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Mostly I'm an optimistic woman in my heart. And even though I'm a person who often says: no white without the black I want to convey positivity. For a few days already it feels as if I'm in a black period of my life. I'm left with almost no hope by all the things going on in the world and it seems I can't get rid of it.
To better days and peace!
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This picture was taken in Blue Ridge, Georgia at our cabin. Jill and Bella make a wonderful team. If you're not familiar with the pug breed, they are wonderful pets. ...As many of you know, Jill is my daughter who was diagnosed with brain cancer when she was 3 years old. Since this picture has been taken, Jill's health has taken a turn for the worse. We are now looking at a recurrence, but not sure at this point. Her doctors are scanning her brain and spine every 3 months to see what is taking place. We are remaining optimistic and praying for God's intervention. After all, He is the Great Physician!
I’m not optimistic… so I cannot say “think pink”
I’m not (so much) pessimistic and I do not wanna say “think grey”
So… this morning was soooo grey, again!
So I remembered one of the last pink morning we had!
I kept this shot for a grey day!
And it’s getting colder…
My perfect xmas gift? A summer weather forever!
Of course even the sea was different: instead of a flat table like this we had a waving water!! :D
That left Lassie a bit…puzzled! She was standing off, just to be sure to be safe! :P
Happy Furry Pink&Grey Friday !
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Grey or Pink? Black!
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Reached Explore #331..magic!l! :)
Thank you Flickr Friends !
the optimism of daffodils in January, looking great and getting ahead of themselves a bit.
A dull corner of the garden under a big ash tree. For a couple of weeks in Spring the daffs will really brighten it up.
Helen Love - Ahead of the Race
I try to stay optimistic, but that means that I have to avoid the news! I pray for the biggest blue wave imaginable in November that will totally hobble the petulant, ignorant child that currently resides in the White House and all his corrupt, incompetent, disgusting minions!!! When I think of the loss of great leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy whose assassinations happened 50 years ago this year, I can't comprehend how we have come to this and how much damage can occur before he is removed from power.
"Now I lay me down before I go to sleep.
In a troubled world, I pray the Lord to keep,
keep hatred from the mighty,
And the mighty from the small,
Heaven help us all ...
~ Lyrics by Ron Miller - first performed by Stevie Wonder
"The arc of the moral universe is long,
but it bends toward justice."
~ Theodore Parker - popularized by Martin Luther King, Jr. who was murdered 50 years ago this month.
ok the title is pretty optimistic... august just started but i guess we're not far away from falling leaves ;)
this is a picture from last year. i found it by browsing my archives. just wondering why i did not notice this one last year...
however... taken in luxembourg in the evening hour.
i hope that summer stays (at least for a while - i did not have any summer vacation yet) but i also look forward to fall season.
how do you think about the upcoming season change?
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Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture f/5.0
Focal Length 30 mm
ISO Speed 200
I was optimistic that the sun would disperse the cloud I saw early this morning but I drove for 45 minutes to Ballycastle without a break in the sky. On my way back, I saw in the rear view mirror that that sun had indeed come out over the sea and also over the hills above the town but there was no turning back as I'd noticed my favourite place for breakfast of bacon and eggs at the harbour was closed today :(
57310 heads 3Q41 Shieldmuir-Willesden, and is passing Barby Nortoft on the 23rd of November 2021. Despite a clear start to the morning, a massive bank of cloud was moving in, and this put me off from going far, so I only ventured here as i was not optimistic of getting anything in sun. Fortunately, it was running early at this point, and good timing too. Within a couple of minutes, it was lights out.....
A seabird hovers over a black tipped reef shark off Bora Bora, looking for a good spot to set down. Or maybe he was really optimistic about a good catch for dinner! Not the sharpest picture, but I liked the pose. We were in the water with the sharks, who supposedly are quite safe, and stingrays, which we fed and were all over us looking for food, which we brought for them. We were a little nervous, but everyone survived just fine and had a great time.
Optimistic sunset shot looking toward the Buachaille Etive Mor from near Blackrock cottage. Alas the cloud shrouding the iconic munro did not budge. Entrance to Glencoe is on the right of the image with the route to Glen Etive on the left into the light..
Finally a new edit after having made it almost two years ago.
That day, i was nervous about the weather because the sky looked clearly dramatic sometimes but, as always, i remained optimistic and i tried my possible in order to make a decent shot.
It was my third 727 catched in two weeks after the M-STAR and the HZ-AB3 😍!
Here's another 2 shot panorama from my last visit to Venice Beach when huge gray and blue clouds smothered most of the skyline over the Pacific. I've written a lot about the day I had there and will try not to repeat too many things but there's always that chance haha. I took about 360 shots on the day covering the hour before sunset until about an hour after and so far I've tried to mix up the posts to show all the different aspects I saw while there. There's been some examples of the waves, the reflections, the dark sky with patches of incredibly bright sunlight pouring through, a few 2-4 shot panoramas and some color in the opposite directions but I guess this is the first post that shows the tiny strip of sunset I've described briefly.
When I was driving there, I fully expected cloudy conditions since the view outside the windshield is the same I'd eventually see at Venice. When I leave the apartment, I can see bits of sky in all directions from around Sunset Blvd and in the event I have time to choose my destination, I'll pull up the street view GPS and see if any locations I've visited head in the direction of the most interesting clouds or color. On this day however, I made up my mind to go to Venice. The only question would be whether the sky would allow any color to come through. For the most part, the answer was no and generally, all the photos I shot are primarily blue or gray from the heavy cloud cover.
