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This was meant to be a nice long exposure from Reynisfjara Beach of the sea stacks. Half way through the shot I got outwitted by a sneaker wave so grabbed tripod, camera and ran as the wave crashed over me. I like this, what I thought duff image as it sort of captures the movement. Single exposure, but probably half of it was taken running up the beach!
When I joined Flickr, it was so I could enter a photographic competition. I never imagined, fifteen years later that I would have so many followers, have shared so many images, or have made some of the best friends I have (even ones whom I have never physically met but have connected with emotionally and spiritually). Thanks to Flickr, and the exposure it has given my work, my images have appeared in books, journals and magazines around the world, I appear on numerous websites, and I have three postage stamps all featuring my images. The world of social media can be ruthless, yet here on Flickr, I have found a kind, friendly and receptive community of like minded people ready to embrace other members. I have much to be grateful about, thanks to Flickr.
So, happy twentieth birthday, Flickr! Thank you for everything you are, and all that you do. I am paying tribute to this wonderful platform by using the Flickr livery of bright blue and hot pink in a still life using my latest obsession, cotton spools.
When it was my birthday a few months ago, a very dear friend who enjoys photography as much as I do, and knows that I collect beautiful and vintage pieces, gave me a wonderful selection of antique ribbons, buttons, buckles, lace and other fine notions. She also gave me three follow up tins of similar delightful gifts for Christmas.
Amongst the gifts was a pretty ribbon of vibrant blue and white embroidered daisies, some blue, magenta and pink crocheted daisies from Poland, some Estonian hand dyed lace and some tiny segments of crochet, all of which I have set up on the back terrace against one of my antique embroidered Art Deco doilies from the 1930s, and accessorised with some peacock blue silver and enamel buttons from Birmingham, hallmarked 1910, some tiny Japanese cloisonné vest buttons from the 1880s, some pink rose buttons from the 1960s, a Victorian spool of W. and J. Knox peacock blue linen thread and a spool of Dewhurst's Sylko Rose Pink cotton which dates from between 1938 and 1954.
W. and J. Knox Ltd was first established over two centuries ago when the Knox family set up a small textile mill in Kilbirnie to spin the locally-grown flax fibre and to manufacture linen thread. It was first registered as a company in 1778 then subsequently named W. and J. Knox in the 1800s by the sons of the founder. The Knox family was involved with the company for the first 200 years, with ownership passing through the generations, and agents being set up all over the world. Hearsay places an agent in New Zealand only ten years after Captain Cook’s discovery, and written records show trade agreements in place in the early 1800s in Canada. Cosalt plc purchased the company from Linndustries in the 1970s, with ownership passing to the local management team in 2004, following an MBO. Two centuries after opening, Knox is still based in the same Ayrshire town, and is now owned by the local management team, following an MBO from Cosalt plc in 2004.
Belle Vue Mill, commonly known as Dewhurst’s, was built by Thomas Dewhurst in 1828. It opened in 1829 as John Dewhurst & Sons and was one of Skipton’s largest spinning and weaving mills. The mill’s position next to the Leeds Liverpool Canal meant that raw cotton could be shipped in by boats from Liverpool. Finished goods would then be sent back the same way ready for distribution. Coal to power the machine’s steam engines was also delivered by barge. In 1897 Dewhurst’s was bought by the English Sewing Cotton Co. It continued to produce Sylko, one of the mill’s most famous products. It was produced in over 500 colours and sold throughout the world. Sylko cottons are still available at haberdashers today.
"A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at." Bruce Lee.
It's 4 o'clock in the morning and the alarm on my phone rings, I quickly turn it off so as not to disturb the 20 people with whom I share the room in a hostel. I have slept little and badly, but my desire to photograph Hong Kong at dawn is stronger than my desire to sleep. Before I get up, I decide to control the webcam located in Victoria Peak, nothing can be seen due to the fog, every 5 minutes I update it but the conditions do not improve, at 5.30 there is no time to reach the place before dawn, so it's time to go back to sleep. When I wake up I control the animation of the webcam progress, the fog dissipated long after dawn was over. The next day I try again, but more of the same. Well, "third time lucky" I thought, but the fog is even thicker on the third day and it does not make sense to leave my bed. The progress of the webcam shows me again that I did well going back to sleep.
