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Iceland-September 2017 - one of the best vacation trips of my life! I stayed one week. 5 nights I saw them.....
If you have never seen the northern lights (as I had not before going to Iceland), then you'll find them really absolutely gorgeous - maybe a life changing experience. I was so excited by them that I found it difficult to shoot and watch them at the same time. It is one of the most impressive and beautiful sights I have ever witnessed. It is literally out of this world.....
The aurora borealis is a fickle phenomenon... A week can pass without a flicker ... then Bang! The Northern Lights come on like a celestial lava lamp (NIGEL TISDALL).
You will need lots of patience as auroras start out faintly. Look to the north for bands of green-white light that run in an east-west direction. As the light show intensifies over a period that can last seconds, minutes or hours, the lights streak, dance, ripple, arc or spiral southward, creating a dramatic, colourful light show. Many hotels in Iceland offer wake up calls for northern lights viewings and tour operators are experts for pinpointing sightings. ("Where, When And How To Catch The Northern Lights This Year", Huffington Post Canada, January 18, 2016)
This is a composite shot. One shot for the foreground (1/640 at ISO 200, and one shot for the aurora (8 sec at ISO 2000 ), put together in snapseed.
Thank you very much for taking the time to look. Hope you enjoy and potentially learn something! Big thanks to the amazing Flickr family out there!
"To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour."
- William Blake, Auguries of innocence.
Time is rushing by and sweeping us all away with the ebbing tide. As we grow older the perception that time is moving faster can overwhelm us. To hear that "melancholy roar", as Matthew Arnold put it, can so often lead to the "denial of death" (Ernest Becker). We hope for immortality, and since the dawn of human history this has been the primary generator of all religious belief.
When I lived through my midlife crisis I chose for the ringtone of my phone the popular song by the band Youth Group, "Forever Young." www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQi8wEHMm5Y&t=65s
"Do you really want to live forever, forever young?
But in truth, our desperate attempts to pretend the tide won't go out for us (you know the feeling that we are the exception to the rule), are eventually revealed for the self-denial they really are. The fact is we are all going to die, and some of us sooner than others.
But that's okay, life is not about us! Our dearest loved ones die and the world goes on. And so it will be when our time comes. The important thing is that we actually got to experience those eternal moments when we stopped and listened to the ocean, or gathered exotic shells on a beach of golden sand. For me the joy of life is being able to say I shared a planet with billions of fellow human beings, who despite the vastness of this universe, might well be the only complex form of life there is.
Zen philosophers know that facing the facts of life can be a lifechanging experience when we slow down enough to contemplate what is really before us. So we need to stop and look carefully, and take in the moments that bear true eternity. William Blake is right.
Just wanted to share this shot I made several years back ... it was kinda lifechanging for me then ... and as I reflect on it again in these times it's become significant once again ... I saw this guy practicing in a quiet corner of NYC's Washington Sq Park ... and later that nite when working on it ... the image became so impactful that it inspired me right then to go online and order a pocket trumpet ... I'd been away from my instrument for about five years ... but since that day and this image my horn hasn't ever been far from my side ... I was fortunate to know Dizzy Gillespie for more than 20 years ... and thru him got to know and play with many of the young NYC jazz players when I was a young jazz player ... and spotting this guy in the park brought me back to the joy and comfort that music had given me since I was 12 ....
Well ... since I don't have many opportunities to make new images these days ... last nite I re-worked this one from my past .... and it's impact and power struck once again ... and inspired me to purchase a keyboard and attempt to spend this time at home and try to re-learn the piano .... Just want to thank my parents and teachers once again for blessing me with the gift of music ... and my gratitiude to all of the musicians I've gotten to know , play with , befriend and shoot with my camera over these years for the inspiration and joy I've gotten from their gifts and performances .. and remember too that this time of solitude can be used to rekindle some of those forgotten passions that we never seemed to have time for in the past ....
Please friends .... everyone stay safe and healthy and Be Happy … 💛💜💛
The Alarm Bell of the Last Days | How to Recognize God's Voice
The Bible relates the following story: In the middle of the night, someone called out "the bridegroom has arrived." The wise virgins heard the voice of God and went to greet the bridegroom and attend the wedding feast with Him, while the foolish virgins were locked out beyond the gates. Now, in what kind of people will the prophecy of the wise and foolish virgins be fulfilled?
