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“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
Lao Tzu
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLZfhHW98Os
LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE – DIANA KRALL
Time is a beautiful illusion
it cannot be quantified
as I sweep away last year's patterns
a residue resides
a little broken fading mosaic
veined with cracks and studded with tears
so small and fragile, I lift it up
and clasp it to my heartfelt fears
it's difficult to let the old ways go
it's hard to step into the new
but it's important to preserve sweet memories
and leave behind those that made me feel blue
Spring is a time for gentle renewal
moving on with life and regrowth
static is a negative charge of apathy
forward motion a positive oath
Softly I whisper my daily mantra
today is the first day of the rest of my life
and knowing this brings me succour and comfort
to my once ailing heart that was wrought with strife
ring out the bells; new change is here
there's a spring in my step; there's no room for fear
for today I begin an exciting new time
making new memories for this soft heart of mine
I put down the tiny fragment that represents broken dreams
cushioned in velvet; swaddled in reams
there it can't hurt me; I go forward; feel free
to walk in the sunlight; the shadows behind me.
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When you are in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, you are constantly confronted with one thing. And that's a lot of people. What is an absolute highlight for some quickly becomes a burden for others. As a landscape and nature photographer, I clearly belong to the second category.
And so I have to get out of the crowd from time to time and look for a quiet place to really enjoy my stay. Especially here, near the famous Charles Bridge, it's really not easy.
But I managed to do it halfway. And so I am now sitting, leaning my back against a wall, on the banks of the river Vltava and enjoying the sight of the historic buildings and the hustle and bustle at a pleasant distance.
Ist man in Prag, der Hauptstadt von Tschechien, unterwegs ist man ununterbrochen mit einer Sache konfrontiert. Und das sind Unmengen von Menschen. Was für den einen ein absolutes Highlight ist wird für den Anderen schnell zur Belastung. Ich, als Landschafts- und Naturfotograf gehöre eindeutig zur zweiten Kathegorie.
Und so muss ich von Zeit zu Zeit raus aus dem Gewimmel und mir einen ruhigen Platz suchen um den Aufenhalt wirklich geniesen zu können. Gerade hier, in der Nähe der berühmten Karlsbrücke ist das wahrlich nicht einfach.
Doch es ist mir halbwegs gelungen. Und so sitze ich nun, mit dem Rücken an eine Mauer gelehnt, am Ufer der Moldau und geniesse den Anblick der historischen Gebäude und das bunte Treiben in angenehmer Entfernung.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
La confrontation avec l’archétype ou l’instinct signifie un problème éthique de premier ordre, dont celui-là seul commence à sentir l’urgence qui se trouve placé devant la nécessité d’assumer ou non l’assimilation de l’inconscient et l’intégration de sa personnalité.
Les racines de la conscience - Carl Gustav Jung
That’s what it feels like when confronting my computer troubles.
Seems my 6-year-old laptop isn’t up to the challenge presented by the installation of windows 11 and “updating” my Lightroom Classic and Photoshop apps to the latest release.
My “dream” photo-editing workflow has turned into a nightmare of program crashes and hours of online searching for a survival guide.
So, I’ve done the adult thing and ordered a proper desktop, one whose GPU doesn’t wheeze like a chain-smoking asthmatic climbing stairs. In the meantime, here is a photo I managed to hack out of my struggling Laptop.
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The Egyptian Goose:
This striking Goose is native to Africa, mainly the eastern and southern parts of the continent; it has also been introduced widely across Europe and parts of the US. Note the staring pale eye surrounded by a dark patch, pink legs, and overall gray and buffy plumage. In flight, look for bright white forewings. Usually found in pairs or family groups. Feeds while swimming and by grazing on shore.
Despite its name, this bird is more like a large duck than a typical goose. It rests on the ground more than in the water, and it also perches on—and even nests in—trees. A highly adaptable species, Egyptian Goose is very successful in its native Africa, where it sometimes causes damage to crops. Introduced populations have become established in Europe and North America.
Nikon Z8, Nikkor 600/6.3, 1/2500 @ f/7.1, ISO 3600, edited to taste)
Having been confronted head on by the dominant male this stag deferred and led the herd of young male and female deer up the hill. In his own time the dominant male left the clearing where they had been browsing and grazing to bring up the rear. With an occasioonal backward glance they were soon all out of sight.
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Le travail de Karen Assayag comprend un assemblage de créations produites par des femmes elles-mêmes.
Des photographies prises à l’appareil jetable qui montrent ce qu’elles souhaitent partager de leur quotidien hors du centre de jour et de l’autre, des portraits individuels lors de séances à deux, dans un temps privilégié.