What are you seeing then? Well, the twilight after sunset on my third day in Hong Kong. My main goal was not this shot, but I still got this picture. Undoubtedly, an image that I love and that is also difficult because often the clouds cover the entire city also at night. At sunset the sun can not be included in the composition because it is placed on the opposite side, but instead, all the lights of the skyscrapers are on, while most of them are off at dawn. I will never forget the amazement I felt the first time I observed Hong Kong from up here a few years ago, I had never been in front of a skyline with such a large number of skyscrapers, for sure one of the most breathtaking views of one of the most densely populated cities in the world.
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"Una meta no siempre tiene porqué ser alcanzada, a menudo sirve simplemente como algo a lo que apuntar." Bruce Lee.
Son las 4 de la mañana y suena el despertador de mi móvil, rápidamente lo apago para no molestar a las 20 personas con las que comparto habitación en un hostal. He dormido poco y mal, pero mis ganas de fotografiar Hong Kong al amanecer son más fuertes que mis ganas de dormir. Antes de levantarme controlo la webcam situada en el Pico Victoria, no se ve nada debido a la niebla, cada 5 min la actualizo pero las condiciones no mejoran, a las 5.30 ya no queda tiempo para alcanzar el lugar antes del amanecer, así que toca volver a dormir. Cuando me despierto controlo el historial de la webcam, la niebla se disipó bastante después de que terminara el amanecer. Al día siguiente lo vuelvo a intentar, pero más de lo mismo. Bueno a la tercera irá la vencida pensé, pero la niebla es más densa si cabe el tercer día y no tiene sentido levantarse de la cama. El historial de la webcam me vuelve a mostrar que hice bien volviendo a dormir.
¿Qué es lo que estáis viendo entonces? Pues el crepúsculo tras el atardecer de mi tercer día en Hong Kong. Mi objetivo principal no era éste, pero aún así me hice con esta fotografía. Sin duda, una imagen que me encanta y que también es difícil porque a menudo las nubes cubren toda la ciudad también por la noche. Al atardecer no se puede incluir el sol en la composición porque se pone por el lado opuesto, pero se consiguen en cambio todas las luces de los rascacielos, la mayoría de las cuales están apagadas al amanecer. Jamás olvidaré el asombro que sentí la primera vez que observé Hong Kong desde aquí arriba hace unos años, nunca había estado frente a un skyline con tal cantidad de rascacielos, sin duda una de las vistas más impresionantes de una de las ciudades más densamente pobladas del mundo.
The Last Jedi has been out for a week now, and I meant to have my figures done by then but shit happened and I barely missed my deadline. The Last Jedi ended up being not so great anyway. There are certain things about the film I loved, while there are certain things I hated, so I'm stuck right in the middle.
Anyway, here are the first two figures from the eight I made for The Last Jedi: Rey and Luke Skywalker.
Rey
"Something inside me has always been there, but now it's awake."
I made Rey in her Jedi Training outfit. This figure has an e-tape skirt, arm wraps, and belt, and cloth robes and belt. Everything else was painted up. The hair is the official Rey hair with the front resculpted. The lightsaber is the same one from my ESB Luke since I didn't feel like making another.
Luke Skywalker
"I've seen this raw strength only once before, in Ben Solo. It didn't scare me enough then. It does now."
For TFA I made Luke in his Jedi Master outfit (which I plan to revise), so this time I made him in his brown outfit he changes to after Rey arrives on Ahch-To. This outfit is comprised of a lot of cloth elements, such as a cloth tunic, cloth robe, and cloth poncho. The belt and boot wraps are made out of e-tape. Everything was then painted. The head is a modified Luke head, and the hair is a custom sculpt. I'm not 100% satisfied with the sculpt but hey it works.
No accessories for this guy since he didn't really use anything noteworthy in the movie.
So, what do you guys think? Let me know! :)
4 images stitched together with a huge contrast range ...
Josef Albers (1888-1976) was an important teacher at the Bauhaus, designer of stained glass windows and furniture. After emigrating to the USA, he began to paint in 1935. The paintings - including the famous series "Homage to the Square" - are meant as perceptual experiments, to change the perception hues through their neighborhoods regardless of their physical qualities. In Germany, the Josef Albers Museum im Quadrat Bottrop has been honoring the achievements of the German-American glass artist, painter and color expert since 1983.
