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“One by one she slew her fears, and then planted a flower garden over their graves.”
― John Mark Green
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. John 16:33 ESV
And everything I’ve taught you is so that the peace which is in me will be in you and will give you great confidence as you rest in me. For in this unbelieving world you will experience trouble and sorrows, but you must be courageous, for I have conquered the world!” John 16:33 TPT
When this gorge on the Reuss river was overcome with bridges, it meant the best connection over the Swiss Alps,
- Richard L. Evans.
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In my early twenty’s, I moved to Boston to pursue my master’s degree. Along with the intensive semester load and my TA, I had very little spare time. I didn’t think about photography until I started my first job. I was living close to New Hampshire, and there was a waterfall a few steps away from my apartment. Now armed with my past experiences, I thought I was ready. I hiked up to the waterfall and composed a shot on my brand new D5000. The result was a shaky mess of a photo and left me even more confused.
I spend quite a bit of time to resolve the issues I faced. My gorilla pod was not sturdy enough, so I had to be very careful with how I activated the shutter. I managed to overcome that with the self-timer functionality. I used a small aperture of f18 to compensate for my 2-second exposure and finally got an image that looked good on the camera LCD. I rushed back home and started post-processing. The photo didn’t look as good on the bigger screen highlights were blown where light shafts peeked through the foliage, and the diffraction at f18 made the image very soft. It took me a while to understand why it was happening, but I kept on returning to the waterfall to perfect my technique.
Finally, after several tries, I managed to get a recipe for a successful waterfall shot. The ideal shutter speed is between 1-4 seconds and aperture between 5.6 to 11. I use the lowest iso available on the camera and an ND filter if necessary. A 2-stop ND Grad 150x100 filter is one of the most useful accessories that you can add to your camera gear. It took me way more time to make a good composition of a waterfall, though, but that’s a subject for whole another post.
Below in comments are the links to my other attempts at the same place.
Overcome with emotions, Marines mourn the loss of one of their own at a memorial service held here April 19, 2006 for Lance Cpl. Darin T. Settle. A native of Henley, Mo., Settle, 23, died April 14 from injuries sustained in a non-hostile motor vehicle accident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was deployed here as a machine gunner with Transportation Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 15. Following remarks by Settle’s friends and coworkers, a 21-gun salute was fired to honor the fallen Marine who was serving his second tour of duty in Iraq. Settle is survived by his son, Wesley Arvin Gage Settle and his parents, James and Ruby Settle.
After catching a long-bomb pass this wide receiver lost his shoe while pivoting for the run into a touchdown. He never broke his stride.
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.
OVERCOMING
3-bracketed shot blended in Photoshop. The red glow around the bottom half of the moon is actually the bokeh from the small bush on the left. The sun had just set less than an hour before the moon peaked from the mountain. I don't know who the guy is but thanks buddy for being still. =) Shot at the Whitney Mesa hill.
"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.
As I already did in 2016, I once again utilized a sleepless night in April to try for some natterjack portraits in early morning light. When life gives you insomnia you might as well make some photography out of it.
So I ventured out around 5:00 a.m. to have a look at a translocation sight to where parts of a larger population were transplanted. The original habitat had to make way for a larger urban development project. Available evidence seems to suggest that wildlife relocation is not necessarily an ideal compensation measure (especially when conducted on smaller populations) and should always be a well considered step with tight monitoring of results. Nonetheless it seems to still be used quite nonchalantly - and sometimes conducted sloppily - when financial interests are on the line.
I very much like the light and mood the situation provided but still have to overcome the need to shoot on the lowest possible ISO setting as evidenced by the gular pumping action of the toad resulting in motion blurr. For some reason I just can't deal with image noise. Just one of these moments, where I wish I could afford one of the fancier camera bodies with a stronger ISO perfomance.
Industriebrache Essen.
"We have not overcome our condition, and yet we know it better. We know that we live in contradiction, but we also know that we must refuse this contradiction and do what is needed to reduce it. Our task as [humans] is to find the few principles that will calm the infinite anguish of free souls. We must mend what has been torn apart, make justice imaginable again in a world so obviously unjust, give happiness a meaning once more to peoples poisoned by the misery of the century. Naturally, it is a superhuman task. But superhuman is the term for tasks [we] take a long time to accomplish, that’s all."
