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the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head :-)
Eric Hoffer, Reflections on the Human Condition, 1973
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zinnia, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
HaPPY PiNK WeeKeND
This scenery I saw when I was sailing on the boat through the magic Vietnamese Halong Bay.
Sometimes the landscapes there turn into a pink wonderland.
Wish you all a wonderful start of the weekend………
Get ready to sail into the weekend and………….
A blazing sunny day causing difficulties for exposure, even by hiding in the shadows the sun was burning bright on the white water...which lent a nice effect to the spray at the top of the falls. A beautiful place to just watch the water...
A vertical and horizontal pano was needed to catch all details along the upper rim and the foreground rocks.
More falling water in my website gallery:
One of the difficulties encountered since discovering textures is that almost every photo appears to me aesthetically improved with the application(s). This bothers me somewhat. My first several years on Flickr were exclusively SOOC, and while I have by no means become a processing pro, I have learned enough to adjust both my thinking and my preferences for what I'm doing. Today, it takes a conscious decision to AVOID going to my texture file.
Here, the original photo is shown in comments and I was quite pleased with it SOOC...but then the thinking started, and the result is shown in the featured image. It started with, "Hmmm...I've got a sun that will fit nicely in that notch in the treeline." Many of you know the feeling. This one was admittedly a difficult decision (not all are) and I remain uncertain as to my personal preference in this particular case. What has become clear is that I certainly cannot consider myself a "purist" any longer...whatever that means...if anything and if it ever did.
The difficulty is in seeing them :-)
Jim Coe
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contorted flowering quince, 'Contorta', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Another Year that is gone, and be at your side is what I want the most. I know that for many it was a year full of challenges and difficulties (including myself). I am lucky to have found that special person who made my year something special. The one that motivates me to be better, to give my all, to be creative and never give up. This photo that we took with great enthusiasm remains to tell you Izan Harcher that I love you and that the greatest gift you give me is your love.
Alto de Mostelares con Castrojeriz al fondo.
Os agradezco a todos vuestra generosidad y vuestras fotos y os deseo un 2021 más amable y con menos dificultades.
I thank you all for your generosity and your photos and wish you a 2021 more friendly and less difficulty.
In the course of the centuries so much has been built, demolished and carpeted at Heeswijk Castle that medieval builders today would have great difficulty recognizing their castle. Heeswijk may be a construction history jumble, it is still a large, imposing and beautifully situated complex that can rightfully be considered as one of the important medieval castles of North Brabant.
To begin with, there is the respectable age of perhaps around 950 years. The history of Heeswijk Castle goes back at least to the first half of the twelfth century, and possibly even further, to the end of the eleventh century. First, a motteburcht arose on this site, that is to say an artificially raised hill, 6 to 7 meters high, between 25 and 30 meters in diameter and surrounded by a moat. A tufa stone reinforcement was built on that hill, probably in the form of a tower.
In the fourteenth century that tower was no longer sufficient. Then, in stages, the construction of the brick late-medieval castle began, of which considerable parts are still standing today.
However, Heeswijk is not only interesting because of its long history. Hein Hundertmark, who investigated the building history of the castle, points out that from that fourteenth-century rebuilding until well into the nineteenth century, Heeswijk was always at the forefront of architectural architecture. The owners and builders constantly led the way in adapting the castle to changing circumstances.
This applies to the ambitious fourteenth and fifteenth century construction phases, whereby the castle was adapted to, among other things, the development of gunpowder guns. But also for the sixteenth and seventeenth-century conversion of a defensible castle into a representative noble residence. All things considered, it is no less true of the romantic dream that inspired Baron Van den Bogaerde of Terbrugge and his sons in the nineteenth century to neo-gothic extensions and additions, including the incorporation of all kinds of building fragments into the exterior facades. Heeswijk also set a trend in this neo-gothic adaptation.
Only after the Second World War was this line of progressiveness broken. For the last owner, the architectural legacy of his nineteenth-century ancestors was an annoying "romantic madness." He wanted the castle to return to a sober medieval aesthetic. It is therefore all the more spicy that the restoration of Heeswijk, which had to bring about this, ended in a castle with a predominantly eighteenth-century appearance.
I always have difficulty photographing the few wintering Eurasian Wigeons in the region. They are challenging to isolate because they are usually among a flock of American Wigeons. I finally found one that was willing to cooperate.
Une espèce que je trouve difficile à isoler et photographier. Seulement quelques individus passent l'hiver dans la région et ils sont habituellement parmi les Canards d'Amérique. En voici un qui a finalement coopéré.
