In Vauvillers in the Haute-Saône I have spent several hours walking around, photographing the decay of this little town. These are 3 pictures of a beautiful fence around a property, 2015.

Thank you very much for your visits, faves, and kind comments.

Someone waiting for a date, one night in Lisbon, Portugal

15 is one of those rare weeks where you can combine both challenges in one image.

Or so I thought, but it was quite hard (pun not intended) to find something made of metal that also immediately 'feels' hard. And then I found this grate close to Central Station. Metal, hard, hard light (I like the angled shadows), hard to straighten in Photoshop.

a very old black and white shot, completely reworked in photoshop.

you can see the original shot here

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Well 2023 is nearly over and it hasn’t been great for me personally. What with a trapped nerve issue in January with pain dominating the first 3 months of the year. Then the health of my ageing doggies took over my thoughts and concerns, losing Oscar in June and nearly losing Toby in July. So I’m hoping for a better things in 24, less pain and sadness would be a nice start. One thing that has kept me going this year is the kindness show to me from you, my friend on Instagram and Flickr. When I was at my lowest and pouring my feelings out in my posts the replies were fantastic. Not only were you lot keeping me entertained by taking fantastic photos and stories your kind responses were second to none. So my deepest thank you goes to you all, and I wish you a happy new and hope your camera’s capturer the great magic and beauty. If we all wish harder enough we will see the back of the Tories and we can hope to see polices and deeds that start the healing, but we have a long way to go. Todays photo was snapped at the start of this month with my little pocket Sony, I’m amazed I grabbed it.

This is my first experience to photography steelwool and I had lot of fun. But the weather was so stormy it was hard to protect my lens, so you can see some water drop on this picture. With luck the drops is well placed and add some bokeh light just in the right place.

I will do more picture like this one, in the futur that’s sure!

This is a CN train running on CP's tracks in the directional running area of the Thompson/Fraser canyons. There was, of course, another engine on the head end of this train. In this photo you are looking at the unmanned tail end DPU.

Iceland is full of stunning waterfalls but for me this is simply the most beautiful of them all. Even the pictures do not portray a true reflection of the scale of this giant!

It is extremely hot here in West Bengal for the last 10 days. These flowers blossoms only in this time of year.

Just waiting for the toasted bread...

Bastian (mixed breed), 01.04.2017.

Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera

Since my last post , I've been receiving tons of emails from people owning one or more cut heads, asking me how to better take care of them and make them happy. Well, I'm sorry I couldn't reply to everyone individually and I'm not an expert myself, but here are some basic rules to follow:

#1 conserve the head in a dry place away from direct sunlight (to avoid degradation)

#2 make sure the head always wears sunglasses (even if exposed only to artificial light)

#3 never feed the head (not even when it complains)

#4 make sure the head is heavily exposed to at least four hours of television and/or pop music on a daily basis (to avoid consciousness)

#5 hire someone metaphysical but funny to babysit the head on Saturday nights and take it out for a drink (but remember that the head must drink responsibly)

[This image shows you how to apply rules #2 and #5, if you guys want the full tutorial, just drop me a line. Hope that helps.]

for the Flickr Museum of Fine Art: some random reflections on clonation, a fascinating and disquieting theme

My current Kitty. He has been with me for almost a year now and is just over 2 years old. He first showed up early last summer (2019). He would hang out in the backyard with my cat Fred who actually let him come around without fighting, they would sleep by each other in the yard and became friends. I could not even open the back door without him running off. There is a neighbor cat, female named Ivy, that always comes over to say hi. Well we would be out back in the evenings and she would come over and he would follow her but always stay back and hide in the shadows, hence his name. We would give her some food at times and after we had gone inside he would sneak over and eat. He was still not full grown and we realised that he had nowhere to live so I started feeding him. I had to go inside at first for him to eat. Finally around November he would let me stay outside as long as iI was 10 feet away. It turned cold and we put a large box up on a table by the back door that let him get out the wind and snow for the next 2 months. I still had to stand out in the cold with him while he ate with no contact. I had been moving closer as he ate and finally on New Years Eve he let me pet his head 3 times. That was all it took, from then on he had to be petted. He finally came inside about a week later, I had set his bowl just inside the door, had to leave the door open at first. he gradually felt more safe and actually would sleep for a bit inside in the warmth for a bit but still stayed outside most of the time. When he was inside he would stay by the back door the whole time. He got braver each day but still took like 2 months for him to come down the hall to my bedroom.

