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I attended my 13th protest on behalf of Black Lives Matter this past Saturday since the pandemic began but I haven't brought my camera to the last few because I am honestly just there to support what I believe in. Black Lives Matter is not a photo op or a hash tag. It's a belief system that you actually adhere to every day because Love is a verb. I don't believe it is my place, as a white person, to tell the story of this movement but if you all are interested, there's a phenomenal Chicago photographer who is doing an excellent job capturing the essence and joy of the community coming together and he goes by Vashon:
www.instagram.com/vashon_photo/
You may have heard different media spin on protests in Chicago. All of the ones I have attended continue to be peaceful. I ask you to question the narratives that you read when there are advertiser funds involved. I ask you to scrutinize those words when there are political biases tied to political candidates. I ask you to listen with an open mind and an open heart.
Currently the movement is focused on a few things:
1. Reinvesting in communities some of the $1.2 BILLION dollars per year (roughly $600 per resident) that our city spends on police.
2. CPAC or Civilian Police Accountability Council which would guarantee more police accountability (there are some officers still on the force with over 40 complaints for example).
3. Removal of cops or "school resource officers" in schools and instead hiring actual social workers, nurses, and librarians.
4. Moratorium on current evictions during a pandemic and investment in communities that need quality low income housing, employment, public education, an end to food deserts, and mental health clinics.
5. An end to ICE raids and the department responsible for literally caging children, deporting families, and forcing human beings to live in Covid petri dishes where they are sometimes forced to work in forced slave labor conditions.
If you are an abolitionist...If you believe every human life is worth fighting for, you cannot be silent on these issues. If there are no protests where you live, you can donate money to local food banks, Southern Poverty Law Center, or another worthy cause. You can vote for candidates who support Black Lives and human rights. You can speak out against school closings when they occur in a neighborhood that is dis-proportionally people of color. You can call your local school district to see if there are cops in your public schools and voice your opinion against this. You can do research to see how much your city spends on police and ask the city council to spend some of these funds on the actual community.
In this photo are two girls watching one of the Black Lives Matter protests. They appear to not show any emotion or recognition of the movement that is happening. I hope I'm wrong. We must be better than this.
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There is a second railroad in the Pittston area that interchanges with the RBMN. In business since 1994 the Luzerne and Susquehanna operates 60 miles of assorted bits of cast of scraps of once important class 1 routes that once served the Scranton Wilkes-Barre area. The valley was placed with a nearly incomprehensible web of rails at one time that generated carloads and revenue to boggle the mind. But now so little remains and what does is but a shadow of itself. In fact the trackage beneath this unit that sits stationary, blue flagged, and tied down was once the LV's mainline into Wilkes-Barre.
LS 1751 itself is an EMD GP9 blt. Oct. 1959 ad Pennsylvania Railroad 7242. The venerable geep is now the property of RJ Corman Railroad group which bought the L&S in August 2020. One wonders if 1751 will survive and trade her somber LS black for brilliant Corman crimson. I guess we'll just have to wait and see...
Pittston, Pennsylvania
Sunday June 20, 2021
This is the uncropped version of my Mischief Managed photo for Eclipse.
There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been!
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse first built in 1599 for which William Shakespeare wrote his plays. Like the original, it is located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Southwark, London. The reconstruction was completed in 1997 and while concentrating on Shakespeare's work also hosts a variety of other theatrical productions. Part of the Globe's complex also hosts the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse for smaller, indoor productions, in a setting which also recalls the period.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare%27s_Globe
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100x: The 2024 Edition
75/100 London landmarks by night
Bougainvillea is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees belonging to the four o' clock family, Nyctaginaceae. They are native to Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, and Argentina. There are between 4 and 22 species in the genus. Wikipedia /
Le bougainvillier est une plante grimpante emblématique du Midi ou de contrées où le soleil est roi
Sa floraison aux bractées très colorées rouge, bleue, violette, orange, jaune ou blanche est éblouissante de la fin du printemps jusqu’au début de l’automne
Gélif, il ne tolère la culture en pleine terre que dans les régions aux hivers doux toujours épargnées par le gel, ailleurs, il se cultivera dans un grand pot à remiser l’hiver
Il pousse au soleil dans n’importe quelle terre bien drainée
Facile à vivre, exubérant, il peut grimper à 8 mètres quand il se plaît bien et habillera un mur, une façade, une pergola ou se hissera dans une haie fleurie.
