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In the still waters of the Hastings River a small boat is tied to its mooring.
Ropes hold it in position and a cover protects it from the elements.
In the still waters it casts its reflection.
Hastings River, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
This path (on the right side) leads from Sligachan to the Cuillin mountains on Skye Isle in Scotland. In the area there is only one house that stands out in the evening light.
"Such a strange flower, suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day and now I place them here in memory of something that has died." -- Katharine Hepburn in "Stage Door" (1937)
“Color helps to express light, not the physical phenomenon, but the only light that really exists, that in the artist’s brain.” – Henri Matisse
In Fractions
Brise lame, Palavas-les-Flots
2019
misaato_DSC2287
Photographie noir et blanc
Black and white photography
Misaatophotography
im Raidlhaus es Freilichtmuseums des Bezirks Niederbayern in Finsterau
www.freilichtmuseum.de/das-raidlhaus
... in growing rings
Rainer Maria Rilke:
Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqzPsb6Be8M
Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen,
die sich über die Dinge ziehn.
Ich werde den letzten vielleicht nicht vollbringen,
aber versuchen will ich ihn.
Ich kreise um Gott, um den uralten Turm,
und ich kreise jahrtausendelang;
und ich weiß noch nicht: bin ich ein Falke, ein Sturm oder ein großer Gesang.
SPRING in Monferrato. Rolling hills characterize this area of Monferrato, a area between the right hydrographic side of the Po River, the Ligurian Apennines, the Langhe and the Roero.
Isola d'Asti locality Isola Villa (or Isola Alta), Tanaro Valley, Piedmont, ITALY.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3kFPBtc9BE
(You really CAN see me in his eyes, if you look carefully!)
Bramble/Kitty Boy - one of our many :)
^..^
Shot taken out of an aircraft after departing from the airport of Gran Canaria. In a distance of approximately 150 km you can clearly see the vulcano Tede, with 3.718 meters the highest peak of the neighbour island Teneriffa.
Postprocessed heavily in Lightroom 6, DFine 2 and GIMP.
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'In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.'
John Steinbeck
texture thanks to Tòta.
effects by GoArt.
Title:In Awe
Stitched panorama
Location: Port Lincoln, Eyre Peninsula,South Australia.
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A female stands in water grooming in the middle of a small flock. While the males get a lot more attention, I find the females have a lovely subtle plumage, and the fall reflections on the water framed the scene well.
A larger group spent several weeks on the Lake in the fall, spooked and flushed periodically by Hawks and the occasional Bald Eagle. The species is a frequent fall visitor, and there are occasional northbound migrants in the spring.
A feature of the species that always seems striking to my eye is the short, beautifully coloured bill. It is often described as ‘goose-like’ and it helps them have greater pulling force on the underwater greens that form the core of their diet.
Aruba is referred to as One Happy Island.
Was I happy in Aruba? Sure, how could one not be?
Long Exposure Images of Manchebo Bay at Midnight in Aruba During A Full Moon.
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No, not the 'Peak' but, for some, the most appealing station in South Yorkshire - Rotherham Masborough.
Sitting a few miles north-east of Sheffield Midland on the old Midland Railway route, in the 1970s it saw all the main-line NE-SW expresses pass through, and slowly too given the sharp curve starting at the end of the platform behind just behind me. On the right would be seen a procession of freight trains taking the avoiding lines around Sheffield as well as those heading towards and away from Tinsley Yard. There was also a small yard behind me on my left sitting on the inside of the curve which usually had a couple of active class 08s on duty - access was via the line running behind the black railings on the left. And, as well as all this, it was still semaphore controlled with copious amounts of signals that were in constant use and controlled by two boxes - one behind me, and one just visible above the last carriage in shot.
Plenty then to attract the spotter and photographer, and in the late 60s and early-mid 70s I reckon I spent more hours here than I did at that other South Yorkshire fleshpot, Doncaster.
Sadly Rotherham Masborough closed in 1988 to be replaced by a re-opened and re-built Rotherham Central located on the old Great Central route and accessed via a chord from Holmes Junction. In fact this station has since been refurbished and, in 2018, was connected to the Sheffield Supertram network providing an even better transport infrastructure for the local community.
Meanwhile, back at what used to be Rotherham Masborough, the trackwork is now massively rationalised, colour lights installed, and the station flattened down to platform level with the exception of the main building, part of which is currently in use as an Indian restaurant. Expresses still pass through, as does some freight, but all in all it makes for a sterile and sorry comparison to what was here before.
In this shot 'Peak' class 45/0, unit 45015, is heading south with a rake of Mk1 carriages and what's likely to be a NE-SW route working.
Agfa CT18
16th September 1977
Morgen geht's in den Ofen
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I believe this is a stripe tailed hummingbird, seen in the Monteverde Biological Reserve, Costa Rica. Shot with an iPhone through our guide's spotting telescope.
I took this picture in another life time on Second life. I loved it so much, I decided to add it again.
youtu.be/jPJNt1eTVNY?si=Y2T8EImV3TKGTKea
Love Bahamas!
By the sacred grove, where the waters flow
We will come and go, in the forest
In the summer rain, we will meet again
We will learn the code of the ancient ones
In the forest
By the waterfall, I will hold you in my arms
We will meet again by the leafy glade
In the shade of the forest
With your long robes on, we will surely roam
By the ancient roads, I will take you home
To the forest
In the forest, in the forest
In the forest, in the forest
With your long robes on, we will surely roam
By the ancient roads, I will take you home again
To the forest
Satisfy the soul baby
Birds sing all day long of the mother lode
We can let it roll, in the forest
With your long robes on
I know where you're coming from
By the big oak tree you've gotta come and go with me
In the forest, in the forest
In the forest, in the forest
By the waterfall
I will hold you in my arms, and we will meet again
By the leafy shade, in the, in the forest
Satisfy the soul
Birds sing all day long of the mother lode
We can surely let it roll, in the forest
With your long robes on
I know where you're coming from
We will surely roam, down by the ancient roads ,by Van Morrison
In lovely Bruges.
Though I think Ghent is even lovelier :)
An account of my travels in Ghent, Bruges and Ypres:
In honor of the souls lost so close to my home, let's please embrace each other a little more.
We are all too disconnected. We look for faults not similarities. We are not loving or compassionate enough. We have abandoned the village concept in favor 'every man for himself.' It's not every single one of us, but I find the gap between the next human being and me to be ever widening. I will hold a door open for 9 people and only one will even look up and notice. I smile and others often don't smile back. We are too busy. Too focused on owning things and being mad at politicians. Blame, anger, frustration, greed, anxiety, measuring success by the wrong things. This is a depressed place. We need to love more, accept more, give more, be accountable, kind and compassionate. It's in us. We have forgotten. I hope we can find within ourselves our light and start giving it away generously and with great hope.