On my work bench behind the furnace in the basement I have found a zen practice of still life photography.
Using work lights, plastic boxes as filters, and paining the image during it's 8 second exposure with a flashlight.
.... and then of course came the lemonade part of the experience.
Arranging the leaves, branches, and fruit was quite frustrating.
I took that very aspect of difficulty and frustration and
channeled it into an intentional interaction with the flora.
They have to pretty much be all be in one plane to focus properly and their spacial arrangement must be composed aesthetically.
The light has to wash across them all evenly as well.
All the while like children they are jostling and moving about.
So I changed my attitude and transformed the whole drawn out experience into a ZEN meditation..... Nothing else matters during my time calmly concentrating on the steps needed to get the right shot....
And in the process I have managed to bring that same attitude to the frustrations I meet in real life... (sometimes it works, and .....
“Crossing struggles, difficulties and pain is part of the journey. However, it's up to you to choose whether you're going to let them beat you or if you're the one who's going to beat them.”
Note: Shape made by order from the store ☾·ʚ The Moon ɞ☽ sl creator: Sadie Kenichi Sakai (agnesmaybe)
I can imagine the difficulty of plunging under water at speed to take a fish at home in that element, rising to the surface, breaking the water tension to take to the air against the roiling sea. I liked the shape of the wave in this image which to me nicely frames the action as the Osprey takes this large fish home to feed its family. I think the fish is a Menhaden but please feel free to correct my identification. (Pandion haliaetus)
to avail myself of Sir John Herschel’s beautiful process of Cyanotype, to obtain impressions of the plants themselves, which I have much pleasure in offering to my botanical friends :-)
Anna Atkins
1843, text accompanying the first photographically illustrated book, British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, authored by the Atkins, recognized as the first female photographer.
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prunus, cherry blossom, our yard, cary, north carolina
and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties :-)
Harry "The buck stops here" Truman
HGGT!! VOTE! RESIST!
narcissus, daffodil, 'Virginia Sunrise', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
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The Pinilla Reservoir is located on the upper Lozoya River, in the north of the Community of Madrid (Spain). Located in the Sierra de Guadarrama, it is the headwater basin of the basin from the moment it was opened in 1967. It is part of the Canal de Isabel II network, a company that supplies drinking water to the capital of Spain and much of it of the Community of Madrid.
After the 1964 drought that forced the imposition of water restrictions on Madrid, the government decided to take the issue of water supply to the capital as a matter of state. Returning to a previous project, a dam was designed next to the town of Pinilla del Valle that retained the waters of the Lozoya River in the upper part of the valley, where rainfall is more abundant and regular.
The execution of this head dam, which by the conditions of the terrain and relative closed valley advised the type of gravity dam, did not present any difficulty and put its regulated flow immediately available to the driving channels, when entering the knot from Torrelaguna, where you could drive on any of the three channels (Alto, Bajo and El Atazar), ensuring an increase in regulated flow of the order of 1 m³ / s.
This dam could also be an important part of a hydroelectric use, deriving its flow, instead of the Lozoya River, by a lateral channel to the Canencia stream, where a waterfall could be established to take advantage of the level gained by the channel in relation to the river, and pour it for its later entry into the reservoir of Riosequillo. (Source Wikipedia)
El embalse de Pinilla está situado en el curso alto del río Lozoya, en el norte de la Comunidad de Madrid (España). Enclavado en plena Sierra de Guadarrama, es el embalse de cabecera de la cuenca desde el momento en que fue inaugurado en 1967. Forma parte de la red del Canal de Isabel II, compañía que suministra el agua potable a la capital de España y a buena parte de la Comunidad de Madrid.
Tras la sequía de 1964 que obligó a imponer restricciones de agua a Madrid, el Gobierno decidió tomar el asunto del suministro de agua a la capital como una cuestión de estado. Retomando un proyecto anterior, se diseñó una presa junto al pueblo de Pinilla del Valle que retuviese las aguas del río Lozoya en la parte alta del valle, donde las precipitaciones son más abundantes y regulares.
La ejecución de esta presa de cabecera, que por las condiciones del terreno y relativa cerrada del valle aconsejaba el tipo de presa de gravedad, no presentaba ninguna dificultad y ponía su caudal regulado a disposición inmediata de los canales de conducción, al ingresar en el nudo de Torrelaguna, donde se podía conducir por cualquiera de los tres canales (Alto, Bajo y de El Atazar), asegurando un incremento de caudal regulado del orden de 1 m³/s.
