A male Anna's Hummingbird against a beige background sporting his irridescent red head-feathers.

Panorama. Located in San Diego, California, USA in Sorrento Valley/Mira Mesa suburbs.

Sun's departing gesture. Same shot from the same location as the previous one only 5 minutes later.

A sunset taken in Iligan, Mindanao, The Philippines from a hill overlooking the small city below.

An Anna's Hummingbird preparing to enter a hovering position

In galaxy and nebulae

Mirrors the deep and lustrous

Kind of planet

Reflecting its alike twins

Already existing for trillion generations

The trillion light years beyond the universe and outer space

In galaxy and nebulae

Matters not a daytime or a night

The planets distributed the gravity without right or wrong

Flying stones, dusts and rocks drifting without gain or loss

Nebula alternating its light and dark in deep outburst

The instant birth and death of meteor’s collision

In galaxy and nebulae

Every moment is like this life

Setting forth the human in earth

The future is an unpredictable journey

Subsisting in a spacecraft with constant temperature

The heading direction beyond cold and hot

In galaxy and nebulae

Sperm and ovum combining the continuation of embryo

Youth withered in flight

Life a newborn in flight

Soaring further to a deep and gloomy milky way

The difference of love and hate gradually lost its remembrance

In galaxy and nebulae

The countless stars flashing high in universe

Dodging a farewell, separation is beyond the countless light years

Suddenly find one like the twin of earth

A new birth or a casting shadow?

The contradiction of lonesomeness and intimacy entangled in an encounter

by DePen Chang

Monday, May 3, 2010

A young man waits for customers at his family egg business located in a wet market in Tagbilaran, Bicol, The Philippines.

A panorama combining six wide angle shots of a late autumn fair-weather sky looking southwest in San Diego, California, USA

Title says it all. Interesting thing about this image is when you turn it around in 90 degree increments, the representation changes. This is the angle I chose. Which one would you have chosen?

Black and white graphic created from reconstructed digital photo pixels. ;-) I make a lot of them.

Soul Of The Soul Of Universe

You are the soul of the soul of universe

You are manuscript of a divine letter

You are a mirror reflecting a noble face

I am the ground, you are the step

The universe is not outside of you,

Look within yourself

Everything you want

You are already that

Change is the only permanence of life

The world exists only as we perceive it

It is not what we see but how we see it.

Gratitude is a sure path to happiness

Love as if you have never been hurt before

Live as if heaven is on earth

Sing and dance as if no one is watching you

Set your sights higher than eyes can see

by Mohammad Siddiqui

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Much emphasis is placed on knowledge and memory,

intelligence is worshipped and information is mankind's god.

Yet these too are trivial and shall turn to dust.

People cling to memories yet these too are mortal

and shall fade with age and die with death.

No, what is immortal, and is important

does not age, does not die, and is rarely sought.

Wisdom and love are the fruit of the soul

and these do not age but grow with time.

Yet these treasures are ignored and mocked.

Many people believe they possess wisdom,

yet they do not seek it.

Many covet love, and wish it for themselves,

yet are reluctant to give it,

sharing it only with close friends and family.

Wisdom and love are the food of the soul

yet people stuff their souls with hatred and ignorance,

and while their bodies live healthy and well,

souls suffer and starve.

Wisdom often comes with age but

wisdom does not come from age.

Indeed, there are children who are wise

and elders who are fools.

No, knowledge and wisdom are enemies.

Knowledge is of the world and for the world,

wisdom is of the soul and for the soul.

Knowledge is nothing more than trivial facts

that help make us feel good about ourselves,

but wisdom is true understanding of life and what is life.

Only when one has wisdom, rather than knowledge,

can one truly understand the purpose of dying,

and more importantly, the purpose for living.

by Zachary Zuccaro

Monday, June 25, 2012

Fate, Character And Life - Fate Is Leveler

Fate like Tsunami, like Egyptian drought of seven years

like the nuclear explosion in hiroshima-nagasaki

also similar to the darkness of the world economy today

Turns everything upside down

And proves to be cruelest ever leveler;

Sparing almost none.

But if unswerving-character, grit and foreseeing-wisdom (as of Prophet Joseph) join hands

They can build securest-ever embankments and dams

Not only to avert imminent fate-ravages

But to turn potential energy (of drought and Tsunami)

Into more gold (accessible water) , diamonds (aquatic life) , rubies (agriculture) and all that

And turn home on globe into

A lovelier place for life to exist.

by Shahid Saleem Butt

Sunday, May 8, 2016

A vibrant photo-manipulation of on of my images taken in Duck Creek, Utah.

Looking toward La Jolla, San Diego, California

An Anna's Hummingbird relieving itself of some used nectar. I rarely offer bird shots in black and white, but this one screamed B&W to me. This is the last in my hummingbird series for now. I have more to share at a later time. NEXT UP: some abstract graphics I created during the pandemic.

WInters are mild in San Diego, California. Most of the annual total of rain comes during the winter months.

Created from an image of four plam trees against a cloudless sky.

In the embrace of a coastal bay, a young tree flourishes, its leaves catching the last rays of the sun. It stands alone, yet unyielding, a symbol of new beginnings and the boundless potential that each day holds. Mission Bay, San Diego, California, USA

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA. Hoodoos and other amazing geological and erosion formations seen in this one vista overlooking Bryce Canyon.

Fits nicely in a square frame in any position. My next series if images to follow will be a mixed variety of subjects.

A California Towhee in the open foraging for fresh seeds in the grass.

