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The feeling that life is renewed with each new year is a magical spice that fills us with energy to face the new challenges.
Yes, we already know that life is hard. But living in pursuit of a dream is essential. After all, dreaming is the first step on this great ladder that leads us to the point. Hurry, don't loose the show of your life !
Bon Jovi - It's My Life youtu.be/vx2u5uUu3DE
Dear Friends!
A lot things happened, but I hope that the worst is overcome. From the six born puppies we managed to save four and it’s really a huge success, since they all had the bacterial infection, couldn’t drink their mum’s milk and had to be artificially fed. We still have to give them intramuscular antibiotics injections, but today is the last day and we hope they won’t be ill again. I have to admit that they don’t look like puppies that had some problems with health – they’re huge, energetic, playful and super cute :)) We start to give them solid food and they really love it! Now they are changing everyday and becoming bigger and bigger and we hope they will become a good friends for they new owners.
Conceived in 1776 it was completed in 1800 after the challenges of the local mill owners were overcome - they were concerned about losing water to power their mills. It is called a "broad" canal because the locks were built to take boats up to 14 feet wide. Restoration was a long process with the last length of the original canal reopened on 1st July 2002.
There are few places that make me deliriously happy but this is one of them.
Frankly, I have been waiting for this all year, as I had never seen the Kenilworth ponds in full bloom. But they are all I hoped for, and more!
Life is a series of waves to be embraced and overcome.
Danny Meyer
My wife visiting the Lake Superior waves.
The "Town Musicians of Bremen" (German: Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in Grimms' Fairy Tales in 1819.
It tells the story of four ageing domestic animals, who after a lifetime of hard work are neglected and mistreated by their former masters. Eventually, they decide to run away and become town musicians in the city of Bremen. Contrary to the story's title, the characters never arrive in Bremen, as they succeed in tricking and scaring off a band of robbers, capturing their spoils, and moving into their house.
IF WE STICK TOGETHER, WE CAN OVERCOME A LOT!
You'll find a bronze statue of Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten in the centre of the city, - and here a children's carousel.
“One by one she slew her fears, and then planted a flower garden over their graves.”
― John Mark Green
How did I not load this? Looking back at old Exif data, I found this gem that was a 'lifer' for me. I've now changed my settings (again!) to see if I can overcome my camera problems.
“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.” Lao Tsu
About rising, building, looking up, looking forward.
I just ended a horrible and inconvenient part of my life. It feels...magical...?....!
(also, these make me feel like I am 10)
These photos tell the story of a one-legged Red-tailed Hawk and its ability to hunt successfully despite the obvious challenges. It was sitting on a lamp post, scanning the ground below when it suddenly took off and successfully caught a vole on the ground.
I have been seeing this hawk off and on in a local park for almost two months now and always marveled at its ability to overcome the challenges thrown at it. It appears that it lost part of its right leg, could be when it was very young or it was born that way. Whatever the reason, it has adapted well to survive to adulthood. It is difficult for a bird to survive in the wild with only leg, and it is more so for birds of prey that rely on their talons to capture prey. However, this brave bird did well so far and I sincerely hope that it finds a partner in the Spring to continue with its triumphant march. Downsview Park, Toronto.
"Light Overcomes the Darkness"- We set out to shoot the Rocky Valley Lutheran Church in the ghost town of Dooley, Montana during the night. We got there early enough to set up and take a few shots as the Sun started to set. This church made it until around 1960, when a declining congregation and inability to support a pastor caused it to call it quits. It was sold to a local farmer for grain storage, but currently sits empty and decaying on the prairie.
Top of the Urdenfürggli at 2,546m with Lenzerheide far below.
Downhill 🎿 all the way for c1,100m from here provided you can somehow pass the Gluhwein stop thus overcoming further life challenges. 😜
Many of the excellent speeches in this morning's graduation ceremony made reference to the covid-fueled isolation so recently endured by the 2023 cohort and the unprecedented mental health challenges facing today's high school generation.