Josef Albers was born in Bottrop in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia on March 19, 1888, and died on March 25, 1976. After training as an elementary school teacher (1905-1908), he discovered Josef Albers works by Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse at the Folkwang Museum in Hagen in 1908. This experience was followed by several years of training at the Royal Academy of Art in Berlin (1913-1915), the School of Arts and Crafts in Essen (1916-1919), the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin (1919) and the Royal Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (1919-1920), before he discovered the Bauhaus in Weimar. In 1920, the 32-year-old Josef Albers began his training at the Bauhaus, where he attended the stained glass workshop and took the preparatory preliminary course with Johannes Itten (1888-1967), the founder of the theory of color types.
Teacher at the Bauhaus
As a Bauhaus journeyman, Josef Albers had already taken over the technical management of the glass workshop in 1922. He gave basic courses in materials science and produced assembled "lattice pictures" from glass waste. Three years later, he was appointed as a junior master and became the foreman of the glass painting workshop at the Bauhaus. Among Albers' principles was the teaching of an economical use of available resources.
After Itten's departure, Josef Albers was appointed teacher at the Bauhaus in 1923 and, under the direction of the form master László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946), took over the preliminary course (1925-1928), which was completely restructured from October 1923. The architect Walter Gropius (1883-1969), who had founded the Bauhaus in 1919, appointed him Young Master two years later. In the same year, he married Annie Fleischmann (1899-1994), who was still studying at the Bauhaus and also taught at the Bauhaus in the late 1920s as a textile artist and fabric designer.
In 1928, Josef Albers took over the furniture workshop, and in 1929 he became head of the carpentry workshop. In the years before, he had designed the side tables now known as "Nesting Tabls" made of wood and lacquered glass. As early as 1928, Albers became deputy director of the Bauhaus alongside Mies van der Rohe, but continued to teach glass technology and woodworking zw. led the preliminary course and taught drawing and writing.
Josef Albers in America
When the Nazis closed the Bauhaus in Berlin on August 10, 1933 and dismissed all teachers, Albers emigrated to the United States with his wife Anni. From November 1933 to 1949, Josef Albers taught at Black Mountain College in Ashville, North Carolina. Anni Albers became assistant professor of weaving. In 1939 he received American citizenship. From 1950 to 1959 Josef Albers was Director of the Art School of the Institute of Fine Arts at Yale University in New Haven. The international importance of Josef Albers can be gauged by his membership in the Parisian artists' group Abstraction-Création (1934-1936).
From 1936 Albers taught worldwide as a visiting professor, for example at the invitation of Walter Gropius at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, at the University of Hartford in Connecticut, at the Cincinnati Art Academy in Ohio, at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, at the School of Architecture of the Universidad Católica in Santiago de Chile, and in 1954 and 1955 at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm, which continued the Bauhaus traditions.
Albers as a painter
Josef Albers first began painting in the United States, and during the Bauhaus years in Germany he emerged as the designer of stained glass windows or as a designer of furniture. Around 1935 date the first non-objective oil paintings, which were triggered by travels, especially to Mexico and South America. The local architecture deeply impressed Josef and Anni Albers, as can be clearly seen from the surviving photographs.
In den Jahren ab 1940 beschäftigte sich Josef Albers mit Abstraktion und ungegenständlicher Farbfeldmalerei.
1941/42 Serie „Graphic Tectonic“: mehrere überlappende Bildebenen in unterschiedlicher Farbigkeit werden durch ein weißes Liniengefüge gegeneinander aufgeklappt.
1946–1966 Serie „Variant/Adobe“
1949 „Structural Constellations“ oder „Transformations of a Scheme“, in denen er Raumwahrnehmung auf planer Fläche als Funktion eines phänomenalen und in der Physiologie verankerten Sehens demonstrierte. Dominante Strukturmuster werden von den Betrachtenden zu logischen Formen zusammengeführt.
1950–1972 Serie „Hommage to the Square“: Die Nachbarschaft von Farbtönen beeinflusst die Wahrnehmung derselben. Albers entwickelte auf Basis von Verhältnissen ein System von Quadraten, die er mit unvermischten Farben und scharfen Kanten ausmalte. Damit zählt Josef Albers zu den Vertretern der Neuen Konkreten, bereitete die Op-Art mit vor wie auch die Hard-Edge-Malerei der amerikanischen Kunst.
In seinem 1963 publizierten Hauptwerk „Interactions of Color“ legt Albers die Relativität der Farbwahrnehmung dar.
