Instead of a brilliant crown flash, the sun beam was quickly gobbled up

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Sed-rah-Stock - Background

Thy-Darkest-Hour - Wings

madetobeunique - Bird

remember how she said that we would meet again

some sunny day

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i was inspired by pink floyd -- as i tend to be! -- and decided to portray my interpretation of "vera".

ok, i'm a dork who knows her stuff - vera is vera lynn, who was a singer during ww2. pink floyd (well, roger waters) is referring to her song "we'll meet again" when he asks, "remember how she said that we would meet again some sunny day?" in the film, pink (waters) loses his father in the war, someone he'll never meet again, as vera may have led him to believe. also, vera herself is a bit of an elusive character, since waters (pink) asks "what has become of you?" which implies that she, like her words, are no longer there, either not accessible or not applicable.

it's a sad feeling, because if you reject the belief that "we *will* meet again", you probably are left skeptical and feeling hopeless. in my photo, i tried to create that mood. the despondency, the heartache, the loss.. and it seems to me that those feelings would paint a pretty bleak picture of the future. even though MY vera has her eyes closed, she is not at peace with herself or her situation. instead, i'm having her revisiting memories, remembering the most beautiful times and reliving them over and over again. clinging to the blanket like she does to the past. lastly, i thought that with such a gloomy way of living/thinking, the pitchblack room save for the two floating lights was right on target... tiny lights, swallowed up in the sea of darkness and misery.

aaaand... that's me in the shawl blanket thing, perched atop the glass dining room table. you can't see the table, because it's glass, and the two green things are stone pillars that hold up the glass. i took all the chairs away from the table, switched off every light except for the three that hang from the ceiling over the table - those two (pictured) and another one that i cloned out because it was the closest to the camera, so bigger and kind of obstructive. i like these two little guys hanging out, hovering around me. it makes me look like princess leia :P

i'm actually really pleased with how this came out! pink floyd is my favorite band and i couldn't give them anything but (what i judge to be) my best.

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hmm. i'm really happy to explain all of the thoughts, plans, ideas, setting up the stage, etc. that go into my shots. of course i always have these silly mustache shots or grrrawrr clint shots, or just blah "look at my beautiful eyes and lips" close-up shots, but i really love when i try to create a scene. a mood. play a character, one who's real, who's been done a million times, or that i just make up as i go along. the most consistent compliment (at least, i think it is a compliment!) i get from you peeps and others who look at my portfolio is that i create a cast of characters, i put on a show for myself and the camera just happens to be there. i love using props, and i love paying tribute to my literary, artistic & musical heroes and heroines (and obama!), but only if i do it well. i do put an awful lot of pressure on myself, especially for tribute shots; i always end up thinking, well, thom yorke did it better! or whatever.. sometimes my safest bet is to aim for a certain style. noir, or vintage in general, outlandish, ethereal, surreal, rough/raw. i don't know what i'm talking about now, but i'm kind of having this renaissance with my 365... embracing it again, really excited about what i can do next and happy with what i've been doing.

(sorry, london, but you had some weeeeird effect on me! poo faces)

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Instead of walking up the hill, as this Mallard was doing, this male Wood Duck decided to take a short flight.

Nun, Pier Marina di Massa, Sky

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North Coast, Taiwan

Instead of taking a very short trip to a big area with my friends (Southeast Asia), I decided to take a short trip to a small place by myself. I figured Taiwan was a fairly safe bet. This shot was taken on a van trip up to Chiouffon Village, an artisan village on the North coast. Side note, the driver of the van belched constantly throughout the trip. I don’t know if it was exhaustion or just my sense of humour, but I found this hilarious. Everybody else on the tour had a poker face on, and nobody seemed to even notice this performance. I was practically crying from keeping the laughter to a barely audible minimum. The gentleman probably had some sort of health condition that caused this overabundance of gas, and this memory always has a bit of guilt attached to it.