No matter where your seed falls in life, you must try your best to reach the light. A lone Ponderosa Pine along the Navajo trail at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA

The Long-billed Curlew: North America’s Largest Shorebird - This elegant bird, with its distinctive long, curved bill, is a master forager. It uses its bill to probe deep into mud and sand for crabs and shrimp along coastal wintering grounds, and picks up grasshoppers in the grasslands of the Great Plains during breeding season. Imaged at Torrey Pines Beach, San Diego, California, USA.

Zion National Park, Checkerboard Mesa

Anna's Hummingbird in a left turn in flight.

Don't stare at this one too long unless you are prepared to let your mind go. Peace.

Magnolia flower's carpel in its early maturation stage

Panorama. Clouds in San Diego the day before a multi-day, winter storm event hits the west coast of the U.S. and travels across the continental USA

I wish I had a better camera sensor to capture this stunning image, alas, this is the best I could muster. but it will always remain in my thoughts.

if I die

I do not know

how the fate of the time ....

he beat me ...

he froze my blood...

if I die

I do not know...

he kept walking

with the sound of seconds

that is horrible ...

if I die

I do not know

how the fate of the time ....

rant73

___________________________

I'M BACK

I'm back. Many foreigners:

water flowing colors, ships, eagles

And clouds resting on the other equator;

the taste of the sea has changed and I have a face

also illuminated by other sun.

It is just

The quiet stay.

More deserted me on the twist of the road;

more desolate also mixed between

the wishing and the loose.

Left Stay turned away

pulled nervous that committed-complete as bright

thunder.

by: Chairil Anwar. 1949

the PALE RIDER

The righteous will fall

And darkness shall rise

I destroyed them all

I must kill to survive

My legacy shall be written in blood

The screams of the dying come forth in a flood

No man or god with be safe from my wrath

If you wish to die than stand in my path

No mercy will come to those that i find

Are you so certain I'm out of my mind?

Let it be known, that death has come

The end is near, for i will spare none

I am the Pale Rider, the soldier named Death

Remember my face, for i own your last breath

There's no redemption for those who are damned

There's no resurrection for those of this land

Now hear my cry

I'm taking command

It's time to die

To purge this dark land

The glory of man shall never me seen

For the glory of man, was only a dream

Darkness will rise

The righteous will fall

I am the Pale Rider

I answer the call.

written by : NathanielThomson

Only tell me that you still want me here

When you wander off out there

To those hills of dust and hard winds that blow

In that dry white ocean alone Lost out in the desert

You are lost out in the desert

But to stand with you in a ring of fire

I'll forget the days gone by

I'll protect your body and guard your soul

From mirages in your sight Lost out in the desert

If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track

I'll be the moon that shines on your path

The sun may blind our eyes, I'll pray the skies above

For snow to fall on the Sahara

If that's the only place where you can leave your doubts

I'll hold you up and be your way out

And if we burn away,

I'll pray the skies above for snow to fall on the Sahara

Just a wish and I will cover your shoulders

With veils of silk and gold

When the shadows come and darken your heart

Leaving you with regrets so cold Lost out in the desert

If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track

I'll be the moon that shines on your path

The sun may blind our eyes, I'll pray the skies above

For snow to fall on the Sahara

If that's the only place where you can leave your doubts

I'll hold you up and be your way out

And if we burn away,

I'll pray the skies above for snow to fall on the Sahara

from song lyrics: Anggun c.sasmi

An Anna's Hummingbird hovering and observing me and my camera.

Some friends tell me they see a face in the Hoodoo. Doyou? ;-)

A recently opened Magnolia blossom lit by thinly overcast sky.

Because of his softness, I was melted...

Because of her beauty, I fell.....

The witch came and was there all the time on this earth

With his spell he is able to change his self following his era ....

Oh ....

The witch is in my brain ....

Is in my blood and my veins ....

All season ...., she danced laughing at me...

Oh ....

My body is stiff ...

My brain is frozen ....

My imaginary world is missing ...

Without fantasy, I die ...

Left with memories....

I was hit by his spell ...

I was hit by his spell ..

Sometimes she is frightening ....

Sometimes it makes the traffic jam ...

Sometimes she looks so dazzling ....

She wielded me ....

I am in witchcraft ....

I crawled ... ...

On this earth ..

April 18, 2018

Rant'73

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. I revisited this image and reprocessed it.

Anna's hummingbird maneuvers to avoid an attack from a nearby rival.

A new twist to my Spiritual Twirl Art exploration.

The earth is up

Fire dry season

Flooding rainy season

Earth is not friendly

Fire and water are a disaster

Either because of ignorance, carelessness or greed

The earth is up

Above it stands industrial building

Around the building

its inhabitants produce maggots

The earth is up

The color of the soil is red brownish brown

Similar to blood

Similar to fire

Similar to tears

earth's ground is restless

Don't be angry anymore

The earth is up

On the road angry

Home angry

What's the taste?

The earth is up

Soon we will sell our own Tears

Because our tears are the water of life

the earth is up

here and there many buildings stand ...

whose inhabitants produce maggots ...

the earth is up ...

here and there a lot of buildings

that looks scary ....

adapted from lyric : SONG 2, album HIJAU (green) - IWAN FALS

A ceramic tile Catholic adornment near the doorbell of a residence in Vigan, The Philippines.

.. sometimes from something we love, he can steal our only heart ...

Anna's Humminbird nanoseconds prior to full acceleration. Right focal plane at the right time.

Foggy morning tears settled upon a fallen leaf momentarily quenching its thirst on a dry concrete sidewalk.

Three men navigate a channel between small islands on a small boat in the Philippines Sea. Image taken from the shore of the larger island of Palwan, The Philippines.

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