The Matterhorn is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the Pennine Alps, whose summit is 4,478 metres high, making it one of the highest summits in the Alps and Europe.
Montserrat is located less than an hours train ride from Barcelona and is the home of a Benedictine monastery. The quickest route to the monastery is via the cable car (Aeri de Montserrat) offering great mountain views which lasts around five minutes.
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This is one of my favorite places. I had the Twirly Camera out for a spin in late October. It's always interesting to see how that camera will "see" any given scene.
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Film: Fuji Acros II developed in FA-1027
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Sorry for so many photos, but definitely found a lone migrating cackling goose at our park. Much smaller than a Canada goose, maybe 1/2 size or so, steep forehead, short beak. So cool to see! Not sure if same one I saw before I wasn't sure about, but this is definitely one. First time to see one there in all the years we've been there. May have been some but never noticed. :) Going back to see if still there since these were in very darkish overcast light, exposure and detail not very good.
UPDATE: Went back the next day, which was sunny, but it had migrated on, glad to see it the one day it was there. :)
This is the Cape Blanco Lighthouse, built in 1870, on the western most part of the Oregon Coast, 256 feet above sea level.
Photographed 05-05-19 at around 3:45 pm, the sky isn't really this dark. I just lowered the luminance and applied darker levels to the sky when processing to illuminate the lighthouse itself.
Johnny Thunder just found a big hole in the ground. Is it a tunnel where pirates hid their treasure? Is it a secret passage to ancient castle? Is it someone's home, sweet home? Very giant someone, probably dangerous...
Oh wow, I took this picture one year ago, and yesterday was the last visit to that area to took the things I forgot and/or left intentionally on the day of moving. *sigh* I loved this place, I wish I wouldn't put off some of my plans to explore the area more. Two and a half years and never found spare money for a hot chocolate in the cafe across the street?! Two and a half years, but I found the most beautiful route in the forest only when I already knew I have to leave?! Two and a half years, but never walked my PC Lego car on those beautiful pavements?! Two and a half years, and still no picture of my giant T-Rex with a fence, because I never had time?! Oh, come on, I am a dictionary definition of delayed life syndrome!
Anyway, I saw that hole in the forest. I think a mouse lives there, I hope it wasn't too stressed out because a curious human shined a flashlight in the hallway. xD Well, their tunnels are long and complicated, so it probably didn't even saw the light, but it probably heard my footsteps above.
I wanted to show Johnny's face, but the soil was too soft and it was tricky enough to place him and avoid falling down...
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... to love and be loved.
Thirty years ago, on a sunny winter day, I gave birth to our second child.
We named her Freya, like the Goddess of Love in Norse mythology.
Freya was an adorable baby and a sweet girl. Now she is a lovely young woman and... my main photographer! ;-)
So, January 13 was a happy day then too!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY my dear daughter!!!!
** Cosas de casa ** - Red
Life is a Rainbow - Red
7 Days with Flickr - Monday: free theme
Smile on Saturday! :-) - Happiness is...
(photo by Freya)
Original is slightly green fern leafs; I edited to Blue ferns because I have found the real blue fern in Australia since long time but pity I do not captured by camera.
Ferns
Epiphytes
Foliage:
Blue-Green
Shiny/Glossy-Textured
Leathery-Textured
Other details:
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
This plant may be considered a protected species; check before digging or gathering seeds
Suitable for growing in containers
Native to Taiwan, southern China, Vietnam, and Thailand.
I planted ferns in my grden and backyard, they have so beautiful forms.
Thank you to planted some trees:)
here is the face on version of this shot on my old faithful canon as apposed to my lomo (which was playing up at the time - well i had it on the wrong setting!) as requested by mr strong.
This is lit by hand in less than one second!
he past few months have been mostly about producing higher quality work. This is not very relevant for social media, but I'm obsessed with the idea of scaling up my images for some future projects.
This is a single exposure, fresh from today. Check out the close-up: twitter.com/ericpare/status/1587956945994108928 😱💙🌟
Please stand up for amazing stillness skills by Kim Henry www.instagram.com/kimhenry.dance/
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1.5 seconds exposure (0.8s for the light-painting), using my usual tubes lightpainting.store/
Meet passionate photographers from all over the world. Making friends that started in pixels from images thousands of miles away. Finding someone with similar taste in photography, and spending time in admiring their work, then learning their point of view, some of their secrets. Then, someday you could meet a great guy from Paris, a master of candid and bokeh photography. Pierre www.flickr.com/photos/69349549@N06/ is an extraordinary and very interesting photographer, and now a great friend. And meeting Anne www.flickr.com/photos/125937727@N03/, a great woman from the other side of the Atlantic, an extraordinary photographer with such a great taste for details, words and images.