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Wisconsin Northern 1500 and 1501 are getting a start on the day’s journey just after sunrise on this July day as they roll past a local bovine population near Cameron, Wisconsin. The crew had started over to the Jennie-O turkey plant at the western-most point of their operations in Barron, WI. They will spend most of the day making a slow 10 mph trip back to their home base at Chippewa Falls to interchange with the UP. Bob Welke and I were on our way back from a trip to the former Missabe and thanks to a kind railroad employee we had a tip they would be running. It made for a fun, if slow, shortline chase.

“The rest of the story” for those who care:

The Wisconsin Northern, an offshoot of Minnesota-based Progressive Railway, got its start in November 2004, right as I was also getting my start as a railfan. I lived along the Wisconsin and Southern, and was fascinated by the idea of another Wisconsin-named railroad, especially one with such sharply-painted, former-Frisco GP15-1s. So when Bob and I were going to be nearby on this trip I really wanted to see them. This turned out to be my favorite shot of the day.

The WN at startup operated the former C&NW line leased from the UP from Chippewa Falls north to Cameron, WI. The line from there north to Rice Lake as well as a former SOO route that crossed at Cameron over to Barron, WI was owned by the CN and leased to the startup as well. If I recall correctly, for the first few years the railroad survived on modest but seemingly steady carloads of commodities like chicken feed, utility pole loads, and other agricultural and forest products.

And then in the late 2000s came the great frac sand boom, and this territory was in the heart of it. That led to true boom times for the Wisconsin Northern north of Chippewa Falls as lots of “sand mines” were hastily built and load-outs opened shipping hundreds of cars a week. But it also meant the CN was suddenly very interested in the line to Barron and resumed operations on it, cutting the WN back to just the Chippewa Falls to Cameron line. Increased carloads meant an influx of 6-axle units but they were painted for parent Progressive Railway or just leasers instead. To date only the WN 1500 and WN 1501 have ever worn the sharp Southern-inspired paint seen here. The 1500 was eventually shipped by Progressive Railway to a new startup out in California leaving only the 1501 left on the property just over 20 years after the start of this shortline.

Instead of cleaning the house ,I just.............

Instead of doing some drawn out story of what the last week has been like here I'll just throw out the stunner and work backwards. Proctor to Alborn on the Missabe sub is at peak color right now due to a dry summer. Yesterday afternoon saw DMIR 402 lead a U719 Minorca limestone north past absolutely blazing foliage at the Kevin Madsen angle, Canosia Road in Munger 15 miles north of the docks in Duluth.

Instead of walking down all those steps we took the funicular when we were in Budapest. That's the Chain Bridge going over the Danube.

I stopped for a bird photo but it went & this Orange-tip male posed for me instead. In the upper wing back lit photo the underside markings are showing through. This is the "britannicus" sub species to the one common in Europe

"Instead of gushing geysers or bubbling mud pots, visitors are met with an alien landscape of white travertine terraces.

How Are The Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces Made?

It all starts with precipitation, either rain or snow. All that meteoric (atmospheric) water percolates its way down through the rocks and into underground magma chambers, picking up limestone along the way.

When the superheated water rises and re-emerges through cracks and springs, it carries with it all of that dissolved limestone and minerals. As the water cools, it redeposits the limestone as something called travertine."

From www.shakaguide.com/article/yellowstone/mammoth-hot-spring....

July 18, 2018 -South of the I-80 Minden Interchange, Nebraska US

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...this weather rolled in to interfere.

Tamron 35/1.8VC

My first explore :D

I've been playing more Overwatch instead of studying for exams, and come to find out that one of the only heroes I'm remotely good with is Reaper, and the design is dope.

If you follow me on Instagram, (www.instagram.com/jerdfigs) you know that the mask is sculpted on to the head alone to allow for a fabric hood, which I think is a lot better.

All of the 3d chest and back elements are sculpted as well, and all of the fabric is made of a Lego cape, including the hood.

