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I had to travel to Sudbury for work this week, while there I visited a memorial for the lives lost to overdose/opioid abuse. I was struck by the pictures included on the crosses. Some of these people were so young.
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Hi guys...
Thank for your kindness over the last few months..
sadly Annie died last night...
she passed away peacfully with us by her side..
She made the brave decision not to try to fight the cancer
were of course heatbroken at her passing but happy that she wont have to suffer anymore...
She was a remarkable lady who took me into her family and treated me as if i were one of her own ...
Annie our beautiful kind hearted Mother, Grandmother and Greatgrandmother..
God bless her and god bless you all for your prayers and kind wishes...
Ive sat here for hours trying to think of words to say,but they just wont come..
Other than my life was better for knowing her and being part of her family
who never cease to amaze me with thier down to earth love,closeness ,honesty
and ability to find laughter even in the worst times..
I was going to say ill miss her but i wont because she will always be in my heart...
my love and thanks to your kind messages and mail...
much much love andrew xo
For May 12th“Me/CFS and Fibromyalgia
International Awareness Day“.
Auswahlfoto:
Für“Smile on Saturday“ am 07.05.2022.
Thema:“ Blue for you“- ME 2022“
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Not sure I'd want to risk them, but at least they've got some sort of rail.
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VCCC Easter Gathering.,
March 31, 2024,
Trev Deeley's, parking lot,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
This is the uncropped version of my Mischief Managed photo for Eclipse.
Created for Kreative People Treat This 317 ~June 01 - June 07.
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Created in DDG Text 2 Dream as a source for two works.
The prompt is the title.
I used xandra m's orchid photo below as the source.
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Filters: PS Beta 23, Topaz Gigapixel Ai, Topaz Studio.
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I took this (and Suttree sat) for anniebee and davebias. My sincerest thanks for participating in The Next Movement.
Lake Clark National Park
Southeastern Alaska
USA
The bears come down to the shore on the edge of Cook's Inlet to find dead fish washed up on the shore to eat. They are followed around by seagulls trying to snatch bits of fish for their own meal. These are fairly large birds when you compare their size to the big bear in the image.
The Kifune-Jinja Shrine 貴船神社 is over 1600 years old and is older than Kyoto itself. It enshrines the god of water and rain, and was visited in the past by Imperial envoys that came to pray for rain. Farmers and sake brewers have traditionally paid homage at this shrine.
Taken at the lantern-lined staircase to The Kifune-Jinja Shrine, Kyoto, Japan
I had been mulling this over for a while now, but today I scored a full weekend pass for SDCC, so I'm gonna need some money to spend there, so after a few years Desert Rose is for sale, my asking price may be a little high, I'm looking to get around $300 for her but I'd be way more flexable with any flickr folks and I'd ship her to you for free, she'll also be up on ebay.
These look ever so steep to me, but I did like the mug at the bottom. I wonder if it's for refreshments before going up, or once down!
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No matter the belief, the ethnicity, the nationality, the sun rises and sets for all good men. Let's do our part, let's continue on the path of good !!!!!
A prosperous New Year for all.
OK, so anyone brave enough to try these gets a medal!!
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Sagres, Praia de Tonel, Elmarit 28mm.
Praia do Tonel is popular with surfers as it offers a brisk-westerly wind that often produces large Atlantic breakers. Also nice for sunbathing etc. because of the sheltered spots back towards the cliffs.
Thanks for all your visits, comments and invites on my previous photos and for all the support and friendship in the past "Flickr year", much appreciated!
What I liked about traveling with my friend is that she is Fearless, whether it was driving one lane mountain roads or stopping and exploring a property! This little church caught our eye and it's for sale too! Wouldn't it make a neat house? I thought the windows were broken out but actually they are like a dark leaded glass and most of them were covered to protect them. In later research I did find out that this was the Ellisville Methodist Church and that it has been unused for 20 years, but I couldn't find any info on when it was built.