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Anni Albers: Anni Albers. Textilkünstlerin mit Folgen
Schüler von Josef Albers
Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008): Die rigiden Lehrmethoden von Josef Albers hätten Robert Rauschenberg dazu angeregt, es genau anders machen zu wollen.
Donald Judd (1928–1994)
Willem de Kooning (1904–1997)
Robert Motherwell (1915–1991)
Eva Hesse (1936–1970)
Richard Serra (* 1939)
Sheila Hicks (* 1934)
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This was originally meant for a contest but didn't quite work the way I wanted it but I still liked it. Also... my hair is a straight biotch to photoshop!
DCRail liveried Class 60, No.60046 'William Wilberforce' is pictured ratting through Three Horse Shoes (between March and Whittlesea) leading 6Z41 (11:57) Barrington - Chaddesden Sidings conveying a rake of empty JNA box wagons.
The train was originally destined for Brandon on Friday 6th October but operational difficulties at the terminal meant the train was recessed at March over the weekend before returning back to Chaddesden via a run round at Barrington.
Meant to be posted on V-Day but 1 day isnt nearly enough time to explain how much you mean to me ^__^.. Thank you for the sweetest day anyone's ever planned for me to the point you had little old me in tears >..< Im so thankful to have you in my life, your my kind of perfect. Just to spend the day with you was enough to put the biggest smile on my face...
I meant to post this during the summer, but never got around to it. Part of the swamp where great pains were taken not to allow the spread was this patch of horsetail grass. It may be a pest in other parts of NA, but here it was a refuge for two species of dragonflies: the Flame Skimmer and the Cardinal Meadowhawk. I've never seen any other insect perch on a blade, not even the less-than-fussy skimmer butterflies. Just remember that fossils of horsetail grass were from the same epoch as dragonflies, 330 million years ago. Must be something in the dragons' DNA that says, "Ah, home!" (Damselflies are "only" 270 million years old. They don't associate.)
Meant to post this early last fall but somehow it escaped into a file which I just rediscovered. Better late than nerver.
. . . meant to be viewed on black . . . Via Fluidr . . . (then click on image to view details LARGE) . . . bigger is definitely better . . .
. . . thanx to Lenabem for this great texture . . . www.flickr.com/photos/lenabem-anna/5671554490/
This Isn't What We Meant - Savatage
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAcedY0M2pc&list=OLAK5uy_lICc...
"This Isn't What We Meant"
We dared to ask for more
But that was long before the nights began to burn
You would have thought we'd learned
You can't make promises all based upon tomorrow
Happiness, security are words we only borrowed
For is this the answer to our prayers, is this what God has sent?
Please understand this isn't what we meant
The future couldn't last, we nailed it to the past
With every word a trap that no one can take
Back from all the architects who find their towers leaning
And every prayer we pray at night has somehow lost its meaning
For is this the answer to our prayers, is this was God has sent?
Please understand this isn't what we meant
[bridge]
A long time ago when the world was pretty
Standing right here in a different city
They're not coming back anymore
They're not coming back any...
[lead break]
[solo]
[extro]
Is this the answer to our prayers, is this what God has sent?
Please understand this isn't what we meant
THEN HE CLIMBED ATOP THE RUBBLE
OF THE FOUNTAIN IN THE SQUARE
AND HE TOOK HIS CELLO OUT
IN THE COLD NOVEMBER AIR
AND AS THE TWILIGHT STARTED SETTING
ON THE REMNANTS OF THIS DAY
AS THE SHELLS BEGAN TO FALL
THE OLD MAN BEGAN TO PLAY
AND IN THE DARKNESS OF THAT NIGHT
EACH ON THEIR OWN RESPECTIVE SIDES
THE MUSLIM AND THE SERB
WOULD WATCH THEIR COUNTRY'S SUICIDE
BUT NOW INSIDE EACH EVENING
THEY HAD FOUND A MOMENT'S CALM
WHEN THEY'D HEAR THE THOUGHTS OF MOZART
AS THEY FILTERED THROUGH THE BOMBS
It was extremely humid again yesterday, which meant the shade at the bottom of my garden was very welcome. This is a fading Aster flower, which I found fascinating. The petals reminded me of curling ribbon. :)
Just like most years, the influx of Red-winged Blackbirds seems to have started. Two days ago I saw just 2 to 3 birds in this spot and today I saw between 12 and 15. These comical males are already displaying their red shoulder patches. With no females around yet, it makes me wonder if that behavior is meant for other males. I've always thought it was to attract a female but maybe I just assumed that. Maybe someone here can tell me. Hennepin County, 03/24/23
Not really meant as a bonus image or anything, and certainly not the greatest shot in the world. In fact I have not even saved it. Out of curiosity I decided to process the image.