The shells on his belt and chest are bits of a lever piece, and the little pendant(?) on the legs is fabric too. It's a bit messy, but don't worry, I've already cleaned it up.

Everything from the waist down is all sculpted, especially his 9000 belts, but except for the shells. The boots were a bit of a challenge, but in the end they turned out ok. They could be silver, but adding some matte black in there makes it look a whole lot cleaner, since silver paint is the antichrist.

His guns are 1x2 bricks and parts of a pole piece and one of those pieces ladders go on.

The gauntlets are cardstock. :P

I think this guy is my favorite I've made. I'm really happy how he turned out.

First time I've said it in a long time, but please comment if you favorite. I'd really love some feedback on this guy.

Also, I took a bit of inspiration off of Dylan's editing. it made the picture look 100 times better.

Thank you, and sorry for the novel of a desc!

-Jared

Instead of running across this waterhole and out into the bush on the other side this Waterbuck decided to turn around and confront her persecutor. She put up a fight but eventually she was cornered and it wasn't long before the experienced alpha dog had her gripped by the nose and under control. The rest of the pack joined the alpha and this poor waterbuck's fate was sealed. Gorongosa NP, Mozambique, Sept 2024

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HAIR: Destinity TRUTH

BODY: Reborn eBODY

DRESS: Eden NEW!! ERSCH

BOOTS: Roxana NEW!! UTOPIA DESIGN in UBER

(For Maitreya, LaraX, Legacy, Reborn, GenX and Kupra.

Fatpack included Hud with 24 colors and tinting option)

VACUUM CLEANER: AriaGlide NEW!! WHAT NEXT in ACCESS

(Included 14 decor/dispenser vacuum cleaner in 7 colors and

14 filter textures and PRB textures option)

Decor:

RATAN SET: Ratan Turtle Set NEW!! GOOSE

(Included chair with couple anims and 7 colors for pillows,

turtle lamp and potted palm)

Slide from my collection. Location not known.

The full name of the operator of this Electra was the Emerald Shillelagh Chowder and Marching Society, which trades nowadays as the Shillelagh Travel Club in Fairfax, Virginia. One the Electra was retired in the mid-1980s, the club ceased operating its own aircraft and relied on scheduled flights instead.

Instead of shooting landmarks in London on Sunday night, I was in Bristol which is another great city to explore after dark. This is Capricorn Place opposite the SS Great Britain.

Instead of landing on the post that was lit by the last rays of the setting sun, the Barn Owl chose the one in the shade behind a tree.

When it turned in my direction, I'm sure it winked at me.

Instead of looking across the Danube as I did to take the view I posted yesterday, this one is looking upstream. I haven't done much editing to this photo as I don't have LR on this computer so I added a couple of very early ON1 filters.

This part of the Oudegracht runs through a residential area. To the right there are houses instead of wharfs here.

Since I still have a significant backlog of images from Iceland, sometimes - instead of going through them one after another - I look through them randomly to see if any stand out, and this time it was one from the beautiful Hraunafossar which we visited at the end of our trip.

After we enjoyed a quick dip in the hot water of the Búðardalur hot pot, which was on our way from the Westfjords to Reykjavik, we continued our drive through the amazing landscape and decided to make a short detour to the Hraunafossar. From the parking lot, it was only a short walk to the viewing platforms where you can see turquoise water coming out of the porous black lava which is covered with beautiful greenery. Every time I arrive at epic locations, I kind of feel overwhelmed and need a little time to find some compositions that work, but in this case I have to give credit to my girlfriend for spotting the composition you see here, which I shamelessly stole from her (after politely asking of course).

Taking this image wasn't easy as we were standing on a wooden floor that was shaking when people were walking over it (we could have moved a little to the side, but then the angle was not ideal and trees in the foreground blocked the view a bit) and since it’s not too far away from Reykjavik, I guess you can image how many people visit this location. I also had to zoom in to 200mm to isolate the waterfall and using filters to get a longer exposure together with the occasional wind gusts made this composition not easy to get.