The alarm today went off at 5am, over two hours before sunrise. The reason for the early alarm was the drive to Canyonlands National Park and the ensuing walk to Mesa Arch would take nearly an hour and I wanted to be able to plant my tripod before everyone else arrived. Driving out of Moab the streets were void of traffic and after turning onto the road leading to Canyonlands there weren’t any headlights in the rearview mirror or were there taillights visible ahead. I was confident that I had departed at an appropriately early enough time.
After entering the National Park I noticed a few taillights ahead of me in the distance. “OK, I guess there may be a few early risers there,” I thought. How wrong I was, for as I crested the rise in the dark with my headlamp guiding my way along the path to Mesa Arch I could hear many voices coming from ahead. I wasn’t alone and it wasn’t just a couple of early risers either. There were already 15 to 20 tripods with accompanying cameras and photographers set up waiting for sunrise! Fortunately, the location I had scouted out the day prior was still available, so I joined the masses and added my tripod and camera to the mix. Note to self: rethink the starting time for my next visit!
The beauty of the sunrise here is something one truly needs to witness in person. As the sun broke the horizon the first sunburst occurred, but the best was yet to come. Initially there is the lack of reflected light on the underside of Mesa Arch. But as the sun continued to rise and began to cross the underside of the arch a 2nd sunburst occurred while the reflected light illuminated the underbelly of the arch turning the sandstone a glowing red. While some photographers had already started packing up, the patience of ‘waiting for the light’ was rewarded with this image.
Highlighted by the rising sun is the Washer Woman (derived from its resemblance of a tall and slender woman reaching her hands into a tub) and to its right is the taller Monster Tower. Washer Woman and Monster Tower are each over 600 feet tall. Behind the Washer Woman is the Sandcastle.
This is the second image I’ve posted from that wonderful morning, but this one was taken moments earlier than the previous one. The sunburst is larger in this image as the sun has yet to rise high enough to be partially hidden by the arch.
From the earlier image, Kathleen had commented . . . “I can see an Indian lying in repose, hand in his lap and his legs crossed........lying in the opening, do you see him?” Yes, I could! Can you?
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For this week's Macro Mondays challenge "Leading Lines" I looked to nature for my inspiration. I looked in our garden and found three interesting items. One was of a green tomato with the steam as the leading line to the green tomato; another being a very tiny seed that looks like a starburst with all the leading lines running to the center of the seed; and the last one a drop of water on the end of a moss flower pod that has not yet opened with the steam being the leading line to the water drop.
All three were images were shot with the flash set at ¼ on manual setting.
Please let me know what you like.
Little villages in Norway are often facing the problem that more and more young people want to move to bigger cities.
That endangers the long term existence of the villages which is why a lot of them come up with creative ideas to make the life there more appealing for younger people.
One of the many efforts is this super cool football pitch on a tiny island, next to a village of ~500 inhabitants...
I can't quite believe it but my storm at Porthcawl image has won me a place being shortlisted in the British Photography Awards too! Absolutely mind blown right now!
Now its all down to the public vote so I need to ask a huge favour of all of you.... please click here and vote for me in the Landscape section if you would be so kind? It literally takes 2 seconds!
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The African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) has two distinct calls. In flight or perched, the sound is something like the American Bald Eagle. When near the nest its call is more of a 'quock' sound - the female is a little shriller and less mellow than the male. So well known and clear is the call of this bird that it is often known as 'the voice of Africa'. The African Fish Eagle is usually seen in pairs inside and outside the breeding season, even sharing kills made by either of them. They spend more time perched than flying, and usually settle for the day by 10am, having made their kill, although they will kill at any time of the day.
Although, as its name suggests, it feeds extensively on fish, in some areas it preys on flamingoes and other water birds. It is also known to eat carrion and is classified as a kleptoparasite (it steals prey from other birds). Goliath Herons are known to lose a percentage of their catch to Fish Eagles. Their main diet is fish, sometimes dead, but mostly caught live. Catfish and lungfish are caught most frequently. Larger prey are eaten on the ground next to the water.
Having swooped in to pick up the bait, this African Fish Eagle went and perched on a dead tree on the banks of Lake. Baringo, Kenya to enjoy it's breakfast.