Esta presa podía ser además, una pieza importante de un aprovechamiento hidroeléctrico, derivando su caudal, en lugar de por el río Lozoya, por un canal lateral hasta el arroyo de Canencia, donde podía establecerse un salto de agua para aprovechar el nivel ganado por el canal en relación al río, y verter a éste para su posterior ingreso en el embalse de Riosequillo.( Fuente Wikipedia)
Continuing with my Positive Flags of the Nations
project with a tribute to Humour.
Laugh as much as possible, always laugh. It's the sweetest thing one can do for oneself & one's fellow human beings.
Maya Angelou
A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
When humor goes, there goes civilization.
Erma Bombeck
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️❤️❤️
Don't I usually take detailed naturalistic photos but sometimes it happened to me and I had a lot of difficulty !!
The gesture of this small insect is perhaps the most important for the whole ecosystem and must be safeguarded. We are not masters of the world but we are passing through and we must live respecting everything around us.
The photo is not as detailed as the ones I see. I used a Nikon 18-105 (I think we needed a Macro lens) and it did an acceptable job for me, a bit of color and contrast (if I remember correctly) in cameraraw and nothing more.
I am not sure this image betrays the difficulty of creating it! Although the light did not materialize which I had hoped for, I still hope that it communicates a sense of mood and place. Standing on the edfe of a sheer cliff, creating a three-image multi-exposure of each of 5 views which made up the panorama, and with the rain lashing against the lens, constantly wiping it clean with one hand, and with the other keeping a firm grip on the tripod and camera which would otherwise have likely blown off the cliff never to be seen again......... but this magical peninsula near the village of Llangrannof is worth any discomfort. I hope you enjoy it.
BEST APPRECIATED AT A VIEWING WIDTH OF MORE THAN 16"/40cm!
The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path. Jim Rohn
~happy fence friday~
"Difficulties are opportunities to better things; they are stepping stones to greater experience."
Author unknown
Wishing you all a good start into the week
difficulty level: 2
§ fifteen §
To appreciate the West’s opinion of the refugee fleet—or, for that matter, of anything new and unfamiliar—one essential fact must be borne in mind: it really couldn’t give less of a damn.
difficulty level: 1
§ fifteen §
To appreciate the West’s opinion of the refugee fleet—or, for that matter, of anything new and unfamiliar—one essential fact must be borne in mind: it really couldn’t give less of a damn.
Bones of an impressive romance
Scattered all across the sands
This was a challenging swimming area but so worth the initial entry difficulty. (You have to dive through the swell to enter.) Lots of lovely fisheys underneath the turbulence.
Exiting is even harder, especially when exhausted. You need to catch a wave to propel and lift you onto the jagged rocks. So many people injured, including myself.
I was also stung by bees, three times. (Honey producing region.)
On the other side of the big rocks is a five star resort you can sneak into, if you can survive the swim!
An old holiday snap. Actas Beach, Faralya, Turkey.
I'm all out of hope
One more bad dream
Could bring a fall
When I'm far from home
Don't call me on the phone
To tell me you're alone
It's easy to deceive
It's easy to tease
But hard to get release
(Les yeux sans visage) eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage) eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage) eyes without a face
Got no human grace
Your eyes without a face
I spend so much time
Believing all the lies
To keep the dream alive
Now it makes me sad
It makes me mad at truth
For loving what was youLes yeux sans visage) eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage) eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage) eyes without a face
Got no human grace
Your eyes without a face
When you hear the music, you make a dip
Into someone else's pocket, then make a slip
Steal a car and go to Las Vegas
Oh, the gigolo pool
Hanging out by the state line
Turning holy water into wine
Drinking it down, oh
I'm on a bus on a psychedelic trip
Reading murder books, trying to stay hip
I'm thinking of you and you're out there, so
Say your prayers
Say your prayers
Say your prayersNow I close my eyes
And I wonder why
I don't despise
Now all I can do
Is love what was once
So alive and new
But it's gone from your eyes
I'd better realise
(Les yeux sans visage) eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage) eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage) eyes without a face
Got no human grace
Your eyes without a face
Such a human waste
Your eyes without a face
And now it's getting worse
Spathiphyllum is a genus of about 40 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas and southeastern Asia. Certain species of Spathiphyllum are commonly known as spath or peace lilies. They are evergreen herbaceous perennial plants with large leaves 12–65 cm long and 3–25 cm broad. The flowers are produced in a spadix, surrounded by a 10–30 cm long, white, yellowish, or greenish spathe. The plant does not need large amounts of light or water to survive. Several species are popular indoor houseplants. It lives best in shade and needs little sunlight to thrive, and is watered approximately once a week. Several species are popular indoor houseplants. It lives best in shade and needs little sunlight to thrive, and is watered approximately once a week. The soil is best left moist but only needs watering if the soil is dry. The NASA Clean Air Study found that Spathiphyllum cleans indoor air of certain environmental contaminants, including benzene and formaldehyde. Although it is called a lily, the peace lily is not a true lily from the family Liliaceae. True lilies are highly toxic (poisonous) to cats and dogs, but the peace lily, spathiphyllum is only mildly toxic to humans and animals when ingested. It contains calcium oxalate crystals, which can cause skin irritation, a burning sensation in the mouth, difficulty swallowing, and nausea, but it does not contain the toxins found in true lilies, which could cause acute kidney failure in cats and some other animals. 13140
Whenever people suffered the difficulty in real life, they either faced the challenge with courage or hided themselves in their secret garden temporarily, made their sophicated thoughts within, and then find way to breakthrough again.
