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Driftwood on ʻaʻā flow.
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Hilo, Hawaiʻi.
From a new body of work, Pinholes on Big Island.
Le Bambole Mk. XVI, CoffeePinCam Pinhole Camera.
Kodak Ektar 100.
Isolation is a wonderful opportunity to look inside of ourselves. Who am I? Where am I now? Where should I be? What should I be doing? Why am I here at all?
That's what I try doing these days. Some answers are satisfying, some are not. I clearly see where I have to improve and what is actually wasting my time and energy.
I love going to the desert to self-isolate for a weekend. As it isn't possible at the moment, I'm doing so in my backyard. Just a bit of silence is enough to have it. I have a grasp of myself hidden behind all these masks and daily routine. .
Remember yourself
Active Assignment Weekly: Isolation
Didn't know what I wanted to do this week, so I thought I'd take a selfie. I have been having some troubles lately, and isolation is something I've been dealing with. Hope things get better.
I want to take pictures I said.
You can't she said
And its raining, She said.
You will get your 'mask wet' she said.
But I'm bored, I said
Just one then she said, and hurry, they are very strict
What an annoyance I said
Why have all the flowers come out,
Well, patience is a virtue, I said.
... and not even any grass in his field. He was happy though to have his nose stroked ... and perhaps just enjoying the sun on his back
all she wanted was to be left alone.
two finals tomorrow. two next week. just let this be over with. and the sad thing is that it doesn't even feel like summer. the weather does. but i don't feel it. i feel like i'm getting tricked into a short spring break and then i'll be forced to go back.
stress overload.
i need to update my blog. not sure what with though. video...? B&A? thoughts...?
While visiting Mt. Rainier National Park weekend before last, I had one evening to head off on my own and catch the sunset. I was diligent and stopped in at the Visitor's center outside the park to get some advice.
I was directed up a fire road, which I knew in advance, but was surprised to find that it wasn't just 'up the hill a bit', it was a 9 mile, un-marked, branching, twisty, pot-holey mess of a road to who knows where. By the time I miraculously reached the end of the road everything was completely buried in fog. I hiked out on the wilderness trail a bit (Glacier View Trail, fyi) and shortly after turned around - defeated by the fog (I nearly got lost too).
So there I was, an hour from the main road and separated by 9 miles of pot holes. And mere miles from Mt. Rainier, but separated by the fog. Nobody was around at all - it was a strange level of isolation.
I started back down the road and eventually came back to this point where the sun was really starting to cast a warm light, and the trees created a nice silhouette and reflected the depth of the fog (I've bumped the contrast a bit too... not sure if I should have). This was the highlight of my little misadventure. Better luck next time I guess.
PS1: I'm off to Japan for a week, so definitely nothing new until later in November from me.
PS2: If anyone ever checks out 'all sizes', I've had a habit of resizing to 1280px wide to match my own monitor. This is set to 1900px wide to match a new monitor on its way - YAY!
Nikon D40 | Nikon 18-200VR@50mm | ƒ/8 | 1/160s | ISO200 | Handheld
Engadin, Switzerland, 2023
"Solitude is a chosen separation for refining your soul. Isolation is what you crave when you neglect the first."
- Wayne Cordeiro, Leading on Empty: Refilling Your Tank and Renewing Your Passion
Perch Rock Lighthouse New Brighton Wirral - 15.09.2017 . These were taken on the Beach at New Brighton ,I wanted to show the expance of sand which was blowing in my face all the time,thats why no one else was on the beach, I have never seen it like that before there,don't forget the Mersey Covers it every day twice . Perch Rock Lighthouse New Brighton Wirral - 15.09.2017 That beach was special on Thursday and was almost better than seeing the birds as the Gale force winds over the last week had cleaned and dried the sand . I cannot remember ever seeing this shot taken of this popular photographic spot. Best to view full screen if you can.
A walk through the incredible scenery at Blackhead in Cornwalls St Austell bay could be anywhere and that tranquility isn't a specific place, but what you make of the place your in.
I was up early to capture this scene, 4:30 to be precise. I was wandering solo in the forest, and I had a thought. "Wouldn't it be awesome if a moose walked right here into this scene?" And right on queue, literally, this big guy showed up for some posing. I watched, admiring him for about 30 minutes with the only sounds of birds chirping, water running in the creek, his footsteps, and an occasional mosquito. A beautiful morning in isolated Denali National Park.
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Image info: Nikon D850, 70-200mm f/2.8, f/2.8, 200mm, 1/1600, ISO-400
Seen while walking around on a Monday morning waiting for my car to be serviced. The small industrial/ activity zone felt deserted.
This is a mono version of an image that already appears in colour way back in my photostream. Loch Coultre is in Glen Shieldaig, here on a very cold but bright February morning. The loch was partly frozen over especially round the edges hence the fuzzy bit at the bottom.
Kolmanskop is Namibia's most famous ghost town, and is situated in the Sperrgebiet, (forbidden territory) a few kilometers inland from the port of Luderitz. In 1908, the railway worker Zacharias Lewala found a sparkling stone amongst the sand he was shoveling away from the railway line, near Kolmanskop. His supervisor August Stauch, was convinced it was a diamond and when this was confirmed, the news spread like wildfire, sparking a huge, frantic diamond rush and causing fortune hunters to converge in droves on Kolmanskop.
The town soon developed, becoming a bustling little centre and providing shelter for workers from the harsh environment of the Namib Desert. Large, elegant houses were built and it soon resembled a German town, complete with an impressive array of amenities including; a hospital, ballroom, power station, school, 4-lane skittle alley, theatre and sports hall, casino, ice factory and the first x-ray station in the southern hemisphere. Fresh meat could be purchased at the butcher's, there was a bakery, furniture factory, a public playground and even a swimming pool! At the time, there was also a railway line to Luderitz.
The development of Kolmanskop reached its pinnacle in the 1920's, but the town declined after World War 1, when diamond prices crashed. At this time approximately 300 German adults, 40 children and 800 Owambo contract workers lived in the town. In spite of, or probably because of, the isolation and bleakness of the surrounding desert, Kolmanskop developed into a lively little haven of German culture, offering entertainment and recreation to suit the requirements of the affluent colonialists.
Unfortunately for Kolmanskop and it's inhabitants, richer diamond deposits were discovered further south, and operations were moved to Oranjemund. Within a span of 40 years Kolmanskop lived, flourished and died. Today the ghost town's crumbling ruins bear little resemblance to its former glory. The stately homes have been nearly demolished by the wind, and are gradually becoming enveloped by encroaching sand dunes. In 1980, the mining company De Beers, restored a number of buildings, and established and interesting museum, which has now become a tourist attraction.
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