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“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” ~Anne Frank
Sometimes I feel folks focus far to much time and energy in the wrong directions. Sometimes the focus is on worry about the future, or sorrow about the past; things they have no control over.
If instead, one looks to the here and now and takes in the beauty that surrounds them - peace can be found.
To be happy is a choice and I am happy. Even with all the craziness of 2020, I have had a wonderful time. I’ve been able to see more of my crazy kiddos. I’ve been able to take a few more images than normal. I’ve been forced to think inside the box (quarantine). There is lots of beauty still left all around me everywhere I look. Sometimes it takes some solitude and moments to reflect to really see it. To shine a light on it.
A game of Chess in Cathedral Square on my walk around the city to catch up on happenings. September 22, 2015 Christchurch New Zealand.
I happened upon this woman as she was getting her
pre-marriage photos, as her photographer was changing lens I took this one shot while she appeared to be in deep thought on what was in the near future.
Camera: Nikon F90X with the AF Nikkor 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5D lens with an orange filter.
Film: Agfa APX 400 Professional
Processing: Walkens House of Film, Melbourne, Australia with the Noritsu scanner.
I may have just found my favourite film stock in this series of photographs taken recently in Hobart. I was excited to give the new Agfa a try, and bought a roll of Agfa APX 400 Professional film. The 400 ISO gives you more flexibility in differing light conditions, though I think I would probably go with Agfa APX 100 Professional in the future. 36 shots in the roll might also be a little too many, though I have to say it only took me an afternoon to get every exposure.
I'll leave you to judge the results over the coming days, but to me the contrast was excellent and the grain reasonable for 400 film. I have no complaints as every shot was perfectly exposed with an orange filter. In this shot of local street art I can honestly say it is better than anything I could get from a converted RAW file with my digital Nikon D850. Not bad from a camera that dates from 1994.
I am delighted to see the famous name of Agfa Photo reappearing on the film photography landscape once again. Further evidence that film is back!
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That young man with his long hair stayed many minutes on his board. Taken at the Naples Fishing Pier ...
Naples, Florida, USA
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El lago
Desde esta colina al borde del lago hordas en Bergen, Edvard Grieg contemplaba el paisaje, paseaba en su barca y realizo parte de su idilica obra musical.
The lake
From this hill-side lake hordas in Bergen, Edvard Grieg contemplated the landscape, strolled in his boat and made part of his idyllic musical work.
Some of my ancestors passed through, and lived close by here in the early 1800's. There are a few locations named for them south of here, Turk Gap, and Turk Mountain. I hope to check that area out the next time I'm in the area.
This was shot at a shutter speed of 1.3 seconds. Luckily, he didn't move (lazy bastard). :-)
Explored January 28, 2008 #38
I’m a dog person. I’ve never liked cats, until I saw her. My friends got Naz as a kitten very recently, and I fell in love with her. She is a pure bundle of purrrrs and so soft and lazy, as I am. I think we are a good match, I could pet her all day and she could be petted all day. Have a purrrrfect Wednesday dear friends. 😻
Back from our Berlin journey! As we took the plane at Zaventem airport, we decided to spend a day in Brussels.
This is a view of the city hall on the market place (La grand place).
Lot of moving people but the 1100D don't like high ISO, so a hard choice to do between high aperture & high shutter speed or small aperture & low shutter speed which it's the choice i've done, maybe not the correct one :-(
The woman contemplating the building didn't move for at least 1 minute, a longer exposure would have be nice to blur the moving people, contrasting with her immobility... but I left my tripod at home!
Un grande campo di papaveri si estende fino ad incontrare le nuvole..
Scatto rubato, foto dal mio archivio, oasi di Vallevecchia
#nuvole #clouds #poppies #papaveri #cielo #orizzonte #blue #rosso #ragazza #girl #contemplation #contemplazione #caorle
Contemplating Spring;
apps used; proCamera, iColorama, superimpose, Pixelmator, flow paper,
homage to Frederich Sandys;http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/sandys/drawings/14.html. parts of hair & hand are from one of his drawinings. All other photos mine.