«What happens in Ukraine matters to us all.

That is why I am in Kyiv today.

That is why the UK will continue to stand with our Ukrainian friends.

I believe Ukraine can and will win this war.»

/British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived in Kyiv as the country celebrates Independence Day./

Life in Ukraine has never been easy. Many challenges have always awaited every Ukrainian every day - from the usual family and existential ones to unpredictable ones related to the political life of society. The war of 2014 fell on Ukrainians by surprise, like some kind of disease. That war was perceived as a disease that could be cured, because no one could and did not want to believe that it was a harbinger of something terrible, that trouble was brewing. How was it possible with common sense to believe that your neighbor would declare: "I will destroy you all and take all yours for myself." But February 24, 2022 came, and Russia began killing Ukrainians, destroying cities and villages, and looting our historical symbols. Life in Ukraine has changed. A different meaning of life has appeared, the dreams of Ukrainians have changed. We want to expel the enemy from every piece of the land of Ukraine and return to our usual and such difficult Ukrainian life. This is now the dream of everyone who lives in Ukraine and loves it, because there is nowhere better than it on the planet.

Життя в Україні ніколи не було простим. Щодня на кожного українця завжди чекало багато викликів - від звичних сімейних і екзистенційних, до непередбачуваних, пов’язаних з політичним життям суспільства. Війна 2014 року впала на українців зненацька, наче якась хвороба. Ту війну і сприймали як хворобу, яку потрібно вилікувати, адже повірити, що це передвісник чогось страшного, що готується біда, ніхто не міг і не хотів. Як можна було при здоровому глузді повірити, що твій сусід заявить: «Я вас всіх знищу і заберу все ваше собі». Але настало 24 лютого 2022 року і Росія почала вбивати українців, руйнувати міста і села, плюндрувати наші історичні символи. Життя в Україні змінилося. З’явився інший сенс життя, змінилися мрії українців. Ми хочемо вигнати ворога з кожного клаптика землі України і повернутись до свого звичного і такого непростого українського життя. Отака зараз мрія кожного, хто живе в Україні і любить її, бо кращої за неї для нас немає ніде у світі.

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Walter Benjamin: "A Klee painting named Angelus Novus shows an angel looking as though he is about to move away from something he is fixatedly contemplating. His eyes are staring, his mouth is open, his wings are spread. This is how one pictures the angel of history. His face is turned toward the past. Where we perceive a chain of events, he sees one single catastrophe which keeps piling wreckage upon wreckage and hurls it in front of his feet. The angel would like to stay, awaken the dead, and make whole what has been smashed. But a storm is blowing from Paradise; it has got caught in his wings with such violence that the angel can no longer close them. The storm irresistibly propels him into the future to which his back is turned, while the pile of debris before him grows skyward. This storm is what we call progress."

The Japanese traditional costume is the symbol of nationality. We can see many kinds of styles, admirable textiles, and fabrics in their costume all around the world. The Japanese traditional costume is closely linked to the custom, which has been practiced in that area so that the respective dress pattern represents the nation or religion to express who they are. European traditional costume has a similar dress pattern, and a corset has been used to emphasize women’s bodyline to appeal to an ‘hourglass.’ On the other hand, the Japanese kimono conceals women’s bodyline. This difference in both costumes shows the different approaches to how people and society perceive dress and women. The ‘hourglass’ is a symbol of femininity in the European tradition, but not in Japan. This is to say that the Japanese traditional costume is not only the dress to decorate on women’s bodies, but also to express the identity of their life and culture.

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Thierry Djallo.

Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterised by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up contents before swallowing. They have predominantly pale plumage, the exceptions being the brown and Peruvian pelicans. The bills, pouches, and bare facial skin of all species become brightly coloured before the breeding season. The eight living pelican species have a patchy global distribution, ranging latitudinally from the tropics to the temperate zone, though they are absent from interior South America and from polar regions and the open ocean. Pelicans frequent inland and coastal waters, where they feed principally on fish, catching them at or near the water surface. They are gregarious birds, travelling in flocks, hunting cooperatively, and breeding colonially. Four white-plumaged species tend to nest on the ground, and four brown or grey-plumaged species nest mainly in trees. The relationship between pelicans and people has often been contentious. The birds have been persecuted because of their perceived competition with commercial and recreational fishing. Their populations have fallen through habitat destruction, disturbance, and environmental pollution, and three species are of conservation concern. They also have a long history of cultural significance in mythology, and in Christian and heraldic iconography. 40835

Hogdal - Bohuslän - Sweden

This little hous belongs to

Hogdal Gästgivargård/Hostelry built 1856

When you look at a tree and

perceive its stillness,

you become still yourself.

