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Lake Great Prespa, Florina, Macedonia, Greece.
Near this location, Lake Prespa joins Lake Little Prespa.
A protected area which is National Park, Natura 2000, Ramsar site, Transboundary Park.
Japanese gardens are traditional gardens whose designs are accompanied by Japanese aesthetics and philosophical ideas, avoid artificial ornamentation, and highlight the natural landscape. Plants and worn, aged materials are generally used by Japanese garden designers to suggest an ancient and faraway natural landscape, and to express the fragility of existence as well as time's unstoppable advance. Ancient Japanese art inspired past garden designers. By the Edo period, the Japanese garden had its own distinct appearance. 30765
I mentioned yesterday the philosophical importance of seeing the world as a subject in relation to us. The camera becomes an extension of our body. Here is an example. I was taking some farm photographs when this beautiful creature came right up to me.
[Make sure you enlarge its beautiful face.]
Japanese gardens are traditional gardens whose designs are accompanied by Japanese aesthetics and philosophical ideas, avoid artificial ornamentation, and highlight the natural landscape. Plants and worn, aged materials are generally used by Japanese garden designers to suggest an ancient and faraway natural landscape, and to express the fragility of existence as well as time's unstoppable advance. Ancient Japanese art inspired past garden designers. By the Edo period, the Japanese garden had its own distinct appearance.
The Auburn Botanic Gardens are a botanical garden located in Auburn (a suburb of Sydney), New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1977 and covers an area of 9.7 hectares. There are two lakes, a waterfall and bridges. Duck River winds through the garden. The garden is maintained by Cumberland Council. It is open daily, and there is a small entry fee on weekends. The Japanese gardens, which have hosted couples from overseas, are one of the main attractions. 12554
Why do we find it so important to measure the passage of time? Can we not just appreciate the time that we have? See the beauty and enjoy the goodness that lies in the moment as we live it and stop living by clocks and calenders and we may all have more time to enjoy.
If you study Japanese art you see a man who is undoubtedly wise, philosophic and intelligent, who spends his time how? In studying the distance between the earth and the moon? No. In studying the policy of Bismarck? No. He studies a single blade of grass. But this blade of grass leads him to draw every plant and then the seasons, the wide aspects of the countryside, then animals, then the human figure. So he passes his life, and life is too short to do the whole.(Vincent van Gogh)
Inspired by the poetic and philosophical novel The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, published in 1943. The book has been translated into over 505 different languages and dialects worldwide, being the second most translated work ever published, trailing only the Bible.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Prince
Photo taken from my neighbour's flower garden, Clarence-Rockland, Easter Ontario, Canada
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Inspiré du roman poétique et philosophique Le Petit Prince d'Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, publié en 1943. Le livre a été traduit dans plus de 505 langues et dialectes différents dans le monde, étant le deuxième ouvrage le plus traduit jamais publié, derrière la Bible.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Petit_Prince
Photo prise du jardin fleuri de mon voisin, Clarence-Rockland, Easter Ontario, Canada
Philosophical reconstruction by Franco Raggi in 2006 for Attese Edizioni. As seen at the Ceramics Museum in Savona, Italy.
It's all here, the light and dark side of life, of us. The bud, stands for potential. The petals, protection or a cage? Tell me more little flower.
The Cameron Gallery in Tsarskoye Selo. It is the most prominent of Charles Cameron creations at Tsarskoe Selo, and the one which proved he was as talented an architect as an interior designer. Catherine instructed Cameron to create a colonnade for strolling and philosophical discussion, and the result was this supremely elegant building that stands perpendicular to the east wing of the Catherine Palace. Designed to offer the best possible views over the surrounding park, and especially the Great Pond, the upper storey of the building is surrounded by a colonnade consisting of 44 slender ionic columns and decorated with bronze busts of the great figures of antiquity. Approached by a magnificent staircase from the northern end, the Gallery is now used to house temporary exhibitions.
The Philosophical Hall at the Strahov Monastery, Prague, Czechia (the Czech Republic's official short name as of 2016)
(unless you made and paid for a reservation months beforehand, you are not allowed inside and can only admire the room from the doorway; photos can be taken only if you pay extra for a photo permit; best viewed enlarged for details)
Abbot Vaclav Mayer, during the last quarter of the 18th century, decided to build new library premises for the numerous acquisitions so he ordered the Philosophical Hall to be built by the naturalized Italian architect Johann Ignaz Palliardi. The hall is 32 meters long, 10 meters wide and 14 meters high, flanked on all sides by rich walnut wood bookcases. The highest shelves are only accessible from the gallery which is accessed by secret spiral staircases in both corners, masked by false book covers.
The ceiling was painted by Viennese artist Anton Maulbertsch over a period of 6 months, aided by only one assistant. The painting called The Spiritual Development of Mankind depicts the development of religion and science, guided by Divine Providence in the center of the painting, surrounded by virtues.
In the 19th century, Napoleon Bonaparte's wife Marie Louise visited the library and donated a four-volume work on Louvre museum paintings and Versailles gardens. The gift was stored in the tall bookcase that dominates the left side of the hall. On the top of the bookcase, there is a marble bust of Francis I, Emperor of Austria and Marie Louise's father.
The total number of volumes in the hall exceeds 50,000 works. In 2010, the Philosophical Hall was completely restored.