The top image is the file as it looked straight out of the camera with nothing done to it. In order to have detail in the sky I have exposed as they say, "to the right", keeping data in the range of the histogram where even the brightest parts would have detail. So often one steals from Peter to pay Paul, and here I have sacrificed the darker areas, knowing that when shooting RAW that there would be at least some detail that could be recovered. Yes, when lifting the shadows noise will be amplified, but it is a fair tradeoff in order to get detail in the sky which to me at this time was the most important part.
I can not stress enough how much info can be retrieved when shooting RAW, that would simply not be available when shooting a Jpeg.
Certainly none of the images from the past series straight out of the camera looked like what was eventually posted.
I should add that I have processed to taste, but the end result certainly is very much closer to reality than the shot straight from the camera.
meant to upload this last night but fell asleep! lol!
found this beautiful orchid in the national gardens in washington dc. lady slippers is a term used to describe this orchid, distinguished by their slipper-shaped pouches, which function by trapping insects so that they are forced to climb up past the stamen, behind which they collect or deposit pollien.
i thought i would not be able to find any good flower shot in this city. even the cherry trees in the memorials were devoid of blooms.
if you like nature and in dc, don't forget to visit this place. a lot of information on plants and flowers. very interesting!
Can't Help Falling In Love With You
by UB40
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MxmthbKZYU
Wise men say
Only fools rush in
But I can't help
Falling in love with you
Wise men say
Only fools rush in
But I can't help
Falling in love with you
Shall I stay
Would it be a sin
If I can't help
Falling in love with you
As a river flows
Gently to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand
Take my whole life too
Cause I can't help
Falling in love with you
As a river flows
Gently to the sea
Darling so we go
Some things were meant to be
Take my hand
Take my whole life too
Cause I can't help
Falling in love with you
Oh I can't help
Falling in love with you
Textures used:
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I meant to post this image on January 1st to commemorate the Transport & General Workers' Union's foundation on that day in 1922, but owing to the New Year I was away and didn't get a chance to access my computer. So here it is.
the Transport & General Workers' Union was founded on January 1st 1922. With 350,000 members it was one of Britain’s largest & had a key role in improving conditions & fighting fascism.
In 2007, the T&G merged with Amicus to form Unite, which is currently Britain’s second largest trade union with over 1.2 million members. You can find out more on the T&G’s history on their website: www.unitetheunion.org/who-we-are/history/the-history-of-t...
This model was made for Brick to the Past. Brick to the Past specialise in crating massive, detailed and meticulously researched historically themed LEGO® models. You can follow us on:
I meant to write this a long time ago. :)
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This one's meant to be viewed in the 360 viewer, so feel free to take a look around.
I ran out to Hug Point last night to take some photos and got semi-skunked, not an uncommon experience when shooting night photos at the Oregon coast, unless you define "success" as shooting with tons of clouds.
I call it a semi-skunking because I decided to take photos anyway, despite the thick fog and some smoke particulates in the air that added a little redness to the scene (with the help of a setting moon).
The camera cut through a lot of the fog last night, so this doesn't really do the scene justice in my opinion. At times the fog was thick enough that I had to turn my headlamp off, and I was momentarily concerned I wouldn't be able to find my way back to the parking lot.
Meant to be 6 separate images as a series, but I didnt want to upload them all separately. I'm trying to do larger concepts that take more than a day to set up now that I'm done with my 365. This one was not fun to clean up haha. And not sure if it looks that way, but I didnt make this black and white. I painted my skin and hair white then black.
You can click on the images here to see them larger individually
I meant to post this earlier today, to pay tribute both to our veterans and to the late Seward Johnson whose works, to me, personified Americana. Unfortunately, I was distracted and the plan to post this flew out of my head like a piece of dust, only to land again in my dusty noggin a few minutes ago! I apologize!
A small note: I believe Veterans' Day is to honor the living servicemen/women who served our country; Memorial Day honors those who sacrificed their lives in service of our country. If I'm wrong, I stand corrected.
