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The immensity of our Milky Way galaxy always blows me away every time I see it especially in clear dark skies.
This is my Photo-Heart Connection of June. I had not to think very much because the only photos I have taken along the whole month have been a series of these cherries
The day after I finished checking the paper of my students and once I uploaded their marks, I took my camera. Only a few weeks had passed without taking a single photo, even so, it was like a foreign object in my hand that I didn´t know how to handle. I felt sad and tempted to let it aside, but I had the feeling that this could create a breach, a rupture (...)
read more on my blog: myhealingmoments.blogspot.com.es/2013/07/day-36587.html
A wonderful friend agreed to pose for this image during a workshop I gave last month! I think we can all agree she's the best. :)
"Overcome the notion that you must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary."- Uta Hagen
Grateful for morning light, time for reflection, knowing that shadows can be overcome. #htfgratitude #light #lovewins #reflection #november
With the Kansas City Chiefs attempting to overcome the hurdle of the never-to-be-done -before feat of three straight Super Bowl wins (if they get past the Philadelphia Eagles this Sunday)...a football memory.
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One of the things I really like about shooting the sand dunes is when it becomes so dark you can barely see what you're doing. At the same time I love playing with the white balance as it picks up the colors of the late evening light. Pinks, blues, purples, and then it's just fun getting artistic when processing. This is one of those shots where I enjoyed getting creative with the light.
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“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.” — Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa.
earning his living
the only way he can
in
Old Delhi
Photography’s new conscience
This was taken on the way back from Portland, OR along the Columbia River Gorge in the Fall of 2009. Yes, I was stopped by the clouds.
Fog overcomes a house in Arlington, Washington. I saw this beautiful sunset after rounding a curve on the highway last Sunday night and pulled off the road to set up my tripod. I was completely engrossed in getting the right focus, etc, when I was startled to find a policeman standing behind me. I asked if I was in trouble for trespassing, and he answered, "No. I was just going to say that this is one hell of a shot."
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May it be an evening star
Shines down upon you
May it be when darkness falls
Your heart will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh! How far you are from home
Mornie utulie (Darkness has come)
Believe and you will find your way
Mornie alantie (Darkness has fallen)
A promise lives within you now
May it be the shadow's call
Will fly away
May it be your journey on
To light the day
When the night is overcome
You may rise to find the sun
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Even in broad daylight abandoned vessels give me the willies. I was able to overcome my fear long enough to capture a few images of the ominous hulk of the ghost ship Joker in Willapa Harbor. While I was there I was sure that the slippery dock was going to send me tumbling into the dark waters by the ruined hull or that the mooring lines would coil around me like the filaments of spider web.
Abandoned vessels are a problem in the waterways of Washington state. Michael A. Schueler described the situation in his article 'A Sinking Feeling: The Problem of Abandoned Boats in Washington Waterways." Seattle Journal of Environmental Law Vol. 4 : Iss. 1, Article 8. Available at: digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/sjel/vol4/iss1/8
Schueler wrote:
In 2012, the Deep Sea, a 128-foot vessel known to be derelict, was moved to Penn Cove, Washington, and left to rot near vulnerable oyster beds.
After a few days, the Deep Sea caught fire and sunk, causing significant damage to local wildlife and the local economy, and costing the state millions to cleanup.
The Deep Sea is one of hundreds of boats that have been abandoned in Washington waters and though the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is making some progress in removing derelict and abandoned boats from Washington’s waterways, the progress is slow and cannot keep up with the need, due in no small part to the amount of abandoned boats and the Department’s budget constraints.
Between 2012 and 2014 there has continuously been over one
hundred boats left abandoned or derelict in Washington waters. Should any of these boats sink, these vessels all pose significant environmental risks, due to contaminants commonly found on ships, including excess fuel, lead paint, and asbestos.
Between January 2012 and November 2012, the state removed 23 of the 226 vessels listed on the DNR’s list of abandoned and derelict vessels. In this same time period, however, 18 vessels were added to the DNR’s list. As of publication, 153 vessels are still on the DNR’s list, including numerous ships over 100 feet in length.
The DNR’s Derelict Vessel Removal Program operates on a scant $750,000 budget each year.
Dismantling even one large vessel can cost more than the entire budget. Small fishing ships, among the cheapest of vessels to remove, can still cost between $5,000 and $10,0005 to remove, with one recently costing $7,600 in Gig Harbor.
Assuming each boat’s removal cost is as little as $7,600, the DNR would be able to remove less than 100 vessels a year—less than two-thirds of the currently maintained list of derelict and abandoned ships. However, many abandoned or derelict ships in Washington that are far larger than small fishing vessels and are far costlier remove. Compounding this problem further, many boats removed from the list end up back on the list for a second or third time.