Have you ever own your secret garden ? It could be a real place in the world , or just a mental place at your mind, which made yourself feel safe & help you calm down from the suddently sufferings in real life.
Try to create the secret garden through the overlayering composition, it can be a place mixed with variable emotions, happiness, sorrow, hate, sadness, peaceful etc, not necesarry a subjective garden in vision, maybe just a private corner under the tree, on the meadow, or even the space between the leaves & air.. tell me how you think about your secret garden.
difficulty level: 3
§ fifteen §
The Moon, Biafra, a murderous earthquake, a campaign against pollution, a six-day war, a Bay of Pigs, the death of a Mao—mere Christmas parties one and all, with the great thoughtless void suddenly wreathed in flowers, and tooting its two-penny whistle. For a little while no one is bored, which is something at least.
"Our difficulty is that we have become autistic. We no longer listen to what the Earth, its landscape, its atmospheric phenomena and all its living forms, its mountains and valleys, the rain, the wind, and all the flora and fauna of the planet are telling us."
-Thomas Berry
Gaia waits for us to listen once again to the world that sustains us. Let us hope she does not wait in vain.
As for me, I'm tired of sad news and human deafness. At least for tonight. Perhaps the morning will bring some sense of renewal.
I was having difficulties when trying to capture this dude. It was flying up and down (like a yo-yo) from a flower at very fast speed. With tall trees above limiting the sunlights, I could only push up the ISO inorder to increase the shutter speed. This is one of the few successful attempts. will show the rest later.
P.S. this bee is quite tiny.
I am still loving this blur effect in Photoshop. Loving it.
The difficulty is finding the shots that suit.
Happy Slider Sunday
I've had some difficulty in pinning the chassis number down for this particular car, the closest I can feasibly get to (and may still be wrong) is S/N 0879GT. **Update: its S/N 0773GT**
S/N 0879GT listed as a Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta Scaglietti TdF in maroon with a black stripe, with three louvres,
covered headlights and high alloy decoration in the door (57 style).
If this is the car, it was registered to Wolfgang Seidel in Bologna in 1958 (not 1957) so not entirely sure its the same car. Regardless, its a lovely looking 250 TdF, especially from this front on angle.
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Amiakhum is my second most favorite waterfall in the whole of the country. It is located deep within the hills. Roughtly a day and half walk away from Remakri town. The waterfall is basically a huge cascade that falls into a different level of the river. It is really worth it staying there overnight if you have a moon up ahead of you. It was a magical experience we had. The trail is neither the toughest nor beginner in difficulty wise. Recommended if one has passion for waterfalls and trekking.
“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. “
- René Descartes
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HOW LONG WILL I LOVE YOU by ELLIE GOULDING
I LEAVE OUT ALL DESIRE
As I stand amid the poppies and smell their sweet perfume
I know that I am leaving here to find a land where I belong
I am knee deep dancing in the wind
that blows me who knows where
but one thing that I'm certain of is I'll leave without a care
there is nothing left to keep me here except this field of dreams
but I need to find another world to replace the red with cream
too much vivid colour has drained me of all reason
I need to feel snow underfoot; I need another season
red the colour of my heart; passionate; sincere
but oh so easily broken and drowned with all my tears
a perfect soul; does it really exist; I have no way of knowing
the wind's impatient just like me; I shrug and keep on going
I pack a suitcase with my life and leave out all desire
there's room enough to fill one day if someone lights my fire
my steps are lighter as though I fly above the scarlet land
where once my soul was tethered to a gentle caring man
where is he now I wonder briefly but it's just a fleeting thought
he wasn't always gentle as the time that followed taught
why do we start as one thing and let ourselves be shaped
by life and love and everything that passed by us and scraped
another scar; a pack of lies; broken bones as fragile as a bird's
bleached and leached
by the harshness of someone's scorching words
the sea rises up to claim me;
the salt-laden air cauterises my wounds
but the scars inside me will remain
long after my love for him has been consumed
I close my eyes and dare to dream;
a world with pastel colours; predominantly cream
but maybe with pure white of snow;
of graceful swans and angels wings
somewhere where time has no other meaning
than the soft beating of my heart
rhythmic; gentle like butterflies wings
and the whispered words of Descartes ...
