Backyard garages along the Berger Straße.

Pentax ME Super and SMC Pentax 35mm f/2.8, Agfa APX 100 in Adox HC-110 "original Syrup" dilution H (1+63) for 10 min @ 20°C and digitalized using kit zoom and extension tubes.

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American Beautyberry

Photo By: Cate Infinity

"One Night" is a short screenplay set in a 1920s speakeasy in New Amsterdam, New York. It follows the interaction between Lily, a struggling burlesque dancer, and Detective Jackson. Lily's performance catches the detective's attention, leading him to strike up a conversation with her backstage. Despite their initial guardedness, they share a moment of connection, hinting at the possibility of a deeper relationship in the future. The screenplay explores themes of loneliness, connection, and the search for understanding in the midst of a bustling, yet isolated, nightlife scene.

Fade In:

INT. SPEAKEASY - NIGHT

LILY, a troubled burlesque dancer, performs on stage amidst the smoky, dimly lit atmosphere. DETECTIVE JACKSON, rugged and observant, watches from the bar.

DETECTIVE JACKSON

(to the BARTENDER)

Who's the dame up there?

BARTENDER

Lily. A real beauty, but troubled.

DETECTIVE JACKSON

Mind if I have a word with her?

BARTENDER

Tread lightly.

Detective Jackson approaches Lily backstage as she removes her makeup.

DETECTIVE JACKSON

Mind if I join you?

LILY

(surprised)

Sure.

DETECTIVE JACKSON

You're quite the performer.

LILY

Thanks. It's the only thing I'm good at.

DETECTIVE JACKSON

I don't believe that for a second.

LILY

(curious)

And what makes you say that?

DETECTIVE JACKSON

Call it a hunch. There's a story behind those eyes.

LILY

Maybe there is. But it's not one I share with just anyone.

DETECTIVE JACKSON

Fair enough. If you ever feel like talking, you know where to find me.

LILY

Thanks, detective. Maybe I'll take you up on that offer someday.

They share a moment before Detective Jackson leaves.

DETECTIVE JACKSON

Until then, Lily. Take care of yourself.

Lily watches him go, feeling a newfound connection.

Fade Out.

Soundtrack: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do7u3zJ36iI

It wasn't intended to be 'deconstructed' but the petals started to fall off as I placed it on a black plate.

the macro mondays group theme for today is "hook". got a couple+ of contenders. this one is probably the best macro and i beginning to really 💙 the macros on the iphone

"macro mondays" hook possibility

I went today and helped my daughter pick out her Christmas tree and then helped her set it up in her house... a father daughter tradition. :)

“...freshly cut Christmas trees

smelling of stars and snow and pine resin -

inhale deeply and

fill your soul with wintry night...”

- John Geddes

“Thank you, Dear Creator, for Life.

Thank you for Dreams.

Thank you for Ideas and Thoughts and Feelings.

Most of all, thank you for choosing me to grow -

just for today -

and to know the Wonder of Your World

and its many Possibilities.”

- Janie Jasin

youtu.be/hr-Pt4BYgEA Listen 🙏

Off/ On 📷

Wave

Taking pictures a tool (camera), not a photographer.

The choice of tool limits the possibilities.

Experience allows him (instrument) less and less to limit their capabilities.

The ability to see is given only when the observer allows ...

The moment of observation is the real find ...

Training and mastering it defies. Training leads to poor imitations of the original.

Often the result should ripen, like wine. Although time is the understanding of the mind, therefore it is very speculative.

The meaning of all this is the process!

Find someone who inspires shooting the camera!

www.instagram.com/listenwave_photography/

Often we are visited by thoughts that may reveal something unknown ... Our mind many times tries to solve a problem with known methods ... This is its main mistake! The path of the heart opens the doors that appear in our path. It is a pity that not everyone has the courage to insert the keys that are always with us ...

(Listenwave- 圣彼得堡)

spring comes late in wisconsin. these daffodils are in my backyard garden, ready to bloom, entangled with each other, just as we humans—everyone on earth—are interconnected. we’re vulnerable, real, and brave. ready to bloom in ways yet unknown.

I like this south loop entrance to my favorite park, Richfield County Park, July, 2026. This was the site of the park's first development, with structures and trees planted by a WPA project. Many of those trees are over 100' high and is where I practiced for a trip to the Redwoods.

Opens all doors. You can walk through any one that suits you.

~Jim Morrison

HMM's theme is backlit.... (a possibility)

Lichen laden lava lobes (sorry, couldn't resist the alliteration possibility) catch the late day sunshine, in front of Sellandafjall (mountain) and an arm of Lake Mývatn. Mývatn means "midge lake" in Icelandic, as the lake has prodigious numbers of these insects. It is also renown for the numbers and diversity of water fowl. Mývatn is surrounded by several lava flows of various ages, and a couple of geothermal areas, including one used to generate electricity. One of the lava flows, dated to 2300 years ago, formed the lake when it dammed the river Kraka and generated multiple pseudocraters around the lake when water trapped below the lava exploded to the surface. Sellandafjall (2782 ft / 848 m) is a "table mountain," common in the interior of Iceland, formed by a volcanic eruption under the massive ice sheet that covered the area during the Pleistocene. (1->2)

Stack of three images for focal clarity.