After getting at least one sharp image, I noticed that my girlfriend was struggling with sharpness and soon we identified the problem: Her tele lens does not have a tripod collar and she didn’t have an L-bracket at that time. This means that - in order to take a long exposure in portrait orientation - she had to tilt the ball head of her tripod to the side, where the weight of the camera and lens caused the camera to move down introducing some blur in her images. At first we thought that the reason might be her cheaper tripod, but then I gave her my tripod with which she got the same blurry images. This meant that the only reason could be the small tripod plate on the bottom of her camera, and it only took a quick look to see that it was noticeably shifted. Fortunately, I had another spare tripod plate with me and using this together with my tripod made it possible that she also got the result she wanted. After spending way to much time at this location, we continued upstream to see the Barnafoss as well. Finally, we got a coffee at the restaurant next to the parking lot before we continued to the Reykjavik campsite with a slightly sad feeling that our trip goes to an end. I hope you like it!

PS: Thanks again to my girlfriend for having such an amazing eye for compositions and for letting me steal this one. If you have some time, I think she would really appreciate it if you would also check out her images: www.flickr.com/photos/193130995@N02/

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Instead of going straight down the road the monks and myself went clockwise around the stupa. Depung Monastery. Lhasa, Tibet

Instead of light bluish grey it will be in metallic and chrome silver!

Instead of snow, rain fell two days before Christmas, leaving the Lobster Landing to reflect on Winter.

See the same scene on a nice day in May at flic.kr/p/8uzz82.

See my other Connecticut images at flic.kr/s/aHsjs4KLLu.

This image was shown in Explore for 8-23-15.

- Beautiful tall grass seemed afloat on it`s own reflection. I use a technique that narrows down my vision to small fragments instead of trying to see everything at once. Without this technique I would not have shot this one. You might try it when out shooting. You might find a world within our world when getting used to it ~;-)

- The sunset can be seen slightly in the reflection. I chose to not capture the sunlight on the top of the trees because I liked the toning in the shadowed area much better...it contained so beautiful contrasts.

- This pond was inhabited by frogs, so I had to watch my step carefully.

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Swamp sparrows weren't so quick to dart back into the brush this morning, deciding instead it was worth the risk to sit out in the open to soak in some more warm sunshine.

Instead of posting the following video with its street noises and blaring sirens, here's a little something different...

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For N.

Last year I followed sculptor and friend Mark Rietmeijer during the

process of creating a sculpture. When he started working on a new

one he asked me to make pictures again.

This time the material is Norwegian Pink - Rose Norwegian, composite

marble, multiple stratification, 50 x 70 x 80 cm., 480 kgms.

Adagium to his new sculpture: I never tackled or solved any problems

in my life, but instead I learn to dance with them and by considering

them as 'questionmarks with wings' I try to escape their weight and

gravity.

Mark Rietmeijers website: www.markrietmeijer.nl/

www.markrietmeijer.nl/index-eng.html

See the slideshow: www.flickr.com/photos/simeon_barkas/sets/7215760382723853...

See also the slideshow of CREATION I: www.flickr.com/photos/simeon_barkas/sets/7215760022455440...

on black....

“When did humans first create music?”

Due to an annoying blister on Rishabh’s toe, we decided against climbing the high dunes, and instead, waded along the enchanting Medano creek to keep thing easy for him. Medano is a seasonal waterbody that flows when snow melts in higher altitudes… four to five weeks every year. Today, the creek was flowing gently on the wet sand, barely above our ankles at its deepest grooves. Gifts offered by this meek river were being enjoyed by one and all – children and children-at-heart were splashing in it and others had found a wet seat on one of its many sand bars that were a foot or so high. Rishabh and I had settled down on one such sandbar. The creek was washing over our bare feet, which were visually fluttering in it. The wind was mild, the sunshine was bright, and the surrounding scenery (above) was impressive; it was a recipe for a peaceful few minutes. But peaceful it wasn’t.