C’est ainsi que, après impression, ces photographies sont commentées et peintes dans un esprit collectif : les regards se croisent, se confrontent, mais surtout, cette collaboration instaure un dialogue bienveillant entre les unes et les autres.
Une autre manière de voir les choses par un artiste doué et qui fait preuve d’originalité ! 😉
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Karen Assayag's work includes an assemblage of creations produced by women themselves.
Photographs taken with a disposable camera that show what they want to share about their daily life outside the day center and on the other, individual portraits during sessions for two, in a privileged time.
This is how, after printing, these photographs are commented on and painted in a collective spirit: eyes meet, confront each other, but above all, this collaboration establishes a benevolent dialogue between each other.
Another way of seeing things by a gifted artist who demonstrates originality ! 😉
Cottages, numbered 1, 2 and 3, on Mill Lane in Trull near Taunton.
I don't know what the bunting was for!
Les services du rail ont été essentiels dans le développement de l’industrie locale au début du XIXe siècle. Le bassin d’Épinac-les-Mines s’est trouvé confronté à la question de l’amélioration de ses débouchés par le transport à moindre coût de ses productions vers les sites de consommations, pour faire face à la concurrence.
Le projet de rendre l’Arroux navigable et sa jonction au canal jusqu’à Dijon n’eut peu d’intérêt face à la volonté du propriétaire des mines de houille d’Épinac, Samuel Blum, qui eut l’initiative de vouloir créer une ligne de chemin de fer. L’ingénieur autunois Eugène Berthot rendit un avis très favorable en avril 1828 quant à l’utilité de cette ligne de chemin de fer, en raison du développement de ce bassin minier. L’ingénieur sera chargé d’étudier le tracé de la voie. Les préfets procéderont aux enquêtes locales.
Ainsi le projet de chemin de fer d’Épinac, créé en 1829, a été une des toutes premières voies ferrées construites en France. À vocation industrielle, le chemin a été construit pour relier les mines d’Épinac par une voie unique débutant au Curier, jusqu’à la gare de Pont d’Ouche située près du canal de Bourgogne.
Ce fut une des premières concessions attribuées à la Compagnie des Houillères. Ce chemin de fer avait été conçu pour le transport de la houille, mais a eu un destin difficile. La ligne était relativement isolée, non reliée à une ligne principale. Ses propriétaires, n’ont pas eu les moyens de leur ambition pour créer à partir de cette voie, un réseau concurrent à celui de la compagnie PLM, à laquelle elle échut après que l’État eut racheté la concession.
La ligne de construction archaïque bénéficia d’une modernisation par PLM pour le seul transport de voyageurs, à une époque où se posait déjà l’avenir des lignes secondaires. Elle connut le même sort et le service voyageur allait lui aussi définitivement fermé.
www.lejsl.com/economie/2022/04/01/la-fermeture-de-la-mine...
During a walk around Bodenham Arboretum yesterday I was confronted by this lot charging towards me.... they obviously had important business to attend too :))
Bodenham Arboretum, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
La Mésange charbonnière est une grande mésange, la plus grande de celles auxquelles nous sommes confrontés dans l'ouest du continent.
Elle est remarquable par sa tête noire à larges joues blanches. L'œil très sombre est noyé dans ce noir.
Le dessus du corps, manteau et dos, est verdâtre avec une zone plus claire sur la nuque.
Les ailes et la queue sombres sont d'un gris nettement nuancé de bleu.
Une barre alaire blanche se distingue sur les grandes couvertures alaires. Les parties inférieures sont jaunes mais s'éclaircissent vers la queue. L'arrière des flancs est gris.
Le bas-ventre et les sous-caudales sont blancs avec un trait noir médian sur ces dernières.
Un bandeau noir médio-ventral court de la gorge au ventre, large et d'un noir profond chez le mâle adulte, plus restreint et plus irrégulier chez la femelle. Ce dimorphisme sexuel n'est évident que chez les adultes.
En vue de dessous, la queue paraît bordée de blanc.
Ce blanc sur les rectrices externes est bien visible en vol lorsque la queue est ouverte. Le bec est noir et les pattes sont d'un gris bleuté.
Source: Oiseaux .net
Thanks to everyone who has visited. A confronting photo for some people. I appreciate very much the kind comments and faves which have been left.
A huntsman spider, probably Heteropoda jugulans. Male and female huntsman spiders are similar in size with the males having longer legs and females slightly bigger bodies. Actually, I am not sure whether this is a male or female. Unlike many spiders, the males do not risk being eaten after mating. Some species of huntsman spiders live in colonies. Normally, huntsman spiders are nocturnal. However, this spider was out in the afternoon. It has eight eyes. The upper four appear closed. Perhaps it was squinting because of the bright light.