Took him to the vet, got his shots, got neutered and chipped. We bonded during this time and he calmed down and wasn't so scared of everything. Now he has turned into the gentlest, biggest play baby love kitty. I've had cats that had to be in the same room most of the time with me before, thats how they are. But he has to be within arms length of me at all times, my daughter says that if I walked off a cliff he would follow.

He still spends a lot of time outside, more than any other cat I've had and I worry when he's gone for more than a few hours like a parent, lol. Ivy comes by a couple times a day to say hi and collect him for what ever they go do.

By the way, Fred died in February this year, I had to have him put to sleep, was the hardest thing, holding him as he passed. But Shadow has been a blessing and I love him so much and he loves me so I look forward to our time together, thanks for letting me ramble.

P.S. - Anyone who has had a black cat knows how hard it is to get a good photo of them, you lose the features and such, they close their eyes and you can't see their face, lol.

Amparanoia- El Destino

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GROUP: MACRO MONDAYS

THEME: PRINTED WORD

SUBJECT: LIFE IS …

not quite 2"

This is one of my favourite shots from our South Africa trip, and I keep revisiting it. Each version has its merits, but I'm liking how this one turned out.

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Pictured just a few minutes after sunrise, the low sun has bathed the Cobb End of Lyme Regis in golden light. The land in and around Lyme Regis is extremely unstable which means there are limited areas where it is safe to build. This has effectively cut the town in two, with the Church End to the east and the Cobb End to the west. The seaside promenade which dates back to the Georgian period connects them, with a park occupying the formerly unstable land above the promenade. This is out of shot to the right. In recent years there has been a huge investment to stabilise this land so that it does not slip down towards the sea.

1956 Opel Olympia Rekord

All that snow, but no, it is Germany. But that's all that can be said about this photo. Wonder about the car - actually driven there, or dropped from the sky?

'Yellow is spring, daffodils, sweeping fields of rapeseed blossom;

yellow is the warmth of the sun, the secrets of the moon;

yellow is gooey egg custard and bittersweet lemon;

yellow is sparkling and bright and joyous and peaceful.......

yellow is HOPE for the future!'

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SoftPunk ( is me :))

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おおざっぱなアメリカが、なぜ結果を出せるのか

～　手段が目的な日本の致命的な盲点と３０年間　～

現在のニューヨーク

　マスクなし、ソーシャルディスタンスもなし

当然、経済復活へハイスピード

圧倒的なスピードの差

日本

危機感　欠落

エンディングの最終的なイメージ

作家はエンディングから小説などを描く

アート、写真、創作、すべて

インスタ女子

写真の結果、成果

ウケるー

雑誌や海外の写真からイメージを蓄積している

現在の若手は、とても優秀。

何度も話していますが。そして、僕が説明している問題点も理解している。

これを真正面から捉えて、少しずつ解決しなければ、日本は東洋でさらに取り残され、埋没してゆく

#アメリカはなぜ雑なのに結果を出せたのか #アップルカー #マイクロソフト #グーグル #フェイスブック #ノキア #アップル #インテル #インスタ #インスタ女子 #インスタガールズ #インスタ淑女 #日本の危機感 #手段が目的 #優秀な若者 #エンディングをイメージ #経済のスピード

#コロナ #ウィルス #八街 #八街市 #千葉 #日本 #yachimata #chiba #japan

noooo... This is the result of the sum of two small drops... :D

I found this on Blackpool beach. Did someone build this? It's so haphazard for a fence across the opening!