With this budgetary limitation, the DNR will be unable to remove
the existing boats this season, or keep up with the ships added to the list this year, digging the state into a deeper hole and adding additional liability to Washington's economy and environment.
Many of the ships on the DNR’s list are “large vessels” containing
pollutants that can cause significant environmental damage and require significant funding to properly cleanup.
During a flyover of the Columbia River to look into the growing problem of abandoned and derelict vessels, then Governors Gregoire of Washington and Kitzhaber of Oregon noted approximately 40 vessels on the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon.
Of these vessels at least half fall into the category of large ships, “between 100 and 181 feet long.” One of these vessels, the LST-1166 is 373 feet long and would likely require “legislative action” to remove.
Many of these boats contain large amounts of fuel and other environmental pollutants including PCBs, copper wiring, lead paint and asbestos insulation. These pollutants can
cause significant environmental damage if released into the environment and also can cost the state millions in cleanup costs.
For example, the cleanup of the Crocket in 2011 cost the state nearly $24 million in removal and cleanup costs when it was broken apart.
Given its current budget constraints, Washington cannot endure cleanup costs similar to this, especially considering that there may be 20 or more ships that could cost this much. There will likely be more boats abandoned in the coming year as the recession continues, increasing the likelihood of further environmental damage.
As more and more of these ships continue to fall into derelict status and are abandoned, Washington takes a huge gamble in letting these ships sink. Each large ship left unattended could cost the state tens of millions of dollars and poses significant environmental risks to local waterways and wildlife should the vessel sink.
we shall overcome - Joan Baez
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Tibet.-
Cho Oyu Base Camp in the Nangpa La Col (5.806 mts - 19.050 feets), many Tibetan people croos this col to Nepal serching the freedom. In 2006 2 people were shot dead and 18 went missing, presumed dead, the victims were shot from a distance by chinese border security police
Judgment (noun)
1. A formal utterance of an authoritative opinion; an opinion so pronounced.
2. A formal decision given by a court.
3. A divine sentence of decision.
4. An opinion or estimate so formed.
5. A proposition stating something believed or asserted.
We can see this word first time in 13th century. It's in English, but real story is much older...
The Judgement of Paris is a story from Greek mythology, which was one of the events that led up to the Trojan War and (in slightly later versions of the story) to the foundation of Rome.
It is recounted that Zeus held a banquet in celebration of the marriage of Peleus and Thetis (parents of Achilles). However, Eris, goddess of discord, was uninvited. Angered by this snub, Eris arrived at the celebration, where she threw a golden apple (the Apple of Discord) into the proceedings, upon which was the inscription ("for the fairest one").
Three goddesses claimed the apple: Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. They asked Zeus to judge which of them was fairest, and eventually Zeus, reluctant to favour any claim himself, declared that Paris, a Phrygian mortal, would judge their cases, for he had recently shown his exemplary fairness in a contest in which Ares in bull form had bested Paris's own prize bull, and the shepherd-prince had unhesitatingly awarded the prize to the god.
Thus it happened, all three of the candidates appeared to Paris on Mount Ida, in the climactic moment that is the crux of the tale. After bathing in the spring of Ida, each attempted with her powers to bribe Paris; Hera offered to make him king of Europe and Asia, Athena offered wisdom and skill in war, and Aphrodite, who had the Charites and the Horai to enhance her charms with flowers and song, offered the love of the world's most beautiful woman , Helena. This was Helen of Sparta, wife of the Greek king Menelaus. Paris accepted Aphrodite's gift and awarded the apple to her, receiving Helen as well as the enmity of the Greeks and especially of Hera. The Greeks' expedition to retrieve Helen from Paris in Troy is the mythological basis of the Trojan War. Seen purely as a story, such as is recounted in Bulfinch's Mythology, the Judgement of Paris is simply an amoral episode in which Paris' skill for sound judgement (for which the gods approved him) is overcome by appeals to his lust; thus a lengthy and blood-soaked war revolves upon a series of apparently trivial episodes, each adding to the inertia that drives events to their inevitable and tragic conclusions.
It's a story, but what's about present time. It's no problems with apples now,
a lot of beautiful goddesses around but wrong choice can destroy you...
Thanks to:
57mannequins from deviantart.com for the "little man"
Menschenmaterial from deviantart.com for the "vintage goddess 1";
Lorivintage55stock from deviantart.com for the "vintage goddesses 2 and 3";
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against all odds... here it is almost Christmas and I can find many flowers both domestic and wild... even violets and roses! With little snow hats they are ready to party!
