Contemplating

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There are many days when the news of the world simply mystifies me, saddens me, leaves me feeling as though I want to be farther from not more involved in the bigger world. But the bigger world is so full of gifts, sweetness that my eyes pass over, gestures of kindness, whole stories told in gestures.Driving by a residential sidewalk, I noticed an old man, halo hair glowing in sunlight stopping the wheelchair he pushed to gently straighten the tiny frail woman seated within. Carefully he placed her hands back in her lap, one atop the other, smiled into her face and resumed his place behind her. No one beyond the hearts they touch will know when they leave this world, it will not be headline news, their contributions will be quietly known to those nearest their life. The big news last night and this morning was focused on celebrity deaths. What makes one life more noteworthy than another? Our collective interest and response. So much room to squeeze in and be heard, so many opportunities to measure and to judge, the temptation exists. I am not of a church affiliation, though I believe I share in a community of faith (many faiths), but even on the perifery of such I save these words and revisited them this morning.

Corinthians-13-12:13

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.

And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

let the wind carry your sorrow and your dreams

and the water cleanse and renew.

peace.

View On White

please also view → flic.kr/p/XSyqAx → late summer wading, Pendleton - Falls Park

Sunlight streamed through the yellow aspens as he stood alone, at the water's edge. "The season is changing", he thought. "So must I." At Payson Lakes, Utah.

This is another shot from Elephant Rock in Valley of Fire SP.

While my previously posted image flic.kr/p/Qkj6g3 was captured with my astro-modified Canaon EOS 6D, this image was taken with my unmodified Canon EOS 7D mk ll.

It shows that you can take good nightscapes with a APS-C sensor, even in crazy temperatures above 100°F...

Canon EOS 7D mk ll

Samyang 10mm f/2.8

5 x 30sec @ ISO3200

Individually stacked for the foreground (PS) and sky (fitswork4).

Thanks for all your faves and comments.

Another shot from the archives courtesy of Picasa.

In the mood for something bright???

Thanks to my friend Danielle for posing for me.

And thanks to pareeerica for the great texture: www.flickr.com/photos/8078381@N03/3535067377/

I love this woman! Whatever the weather is, she would be there out walking slowly, going around the mall, sitting on some bench for a while and returning to her place, I don't know where her home is because she passes my place and goes on. She is an outdoor person, she must have done so much in her younger days, carried so much burden mentally and physically. I admire her activeness even in the senior years. She has a beautiful smile(I would love to picture it) too.

Not everybody we meet touches our heart. This woman with her fragile state makes an impact in my mind.

Some nice light just before work the other morning, so snapped this bench in the local park.

Warmed the whole image and added some extra lens flare using GIMP.

HSS.

Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

Thomas Aquinas

Another great work of art from my lover!

"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts."

One of the last photos that I took on the cruise, with a man enjoying the view of the water.

Light on the path.

Kodak 400VC

A day out with my Minolta X-700 and trying out Fomapan 400 for the first time. Good contrast and nice grain, I like it :)

Minolta X-700

Minolta MC Rokkor 35mm f/2.8 Celtic

Plustek Opticfilm 8200i

Kodak HC-110 63+1 @ 13 minutes

Chiang Mai - Thailand

“If there were a little more silence, if we all kept quiet...maybe we could understand something.”

of course i really do not have any idea what this creatures mind is doing, yet it does make a good title don't you think?

Ryder M.

Kidelle, Lunalia and Chinook have a mission: they have to save Kiseki from slowly disappearing and stop Renn from completely turning into a demon. It will not be easy, but these three sure are determined!

(...they were actually arguing about tea flavours or something but umm let´s pretent they are making reaaaaally complex plans, okay?)

Midjourney generated

As far as I know, he's still sitting there, wondering what went wrong...

Butchart Gardens

Cliche AND out of focus!

But hey.

I like it.

View on black!

Explored

I only partially filled my 64GB SD card with Cardinal shots this morning - that's what happens when you get me out in the snow. I'll try not to post all of them, but then again there's no guarantee on that 😁.

Processed with VSCOcam with f2 preset

First try at capturing the elusive Arora borealis.

eternal continuum of the present moment

Cash, contemplating life while looking out the sliding glass door. I was sitting at the kitchen table with the camera next to me. I had the macro lens on it, so that's why it's so close. Not easy to get an unposed shot of him because he's usually watching my every move..

Banff Fine Arts

Contemplating...

By Lils

San Diego, California