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Small stream in a wooded valley north of Friends Clumps was in full flow after all the wet weather of late
Photo: Samu Hintsa / www.samuhintsa.com
Photo: Samu Hintsa / www.samuhintsa.com
Photo: Samu Hintsa / www.samuhintsa.com
Elakala Falls in Blackwater State Park, West Virginia.
I'm still not satisfied with the photos I've been able to carry away from here. I'll try again next year.
Op zaterdagmiddag klaarde het mooi op en heb ik nog even op het fotopunt aan de Zandsteenweg bij Oldenzaal gestaan.
NS 193 733 met ICB stam 7703 als 146 bij Oldenzaal op 9 maart 2024
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Let my natural flow
Left without the least bit of ambition
I let my natural flow
where they want to go.
There are rice for ten days
in my pocket
and next to the stove
a bunch of firewood.
Who chatters because of illusion or nirvana?
I forget the same meaningless dust
a good name and wealth,
and while I listen to the night's rain,
as he pattered on the roof of my hut,
I sit relaxed
both legs extended.
Ryokan
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Lass ich meine Natur fließen
Ohne dem kleinsten bisschen Ehrgeiz übrig
lasse ich meine Natur fließen
wo sie hin will.
Es gibt noch für zehn Tage Reis
in meiner Tasche
und neben dem Herd
ein Bund Feuerholz.
Wer plappert da von Illusion oder Nirwana?
Ich vergesse den gleichen nichtssagenden Staub
eines guten Namens und Reichtums,
und während ich auf den nächtlichen Regen höre,
wie er auf das Dach meiner Hütte prasselt,
sitze ich entspannt,
beide Beine ausgestreckt.
It is the stretched soul that makes music, and souls are stretched by the pull of opposites...
opposite bents, tastes, yearnings, loyalties. Where there is no polarity, where energies flow smoothly in one direction, there will be much doing but no music.
Eric Hoffer
How much flow…
… is too much?
This is a topic that has come up a few times at Coffee and Cameras. It’s fair to say that opinions are divided.
I like a bit of flow (or motion blur). For me, it conveys movement and gives an added dimension to an image. But, it can be overdone.
Today’s two shots were taken in slightly different ways.
Shot 1 was taken with an open aperture (f2.5) and a moderately fast shutter speed (1/40th of a second). The intention here was to blur the background and give a tiny bit of movement in the water between the rocks.
Shot 2 was taken at f5, with a shutter speed of 1/10th of a second. The intention here was to create some motion blur, while keeping the rocks etc sharp. This almost works for me. I like the upper two-thirds of the shot. But the foreground is a bit too soft. It doesn’t convey motion, it just looks out of focus.
So, what’s the lesson?
Firstly, enjoy the process (of course).
Secondly, experiment with shutter speeds. Or, if you’re properly equipped – with a tripod – do some focus stacking.
P103-3754 Taken at: Buckie Braes, Perth, Scotland.
This is for the gardeners who "can't" grow a certain flower. Try Four o'Clocks. It looks like they'll grow just about anywhere.
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Named for its habit of blooming after 4:00 pm, Four o'Clocks grow and flower almost anywhere in the U.S., and thrive in conditions where some flowers would languish, including hot, windy areas.
– This paragraph was found on the Web.
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Sonne direkt 04.11.2019, nur Hingucker erkennen die feinen Unterschiede !
Sun directly 04.11.2019, only eye-catching recognize the subtle differences!
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This diptych is made from two photographs that I took in Nepal. The first is an aerial view of the Kali Gandaki riverbed in Upper Mustang. The second is a pile of brooms for sale by a street vendor in Kathmandu. I was immediately struck by the similarity between the patterns in the two photos, despite the enormous difference in scale.
Huge swap of bees infront of my father's house just lucky his neighbour had a flow hive sitting around waiting to be filled with bees
Photo: Samu Hintsa / www.samuhintsa.com