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EXPLORE # 377, Oct. 12, # 291 on Oct. 15
Looking For Space
John Denver
All alone in the universe, sometimes that's how it seems.
I get lost in the sadness and the screams.
Then I look in the center and suddenly everything's clear.
I find myself in the sunshine and my dreams
And I'm looking for space and to find out who I am, and I'm looking to know and understand.
It's a sweet, sweet dream, sometimes I'm almost there.
Sometimes I fly like an eagle and sometimes I'm deep in despair.
On the road of experience, join in the living day.
If there's an answer it's just that it's just that way,
When you're looking for space and to find out who you are.
When you're looking to try and reach the stars.
It's a sweet, sweet dream, sometimes I'm almost there.
Sometimes I fly like an eagle and sometimes I'm deep in despair.
Went for a nice drive over to Long Reef this morning, with the promise of approx 60% cloud. For once, the apps were correct, however....
The cloud was in the wrong place...
Yes, they were in the sky, just not the part of the sky I needed them to be in...
I wanted to be shooting from where the guy in the photo is standing. I waited, and watched, and waited a bit more, but from where I was standing (at the top of the hill, looking down towards the reef and water), there was just nothing in the sky worth shooting.
So, as to not completely waste the morning, off down I went to the bottom of the hill, and shot upwards, to where the clouds actually were.
Sometimes, you just have to make do with what you have been given...
Hope you like "Looking For Space"
Cheers, Mike
For the 12 months for dogs toy challenge (& no, the puppy is not the toy :-) The big pig has always been Sibley's favorite toy, ever since her first Christmas with us. And Nancy (SantaFeFCRs) made sure that her daughter Dart would have her own little pig, & left it on the front porch, keeping a proper social distance for this challenging time---
Smile for peace
Smile for joy
Let me see you smile
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz3ZbP0IF7A
I'd walk a hundred million miles to see you smile for life
© All rights reserved Anna Kwa. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission
Mushrooms do grow better in the dark .... just look at these little beauties!!
Our Daily Challenge ~ Begins With M ....
Thanks to everyone who views this photo, adds a note, leaves a comment and of course BIG thanks to anyone who chooses to favourite my photo .... thanks to you all.
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I was originally enrolled into the GETTY IMAGES collection as a contributor on April 9th 2012, and when links with FLICKR were terminated in March 2014, I was retained and fortunate enough to be signed up via a second contract, both of which have proved to be successful with sales of my photographs all over the world now handled exclusively by them.
On November 12th 2015 GETTY IMAGES unveiled plans for a new stills upload platform called ESP (Enterprise Submission Platform), to replace the existing 'Moment portal', and on November 13th I was invited to Beta test the new system prior to it being officially rolled out in December. ESP went live on Tuesday December 15th 2015 and has smoothed out the upload process considerably.
These days I take a far more leisurely approach to my photographic exploits, and having moved from professional Nikon equipment to consumer bodies and lenses, I travel light less constraints and more emphasis on the pure capture of the beauty that I see, more akin to my original persuits and goals some five decades previously when starting out. I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 22.893+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.
***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on March 7th 2018
CREATIVE RF gty.im/925773952 MOMENT OPEN COLLECTION**
This photograph became my 3,019th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.
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**** This frame was chosen on August 7th 2018 to appear on FLICKR EXPLORE (Highest Ranking: #80. This is my 103rd photograph to be selected, which for me is both amazing and exciting, as I never view my images as worthy compared to some of the awesome photography out there. EXPLORE is Flickr's way of showcasing the most interesting photos within a given point in time -- usually over a 24 hour period.
Flickr receives about 6,000 uploads every minute -- That's about 8.6 million photos a day! From this huge group of images, the Flickr Interestingness algorithm chooses only 500 images to showcase for each 24-hour period. That's only one image in every 17,000!..... so I am really thrilled to have a frame picked and most grateful to every one of the 17.950 Million people who have visited, favourite and commented on this and all of my other photographs here on my FLICKR site. *****
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Fifty seven metres at 10:29am on Wednesday February 28th 2018 off Woolwich Road and Treetops Close in the grounds of Abbey Wood open space in Bexleyheath, Kent, England.
'The beast from the East', a Siberian cold front and weather phenomenon, has swept across the United Kingdom duringh the past few days, and last night was Kent's turn to brace herself for the deluge of snow.
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Nikon D7200 10mm 1/40s f/11.0 iso100 Exposure Compensation +1.3EV RAW (14 bit Lossless compressed) Image size 6000 x 4000). Colour space RGB. Handheld. AF-C focus 51 point with 3-D tracking. Manual exposure. Matrix metering. Auto white balance. Auto Active D-lighting. Nikon Distortion control on. Vignette control on.