Plaza de Zocodover, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, España.
La plaza de Zocodover es una plaza de la ciudad española de Toledo, en la comunidad autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha. Fue el centro neurálgico de la ciudad durante la mayor parte de su historia y actuó como plaza mayor de la misma. Juan de Herrera diseñó una parte de ella en tiempos del reinado de Felipe II.
El origen del nombre Zocodover procede del árabe sūq ad-dawābb, que significa "mercado de bestias de carga". Esta plaza fue también el lugar por donde se corrían los toros y se organizaban las cucañas en las fiestas de la localidad. Se trata, pues, del punto neurálgico de la vida social de la localidad desde tiempos medievales. En Zocodover también se llevaron a cabo autos de fe de la Inquisición y ejecuciones públicas de reos.
Cuando un incendio destruyó la antigua plaza el 29 de octubre de 1589, se decidió construir una nueva. En 1854 se trazó un ambicioso proyecto, de la mano del técnico Santiago Martín Ruiz, para reorganizar la plaza de Zocodover y transformarla en una plaza porticada rectangular.
Varios debieron ser los intentos de ensanche de la plaza, aunque estos dos son los que más destacan.
El primero y más antiguo data de época de los Reyes Católicos, aprobado por la misma Isabel de Castilla en 1502. La propuesta vino del ayuntamiento toledano y se autorizó a todos sus órganos la remodelación de esta, visto que la plaza era demasiado estrecha y, ya que el Alcázar de Toledo carecía de una plaza apropiada, se querían unir ambos hasta la fachada delantera del edificio. Para ello se elevaría un muro para superar el desnivel hasta el postigo de San Miguel y también quedaron regladas sus características, entre la que se destaca la construcción de los típicos soportales de arquitectura castellana. Nunca se llegó a poner en práctica tan colosal obra, ya que, teniendo en cuenta las posibilidades técnicas de la época y el elevado desnivel desde Zocodover hasta la fachada principal del Alcázar (23 metros), la dificultad se hacía muy gravosa, sumando a esto el hecho de que para poder rebajar el terreno habría que haber excavado en roca viva.
El segundo ensanche sí se realizó y data de comienzos del siglo XVII. Consistió en el derribo de una serie de viviendas de poco valor que parece ser dificultaban la visión total de Zocodover desde su parte superior hasta la inferior y viceversa. Nunca se realizaron más soportales y probablemente este hecho se deba a que no se quería quitar metros a la plaza.
En la actualidad Zocodover es uno de los lugares de la ciudad donde se llevan a cabo multitud de actos y festejos, y también sirve de popular punto de encuentro y de disfrute de los toledanos y, sobre todo, paso obligado para los miles de turistas que jalonan las calles del casco histórico durante todo el año.
Zocodover Square is a square in the Spanish city of Toledo, in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. It was the nerve centre of the city for most of its history and acted as its main square. Juan de Herrera designed part of it during the reign of Philip II.
The origin of the name Zocodover comes from the Arabic sūq ad-dawābb, which means "market for beasts of burden". This square was also the place where bulls were run and where the cucañas were organised during the town's festivals. It is, therefore, the nerve centre of the town's social life since medieval times. Inquisition acts of faith and public executions of prisoners were also held in Zocodover.
When a fire destroyed the old square on 29 October 1589, it was decided to build a new one. In 1854, an ambitious project was drawn up by the technician Santiago Martín Ruiz to reorganise the Plaza de Zocodover and transform it into a rectangular porticoed plaza.
There must have been several attempts to widen the plaza, although these two are the most notable.
The first and oldest dates back to the time of the Catholic Monarchs, approved by Isabel de Castilla herself in 1502. The proposal came from the Toledo city council and all its bodies were authorised to remodel it, given that the plaza was too narrow and, since the Alcázar of Toledo lacked a suitable plaza, they wanted to join both up to the front façade of the building. To do this, a wall would be raised to overcome the difference in level up to the San Miguel gate and its characteristics were also regulated, among which the construction of the typical arcades of Castilian architecture stands out. This colossal work was never carried out, since, taking into account the technical possibilities of the time and the high gradient from Zocodover to the main façade of the Alcázar (23 metres), the difficulty was very burdensome, adding to this the fact that in order to lower the ground it would have been necessary to excavate in solid rock.