You connect with it at a very deep level.

― Eckhart Tolle

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Texture: Jai Johnson

Thanks to everyone who takes the time to view,

comment, fave and invite my photo, much appreciated :o)

~ POWER ~

I can make the earth stop in

its tracks. I made the

blue cars go away.

I can make myself invisible or small.

I can become gigantic & reach the

farthest things. I can change

the course of nature.

I can place myself anywhere in

space or time.

I can summon the dead.

I can perceive events on other worlds,

in my deepest inner mind,

& in the minds of others.

I can..

I am...

(Jim Morrisson's poetry)

"..these are the seasons of emotion and like the wind they rise and fall

This is the wonder of devotion - I see the torch we all must hold.

This is the mystery of the quotient, quotient - Upon us all, upon us all a little rain must fall.

It's just a little rain oh yeah...."

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Beauty is in your own yard. There’s beauty in a rainstorm, the sunshine or a snowstorm. Beauty defines how we see life and our lives and how we’re affected by what we see. Beauty defines how we perceive our days and nights and the people we meet along the way. What we do with our time and how we decide to share what we experience is a great deal of what I mean by “Beauty Is Never Far Away’ When we share, we touch others with our words, deeds and even our photographs. Share your beauty no matter the means or method. Our World today needs more beauty, so be a supplier. Gratitude and Kindness are more valuable when shared.

The Geomethras - Spiritas Geometrium by Daniel Arrhakis (2022)

The Geomethras - Spiritas Geometrium

Ein Wunsch frei. Vielleicht landet die Taube einen Treffer.

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You don't necessarily wish something in such a moment. But supposedly pigeon shit brings luck. That's what they say. Whether that also applies if the umbrella (used here as a parasol) is hit? Maybe the pigeon does not hit at all. Or the protagonist does not wish anything at the moment and keeps her eyes closed for a completely different reason. Perhaps, to be able to better perceive a passing scent.

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Man muss sich nicht unbedingt etwas wünschen in solch einem Augenblick. Aber angeblich bringt Taubenschiss Glück. So sagt man. Ob das auch gilt, wenn der Regenschirm (hier als Sonnenschirm genutzt) getroffen wird? Vielleicht trifft die Taube auch gar nicht. Oder die Protagonistin wünscht sich in diesem Moment gar nichts und hält die Augen aus einem ganz anderen Grund geschlossen. Vielleicht, um einen gerade vorbeischwebenden Duft besser wahrnehmen zu können.

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I had thought of this image as ICM – well, and the result was already blurry – but I also added a motion filter to enhance the effect. Apart from a color adjustment there is no further processing.

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Dieses Bild hatte ich als ICM gedacht – naja, und das Ergebnis war ja auch tatsächlich verschwommen – ich habe aber zusätzlich noch einen Bewegungsfilter dazugefügt, um die Wirkung zu verstärken. Außer einer Farbanpassung gibt es keine weitere Bearbeitung.

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#SlidersSunday

I wish you all a happy Sunday! / Ich wünsche Euch allen einen vergnügten Sonntag!

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Travel to Tuscany, Italy /// Reise in die Toskana, Italien /// Siena

this is not a metaphor

both require you to fix and hold your attention on the world in front of you

both are ways of perceiving the world(s)

To perceive nature is to be silent in the pine forest.

Umana... perchè il genere umano percepisce il pericolo solo quando tocca ciò che è vicino alla propria sfera personale?

Perchè non riesce a capire che, per il bene della salute di TUTTI, deve rimanere a casa?

Human ... why does humankind perceive danger only when it touches what is close to its own personal sphere?

Why can't he understand that, for the sake of ALL health, he must stay at home?

This golden-crowned sparrow was one of several that would venture out of the grass onto the edge of the path for a bite, then go back in if perceived danger was detected. Spotted at Jackson Bottom wetlands.