Another day and another memory from my times cross-dressed as a woman. I wrote the other day of my preference for cross-dressing in private. I have only ventured out as a woman in public very rarely. I lack confidence in my ability to look female and this causes me a lot of angst on the few occasions I have been out in public cross-dressed.
One should ‘never say never’ as perhaps my confidence may grow in the future, who knows! At the moment I have to admit the few trips out I’ve had have proved more traumatic than pleasurable. I just could not relax or believe I looked like a woman.
I have tried and failed to develop a female persona and appearance to work in the real world and to be honest, this is an issue I genuinely don’t think I can overcome. I promised my wife and family I would only cross-dress in private so the rare trips out feel like I am betraying their trust. I feel bad as I am not being truthful with them. I had not admitted I was going to step out the door dressed as a woman and trying to pass myself off as a female. This awareness along with my lack of confidence with my cross-dressing abilities is what induces the fear and traumatic experiences. Instead of elation I just feel fearful. In private I have none of that and experience real joy, excitement and pure delight. In public I feel a failure.
So let me explain this picture. I am obviously in a car in a public place. I did in fact venture out soon after this picture. In fact, I recorded two videos of this trip. What is interesting, in the second video I express I am happy about it. I can admit son after the recording my mood went in the opposite direction and the fear kicked in once more.
I was fortunate to be accompanied by a friend on that trip. She was looking out for me and kindly recorded the video and took the stills. I doubt without her being with me I would ever have gone through with what I did.
I did find myself questioning myself. I was not at all sure just why I actually had to go out in public as a woman? I think as cross-dressers many of us are unconsciously steered that direction. There are male to female cross-dressers who are confident and at ease enough to go out in public as a woman. I admire their confidence. Not all of us though have such confidence. It’s interesting that despite my enjoyment of cross-dressing in private I feel like I am a failure because I only dress in private and do not go out in public. I know I shouldn’t feel that but I do. Despite my feelings of failure I am not actually motivated to go out in public as I don’t enjoy the angst and betrayal of trust with my wife and family.
I do enjoy recording the videos as my female self and I think this is probably my best outlet for expressing my female persona. As for this picture, I was very reluctant to get out of the car when the picture was taken. I’m smiling with nervousness and I was feeling incredibly anxious and just wanted to drive away. The two videos are a brief highlight of the whole experience. I wanted to be honest and explain after my final words the whole thing became overwhelming and the happiness I expressed on camera was soon replaced by angst!
Okay, this photo was a lot harder than it looks because it was the first time I've actually gone out here in Stockholm to take photos and I wasn't sure of where to go. This was along a running/walking path and I felt awkward the whole time. So this is about me overcoming that fear of taking self portraits in public, even if it didn't go so great this time around.
Both Link and Jimmy Dean fell victim to the warm sun and fell asleep while watching the sunrise and seeing what was going on out front.
Stringing Black Cloud. Getting to this point means I have overcome the trials of the kiln. I have applied several layers of china paint fired at about 1300 degrees. Suede is glued into each socket. Once the glue dries I can string the pieces together with elastic cord. I do this on the floor because if I lose my grip there is no fall. Even though I eliminate the treachery of gravity, I have several cats who think I am playing a fun game with them
Franka Rolfix II | Trinar 105mm | Lomography Color F² 400
There's little I enjoy more than finding an image I'd previously neglected, or better yet one that I'd worked with and abandoned. I've really no clue why I didn't spend more time with this one three years ago, but it speaks to me deeply today.
On another note, I just adore my two modest Franka folding cameras. For the entire time I've owned them I've preferred the Solida III but as time goes on I've grown to appreciate the Trinar on this Rolfix II even moreso. It's such a weird and idiosyncratic little triplet (so is the Radionar on the Solida, but it's more polite)... It will lose its mind across the frame until you reach center sometimes, but in a very subtle way that produces images that always feel like they're memories, dreams, wishes. That's how this feels to me.
In February 1954, Marilyn Monroe went to Korea for a USO tour to entertain American troops, performing 10 shows over four days for an audience of over 100,000 soldiers. She performed a show titled "Anything Goes," which helped her overcome stage fright, and she later reflected that the experience was the best thing that had ever happened to her, making her feel like a star for the first time.
Overcome by a moment of inner wackiness, I decided to tackle this image of Central Park in New York in a 'different' way. The whole scene was filled with people having fun, so this is what led me to this particular interpretation! Best wishes, Ric.
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While he was at rest, something strange happened. A sprout began to form at the top of his back and in his time of meditation he became consumed by something of nature. He was in the confines of his home, but it still somehow was able to creep into his pores. The mushroom spore locked into his skin and began to spread throughout his body. His time here was very short as the decomposition process began.
Watch the speed edit for this photo.
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