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*Working Towards a Better World
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. -
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough. - Oprah Winfrey
When things go wrong, don't go with them. - Elvis Presley
To dream by night is to escape your life. To dream by day is to make it happen. -
Stephen Richards
Yes We Can! - Barack Obama
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! xo💜💜
I am watching you watching her watching her screen.
Street photography is life watching or life changing experience?
Richmond, June 2016.
Fuji X-T1 camera
Fuji XF 35mm F2 lens
Auto White Balance
Classic Chrome Film Simulation
"Your Song" is Corey's favorite, and it was the first one played. "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" is his other favorite, and it was the last.
Needless to say he freaked out.
Everyone freaked out.
Greatest night ever.
Full story: saranay.net/?p=39
This beautiful newlywed couple was celebrating their wedding day with memories from Ottawa's Tulip Festival.
Our Daily Challenge - Your Life as a Movie
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My whole life changed when I realised that only ME can make ME happy.
Now I'm just a party in my head . . . . . . whoop whoop!
God's Utterance "God Himself, the Unique (V) God’s Holiness (II)" (Part Three)
Introduction
God’s word in this video are from the book “The Word Appears in the Flesh”.
The content of this video:
A. How Satan Uses Knowledge to Corrupt Man
B. How Satan Uses Science to Corrupt Man
C. How Satan Uses Traditional Culture to Corrupt Man
D. How Satan Uses Superstition to Corrupt Man
I have always liked this livery, and thought that it has a classy air about it. This was my one and only time of travelling to Hull to photograph buses, and this weekend had a lot to answer for and was "Truly Lifechanging".
This was the weekend where Myself and Mark agreed to take on our first bus, ex Fishwick Leyland National 2, Fleet No 7 (GCK428W), whichb unfortunately is up for sale now, so any sensible offers please let me know!
This picture is taken in the Bus Park behind the infamous Hull Paragon Station and Bus Station.
Last night was special - life-changing even. I never thought I'd see the aurora borealis in Utah. Especially not like this. This is the first time I've ever seen it. Actually, now that I have seen it, I realize I've probably seen it before but just didn't realize anything special was happening. It doesn't look like much to the naked eye. I'm glad I made the effort to get out to the lake, away from light pollution. Now I'm going want to see it again.
This photo appeared in Flickr Explore on May 11th, 2024.
#9 on Explore, Jan 27, 2011.
Iganga, Uganda.
I have spent the last two weeks in east Africa travelling and meeting people in Uganda and Kenya. It's been a lifechanging experience. No more, no less. Hopefully my images from this trip into another world (there is no other way of putting it really) will be able to convey some of that.
She is five months old. It's her first time in front of a camera and she has never before encountered a white person. Can you tell?
Quote by Paul Gauguin.
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Christian testimonies | God’s Blessings: I May Not Be Rich, but I’m Very Fortunate
One day, I read these words of God : “What God wants to see is that man’s heart can be revived. These ways that He uses to work on man are to continually awaken the heart of man, awaken man’s spirit, letting man know where they came from, who is guiding them, supporting them, providing for them, and who has allowed man to live up till now; they are to let man know who is the Creator, whom they should worship, what kind of road they should walk, and in what way man should come before God; they are used to gradually revive the heart of man, so man knows God’s heart, understands God’s heart, and comprehends the great care and thought behind His work to save man. When man’s heart is revived, they no longer wish to live the life of a degenerate, corrupt disposition, but instead wish to pursue the truth in the satisfaction of God. When man’s heart has been awakened, they are then able to make a clean break with Satan, no longer to be harmed by Satan, no longer to be controlled or fooled by it. Instead, man can cooperate in God’s work and in His words in a positive way to satisfy the heart of God, thus attaining fear of God and the shunning of evil. This is the original purpose of God’s work” (“God Himself, the Unique VI” in The Word Appears in the Flesh). Only after my experiences did I finally understand that God had arranged these situations to awaken my heart and my spirit, and to get me to follow the right path in life of obeying God, fearing God and shunning evil, and to live in God’s blessings—all this was God’s painstaking effort! I thought back to what I’d gone through, from sinking into the quagmire of money and getting a serious illness to having the fortune to hear God’s gospel of the last days and coming before God, then once again going in pursuit of money and getting caught in Satan’s net. My brothers and sisters gave me fellowship about God’s words, I came to have some knowledge of the fact of God’s sovereignty over mankind’s destiny, and I also came to have some knowledge of Satan’s wicked purpose in using heretical fallacies to corrupt people, and only then did I begin to let go of money little by little, and I understood that only practicing God’s words and submitting to God’s sovereignty was the right path to follow in life…. In order to awaken my heart and to save me from being harmed by Satan, God paid such a painstaking price for me and He showed me mercy. Every step I took, whether I listened and was obedient, or whether I rebelled against and shunned God, God always used the most suitable means to save me. I truly came to appreciate how real God’s love is and how beautiful and good God’s heart is! Were it not for God’s salvation, I’d still be living in Satan’s snare, caught in a whirlpool of money, completely unaware of what Satan’s harm was turning me into. Coming to this appreciation of God’s love, I had a deep sense of what a true honor and what good fortune it was for me to be able to come before God—God had graced me and showed me favor! I wished only to spend more time and energy in the future attending gatherings, reading God’s words and worshiping God, to arm myself more with the truth, and to perform my duty well to repay God’s love. Thank God and praise Him!