A group of young adults, about 300-400 yards from us, were playing popular songs loudly on their hefty loudspeakers, which they had brought over for their picnic along with their devil-may-care-attitude. This was a national park – the Great Sand Dunes national park– and etiquette of such temples dictate enjoying the place without marring it for others. But these are young people who know everything due to google, and are used to gratification instantly, as if hedonic pleasure is some ‘a-minute-to-cook’ noodle. I sincerely feel sad for this generation. They dig a lot, but nothing much sinks in. They want to smell good, but don’t know how to smell wildflowers. They smile wide for their selfies, but to other human beings, they offer 'smile' emojis.

Rishabh was visibly upset with the wild bunch. To pacify, I reminded him that they were playing one of his favorite songs. “Not here!”, he said firmly. Equally agitated as him, I wondered if this old place had any medication for this new age agony. “Close your eyes and try listening to everything else”, I told Rishabh and did so myself. Slowly waves of man-made music faded from my ears. Cleansed somewhat, I heard the faint chortle of the creek. The giggle was not uniform, but it was rhythmic – the creek knew how to hold time in a rhyme, an art it must have learned from melting spirits of the mountains. Every now and then, a somewhat more vigorous wave would rush through a little sand-canyon and create eddies that percussed like a drum. Braiding with aquatic acoustics, large chunks of sand would now and then dislodge from the bar, splash on the flowing water, and create a roaring crescendo like an orchestra gong. Clearly, the creek was on a song, but only for humble ears that knew how to drop pretenses and court purity.

Somewhen then, breaking the creek’s hypnotism, Rishabh asked, “When did humans first create music?” My son often asks such questions– somewhat silly on the surface, but frustratingly deep to effectively respond. But this time, I had an answer. I said, “Perhaps, a long time ago, when a father and son sat patiently by a creek and heard it warble.”

PS: Zoom into those dunes for human figures, if you care about scale.

Can’t we live in peace instead of hate?

Can’t we cherish our planet rather than denying it needs our help?

Can’t we put our energy into caring rather than contempt?

Can’t we work together for the better good rather than division over our own selfish reasons?

Can’t we embrace the idea of loving our planet rather then turning it into a battleground?

We have so much to live for, why do we not relish that thought?

Bandon, Oregon USA

Vilhelm Hammershoi ranks among the pre-eminent Scandinavian artists from the turn of the twentieth century. At once traditional and avant-garde - maintaining a self-conscious dialogue with the artistic traditions of his homeland while being thoroughly conversant with contemporary European trends

- Hammershoi helped redefine modernism, both in terms of its aesthetic quality and geographic range.

He was first and foremost a painter of interiors - of hushed, near-deserted spaces populated by a solitary, seemingly spellbound figure. Contemplative and hauntingly still, these scenes comprise the majority of his oeuvre and are the works for which the artist is best known.

Landscapes, however, also played a central role in Hammershoi's art. This sheet is a magnificent example of the artist's unique approach to the genre, where strangeness and silence prevail, and space and line defy all expectations. The work is a precise preparatory study for the central

portion of a large-scale painting. . . .Hammershoi worked meticulously on

each individual tree, deftly defining the structure of the trunk and crown, establishing its precise position in relation to the road and imbuing it with a particular personality.

While "Group of Trees" depicts a deserted-looking thoroughfare flanked by trees, the Royal Road was in actual fact one of Copenhagen's busiest arterial roads. Unlike his Nordic contemporaries Hammershoi eschewed Romantic notions of pure nature untouched by civilization and instead transformed populated areas into desolate, barren landscapes seemingly abandoned by humanity. A sense of alienation and disquiet pervades his work.

Despite the low horizon and resulting high sky in this drawing, there seems to be a total absence of air or atmosphere - an emptiness all around. The grouping of trees, suspended in time, is a microcosm of the world, their seriality suggesting infinite expansion. And yet there is a claustrophobic quality to the scene.