There will always be door that are open for possibilities, not one, but more than one. Whenever one feels depress should look again at the options or should create one option rather than giving up.

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I had forgotten about this image composited from two or three images shot during that cool storm this past July.

I also went back and looked at a version that had not been masked back to look like reality but was an over exaggerated LAB mode with severely accentuated Curves adjustments.

That version is in the first comment box below and is being posted to the Sliders Sunday group.

I perform that severe exaggeration to see possibilities and then use masks to bring things back to "real."

Appeared onto explore - Thank you so much everyone!

Highest position: 336 on Thursday, January 24, 2013

A different photo from the same day as my 2 previous shots. After warming up in the car a few minutes I decided it was too beautiful not to take a walk and get a few more shots along the river.

Andromeda Galaxy is an island universe that lies some two million light years from our own Milky Way Galaxy. I think of my imaging system as a time machine that captured this object as it appeared two million years ago. If it is still there, I wonder what it looks like now.

This is a preliminary LRGB image to which I willl add Hydrogen alpha data (Ha). The Ha data will highlight the star-forming regions in the spiral arms of the galaxy. My objective in this rendering was to explore the full LRGB possibilities before adding the Ha data.

60-second subframe exposures were taken to minimize saturation in the bright galactic center.

ZWO ASI6200MM-P/EFW 2" x 7 (LRGB)

Tele Vue NP101is (4" f/4.3)

Losmandy G11

Integration time:

L: 60s x 233 = 3:53

R: 60s x 74 = 1:14

G: 60s x 80 = 1:20

B: 60s x 71 = 1:11

Total integration time: 7:31

Captured with NINA, processed with PixInsight, and finished with Affinity Photo.

a HMM possibility for rust

Brisbane, Australia. The young couple cuddling under the tree caught my attention - the cyclist was a bonus.

Chinatown, San Francisco

Leica M10

Leica Summilux 35/1.4

downtown San Diego

Last night was my son's wedding and I am happy for all the support of family and friends. I enjoyed visiting and being in the moment. I didn't take one picture but thank goodness we had a photographer who took care of that for us! Yesterday I was just running on adrenaline. I was dry eyed during the ceremony and reception but when we started putting the chairs away I started crying. Everything for the past few weeks was leading up to this night and I just didn't want it to end so soon. In a few weeks the newlyweds will be moving away and I am going to miss them so much!

I have been very inactive on social media and appreciate the likes and comments over the past few weeks while I've been focusing on life. Thanks for visiting, I hope you find something of value.

Trying to keep the celebrations going, but I somewhat doubt that the balloons (or in reality) balloon will last that long! It is my husband's wish anyway.

Obviously I am continuing to have fun with experimenting with video creations. What fun to have the possibility of constantly learning. I wish that you all experience as much fun as I do with your creations!

Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! xo💜💜💜

What's up everyone! Hope all of you guys are doing well out there. Decided to switch it up today and go back to an aerial view of Iceland's interior/highlands. This area looked incredible from the air! I would love to go back and photograph this area again. So many possibilities there. The rugged landscape and peaks looked like something from a movie,

Brooklyn Bridge, NYC. Beautiful morning crossing the bridge.

Created with Ultra Fractal

Explored March 1, 2009 #225

I took this one through my car windshield driving in to work this week. It made me feel like there was something that was just beyond my reach.

Haven’t measured thus yet but it may be just a tad too big for MM

Pic by Tonic

She wears nose rings with weird things floating through her hair

She is slightly embarrassed by everyone who stares

And when she walks away you might say she's a little wild

But she could rule the world when she opens up her mouth and smiles

It's a colorful world that we live in, a colorful world that we live in

It's a colorful world it's a beautiful world that we live in(repeat)

Now he's been cheated, mistreated by the color of his skin

He is rarely contrary over what should not have been

And he holds up his head instead and he wears a smile

What motivates him most is what he finds deep down inside

Celebrate all our differences

Instead of building these lasting fences

What's in your heart matters most of all, most of all

We have millions of children with possibilities

From the streets of Nairobi to the hills of Tennessee

Every hand you touch has a friend with a different name

What makes this world a better place is that we're not the same

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"Photography is simultaneously and instantaneously the recognition of a fact and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that express and signify that fact”.

—Henri Cartier-Bresson

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I set my sliders to greeeeeeen.

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HMM possibility for the theme of “a spoonful” for 5/13

Right in the forefront........

still experimenting

the macromonday theme for today (7/17) is texture. this is one of about 8 possibilities :) the painting itself is in the first comment box.

..........her art is on Instagram @interconnectedmoment

a macromonday possibility for the theme of bag :)

this is pretty and blue, but not close enough :):)

the macromonday theme for 10/2 is "found in the kitchen".