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Wandering in the forest / the frst impression was / to be confronted by obstacles. //
However, at close inspection / the elements had been constructed /
to bridge a gap.
Dwalend door het bos / was de eerste indruk / te stuiten op obstakels. //
Maar, bij nadere inspectie / bleken de elementen te zijn ontworpen /
om een kloof te dichten.
When you find obstacles on your way, look at your feet…
They might be the roots growing through the ground, coming from the tree of your fears.
Suddenly, they're here, between your subconscious and your future, and the only way to go ahead is to forget about them. Because they're not that big in the end… barely a little bump on the floor, that should never stop you from getting where you really want to be.
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Seitseminen National Park, Finland - September 2016
"It felt as though his feet were glued to the grass, which had now become the ceiling. Below him, the dark, star-spangled heavens stretched endlessly. He felt as though if he tried to move one of his feet, he would fall away from the earth completely."
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Anyone who knows where in the series this comes from gets a cookie. :)
(hint: think book four. It's not in the movie, either.)
For some reason, as a kid, the part of the Harry Potter books this scene is from always called to me.
It's almost time for the last Harry Potter movie, and I'm going to attempt to do a series of Potter-themed photos as a sort of send-off. I've grown up with Harry Potter: my mother used to read them to me when I was a little kid, and I'm about the same age as all of the actors in the films, so I feel like it grew up as I did.
A side note from my day: I make an absolutely dreadful waitress.
My brand new Facebook page!
Part of this chain fruit cholla (Cylindropuntia fulgida) is dangling just above the Abington Trail in Saguaro National Park. It would cause a lot of pain if somebody wasn't paying attention and bumped into it.
Another nickname for this cactus is hanging chain cholla. That's very appropriate in this instance.
This rope is tied to the top of this wood pole and is part of a climbing obstacle course.
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Photo captured via Minolta MC Rokkor-X PF 50mm F/1.7 lens. Seen from the Spokane Indian Reservation. Selkirk Mountains Range. Okanogan-Colville Xeric Valleys and Foothills section within the Northern Rockies Region. Inland Northwest. Stevens County, Washington. Late December 2019.
Exposure Time: 1/125 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-100 * Aperture: F/4 * Bracketing: None * Color Temperature: 5462 K * Film Plug-In: Fuji Velvia 100
After showing her youngsters the steep steps, she went left (just out of shot) and up a gentle slope to the grass above.
All the young followed along and safely made it up.
Cattle Egret flying through the rookery at Shoveler Pond, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Chambers County, Texas.
It's rarely a simple game of fetch with Curiosity in the house. . .
BTW, Fran, I use those scratching boards all over the house for the cats. They get praised for using them, so they are fond of scratching there, thankfully. Back when I first used them with Ariel, we gave her a treat each time she scratched the treat. Worked well!
(I think it's about time to replace that scratching board.)
[SOOC, f/1.4, ISO 1600, shutter speed 1/200, +5/3 EV]
Freedom doesn’t mean the absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the face of any obstacle. This is true freedom. - Daisaku Ikeda
Went to Minnamurra yesterday with FOCUS. This is a stunning location to shoot and the deep cut volcanic rock formations at this place are spectacular. Minnamurra is a great to place to shoot even with the cleared sky.
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In EXPLORE (6.03.2018)
Soundtrack // Bande-son: SYD MATTERS ("Obstacles"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0VQOfvTviA
"Someday, we will FORESEE OBSTACLES... Through the blizzard... Through the blizzard..."
Tout sur le paquebot "Crested Eagle", coulé en mai 1940 // Everything about the "Crested Eagle": dkepaves.free.fr/html/crested_eagle.htm
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"Insolite et superbe vue enneigée." (VINCENT / www.flickr.com/photos/58769600@N07/)
Wheelhouse of a once-sturdy old ship sags into the water. Note the osprey nest up top … these marine raptors were out in good number on this day, and not too happy to see a kayak-paddling interloper.
I must admit that some obstacles are too high to overcome.
This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera and KOWA 1:3.5/55mm lens with a Zenza Bronica 67mm SO56•2C(YA3) fllter using Adox CHS 100 II film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600.
With the internet and several trees down thanks to an ice storm, I decided to pass the time by railfanning because I thought the ice made for a pretty picture! As branches collapse under the weight of the Ice King, an eastbound CN L533 also feels the wrath of the crazed Simon Petrikov. A track worker pulled up to the relay shed, illuminated with a flashing beacon, and the disabled signal behind me at MP 327.2. He told me the ice was messing with the railroad crossings and signals, and they had to manually flag crossings along the way. He left, the signal came back on, and another worker came around with a generator, hooked it up to the relay shed, and got the crossing up and running for L533 to pass, with the conductor stepping off his locomotive to provide extra protection. After the local knocked the signal down to red, it went dark once more. It seemed like a really tedious process, but thank you to the CN crew for being so nice and chill about me railfanning!
A pair of Banded Demoiselles (Calopteryx splendens) keep trying and failing to form a mating wheel by the River Welland near Stamford. The grass stem she is perched on prevents her abdomen moving forward, and every time he lifts her up the grass rises too. They were stuck on stupid for quite some time.
I inadvertently did them a favour by getting too close. They flew off together and landed somewhere more suited to copulation (but not for photography).