- Detail of one of the magnificent murals of Fanny Aishaa, a nomadic artist born in Quebec City who creates participatory projects with communities. This wall is part of the 'Green Lanes Development Project'. This artwork can be admired in Little Italy, a neighborhood of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie in Montreal. I publish this picture in support with 'Justice for Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women'.

- Détail de l’une des magnifiques murales de Fanny Aishaa, une artiste nomade native de Québec qui crée des projets participatifs avec les communautés. Cette murale fait partie du ‘Projet de Développement des Ruelles Vertes’. On peut admirer cette œuvre dans La Petite Italie, un quartier de l’arrondissement Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie à Montréal. Je publie cette photo en appui avec ‘La Justice pour les Femmes Autochtones disparues et assassinées’.

- Detalle de una de las magníficas murales de Fanny Aishaa, una artista nómada nacido en la ciudad de Quebec crea proyectos participativos con las comunidades. Esta pared es parte del ‘Proyecto de Desarrollo de los carriles verde'. Esta obra se puede admirar en La Pequeña Italia, un barrio de Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie en Montreal. Publico esta imagen con el apoyo de la 'Justicia para desaparecidas y asesinadas mujeres aborígenes'.

Lives of great men all remind us

We can make our lives sublime,

And, departing, leave behind us

Footprints on the sands of time

Footprints, that perhaps another,

Sailing o'er life's solemn main,

A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,

Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us, then, be up and doing,

With a heart for any fate ;

Still achieving, still pursuing,

Learn to labor and to wait.

The last verses of a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1838)

An overview of the Meradalir eruption in SW-Iceland, taken just before midnight on the first day, 3 August 2022. In the back are lava fountains on a fissure, about 200 m long, which is a vent for magma streaming up at the rate of about 20 cubic metres per second. In front of the fissure is a lake of lava. The edges of the lava "freeze" and build up solid "walls" that contain the molten rock within, until fresh streams of lava overflow them or breach through. The view over the Meradalir valley in the brief August night is quite surreal and spectacular.

In „Interaction of Color“ schreibt Josef Albers: „In visual perception a color is almost never seen as it really is – as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art.“

Stelle mir einen Vortrag von Josef Albers am Pult des Raumes meines vorherigen Bildes vor und nicht nur die Stühle sind besetzt, der Raum ist voller begeisterter interessierter Menschen ...

denn alles Gleiche, was man in verschiedenen Kontexte stellt, bekommt durch die Umgebung einen neue, andere Bedeutung ... warum soll es bei Farbe anders sein ... und Rot hatte für Albers immer eine besondere Bedeutung ... deshalb ist seinen roten Werken aus "Homage to the Square" ein ganzer Raum gewidmet und die Komplimentärfarbe ist zufällig draußen ...

Meisterwerk(e) der Farbanalyse

»Wenn jemand ›Rot‹ sagt (als Bezeichnung einer Farbe) und wenn 50 Personen zuhören, darf man erwarten, dass 50 verschiedene Rot in ihrem Bewusstsein auftauchen. Man darf sicher sein, dass all diese Rot verschieden sind.«

Bereits an diesen beiden ersten Sätzen, mit dem das Meisterwerk der Kunsterziehung "Interaction of Color" beginnt, wird klar, wie komplex die Wirkung von Farbe sein kann sowie deren visuelle Wahrnehmung.

Erstmals 1963 bei Yale University Press als limitierte Siebdruckausgabe mit 150 Farbtafeln erschienen, ging dieser Text ab 1971 als Taschenbuch mit wenigen Farbtafeln in Druck.

Seither wurden mehr als eine Viertelmillion Exemplare in verschiedenen Ausgaben verkauft. Dieses einflussreiche Handbuch und Lehrmittel für Künstler, Dozenten und Studenten erscheint nun, in einer aktualisierten Übersetzung und deutlich erweiterten Ausgabe.

