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“This is for the birds! Oh wait – I AM a bird!”
The challenge:
A photograph can be technically perfect, and have a great composition – that’s already hard enough to achieve sometimes! But for me, a photograph really stands out if it touches me. If it conveys a feeling, or stirs an emotion within. A really great image is one that evokes a mood and pulls the viewer into the scene. That’s what this week’s challenge is about: capturing emotion and feeling.
My process:
This is not the image I thought I was going to take this week. I started off the week thinking I would need to make a difficult and heartrending decision. The rainy weather forecast looked like it would match my mood and I planned to see what I could capture during a downpour. As it turned out, the sun appeared during a break in the clouds at about the same time I got the news that all my worry was for naught. In an effort to calm my frayed nerves, I turned to my camera and started taking photos of birds in my back yard.
I take a LOT of photos of birds – thousands upon thousands of photos often of the same exact birds. Sometimes I question my sanity, but the reason is because I’m hoping to capture the rare instance when a bird seems to express an emotion that we humans can identify with. I’m pretty sure we anthropomorphize the emotions, but we identify with them nonetheless.
Grackles seem to be particularly expressive – maybe because of their bright yellow eyes. This particular grackle has a bum leg that he never puts weight on, but the wind was making it particularly challenging for him to stay upright while perching on the post. He was using his tail as a rudder and he looks like he’s had just about enough! (We’ve all had those days buddy.)
The lighting helped to further enhance the mood of the photo as well. There was a small shaft of sunlight on the bird, but the background was in shade and was especially dark because of dark clouds overhead. The sun highlighted the iridescent colors in the wings and lightened the overall dark colors of the bird to help differentiate it from the dark background.
Lesson learned:
As you probably know, I strive hard to capture technically perfect images. However I am slowly learning (as Maaike said in her opening paragraph) that even though an image might be technically perfect, if it’s void of emotion the technical perfection doesn’t make up for that. Conversely, an image with emotional impact can make technical imperfections almost irrelevant. Perhaps this is because emotions connect us to the deepest parts of ourselves. Technical perfection is about what the eyes see; emotion is about what the heart feels – and it is entirely possible for our eyes to overlook something that our heart feels strongly about.
Aoife's ready for Autumn!
Minifee Juri 08'
Wig - For My Doll
Eyes - Ginarolo
Knits - Hand made Christmas gift exchange from Anielle on Dairyland BJD forum
I woke up to a chilly morning here in Wisconsin, and after eating breakfast and looking at doll photos, I was inspired to play with Aoife a little. So I redressed her and organized my doll stuff bin! Which takes a surprisingly long time.....
I made this dress for Rayna from a ladies' slip, utilising the spaghetti strap for a one-shoulder design and making the dress by crafting the folds and securing them with small beads 'on the doll'. It is a wraparound design so you can twist it so it is narrow or open it up so it is more full. I'm quite pleased with how this turned out.
“I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain. When I felt I held enough cards I determined to pass to action, and did so.” Claude Monet (1840-1926). He was a founder of French impressionist painting.
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This one's for Andreas Mogensen. Happy 40th my friend, sorry its a day late!
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For all you guys who said the leader should have bulkier armor.
And for Chris, who said the leader should have bewbz.
Happy now? :P
Been ill for a while so not a lot been going on, first shoot in a while was a promo shoot for Hannah Louise Gray, a singer who was local for few days to record some new material. It's been planned for a while just timing has been an issue, Went to an abandoned car about 20 miles from my house and took a series of portraits, this one being one of my favourites. Eva Hulme did a great job on makeup.
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Let me be the only one
To keep you from the cold.
Now the floor of heav'n is laid,
Its stars of brightest glow.
They shine for you.
They shine for you.
They burn for all to see.
Come into these arms again
And set this spirit free.
A. Lennox - Love Song For A Vampire
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For the second time in a week this same power pulled Norfolk Southern train 203 west on the Lurgan Branch.
The CP 8808, SOO 6061 (the last SD60M in SOO paint), and NS 9305 lead the intermodal train through the crossing at 18th Street in Camp Hill. The engineer was kind enough to put on a little smoke show as they came around the bend for us.