Nikkor AF-S DX 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED DX. Phot-R ultra slim 77mm UV filter. Nikon EN-EL battery. Hoodman H-EYEN22S soft rubber eyecup. Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 32GB Class 10 SDHC. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS module.
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LATITUDE: N 51d 29m 9.90s
LONGITUDE: E 0d 8m 14.60s
ALTITUDE: 57.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 69.10MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 38.40MB
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Nikon D7200 Firmware versions A 1.10 C 2.015 (Lens distortion control version 2)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU processor. AMD Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB SATA storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit. Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
Looe, the Cornish for which is ‘Logh’, meaning deep water inlet, is a small coastal town and fishing port in south-east Cornwall.
In medieval times there were two towns on opposite banks of the River Looe. East Looe includes the fishing harbour, the main shopping centre and the sandiest beach. West Looe is quieter, but also has shops, restaurants and hotels, and leads to Hannafore with its fine views of Looe Island. The two towns are now one, joined by a bridge across the Looe river.
Looe is the second largest fishing port in Cornwall, supporting a fleet of trawlers, potters and netters together with an expanding number of hand-line fishermen.
The majority of the Looe fleet consists of day boats, meaning they go to sea and return each day, ensuring that their fish is fresh and of the highest quality (slush-ice bins are carried on board even the smallest boats).
Fish are landed at the market throughout the day and are stored in refrigerators until the next auction, beginning at 6.00am on weekdays.
The rainy season bringeth more than it taketh, but it doesn't come without its challenges. The answer to those challenges is to accessorize. I'm not talking filters or hoods or new lenses. Along those lines I think you need relatively few extras to be successful. I'm talking about accessorizing yourself. Seriously, one of the best things you can buy in terms of improving your photography is a good pair of shoes. If you are a city walker, go get something that will hold up for hours and miles. If you are a landscaper, waterproof boots will pay for themselves many times over. Sometimes a day out is make or break depending on if you brought a hat and gloves and not depending on which camera is in your bag. I was hanging out with a couple of fellow photographers this morning - Austin Granger and Justin Renault (you can find both of them here on Flickr). We were commiserating about fielding questions on our photos from people asking which lens was used or which camera was used. Austin made the remark that they should be asking what he had for breakfast that day as that had a lot more influence in how he photographed than the camera did.
In short, take care of yourself. Even in this rainy weather, a good pair of boots, a waterproof coat with a hood, even ...gasp... an umbrella and you'll find that it really isn't that uncomfortable to spend several hours out in the rain. And you know what happens if you spend enough time out there? You make photos. Hopefully ones you surprisingly find that you like much more than you expected to.
Forgive me for continuing this uploading of old stuff! Truth is, usually when I come home from a shoot, actually two or three days later, I go over the pictures and see a few pictures I like but only choose one to upload. This makes sure that I don't bore my viewers to death by uploading many similiar pictures at once, but on the other hand, I have a H U G E back-catalog of decent pictures that haven't seen the day of light, and probably never would... if I didn't upload old stuff now and a then. There's that, and then there's all the attention my aurora pictures get! You can debate whether that kind of attention is well earned or not, but hey, every visitor my aurora pictures bring in, sometimes goes to check out my other stuff as well.
Zeiss F-Distagon 16/2.8 Fisheye @2.8, ISO 3200 - no distortion correction :)
[for anyone interested in the reality of this abstraction, I believe that’s my little Kia Soul on the right, reflected on the side of the vehicle in the next lane over 😜] San Francisco, California
And a bit of blue for Monday.
Flypaper textured too of course :-)
The first photo out of my newly built PC, I'm lucky in having a son to build it for me. I'm loving all the extra processing speed in photoshop especially.
No longer based out of Pointe St-Charles since this past Tuesday (!!), CN 500 enters the Port of Montreal with class leader CN 4700 and CN 4941 for power. CN 500 and CN 596 (previously the afternoon PSC switcher) are now based out of Southwark Yard. One plus for railfans is that means that CN 500 can end up with different power, as 3-4 local sets are based at Southwark.
Numerous other operational changes have taken place this week at Southwark Yard, among them:
-CN 321 originating at Taschereau Yard
-CN 527 being called a few hours earlier
-CN 522 no longer running to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (CN 525 goes there at night)
For 'MacroMondays' theme of 'superstition'.