It's one thing to question your mind. It's another to question your eyes and ears. But then again, isn't it all the same? Our senses just mediocre inputs for our brain? Sure, we rely on them, trust they accurately portray the real world around us. But what if the haunting truth is they can't? That what we perceive isn't the real world at all, but just our mind's best guess? That all we really have is a garbled reality, a fuzzy picture we will never truly make out?

Saint Mary’s Cathedral is located in the historic center of Photi. In particular : В in today’s Central Park. This location of the building was chosen because of the rays perceived from the street.

Photi is a city, which was built according to a plan. 12 squares were joining the central street (twelve Apostles sign) and the ray sign was created. The most important event in the history of Photi was the building of Guria– Samegrelo eparchy’s cathedral in 1906-1907 years, In which’s construction, great contribution belongs to Niko Nikoladze.

The project was created by A.Zelenko. The project is the reduced analog of Constantinople’s Hagia Sofia. Later, after that, R. Marpeld made some corrections in project, the project was approved. The church was entertained to hold 2000 prayers. The construction of the church was tasked to “Black Sea Building Society”. The construction began in 6 July, 1906 and finished in September, 1907. It lasted for 1 year and 3 months. It was opened on 14 September “Jvartamagleba” holiday. The church’s foundation was blessed, by Guria-Samegrelo bishop, Giorgi.

On 22 May, 1907 the cross was erected on the dome of the church. Soviet government, turned the cathedral into theatre. In 2005, by the prayer-blessing of Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia, the cathedral returned to the Photi patriarchate ownage.

Perceiving each day

with righteous clarity.

Living each moment

in purposed reality.

Believing each day

is the start of eternity.”

S. Tarr.

Healing trough art.

A 30 second exposure that I did on my balcony.

Sand Villa Hotel, Oahu

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"There are three phases to awareness: to look, to see, and to perceive. A camera looks. A mind sees. A heart perceives." - Anonymous

The sun was obscured by the cloud cover which gave the field a soft light effect. I used a tripod with the camera level but low to the ground and captured three exposures at -2, 0, and +2 while using aperture priority (f/11). Then I merged them together in Adobe Lightroom to retain a dynamic range comparable to what my eyes perceived. I then used range and color masks to bring out the colors and luminosity in both sky and field.

somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond

any experience, your eyes have their silence:

in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,

or which i cannot touch because they are too near

your slightest look will easily unclose me

though i have closed myself as fingers,

you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens

(touching skilfully, mysteriously) her first rose

or if your wish be to close me, i and

my life will shut very beautifully ,suddenly,

as when the heart of this flower imagines

the snow carefully everywhere descending;

nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals

the power of your intense fragility: whose texture

compels me with the color of its countries,

rendering death and forever with each breathing

(i do not know what it is about you that closes and opens;

only something in me understands

the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)

nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands

ee cummings

kerstinfrankart textures

"Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot physically see with his eyes. Abstract art enables the artist to perceive beyond the tangible, to extract the infinite out of the finite. It is the emancipation of the mind. It is an explosion into unknown areas."..... Arshile Gorky

This work is based upon the following work:

7. Confrontation

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Continuing with my Positive Flags of the Nations project.

Don't allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily.

Paulo Coelho

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

Oscar Wilde

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.

Ansel Adams

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.

Pablo Picasso

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Lisboa

Lisbon

2023

[PT] Entre ruas, sombras e ficções:

Contemplo ruas, pessoas e pedras, entre ficções e esquecimentos, inspirado no poeta, talvez, percebo as sombras dos gestos de outros, a poesia do crepúsculo, um desassossego.

“...todos somos igualmente derivados de não sei quê, sombras de gestos feitos por outrem, efeitos encarnados, consequências que sentem.” (Fernando Pessoa, Livro do Desassossego, v.164)

[ES] Entre calles, sombras y ficciones:

Contemplo calles, personas y piedras, entre ficciones y olvidos, inspirado en el poeta, quizás, percibo las sombras de los gestos de otros, la poesía del crepúsculo, una inquietud.

“...todos somos igualmente derivados de no sé qué, sombras de gestos hechos por otra persona, efectos encarnados, consecuencias que sienten.” (Fernando Pessoa, Libro del desasosiego, v.164)

[ENG] Between streets, shadows and fictions:

I contemplate streets, people and stones, between fictions and oblivion, inspired by the poet, perhaps, I perceive the shadows of the gestures of others, the poetry of twilight, a restlessness.

