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A little over a week ago, Macy's 10-year old friend Robert left this world after a car accident. The sudden loss of Robert has been very painful for everyone who knew him. Death is never an easy thing to face, but when the tragedy involves a child, it leaves a tremendous hole in a family, a community, a school, and in the hearts of the children who were his friends. As hard as it is for adults to grapple with the "why" of death, it comes as an especially hard blow to children, who are largely unprepared to lose someone their own age.
Macy was very close to Robert and participated in his funeral, releasing a dove. Since his death and the services that followed, she has been trying to cope by keeping a journal and seeking ways to memorialize him. When I met her yesterday, she was wearing a badge with his face on it, as way to honor him and also maintain a connection. We decided to keep the symbolism from the funeral of the caged bird released and flying away, just as Robert's soul has been set free from his earthly body.
This session is a gift to Macy and to Robert's family. By creating art in his memory, we hope to find a therapeutic way to deal with the grief of his passing as we also seek to honor a young life taken too soon.
It’s a Monday evening for me, yet time has lost all traditional meaning for those fighting in Ukraine and those fleeing, besieged and tormented. Once again, I show my solidarity towards Ukraine and their plight by creating a photograph, and once again I dedicate this image to the Public Domain. Anyone can use this image in any way they like without license, permission, or credit to me. I encourage all artists to use their craft to create symbols of support for Ukraine. It’s easy to feel powerless but we can all utilize our skills and opportunities to help.
In my previous post, I had mentioned that my wife and I had run a car-load of food to the refugee centre here in Varna, Bulgaria. Knowing that I had a way to directly help, a number of people contacted me to see if there was a way to donate towards the cost of these groceries. We’ve done two trips so far with a third planned for tomorrow morning. If anyone wants to contribute, I’d be happy to run multiple trips a week or more. I’m not a charity and cannot provide you with tax receipts, and you’d have to trust me with your money.
I’m just a stranger on the Internet for most people reading this, and you absolutely shouldn’t trust a stranger with your money. You can find a list of charities doing good work in Ukraine here: www.cnbc.com/2022/03/09/heres-a-list-of-top-rated-chariti... . And there is a video on that page that specifically states to avoid charity scams by staying away from individual appeals. Even still, if you know me personally and you’d like to help my efforts, I’d welcome it. Thank you so much to those who have offered help already.
If you are in Canada and wish to eTransfer funds to me, you can send it to don.komarechka@gmail.com . If you are anywhere else and wish to use PayPal, send the funds to don@komarechka.com with a note “Donation for Ukraine refugee aid” so I can properly sort all the donations that come in. The food we’re supplying is the kind that doesn’t require a lot of prep work: fruits, canned fish, cured meats, juice etc. that doesn’t require a kitchen to prepare. After tomorrow’s grocery run, we will ask a coordinator what they need the most, and then go out and source exactly that. We’ve also picked up some art supplies for the kids.
This image was created in a similar way to one I shot for Earth Day last year ( www.flickr.com/photos/donkom/51148150819/ ). Gerbera daisy petals bent into the shape of a heart, with a droplet at the center. In this case, using the same blue and yellow construction paper as a backdrop. These petals are tricky to work with – they were wrapped around a small cylinder (the protecting cap for the hypodermic needle I use to place the droplet worked well) and kept tightly wound for a half an hour. They kept the curve I needed to put them together, but they were still too “springy”. A tiny dot of superglue was used to hold them together; nothing like a bit of foreign aid to help out, right? At first the image had a wider crop, but I decided to make the heart shape interact with all the edges of the frame, creating strong trigonal geometry and bringing more focus to the delicate, dangling drop.
Ukraine’s war for the right to exist is at a very pivotal point. I feel more and more like Ukraine’s allies need to step up further and stop the lawless, soulless, catastrophic destruction of life. I won’t tell you what to think, but I would suggest letting your elected government officials know your thoughts. It’s one thing to opine on social media, but it’s another to write influential letters to those who can take greater action than any individual. The world has become a “global village”, and it’s one of the reasons why my family and I moved to Eastern Europe. The actions of many nations have indicated that this is also a global fight. It’s a war unlike any other in history with incredible worldwide aid for Ukraine and sanctions for Russia that are unprecedented. As a global fight unlike any other, we must all think differently. I will not be a passive bystander when my actions can make a difference in the biggest human tragedy of my existence.
Stay strong, Ukraine.
For Macro Monday........The First Letter of My Name.......Lorna
This lace is a scrap from my daughter's wedding dress, a Chantilly style of netted lace. The couching apparently was hand sewn.