Isn't it a superstition, an irrational belief, that you must have flowers for a funeral. And the idea must go back a very long time. There is a Neanderthal grave in Iraq, within the Shanidar Caves where a group of ancient corpses had been surrounded in plant and floral remains.
We tend to remember the life and death of those we love and the final memory of them is set at a funeral service. Seeing our loved one surrounded by beautiful and heartfelt arrangements of plants and flowers can help create a lasting final impression that can bring smiles or tears.
For many of us the death of a faithful animal probably needs to be marked in some way. What to do with the remains - bury or cremate? A very dear friend of mine has taken her cat's ashes from house to house when she has moved. Reminded of this I have Joe's ashes in a decorated box - decorated of course with a plant tribute.
(For Joe - see Avatar above)
Olympus Zuiko OM Auto Macro 50mm ............................ less than 3"
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I was with my friend Ben and his family… they were loving the trip around NZ for sure. I got this photo of Ben as he was walking along the beach… it was a windy and wild day and the waves were super intense. In fact, when we got back in the helicopter, a huge wave came and washed up under the chopper!
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Kisses,
Angelica
The theme for Happy Catuday this week is to show what cats do naturally. Well. Cats are great vomiters and love to eat grass to induce vomiting.
I put a brand new show-stopper of a collar on Ella (paid extra for the bow), took her outside and started photographing her. She rolled around on the sidewalk so her glossy black coat would have lots of dust and dirt in it and then started eating grass and gagging. If you look very, very closely, you'll see a couple drops of saliva above her eye from flicking her tongue. Lovely.
Happy Caturday: Basic Instincts
Rose - Morden Hall Park, London, England - Saturday May 24th 2008.
This is dedicated to my good friend Cally - www.flickr.com/photos/21592786@N06/ who recently lost her Father....Thinking of you during this difficult time...be strong my friend..:O)))
"I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night." Sarah Williams.
For 3 years this photo has remained in my mind. In March of 2015 while exploring the paths near the road from Arcos to El Bosque, I found this view of the Sierra de Cádiz while I climbed an embankment near the intersection of Las Abiertas. That day the field lacked crops, it was a full moon night and the camera I had at that time could not stand high ISO. So I just took some pictures during the sunset, but I was convinced that I would come back one day to make this picture with better conditions to add a starry sky.
My knowledge during these 3 years has been increasing, to the point that I have learned techniques with which I could only dream at that time. Before facing this image again, I waited patiently until I considered myself capable of achieving the result I wanted and until the conditions were the best.
On this occasion, I have considered the state of the crops to photograph when the wheat was green, I have controlled the night sky state, photographing a night when the moon was only at the 7% and it was setting at nightfall, I have photographed from the blue hour to have a base photo on which I have added the more than 90 night photos of 30 seconds that result in the movement of the stars. And finally I have been able to correct the strong light pollution of the mountain villages that threatened to destroy my photograph. Maybe they are not the Alps, but the Sierra de Cádiz holds a great beauty for those willing to appreciate it.
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"He amado las estrellas demasiado como para tener miedo de la noche." Sarah Williams.
Durante 3 años esta foto ha permanecido en mi cabeza. En Marzo de 2015 mientras exploraba los carriles que salen de la carretera de Arcos a El Bosque, encontré esta vista de la Sierra de Cádiz mientras subÃa por un terraplén cercano a la venta del cruce de Las Abiertas. Aquel dÃa el campo carecÃa de cultivos, era noche de luna llena y la cámara que tenÃa por aquel entonces no soportaba un ISO alto. Asà que me limité a tomar algunas fotografÃas durante el atardecer, pero me convencà de que volverÃa algún dÃa para realizar esta fotografÃa con mejores condiciones para añadir un cielo estrellado.
Mis conocimientos durante estos 3 años han ido aumentando, hasta el punto de que he aprendido técnicas con las que solo podÃa soñar por aquel entonces. Antes de enfrentarme de nuevo a esta imagen, he esperado pacientemente hasta que me he considerado capaz de conseguir el resultado que deseaba y hasta que se han dado las condiciones idóneas.
En esta ocasión, he tenido en cuenta el estado de los cultivos para fotografiar cuando el trigo estuviera verde, he controlado el estado del cielo nocturno, fotografiando una noche en la que luna estaba solo al 7% y se ponÃa al caer la noche, he fotografiado desde la hora azul para tener una foto base sobre la que añadir luego las más de 90 fotos nocturnas de 30 segundos que dan como resultado el movimiento de las estrellas. Y por último he sido capaz de corregir la fuerte contaminación lumÃnica de los pueblos de montaña que amenazaban con destruir mi fotografÃa. Quizás no sean Los Alpes, pero la Sierra de Cádiz encierra una gran belleza para aquellos dispuestos a apreciarla.
