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Leica Leicaflex SL | Leica 50mm f/2 Summicron | Kodak T-Max 400
Scanned with Canoscan 8800f
Home developed in Rodinal 1:25 | 6:30 min / 68 degrees | Agitation
“Reaching out, for new heights
You inspired me to try
Felt the magic inside
And I felt that I could fly
I'm looking at the world in an optimistic light
You made me appreciate my life
'Cos when you came you were like
Sunshine through my window
That's what you are
My shining star (Sunshine)
Making me feel like
I'm on top of the world
Telling me I'll go far.”
Sunshine | Gabrielle
A group of fishermen take a break from casting their reels to enjoy the dramatic sunset as the storm clouds roll in. Sandy Point, Trinidad & Tobago.
Went down to Kirksanton on my day off due to a very optimistic forecast. Sun was out 'til 5 minutes before the train. 68005 leads the Drigg LLWR stone empties toward Barrow Docks.
I planned to return here to do it in the sun but that was also optimistic as the sun didn't shine on it again before the flow finished.
My mage's cosplay of an what Conan would dress like as an optimist. The sword's rubber.
Nocturne RP sim
During Amandas very first visit to Vancouver Island, I took her to one of my favourite forests on the West Coast.
After a fun day of watching otters on the beach and saying hello to a bear who was happily munching on grass, we decided to head home.
I stopped at this spot on the trail just to play around with this composition but I wasn't very optimistic about getting any good ight.
After about 20 minutes of waiting I decided to quit and was packing up my gear when Amanda said ''wait, I can see some mist rolling in''.
I quickly pulled my camera back out of the bag, placed it on the tripod and held my breath.
Within about a minute, the ocean spray drifted in and caught the late afternoon sun in a magical display of light rays.
That golden light on the underside of that twirling branch was the icing on the cake.
This all happened in just a few minutes and I was shooting with shaking hands while wearing a manic grin on my face.
Amanda says that's when she fell in love with me. Because she'd finally found someone as crazy as she was.
Thanks for looking
Gavin Hardcastle - Fototripper
Optimistic Sharp-shinned Hawk foraging for nesting materials.
Common activity... uncommon species for this area.
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4 January 2021: Update on The Corona Pandemic – During the week from 25 to 31 December an average of 1,588 people/day tested positive for the novel coronavirus. This is down 27% on the 7-day rolling average for the previous week. Although the figures relating to the coronavirus pandemic in Belgium are moving in the right direction the Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said in an interview that it is still too early to consider relaxing the measures designed to curb the spread of the virus. Also, the infectious diseases expert Professor Erika Vlieghe has warned us against being overly optimistic in the light of the recent sharp fall in the number of people testing positive for coronavirus. She believes that during the holiday period testing capacity has been underused and stressed again that people with the slightest symptoms or indications that they are infected should get tested. Net-net, everybody is wary about the weeks to come. I guess the future will tell… Today on display is something completely different. No, this is not a worn-down traffic junction, but these road markings are an art project. They are a tribute to Marcel Broothaers. De gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum – Ghent, Belgium
Our Daily Challenge: Optimism
Nothing like beautiful flowers and cheery lights to make one feel optimistic.
Ser optimista no le hace daño a nadie. Siempre puedes llorar luego.
Lucimar Santos de Lima.
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Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's own life, or the world at large.
isa.. never lose hope.. please.
I am not sure if this pedal rikshaw driver smiled like this because he was having his photo taken or because he was hopeful of getting a customer. I liked how this turned out though.
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
January 2019
Ptilopsis leucotis
Northern white-faced Owl - Noordelijke witwangdwergooruil (Spain)
Canon 7D + Canon EF 300mm F2.8 L IS USM + 2x TC
Hey folks, I'm currently really busy getting my website to work and printing business cards and other stuff. So, I'll catch up on you and you know that I will! :-)
Take care,
Flo
The 50mm f/1.4 has been a solid walkabout lens for me so far. It is light and handles almost anything thrown at it. Love it!
The Grand Opera House opened in April 1909. Its investors were 14 businessmen, including William Bell who shared an optimistic vision for the young city of about 4,200 – neighbouring Copper Cliff's population was about 3,000. The theatre originally had more than 1,000 seats, three balconies, majestic high ceilings, sophisticated art nouveau decorations throughout and an elegant lobby.