To the brave men and women who have served our country to preserve our freedom, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
"Share the Light"
Life is meant to be lived and experiences are meant to be shared. The spectacular should be seen by all with wide eyes and open minds.
It's a very special feeling to share the intricate process of Astrophotography with those who mainly see the final result. It may come as a surprise to some, but the process of capturing a wide field panorama is lengthy and tiresome.
The final result is a single, seamless photograph that looks as though it was captured in a brief moment. In reality, it takes 20 to 30 minutes to capture a series of properly aligned frames and takes another 2 to 3 hours to put it altogether.
No, this is not a snapshot of a brief moment time. It's an experience that was created.
Date: 27th October 2016
Time: 8:30pm
Location: Lake Clifton, Western Australia
Camera: Nikon D750
Lens: Sigma 20mm ART
Tripod Mount: Gigapan Epic Pro
Settings:
ISO800
f1.8
20s x 48
. . . meant to be viewed on black . . . Via Fluidr . . . (then click on image to view details LARGE) . . . bigger is definitely better . . .
Feeling inspired after my visit to Melbourne I decided to take a stroll at lunchtime through the city. I had noticed this shop a few times before and always meant to pop in. And as soon as I noticed Tammy behind the counter I knew I had to ask her. Luckily her co worker was encouraging and was happy for Tammy to take a 5 minute break. The closest location was this alleyway next door which unfortunately didn't smell the best but Tammy was a trooper and posed elegantly despite the odour. Tammy is 28 years old and as you can see is breathtakingly beautiful. The shop is full of fabulous vintage and burlesque clothing and Tammy has the perfect look for working in this shop. If you are in Perth it is worth a visit. www.burlesquebaby.com.au . Thank you Tammy for taking time to help me with my project, I hope you like the photo, I would be happy to send you copies.
This picture is number 118 in my second round of the 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Olympus OM-D EM-1, Leica 25mm 1.4, ISO 200, 1/100 F1.4
Sunfire reflector
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If our Alaska trip had continued as planned, I would have missed the birth of these two beautiful babies: Gabrielle and Brody. They arrived six minutes apart last night. And they are absolutely perfect. :-)
Here they were a few weeks ago.
Meant to get this done over Christmas but laziness got in the way so Happy Birthday to no one in particular... or a very belated Merry Christmas LOL!
Pardon the crappy editing...
Listening to: The Birthday Massacre - Happy Birthday
Model: Jessica S.
Photography and Artistic Direction: Mark Ng
Lighting: The Studio Outfitters
All rights reserved ©Mark Ng
Highest Explore: #50
What if I told you it was all meant to be?
Would you believe me?
Would you agree?
It's almost that feeling
We've met before
So tell me that you don't think I'm crazy
When I tell you, love has come here and now
A moment like this
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
Some people search forever
For that one special kiss
Oh, I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment
Like this
Everything changes but beauty remains
Something so tender
I can't explain
Well, I may be dreaming
But still lie awake
Can't we make this dream last forever?
And I'll cherish all the love we share
A moment like this
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
Some people search forever
For that one special kiss
Oh, I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment
Like this
Could this be the greatest love of all?
I wanna know that you will catch me when I fall
So let me tell you this
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment
Like this
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
Some people search forever
For that one special kiss
Oh, I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment
Like this
Oh, like this (moment like this)
Oh, I can't believe it's happening to me (moment like this)
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment
Like this, ooh
Recent high winds and heavy rain meant the ivy hedge and the buddleia tree pulled down the picket fence flic.kr/p/Lhv9ag The next storm and down would come the tree. Now my garden is a work in progress. It's a south facing garden so I'm missing the shade already! Asbo, Pudding and all visiting creatures are miffed but I'll get it back to how I like it. They'll like it too ...
update july 2022
the garden has now been revamped flic.kr/p/2nzPTBv
showing the progress of the garden www.flickr.com/photos/connect2012/albums/72157633053520698
happy sparrows and blue tits at the feeders
for many years my garden was a shrubbery flic.kr/p/Lhv9ag which i loved. a picket fence covered in an ivy hedge coming down in a storm flic.kr/p/2gnCyih meant that over time changes had to happen flic.kr/p/2mn2x8a i'll be glad when the trellis is covered in honeysuckle and jasmine. that's the plan ...
www.flickr.com/groups/gardening_is_my_hobby/ helpful for ideas. thank you for sharing
Last year, on 6 June 2015, my place was beginning to get uncomfortably warm inside. That meant I needed air-conditioning and the only place to find it was in my car. So, off I went along the backroads SW of the city. I wasn't expecting to see anything different, but there were certain birds that I was certain I would see - birds that I really enjoy photographing. I really do need to drive somewhere different, but this drive is just a fairly short drive and fits nicely into an afternoon or early evening.