Something different. No bokeh today (sometimes I've got to do it). I had to stand in this spot for a while to get the path with no people on (there are some people in the distance though), but every time I tried to get a shot, someone would walk/cycle/skateboard into my shot. Now, if I trying for bokeh people, that would be fine, but instead, I probably looked like I was lost or something just standing there. :)
Happy Thursday! The weekend is in sight! I've looking forward to some quality time with my camera. I haven't picked it up for several weeks, and with the days getting really short, it's hard to find time or the light to get anything worth it. I always seem to be using the same lens recently, which is fine, but I do think I need to take some other lenses out for a spin this weekend. Maybe The Beast (macro lens)... or I might try and see if the garden birds co-operate with my big zoom lenses. We'll see... :)
thankyou so much for the comments guys, you've convinced me to load it public, shucks.
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yes, the trees are real, they're in my next door neighbors yard. :)
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IF you are "waiting for your ship to come in" ... Ask yourself this:
"Did you send one OUT?"
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BLYTHE-A-DAY
A flickr Group
AUGUST 2020
DAY 12: "MERMAIDS"
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>>> Fun fact: Believe it or not ... this is our FIRST EVER "MERMAID" scene Blythe photoshoot ... !
(with the exception of our "sales photos" of mermaid COSTUME back in 2012 ... shared ONLY to showcase crochet "commission sale" ! ...
We have never had the occasion to conduct the classic photoshoot ... with the whole "treasure chest full of jewels" ... sitting on a rock ... standard prototypical "mermaid scene" ... something probably 99% of Blythe photographers HAVE done !!
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Trumpeting for Attention … this young African elephant belongs to the Herd of Hope, released by activist sculptors Gillie and Marc on Bishops Square.
Watch it properly @ Gallery Minimal.
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as you probably already know, i don't have my camera. it needs to be fixed and it should take a month. it's been one week already and i miss taking pictures so much. today, as i was going from school, the sun was shining. after extremely long time. the sun showed it's face i barely remembered and it made me happy. first thought was-i wish i had my camera. and it made me sad that i didn't have it.
why should not having my camera make me sad? i still see what i see. and it should still make me happy. i realized i take pictures because i want to share them. that's also good, but i don't always take them for myself, i think of sharing it first. i feel like if i don't share a moment, it's meaningless. i don't want to. i want to experience it, without capturing it, without sharing it.
so this month, is for myself. i won't be sharing. i share so much sometimes. i won't take pictures of moments, of feelings. i will experience it, i will feel it, i will live it. and for once, i will keep the memory only in my heart, not in a picture, not in a blog post, not in sharing. it will be fully mine.
some moments just can't be captured, or shared, or said. it has to stay unknown to everyone, but the one whom it belongs to. this month belongs to me and my heart. sharing everything with Him, in different ways than photography this time.
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also, i have photoshop. and i have no idea how to use it, i seriously suck. i hope to get better. picnik was so easy to use and i had my way of editing. it's hard to get used to something new, but i hope to fall in love with it soon. if you have any tips, i'd be happy to hear them.
this will be replaced or reedited soon.
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Be carefull with energy, or this beautiful planet will become a huge microwave...
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Ben&Jerry's: "Take it from two ice cream guys, when it’s melted, it’s
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Photoshopped from a single shot.
The Hocking Valley Scenic Railway operates former C&O GP9 5833 as their regular power for trains throughout the year. It's no different today as it hauls a train load of happy kids on its Santa Train excursion from Nelsonville to Logan, OH and return. The engineer of C&O 5833 waives as he "speeds" through Haydenville, OH on a dreary, overcast day.
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Friday's Food for Thought
Let's face it.... life right now is very tough and it seem to be getting harder everyday. If you are waiting for someone to rescue you in these times you will be waiting for a long time. We all want to live on easy street but getting there is not a smooth ride. I learned a long time ago that anything worth having is hard work. You will find you will have to do work in areas you don't like but if it will get you closer to your dreams you have to swallow your pride and do it! Yes you will have to deal with people you just don't agree with but if it will get you closer to your destiny then get along with them!
When I was growing up I had my plans in life all laid out and it all fell apart. I was frustrated and wanted to throw in the towel. But I remember my mom telling me this, "Son, do what you have to do in order to get where you want to be!" Everyday I live by this. Yes you are right to feel it is not right you have to struggle but sitting around complaining and doing nothing is not going to get you closer. Get in there, do the hard or boring tasks, and you will find you will come out on top.