems onto soundcloud, for any of you who are interested in hearing words delivered by their author. Also, they aren't published anywhere else in written form. So maybe that part is exciting too.
I'd love to hear your feedback on this! And I'm excited to share more soon!
“Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn.
Why? Because this storm isn't something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn't get in, and walk through it, step by step. There's no sun there, no moon, no direction, no sense of time. Just fine white sand swirling up into the sky like pulverized bones. That's the kind of sandstorm you need to imagine.
And you really will have to make it through that violent, metaphysical, symbolic storm. No matter how metaphysical or symbolic it might be, make no mistake about it: it will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blades. People will bleed there, and you will bleed too. Hot, red blood. You'll catch that blood in your hands, your own blood and the blood of others.
And once the storm is over you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
....because sometimes you just have to go with the waves!
Bondai Beach, Australia
Sunrise
Lisa Mozo
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I just wanted to clear my head… and somehow ended up in full-on poppy love 🌺🌞
Not sure if it was the colors or the air, but for a moment I totally forgot how to get home 😅
If anyone saw a confused guy with a camera wandering through a field — yeah, that was me. Totally worth it.
📍 Somewhere near Poznań
While at it, I moved my tripod just a little bit, like a couple of feet, to my right and composed another shot. As the wind didn’t make up its mind and kept blowing and stopping, the sun also shone through the clouds on and off.
Definitely tranquility was the theme of this photo-op that I was going for but the winds kept stirring the water. It demanded a lot of patience between shots. At times I had to just sit there and wait for longer than 10 minutes.
Mirror-like was the images that I had in my head, and yet it wasn’t always there. Nonetheless, I was quite happy with the fact that I was sitting behind the camera capturing the moments that otherwise I would not have done in my life.
I remember these moments because I was there.
Heading out the door to work ... going to get me another round of mocha & muffin for the road!
I hope everyone has a great day!! Be back this evening to catch up with everyone.
Happy Sunshine Tuesday!!
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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Happy 19th Birthday Jackie!
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"Quick Jackie! Name the first song that comes to mind for your 'longest day of the year' birthday?"
Without a pause she burst out singing a song by that most amazing sponge!
♫ "The Best Day Ever" – SpongeBob ♫
Mr. Sun came up and he smiled at me
Said it's gonna be a good one just wait and see
Jumped out of bed and I ran outside
Feeling so extra exsatisfied
It's the best day ever
(Best day ever)
It's the best day ever
(Best day ever)
I'm so busy got nothing to do
Spent the last two hours just tying my shoe
Every flower, every grain of sand
Is reaching out to shake my hand
Sometimes the little things start closing in on me
I stick my head out the window and I look around
Those clouds don't scare me, they can't disguise
This magic that's happening right before my eyes
Soon Mr. Moon will be shining bright
So the best day ever can last all night
Yes, the best day ever's gonna last all night now
“In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad gita, since whose composition years of the gods have elapsed, and in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seem puny and trivial; and I doubt if that philosophy is not to be referred to a previous state of existence, so remote is its sublimity from our conceptions.
I lay down the book and go to my well for water, and lo! there I meet the servant of the Bramin, priest of Brahma and Vishnu and Indra, who still sits in his temple on the Ganges reading the Vedas, or dwells at the root of a tree with his crust and water jug. I meet his servant come to draw water for his master, and our buckets as it were grate together in the same well. The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
Mono Lake on Christmas Day
Christmas Day arrived.
It would have been quite a bit of an understatement if I said it was cold… No, seriously. It was pitch black dark when I woke up, and at 21°F (-6°C) I was getting ready for the morning photo shoot.
You gotta do what you gotta do, like they say, right? I grabbed my gear and headed for the lake.
It was quite overcast, so I knew that the sky would not light up. Well, not only did it turn out to be the case but also it wasn’t getting any warmer for a while. I was busy keeping my hands warm between the shots. Oh well, what can you do? That’s how Mother Nature wanted it that morning.
It was not too windy, but it did not mean that the water calm. So, I ended up shooting quite a few per composition till I saw the decent reflections of the Tufa towers.
But then again, I was also enjoying the early morning of solitude (yes, not a single soul was at the lake that early) quite a bit. It was one of the reasons why I drove all the way out there.
"Be present. Make love. Make tea. Avoid small talk. Embrace conversation. Buy a plant, water it. Make your bed. Make someone else’s bed. Have a smart mouth, and quick wit. Run. Make art. Create. Swim in the ocean. Swim in the rain. Take chances. Ask questions. Make mistakes. Learn. Know your worth. Love fiercely. Forgive quickly. Let go of what doesn’t make you happy. Grow."
— Paulo Coelho
Kind of mystical, these Ravens and this one was insistent that I take his image. But evidently, not his soul - he retains a bit of his mystery.
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Went out for a sunrise autumn shot this morning, but the sun did not make an appearance. So I pulled out this shot from our recent road trip. On this occasion, the sun did make an appearance as I strolled along the shoreline on the edge of the sand dune. A couple walking a dog passed me along the narrow beach ... and how fortunate to see one lone tree perched on the dune when I turned around to capture this shot!
Happy Sliders Sunday Everyone!!
My love affair with the Imperial Beach Fishing Pier continues. I had an early morning opportunity to shoot a few long exposures of the pier. The sunrise clouds were beautiful as they scudded across the sky. The long exposure really gives me that feeling of motion in this image.
Thanks so much to EVERYONE for your wonderful comments and image dedications on my birthday. I am so happy that I wasn't forgotten after my long absence!! Flickr Peeps are the BEST!!
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☀️ Good Morning Thursday! Make today unforgettable!
Hi, I’m Tonny Froyen, a visual storyteller, photographer, and creator. My passion lies in capturing raw, authentic moments that inspire connection and appreciation for the world around us. Whether it’s nature, travel, or life’s little wonders, every image holds a story waiting to be told.
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This is an image of me and my wife jointly chasing the light of the super-moon over Runyon Canyon (Los Angeles, CA) taking by fellow photographer Ken Lee @www.artofseeing.com
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absence of snow capped mountains...
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I don't do a lot of HDR. I take them, play around with them ... but for the most part, I'm never happy with them. In the past, I've used Photomatix and then the new updated HDR feature in Photoshop CS5. Still not satisfied. Nik Software recently released HDR Efex Pro and I downloaded a trial to test it out. I have to say that I am blown away by this program. I re-ran some older images through it and I am really pleased with the results. The bad thing is, CS5 CRASHES and it runs incredibly SLOW (my five year old computer just isn't up to snuff with the new programs). The good news is, you can run it from Lightroom too ... though slow; it doesn't crash!!
I took this at the Chula Vista Marina. The sunrise was incredibly EPIC and my single shots just weren't capturing what I was seeing so I set up several HDR shots. This image is from three exposures. I LOVE the detail in the water; the color & the ripples. The program did a FANTASTIC job with the ghosting. There are ducks in the water so the ripples were different in all three images. The color on the horizon is spot on. The clouds are more epic here than they really were but I kind of like it like this!! And this really does look good in the lightbox!!
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