Neu eingeleitet von Heinz Liesbrock sind zudem rund 60 illustrierende Farbstudien abgebildet, mit denen Albers wichtige Prinzipien und Gesetzmäßigkeiten der Farbe und ihrer Wirkung demonstriert.

Dieses Handbuch bietet nach wie vor ein unentbehrliches Wissen für alle, die sich mit visueller Kommunikation beschäftigen möchten.

JOSEF ALBERS (1888, Bottrop–1976, New Heaven, Connecticut) war als Künstler, Pädagoge und Farbtheoretiker ein Pionier der künstlerischen Moderne des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er ist bekannt für seine umfassende Werkserie Homage to the Square (1950–1976). Albers lehrte am Bauhaus, am Black Mountain College und an der Yale University.

J. A. was a German-born artist and educator. The first living artist to be given a solo shows at MoMA and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he taught at the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College, headed Yale University's department of design, and is considered one of the most influential teachers of the visual arts in the twentieth century.

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The "Monolito Fraile", also known as "Estela Fraile" or "God of Water", is is located inside the enclosure of the temple of Kalasasaya and was built by members of the Tiahuanaco culture, pre-Columbian civilization that during its period of greatest expansion comprised almost the entire high plateau known as the Collao Plateau up to the coast of the Pacific Ocean in the west and the Chapare in the east. Its capital and main religious center was the city of Tiwanaku, located on the shores of Lake Titicaca.

Welcome to Gates of Destiny, a place I've created over the last weeks. And although its not finished yet, you are welcome to visit if you like.

Gates of Destiny

I've created a group where you can post your pics from Gates of Destiny. Would love to see the place through your eyes, so please post your pics here

Binalong Bay, part of the Bay of Fires on Tasmania's East Coast

This photo of the beautiful Golden Gate Bridge was taken from the Marin Headlands on an evening in 2012 when fellow photographer Eric Dugan and I toured Marin County. It is interesting to go back into the archives and see what I missed processing back then... and to apply new processing techniques that I've learned over the last six and a half years. You wouldn't have thought that I would have overlooked this one, right?!!! :D

Happy New Year!!!!

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Different color, angle and light, still captured the "Expression of Beauty", Hope Y'all like my techniques in lighting and color. Lol: Gaston (aka Gasssman).

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Thanks for all your wonderful support on my work in the art of Photography.

View in large size for awesome details of this wonderful capture.

A single blade of grass and seed head

Had a lot of fun trying to capture some night time shots of this pair of beautiful palm trees against a cloudy sky with just a few stars peering through. Location? You guessed it, Palm Springs. Also captured that same night: flic.kr/p/2nZFG7k .

This night photograph was taken over two weeks ago during my recent visit to Shanghai.

The photograph was taken from Waibaidu Bridge, on the West of Huangpu River, looking towards the landmarks in Shanghai Pudong. It was a breezy evening, with blurred reflections of the landmark structures, including the Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai Tower and Shanghai People's Heroes Monument (in red).

© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved

Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.

Colour re-edit of a shot from June 2019. Enjoy.

The view from the jagged rocks below St Ninian's Chapel, Isle of Whithorn, to Stein Head.

Auswahlfoto:

Für“Looking close….on Friday!“

Thema:“Words of Love“ am 11.02.2022.

Thanks for views,faves and comments:-)

A bicyle standing in a niche of a house and the sunlight was only shining on the bicycle hub.

The sunset over the Apuan Alps in Verrucole (Tuscany). It was actually a very dull day, the sky was just a big gray wall of clouds (I'll post a photo of the view tomorrow) except for few, brief moments like this when the Sun was literally firing beams of light on the mountains through gaps in the clouds.

Blue-naped Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia cyanea)

Thanks a lot for your visits, comments, faves, invites, etc. Very much appreciated!

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Therefore I have to return each time

The wind through my hair

My footsteps in the sand

and than whistling of joy ..

View also in large and Black

Thanks to everyone for your kind comments and all of the invites!

