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we stopped at a sea turtle hatchery since it was on our way down to Hikkaduwa. i was utterly convinced that the whole enterprise would be a bullshit tourist trap, but figured it would be worth enduring on the off chance that we might possibly see a real live baby turtle. not only did we get to see, touch and learn quite a deal about three different species of turtles at nearly every stage of their lifecycle, but my expectations were completely exceeded when we got to take some babies to the beach at sunset and release them into the ocean. i don't normally get too squealy over widdle baby animals, but these little guys were *insanely* cute. i hope they didn't get snatched up by a seagull or trapped in a plastic 6-pack ring or anything.
Macro Mondays: Mediums
Watercolor crayons on a reflective folder.
100MM, window light.
So many creative and wonderful images for this theme! HMM everyone.
Polaroid Week 2023 SS - Day 3 #2
This is Dan aka Polanthropy. For many years here in the UK, I've been wanting someone who knows how to fix classic folding cameras, and then along came Dan. We've become good friends since, and it's always great to find someone on the other side being so fanatical about what these classic folding cameras can achieve.
Here's my double exposure portrait of Dan, taking on a casual Polaroid walk recently.
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Early evening; a wild viburnum (I think) cluster just starting to bloom.
Location: A vacant lot in the Village of Huningue, Alsace FR.
In my album; Dan's Weed World.
Velvet Shank | Flammulina velutipes | Physalacriaceae
Samsung NX1 & LZOS Jupiter 9 - 85mm f/2
15 Aperture Blades | f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. I spotted this girl with the 'unrealistic' woman on her mobile phone case and a magical juxtaposition - sadly my juxtaposition vanished and hid behind my subject. I still like the shot and the beauty of street shooting is that so much of it is outside of your control. Enjoy!
Fabulous baroque town right in front of your eyes, a meeting point of Inn and Danube, two might rivers. It is as beautiful as can be. Spiced by several artists working right in their galleries and, of course, the absolutely stunning glass museum.
yes it's a clichee and you have problably seen this shot a million times before. still i felt like making and uploading the shot because i took this shot as it should be done:
i was laying in the sun, in the grass and i made this shot.
They will see us waving from such great
Heights,
"come down now", they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
"come down now", but we'll stay...
They will see us waving from such great
Heights,
"come down now", (come down now)
They will see us waving from such great
Heights,
"come down now", (come down now)
such great hights - postal service
this one made explore!! best position: 17
thank you all for your wonderful comments and faves!!!!
had a family day out at the zoo yesterday and having switched to the four thirds 18-180mm lens for family portraits we stumbled onto a flying display , this perigrine fly past was shot with that lens I'm extremely pleased for a lens that cost me just over £100
Anima Series 6
Lismore NSW Australia 2021
Model: Ayleish Cusack
CRACKED MIRROR
I’m beginning to suspect one of the most common human experiences has to do with feelings of disempowerment.
A surprising number of people feel deprived of influence or importance. They feel insignificant or otherwise unnoticeable – hence the popularity of social networks that provide ‘followers’ and ‘likes’ to massage our ego, or distract from our self-critical feelings of irrelevancy.
To this end the internet plays a pivotal role.
Like no other generation in history, we’re constantly bombarded with images of beautiful, happy people in amazing locations enjoying an opulent lifestyle – everything from clothes and iphones to the latest model Audi or open plan house.
We’re constantly reminded of the life we don’t occupy, the places we’ve never visited and the car we’ll never actually own. We’re taunted by beautiful models of people we’ll never meet and the sort of sexual encounters only an Olympic gymnasts could perform!
Pornography has penetrated (Freudian slip there) our culture to the extent that products and lifestyles are sold as glossy, sexy extensions of our hedonistic, device-saturated expectation of life, yet in most cases the lives we actually inhabit are very different!
The differences between our expectations, hopes and dreams and the hard realities of Mother Earth has never been so great and in the no man’s land that separates the two lies a shared experience of despair.
Yet the good news is all of this only takes place in our heads – and thankfully our head-space can change.
“Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside them, not realising on the contrary that the mind is itself the principal element of creation.”
Rabindranath Tagore
Remember, our conduct is influenced not by our experience but by our expectations.
George Bernard Shaw
Catatonia
is a syndrome of psychological and motorological disturbances. In the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-IV) it is not recognized as a separate disorder, but is associated with psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia (catatonic type), bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and other mental disorders, as well as drug abuse or overdose (or both). It may also be seen in many medical disorders including infections (such as encephalitis), autoimmune disorders, focal neurologic lesions (including strokes), metabolic disturbances and abrupt or overly rapid benzodiazepine withdrawal.
Patients with catatonia may experience an extreme loss of motor skills or even constant hyperactive motor activity. Catatonic patients will sometimes hold rigid poses for hours and will ignore any external stimuli. Patients with catatonic excitement can die of exhaustion if not treated. Patients may also show stereotyped, repetitive movements. They may show specific types of movement such as waxy flexibility, in which they maintain positions after being placed in them by someone else, or gegenhalten (lit. "counterhold"), in which they resist movement in proportion to the force applied by the examiner. They may repeat meaningless phrases or speak only to repeat what the examiner says.
Bad day. Bad bad day.
My friends went to Chicago today to go see the Lion King and eat at the Cheesecake Factory. Where am I at? Sitting on my butt in my room. Why? Because I'm too effing poor to do crap.
Then Garry calls this morning on his way home from work and tells me that he had been asked to go into work tonight. We were supposed to take tonight and tomorrow night and celebrate our anniversary. Is that going to happen now? No. Did he even bother to call me any time in the last seven hours? No.
Haven't eaten anything yet today because the spot doesn't open until 6. Thankfully that's only a half hour away...then I can finally eat something. Will probably be crap because this school could care less about those of us stuck on campus during the weekend...but it's something.
However, I do like this picture. I have high expectations for how it'll do...which sucks cause, with the way my day is going, this thing will be totally ignored by everyone. *sigh* but I still like it...so that's good at least.
On the sidelines at the bumper cars during an Autumn community festival.
Sorga, Italy. September 2015. (c)Mike Brebner. All rights reserved. Blog: www.brebnertravels.wordpress.com
SCUBA diving is sensual. To breathe underwater is one of the most fascinating and peculiar sensations imaginable. Breathing becomes a rhythmic melody of inhalations and exhalations. The cracks and pops of fish and crustaceans harmonize with the rhythmic chiming of the bubbles as you exhale. Soon, lungs act as bellows, controlling your buoyancy as you achieve weightlessness. And, as in your dreams, you are flying. Combine these otherworldly stimuli and you surrender completely to the sanctuary of the underwater world.
TEC CLARK, forward, Karen Berger's Scuba Diving