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Christian testimonies | Who Was It That Rescued Her Marriage? (Audio Essay)
She had just turned twenty, she had a graceful figure and appeared as pretty as a flower, and there were many suitors pursuing her. But she didn’t pay this any mind until one day when her friend invited her to come out and she by chance met Lin. Lin was almost 6 feet tall, he was tall and handsome, with a dignified bearing. He spoke with humor and with wit, and was able to attract her in an instant. And Lin too was quite interested in her. The two of them started seeing each other very soon, and after a few months they got married. Before long they had a child of their own, and this made her feel very blessed. But good things don’t last forever. Just when she was starting to enjoy everything and long for a beautiful future, she discovered that Lin was not engaging in honest work every day. All day long he was idling about, and he would even go out often and get in fights and gamble. When he returned home, he would pick out faults with her no matter if there was something going on or not. He simply did not care for her or their child. She did not understand why Lin was acting this way. Many times with eyes full of tears she would urge Lin to walk the correct path, but not only did Lin not listen, he would even lash out at her, and one time he even went so far as to nearly choke her to death. She had lost all hope in Lin. Before long, Lin got sentenced to prison for breaking the law, and she had to support herself and their one-and-a-half-year-old child on her own. Her life was full of hardships and dashed hopes. It wasn’t until 2003, when Lin completed his prison sentence and was released, that she was finished with this painful marriage.
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#30 on Explore, Jan 31, 2011. FP.
Eldoret, Kenya.
I have spent the last two weeks in east Africa travelling and meeting people in Uganda and Kenya. It's been a lifechanging experience. No more, no less. Hopefully my images from this trip into another world (there is no other way of putting it really) will be able to convey some of that.
What you lack in material things you can make up for in posture.
Quote by Katharine Whitehorn.
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Brickfest 2001 in Washington, DC was my first Lego Convention. I had a blast sharing it with my then-AFOL then-girlfriend, putting faces to the names I knew so well on Lugnet, and getting to know people and build friendships beyond just sharing a common interest. For a whole weekend I was free to talk about my passion with, well, basically everyone around me, and have that same passion reciprocated. It was a lifechanging event, for sure, and I'm forever grateful to Christina Hitchcock, her entire team of organizers and volunteers, and every AFOL that attended for showing me the true community of this hobby.
One of the items in the goodie bag was a red 2x4 brick keychain with the Lego logo on the side. It was my favorite item that I brought home from the 'fest, and it immediately became something that was with me every day. Through a lot of change, both good and bad, it was always in my pocket, jingling against my almost-janitor-myriad of keys. During my 9 year long dark ages, my collection was packed away in storage, but that keychain went with me everywhere. Every single day.
As you can see, that once proud 2x4 brick is now beat and battered, worn down and filthy. It's got 12 years of travel and grit on it and in it, 12 years of beating against keys and pocketknives and change and whatever else happened to be in my pocket. The logo's long faded, the studs are wearing through, the chain is tarnished, but the memories and the hobby it represents are cherished forever.
