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The Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) is an interesting character. One of our larger wood warblers, but still quite small, it has a booming voice. It is a highly territorial bird and you may often hear males blasting the air in a surprisingly loud and crescendo-ing song: " tea-cher, tea-CHER, TEA-CHER, TEACHER!"
Even being often heard, these birds are tough to spot. They are typically on the ground, searching for insects and avoiding detection. There, they move with deliberate, chicken-like steps that are uncommon among songbirds, which typically hop about. Indeed, this fellow even walked along the branch upon which he was photographed, almost like a tightrope walker!
Most of my pieces and series tend to develope by themselves and not very often respond to a deliberate effort. This is precisely the case. It all began with a picture I took of the Marylin Monroe wax figure shown at the Sex Museum in Amsterdam. As the succesive versions acumulated, I slowly began to put some of them in a group.
What I am trying to represent here is one of the main concerns I have as an individual, as well as a member of the human species: the weakening quality of certain emotions and feelings. The fact that is represented by a woman is merely a circumstance and has nothing to do with gender issues. It speaks about me in the first place, actually. I can feel the debilitating power of these feelings in my body and spirit, just the same I witness they have the same effect on others.
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Deliberately overprocessed to emphasize the roof tiles and the symmetry. It's strange how you can walk by something over and over and still see it through new eyes one day. Today, the bright sunlight on the roof grabbed me. HWW, and HSS!
The only deliberate destruction of property during the battle at Antietam was the burning of this farm. Confederate soldiers were ordered to destroy it to prevent use by Union sharpshooters. Fortunately the family had escaped, but returned after the battle and rebuilt the home in 1863. The texture I used in this image was one that I took of the side of their springhouse. HDR
Wild Canada Lynx Kitten moving deliberately and gracefully through the freshly fallen snow in Northern Ontario, Canada.
The 47 Ronin were group of samurai who were left leaderless when their lord, Asano Naganori, was ordered to commit seppuku as punishment for assaulting Kira Yoshinaka, a shogunate official (who, according to the legend, had been deliberately provoking Asano). The ronin avenged their master's honor by killing Kira, after waiting and planning for a year. However, the 47 Ronin then had to commit seppuku themselves as punishment for committing murder.
This image marks a deliberate step away from photography as passive observation. It is not a literal document of a winter moment, but an interpretation of the relationships within it.
The swan is not merely a subject; it becomes an anchor—still, indifferent, and centered—around which the scene organizes itself. The geese rise into motion, forming a visual cadence that heightens the tension between stillness and movement.
Through subtle emphasis rather than invention, The Conductor suggests an underlying order within the natural scene—where hierarchy is perceived rather than imposed, and where motion feels responsive to stillness instead of chaotic.
Close to home.
Christmas Day walk around the village.
This year I’ve deliberately looked for the run down, neglected, overgrown and overshadowed by infrastructure. Several snapshots of the state of the nation. A couple of images are a bit off topic so your eyes aren’t deceiving you if there’s an unexpected “nice” scene or two in the series.
It was a bit too dark and overcast for a film camera so I fell back on my trusty Olympus set to “Grainy Film II” mode. A more forgiving camera when it comes to poor light.
A deliberate out of focus bokeh of a glass angel which I have on my windowsill as part of my Christmas decorations. The sunlight was illuminating it beautifully. To get this abstract image I focused to the point where the shot went out of focus and got this bokeh effect with the many circles of light being reflected off the wings by the sun.
A deliberate abstract produced at Cannop Ponds in the Forest of Dean. There are some tall rushes at one end of the pond that cry out for the "lasagne" approach. It was nice when it came out of the camera but needed a bit of tweaking in PS and Topaz to accentuate the abstract look that I was after.
well, i haven't done that in a long time!!!! i deliberately took the train to a different spot so i could shake things up a bit!!!! this is the boston common looking up towards beacon street and the state house. and there'a a bench!!!! i didn't even think about a bench shot until i was upon it!!!! it's something new (different area) and something old (benches) and it's a marvelously cold and brilliant day!!!!
and it's snowing now!!
“...because i wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if i could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when i came to die, to discover that i had not lived.
i did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did i wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary.
i wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and to be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion.”
-Henry Thoreau
Although almost-new D5001 working a test train must have been quite a sight, these spotters, both boys and girls, are having none of it. Either something more interesting is approaching from the other direction, or the poor Sulzler is getting a deliberate cold shoulder! 10 November 1958.
Scanned from a 6x6cm size negative in my collection.
A rat rod is a custom car with a deliberately worn-down, unfinished appearance, typically lacking paint, showing rust, and made from cheap or cast-off parts. These parts can include non-automotive items that have been repurposed, such as a rifle used as a gear shifter, wrenches as door handles, or hand saws as sun visors. Whether or not so appointed, the rat rod uniquely conveys its builder’s imagination.