The second extension was carried out and dates from the beginning of the 17th century. It consisted of the demolition of a series of low-value houses that seem to have hindered the full view of Zocodover from its upper part to the lower part and vice versa. No more arcades were ever built and this is probably due to the fact that they did not want to take up space from the square.
Today Zocodover is one of the places in the city where many events and celebrations take place, and it also serves as a popular meeting and enjoyment point for the people of Toledo and, above all, an obligatory stop for the thousands of tourists who line the streets of the historic centre throughout the year.
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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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.
"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.
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 Your Demons🐍
Another one for Inktober! FULL VIDEO of this drawing process time-lapse is up on my Youtube, as I'll be sharing how to overcome artblocks and boredom!
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Last night I was looking back through my older photos taken on my family's California holiday in May, and I came across this. I can't believe I had forgotten about it. This was one of the most glorious sunsets ever, and the strong crashing waves below were mesmerizing.
So I've been tagged over a 100 times in the past few months to write 10 facts about myself... which I have already done, at least 2 times last year, eh. But today I feel like doing it again, so bear with me.
1. I love climbing to high places, yet I am extremely afraid of heights. It's the view from the top that I love and will do just about anything to see... Though I still shake like a leaf and must breath deeply to overcome the "Dizzy Lizzy" spells.
2. I once ate one of Sparky's dog cookies several years back (a "breath buster" it was called). It was actually pretty good... at first. The aftertaste nearly killed me though.
3. I am a movie nut. I love movies and I am overjoyed every single time I get a chance to go see a new film in the theater. I'll enjoy absolutely any kind of film, but for the exception of horror. I see no need to fill my mind with disturbing thoughts encouraged by horror films.
4. Speaking of movies, it has recently come to my attention that I am apparently the only girl in this world who's favorite actor ever is Nicolas Cage... Hmm? What's with that, don't any other girls love him? Or do I just have weird taste?
5. I made friends with a wild crow several years back. He hung around my house for a few months. He liked to tease my cats, but he was very friendly and playful... He'd knock on the railing by our window each day to let me know he was there, so I'd go outside and hang out with him. He let me pet him and he liked to nibble very gently on my fingers. He'd follow me around everywhere, flying just inches over my head and often softly brushing me with his talons. We even appeared in the newspaper together, eh. I was sad when he went missing one day and never came back, but I now have a very large appreciation for crows.
6. I love walking everywhere. I'll often walk and hike for many hours at a time. I want to walk across Canada one day.
7. I want to get married, live in some kind of hippie van with my husband and dog(s), and have the whole world as our backyard, traveling and taking photos and writing books everywhere we go.
8. I will very soon hopefully be going to England to meet my best friend (also a dog trainer). I will take lots of photos while I'm there. ;)
9. I love to read books, but I can only best concentrate on reading books if I eat chocolate at the same time. However, this often leads to inconvenience, for whenever I read an intense section of a book, I fail to realize how much chocolate I am consuming during that time, until a stomach ache catches up with me later.
10. People often say I'm wise and mature for my age... Really, are you serious? Nah. Ask me again in 70 years when I've gained a little more knowledge. And then 70 years again after that, if I'm still alive.
(9/10)
This is the last photo to post from my series since my last photo is what inspired this series :) expect a blog post on my new website soon!
“Flicker", a series of photographs that employs the search for light as a metaphor for the journey of overcoming hardship. Through carefully constructed digital montages of a series of staged self-portraits, the images illustrate the universal internal conflicts we engage in and the struggle to find the strength to move forward. The Flicker project is the artist's exploration of a desire to escape an internal limbo of one's inner conflicts, the journey out of darkness, and the search for clarity.
- Beginning photo here with longer description-
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Just finishing up the tryptic, I can't tell which one is my favorite but I think there is a story to be told here. Thanks for all the positive feedback!
I still have more from the roll to show though so there's still some excitement there!
Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
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