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Spaceship Earth's Rainbow Connection presentation of the Beacons of Magic light show during the 2022 International Festival of the Arts at Epcot in Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida on Friday, February 4, 2022.
Another Topaz Labs Photo AI processed photo. It really cleaned up the noise in the sky and in the colors being projected onto Spaceship Earth. Back in Lightroom Classic, I opened up the people using a linear gradient mask at the bottom of the frame. For the most part, people were stationary during the exposure.
Camera: Rolleiflex 2,8e
Lens: Zeiss Planar 1:2,8 - 80mm
Film: Lomography Potsdam 100
Development: Rodinal (1+50), 9:30 min, 24°
Scan: Epson V850 Pro
She's blind but she can hear the music.
They're asleep but they can feel the rythm.
He's concentrating but he can see the notes in his head.
This week's themes - "Connections". I had some other ideas that I had originally intended to use, but ran out of time.and so they did not come to fruition. While walking home from work I thought of my Dad and how he loved to spend time with his family playing games. This made me feel connected and I thought of using the game of Scrabble to show these connections between me and my Dad.
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Delta Connection Embraer regional jet, operated by Expressjet, at Leon-Bajio-Guanajuato Airport (BJX) in central Mexico. The statue on the mountain in the background is the Cristo Rey.
The Providence and Worcester Railroad is still providing their passenger train and crew for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council's extremely popular Polar Express trains which run from Woonsocket to the North Pole (aka the Buma Funeral Home in Uxbridge!) and return. They have 32 sold out trips running this season after a covid hiatus in 2020, but all but two run at 4 PM and 7 PM meaning there is little opportunity for daylight photography. However they did schedule two 1 PM departures so I decided to get out for the first of them on Black Friday.
Alas the day turned out to be overcast with light rain and gloomy skies. Adding to the disappointment was the railroad's choice to use orange Genesee and Wyoming corporate painted units instead of the classic old school P&W red and brown units that match the train. Consequently none of these images come close to some of the great ones I captured in 2018 and 2019, but it was still enjoyable to get out along the rails of my hometown railroad only a town over from where I grew up.
After chasing the 1 PM up and back I hung around for one more last light (more like no light!) shot of the next run departing at 4 PM.
Moments out of Woonsocket station PW 3902 (GE B39-8E blt. Oct. 1987 as LMX 8502) is leading the train north as it curls under the Slatersville Branch overpass and through Woonsocket Yard approaching the River Street crossing at MP 16.7.
The track in the foreground climbing the ramp is the switch back connection to the 4 mile long line Slatersvile Branch that once served Winter Street yard to the east and stretches west to it's namesake town, where incidentally I grew up. Alas the branch no longer has any customers and has been silent since 2010, although when I was younger it had three active and busy customers and was served three nights a week.
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Friday November 26, 2021
Mobile phone hands free is the Bluetooth connection that will save you money and a blighted licence. Happy Macro Mondays.
One afternoon I walked to the park with my children. While there, I noticed three young children and the oldest sister (who looked too young for this responsibility) appeared to be in charge of her two younger siblings. As I noticed these children I felt so sad for them and concerned for their safety. I used my camera to take some pictures of nature and the middle of the three siblings was watching me. She began talking to me and was very interested in the picture I had just taken, my camera, telling me about her interest in taking pictures, her instant film camera which she doesn’t have film for right now, that she would like to have a camera like I had. I told her I hoped someday she could have a camera of her own and she said maybe she could when she was older. She asked if she could see the photo I had just taken so I showed her the image of the leaf on my camera screen and she really liked it. She told me an idea she thought would make a good picture—across an open, grassy area, looking into the sunset. I took a quick, simple picture which certainly wasn’t fantastic. I showed her the picture and she said she really liked it (I deeply appreciated her kind words) and I told her that the photo was inspired by her. I felt concerned and sad for this girl, afraid of what could happen to her if she met a dangerous person here at the park. I was so thankful that today she was talking to someone who didn’t intend to harm her, who cared about her and her wellbeing and I was thankful for the connection we made through our interest in photography. I don’t even know what her name was and to me this was a meaningful connection. Due to harmful interpersonal experiences (especially as a child) it’s difficult for me to connect with others and I was thankful that on this day I made a connection with this girl. I would struggle to put into words how these moments were helpful and healing for my own journey and I hope that in some way our time together was perhaps beneficial for this girl as well. While I don’t consider these images anything spectacular, seeing them does remind me of the meaningful connection we shared that day.
[image created on 2-11-2024]
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As a way to cope with circumstances beyond my control, survive and work to keep fighting for life I decided to try to take at least one photo (or more) each day. I call this “a photo (or more) a day.” Practicing this form of therapeutic photography helps me work to focus on the present moment, gives me something familiar and enjoyable to focus on as I use photography skills that have become like second-nature to me and being able to view the images I capture helps me recall what I was thinking, feeling and noticing at the moment when I created the photos. More of the photos from this series can be seen on my Instagram account
I may not always have the energy, time or capacity to share photos from this series—especially with the very challenging circumstances my family and I are experiencing—and will do my best to continue taking a photo (or more) a day even if I’m not able to share.
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Berklee Connection Quartet
Luis Gutierrez (saxo) - Juan Galiardo (piano)
Yerai Jiménez (bajo) - Ángel Alonso (batería)
Concierto Teatro "El Albéitar" - Universidad de León
Miércoles 27 diciembre 2006 - 20:30 horas
Fotos del concierto del Teatro El Albéitar
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Few weeks ago I decided to give myself a little present so I got a 9-stop neutral density filter.
It arrived late last week and I had some fun with it in the weekend :>