The response to this photo has been way more than I expected....thank you!

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Cirque de Gavarnie in the Central Pyrenees, France. It was named by Victor Hugo as "the Colosseum of nature" due to its giant size and horseshoe shape resembling an ancient

amphitheatre.

The largest of a number of falls in the cirque is Gavarnie Waterfalls, the second-highest waterfall in Europe.

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Цирк Гаварни в центральных Пиренеях, Франция. Виктор Гюго назвал его «Колизей природы» из-за его гигантских размеров и формы подковы, напоминающей древний амфитеатр.

Крупнейшим среди многочисленных водопадов в цирке является Гаварни, второй по величине водопад в Европе.

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Thank you to everyone who views, faves, or comments on this collage of fireworks.

Independence Day 2022 was certainly tainted for Illinoisans by yet another mass shooting in Highland Park.

We did not go to our local fireworks because the ground was already saturated with water from fairly heavy morning and late afternoon showers. We figured also that there would be lots of mosquitoes and unvaccinated people in abundance. The collages I made were my way of trying to spread some joy.

I created them on July 3rd, 2022, from photos of past celebrations, when all one had to worry about was getting a good viewing spot.

Here's another windflower image, which is actually a horizontal crop of a vertical frame, but that was the only angle where I was able to get those flare rays :) Hope you like this painterly one!

Saudi Arabia desert photo by TARIQ-M "Tariq AL Mutlaq"

صحاري المملكة العربية السعودية تصوير طارق المطلق

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Fireplace in the council chamber of the town hall in Doesburg

Shades of green, at Picture Canyon Natural and Cultural Preserve, Flagstaff, Arizona.

For theme Made of Wood,Macro Mondays group

Dundas Square is Toronto's answer to Times Square with many advertising billboards. It is also site for outdoor concerts and festivals. It was a place for protests and demonstrations, until the authorities decided that in the name of Democracy, protests are only permitted for approved causes and for freedoms in countries far away. I was crossing the square, when the billboard above flooded the place with colour on otherwise grey drizzly day. The square was not always there. It opened in 2002 in effort to revitalize the area. To be honest, I should, but do not remember what was there before.

047. Toronto. Taken 2023- May 02. P1580520, Upload 2023- May 05. Lmx -ZS100.

Valley of Fire is outside of Las Vegas, Nevada and is named for the red sandstone formations, the Aztec Sandstone, which formed from shifting sand dunes 150 million years ago.

An "artistic" impression of Istanbul

Enjoy your weekend :-)

More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia

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Macro Mondays theme for Jan 9, 2017 - "Inspired by a Song"

Song: Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v_4O44sfjM

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'Wall of Windows' as viewed from the Peekaboo Loop Trail -

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, United States

I'm revisiting the photos I took of Bryce Canyon back in 2009, reprocessing many, adding a few, and deleting others.

Valley of Fire park in Nevada

Please don't use this image without my explicit written permission. © All rights reserved

One of the places for which Turkey is popular for is the city resort of Kusadasi in the Aydin Province, which is located around 56 miles south of Izmir. It is so-called such since from an angle from the sea, the peninsula resembles the head of a bird, thus, “kus” for bird and “ada” for island.

Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada

Weasel having a good look from the top of a fallen trunk. Photographed at British wildlife centre

Himalayan Snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis) captured at Khunjarab, Gojal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan with Nikon D500 and 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR.

For detailed information about Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan visit www.birdsofgilgit.com

Carnival of Venice, Italy

Four of Hearts meaning . Four of hearts signifies discontent and frictions in a relationship. It means that you should voice your concerns and try to work them out. It is a positive sign, because this is the only way to make progress. The four of hearts reminds us that love is not granted forever after.

"Company of dark"

ITENS USED:

KAWAII TATTOO

KAWAII TATTOO FULL BODY 2

CROSS INVERTED TATTOO

Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn!

Look to this Day!

For it is Life, the very Life of Life.