Equally unconventional in "Group of Trees" is the distance between the scene and the beholder: no one has ever perceived and painted a Danish landscape that way before. The road is no longer as it traditionally was: a route into the internal space of the picture, a powerful source of connection. Here it runs parallel to the sheet - there is no way in. For Hammershoi, the work of art no longer served to mediate between humans and nature, but rather emphasized the distance between them.

-- notes from the catalogue "Gathered Leaves" --

Says Jet as he lolls on the table

Instead of water drops I planned to do it with some dry stuff so that i polish the techniques before i reattempt the messy one. With all other odds like getting the drop on the focused area and my little curious daughter getting in between to know what the hell i was doing i manged a few good shots.

Does any one know how to trigger camera with remote IR trigger in mutishot mode?

CameraCanon EOS Digital Rebel XSi

Exposure0.005 sec (1/200)

Aperturef/2.8

Focal Length50 mm

ISO Speed200

Exposure Bias-2/3 EV

FlashOn, Fired

Lens EF 50 mm f1.8 II

Instead of giving my wife the usual red roses on our wedding anniversary, I made her this tiny bulb and button cell couple as a gift (cheapskate!!). He lights up whenever he hugs the button cell.

This was one shot that I had in my backlog for a very long time but hesitated to upload somewhat, because I was not too sure how the reception would be to such an experimental or rather, accidental image.

This motion movement blur was created partly because I had set too small of an aperture at f/7.1 instead of a larger aperture, as well as too low of an ISO setting, resulting in a slower shutter speed as well. This was also definitely not an easy shot to post process and balance out as well.

Still, the moving tuk-tuk being captured in the movement does portray the somewhat chaotic, yet organised feel of Bangkok's Yaowarat Road at night.

On the last day of my autumn vacation in the Canadian Rockies in 2006, I hiked up the Berg Lake trail to a pebble beach on the south end of Kinney Lake. Arriving a little before sunrise, I saw that Kinney Lake was completely covered in fog. The fog wouldn't let me capture any golden hour light above Whitehorn Mountain, but I decided to stick around anyway and see what might happen. Fog can bring an eerie quietness to a wilderness location, so when I started hearing the rustling of bushes behind me I was suddenly on alert. Expecting to see hikers emerge from the same trail I had been on, I was instead astonished to find myself face-to-face with a huge, male moose. As this was the rutting season, it could easily have decided to charge me into the lake, but after a few blood-pounding seconds it turned to its right and followed the foggy shoreline until disappearing. I saw it silhouetted through the mist a few minutes later grazing in the shallows. Not long after that, the fog finally started to thin and pull back, revealing Whitehorn Mountain and a deep blue sky above it. My image captured the scene with the remains of the fog forming a line of white along the north end of Kinney Lake.

Instead, 3 Hoovers will have to do at Penzance. 50035 & 50001 are in charge of the Paddington sleeper - and will definately get there!!

Meanwhile, 50004 looks after a return excursion to Wolverhampton.

im pretty sure that instead of getting better at bringing my ideas to life, im getting worse... its hard to tell, because my ideas themselves, i think, are getting a lot better and a lot more detailed... however i find myself over the past few months feeling scared to shoot my personal work, and really doubting that i can create anything, which is the absolute last thing i want to feel. i havent hardly been shooting personally at all (since march ive only made 3 photos that havent in some way been commissioned), and ive realized its REALLY taking its toll on me - photographically, but also emotionally. creating imagery through my camera is my rock in life and ive been smacked in the face and really reminded of the girl i was before i had that rock, and that girl is the last person i want to be again.

ive decided its time to rest my wings and focus on the important things again. i feel like i go through this same conversation in my head about once every three months, but i never actually do anything about it and each time the feelings get worse. life lessons can be a pain in the butt, but ive finally made a pact with myself to stop booking new paid work after september so i have time to actually try to be the photographer i want to be.

oh yea, also my pro account expired, so apologies for my old stuff disappearing. ill probably scrap together some change and renew soon.

power line stock. ahhh i wish i could have used this better...

