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The expectation of prosperity in the valley has no doubt been shattered, the bareness around with so little green grass has perhaps led to the demise of this little farm-stead. Possibly in today's world with modern irrigation systems it could have survived.
Mumbai has seen a surge in wall art and murals, with local art schools transforming the city into their canvas. Creativity takes flight as facades burst into a plethora of vibrant hues. The wall seen here belongs to an old, dilapidated fish warehouse at Sassoon Dock— and what a stunning makeover it is !
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Port Balis (Sant Andreu de Llavaneres), 2025. Sony ILCE-7M2 · CMOS Exmor 24 Mpx (Fullframe) / NOVOFLEX E-CY Adapter / CONTAX//YASHICA (C/Y) Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 25mm f2.8 MMJ / B+W 55E KR 1,5 1,1X / RawTherapee 5.10 @ Adobe RGB.
A Tytler's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus tytleri) was inspecting nearby food opportunities for the taking from a twig. You can not imagine how agile this bird was! It made me chase and wait for long hours and all of a sudden it came and sat next to me when least was my expectation. I was waiting for black necked stork framing while it gave me a golden chance but just for a moment. I love its beautiful pose, detail and background bokeh! Pics was taken from Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
Portland Bill lighthouse and the surrounding coastline has so much to offer. But I confess that even here I sometimes come away disappointed. That’s because the reality of the shoot doesn’t always live up to the expectation you have beforehand. On those occasions it’s worth leaving the folder on your hard drive for a while, and return days, weeks or in this case months later. Chances are you’ll find that the trip wasn’t such a write-off after all. This shot was from early October last year. I really like the movement in the water, a real maelstrom as waves coming in are meeting those receding. Hope you like it!
A consistent expectation for power upgrades (in the eyes of us railfans) to the annual Canadian CP spray train during its time west of Winnipeg was reinforced no less back in 2023, as the latest cowl to get a dunk in the second available golden beaver paint re-powered the train for its branchline runs. Starting from Vancouver to all-over the prairies via southern interior BC, it conducted spraying of the US-connecting Weyburn Sub in early July. Here it is passing Mile 40, whose post is almost perfectly centred relative to the Richardson International grain facility directly south of the main.
As CPKC painted power start to roll out of the ongoing Mayfield overhaul projects (at the time of writing, 3 Gevos and 1 GP38 have been subject to the latest repaint specs), CP 9014 seems more and more likely to be the last of 5 40Fs to recieve the 2-letter branding. Getting them checked off while the paint is still fresh will never fail to satisfy my capturing of the rare breed of GMD motive power.
There is something to be said about the intrinsic link between failure and expectation. It seems to me that a key component of failure is expectation. Try to imagine failure without expectation? It's tricky. Because in order to fail, you have to have somehow defined what failure is. And we do this with expectation in hand all the time, be it consciously or otherwise. This image is an example of just that. I set it up, had a shot in mind, calculated my exposure, sat on the tracks counting that exposure off mentally, got up closed the shutter and wound the film. All with an expectation of something. Part of that something was a vague notion of how I wanted the image to look. Another part of that something was the expectation that I calculated the technical aspects of the image correctly - focus, exposure, etc. Yet another part of that something was the expectation that the film would be processed correctly. And so on. You get the idea of how something like this is built off a chain of expectations, even when we don't necessarily think of those expectations. Then, when something doesn't go as expected, for example I somehow blew the exposure and overexposed the frame by several stops thereby producing a more faded, washed out image with a bit of a color cast. Well, that goes against my expectation of how I thought this would turn out. My initial reaction was, "Well, blew that one" and mentally began the process of writing this image off. It was just one photo after all and I make a lot of photos. Also, I am no stranger to "blowing it". I often tell people I could bury them with the boxes of throwaway sample prints from "failed" images that I have accumulated over the years. But then again, as I implied above, what is failure really, other than unmet expectations? And if that is really a key to failure, can failure not be converted to something else merely by either tweaking those expectations or simply by not handcuffing yourself to them. It is fine to have expectations, it is also fine to set them aside. After a day, and a second visit to this negative, I gave my initial expectations of this photo a rest and what was left behind was something that was neither expected nor failed. I don't know what it is, nor do I really need to. It is another image in my collection that has something that intrigues me, that has given me something to consider and think about. I used to remark to students that if a every photo you make teaches you something, are there really bad photos?
Anyway, just some thoughts inspired by my misexposure in the making of this particular image. And no, I still don't quite know how I goofed this one up. But I am ok with that too. If I knew, I might want to do it again and that wouldn't be nearly as fun as when it happens incidentally.
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I will wait for you
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We never live
We are always in the expectation of living
Voltaire
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This picture was taken before the first signs of spring were showing up. So...last minute for uploading I think :-)
Many thanks to Skeletal Mess for his texture: www.flickr.com/photos/skeletalmess/5474699141/
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Licorne by FANTASY - EMPIRE !
Couples + FEMME by Marcus Ranum from DéviantArt !
Renard by Adika from DIGITAL CREA !
Texture by Angela Wolf from Flickr !
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Cheetah / Gepard (Acinonyx jubatus) with her grown up cubs resting in the shadow
Ndutu Area, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, Africa
I was filming bears in British Columbia... That moment when you realise that the extensive camo gear you've just bought doesn't quite live up to expectation... mum wasn't far behind! #BBCEarth #EarthCapture #EarthOnLocation #Grizzly #Bear #Cub #BritishColumbia #Canada #Spotted #Cute
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Łęknica (German: Lugknitz; Upper Sorbian: Wjeska) is a border town in western Poland, one of the two gminas of Żary County in Lubusz Voivodeship. The town is situated in the Polish part of the historic Upper Lusatia region, in the broad valley of the Neisse river, which forms the border with Germany.
I admit I have been afraid that I was not Vulcan enough for you. That...you saw me as human, more concerned about my duty to Starfleet than to my culture or my betrothed. My feelings about Vulcan are not easy. On our world, I was forced to prove my Vulcan-ness. Any deviation was seen as proof I did not belong. In Starfleet, I am accepted for who I am. Half-Vulcan, half-human. I am quite simply, 'Spock. '
Mumbai has seen a surge in wall art and murals, with local art schools transforming the city into their canvas. Creativity takes flight as facades burst into a plethora of vibrant hues. The wall seen here belongs to an old, dilapidated fish warehouse at Sassoon Dock— and what a stunning makeover it is !
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