The daughter of my dear friend Marina is seriously ill, and I just wanted to let them know my thoughts are with them both...
A coalition of two brothers has a far better chance of survival out in the wild than a solitary male.
Cheetahs being the smallest and weakest of the African big cats, their biggest enemies are Lions, Leopards and Hyena's.
These two Brothers are seen prowling the savannah plains late in the evening, when it is cooler, looking for a meal.
The two Sopa cheetah brothers were captured during a photography safari on a late evening game drive in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.
Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel et Kate Bush
in this proud land we grew up strong
we were wanted all along
I was taught to fight, taught to win
I never thought I could fail
no fight left or so it seems
I am a man whose dreams have all deserted
I've changed my face, I've changed my name
but no one wants you when you lose
don't give up
'cos you have friends
don't give up
you're not beaten yet
don't give up
I know you can make it good
though I saw it all around
never thought I could be affected
thought that we'd be the last to go
it is so strange the way things turn
drove the night toward my home
the place that I was born, on the lakeside
as daylight broke, I saw the earth
the trees had burned down to the ground
don't give up
you still have us
don't give up
we don't need much of anything
don't give up
'cause somewhere there's a place
where we belong
rest your head
you worry too much
it's going to be alright
when times get rough
you can fall back on us
don't give up
please don't give up
'got to walk out of here
I can't take anymore
going to stand on that bridge
keep my eyes down below
whatever may come
and whatever may go
that river's flowing
that river's flowing
moved on to another town
tried hard to settle down
for every job, so many men
so many men no-one needs
don't give up
'cause you have friends
don't give up
you're not the only one
don't give up
no reason to be ashamed
don't give up
you still have us
don't give up now
we're proud of who you are
don't give up
you know it's never been easy
don't give up
'cause I believe there's the a place
there's a place where we belong
In the lead-up to B'Day, this is me, almost camped fulltime at my mailbox. And as Das's delivery arrived early, the willpower not to open NOW is being challenged!
I'm wearing the Liza top from the Lucky Letter Boards at Scandalize, which you can hit when you join the group for L$20. My jeans are from Spirit, the Tia Jeans, which come with or without sparkling stones on the lower leg for only L$49 per colour on the marketplace. My sweet ankle boots are the Sophie Heels from the Lucky Letter chairs at Mosquito's Way, and are honestly my favourite pair. You can try your luck when you join the group for L$50 group. And finally, a little Saturday Sale purchase from Little Fish - the Hope chain and face piercing, in Female Lelutka Head rigging for L$50.
The cataclysmic 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines was the second largest volcanic eruption of the twentieth century, and by far the largest eruption to affect a densely populated area. It occurred on June 15, 1991. I was part of the evacuation and relief effort. It was the last action of any significance I would perform in the US Navy.
The eruption produced high-speed avalanches of hot ash and gas, giant mudflows, and a cloud of volcanic ash hundreds of miles across that ushered in climate change across the globe. The resulting damage to US assets in the Philippines was pivotal in the decision to close the massive strategic US military bases there. Many US servicemen lost friends and family in the ordeal never to be heard from again. The impacts of the eruption continue to this day.
For the Macro Mondays Theme: "Plugs and Jacks"
How to make an attractive photo of something as unattractive as a plug or jack? This week I lacked a bit of creativity and inspiration. For my part therefore nothing special; just an ordinary plug...
Thank you very much for your time, faves and comments, it's much appreciated.
HMM
Created for Rubys Treasure Challenge 67
Premade Background with thanks to Rubyblossom
dog 1 Pinterest
dog 2 Pinterest
texture by Carlos Arana
I've used this spiral staircase before, but decided that a closer photo of it was in order.
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After a week when temperatures across the UK have hovered above a sweltering 30C/85F, I found myself longing for the chill and fog of early spring, and revisited a shot which I captured at the centre of Richmond Park in early April. On many mornings I'd hoped for calm conditions that would bring heavier fog, and before this particular sunrise the low wind speed and near-freezing temperature near the Pen Ponds created fog so dense that, for a couple of hours, visibility dropped to about 20 metres. As the sun finally crept above the woodland and created various shades of orange and pink on the horizon, I came across the bare branches of an oak tree, and next to it the remains of a broken tree trunk, part of which now lay on the ground. Something about this scene captivated me, so I stopped to capture it.