“...we are all equally derived from I don't know what, shadows of gestures made by someone else, embodied effects, consequences they feel.” (Fernando Pessoa, Book of Disquiet, v.164)

“Everything you perceive is being filtered through your entire belief system. And the result of interpreting everything you perceive by using everything you believe is your personal dream, an entire virtual reality in your mind. Perhaps you can see how easy it is for humans to distort what we perceive. Light reproduces a perfect image of what is real, but we distort the image by creating a story with all those opinions and beliefs that we learned. We dream about it with our imagination, and by agreement we think that our dream is the absolute truth when the real truth is that our dream is a relative truth, a reflection of the truth that is always going to be distorted by all the knowledge we have stored in our memory."

― Don Jose Ruiz

The Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, which Lord Palmerston had established in 1859 in response to a perceived threat of invasion by Emperor Napoleon III of France, recommended the fort's construction. When considering the defence of the Royal Dockyard at Pembroke Dock and the anchorage at Milford Haven, the Commissioners believed that there was a danger that an enemy force might conduct an amphibious landing on a beach on the southern Pembrokeshire coast followed by an overland attack on the naval facilities. The Commissioners envisioned a chain of coastal artillery forts extending along the coast from Tenby to Freshwater West covering all the potential landing sites; ultimately, only this fort at Tenby was constructed. Wikipedia

Sunshine brings out the highlights in our flowers, leaves and shrubs. Brightness makes a difference in the way we perceive the things in our lives that mean so much to us. Gratitude and Kindness should surround us thus bringing us joy daily.

Springtime changes so quickly depending on weather and which cat is perceiving it. As for the "shedding" part, compare the size of her bib here, with the photo that was in last week's Happy Caturday (taken in January this year)... already much diminished. As for "Sniffing", Tikki did spend time smelling the Vinca (periwinkle) flowers as well as the lawn (which also became salad) but sun in springtime was much too interesting to stop and pose nicely for me. (As for photography choices: she has no interest in daffodils or hyacinth, so vinca's the best spring flower I have right now. Tulips not for some days.) Happy Caturday theme 20 Mar 2021 (Vernal Equinox) "Spring."

I'm so sick & tired of being used by other people. The mental strength of a person has certain limits. There are times when you have to ask yourself....will I let myself be treated like garbage and dirt for even longer? I treat myself bad enough there is no room for people who only perceive me if their desire is not tangible. I'd rather stay alone than continue to swallow this garbage. But I am grateful to the few people in whose centers I stand

If I'm not important enough stay away from me!

TUNE

No comments please as I am not in a position to comment back at the moment. I just wished to hopefully make you smile. This still makes me smile and was taken when I was sitting looking at photo’s on my phone whilst waiting for Jonathan who had nipped into a shop for a couple of items. I felt someone was looking at me so glanced up and saw the friendly smile of what I perceived as a bear - a Polar bear at that !

I took a snap from the car window but was so taken with the smile of the bear that I got out and took another lol..it made me smile at a time I didn’t feel like smiling so I keep it on my phone. Have a wonderful weekend everyone….Sue

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Gospel Video Songs | 2019 English Christian Music Videos with Lyrics | "The Transcendence and Greatness of the Almighty"

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Verse 1

Fast as lightning, this world can change

always by God’s thoughts, always by God’s watch.

Things will come, things man never dreamed.

What they’ve long had may slip away.

Chorus

No one can fathom the footsteps of God.

No one can grasp the grandeur of His power.

Transcending, He perceives what man can’t see.

Though mankind turns Him away, He saves them still;

and this is the greatness of God.

Verse 2

He understands life and death, He knows the rules of life.

He’s the foundation for man’s life.

Great Redeemer, He resurrects mankind.

Happy hearts He weighs down, sad hearts He lifts up.

Chorus

No one can fathom the footsteps of God.

No one can grasp the grandeur of His power.

Transcending, He perceives what man can’t see.

Though mankind turns Him away, He saves them still;

and this is the greatness of God.

Bridge

He does all this for the sake of His plan,

all this for the work of His hand.

He does all this for the sake of His plan,

all this for the work of His hand.