Macey lazily waits for her supper to arrive! She's looking a little unimpressed at me taking a picture instead of serving up some grub, LOL!

Hexham Bridge is a road bridge in Northumberland, England linking Hexham with the North Tyne valley. It lies north of the town of Hexham and is the main access to the A69 bypass.

The Tyne was crossed by two ferries called the east and the west boats. As a result of persistent agitation, a bridge was started in 1767 and completed in 1770. It was built by Mr Galt and consisted of seven arches. Less than a year later it was swept away in the great Tyne flood of 1771. In that flood, eight bridges shared the fate of Hexham. In 1774 a new attempt was made 46 metres to the west by Mr Wooler, an engineer who had been working on the new Newcastle bridge. Piles were sunk to carry the piers but work was abandoned on discovering that the "soil beneath the gravel was a quicksand with no more resistance than chaff". This first bridge, Hexham Old Bridge, was about 2 km upstream of the present bridge.

The authorities next approached John Smeaton, whose name as an engineer was famous. Henry Errington of Sandhoe was given the contract for the sum of £4,700, and work started in 1777. Although the half-completed piers were washed away the following year, work continued and the new bridge was opened to traffic in 1780. The Newcastle Chronicle, Saturday 8th July 1780 had "Saturday last, the passage along the New Bridge over Tyne at Hexham was opened, the Most Noble Errington was the first that passed it, who made a handsome present to the workmen." However, on 10 March 1782, there was a heavy fall of snow followed by a violent hurricane. The valleys of the north and south Tyne were inundated and the nine arches were completely overturned. They are still visible and act as a sort of weir. Robert Mylne, a famous architect and engineer, was called in to report on the feasibility of rebuilding Smeaton's bridge. He was eventually given the contract to build a fourth bridge, and the work was completed in 1793. It is listed as a Grade II* building by Historic England.

If you haven't already guessed, I'm putting my 365 on hold. I mean I'm going to start over eventually. Im so upset with myself for giving up but there is just way to much going on in my life and I don't even have the time to take a quick shot of myself. Just give me some time to get stuff straightened out and i'll be back. Maybe i'll turn this into a 52 weeks instead..who knows. Well....this is goodbye for now.

P.S. I start weekend classes at Pratt next sunday...Maybe that will get my heart back into photography

This is an old photo, actually. I took him for a walk in a nearby park, back in Malaysia XD

Explored ..

Sometime beauty is just a step away from you. Even when your naked eye can't see the beauty, a closer look reveals a diamond in the rough. This is a weed flower... as I was taking off weed from my yard and expressing frustration, I saw her and fell in love with her. (only to find out, she has already given her love to another weed ... Time to become the villain .. time to shop for Weed B Gone ... mwaaaa ... ..he he

The Wood Duck is one of the most stunningly pretty of all waterfowl. Males are iridescent chestnut and green, with ornate patterns on nearly every feather; the elegant females have a distinctive profile and delicate white pattern around the eye. These birds live in wooded swamps, where they nest in holes in trees or in nest boxes put up around lake margins. They are one of the few duck species equipped with strong claws that can grip bark and perch on branches.

So, is this a beautiful setting of an alpine lake with reflections.....or is a Greenlandic whale swallowing up a chunk of rock. As you follow the open mouth and reddish lips to the right ... see the eye above the gray

Childhood of my Son is my biggest inspiration. Photographing Igor, I admire the amazing and beautiful way you can catch things which are seemingly regular. An old bucket or umbrella are magical objects for children. That is why I appreciate the way my son uses this magic, regards and discovers the world, creates relations with children and animals which constantly fascinate him

The world seen by an almost four-year-old is a fairytale in which everybody can become what they want

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Dzieciństwo mojego Syna jest dla mnie nieskończenie wielką inspiracją. Fotografując Igora, z podziwem patrzę na to, w jaki piękny i niezwykły sposób można ująć rzeczy z pozoru zwyczajne. Stare wiadro czy parasol to dla dzieci wręcz magiczne rekwizyty. Dlatego doceniam sposób, w jaki mój Syn wykorzystując tę magię, postrzega i odkrywa świat, tworzy relację z dziećmi i zwierzętami, które fascynują Go ogromnie

Fotografowanie dzieci to niezwykłe doświadczenie i doskonała zabawa dla obu stron ..