For the Macro Mondays theme "Inspired by a Song". The song I chose is "Boris the Spider" by the Who. Perhaps a slightly larger spider than the Who had in mind but definitely a little creepy. The spider was on a variegated bromeliad leaf in my garden and was left undisturbed after being photographed. Huntsman spiders can also be found indoors.
Macrophotography has made me appreciate what a diverse and fascinating group of animals that spiders are.
HMM!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvFuUaCe8eY
f/22 1.3sec ISO 200 Pentax 100m f/2.8 Pentax K-5
Boris the Spider by The Who
Look, he's crawling up my wall
Black and hairy, very small
Now he's up above my head
Hanging by a little thread
Boris the spider
Boris the spider
Now he's dropped on to the floor
Heading for the bedroom door
Maybe he's as scared as me
Where's he gone now, I can't see
Boris the spider
Boris the spider
Creepy, crawly
Creepy, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
There he is wrapped in a ball
Doesn't seem to move at all
Perhaps he's dead, I'll just make sure
Pick this book up off the floor
Boris the spider
Boris the spider
Creepy, crawly
Creepy,…
“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.”
― August Wilson
Un confronto tra due momenti, due sistemi, due elaborazioni: questa scattata con la compatta Lumix (7mm= e l'altra fatta con la Coolpix Nikon 8400 che vantava un obbiettivo più grandangolare (6,1mm),Questa rielaborata con i soli strumenti di Photoshop, l' altra con l' ausilio dell' HDR.
Lumix-Nikon game.
Confronted again by old nemesis, the wind. It was a dark, dark night with the lighthouse beams only darkening the almost-pitch black area.
On a previous visit I had slipped in some mud and messed up my hand, thereby ending the evening. I was a little more careful this time, although the gusts of wind threatened to push me off the cliffs a number of times.
Heading back to the car, now completely windswept, we noticed that the previously empty car park had another car in it. Not the doggers again! Seems like everywhere I go there are mysterious cars just waiting... watching...
“Love and peace of mind do protect us. They allow us to overcome the problems that life hands us. They teach us to survive… to live now… to have the courage to confront each day.” —Bernie Siegel
The Thurisaz rune (ᚦ) represents the ability to confront obstacles, the strength to endure adversity, and the protection of mighty forces. Like the thorn it symbolizes, this rune reminds you that true strength lies not just in attack, but in defense and resilience. It suggests that you have the inner fortitude to face any challenge that stands in your way, urging you to stand firm and embrace your power.
Thurisaz is a rune of both conflict and transformation, showing that through struggle, growth is achieved. It calls on you to harness your inner strength wisely, channeling your energy to break through barriers and drive positive change. More than just a force of destruction, Thurisaz is a guardian—its presence in your path signifies that you are not alone, as unseen forces shield and guide you. Whether in battle, personal trials, or major life transitions, this rune is a reminder that your resilience is your greatest weapon, and through perseverance, victory is within reach.
"Thurisaz is the force that breaks and the strength that endures—embrace the storm, for it forges the warrior within."
Pareja de hembras de Calopteryx Xanthostoma, cara a cara, compartiendo posadero sobre una rama en el rio Cabriel, cerca de la localidad conquense de Pajaroncillo.
Couple of females of Calopteryx Xanthostoma, face to face, sharing innkeeper on a branch in the river Cabriel, near the town of Pajaroncillo Cuenca.
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Dati Tecnici
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a) Fujifilm X-H1+ Anello adattatore FRINGER-EF-FXPRO2 + Canon Zoom Lens EF 24/70mm f.2,8 L USM:
b) Tempo 1/65s con apertura diaframma a f.4,8 +1,5 di stop in manuale (a mano libera);
c) Lettura Esposimetrica effettuata con esposimetro della macchina impostata su "Media a Prevalenza Centrale" ( ho effettuato 5 misurazioni a luce incidente con il Sekonic Dual Spot F-L778 con lettura impostata a 1° per confrontarla con la lettura che mi dava l’esposimetro della macchina, ho effettuato quella correzione di +1,5 di stop per recuperare alcun particolare nelle ombre e nelle penombre.