Thank you little red brick, for all that you mean to me. And thank you new little red brick, for being shiny and ready when your predecessor finally succumbs to time. And thank you, reader, for taking the time to share this with me.
#42 on Explore, Feb 1, 2011.
Nairobi, Kenya.
I have spent the last two weeks in east Africa travelling and meeting people in Uganda and Kenya. It's been a lifechanging experience. No more, no less. Hopefully my images from this trip into another world (there is no other way of putting it really) will be able to convey some of that.
A good friend of mine called Mr. Wanjou is preparing his favourite beverage. It's a ginger tea with milk and fresh honey. I asked him what this wonderful mixture was called expecting something exotic. He said, "It's called ginger tea with milk and honey." ...That's Africa.
Quote by Alexander Pope.
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People are always thinking and walking around with information on their minds. Wether you are in the middle of nowhere or at work there is always something to think about. I am always thinking and I have a few songs stuck in my head. But what I am really thinking about are the changes that are happening to me that are life changing. Will the new year teach me something new? Should I look for something that might help me out this new year? What are somethings you might be thinking about for the new year?
Found this advertisement was sreaming for being a part of my "On The Run"-project.
Luckily, a young woman was crossing my way with the exact properties of a common passerby these days: Eyes on the cellphone, Headset on the ears. Anything exiting or lifechanging could have happened right next to her, she wouldn't have recognized it.
My advise: Look around while beeing on the streets, you'll see and learn much more about life than any whatsapp-message could say.
One eye sees, the other feels.
Words by Paul Klee
Series 10/12 - This is dedicated to Richard Dadd
for Flickriver - Sophie Shapiro
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“A new baby is like the beginning of all things-wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.”
Eda J. Le Shan
In one's lifetime - so many life changing quotes...
I cant even get to mention 'one' right now.
Look forward, look forward, and onward.
Because the sun always comes back tomorrow...
Courage sits on my desk in the shape of a good size rock and on a piece of paper under glass. The rock is heavy and so were my burdens at one time. The paper is my freedom. It tells me that Courage is doing something even when you are afraid. "I have a theory about courage. I don't think it's a moment of bravery when you have a rush of adrenaline. Courage is something level, a kind of force that sustains you. And that's what it takes to face difficult things, to make it through life successfully."
Beyond Layers..Day 28
Write about A Brave Moment in You LIfe.
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Exhibit in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
“Look overhead and you will see an aerial sculpture comprised of two hundred golden arms hanging from the ceiling. Each is a casting of the outstretched right arm of Tommie Smith (b. 1944), the American winner of the men’s 200-meter race at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.
“During the medal ceremony, Smith bowed his head and raised his black-gloved fist in an act of protest. Coming at a moment of turmoil in the United States, where unrest flared over the war in Vietnam and racial inequality, his gesture was an assertion of Black solidarity in the fight for human rights. Echoed by the American bronze medalist John Carlos, it inspired social causes around the world and irrevocably changed Smith’s own life.
“Glenn Kaino created ‘Bridge’ as part of an ongoing collaboration with Smith and as a reflection on the power of the athlete’s gesture nearly fifty years after it occurred. Nearly one hundred feet long, the sculpture reaches both backward and forward, acting as a bridge through time and space into the present. It serves as a monument to one person’s action and its aftermath, evoking the ways that even small acts can ripple through time and alter the course of history.” [From the accompanying text]
[Note: Tommie Smith’s personal effects from the 1968 Games are held at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.]
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I love you. It's that simple. Love doesn't need any extras. It's enough just to love someone with all that you have. It doesn't need fancy gifts, long songs, and confusing words. All that's really needed is those three words. You know why? Love is Love. Simple as that. It's the feeling that you get when you know you've found happiness in somebody else's happiness. The word, love, itself is a promise. I am yours. I am here for you. Be here for me. No exceptions, no lies. You are mine, and we are each other. Love transforms a person, and whether it be for good or for bad, it's worth every minute. You make me better, I make you better. We become our real selves through each other. And true love means letting go. You can't keep your walls up in fear of getting hurt. That only blocks out the magic. Because even if you get your heart torn out and stomped on, it's still beating. Waiting for the person who will come along and mend the broken pieces, pull you back together. Nobody comes out the same person as they went in. And all these things are the beauty of love. If you are brave enough to embark on a journey, let yourself go, giving all of who you are to another person, trusting them to hold you close and not let you fall, you will be rewarded. Love is Love. Simple as that. and these three words. I love you. So small, mean so much.