It was such a pleasure to share an afternoon with you in the streets of Paris, thank you very much, dear friends.
For the 21-day photo challenge in order to celebrate Flickr's 21st birthday!
Day 8: Friendship
The whole album: www.flickr.com/photos/a_life_shot_in_blackandwhite/albums...
It is not finished yet. Weatheroldman who change the time and the four seasons. I hope I`ll finished them very soon. (2x4m) Every season has its fairy. I use small brushes for painting, that`s why my time for working last so long.
Mos Vreme si cele patru anotimpuri. Peretele are aici aproape 2m inaltime si o lungime de 4 m. Lucrez zilnic dupa programul de gradinita vreo trei ore. La anotimpul iarna sunt doar cateva ramurele de brad si fundite pictate deocamdata. Urmeaza si celelalte elemente.La celelalte anotimpuri mai am cateva elemente de completat si apoi de realizat contururile, elementul esential. Folosesc pensule foarte mici, inguste si de aceea timpul de lucru se mareste. :))
Gonchary-Kozhemyaki is a tract the center of Kyiv, on the territory of which there is a microdistrict with new low-rise buildings.
Pottery is a historical area. Located along Goncharnaya street. It has been known since the time of Kievan Rus as a settlement of artisan potters (their workshops existed here until the beginning of the 19th century). On Kozhemyaki, between Starokievskaya and Zamkova Gora, lived tanners who were part of the Brotherhood of Craftsmen in their entire shop.
islamische Architektur vom feinsten
Islamic architecture at its finest
Das Innere der Moschee ist mit einem 5627 Quadratmeter großen, handgeknüpften Teppich aus dem Iran ausgelegt. Er gilt als der weltweit größte seiner Art und ist 47 Tonnen schwer.
Die Moschee schmücken zudem sieben Kronleuchter, die aus Deutschland importiert wurden. Sie bestehen aus vergoldetem Messing und Edelstahl und sind blumenförmig mit tausenden verschiedenfarbigen Swarovski-Kristallen besetzt. Als Lichtquelle dienen LEDs Quelle Wikipedia).
The interior of the mosque is covered with a 5627 square meter hand-knotted carpet from Iran. It is considered to be the largest of its kind in the world and weighs 47 tons.
The mosque is also adorned with seven chandeliers imported from Germany. They are made of gold-plated brass and stainless steel and are decorated with thousands of different colored Swarovski crystals in the shape of flowers. LEDs serve as the light source (source: Wikipedia).
Macro Mondays
What Is That
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This is the bridge from Kungshamn to Smøgen in Sweden. Smøgen is super popular in the summertime and too crowded for me, but it really shines in the autumn and spring. A fantastic place well worth visiting. Shot in light rain/drizzle.
winter is coming
I haven't uploaded to MAM in a long while. My muse for all conceptual photography had abandoned me. Last night, however, "doodling" in photoshop with a couple of pictures the idea for this image began to take shape and emerge. I puttered with a bit today. I took Flea into the yard and sorted out the selfie to add to the the other components that were more or less already sorted and then played a bit with the colours and tones to get to the final image here.
Many thanks to those popping in and dropping comments on the lastest magic donkey ride. As always, I am flattered and stunned by what makes it into explore.
Dinner is Served - Adult female Belted Kingfisher with prey. Not sure exactly what the fish was, but looked like some sort of sunfish. The heavy rains and flooding have caused the river to swell, and the kingfishers were enjoying good hunting. A tight crop, but my first prey shot with this species.
Species: Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Location: Santa Clara County, CA, USA
Equipment: Canon EOS R5 + EF 100-400mm IS II + EF 1.4x III Extender
Settings: 1/100s, ISO: 500, f/8 @560mm, Electronic Shutter, Handheld
Wood anemone in the Amper floodplains. Is also known as white Easter flower. I wish all flickr friends happy Easter.
Focus stack of twenty individual images. I decided to blur the background, because this gives a more pleasant image impression.
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What better to do on a cold wintry rainy day ... have some fun with this week's Monday Macro theme of abstract "What Is That"
Clue ... Used mainly in the summer ... but Mrs. Krach has found some other uses for it all year round.
More fun macros to follow :)