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So....is "more interesting" a good thing? I could say that this has been an interesting week, but not an exceptionally good week. There are not enough hours in a day lately, and not enough fun in the hours, and there have been too many disappointments and a lack of motivation ....
Well, a new week begins tomorrow...and maybe it will be "more interesting." And I can only hope that that will be a good thing!
Happy Sliders Sunday
Whiskey Sam and Jucin' Jane livin' out at the hollar (holler?), right near them railroad tracks....
Actually the other side of the road from the great steaks of the Hitching Post in Casmalia...
Monument Valley has been featured in many forms of media since the 1930s. Director John Ford used the location for a number of his best-known films, and thus, in the words of critic Keith Phipps, "its 13 square kilometers have defined what decades of moviegoers think of when they imagine the American West." Between 1945 and 1967, the southern extent of the Monument Upwarp was mined for uranium, which occurs in scattered areas of the Shinarump Conglomerate; vanadium and copper are associated with uranium in some deposits.
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." -Confucius.
Pleased that I found a good quote, I go onto Macro Mondays to check the exact theme wording and realise, this is the quote they gave as an example. D'oh! So how about "Butterflies can't see their wings. They can't see how truly beautiful they are, but everyone else can. People are like that as well." Anon.
Anyway, another butterfly a-roosting, but this one's been in the shower! Happy Bank Holiday Macro Monday everyone! :-)
Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) Amagi shigure in a pot, on my steps. Rich color here is not pumped....it really is that rich. Dissected leaves with very dark veins, it is slow growing but the drama is worth it. I got this one from Oregon, which has an ideal climate for maples who thrive there! Enlarge for details of the dramatic leaves both in color and patterns. This is to remind you all that I am passionate about subjects in addition to vintage cars. I probably have over 30 different varieties of Japanese Maples.
I know! Christmas is over, but how could I not!?
A new goodie from Eyelure!
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Street Photography Now Project Instruction #48 -- MacArthur BART, Oakland California -- view on black.
Other images for the SPNP: www.flickr.com/photos/motel_noir/sets/72157626761422656/
Other photos made for this brief: www.flickr.com/photos/motel_noir/sets/72157627566561902/
Seen in the BMW World, Munich, Germany. The Bokeh is a real Leitz SUMMILUX 1.4/75 Bokeh, shot at F=1.4.
Sanctuary
(Christman Preserve, New York)
I prowled up the gorge, crossing and recrossing the stream where water spread out over the bedrock, daring it to top my Vibram soles. The Bozenkill is a captive of the shale, whose ledges alternately channel and pool the flow along the bed. The walk upstream enclosed me between ever-steepening hillsides, and after awhile I entered a chapel of sorts, disturbing it with human sounds. I left my load on the bank, and stood awhile in a shallow nave with no trace of pilgrims, my eyes walking up the steps into a sanctuary towards which all things seemed to bow. Stone and wood often define sacred places, but I suppose we differ on structure. I took some salvation nevertheless, watching troubles glide by like specks of light froth. And then I bailed to higher ground, struggling against the incline, headed for the asylum of the trail above me.
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Narcissus pseudonarcissus 'Ice Follies'
"Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness." -- Anne Frank
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Though they are defined by the presence of one very important tree, longleaf pine uplands are more prairie than forest. Here the stately longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) forms a widely scattered canopy with hundreds of species of grasses and forbs flourishing beneath. These open savannas are maintained by frequent low intensity fires that discourage the growth of woody understory species. While these fires would have historically occurred during the hottest, driest part of the year, today prescribed burns are typically performed during the cooler, wetter months. These fires have less of an impact on woody species, and result in a species composition quite different from the historic state. This particular site in Newton County, Texas is privately owned and is burned in the late spring and early summer, more closely mimicking the historic fire regime. As a result numerous wildflowers, such as these prairie blazing stars (Liatris pycnostachya) carpet the savanna floor.
Behind a sharply defined cloudband of a frontal occlusion, the setting sun could shine on the base of these midlevel clouds.
In "representational" photography, I feel that two things are very important: that the gray values carry the bulk of the photographs tactile characteristics, and that preserving a sense of the light quality is extremely important. It's not always easy (or obvious) to achieve both of these things in such a way that they deliver a "believable" photograph. I'd like to think that these qualities are generally present in my work.
Case in point is this photograph, made with the Rolleiflex 2.8E (Planar) on Ilford's exceptionally good FP4+ film. I exposed this roll at 50 ASA, so it received more than one stop more exposure than "box speed", and developed it in Barry Thornton's 2-Bath developer, which is a variation on Divided D-23. This developer never fails to give me exceptionally good negatives that contain loads of usable information, and the images have a smoothness that typically exceed my expectations. The grain structure is always pleasing and there's plenty of sharpness where it's wanted. In many ways, this is the perfect developer.
It's funny, I experimented with Divided D-23 back in 1984/5 and found it gave outstanding negatives, and yet I never used it again, until 2 years ago (in the form of the Thornton modification). Now, it's one of the most appreciated tools in my darkroom.
You can read more about the Thornton developer at onlinedarkroom.blogspot.com/p/barry-thornton-articles.html
Part of speech: adverb
Origin: Old English, 13th century
1.
(Archaic) As happily; as gladly.
Examples of lief in a sentence
"She would lief go wherever he asked her to."
"Bradley did not lief join her family at their weekly supper."
Each of us will experience that earth-shattering, life-changing defining moment, and when it happens we will know. It will be like an explosion that separates the past from the present....and points us to a new, bright future. Learn to embrace your defining moments -- those times when we make the right choices and we know it! It is my hope that TODAY will be a definining moment for you.....a new a wonderful beginning!
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What is it about street art that is appealing? Is it the fact that it defines our city, the unpredictable quality that provides temporary landmarks, our need to hold on to a transient beauty that we feel afraid to fall in love with?
Or is that we live in a diametrically opposed world and city and we choose to see the artists vs. the bankers and optimism for creative expression over violence winning out?
And what is it about the human element next to a mural or work of street art? Is it that we too are transient and not ever fully formed..that we are ever moving across different parts of our city, our cells constantly recycling?
Do we even know who we are anymore? What do we know about ourselves? What do we know about our city? What do we know about art?
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"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy." - Anne Frank. There was a tree that she could catch a glimpse of from an attic window in the place where they were in hiding. She managed to find beauty while immersed in the depths of ugliness. This is a leaf from a huge Water Oak that is in our yard. It's not the same kind of tree as that which Anne viewed but I think she would still see the beauty.
Soundtrack // Bande-son: SUFJAN STEVENS ("Lamentations"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9lRQEgY7bs
"I AM THE FUTURE, DEFINE THE FUTURE... I was only thinking of human kindness... I am the future, define the future..."
DEFINE NATURE
the whole system of the existence, arrangement, forces, and events of all physical life that are not controlled by man
all natural phenomena and plant and animal life, as distinct from man and his creations
Monument Valley is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft above the valley floor. The most famous butte formations are located in northeastern Arizona along the Utah–Arizona state line. The valley is considered sacred by the Navajo Nation, the Native American people within whose reservation it lies.
Monument Valley has been featured in many forms of media since the 1930s. Director John Ford used the location for a number of his Westerns; critic Keith Phipps wrote that "its five square miles have defined what decades of moviegoers think of when they imagine the American West".