Świat widziany oczyma czterolatka to czarodziejska bajka,w której każdy może stać się,kimkolwiek zechce

The Loggia del Papa is a 15th-century Renaissance open-air arcade in the Piazza of the same name in Siena, Tuscany, on Via del Porrione. The Loggia was erected by Pope Pius II in honor of his family. Construction was commenced in 1462 and completed within a year. It was a busy period for Pius, as he had also just finished a massive reconstruction of his nearby home village and renamed it Pienza, after his good self. Next to the Loggia (on the right) is the baroque Catholic church of San Marino. It pre-dates the Loggia by several hundred years (!!), however the impressive facade was (only recently) added in 1613, with the bell tower being completed in 1738.

As you can see from my photograph, I was alone on the street. It was not long after sunrise in Autumn, so even in shadows I was getting really crisp reflected light.

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----------------------------- JESUS ✝️ SAVES-------------------------------

SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST - ALONE!

12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

❤️❤️ IT'S ALL JESUS AND NONE OF OURSELVES! ❤️❤️

16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the SALVATION of everyone WHO BELIEVES: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel a RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD IS REVEALED, a righteousness that is by FAITH FROM FIRST TO LAST, just as it is written: "THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH." (Romans 1:16-17)

16 KNOW that a man is NOT justified by observing the law, but by FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be JUSTIFIED BY FAITH in CHRIST and NOT by observing the law, BECAUSE BY OBSERVING THE LAW NO ONE WILL BE JUSTIFIED. (Galatians 2:16)

1. Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2. BY THIS GOSPEL YOU ARE SAVED, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

3. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5. and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8. and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.

9. For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11. Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed. (1 Corinthians 15:1-11)

7. Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9. I am the gate; whoever enters through me WILL BE SAVED. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10. The thief comes only to STEAL and KILL and DESTROY; I have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the FULL. (John 10:7-10)

1 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. 4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

5 Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: "The man who does these things will live by them." 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 "or 'Who will descend into the deep?'" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Romans 10:1-13)

Jesus came to bring spiritual LIFE to the spiritually dead and set the captives FREE! FREE from RELIGION, ERROR and outright LIES, so WE might serve THE LIVING GOD! In SPIRIT and in TRUTH!

So you'll KNOW, and not think you're to bad for God to love. The Christian LIFE isn't about how good WE are, because NONE of us are! It's about how GOOD JESUS IS! Because JESUS LOVES US, so much he died in our place and took the punishment for all of our sins on himself. The wages of sin is DEATH, and Jesus took the death WE so richly deserved for us and died in our place. The good news is, there's no more punishment for sin left. WE, you and I were all born forgive as a result of the crucifixion of God himself on the cross that took away the sins of the whole world. All we have to do is believe it, and put your Faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ. That my friends is REAL UNCONDITIONAL LOVE! YOU ARE LOVED. ❤️ ✝️ ❤️

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Halluuuu,

we happyly inform you that the first round of FlashShot Event is officially open.

Grab your whole family and friends for a great shopping tour for poses, backdrops and animations. Our desginers did an amazing job with their exclusive items aaaaaaand every designer has one older release there for 50% OFF. And have an open eye for some gifts for sure.

Dont forget to join our VIP group and grab the special backdrop made only for our group members.

We cant wait to see you at the event <3

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Tétouan is famed for its fine craftsmanship and musical delicacy and has been part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in the area of Crafts and Folk Art since 2017. Its cultural heritage is the product of the interaction between different cultural influences throughout centuries. It is mainly characterized by its Andalusian style and way of living but both Berber, Jewish and Colonial Spanish influences are present too.