The "usual" included Mountain Bluebirds, and this male obliged, bringing food for his babies. It seemed that Dad would bring the larger, heavier insects, especially Grasshoppers, while Mom tended to choose lighter, more delicate ones. Funny how the nearby Tree Swallows would sometimes "tease" their Bluebird neighbours by flying and landing very near the Bluebird nesting box. Out of nowhere, the brilliant flash of blue of the male flew at top speed to chase the Tree Swallows away. On this particular day, I noticed the female Bluebird landed just a couple of feet from the Tree Swallow nesting box and just sat there with a Swallow on either side of her. No idea why she did this, as it annoyed the Swallows, and of course she was chased away.
In Bluebirds, the blue colour is produced by the structure of the feather - there is no blue pigment. "Tiny air pockets in the barbs of feathers can scatter incoming light, resulting in a specific, non-iridescent color. Blue colors in feathers are almost always produced in this manner. Examples include the blue feathers of Bluebirds, Indigo Buntings, Blue Jay's and Steller's Jays."
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/id
www.jstor.org/discover/pgs/index?id=10.2307/4077277&i...
Other sightings on my drive included the usual Tree Swallows, Red-winged Blackbirds, Black Terns, a pair of Cinnamon Teal glowing in the bright sunlight, a distant Coot feeding her little ones, a Pied-billed Grebe who was annoying an adult Coot who kept racing across the top of the water to chase the Grebe further away. My final sighting was a Coyote in a field of Dandelions. By the time I had pulled over and raised my camera, it was already heading off in the opposite direction, stopping once to look back, as Coyotes tend to do.
I almost forgot to mention the highlight of my drive! Not far from home, I noticed a Canada Goose in the distance, standing in the grasses right at the edge of the road. I thought it might just step out in front of me, so I stopped in my lane and turned on my hazard flashers. Sure enough, it did exactly what I was suspecting - and it was followed by its family of half a dozen or so goslings walking in a very disciplined single file, with Mom/Dad bringing up the rear. Fortunately, the cars coming behind me in the other lane also slowed down and stopped till everyone was safely to the other side. May sound silly, but I find it such an amazing, humbling experience when this happens : )
I meant to tell you that
I still taste your song in me.
It comes in waves
under silent skies,
It threatens my sanity.
- Victoria Erickson
Part of a 10 part story.
Editorial story shot for The Portfolio Magazine
I had really meant to have a blog essay ready for you all about the "pixel peeping" debate, but I couldn't get it finished in time so..until next upload!
I had a successful exhibition last night, thank goodness! Didn't get home 'til nearly 2am though. I am starting to get slightly better at these things, but they still stress me out. Whenever I go to one I think of it as work and I just try my best to get through it. Crowds make me really anxious. But I made a real effort to approach people and introduce myself (which makes my stomach flip like I'm on a roller coaster) and as a result I booked a commission :-) Everyone has something to work on, and right now, being more social is something I am working on.
meant as a joke
another version of this is on my google+ page as are other versions of many other of my photos posted here
A big snow fall meant that the large flocks of Fieldfare that winter on the upland meadows of Northumberland were forced down to the coast. Snow doesn't often lie at Tynemouth so I made the most of the opportunity. As I was off on vaccation from work but couldn't go anyhwere due to Covid restrictions, I compensated by spending several hours freezing in my garden hide!
Fieldfare are a most attractive thrush, noisy and aggressively commanding whatever piece of fruit they were eating. Most of ours breed in Scandanavia or European Russia and spend the winters hunting earthworms and gleaning hawthorn berries in the Cheviots.
There photos are particularly for Martin Dollencamp who repeatedly makes me drool by putting photos of Varied Thrush up. I guess Fieldfare is almost as desirable for Canadian photographers
An Oura Ring health and fitness tracker and its reflection; it is meant to be worn on a finger like a piece of jewelry and tracks your sleep, respiration, heartbeat, etc. The ring is made of titanium and is one-inch in diameter.
Strobist/technical info:
*Note: The following information is provided as a prerequisite for inclusion into the Strobist.com group, and for those who may find the information useful.