The image is a blend of seven bracketed exposures, and proved to be a fun editing project because of the contrast between intense foggy light around the sun and deep shadows covering the trees and foreground. I began by blending my exposures using luminosity masks, bringing up visibility of the tree trunks while toning down brightness around the sun. I then refined my own masks in order to select and intensify the fog in the background. This was achieved by duplicating the blue channel in the Channels Panel and using a Levels adjustment to increase the channel's contrast between Darks and Midtones, effectively removing the trees and grass from the selection. After extracting the highlights around the sun using a selection from my Brights luminosity masks, I was left with a selection of just the foggy background, where I blended in my brightest exposures using a combination of linear and reflective gradient masks.
Colour-grading the image was very straightforward, as the mixture of early-morning blues across the landscape and intense warm tones in the sky only needed a little emphasis. Using Colour Balance adjustments with Apply Image as a layer mask, I gave the midtones and shadows a colder finish, and targeted the brighter area around the sun to increase the reds and magentas in the highlights. Setting two low-opacity Colour Lookup adjustments to Soft Light, I then used the Foggy Night preset for the foreground and the Soft Warming preset for the sky.
Using Nik's Colour Efex Pro, I brought out a little of the tree trunks' texture using the Detail Extractor filter, and at the same time softened the detail in the sky using the Sunlight filter, which helped to bring out the hazy glow across the scene when I'd captured it. While I thought that viewers' eyes would gravitate to the sun emerging between the tree's branches, the tree and the trunks among the fog were what drew me to the scene, and I felt it was important to try to emphasise their weathered texture and, ultimately, their "character". There was something hopeful about the colour spreading across the horizon as the sun rose, but at the same time something poignant about a scene that seemed to tell a story of nature's brutality and illustrate how certain things, once broken, can't easily be healed or repaired.
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Sacred Mount Agung Volcano in Indonesia & Religious Wayside Shrines to keep Enceladus Giant sleeping ...
Prayers for no more Earthquakes,Trembles,Moans,thick Fumes,and Apocalyptic Tsunamis spreading death ...
Inconceivable disaster,words seem inadequate to express our true empathy.
At the moment now when Nanometer Technology is popular, as long as it is related to Nanometer, whether it is clothing, food, housing, or travel, it will all be crowned with Nanometer because they didn't know much about Nanometer. The nanometer is just a name of the unit. It is derived from the International System of Units, referred to as “SI”, adopted by the 11th International Federation of Weights and Measures in 1960. There are many words on the top of Nanometer, such as "nanotechnology", "nano-computer", "nano-surgery", "nano-biology", "nano-fossil", "nano-plankton" and so on. The code name of Nanometer is "nm". How small is it? It is small enough to be observed using an electron microscope. 1 nm is equal to 1 millionth of a millimeter, and the technology in the field of environmental protection is moving towards nano-gram. This is a welcome phenomenon for us humans and photography.
Photography is actually one of the old predecessors who use Nanometer as a unit. The completion of a photo must be a result of drawing a picture with the light of the meter. The photographer who is a photographer knows more about the light. It is indeed necessary to have a lot of benefits for photography. (Will be continued)
The Jishu Shrine inside the iconic Kiyomizu-dera is dedicated to the Japanese equivalent of Cupid. The shrine is popular with young ladies looking for love, and with newlyweds hoping to guarantee a long and happy marriage.
Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺), officially Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera (音羽山清水寺), is an independent Buddhist temple in eastern Kyoto. The temple is part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) UNESCO World Heritage site. The temple was founded in 778, and its present buildings were constructed in 1633. There is not a single nail used in the entire structure. It takes its name from the waterfall within the complex, which runs off the nearby hills. Kiyomizu means clear water, or pure water. [Source: Wikipedia]
Thank you all for your kind support throughout the years and here's wishing you good health and prosperity in 2018.
Be safe and have fun ringing in the New Year!
Vancouver, BC, Canada