This image of an unknown student is intended as a little homage those young people that have faced, or still face, that type of turmoil and emerged shaking hands with the future....
The year of 2012 was important for me. I had the opportunity to connect what I really enjoy doing and with my inner self. In only 3 months I’ve "met" exceptional people that express themselves through photography. I can’t but be thankful to those people that give inspiration and strength to keep going.
But mainly I’ve got to thank to those who support and follow my work. I sincerely hope they keep up with it and can watch my evolution among this utopian world where the limit cannot be reached.
In the mean time my head is filled with burning ideas, the blanks gain some new scrawls and the projects in my mind become to gain form… and I hope I can attain every single one!
Happy 2013 for all of you!
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The Black Hole is located just to the south of Craster on the way to Cullernose Point on the coastline in Northumberland. It was fantastic watching the rough sea crashing over the black rocks as the sun made its appearance.
Horseshoe Bend, Page, Arizona.
I just came back from my annual fall trip to the American Southwest. This time I went to Zion National Park (again) and Page, Arizona. This is the second time I have visited the Horseshoe Bend area to capture this iconic spot. Each time this place give my the creeps because of the height of the cliff from which you must shoot the bend and the fact that you must get to its very edge in order to get the whole thing in your frame. The first time I could not do it. There were a lot of people around and I just could not get the courage to get too close to the edge. This time I did a lot better and forced myself to get as close as I possibly could without sh***ing in my pants ;-)
I know this place has been over-photographed (indeed, the most recent issue of Outdoor Photographer features a photo of this place in an article and in an ad on the back page of the issue) but I consider this photo an achievement because I had to overcome serious anxiety or heebie jeebies in order to take it.
Tech Info:
Nikon D800E, Nikkor AF-S 16-35mm f/4G ED VR, Lee 0.9 GND filter.
Post-processed in Lr 5.6 and Ps CS6.
Corona hits everyone - but the kids are concerned twice. No friends, no place for fun. It's time that we overcome that pandemic. Some dismal views into the center of my hometown.
Hasselblad 500 C/M
Carl Zeiss C 4/50 Distagon
1 stop underexposed - f 4, 1/125 sec
Lomography film "Earl Grey", dev Rodinal, 1+4, 4 min, 20°
Scanned with 3600 dpi, cropped to 3000px@300dpi
No further processing except a little contrast and sepia
Overcome darkness, so that you may walk in the light!
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Last remnant of a plant swallowed up by the drifting sand in a moving dune field. Emery County, Utah.
For backstory on this image, please visit my photoblog THE NORMAL EYE at: thenormaleye.com/2020/02/05/just-gimme-some-kind-of-sign/
After the photographers left, I made a few images. I liked this one the best.
As always, thoughtful feedback, constructive criticisms, and suggestions are always appreciated. As always, I have used tools at my disposal to interpret the original raw file. Use of this photo without permission is not permitted. Contact me if you would like to use it.
When we left off, the 3-Tilden was backing onto it's train that had stalled on the grade through Palmer Line Jct. to New Buffalo Road. The rain had just stopped but the sanders still weren't helping much.
As a small railroad it can be easy to forget what a great show the LS&I puts on. It was very impressive to watch the engineer's skill on display as the old GEs spooled up and started to lean in against the opposing pull of the ore loads. No great burps of smoke here just full effort as the train started to inch up the hill almost imperceptibly.
The tailing hills at the north end of the Empire Mine loom above the action and partially successful replanting can be seen. In a few months the rest of the mine will be quiet as this 50+ year operation closes up.
May 29, 2016.
"Overcoming:" A storm cloud appears as if is about to envelope Granite Mountain as seen through this ridgeline of the Granite Dells. This photo is available in 1:2 aspect ratio sizes (10 x 20, etc.). Taken on a different evening, but same location as my last photo because I love the Century plants and know that once they bloom, they have a limited time left.