This version started with a 1951 Ford F100 and includes numerous 'odd parts' like the Farmall front grill, Chevrolet USA 1 license plate, different headlights & door mirrors, and many other mismatched items that conclude with the most important one in the massive engine with double 4 barrel carburetors & air intake and loud open header exhaust. Mix in the faded, rusted, & chipping paint and the great old Big Enoch's Garage / AMOCO door logo and you have a magnificent example of a Rat Rod that I love!!
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Another shot from the snail paradise at St Abbs.
I deliberately left people in the bottom to give an idea of the size of that plexiglas wall, it's HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's the most impressive section of Atlanta Aquarium, I stayed for half an hour admiring the different species of fish, but more stunning is when the sharks appear and swim around without attacking the others.
You can see more of the Aquarium at this site: www.georgiaaquarium.org/
A deliberately naive approach to an excavator. The goal was to use one of my favorite pieces from my childhood: the clamp has indeed survived my immoderate love for my 733 set ^^
I deliberately chose this shot to show off the eyes Owls with orange eyes are crepuscular, meaning they’re active during low light periods such as dusk and dawn. Captured at the British Bird of Prey Centre, The National Botanic Gardens of Wales.
Ice in Stockholm last week. SOOC (deliberately "wrong" white balance settings to make it look the way it did in my mind).
Nice surprise checking in about two days after uploading this: Explore 2018-04-20, highest ranking spotted: #452. That you've taken a closer look and faved this is much appreciated.
A Viennese Christmas Market at Night captured last year. Slightly worked up in Snapseed in HDR mode to achieve the effects. Deliberate enhancement of saturation , luminance and (alittle) noise.
A deliberately over exposed view of the evening yacht race on Port Phillip Bay as seen from the Safety Beach Sailing Club With a texture by Kerstin Frank balcony. Happy Sliders Sunday
What fun! Sitting at my garden table, holding camera in one hand, berries in the other, dipping them in water and trying to find the right height, distance, angle, while squinting through the viewfinder. And all in the seconds before the drop dropped. Multitasking, it felt like. Manual focus, so move the berries, and then the camera to find focus. Oh! That Sony camera did get to feel heavy.
Then suddenly all three drops came together, with good images. I'd got it!! Push the button -- Oh B*l*a*h!!! I'd run out of memory. So this one will have to do for the moment.
Actually some of the images that appeared on my monitor were much more interesting. Lucky catches of drops just about to drop. Not something I could do deliberately. There was only one flower. (See below.)
And I hadn't realised I was also taking pictures of my house.
It is more visible Viewed On Black
Try it Large On Black to see the fourth refraction between two berries.
This red-eyed vireo could be a Lake Meyer summer resident or a northern migrant from Minnesota. Note the red eye, partially shaded here. Tennessee warblers have black eyes. The black stripe through the red-eyed vireo's eye is much more pronounced than the faint black stripe on the Tennessee warbler's face too. Additionally, note the red-eyed vireo's heavy hooked bill and compare with the Tennessee warbler's thin pointed beak. Tennessee warblers are slim and red-eyed vireos are stocky. Finally, Tennessee warblers flit fast from branch to branch whereas red-eyed vireos move in a very patient deliberate manner. Both birds love to eat caterpillars in the tree canopy.
Day 320. I deliberately wanted to do something different to what I've photographed over the past few days. So here is my sons "Guardians Of The Galaxy" Groot figure. This figure interacts with his Disney Infinity game for the X Box 360, and is now the 3rd Groot toy that has made it my "photo of the day"!
It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Jules Verne!
ESA’s very first Automated Transfer Vehicle is seen approaching the International Space Station against the glow of Earth’s horizon.
Launched 10 years ago on 9 March 2008, the maiden cargo ferry was named after the 19th-century French author and visionary, Jules Verne, who fascinated millions of young people and inspired space scientists and explorers with his extraordinary stories.
While it didn’t take the spacecraft 80 days to go around the world and reach the Space Station, it was nevertheless an extraordinary voyage.
Its task was to demonstrate that ATV could accomplish cargo flights to the International Space Station safely and reliably, and that all the advanced technologies work as planned. As the pioneer, its mission was deliberately more demanding than the flights of its successors.
Launched on an Ariane 5 rocket, ATV-1 spent 30 days in orbit before docking to the Space Station. During that time, it proved itself by navigating to the Station, and practising avoidance manoeuvres and proximity control. All the while it was being closely monitored by ATV Control Centre at the CNES French space agency site in Toulouse, France.
Jules Verne docked to the Space Station on 3 April and delivered equipment and spare parts, as well as food, air and water for the crew. Like all ATVs, it remained attached for about six months before undocking for a controlled destructive reentry into Earth’s atmosphere.
Four more ATVs carried 6.6 tonnes of cargo about every 17 months to the orbital outpost.
In addition to cargo delivery, ATV regularly boosted the Station into a higher orbit to overcome the effects of the faint drag of Earth’s upper atmosphere – the Station loses up to several hundred metres in altitude every day. To perform these manoeuvres, ATV carried up to 4 tonnes of propellant.
The five successful ATV missions proved the sophistication of this European spacecraft and, like the Columbus module, demonstrated European capability and excellence in space exploration.
