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How I wish I was like the water,
Flowing so freely with every drop
Let my every emotion wonder,
No need to start, nor even stop
How I wish I was like the fire,
Burning with every flame up
Leaving a trace of hot desire
As a Phoenix raises its' wings up
How I wish I was like the earth,
Raising each flower from the ground
Seeing the beauty of death and birth
And then returning to the ground
How I wish I was like the wind,
Hearing each whisper, sound and thought
A lonesome and wandering little wind,
Shattering all that has been sought
Oh, how I wish I was where you are,
Not separated by empty space, so far
It seems like we're galaxies apart,
But we find hope within our heart
And how I wish I was all of the above,
So I can come below and yet forget,
The beauty of angels which come down like a dove
And demons who love with no regret.
Virgil Kalyana Mittata Iordache
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Couldn't get all the birds on the screen, tried the fisheye lens instead.
View from our garden, across the field
Highly elegant, and very, very expensive apartments and townhouses in the posh West end of Edinburgh's Georgian-era New Town. How the other half live!
How much of human kind is clearly visible in this creature? Intriguing and fascinating are his social behaviour, apparent intelligence, communication and the look in his eyes. And all the same we are put off by his noisiness, uncleanliness, violence and complete inability to reason. Much like the human race - the best of beings at times, and also the worst.
It's really hard for me to try to explain how hard it is to motivate myself to do any photography these days whilst I continue to recover from my knee injury. Recovery has been seriously interrupted by lockdowns and closures of gyms...indeed, I've not even been able to see a physio for over 6 months. With all of that my fitness has suffered considerably and so even short excursions can sometimes feel like I'm hitting the wall at mile 22 of a marathon. Therefore, the thought of making the effort to climb a hill for photography when the conditions are less than ideal...well, it doesn't appeal.
When on the hill, a different fear now presents itself. Fear of another injury. I used to head out without a care in the world really. Sure, I might slip and fall, but I always felt that I was the master of my own destiny, even in those circumstances...but now it is different. My body just failed when I injured my knee, with very little in the way of warning, just a little knee pain like I've had for years anyway. The actual step I took when my tendon snapped was so incredibly innocuous, it's the type of step I've taken thousands, if not millions, of times before...it was just like going down the stairs at home...but in that moment, my tendon chose when I was alone, on a hill, in inclement weather and without a mobile signal, to snap...not at home, going down the stairs. And now, although the injured knee presents no pain, my other one does, so the fear is that that will someday go too, as so often seems to happen with people who rupture one tendon, eventually the other one ruptures too. Add to that a lack of strength in the injured knee, some balancing issues and a tendency to give way without warning...that all adds up to a heck of a lot of nervousness when going off the beaten track.
The day I took this photo was no different in many ways. I was solo. The weather was inclement. There was no-one really around. I did have some extra protection in the form of a satellite transceiver that enables me to send an SOS and I did tell my wife where I was this time. But with boggy conditions underfoot, it still meant my mind wasn't wholly invested in photography until I'd set up my tripod and decided to wait, in the cloud and drizzle, for things to happen. And so I waited...and waited...and waited. About 2 hours later I felt the subtle change in temperature on my neck as the sun tried to break through the misty conditions. Poised with my finger on the shutter just hoping for the mistiness to clear a little to reveal the landscape, the conditions brightened to the left of the scene you see here until not only were the two tress visible, but also the landscape beyond...and low and behold, a rainbow. What resulted was a stitch pano consisting of 7 vertical frames and 160 megapixels of Lake District loveliness. This scene lasted for all of 30 seconds...and then it was gone.
I don't tend to big-up my photography, especially these days. I tend to work behind the scenes, especially for anything from Snowdonia, where I spend most of my time, refining my project and building, what I hope will be, a quality book. However, when I go elsewhere, it is sometimes nice to share what I captured, and I think even I like this one enough to shout about it.
This is an image that I have had in mind for a while. I saw a similar photo a while ago and wanted to have my own try at it. I wanted to put my touch on it and this is what I came up with. We went out in the AM to photograph other parts of the park and noticed a large thunderstorm over in this part of the park. I saw that there was a small window between the clouds and I knew that htis could be the photo I was trying to get! We were able to drive out to this area during a heavy thunderstorm and we were really cutting it short - the clouds were moving quickly and I didn't want to miss my opportunity. As we rounded a corner, BAM - stopped by a flagger! We sat there for what felt like an eternity, which was probably around 10 minutes or so. After they let us through, I rushed to my spot and set up as fast as I could. What was tricky now was how slippery the ground had become. It made me a bit nervous to be standing on the ledge like that with some slippery mud beneath my feet. That said, I was still (barely) able to get my shot in! I was so happy to get some decent light just before it faded out. The wet earth here really makes the color pop and the clouds in the back really added to the mood. I think this image ended up being about 14 images stacked together to make a larger focus stacked panoramic image. The full resolution image is about 200 MP in total. It was a lot of fun to get this image and I really hope you all can enjoy it as much as I do!
Explore 2/11/2021 #219
A view of Tarn Hows on a miserable wet day with edits.
Tarn Hows is an area of the Lake District National Park in North West England, It contains a picturesque tarn, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Coniston and about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Hawkshead. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the area with over half a million visitors per year in the 1970s and is managed by the National Trust.
Tarn Hows is fed at its northern end by a series of valley and basin mires and is drained by Tom Gill which cascades down over several small waterfalls to Glen Mary bridge: named by John Ruskin who felt that Tom Gill required a more picturesque name and so gave the area the title 'Glen Mary'.
The area features in the map of the open world racing game Forza Horizon 4.
Idyll beyond the pavement,
How green was my valley
In vernal raiment.
DeKalb County (Forrest Hills), Georgia, USA.
15 April 2023.
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▶ The East Decatur Greenway extends, unpaved, about ⅓-mile beyond its southern paved trailhead, continuing northeastward through a wildflower garden, then, here, over Cecilia Creek (aka East Fork Middle Branch Shoal Creek) via a small pedestrian bridge, finally concluding along the eastern bank of the creek.
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this handsome fellow was lying in the long grass by the edge of the field sunning himself and stood up to check me out as I passed on by.
Zaterdagavond na enige klauterwerk onder aan de Waal dit perspectief gevonden om de drie Waalbruggen in 1 opname te vangen. 12 mm. was krap aan zoals jullie zien. Tevens een ultieme test voor me met de Sony A7III die ik in bruikleen had van CameraNU.nl. Hier de combinatie Sony body met Sigma converter MC-11 en lens Sigma Art 12-24 mm. f/4 goed kunnen ervaren.Ondanks f/8 zijn de details wat mij betreft subliem. En hoe heerlijk is het om een 1 uur aan het water door te brengen met een van je fotobuddies die koek en sopie bij zich had!!!
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The driver who has this license plate owns a sewing machine / repair shop. This is his response when people ask him, “How’s business?” 😉
"Wait a second! How's my hair?!"
A Bold Jumping Spider that I photographed at Conowingo Dam in Maryland.
I photographed this beautiful Hibiscus flower at the San Diego Zoo a couple of summers ago.
Lighting: I used an on camera Nikon SB-700 flash to get some separation from the darker back ground. Other plants, flowers, fruit or thingys that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Plant set. For each image in the set, and there are over 1600 of them, I describe how I set up the lighting for that particular shot. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/
How long will they be allowed their quiet home, so close to us?
When will local government decide that they are just not part of the plan? How much time have I now to sit alone here in the January chill, and think quiet beaver thoughts of winter fishing and roof repairs, and shared body warmth...How long does anyone have?