Chorus

No one can fathom the footsteps of God.

No one can grasp the grandeur of His power.

Transcending, He perceives what man can’t see.

Though mankind turns Him away, He saves them still;

and this is the greatness, this is the greatness,

this is the greatness of God.

from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs

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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Lao Tzu

Kindness can transform someone’s dark moment with a blaze of light. You’ll never know how much your caring matters.

Amy Leigh Mercree

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Carl W. Buechner

To love a person is to see all of their magic, and to remind them of it when they have forgotten.

Anonymous

It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.

John Joseph Powell, The Secret of Staying in Love

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

Pablo Casals

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this endangered beauty (due mainly to the loss of habitat) is the largest grouse in north america....'lek activity'......dancing to impress local 'hens' as well as potential challengers...being late in the breeding season I saw no hens on this trip however up to seventy five 'males a struttin'....it's amazing how all grouse species seem to blend perfectly into their surroundings and will 'freeze' when they perceive danger from above....I'm not sure I like the 'balance' of this image however I wanted the second grouse in the background....

eastern bluebird fly by. From the Smithsonian: Red and yellow feathers get their color from actual pigments, called carotenoids, that are in the foods birds eat, blue is different―no bird species can make blue from pigments. The color blue that we see on a bird is created by the way light waves interact with the feathers and their arrangement of protein molecules, called keratin. In other words, blue is a structural color. Different keratin structures reflect light in subtly different ways to produce different shades of what our eyes perceive as the color blue. A blue feather under ultraviolet light might look uniformly gray to human eyes.

I've decided to upload just a single submission for November's homework.

Reason being I wanted this piece to be a little more interactive than usual.

Perspective has a Latin root meaning "look through" or "perceive," and all the meanings of perspective have something to do with looking.

Synonyms:

outlook, view, viewpoint, point of view, standpoint, position, stand, stance, angle, slant, attitude, frame of mind, frame of reference, approach, way of looking/thinking, vantage point, interpretation

It will be great if you could share with me your thought process on how you perceive this image in the comment section.

Cheers ^o^

24mm equivalent focal

課題/Task 31 「perspective」by Fumiko♪

大人の宿題/Adult homework

Downtown

Your eyes are from where

the snow has not stained the light,

and between the palms the air

invisible is clear.

Your wish is from where

the animal is allied to the bodies

with secret grace

look and smile.

Your existence is from where

thought is perceived

in the sand of friendly seas,

in eternity in time.

Luis Cernuda

It's Only Love

This common tern and his/her partner had two chicks and were very protective of them. Throughout the day we watched them driving off numerous perceived threats, from swans to kites to ospreys, but it wasn't until we were about to leave at the end of the day that they all of a sudden also seemed displeased with our presence there and started to eye our hide suspiciously, leading to us getting the chance to bag a few very nice close-up shots. It goes without saying that we waited until they had calmed down again a little before finally making our way back to the car.

HBW😊😊😍

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Buddha

Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on time — past and future — the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.

Eckhart Tolle

Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.

Catherynne M. Valente

Your life requires your mindful presence in order to live it. Be here now.

Akiroq Brost

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.

Alice Morse Earle

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Explore Worthy, Challenge 112 - Your 2019 Favorite

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It is one of the commonest of mistakes to consider that the limit of our power of perception is also the limit of all there is to perceive.

-– C. W. Leadbeater

Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterised by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up contents before swallowing. They have predominantly pale plumage, the exceptions being the brown and Peruvian pelicans. The bills, pouches, and bare facial skin of all species become brightly coloured before the breeding season. The eight living pelican species have a patchy global distribution, ranging latitudinally from the tropics to the temperate zone, though they are absent from interior South America and from polar regions and the open ocean. Pelicans frequent inland and coastal waters, where they feed principally on fish, catching them at or near the water surface. They are gregarious birds, travelling in flocks, hunting cooperatively, and breeding colonially. Four white-plumaged species tend to nest on the ground, and four brown or grey-plumaged species nest mainly in trees. The relationship between pelicans and people has often been contentious. The birds have been persecuted because of their perceived competition with commercial and recreational fishing. Their populations have fallen through habitat destruction, disturbance, and environmental pollution, and three species are of conservation concern. They also have a long history of cultural significance in mythology, and in Christian and heraldic iconography. 51904