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#43 on Explore, Feb 2, 2011.
Iganga, Uganda.
I have spent the last two weeks in east Africa travelling and meeting people in Uganda and Kenya. It's been a lifechanging experience. No more, no less. Hopefully my images from this trip into another world (there is no other way of putting it really) will be able to convey some of that.
He kept in the background guarding the family bike. Having a car is only for the lucky few and any means of transport other than walking is considered a luxury.
Quote by unknown.
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so, this is my 1000th photograph on flickr.
i didn't plan for it to be that way. and i don't think it's one of my best shots. but the way i took it exemplifies why i've chosen it for this arbitrary, but somehow meaningful, milestone.
i took it yesterday morning, over pancakes and coffee at the cold spring cafe. fork in hand, i looked up; i saw the lines; i saw the screen; i saw the stop sign. so i put down the fork and picked up the camera. and i captured it.
before flickr, i didn't associate the word "capture" with photography.
before flickr, i didn't know what bokeh was.
before flickr, i didn't know what "abc" meant.
before flickr, i didn't stop when i saw something that made my heart skip a beat.
before flickr, i didn't have friends in wales and portland and texas and detroit and seattle and chicago and DC and new zealand and los angeles and north carolina and atlanta and watchung and scotland and massachusetts and australia and kansas city and iceland and philadelphia and london and san francisco and portugal and canada and belfast and cold spring and so many other places, near and far.
before flickr, i didn't think i was a good photographer.
a week or so ago, i passed the 50,000-view mark. i didn't make a big deal about it, because i'm still in awe of this whole flickr thing, suprised every time when people come back and look at my stuff. (i wish you could know just how insecure i really am.) but because of the support i have found here, i walk a little straighter. i see a little clearer.
and i take a few more photographs.
they say a picture is worth a thousand words. i say, a thousand pictures are worth one word: gratitude.
thank you.
lifechanging album to listen to today as I try to fix things
Noting the new lens filter I tried out, it's clear and fragmented looking, but I guess the filter effect is to make sparkle bursts appear and soften everything. Rad!
My first deep dish pizza at Pizzeria Due when I was a teenager was lifechanging, with no hyperbole. I loved it so much that I saved the napkin for years. Little did I know at the time that one day I'd live in Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois.
Thursday, July 7, 2022.
Iganga, Uganda.
I spent two weeks in east Africa travelling and meeting people in Uganda and Kenya. It's been a lifechanging experience. No more, no less. Hopefully my images from this trip into another world (there is no other way of putting it really) will be able to convey some of that.
Meeting the kids I was struck by the way they looked at my camera without any kind of preconception. They just look honest.
The quote is a Czech proverb.
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Gut Monkey's Leading X program facilitates life-changing experiences for adults in the bleeding disorders community. We canoed down the Green River in eastern Utah as it flows towards and joins the Colorado River. During our trip, the river was flowing at 15,000 cubic feet per second. When it was put in terms of a cubic foot being the size of a basketball, I was simply amazed! www.gutmonkey.com/leading-x
One-armed explorer John Wesley Powell led a couple of expeditions down these canyons nearly 150 years ago when he realized the value and beauty of the region. Without his life-long support of this area, many large cities in the southwest may not have flourished as they have.
Mary C. Rabbitt wrote about his motivation in the US Department of Interior's1969 publication of "The Colorado River Region and John Wesley Powell"
"Finally, he made up his mind. The region to the southwest was largely unexplored, represented on the Government maps as a blank. There were many and fabulous stories about the Colorado River which flowed through it, of explorers who had disappeared, of places where the river disappeared underground, and of great falls. The Indians were afraid of the river. They said that long ago a chief, who was mourning the death of his wife, had been taken by a god to visit her in the happier land where she then dwelled so that he would cease to mourn. The trail to this beautiful land was the canyon of the Colorado. On their return, lest others who were discontented with this life should attempt to reach heaven before their appointed time, the god had rolled a river into the gorge, a mad, raging stream that would engulf anyone who tried. But, Powell said, "the thought grew into my mind that the canyons of this region would be a book of revelations in the rock-leaved Bible of geology. The thought fructified, and I determined to read the book."