The reflections were pretty amazing even though I expected the tide to be higher from some of the rain the few days prior and the waves were fairly impressive. It seems that when I'm here on the flat, straight shore, my default is becoming panoramas even though there's less margin for error and more work to get them to fit. I can get so close to the water and the view between the pier and the the rocks by the lifeguard headquarters is completely unobstructed, so it always feels like even 18mm from that close doesn't get the full feel of what I'm seeing with my own eyes. I think I prefer 2 frames at 18mm since it's easier to get the perspective right but I can pull off 3 frames if I crop a bit at the ends. There's always this weird optical illusion to me that the horizon is crooked mainly because the surf isn't always exactly parallel to it and this shot to some degree shows that. The horizon is straight and the angle of the breaking waves broke left to right leaving it slightly askew.
I still have a lot of interesting shots and views to show from here but I will try to mix in some other, less gloomy captures from elsewhere and also some new panoramas of downtown LA from different much different angles than I've done in the past. Oh, and of course I'll still be giving you the occasional Scotch portrait as he continues to mend from his surgery. Today started badly with us waiting at the vet for it to open but since getting back around 10AM, he's been feeling well, is happy and about as quiet as I can remember since he was 11 or so. I'm still really optimistic that the surgery will be a success and can't wait to remove the sutures in about 2 weeks and let him get back to the activities he used to love and that kept him young for so many years :)
WHEN & WHERE
Venice Beach
Venice, California
October 30th, 2016
SETTINGS
Canon T4i
EF-S 18-135mm IS STM
@18mm
2 shot panorama
ISO 100
f/9
1/13th second
CPL
على كثر الهموم اللي فقلبي ماشكيت الحال
على كثر الجروح اللي تمادت أكتم العبرة
رضيت أبقى تحت مر الزمان اللي غدا همال
مدام الله كفل عبد(ن) تصبر واحتسب اجره
أنا باقي وأظل أبقى على جور الحزن حمال
ولاني من صنوف اللي بسهولة ينفجر صبره
ترى كل الطعون اللي في ذاتي ماطرت عالبال
ولا هزت كياني لا..ولا هزت ولا شعرة
Despite its name, the Woods betwen Rearsby and Brooksby on the Melton line are quite stunning with little lakes and the River Wreake running through it.
In addition to the River there is also a wide variety of Railfreight also running through. On October 6th 2017 37800 powers through dragging 387160 as 5X47 Old Dalby - Derby Litchurch Lane
You Can Find Beauty in Anything... If You are Willing to See It [120/365] - Today marks 120 days into Project 365... 4 months of 2009 have already passed and it seems like it was only a couple of weeks ago that we rang in the New Year! It's silly to say, but this photo project has quite possibly changed my life! Maybe not drastically, but I'd be lying if I said that it hasn't made an impact. Not only did it inspire me to upgrade my camera, but it's motivated me to actually leave my house, stretch my imagination and search for beauty in things I'd never look at twice before. I've got a long way to go before I can confidently say that I know what I'm doing, but learning is part of the fun.
A lot of things in life are really great right now. I could list them but that would take all night. On the small scale of things, it's the end of the work week and I have some pretty exciting weekend plans. Life is so much better when you force yourself to be optimistic.
PS.. The forest was so pretty today, and I wanted to explore it more and take some fun photos. Unfortunately there were some creepy forest folks lingering and they made me a bit nervous. What would I do, hit them with my tripod? Haha.
OH and before I forget... a huge thank you to Anita and Mel for the testimonials! You ladies are so awesome!!!
🌙♥ The Good Witch of the North ♥🌙
She is humble, optimistic, mild-mannered, and extremely kind.
She gave Dorothy a powerful magical kiss on her forehead that protected her from being abused by any who would wish her harm.
Her whole ensemble can be found at PurpleMoon for Only L$100 from Oct 26 to Nov 1. It includes, gown, sleeves, crown and staff.
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Maitreya Lara
Des nouvelles de Figaro qui est allée chez la vétérinaire ce matin. On réajuste son traitement, mais c'est pratiquement la dernière ligne droite, les vétérinaires n'étaient pas très optimistes. Il ne tient pratiquement plus debout malgré un vrai cocktail de médicaments. Le moment arrivera où ce ne sera plus gérable. Je l'ai déjà relevé une dizaine de fois ce matin.
Tant qu'il manifeste de la joie de vivre on va se battre, mais ça peut très vite dégénérer, je ne pense pas qu'il fêtera ses 15 ans en juin....
News from Figaro, who went to the vet this morning. We're readjusting his treatment, but it's practically the final stretch; the vets weren't very optimistic. He's barely able to stand despite a real cocktail of medications. The time will come when it will no longer be manageable. This morning I've already helped him to get up about ten times.
As long as he shows joy in life, we'll fight, but things can get out of hand very quickly. I don't think he'll turn 15 in June...
Fall is a season of change
Bright vivid colours...the last hoorah of the season...before it lets nature sleep.
It also gives us a lesson of season..and change....and realizing the beauty before us.
Change is natural...and what lies ahead....can not always be what one expects......but for us to gather strength to deal with the things that can not be changed....
Fall gives us hope....and a passion to be optimistic in anything that lies before us....
Flashback: Ah, Jesma, so full of hope and questionable ideals about how life is outside her homeland and social status. She looks so optimistic about the future, just freshly arrived to Revenland.
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Explore # 1 // Dec 23 2005
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This has nothing to do with the photo, I just like the proverb !!
“Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours"
Swedish Proverb
A few days ago we had snow on deck for the Sunday forecast at lower elevations. Plenty of precipitation and the temperatures were supposed to dip below freezing, but just barely. As is often the case, the snowflake has turned into a more familiar rain cloud....bummer.
I really hope we get snow in Portland this winter. I know I can head east and get all the snow I can handle, but the city just looks so pretty under a fresh coat.
Image with my Hasselblad 500cm