The programme laid the foundation for ESA’s participation in the Orion programme that will take Europe, in collaboration with international partner NASA, beyond low Earth orbit.
ESA is developing the European Service Module that will power the Orion spacecraft to carry humans back to the Moon and beyond.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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Here's a macro of a sandstone flag in my garden with a close-up of a tiny sprinkle of building sand. I deliberately selected an area of the flag that had a tiny pit in it.
Macro Monday's theme: Evolution.
I deliberately waited until my family members walked on ahead so that I could make this composition – I swear it was not so that I could get away from them! I recognised that there was a pleasing compositional balance to the scene, with the trees on the left and right framing the narrow boats. My aim was for the figures disappearing into the fog to provide the final touch.
I really deliberated over this one, and initially thought ‘K’ would be limited in numbers, but then I realised there were lots of options! So, after taking a number of images, refining a few over the weekend, and further deliberation (or should that be procrastination?) I eventually came up with this:
Beginning with the first letter of my name, I elected to use these Kinder eggs, that my wife picked up with the weekly shop last week!
Happy Macro Mondays everyone. :-)
I deliberately chose the ambiance in that huge space in this shot rather than the geometry of the architecture.
Parc de la Villette, French submarine Argonaute (S636)
I deliberately did not edit the photo so that it would be clear that such a wild animal lives in an area well inhabited by people. You can confidently determine that the houses are not far away among the trees on the right. Because along the road there are mailboxes and paths leading to houses.
The bobcat (Lynx rufus), also known as the red lynx, is a medium-sized cat native to North America. It ranges from southern Canada through most of the contiguous United States to Oaxaca in Mexico. The bobcat prefers rabbits and hares, it hunts insects, chickens, geese and other birds, small rodents, and deer. Prey selection depends on location and habitat, season, and abundance. Like most cats, the bobcat is territorial and largely solitary, although with some overlap in home ranges.
I deliberately, converted this photo into black and white to give the sense of “old times”. The bicycle and the stores behind it sure give the impression that this photo is from another century. Although it was shot a few months ago during my amazing trip in Kyoto, Japan.
66765 rumbles through Duddeston station heading the Birmingham circular leg of the GB This Time it's Personal tour 1Z35 Bescot to Bescot prior to the 69's taking over for the run to Paddington.
30 Days of Competition: Deliberately Discordant
Being deliberately discordant is against my nature, but it is today's prompt and the fallen basket of yarn and crochet samples came to the rescue!
Yes! You read right! We finally were able to get to all the amazing gorgeous pictures that were submitted to us for our Photo Contest!
We want to thank you all for your patience while we deliberated. There were so many amazing shots!!
And a huge thank you to everyone who submitted pictures for the contest! WOW! You all are so amazingly talented and you made this so hard for us to decide!!
Without further ado – here’s our winners!!
First Place - $10,000L Gift Card: Jaz SL (Jessamine2108 Resident) - two photos (we couldn’t decide which one so we picked both!)
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Second Place - $5,000L Gift Card: Ariana Heartsong www.flickr.com/photos/166347643@N02/50805216478/in/pool-c...
Third Place - $2,500L Gift Card: Skye McLeod Fairywren (Skye Fairywren) www.flickr.com/photos/scubagrl/50809379727/in/pool-cerrid...
4th to 10th:
Daikota Wind
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Prettyflower Vale
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Marja Geesink
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Erika Katz
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Stacy Gifford
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Elise Moonstone
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Susietea Resident
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This installation deliberately engulfs us: its high-contrast graphics seem to move before our eyes, producing a dizzying field of colours. Steering away from their classic palette of red, blue and green, General Idea experimented with alternate colour combinations in these three paintings. The canvasses are installed over the group’s AIDS Wallpaper – a work whose repetitive pattern references the replication of the HIV virus.
Lemon verbena, which grows beside the path to my clothes line... and it smells so gorgeous that I deliberately walk 'through' it rather than around it each time I head outside. These little flowers are tiny, by the way...
#112 on Explore March 03, 2008 ... thank you all!
I've previously posted a deliberately grainy processing of this shot to disguise the severe noise caused by the very high ISO needed to shoot handheld 80 minutes after sunset.
This version was an experiment with the Prime noise reduction module in the Elite version of DXO Photolab 3, aided by a reduction in microcontrast. Pretty decent for ISO 12,800 I think.
It does take quite a lot of processing time (you find out when it takes about a minute to save the image as a JPEG, because that's when the processing happens) but definitely worth it. This was about the noisiest worthwhile image I could find to test it, it's very unusual for me to shoot at such a high ISO.
It might be less satisfactory if there were more detail in the image that you wanted to keep - it would rule out the substantial reduction of microcontrast and you can run up against the limitations of detail capture in very low light - but the noise reduction is very good at distinguishing detail from noise and took out a vast amount of noise from this image on its own.
I deliberately had a go at different shots on this trip - I didn't want to repeat the many images I already have
Iran: Deliberate poisoning of schoolgirls further evidence of continuous violence against women and girls
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