In December 1929, the first all-talking feature movie, “Lights of New York,” was shown. The owners of the renamed Grand Theatre invested $20,000 to install the Vitaphone sound system, which involved a record disc played in sync with the film.
During the 1930s, the Grand was owned by William Mason, owner of the Sudbury Star.*
The Grand survived The Depression, the death of vaudeville, and the Second World War. But by 1949, it was in need of major repairs. New owners renovated the building into two movie theatres, the Empire and the Plaza.
Laurentian University used the offices in the building at 28 Elgin for classes until its campus opened in 1964. Later, Gauvreau Academy of Dance and Modeling was located in the upper offices.
When the movie theatres closed in 1986, Ted Szilva, developer of the Big Nickel tourist attraction, bought the building for $400,000 and spent another $200,000 on renovations. Ornate chandeliers from the Capitol Theatre on Durham Street were installed and this added to the grandeur.
Legendary performer Tony Bennett opened the revitalized performance centre in 1987. During a renaissance from 1987 to the mid-1990s, it booked A-list entertainers such as Johnny Cash, Celine Dion, Tom Jones, Nana Mouskouri, k.d. lang, Conway Twitty, Wayne Newton, Engelbert Humperdinck, Crowded House, George Carlin, the Smothers Brothers, Howie Mandel and the Beach Boys.
Szilva's plans may have been too grand. Although Sudbury audiences were enthusiastic about its heady schedule of entertainment, the city's population was not large enough or wealthy enough to fill the theatre night after night. The building went into receivership.
Claude Michel purchased the Grand with his father, Arnel, and two private investors in 1988. He continued to book top acts, but asked the city for relief for property taxes of $50,000. The city "rented" the theatre for 40 nights over 12 months and community art groups could apply to use the space at no cost. The relief program ended in 1996.
Michel found running a nightclub, then known as the Big Thunder Bar, more profitable. The seats were removed and the sloped floor was levelled. Office space in the building was converted into apartments.
The Grand was put on the market in 1999 for $1 million, but there was little interest from prospective buyers. Michel finally sold it in 2013.
Today, the Grand Nightclub is a popular dance club that also books concerts and rents space for theatre productions and special events. A second bar, in the old Plaza theatre space formerly known as Coyotes, is now called Fuse.
Explored September 18, 2023 #260.
I already purchased the pots & aquatic soil for my sprouting water Lotus/water lily seeds. I will just have to add water & hope the cats don’t mess with them. The pot has a magnolia design.
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An optimistic trip to Sidmouth for sunrise proved just that - optimistic. Therefore I tried to make what I could of this breakwater that I always have trouble with, composition-wise.
I already purchased the pots & aquatic soil for my sprouting water Lotus/water lily seeds. I will just have to add water & hope the cats don’t mess with them. The pot has a water lily & gold fish design.
nothing breaks your stride
like what's become
I have been feeling absolutely optimistic lately, fevered with ideas and inspiration. Setbacks happen and somehow, for what seems like the first time ever, it doesn't faze me. By focusing on the benefits of any situation put before you, you can take advantage of them. Simple. How you look at things determines where you go in life. Look forward and you'll go forward. Look back and you live in the past. How you react determines how good it turns out for you. There is a peace that results from retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you had expected. I have finally come to a place in my life where, as trite as it sounds, I can honestly say "I may not have everything I want, but I have everything I need." I would find it an impossible way to live to always want more: more cars, more expensive jewelry, etc. It's unfathomable to me, I've just never been wired that way.
I think it must seem strange to see a woman head into the woods with a garment bag, tripod and a camera bag. I'm horrified at the idea of someone seeing me doing something like taking this picture. When I took this I could hear people in the distance riding dirt bikes and I hoped like hell that they wouldn't come my way and see me high up there in a cape, trying very hard not to topped off. There was very little wind so creating that motion I wanted with the dress and cape left me a little precarious. Getting up there required crawling over lots of small rocks with crevices that could hide one of many different poisonous snakes in my area, making me realize I really should carry a snake bite kit with me, too. Just a few of the thoughts that go through my head.