- on an added note, i want to say thanks to everyone for all the super nice and encouraging comments, but also wanted to let everyone know that by no means am i stopping or falling any bit out of love with photography! its just a matter of practice, and ever since i began photography ive never spent this little time on my own work! so i feel like that lack of time is holding me back from growing at the same rate and obviously is resulting in less work which i dont like! and i actually think this piece is successful, otherwise i wouldnt have uploaded it... i think its just farther away from what i intended than my earlier stuff, which is a setback! :P -

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The Moon does not orbit Earth in a perfect circle. Instead, it follows an elliptical path that brings it 50,000 kilometres closer to our planet on one side of its orbit. On 12 December, the Moon will enter its full phase, when its disc appears completely illuminated by the Sun, just four hours after reaching its closest point to Earth. This will make it 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full Moons in 2008. It will be eight years before the Moon appears so big again. Also it is expected to have an effect on Earth's tides.

Photo of the moon taken at its closest point to Earth in the northern hemisphere on 12 December 2008 around midnight. The full Moon will also appear higher in the sky than any other year. At this time the moon will shine down from nearly overhead. The landscape of Château de Peyrepertuse is a PS composite. Photo properties ISO100, 1/400s, f/7.1, zoom 648mm and spot metering

Op 12 december bereikt de maan tevens de kleinste afstand tot de aarde in 356.567 kilometer. De Volle Maan van deze avond dan ook de grootste van het jaar. De maan is 14% groter en 30% lichter als normaal. 's Nachts kunnen we de maan vaak zien. Overdag staat ze ook wel eens aan de hemel, maar dan is ze minder opvallend omdat de zon schijnt. In de avond, de nacht, of in de vroege ochtend zie je haar des te beter. Het lijkt alsof ze licht geeft, net als de zon. Maar de maan geeft geen licht. Ze wordt beschenen door de zon, net als de aarde. Het licht weerkaatst en daarom lijkt het of de maan schijnt. Toch is het zonder maan 's nachts een tikje donkerder dan met de maan. Met een heldere, volle maan kun je 's nachts zelfs een schaduw van jezelf op de grond zien! De maan hoort bij de aarde. Met z'n tweeën suizen ze door het heelal, ieder jaar een rondje om de zon. De maan draait ook nog een ander rondje; ze draait om de aarde. Ze doet er bijna een maand over om één rondje te gaan. De maan is zelf natuurlijk ook heel groot. Ze heeft dus ook haar eigen zwaartekracht. Sterker nog; de maan trekt een beetje aan de aarde. Dat merk je aan het water van de zee. Als het vloed wordt, wil de maan het water als het ware naar zich toe trekken. Dat lukt natuurlijk niet, want de aarde trekt veel harder. Maar je merkt het wel! Het water komt dan veel verder op het strand. Dat gebeurt elke dag twee keer. De maan trekt niet alleen aan het water, zelfs de bergen zijn een paar millimeter hoger als de maan boven hun toppen staat! Het maanlandschap bestaat uit heuvels, kraters, zand en rotsen. Waar de zon schijnt is het gloeiend heet; 100 graden Celsius boven nul. Waar geen zon komt vriest het 150 graden Celsius onder nul.

Instead of flight, there was simply a jump.

Hey, it made for a good shot though!

Instead of eating a beautiful sweet, take a picture of it. The pleasure you get is more certain, lasts longer and is less fattening!

I don't really feel like photographing much these days. I feel not only like a crappy photographer, but that I've lost my "spark". :P This is a newly edited photo I took a couple of months ago. Kajsa off-leash on a feild again, playing (again) :P

Hope I get my "spark" back again, so I can start photographing again! (The studio lights I got, I sent back because of the bad flash duration. I'll be ordering new ones as soon as I get my money back. So I bet I'll be uploading studio photos instead.)