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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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PROCESSING POWER:
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.
Due to Covid, people in many parts of the world have to stay at home. Some get creative! On my bike I passed this window and could not resist taking a photo.
By Pieter Lommerse
For Me Again Monday's Red theme -- Happy Me Again Monday, Happy Bench Monday, and Happy Thanksgiving :)
Let's talk about grief, and the artistic process. A good friend of mine passed away this week, at the age of 36. I first met him a little over 10 years ago, when I was discovering the local music scene in my area. Little did I know at the time, but I was meeting the people who I would become friends with for the rest of my life.
I have zero musical talent, but the opportunity to be around these individuals, to be able to see it take shape, was utterly amazing. Think about this: when a song is written, since the dawn of time, that song has never been. And then all of a sudden, it is. And while eventually buildings will crumble, sculptures will weather and wear, and even the Mona Lisa will turn to dust in enough time, music is entirely different. As long as there's someone to listen, it is truly forever.
And that's real art. This thing I do with Lego is a cheap imitation, but, it's my cheap imitation. So this build is equal parts therapy, memorial, and just needing to do *something* to get it out. I hope you enjoy it. Below are links to a couple of songs to listen to, and the GoFundMe page set up to help cover funeral expenses, if you're so inclined.
The namesake of this build, Highway by she swings, she sways
My favorite she swings, she sways song, Flown the Coop
I miss you and love you, John.
Haven't thanked you for a while for all the comments, faves and invites. A heart felt thank you to all my flickr friends. I am trying to visit your photos even with all the flickr problems. Again, many many thanks to everyone!
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it was a few that I didn't go to take some lanscape and I was very motivated to take some shot today. I went to test a new location so I've taken the path between Arenzano and Cogoleto to see it. I wasn't very happy, the spot wasnt' good as I've imagined. Sunset was coming and I still haven't fouded a good subject. so I've run back to a little beach at the start of the path. Finally I have founded a good foreground imho and I've started to compose. This one cost me a little bath in the water but i think it is worth!
D200 + Tokina 12-24 atx pro dx f/4 + Kood Hard cut GND2 + Tripod + remote control
18 mm f/18 1,3 sec ISO100
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved.
Created for Saturday challenge.
Using my original photo (taken 25 September) in Wombo art to create two technology images, shown at the top of this collection, plus part of the original photo.
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Designer cushion covers by Tracey Keller from Noosa, Queensland, plus Samsung Android mobile phone and tablet.
I dedicate this to You! ... yeah YOU! I wanted to upload this gorgeous colorful rose for all of you my friends! This is one of the roses from our garden and I just couldn't believe how bright red it was! It was begging to get it's picture taken :)
I would like to thank you all for your continued support even though I have been very busy at times. I learned so much here in this Flickr world! :D
Have a Wonderful Day My Friends!
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This picture was reserved for my 200th post. A “Riding into the Sunset” themed goodbye from the Jeridaking account. I already had the caption in mind. In it I will blabber my thanks and the hope that you will still add me as a contact once I created my new account.
But a 24 year old man by the name of Lester Nelson www.flickr.com/photos/lnelson/ had other ideas. Somehow he found this stream, added me as a contact and to my surprise gifted me with a PRO account.
Just like that, number 200 becomes 182. And 201 and beyond is made possible because of somebody who lives thousands of miles away from where I am.
Thanks Lester. You are amazing….Flickr is amazing!!!
Old gas station, store and out buildings that have been crumbling down for years on Old US Hwy 60 in Brenda, AZ
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Nutmeg. Nursery Pastels Crib / Child
Nutmeg. Nursery Pastels Elephant Toy
Nutmeg. Nursery Pastels High Chair / Child
Nutmeg. Nursery Pastels Framed Art / 1 Bonus
Nutmeg. Nursery Pastels Framed Art / 2 Bonus
Nutmeg. Nursery Pastels Milk Cup Decor
Nutmeg. Nursery Pastels Cereals Decor
Nutmeg. Nursery Pastels Milk Bottle Decor
Nutmeg. Nursery Pastels Train Toy
Nutmeg. Nursery Pastels Mobile
Nutmeg. Nursery Pastels Draped Shirt
Nutmeg. Nursery Pastels Stacking Toy
Nutmeg. Nursery Pastels Beads Toy
Nutmeg. Nursery Pastels Rug / Decor
Nutmeg. Nursery Pastels Chair / Child
Nutmeg. Nursery Pastels Koala Toy
Nutmeg. Nursery Pastels FM
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Nutmeg. Cluttered Step Ladder
Nutmeg. White Vase
Everyone needs a baby piggy!