d) Impostazione nel corpo camera ISO/ASA 6400, DR (100%), Modalità AF (Area), WB Bilanciamento del Bianco (Auto), Simulazione Film (Provia Standard), Colore (+2), Nitidezza (0), Tono Alte luci (0), Tono Ombre (0), Riduzione disturbo (+1), Gamma Dinamica (Auto), Qualità Immagine (Fine), Filtro ND (On), Dimensione Immagine (3:2 - L);
e) Tecnica di ripresa esposimetrica con il sistema dell”Esposizione a Destra;
f) Prima Post-Produzione (leggerissima file quasi perfetto) per la correzione del bilanciamento cromatico/tonale (dopo la desaturazione) delle varie aree e zone di colore per compensare l’intensità di luce (ore 12,30 di ripresa) con Nikon Capture NX 2;
g) Seconda Post-Produzione con Adobe Photoshop CC per il bilanciamento delle zone d’ombra (Lievissima file quasi perfetto);
h) Post-Produzione di completamento con Nikon Capture NX 2 e CorelPhoto-Paint X5 per il completamento e la sistemazione finale del "Sistema Zonale".
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Da Ascoltare guardando l’immagine e leggendo Ia poesia
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Letter from a Friend - Carlos Viola
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vEFnzC69Wk
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Nella penombra tu sei la luce
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Trattenerti non posso come vorrei in questo
abbraccio
chiudo gli occhi
mi lascio cullare
dal battito del tuo cuore
mi perdo nella tua dolcezza
tieni aperti i tuoi fari figlia mia io sarò qui al tuo
fianco nella penombra.
Ti lascerò viaggiare nella luce
tu sei la stella più fulgida. Nel cammino della vita i
passi ti condurranno lontano da questo abbraccio.
ma niente ci terrà distanti
io sentirò ancora il tuo odore di buono rimasto
tatuato nel mio cuore bambino
abbracciato al tuo.
………………………………..Maria Sapienza
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In the twilight you are the light
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I can't hold you as I would like in this
hug
I close my eyes
I let myself be cradled
from the beat of your heart
I get lost in your sweetness
keep your headlights open my daughter i will be here at yours
side in the dark.
I will let you travel in the light
you are the brightest star. On the journey of life i
steps will lead you away from this embrace.
but nothing will keep us apart
I will still feel your smell of good left
tattooed on my heart baby
hugged to yours.
………………………………..Maria Sapienza
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Si ringrazia la scrittrice e poetessa Maria Sapienza per la concessione dei bellissimi versi.
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We thank the writer and poet Maria Sapienza for the concession of the beautiful verses..
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Winter of the Past - Crows Over The City (By Carlos Viola)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMrPiYc93Fk
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Italiano
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Questa immagine è tratta da un reportage in continua evoluzione che sto effettuando nella ricerca di particolari volti che esprimano particolari sensazioni, scene di particolare enfasi ambientale, espressioni e sentimenti profondi trasmessi attraverso semplici sguardi, di particolari posture del corpo o anche dai semplici abiti e decorazioni fisiche.
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Tali immagini verranno raccolte in un “Manuale Artistico Tecnico Fotografico” nella quale saranno descritte le particolari tecniche di ripresa, i materiali impiegati, l’attrezzatura fotografica, i luoghi e le condizioni sceniche ambientali.
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English
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This image is from a report in continuous evolution that I am making in the search for specific faces expressing particular feelings, scenes of environmental emphasis, expressions and deep feelings conveyed through simple look, a particular posture of the body or even from simple clothes and decorations individuals.
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These images will be collected in a "Artistic Photography Technical Manual" which will describe the special filming techniques, materials, photographic equipment, sites and scenic environmental conditions.
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"Confronted with the result / of my earlier doings //
I decided to deny / all allegations //
And to leave / at once"
"Geconfronteerd met het resultaat / van mijn eerder handelen // Besloot ik alle aantijgingen / te ontkennen //
En per direct / te vertrekken"
monoprint 1 / 1, 22x 29 cm, (c) Drager Meurtant 2017
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All rights reserved - Copyright © fotomie2009 - Nora Caracci
Lying, dishonesty and political manipulation are nothing new. In the age of digital mass communication, however, these machinations have become endemic. The war in Ukraine is also a war of mis/information and this war is going on daily across all our media. Some of us may feel helpless when it comes to separating truth from falsehood. But we are not that helpless. Whenever we are confronted with a political message, we can ask one basic question: who is talking and what question is being asked (and, usually) answered? This will help to detect the “agenda” of the message, identify its argument and understand the claim that has been made. If we wish to go deeper into the analysis, we can try to identify also the underlying assumptions of the message, check the evidence that has been quoted and see whether or not the message makes sense. We are not that helpless. We can be skeptical and make distinctions. We can reject what is false and keep what is true.