The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.

The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.

Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography.

Once the picture is in the box, I'm not all that interested in what happens next. Hunters, after all, aren't cooks.

Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again.

~ Henri Cartier-Bresson ~

Whenever I pass by a homeless person, I wonder what really happened in that person's life. I give what I can afford, could even be a smile, a prayer, or a little of my time just talking to him/her. .......

by Cartenna........

Blogged: whileshesleeping.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/secret-squirrel-...

Today I met up with a few of the PAD girls for lunch and snaps. The rain was annoying but didn't stop us. This is Carnaby Street - one of London's coolest shopping areas and every year they have mad Christmas decorations and this year they had huge inflatable snowmen. Looked more like a scene from Ghostbusters...

We also saw the annual Santa Lash crawl. Two teams one starting in SE1 and the other in W1 drinking their way to Leicester Sq.... Noodles, more and more santas

A candid taken in my friends parking garage.

Ravine Gardens State Park

Gamle Dal

Central Park, Manhattan, New York

Sheboygan, Wisconsin

girl napping on the train (sporty shoes!)

Out for a ride to pick up some fire wood. Cold crispy morning, just the way I like it.

St Bernard

keeping the feet warm after playing in the snow

Not sure which version I like best.

Please press L.

Thank you everyone for the favourites. :O)

Prints from The Lake Series are here:

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Have a Great Weekend Flickr People.!

Oak leaf gems

Missing since Sat Dec 14th, a male dog (microchipped), under 8 years old. He is not neutered

www.lostandfoundpets.ie/rtc747

The sun sets behind the Minnesota bluffs as seen from the La Crosse County, Wisconsin side of the Mississippi River.

Dover House and Friends Meeting House

Thank you everyone for the favourites. :O)

Explore, #243

Dramatic skies, birds flying and perching on winter trees.

Took a short walk late this afternoon. My knees's playing up a bit, so am taking it carefully.

Thank you everyone for the favourites. :O)

This is from 4 hours of snowing. The day before it was a beautiful 58 degrees. There are two different streets under there, one coming in from the left and the other straight ahead.

BREMERTON, Wash.-- Historic photo at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard showing the construction of the iconic hammerhead crane in 1932. Construction of the crane was completed in 1933. (Official U.S. Navy photo)

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