Habitually harm

Theft intimidation

Domineering bully

Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterised by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up contents before swallowing. They have predominantly pale plumage, the exceptions being the brown and Peruvian pelicans. The bills, pouches, and bare facial skin of all species become brightly coloured before the breeding season. The eight living pelican species have a patchy global distribution, ranging latitudinally from the tropics to the temperate zone, though they are absent from interior South America and from polar regions and the open ocean. Pelicans frequent inland and coastal waters, where they feed principally on fish, catching them at or near the water surface. They are gregarious birds, travelling in flocks, hunting cooperatively, and breeding colonially. Four white-plumaged species tend to nest on the ground, and four brown or grey-plumaged species nest mainly in trees. The relationship between pelicans and people has often been contentious. The birds have been persecuted because of their perceived competition with commercial and recreational fishing. Their populations have fallen through habitat destruction, disturbance, and environmental pollution, and three species are of conservation concern. They also have a long history of cultural significance in mythology, and in Christian and heraldic iconography. R_5507

HAPPY FENCED FRIDAY !!

Oh my, POV (point of view) is so important to both how we perceive the world and how we present it to others through photographs. This "flotilla" of ducks had no idea that they were featured players in this complex image, full of reflections in slanted, late-afternoon light. The reflections are of a mysterious "water fence" near the bank of the Rhine in downtown Basel City.

Location: River Rhine, Basel City BS Switzerland.

In my album: Dan's Reflections.

“This is the first really Spring day . . . . Something analogous to the thawing of the ice seems to have taken place in the air. At the end of Winter there is a season in which we are daily expecting Spring, and finally a day when it arrives . . . .

I perceive the Spring in the softened air . . . . Looking through this transparent vapor, all surfaces, not osiers and open water alone, look more vivid. The hardness of Winter is relaxed. “

- - Thoreau March 1859

Best viewed LARGE.

you can use your experiences, your knowledge and your fantasy, to... put in your own colours :-)

Anders Petersen

HMM! HBM! Free Speech Matters!! Resist the Despicable Orange Cockroach and his Cabinet of Stooges and Buffoons!

eastern tiger swallowtail on dahlia, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina

While often celebrated for their remarkable color vision, our eyes possess the remarkable ability to discern different shades of gray as well. Research suggests that the human eye can distinguish approximately 30 shades of gray, enabling us to perceive depth and contrast in the world around us. Understanding the intricate mechanisms behind color and gray perception adds to our appreciation for the complexity and wonder of human vision.

A few weeks ago I was in the Black Forest and a colleague came there from Switzerland. Together we photographed the night sky from the Feldberg. The yellow-orange light you see below is not a sunset nor a sunrise, it is the heavy light pollution that we have here in Germany.

(The human eye doesn't perceive this as strongly as a camera.)

Photographed with a Sony Alpha 7r 20mm 1.8 Sony

Milkyway ISO 640 F1.8 30 Sec

foreground ISO 400 F2.8 112 Sec

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It's something we don't often ask. How long is it when we say now? Is it a heartbeat? Is it a second? Is it 1/100 of a second?

Some people say there is only now. There is no past, no future. I might say the reverse. There is only the past and the future. What ever slim overlap there is between the two we call now. Like a Venn diagram with two large circles indicating the past and the present, the sliver where they touch and perhaps overlap (but by how much?) is now.

I have read speculation that the two halves of our brains may not always perceive time at the same rate. One hemisphere may be slightly ahead of the other at times and thus we experience the feeling of having experienced something before. Like a time pre-echo. This might explain déjà vu.

Stable Diffusion | Photoshop

Lake Parker Park, Lakeland, FL. USA

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Nikon D500 camera with Nikon 500mm f4 G VR lens and 1.4 converter.

1/2500 f5.6 ISO 800

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You have searched me, Lord,

and you know me.

You know when I sit and when I rise;

you perceive my thoughts from afar.

You discern my going out and my lying down;

you are familiar with all my ways.

Psalm 139:1-3

Blue Ridge Mountains. View from Skyline Drive. The Blue Ridge Mountains are known for having a bluish color when seen from a distance. Trees put the "blue" in Blue Ridge, from the isoprene released into the atmosphere. This contributes to the characteristic haze on the mountains and their perceived color.