In its brief course lie all the

Verities and Realities of your Existence.

The Bliss of Growth,

The Glory of Action,

The Splendor of Beauty;

For Yesterday is but a Dream,

And To-morrow is only a Vision;

But To-day well lived makes

Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness,

And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope.

Look well therefore to this Day!

Such is the Salutation of the Dawn!

-kalidasa (kobi kalidas)

Another portrait from a wonderful workshop I attended last fall. Thank you for your appreciation, Gail

Flowers of the rock facing the green sea

with veins that reminded me of other loves

glowing in the slow fine rain,

flowers of the rock, figures

that came when no one spoke and spoke to me

that let me touch them after the silence

among pine-trees, oleanders, and plane-trees.

Poetry: Giorgos Seferis

How different shades of grey can make a landscape beautiful ...

for Monday Music Mania:

Neil Young ~~ Heart of Gold~~

www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3IA6pIVank

I saw the best and the worst of Mull when photographing this otter. I was guiding a group 3 photographers and we found our way on to this very condident and confiding dog otter. We were tracking him along the shore - staying close to the road and only moving when he was under, pretty basic stuff to try and not disturb the animal. A large, and rather swanky, 4WD pulled up and 4 more photographers proceeding to get out and just march straight onto the beach having seen what we were doing - their guide stayed in the vehicle. Not a hint of keeping some distance from those already working the shore. Within 15 minues there were 19! phorographers after the same otter. Many standing bolt upright and walking directly towards the animal even when he was on shore. It was too much and I told my group I was going to get the car to pick them up. I know none of us own a sighting of these charming animals however the whole scene left a very bad taste in the mouth especially knowing that I was part of that scene.

I had been on Mull the December before this - great otters, not a hint of a crowd but some intense weather as a trade off.

I must add that the company I was guiding for, NaturesLens, were, and are, very clear that no animal, subject was to be harrassed or disturbed and that if things did get that way then we were to just leave - the shot was not the highest priority, the shot is always the product of luck and good fieldcraft and the animals welfare is priority. For that they have to be commended. And they do great tours as well.

Bolsover, Ontario

Canada

The city of Arequipa is surmounted by 3 volcanoes. On the roofs of Saint Catherine Monastery, we see them very well.

You can see here the Chachani which culminates at the respectable altitude of 6075 m (19,997 ft).

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Volcan d'Arequipa

La ville d'Arequipa est surmontée par 3 volcans. Sur les toits du Monastère Sainte Catherine, on les voit très bien.

On aperçoit ici le Chachani qui culmine à l'altitude respectable de 6075 m.

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Arequipa - Pérou/Peru

For 'Macro Mondays' theme of 'Knots'.

Just a 5mm wide strip of paper tied into a simple knot.

The strip is resting on a piece of thin transparent foam sheeting that probably came as packing round a glass bottle - just an item that looked interesting at the time and then went into the 'bit box'. And I've probably kept the bottle somewhere as well!

This, though, wasn't the first photo I took for the theme. I started off with rubber bands, I used a much narrower strip of paper, I tried a much wider piece but nothing looked quite right. In the end I cut the 1cm strip of paper in half lengthwise, and ended up with this - you can see which is the edge I cut.

Although I tried several arrangements of the knot, this was the first in this sequence. Even now I just wonder if ...............

Lit with just one lamp.

Chinese XIAOYI f1.8 42.5mm

This year the FFF+ Group decided to have a monthly challenge called "Freestyle On The Fifth". A different theme chosen by a member of the group each month, and the image is to be posted on the 5th of the month.

This months theme "Fields of Gold" was chosen by Gary...

www.flickr.com/photos/gazman_au/48605204727/in/pool-fiveo...

Thanks for your visits and very kind comments and faves, very much appreciated.

Will catch up tomorrow.

Another photo of my new character of D&D, this time with women's clothing and in her natural environment :3

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Traces of the last hurricane from October 2018