A philosophical and impressionnist photo safari concentrated mainly on a daily basis (or almost) on my small piece of planet of 55 000 square feet …!!!
A Thoreau "waldennienne" approach …!!!
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Un safari photo philosophique et impressioniste au quotidien concentré essentiellement (ou presque) sur un petit morceau de planète de 55 000 pieds carrés ...!!!
Une démarche "waldennienne" à la Thoreau …!!!
The two main halls of the Strahov Library in Prague house about 200,000 volumes. This is the Philosophical Hall, which is 32 m long, 22 m wide and 14 m high. The ceiling fresco by Viennese painter Anton Maulbertsch was painted over six months in 1794. It is called "Intellectual Progress of Mankind" and is a concise depiction of developments in science and religion, their mutual impact on each other, and quests for knowledge from the oldest times until the time the hall was built.
Philosophical morning.
(A vida é unha cuestión de tons. Aproveitemos para tentar de desenvolvelos. Dende a nosa dotación xenética 🙈 e antes de que se produza a morte 😎)
Half a bee, philosophically, must ipso facto half not be. But half the bee has got to be, vis-à-vis its entity – d'you see? But can a bee be said to be or not to be an entire bee when half the bee is not a bee, due to some ancient injury?"
Gallery of Novobirzhevoy Gostiny Dvor (1800-1815 years, architect Giacomo Antonio Domenico Quarenghi). Philosophy Faculty of St. Petersburg State University (in the building since 1934). Vasilevsky Island. St. Petersburg. December 3, 2016.
Галерея Новобиржевого Гостиного двора (1800 - 1815 годы, архитектор Джакомо Кваренги). Философский факультет Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета (в этом здании с 1934 года). Васильевский остров. Санкт-Петербург. 3 декабря 2016 года.
Canon EOS 600D,
Samyang 8mm f/3.5 AS IF UMC Fish-eye CS II.
A truly philosophical statement from a sadly unknown artist.
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Camera: Polaroid Impulse AF
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Weather: Outdoors, late afternoon, mostly sunny.
Scanner: Epson V550
It is hard not to get just a little philosophical at times like this. If a photographer is not present in a forest, will the leaves turn color anyway? This is no more idiotic of a sentence than asking the more familiar philosophical question, "if a tree falls in the forest and no one is present, does it make a sound?
I prefer the more modern question, "If a tree falls in the forest, is it the man's fault?"
This photo of a blossoming cherry tree on the banks of the river Elbe in Dresden, and the title of the image, immediately raises a philosophical question for me.
Who (the photographer or the sunset) is behind it and who is in front?
The answer to this question can reveal a lot about the photographer's values and the state of their ego (but it doesn't have to). If they see themselves as the central object of the image (next to this stunningly beautiful cherry tree, of course), then from their perspective, the sun is behind the tree. The photographer sees themselves as the one who determines the perspective. True to the motto: "Where I am is in front, that's the stage."
If, however, they take on the role of a more bystander, they cede their place on the stage to the sun. They themselves remain in the shadow.
And what exactly does that say? Everyone has to figure that out for themselves. Because, as I wrote at the beginning, this was a philosophical, not a psychological, question. And as we all know, it’s about initiating thought processes and not about making a diagnosis.
Bei diesem Foto von einem blühenden Kischbaum am Elbufer in Dresden und dem Titel des Bildes ergibt sich für mich spontan eine philosophische Frage.
Wer (Fotograf oder der Sonnenuntergang) befindet sich dahinter und wer davor ?
Die Antwort auf diese Frage kann einiges über die Wertvorstellungen und des Fotografen und den Zustand seines Egos aussagen (muss aber nicht). Betrachtet er sich als zentrales Objekt des Bildes (natürlich neben diesem umwerfend schönen Kirschbaum) dann ist aus seiner Perspektive die Sonne hinter dem Baum. Der Fotograf sieht sich als den, der über die Perspektive bestimmt. Frei nach dem Motto: "Da wo ich bin ist vorn, da ist die Bühne".
Nimmt er jedoch die Rolle eines eher Unbeteiligten ein, dann überlässt er der Sonne den Platz auf der Bühne. Er selbst verbleibt im Schatten.
Und was genau sagt das jetzt aus ? Das muss jeder mit sich selbst ausmachen. Denn wie ich zu Beginn schon geschrieben habe ist dies eine pholosophosche und keine psychologische Frage gewesen. Und da geht es bekanntermaßen um das Anstossen von Denkprozessen und nicht um eine Diagnose.
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What is the measure of a snail? In a philosophical sense, it would be that which determines its fundamental worth, where it stands in times of challenge not where it stands in times of comfort.
But this isn't philosophy, it is Macro Mondays theme 'Tiny', so the measure of a snail will refer to its size - but any individual snail can vary greatly in size depending on whether it is tucked up inside its shell or with its body fully extended.
To meet the brief of photographing something no bigger than 1 cm, I knew I would need to find a tiny juvenile snail - but these are quite common on my hostas at this time of year, presumably hatching then fattening themselves up as much as possible before hiding away for the winter season. The individual in the image is very tiny, much too small to be handled with my fingers as the shells are quite soft and delicate as this age. I needed to use a small plastic toothpick to pick it up and move it into position. It is clearly within the 1 cm limit.
No snails were harmed in the making of this photograph.