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In a world of uncertainty, where hopes may fade and where paths diverge.
Release the grip of expectations, let them surge.
Don't expect the sun to always shine bright,
Or the road ahead always be in sight.
Don't expect the answers to be clear,
Or the future to unfold without a single tear.
Don't expect the path to always be clear,
Or the destination to appear near.
Let go of worries, let your doubts release.
Let go of attachments, let them sway.
Life is full of surprises and unexpected twists and turns.
Important to find joy and beautiful moments from the unexpected.
It's okay to let go of expectations already.
Ruaha National Park was still waiting for the so much needed rains. The habitat couldn't have been more different from the Selous / Nyerere had it tried. Dry riverbeds, yellow and brown grasses, and even the normally verdant green leaves of Acacias tinting toward the grey.
This Zebra, with its stark black and white contrast proved to be the "speck of colour" in a fairly monochrome ochre landscape :)
I'm going, I'm going
Where the water tastes like wine
I'm going where the water tastes like wine
I'm gonna leave this city, got to get away
All this fussing and fighting, man, you know I sure can't stay
Leica M8, Elmar (collapsible) 4/90.
"It is a country to breed mystical people… perhaps poetic people… It was not prairie dwellers who invented the indifferent universe or impotent man. Puny you may feel there, and vulnerable, but not unnoticed. This is a land to mark the sparrow’s fall."
- Wallace Stegner
This is my favourite tree. It's a willow of some kind; I really should collect a leaf and seeds next year and try to I.D. the species. I drive past it - twice - every time I hike the buttes in Grasslands, and whenever the sky looks interesting, I'll stop for a photo.
On this evening, coming back home after the sun had dropped below the horizon, I liked the clouds, and especially the way the afterglow lit them up in the last light of day. The lone tree in silhouette looked great against that sky. Note the Swainson's Hawk nest - the inverted triangular shape near the top. The hawks declined to nest there this year, leading me to believe they know something I don't... maybe the old tree is going to bite the dust soon... I hope not, because it would be like losing an old friend. But every sparrow falls in the end.
Re. the Stegner quote: this is from Wolf Willow, his reminiscence of childhood years spent in and around Eastend, just west of my location, on the Frenchman River, then called Whitemud Creek. A much better name in my opinion. It's the same country, the same land that I photograph almost daily, that somehow, defying expectations, has taken hold of my heart and mind and imagination. So different from where I grew up and other places I've lived. Stegner's feel for it and descriptions of it are the best I've ever read; I think when he refers to mystical people and poetic people, he may be talking about himself.
Photographed along Butte Road in the Rural Municipality of Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2025 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Good luck U.S.A. and may a straw of common sense and democracy will always be in reach ...
No Expectations by The Rolling Stones (1968)
Meerkat / Erdmännchen (Suricata suricatta)
Makgadikgadi Pan N.P., Botswana, Africa
"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade." ~Charles Dickens, from Great Expectations
Ever since shooting a train with Boeings here in 2017 (flic.kr/p/CzV3jf) I had thought it would be a cool shot to do over with an MRL Ace, or if I was lucky an SD40. Never did I imagine I would get a chance to shoot an SD45 here! It's tough, because Columbus offers a number of other neat shots that generally get all the attention. However, with the more scenic location slayed the day prior, I decided to see how this looked. While not earth shattering, I can now cross a pretty damn neat shot off my list. Train is seen here roaring out of Columbus, which has a Minnesota connection. Originally called Sheep Dip, and then Stillwater, due to the Northern Pacific already having a Stillwater, MN, the mail was getting delivered to all the wrong locations. It was then renamed Columbus, which it remains today.
People have different expectations in their everyday lives just like photographers have different expectation regarding the look of an image. I’m not sure how the surrealist photographers feel about all the AI abilities, given much of what they created through hard work can now be done by a computer.
Do not be tethered by your expectations, they may often dissappoint. Expectations without attachment allows you to be flexible in all situations. Expect nothing, receive everything.
Europe, France, Corse, Haute Corse, Corsica, Corsica Suprana, Bastia, Harbour, Mega Andrea, Passengers (slightly cut from T&B)
The Mega Andrea cruise ferry, coming in from Toulon, is owned and operated by Corsica Ferries and Sardinia Ferries. She has had a long service life.
Built in 1986 by Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland, for Effoa as MS Wellamo for use on the Silja Line, the vessel was rebuilt in 1992 at Lloyds Werft, Bremerhaven, Germany, as Silja Festival. After being replaced by MS Isabelle on the Stockholm-Riga route in May 2013, she was chartered as an accommodation ship to Kitimat, British Columbia and was then sold in early 2015 to Corsica Ferries Sardinia Ferries.
The people shown here are probably envisioning the way that they’re going to enjoy Corsica and are foot passengers. The car and lorry drivers are already in their vehicles.
This is number 5 of the Corsica album here and 54 of Ferries.
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- Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
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When we decided to move to California, I decided to hit all my bucket list trips in the northeast area. I had one month to wrap up most of my things before driving across the country. The first trip I planned was to the stunning Watkins Glen State Park. I have been to the park about a year or two before, but that trip did not yield the results that on par with expectations set for such a beautiful place. So when I planned the second trip I knew, I had to make adjustments.
The main problems I encountered during the first trip were due to a lack of preparation. First, I was late to arrive, so I had to deal with a lot of foot traffic and strong shafts of daylight. Secondly, I didn’t have a strong enough ND filter to deal with the stronger light. This caused a lot of frustration, effectively taking away any chance of thoughtful compositions.
But I was prepared for the second visit, I had the Lee big stopper with me, which helped take care of any extra light issues. I also made sure that I was the first person to be at the park as it opened that helped with the foot traffic allowing me to compose the shots in relative peace. The big stopper was also a tool that helps with composing in busy areas, by giving exposure times in minutes, it allows people to walk across the frame without ruining your shot. It also forces deliberate compositional techniques due to the amount of time involved with each shot. So it worked out well, and I came out so many amazing shots that this trip was the first time I learned about adjusting my photography to the conditions. Also, this trip showcased how much a repeat visit helps you prepare to understand a location and help you adjust.
Model: Kirstie Mchugh
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A fisherman returns to the Milang Jetty, Souh Australia.
A Pod of pelicans, also gathered like peas in a pod, wait with expectations of a tasty treat from the fisherman.
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There it comes!! Little children ability
To see and enjoy the little things.
This enchanted expectation to the next moment
That….
Now I am older, and lost this ability of
recognizing those little things that compose my way.
I only have this expectation for the one big thing
And then disappointment.
These days I am re-learning how to see and wait
For all these little joys that really are
The greatest