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My artwork is a compilation of 4 of my photographs
Having some blog site difficulties - so just posting in Flickr for now
Blog:
Hair: Truth - Scout
Head: LAQ - Noelle
Top: {le fil casse} - Harrah Top
Skirt: {le fil casse} - Lillia Skirt
difficulty level: 2
§ fifteen §
Real-world drama, served in the comfort of home by that whore called Mass Media, only stirs up the void where Western opinion has long been submerged. Someone drools at a current event, and mistakes his drivel for meaningful thought. Still, let’s not be too quick to spit our scorn its way. Empty drivel indeed, but it shows nonetheless how reading the papers or watching the news can provoke at least the appearance of thinking. Like Pavlov’s dog, whose slobber revealed the mechanics of instinct.
Whenever people suffered the difficulty in real life, they either faced the challenge with courage or hided themselves in their secret garden temporarily, made their sophicated thoughts within, and then find way to breakthrough again.
Have you ever own your secret garden ? It could be a real place in the world , or just a mental place at your mind, which made yourself feel safe & help you calm down from the suddently sufferings in real life.
Try to create the secret garden through the overlayering composition, it can be a place mixed with variable emotions, happiness, sorrow, hate, sadness, peaceful etc, not necesarry a subjective garden in vision, maybe just a private corner under the tree, on the meadow, or even the space between the leaves & air.. tell me how you think about your secret garden.
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Whenever people suffered the difficulty in real life, they either faced the challenge with courage or hided themselves in their secret garden temporarily, made their sophicated thoughts within, and then find way to breakthrough again.
Have you ever own your secret garden ? It could be a real place in the world , or just a mental place at your mind, which made yourself feel safe & help you calm down from the suddently sufferings in real life.
Try to create the secret garden through the overlayering composition, it can be a place mixed with variable emotions, happiness, sorrow, hate, sadness, peaceful etc, not necesarry a subjective garden in vision, maybe just a private corner under the tree, on the meadow, or even the space between the leaves & air.. tell me how you think about your secret garden.
I had wanted to visit Coney Island for a number of years, but the slight difficulty of getting there meant it was not very high on my priority list until now.
The island is certainly a lot bigger than I thought and it may take more than one visit to properly explore it. It reminds me a little of Pulau Ubin but a more cleaner and easier route to travel around by bicycle.
Some experimentation was done in post processing of this shot so things might look a little different from usual shot of photos.
the difficulty with a 10mm DX is to get the picture straight and not dropping or going up to the right, so it takes many pictures before getting a straight or almost straight line, but I see that many flickerers don't mind and just put the first pic they get and that's all, I give extreme care to proportions , so my pictures are never, except on rare occasions, just snapshots , in this case I chose this picture because of the gull and it is almost at the right level of manual correction of distortion, anyway it is not easy to use such extreme lenses , above all with a full frame camera and a lens that is not full frame. I hope the picture will be appreciated for the movement that's inside it
'A Human Form In A Deathly Mould'
1999 by Juliao Sarmento
Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain MAMAC in Nice
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France 15.08.2014
www.juliaosarmento.com/images/installation-views/1793#&am...
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'A Human Form In A Deathly Mould'
1999 von Juliao Sarmento
Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain MAMAC in Nizza
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Frankreich 15.08.2014
www.juliaosarmento.com/images/installation-views/1793#&am...
I found the difficulty with the them was not being able to use the keyhole as a viewpoint (showing something the other side) or being able to show a key in the lock. Those two requirements made it rather tricky to produce something different. How to make just the keyhole appear interesting? My effort is not too marvelous - I tried to concentrate on the texture and colour. The theme was more difficult that I thought at first. A very few have taken some very original shots. Well done to them!