The streets are fairly wide and straight, and many of the houses belonging to aristocratic families, descendants of those expelled from Al-Andalus by the Spanish Reconquista, possess marble fountains and have groves planted with orange trees. Within the houses and riads the ceilings are often exquisitely carved and painted in Hispano-Moresque designs, such as are found in the Alhambra of Granada, and the tile-work for which Tetuan is known may be seen on floors, pillars and dados. The city has seven gates which were closed at night up until early 20th century. Many Sufi Zawiyas are scattered inside the walled old city.

texture by texturetime ..

thinking of how this meeting in Paris is one of the most important events in human history .

Is it merely what we see? Or can it go beyond the bounds of what is normally accepted as 'real'? I think there are times when what we are feeling alters how we see things. This photo expresses the reality of what I felt as I stood at the edge of Mono Lake. The moody clouds parted just over the lake to reveal a bright disc of sky. The dancing light on the water drew me in and up to that bright opening.

Levanzo is the smallest of the Egadi Islands in the Mediterranean Sea west of Sicily, Italy.The ancient name of the island was "Phorbantia" which is a sort of plants growing there.Levanzo is famous for the "Grotta del Genovese" with Neolithic cave paintings and Palaeolithic graffitoes.The only built up area, in which most of the population is concentrated, is located on the southern coast of the island in a bay called the "Cala Dogana" with its white houses to reject the light of the sun.

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This is the façade of the Leisure Centre in Lewisham London, England for me it makes a fantastic architectural abstract photo set against a plan blue sky.

Wow, so I guess this is my first photo on here in 2017…how’s everybody doing? lol

Anyway, I’ve mostly been working on finishing up last year’s X-Men: Apocalypse figures, and I’m almost done with those! Thank God.

Alright, Logan is dropping tonight, and I’ve heard nothing but absolutely amazing things. However, I can’t see it until tomorrow night, so that’s great.

Ok whatever here we go.

Logan:

You might’ve noticed I made a couple variants, but the second one is really just an alternative torso that I threw together as an after thought. The entire figure is fully painted of course, and it was especially cool to work on because I don’t usually get to do a lot of weathering on my figures.

●Modified, painted, and heavily weathered BvS Supes hairpiece.

●Painted face with a sculpted beard that has various shading and light gray highlights.

●Heavily modified and painted jacket, converted from a CapeMadness trenchcoat.

●Weathered torso with painted blood effects.

●3D sleeves with a bit of weathering on each forearm.

●Custom claws made from rubber, individually glued into place with additional sculpting on top of each set to create the effect of them protruding from his hands.

●Death Star Trooper leg design was utilized for Logan’s pants, because I f**king love that design.

●Shoes that have shading woah :o

●I don’t think I really need to explain the alternative torso. It’s a thing that I did.

I’m gonna go not see the movie tonight, so be sure to not spoil anything down in the comments. But in all seriousness, I’m really looking forward to seeing how Wolverine’s story is going to end. This is gonna be so damn great.

Oh and the showcase is on my channel:

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Bye

Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are members of the same family. Divided among several subfamilies, they are a form taxon; they do not represent a monophyletic group (the group of all descendants of a single common ancestral species), since swans and geese are not considered ducks. Ducks are mostly aquatic birds, and may be found in both fresh water and sea water.

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This is our only breeding Hummer at this altitude (8600 ft. msl). The other common NM breeding Hummer is the Black-chinned, found at lower altitudes. In the fall, the Broad-tailed Hummingbirds up here are joined by their close cousins: Rufous that breeds in our far northwest. I discovered that I had many more images of the Rufus than our resident Hummer. This twig perch serving as my photo prop is positioned slightly above the nectar feeder... in early mornings the battling male Broad-tails will land on it to guard their new "turf." I merely sit on a stepladder with the sun at my back, and at the optimum (minimal) photo distance and wait for the males to report to their guard post.

IMG_1434; Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Its a common item. The rest of the story is in my photostream