[Rezz Room] Pig Baby Animesh (Companion)
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HISA - Floral Bouquet Vines - E - White
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Dahlia - Patia - Ivy Seedlings
Dahlia - Patia - Ivy Hanging
Dahlia - Patia - Garden Terranium - White
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Noveny - Ballerina Music Box - on/off
::KKs:: lace curtains butterflies
Thanks a bunch for all the support! 😊
Macro Mondays 5-7-18 "Jagged"
Again, for all you Strobist readers out there, and anyone else who cares to read about how the image was made......
When I read the theme for this week, I knew what my subject was going to be right away. As someone who's been in and around the construction industry most of my life, doing a macro of saw teeth was just natural. The biggest hurdle was finding a composition and lighting that would look artistic and eye catching, while also highlighting the "jagged edge".
I tried various angles and compositions of several blades before settling on a straight on, in focus shot. I chose a blade that was worn to provide some interest, but also still shiny to add some reflective highlights. The rusty blades had plenty of interest but didn't give any reflections. And in the vein of "strobism"....(is that a word?) this shot is definitely "Made", not just shot.
On to the lighting setup. I kinda did this one backwards, as I normally would work from the background forward. I lit the subject first. Just a Godox TT600 with a 1/4" gird to prevent spill onto the background. I positioned it to camera left as I didn't want the jagged edge in shadow. I wanted it highlighted and this angle did the trick. The flash was maybe 3 inches from the blade. I had to play around with the angle a bit as just a slight change in position at this distance can change the lighting drastically. Once I was happy with the main light, it was on to the "Bokeh Background".
I had read that someone used sparkly jewelry to provide glint for that cool "Bokeh" look in macro photos. I'd never tried that, but it sounded like a good idea.
"Hey honey, can I borrow some of your sparkly, flashy Jewelry?"
"You want to borrow some of my jewelry?"
"Yeah, do you have some really gaudy sparkly stuff?"
"Uh, yeah, what do you need it for?"
"Oh, I just need it for some photos."
"You're going to take some selfies with my jewelry?"
"No, I just need it for some bokeh."
"Some what?"
"Bokeh."
"My jewelry isn't broken."
"No, no, Bokeh, for the background, you know what, nevermind, I've got some shiny screws in my desk here."
So....small shiny computer screws make a great easy Bokeh backgound. Really anything that can provide random glints of light will work. I threw the handful of screws onto a black piece of material. Then I took my other TT600 and armed it with a 1/8" grid positioned directly over the screws and maybe 6" away. Definitely gave that bokeh look I was going for. Just needed to add a splash of color to it. I took a blue gel and a red gel and placed them on the flash head overlapped a bit in the middle. The grid kept the colors from mixing completely and gave a nice color gradient from blue to red. I just kinda hand held this flash and played around with different angles and distances until I got an exposure that I liked. The grid made for a really tight beam of light, but the IR light on the front aims at exactly the spot where the flash is going to light up, making it easy to line up the angle.
So there you have it. To sum it all up, Nikon D750 with a 55mm F2.8 lens set to F16 and focused all the way to 1:1. Two Godox TT600's triggered with a Godox XT1-N. Main light camera left somwhere around 1/16 power with a 1/4" grid. background light directly over the background with red and blue gels and a 1/8" grid.
Happy Macro Monday Everyone!
For Our daily Challenge group 3 - DANGER
I used to love exploring old abandoned places (particularly those which are reputed to be haunted) however I've become paranoid since my accident and see danger lurking everywhere. I do hope it is a temporary state. although I definitely don't think it is wise to be foolhardy when exploring old buildings.
A special image for a Flickr friend who needs some hugs & prayers right now, my thoughts are with you :)
Texture with thanks to Shadowhouse Creations
Roses taken by me, a gift from a friend
Morning 4 am, temperature 28 degrees, pitch black - opted for extreme long exposure and biggest challenge was manual focusing. Enjoy, Mario.
Thank you for your visits, kind comments and faves!
When I took this photo my father thought the barn above was better. So, this one is for him. Godspeed, Dad.
This in my take on a character, trying to keep it close to the original, but adding things to make it more personal and unique.
Thank you for watching and stay tuned, more will come :)
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33 and 31 (I think), Cairns Street, Kangaroo Pojnt, Brisbane.
