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You come to the Lake District for atmospheric landscapes, dramatic skies, sunsets and sunrises... what do I get... we are on our fifth day of wall to wall sunshine... not a cloud in the sky... the air has been so clear that there has been zero morning or evening colour... the sun so bright distant landscapes have faded into a haze.... only a photographer would complain.... aaaaagh.
“insist upon yourself. be original.”
~ emerson
original
1. not derived from something else; fresh and unusual.
2. showing a marked departure from previous practice; new: a truly original approach.
3. productive of new things or new ideas; inventive: an original mind.
Look at it! How did they manage to build this thing? It's all curves and angles. It's bent, twisted and sloping. There's only one vertical line on that edge where two planar surfaces meet before they zoom off into some mind bending perspective. It looks unreal, like Escher sketched it! Actually quiet a bit of the fabric of the Sydney Opera House is just that: unreal. What you can see here that looks like red granite is actually terrazzo, the "marble" of the "sails" is ceramic tiles and where the "front" windows — hidden away to the left and out of shot — are copper-coloured glass, the equivalent space above is actually copper. There are so many deceits.
If you turned around, you'd stare into the low Autumn sunshine making a silhouette of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Estonian-born and US-based architect Louis Kahn was pivotal in getting this place built as a mover and shaker on the design selection committee. Good for him! He is reputed to have exclaimed "The sun did not know how beautiful its light was until it was reflected off this building". I'm really impressed: I managed to spell silhouette correctly. It's a stumbling block.
No, I'm not here doing a tourist brochure for Sydney. It doesn't need one. I'm here because this place is so familiar that on most occassions occasions I wouldn't give it a second look. It's in my backyard, so I ignore it. That's such a silly notion. But it's true. It took me years to walk across the Bridge and visit Wendy's Secret Garden; I haven't been to Luna Park since 1976, and so on.
Most importantly, I'm here because I can. I'm here because its here. I'm here out of wonder and nostalgia. I'm going inside. Here's the thing. I'm going inside for the first time in all of the 51 years since it was opened and 55 years after I was, for the first and only time previously under those "sails". I'm quite emotional.
Colours, shapes, clarity, beauty, light, dark
...... How Lucky you are if you are indeed viewing my image without distress, discomfort or concern.
If you haven't already done so please take time to view my other image which connects & pieces together the growing problem we often dont think about.
A quote from George Carlin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carlin
a drawing from me (textured)and then worked on in fotosketcher while thinking about the thruth.....
How fortunate I am to see such a desirable species so close to home. The successful return of the Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) to Ontario has truly been a collective effort. Knowing that we came so close to losing this species and now have plovers returning each season throughout their historic range - it's encouraging. To be responsible, I photographed this plover very judiciously, and only from long distances with huge magnification. Copyright © Kim Toews/All Rights Reserved.
The home of the Coleman family and their mustard empire now an educational trust and only pebble-dashed house I have ever liked!
John Steinbeck said, "No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree." Still, how can one resist trying to capture these stately giants, whether on canvas, film, or memory card? This photo shows my friend, Jackie, camera in hand, surrounded by redwoods at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. She told me later that she was wondering "how can I capture this magic with a camera?"
Thanks to all who visit, fave, comment, and extend invitations. Your support is much appreciated. I will be sure to visit your work, too
“Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.”
-Leonard Cohen, “Anthem”
BNSF train H-STLTUL (St. Louis to Tulsa) hauls ass westbound passed the old Frisco searchlight signals in Eureka, MO, on the BNSF Cuba sub. These are *supposed* to be replaced at some point this year, and with the year winding down, one has got to ask, "How Much Longer?"
How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
John Muir
(deep from my archive....)
wish you a wonderful weekend :)
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