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Persistence and patience... the search for a dark sky.
This Photo was taken in Sutherland (Karoo) in South Africa. On the right of the image - the small and large Magellanic Clouds, they are dwarf galaxies to our milky way.
Sutherland is home to the SALT (Southern African Large Telescope) www.salt.ac.za/
Image Details:
ISO3200
15mm
f/4
30sec
Canon 5DM3
Edited in Lightroom and PhotoshopCS4
Candace Puopolo of Walls Of Jericho on Persistence Tour in Berlin, Astra Kulturhaus, on 18th of January 2017
A scrawny, shade-grown neighborhood impatiens, nearly smothered by late October leaves, still puts out a flower, a bright spot amidst the brown.
I thought it was impossible to get a shot of lightning with my camera. I mean, it's got a max exposure of four seconds -- hopeless, right? But I was stubbornly optimistic, and set up my tripod, and pressed the shutter... again, and again, and again...
...until... on the 39th shot....
This happened. SUCCESS!!
Cropped and sharpened a smidgen, otherwise as shot.
"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins. Not through strength, but through persistence.”
John Muir
Shot this guy at Black Lane on the CSX St. Louis Line Sub near Caseyville, IL.. Waited for over half an hour for this thing to finally move, and the waiting sure paid off.
I decided I didn't really like the idea I had to "start over fresh" on a new account, so I'll continue using this account for now. It was kind of a spur of the moment idea to start over fresh, anyway.
No doubt, some will find this ugly. But to the rest of you who find ALL of Nature beautiful...
First, my apologies to Salvador Dalí and his haunting painting, "The Persistence of Memory," from which I borrowed for the latter part of the title.
What you're looking at is a leaf that has fallen perfectly centered to drape and fold itself neatly over a branch - and there to remain over time to slowly decay. The tree is deep in thick woods, so the leaf has not blown away. I have no idea how many season cycles it has taken for the leaf to reach this stage in it's decomposition, but I would guess at least a couple.
I was lucky - as I was walking through the woods on a nice Fall afternoon in finding sunlight "winking" at me from off to the side of the path. I found it to be coming at me through the few transparent/translucent sections remaining in this persistent beauty.
Sorry for the inevitable few green light spots in the photo, but they came with the angle required in order to get the shot and light I wanted. So be it - Nature is never perfect nor neat.
PERSISTENCE OF THE HORIZON / THE FINAL / CHRISTELLE GEISER & AEON VON ZARK / NAKED EYE PROJECT BIENNE / ALTERED STATE SERIE / THE WEIRD DREAM / PORTRAIT.
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.(Hal Borland
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Thanks very kindly for any gracious comment, views and invites. Much appreciated!.... Peace and love be with you.
Namaste.
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A big tree had come down in the sandstone slot that marks the entrance into Mermaid's Cave. A Banksia had also taken a tumble, but was still alive, and growing over the fallen tree. Life finds a way! [Blue Mountains, NSW]
After several failed attempts (done by cloud, DVT leading) I finally bagged this shot at Huttons Ambo. 68029 “Courageous” heads 1F62 1034 Scarborough-York.
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
— Calvin Coolidge
Dedicated to my daughter, who persists in everything, including climbing 500 foot sand dunes, where you slide back 2 feet for every 3 feet you ascend.
“Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.” – Marabel Morgan
These tiny little white flowers are very presistent......trying to survive the bitter cold weather. They are only about 1/4 inch in diameter and so sweet.
...longing for warmer weather myself!
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Outlining a Theory of General Creativity .. on a 'Pataphysical projectory
Entropy ≥ Memory . Creativity ²
stratified as:
Memory . Creativity ² = ∪ { Mimesis . Catharsis ² }
Mimesis . Catharsis ² = ∪ { Metabolê . Catabolê ² }
Metabolê . Catabolê ² = ∪ { Mitosis . Cytosis ² }
Mitosis . Cytosis ² = ∪ { Molecula . Chymia ² }
Molecula . Chymia ² = ∪ { M . c ² }
. . and . . M . c ² = ∪ { E }
. . whe(re)n . . ∪ { E } ≤ Entropy
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Study of the day:
Rien ne sert de mourir, il faut savoir disparaître.
There is no point in dying, we must know to disappear.
( Jean Baudrillard )
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Quelle est l'épaisseur des apparences, Jean, vue de l'hyporéalité ?
. . . .. siaM ! ercalumis nu'd ellec ,fej emêm al tnemetcaxE-"
. . . "! secnerappasèd releppa sel ed siamrosèd ètnet tôtulp sius ej
What's the thickness of appearances, Jean, seen from the hyporeality ?
. . . .. tuB ! murcalumis a fo eno eht ,fej emas eht yltcaxE -
. . . ! "secnaraeppasid" meht llac ot detmet erom m'I ..
approximate deciphered translation with the hyporeal authorization of Jean:
. . . - Exactly the same jef, the one of a simulacrum ! But ..
. . . I am more tempted now to call them "disappearances" !
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| . rectO-persO . | . E ≥ m.C² . | . co~errAnce . | . TiLt . | . pOla. |
Persistence pays off! So happy to have finally seen the elusive black-backed woodpecker. Well worth the wait as he was so busy pecking, he paid no attention to his admirers.
I saw these flowers poking through the fence on my way to work when it was foggy out. I made a mental note to go back after work and when I did, these lovely clouds were out to make the perfect backdrop. I was laying on my back shooting as cars were driving by : )
A Catawba rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense) hangs on, barely. This is part of a disjunct/relict community of typically montane plants, in the Hollow Rock area of New Hope Creek.
Pentax K-1, pixel-shift mode
Mirex tilt/shift adapter
Pentax-A 645 macro 120/4
Iridient Developer
On the Ottawa River @ Victoria Island in the heart of downtown Ottawa.
The Beaver, in Native American tradition, teaches people to have the ability to be productive in all ways and not to limit their options. He teaches to be persistent and to use available resources. The Beaver helps people to understand the dynamics of team work and to appreciate each individual’s talents and contributions in order to accomplish anything. He is a determined, builder of the mind, body and soul and symbolises creativity, creation, cooperation, persistence and harmony. The Beaver also is a serious, hard worker and will not quit his job until he is done.
I am in the tedious and exciting process of scanning and editing forgotten and found images from the 50s. It's quite moving to discover places that are no more, people that are most likely gone and parties nobody remembers. I have fallen in love with that wonderful shot and decided it deserved to be shared. It also seemed to illustrate a song I enjoy:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dmh1cZQuXk
When I’m traveling far from home
On the wide horizon
I can feel you’re still around
And the dream overtakes me
Then I know, you’ll stay in this moment
We’ll go where it’s flowing
You’ll be what you want to be
Right here, with me
When I’m out here on my own
And it all cuts through me
I see you’re safe alone
Ah, then it hits me
And I know, you’re here in this moment
Right where it’s flowing
You are what you want to be
Right here, with me
Stay in this moment
Go where it’s flowing
You are what you want to be
Right here, with me . . . with me . . . with me. . .