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Grief & sorrow may last for a night
But joy comes in the morning
If only you believe with all your might
Dancing will follow your mourning.
The best is yet to come
It’s always worth the wait
Don’t lose it, don’t feel numb
For He already opened the floodgates…
The floodgates of bounty & blessing
And the miracles is on its way
And it’s for you for the taking
It’s all coming with no further delay.
He changes times & seasons
You’ll overcome and this will soon pass
It’ll all be behind you for many reasons
For the time of compensation is here at last.
Nothing is wasted, don’t be in a rush
For the bad will be turned into good, your best
It’s almost over so don’t get in the flesh
Fear not, what matters is that you stood the test.
And YES, with Me, it’s always worth the wait!
Written & copyrighted by: Neveen Wadie (QueenNeveen)
Merci beaucoup pour votre visite, les gentils commentaires et les favoris. / Many thanks for your visit, kind comments and favs.
Throughout history and across many cultures, people have regarded owls with fascination and awe. Few other creatures have so many different and contradictory beliefs about them. Owls have been both feared and venerated, despised and admired, considered wise and foolish, and associated with witchcraft and medicine, the weather, birth and death. Speculation about owls began in earliest folklore, too long ago to date, but passed down by word of mouth over generations. So, how do they bring good luck, exactly? Well, in many myths and legends, they played helpful roles (giving wisdom, protecting, etc.) thus marking them as creatures of good fortune. Let's look at the mythological history surrounding the owl...
In early Indian folklore, owls represent wisdom and helpfulness, and have powers of prophecy. This theme recurs in Aesop's fables and in Greek myths and beliefs. By the middle ages in Europe, the owl had become the associate of witches and the inhabitant of dark, lonely and profane places, a foolish but feared specter. An owl's appearance at night, when people are helpless and blind, linked them with the unknown, its eerie call filled people with foreboding and apprehension: a death was imminent or some evil was at hand. During the eighteenth century the zoological aspects of owls were detailed through close observation, reducing the mystery surrounding these birds. With superstitions dying out in the twentieth century - in the west at least - the owl has returned to its position as a symbol of wisdom.
In the mythology of ancient Greece, Athene, the Goddess of Wisdom, was so impressed by the great eyes and solemn appearance of the owl that, having banished the mischievous crow, she honored the night bird by making him her favorite among feathered creatures. Athene's bird was a Little Owl, (Athene noctua). This owl was protected and inhabited the Acropolis in great numbers. It was believed that a magical "inner light" gave owls night vision. As the symbol of Athene, the owl was a protector, accompanying Greek armies to war, and providing ornamental inspiration for their daily lives. If an owl flew over Greek Soldiers before a battle, they took it as a sign of victory. The Little Owl also kept a watchful eye on Athenian trade and commerce from the reverse side of their coins.
In ancient Egyptian, Celtic, and Hindu cultures the symbolic meaning of owl revolved around guardianship of the underworlds, and a protection of the dead. In this light the owl was ruler of the night and seer of souls. A misunderstanding of this necessary relationship gave the owl some negative associations with death. It should be clear that the owl was honored as the keeper of spirits who had passed from one plane to another. Often myth indicates the owl accompanying a spirit to the underworld - winging it's newly freed soul from the physical world into the realm of spirit.
Native Americans associated the meaning of owl with wisdom, foresight, and keeper of sacred knowledge. This may largely be due to the fact that the owl is a great fore-teller of weather conditions. Also its ability to see at night is legend among the Native Americans, and this attribute would be invoked during ceremonies when an oracle of secret knowledge was required.
In conclusion, the owl has a dual symbolism of wisdom and darkness. In many cultures, it most commonly symbolizes wisdom, mysticism, good luck, good omens, foresight/insight, prophecy, and protection. They are thought to bring luck due to the mystical help the provide within mythology and folklore-- protection, being one of them.
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Dad and I had a sad journey yesterday, to his younger brother's funeral, sitting here this evening thinking of him and happy times when I visited and played with his two girls, thought I would light some candles for him. 171/365
D700 with UWH 12/5.6 works fine.
Not perfect but good enogh.
F2A with 40/2 was not needed for photograph at Osaka.
But they were came from Kenjiro.
I had to bring by another reason.