The cottage on the left (33) is one of three built for and likely by John Mullen as a rental property. Mullen built his own house, likely 35 Cairns Street, circa 1876-8, adding the three rental properties in 1886, at the height of a building boom in Brisbane. The building boom also saw dramatic residential growth in Kangaroo Point and confirmed its position as a popular residential area. Mullen’s cottages were rented to tenants until well into the twentieth century. They were restored in the 1980s and were converted to offices in 2009. These cottages form part of group of nineteenth century cottages still extant in Cairns street.
In later years, they were located very close to the Evans Deakin Shipyard. The whole area has now been entirely revitalised following the closure of the shipyards with upmarket high and low rise housing beside the river. The main dry dock still exists as part of the overall development. Where heritage housing is retained, thankfully most has been nicely restored.
Most information from www.heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au
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Today we shot the conceptual half of the Workshop Retreat! We slept to the sound of hammering rain on the yurts, woke up to another downpour, and SOMEHOW managed to shoot in beautiful overcast skies. Grabbed this one during our shoot with the wings, cannot wait to share the images from this whole weekend. So proud of all the attendees and their shots. We've all stuffed ourselves with thai food and cheesecake and now enjoying our final night waiting for the hot tubs to warm up!
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these flowers are for you. for the tender places that feel unseen or unheard; for the difficult places not yet embraced; for the beautiful places as they grow; for the bright, unique light that is you. these flowers are for you (and for me and for everyone).
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For the complete story of 'Lucy' please see the first comment box for a four part photo essay - you will have to view each photo to get the complete story. My 'long time' contacts will know this story already but it is soon time for the Loons to return to Keefer Lake (the ice is breaking up now) and I think of 'Lucy' always at this time of year. The photo above is a new posting - I have literally hundreds of photographs of Lucy and her parents.
- Keefer Lake, Ontario, Canada -
Walt Disney World, Disney's Animal Kingdom - 09/18/09
Casual dining area between Tamu Tamu Refreshments and the Harambe Fruit Market in the Africa section at DAK.
I will be out most of today, but will catch up with everybody later this evening and tomorrow. I hate missing all of the great new photos...
Shot for the theme Intentional Blur on the Macro Mondays group, fitting to the theme of the 52 still lifes group as well.
I found this one very difficult and read everything about moving objects, shutter speed etc. I choose for HO figures taking a salt bath in an antique miniature salt shaker.
Above is a funnel with coffee filter with a tiny hole, to which I added salt.
Taken on tripod.
Title is a Procol Harum song.
I've seen so many lovely dog-among-bubbles photos out there and have wanted to recreate one for the longest time...
I should've known better.
This one made me loudly 'guffaw' when I looked at the image review... Kess, you crack me up.
Another Sindy ~ this is Sheila ;-)
She's in pretty good condition really although I'm not sure yet what is wrong with her left eye. I'm hoping it's not scratched ~ it may just need cleaning. Her hair is pretty messy and quite dry, so she will have to have a session in the dolly spa at some point.
Her blouse has a Sindy label but the skirt doesn't ~ it also needs the popper repairing but that's only a quick little job. Her boots look really nice with her outfit :-)
For We Are Many
Mamiya 645 ProTL w/ M-S 120 mm/f4 macro.
Fomapan 100 in Adonal 1+100, semistand 1 h.
Lith printed on Foma Retrobrom 151 Sp and developed in Moersch Easy Lith (25A+25B+someOB+H20qs700).
Untoned.
MF 120 spools.
I cut this Afterglow waterlily last night as a bud, this is how it looks today in a glass of water in the Kitchen.
I know there is something to that,
Our prayers are being heard.....may all rest in peace.
created for:Kreative people challenge 166
Original photo by;VeraJane Vickers
texture by Pareeerica
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#4 | CRY FOR HUNGER
Fotoausstellung 2021 - Thema: 'Oberflächlickeit unserer Gesellschaft'
Die Silhouette der leeren Gabel beschreibt eine vermeintliche Leere, die uns förmlich durch die Übersättigung des Wohlstands der westlichen Welt verhungern lässt, während wir alles haben und doch unaufhörlich danach suchen, endlich satt zu werden.
Der Rauch beschreibt den wahren Hunger der Welt; derer, die nichts haben, nicht mal den Inhalt dieser einen Gabel.
The silhouette of the empty fork describes a supposed emptiness that literally makes us starve through the oversaturation of the affluence of the western world, while we have everything and yet incessantly seek to finally become full.
The smoke describes the true hunger of the world; of those who have nothing, not even the contents of this one fork.
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