The ring was illuminated by two Nikon SB900 speedlights. White foam board bounce cards were placed 10-inches to the left, right, and 18-inches directly behind the subject. The first speedlight was placed 100° CL, 10-inches above and 12-inches away from the subject and aimed at the rear bounce card; it was fired bare, with the wide panel deployed, in Manual mode @ 1⁄8 power. The second speedlight was placed 10° CR, at camera level, 10-inches away from the subject and aimed at the right bounce card; it was also fired bare with the wide panel deployed, in Manual mode @ 1⁄8 power.
The SB900's were triggered by three PocketWizard Plus X's.
Lens: Tokina AT - X M100 AF PRO D (AF 100mm f / 2.8 Macro).
A big snow fall meant that the large flocks of Fieldfare that winter on the upland meadows of Northumberland were forced down to the coast. Snow doesn't often lie at Tynemouth so I made the most of the opportunity. As I was off on vaccation from work but couldn't go anyhwere due to Covid restrictions, I compensated by spending several hours freezing in my garden hide!
Fieldfare are a most attractive thrush, noisy and aggressively commanding whatever piece of fruit they were eating. Most of ours breed in Scandanavia or European Russia and spend the winters hunting earthworms and gleaning hawthorn berries in the Cheviots.
There photos are particularly for Martin Dollencamp who repeatedly makes me drool by putting photos of Varied Thrush up. I guess Fieldfare is almost as desirable for Canadian photographers
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I meant to drive to the ridge in the distance [or as close as I could] and hike for a few hours but I was late/lost everywhere on this road trip and by the time I got here the sun was already setting. Plus, this road doesn't look that rough in the photo, but the rumble strip type indentations from the grader meant I had to drive at about 5KPH in some spots - the sport suspension on my SiR just won't take the beating! So I just stopped here rather than have the engine fall out onto the dirt road.
Oh - and the locals pronounce it "Keevin" - just so you know😄
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Nikon Dƒ
Nikon Series E 100mm ƒ2.8 + faux tilt
ISO 64 + Arri Log-C
8-panel stitch
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Consisting issues meant a late running china clay working on The Marches Line, so timed to coincide with the last remnants of January sunshine.
66192 with 6M60 Exeter Riverside to Bescot china clay tanks passes Bushmoor, between Craven Arms and Church Stretton. Taken from a public footpath in the hills near Acton Scott church, Saturday 11.1.14
The non-stop rain meant I couldn't, or didn't want to, get to some of the waterfalls along the Road To Hana. The upside was that the falls easily visible from the road were raging. The Hanawi Falls are right next to a bridge, which made it easy to see without getting too soaked. And the falls were putting on a great show. The guidebooks say that when it is drier out the left side of the falls don't run. Not the case on this day.
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Poor weather and boredom meant I have had the time to 'mess about' in Lightroom and see if I can improve my skills at Black and White conversions. I am still not very confident, but here is a version of a shot from last weekend.
The 3rd stop on our trip to the north west was on the A832 road that roughly follows Loch Maree.
This lone Scots Pine with Slioch as a backdrop caught our eye as we drove past.
Ever since coming to Capitol Reef on my solo trip in April 2018, I wanted to venture out to Cathedral Valley. However, everything I read warned me of a treacherous 1.5-hour off-road drive through the literal middle of nowhere, so my rental car and I chickened out. Knowing that I was returning to the Reef for July 4th, I rented a Jeep...and I am very glad that I did, because the road I took does NOT screw around. The sights on the way into the valley were stunning and plentiful. Even though the ride through the eastern hills was bumpy and sketchy at times, I honestly had a blast driving it. The descent into the valley was a jaw-dropping sight to behold as you approach and see these two massive monoliths just standing out all on their own in a lush, green valley.
Photographing the Temple of the Sun and Moon has been a literal dream of mine since I missed out on my first visit. Finally seeing it with my own eyes felt invigorating like a pleasant lucid dream. I was blessed with completely clear skies, which only meant one thing...
This photo is the ultimate result of lots of research, planning, and waiting. My first Milky Way core experience for both 2018 and this year began in Capitol Reef. It being a national dark sky preserve only meant that it would be a top-shelf night-time experience, and it once again exceeded all expectations. This is now officially my favorite adventure moment of 2019 (sorry Death Valley...I still love seeing the sunrise from your pretty sand dunes).