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On someone's suggestion I came down to Mooney's Bay, by myself.
Then suddenly I came up with an idea to just put the camera down and take a shot of me in this state, whether it focused on me or not. I think it looks just fine, if not better, focusing on the grass.
The idea of self-reflection is quite true: for instance, I don't have school, no job, and no friends at all to hang out with. My whole life is ahead of me.
Mooney's Bay is perhaps one of my most favorite places in this city. Unfortunately I couldn't stay long - I had to get all the way back home, about 14.94 km away. If I had my way I'd have gone swimming, right there. It's a sandy bottom, no sea weed, and the water is beautiful.
It's kind of lonely there too. That's how I feel anyway. Man, the grass did a good job, I love this composition.
Never did find out 3D mans name, or read his huge information board due to people blocking the view. I know he had finished works laying around where one had to stand in a certain spot to get the effect.
At the Narasimhar Perumal Temple i found that there was a Yagna going on for the welfare of the Country and Peace. This Lonely Iyengar Brahmin was sitting away from the others and he was completely lost in thoughts. So much that went right in front of him and knelt down and shot a few portraits and he did not care at all!
I must say this was my closest and most daring attempt at candid photography. I have never really had the nerve to use the 50MM for candids. Its always the Tamron 70 - 300 and tripod that go with all of my Candid shots.
The sense of achievement that a close up lens like the 50MM gives you with candid photography, believe me nothing like it. You can get laid like a rock star and i don't think it would come close to anywhere doing a candid with a fixed lens at this close a range. LOL!
Canon EOS 400D with the Canon EF 50MM F/1.8 II. Aperture Priority, F/5.6 at 1/25th of a Second, Hand held, RAW.
Having a kid on its way makes you stop and think about a lot of things. Most importantly, its how fast life seems to whizz by and how easy it is to forget things that are precious. When you are young everything is new....... yet the cycle of life continues for us all.
Why the robot? There's some symbolism here, see if you can figure it out. And yep, that's me reflecting back at you if you look closely enough.
TIME OF YOUR LIFE
Lyrics to Green Day’s song
Another turning point,
A fork stuck in the road.
Time grabs you by the wrist,
Directs you where to go.
So make the best of this test,
And don't ask why.
It's not a question
But a lesson learned in time.
It's something unpredictable,
But in the end is right.
I hope you had the time of your life.
So take the photographs
And still frames in your mind.
Hang it on a shelf of good health
And good time.
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial.
For what it's worth,
It was worth all the while.
It's something unpredictable,
But in the end is right.
I hope you had the time of your life.
Watch Green Day sing this old fave:
au.youtube.com/watch?v=JbvUx5fH9As
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'Anything said, thought or visualised leaves a very strong impression on your mind and thought process.' - His Holiness Younus AlGohar
There were other monkeys which were actively participating in random brawls and fun activities while this one just looked on as if in a deep thought!... Seemed to be the wisest of them all... I really wondered what it could have possibly been thinking about!
Street portrait
Candid
He lays his head
on a man's body
In Whitehall.
Lovingly.
Respectfully.
It is his
His father.
Today's Mission 24 is Present.
Present - a gift
Present - now
An unexpected gift that reminded me to take a moment to stop and reflect on the small joys that every day brings . So often, I focus on all the small annoyances of my day, things that have happened in the past, worries about the future.
I'm also adding this to TRP; thanks to ascias for the great topic: What is your passion? Photography has truly helped me stop and see the world around me and be more present in my daily life. (Some would say verging on obsessive passion but hey, it could be worse!)
Also brought to you by February Alphabet Fun and the letter J.
(Still haven't called AT&T Wireless... I'm going to have to sooner or later. No mobile updates unless it's from the laptop and AT&T Wi-Fi spots for now.)
Anyway, here's what I wrote down on pen and paper at work...
2-24-10 - 1046
The sun is trying to peek through...
They may try to take away my job,
They may try to take away my cell phone wireless web.
They may even try to take away my friends. (Even future friends.)
But... They cannot break my spirit,
Nor can they take away what makes me who I am....
When I'm completely broken down,
When everything I have is stripped away,
When I truly have nothing left to lose,
Then, there is nowhere to go but up.
I know I am stronger than I think I am.
Time passes on, people, places, and situations change.
Things happen which we may have little or no control over.
But every ending is merely the beginning of something else.
It could be similar, or it could be different.
Everyone and everything is in a constant state of evolution and change..
All we need to realize is that we only give up control over things if we choose to...
I choose to stand my ground, travel down that road, and see where it takes me.
My beacon will shine bright... It's my time to shine.
I will create my own singularity....
(It's happening even at this very moment...)
And now when I say a word of kindness to someone
Am I a fraud
For I was unkind to you
And now when I speak of freedom for the enslaved
Am I a fraud
For I trapped you and left you in fear
How can I ever touch the face of a child
And feel tenderness in my heart
Knowing I stole something precious from you my sweet one
I'm a fraud
I'm a fraud
Yes now I'm a fraud
And I pay the price.
I must face the police.
And now when I speak to my mother and brother
Will they know that I'm a common thief.
I've always been a keen actor
When I've been down and out
Keeping my chin up and my step in place
but now when I say a word of kindness to someone
I am afraid that I am a fraud
I can not play this part well
Shame is on my face and in my voice
He's a a fraud they will say
He is so unkind
Everyone can see through me now.
Cleopatra:
My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood,
To say as I said then!
Antony And Cleopatra Act 1, scene 5, 67–75. " Some believe that "salad" refers to the sort of meal one was once, in less lavish (or more diet-conscious) days, forced to subsist on. Others think of their salad days as times of youthful innocence and indulgence, of brightly colored, freshly grown adventures. But the inventor of the phrase had neither romantic poverty nor flaming youth in mind.
By "salad days" Cleopatra refers to a time not when she had to eat salad, but when she was like salad. From the fifteenth century on, "salad" could mean any raw vegetable; metaphorically, the young Cleopatra was as "green" (inexperienced) and "cold" (passionless) as a piece of lettuce. At least, this is how she now explains her youthful affair with Julius Caesar. Her affair with Caesar, she insists, was never real, and her words then were meaningless. Her "judgment" (discretion, taste) and "blood" (passion) have matured; she portrays her "salad days" as a time of unreflective indulgence.
And, with that said, this is my dinner.