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Pentax-M 24mm f/2.8
Palm Beach at night, with Noctilucent Clouds
Thank you very much for all the attention regarding my photo, displayed in Explore. It's a grand honour to have my photo chosen among so many excellent ones displayed on Flickr daily.
Other photographs of mine that have been selected for Explore are included in this album: flic.kr/s
My south facing windows look out on the Chugach Mountain Range. Little by little my beautiful view has been spoiled by the smoke from forest fires. This afternoon I looked out to see the fire sweeping through yet another portion of the mountain range. The winds are whipping in from the southeast - and yet the fire is moving up the mountains to the east. We are several miles from the fire, with the Tazlina River between us and the flames. All we can do is hope for rain - until then our lungs and sinuses are really suffering.
( Explored 9/4/19 Highest position: 41 )
1. Dragonfly, 2. Appropriate time and place ..., 3. Strawberry Moon
Created with fd's Flickr Toys
THANK YOU EVERYONE !!!
Wonderful place to shoot. Only about a mile off of the main drag. Uphill to the middle, both directions. After I took this shot, we headed back uphill and were hit by a snow squall. Unusual day to say the least. Bottom center, opposite bank, is a boat tied up with four people fishing...just to give you a idea of the scale of this place. Explore No. 205, April 7, 2014.
One of my photographic goals has been to take pictures of individual snowflakes. This has been a particularly difficult goal to achieve due to a number of reasons. First, the temperature and weather conditions need to be JUST right to create visible snowflakes, worthy of photographing (this is not often). Second, it doesn't snow every day (even if it has snowed often). And third, most of the times it has snowed, it was during a time that I could not get out with my camera. Either it was night time, during school hours, when I had an appointment, or when I was sick (and I was sick for six weeks straight this year, so this was often). I figured I would just have to wait until next year to get the shots I so desired. But winter wasn't done with us yet, even if it was the first day of spring! (After all, I was born in a blizzard at the end of March!) A friend of mine out in West Jersey posted a picture on Facebook of an individual snowflake which got me ALL EXCITED!!! I saw her picture during the school day and could not WAIT to get home to my camera and these snowflakes that seemed to be so well-formed! I just had to hope the temperature and conditions were the same by me, after school. I finally got home, and was THRILLED to see they were! My sister and I had a great time looking at and photographing these snowflakes! I'm sure we looked ridiculous sitting in the snow on our front lawn with blankets and towels. I was using a macro lens. The lens has a VERY narrow depth of field. So, if the flakes weren't completely flat and parallel with my lens, only part of the flake would be in focus. This was frustrating. And despite using a macro lens, it was still very difficult to get the flakes in focus. These that I am posting were the best of the crop. More pictures to come! I'll post a few each day. I'm not thrilled with the red background, but maybe someday I can figure out how to change the color in Lightroom.
A New Year's present I guess!!! LOL!!!
Explore #479, 28th December 2008
1. Looking in from the outside......, 2. It was springtime in Alentejo......., 3. White, blue and yellow..........., 4. Mariza's concert at the Alcázar de Jerez (Spain), 5. The joy of flight at sundown.........(Estremoz, Alentejo), 6. A place with a view....., 7. The Color Purple........, 8. Viela de Alfama......,
9. Night was falling......, 10. Today in "Punta Paloma" near Tarifa....., 11. Breaking through......, 12. It was time to gather, as the sun was setting....., 13. I must be dreaming......., 14. The Niesen......., 15. Skimming the surface......, 16. The mist was never far away........,
17. The Brienzersee (Lake Brienz), 18. Mürren (and I), looking up at the Eiger in wonder........, 19. The Explorer....., 20. Room with a view....., 21. A crazy snowboarder..........;o) (not me), 22. Reflections and snowflakes......, 23. What am I seeing............;o), 24. A house is not a home.....,
25. Andalucía, 26. Vielas de Alfama, rua da Lisboa antiga..., 27. Another option.......
Wow! I did not expect my photo of Natalie to hit the Explore page. Thank you for choosing my photo and welcome to all the new viewers to my page. Hope you get the chance to explore and see what I have to offer.
My 67th image on explore (12/12/2024), reaching No. 116!
Panning with passing racecars, at the Silverstone Circuit, in Northamptonshire.
Shot with a Nikon D7000 and a Nikkor AFS DX 18-200mm F/3.5-5.6G lens, and processed in GIMP and Photoscape.
Really wanted someone in this picture but the strollers had already gone and so just the footprints left.
Explored Nov 23, 2010
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“O silêncio não é a simples ausência de ruídos ou
a interrupção da comunicação com o mundo exterior,
mas o processo de atingir um estado de tranqüilidade.
A solitude silenciosa faz nascer o verdadeiro discurso.
Não falo de isolamento físico; solitude aqui significa
está sozinho com o Só, experimentando o Outro
transcendente e crescendo na percepção da própria
identidade como alguém amado”.
Brennan Manning
Acredito que todos nós precisamos, de vez em quando, nos recolher para nos reencontrar. Bom reencontro a todos!