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So what, camera? You think you're hot stuff, don't you? Haven't you heard that it is the photographer that makes great photos, not the camera? Besides, it was my shaky hands that held you, the camera, on my lap for better support. So, this doesn't count as purely handheld, no more than if I leaned against a pole.
Anyhow, at your price you better do miracles.
[A strange dialogue between a photographer and his new camera.]
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This is one image in a series on the city at night–––the magic and lure of its lights, the mix of architectural styles, the resulting dynamic when framed with a portion of the purely functional parking decks which served as my shooting platform. In the end though, it is the light that drives these images, providing the visual magic and lure that is a city at night. To see more in the CITY LIGHTS series, check out my City Lights Album
Six-toe green frog (Euphlyctis hexadactylus) Purely aquatic frog widely distributed in lowlands water bodies such as ponds, marshes,rivers and tanks with aquatic vegetations
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Andrew wins, purely due to the fact that he sent me Lego. He is now the princeling-in-waiting of smack.
I am not sure how the other judges feel about this, except Keith, who is still the King of Smack.
EXPLORED #195
Sequence: taken through the glassed window of running bus from Chittagong to Teknaf on the way to St.Martins
If you have few minutes, enjoy the Bengali song by Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty purely composed on Morning Raga Ahir Bhairav
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Explore: August 2, 2020.
After a 15 year hiatus ( 2005-2020 ) I've returned to painting. This is a beautifully, more 'right brained' approach to Art making that has re-captured my interest and is now fulfilling me enormously.
While I consciously and carefully choose the colours and the format of the painting ( Circle or Diamond ), after that what happens is almost entirely improvised. I never know how these things are going to turn out. And that to me, is tremendously attractive.
The title refers to the Egyptian gods, Horus and Thoth, both of whom lie embedded in the suggestive shapes within the image. But everyone is welcome to see what they see. It's precisely the fluid, improvised and free-floating readability of purely abstract work that makes this process such a pure way of making, what I might call, more "Participative Art".
Because I used a mix of pure and metallic colours, these paintings are extremely hard to photograph. The metallic pigments having a lot of reflective properties, often show up in photographs as glare or as white. One want the highlights, yes, but attenuating them down also muddies the darker areas. So I have to settle for a compromise. This does work in favour of my general approach to Art, which is that no one view of an image gives you the full picture. As you walk around these paintings they "shift" or "change" as the light hits them differently from different angles. So really, each piece is several in one.
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I may have titled this shot purely on the basis of there being palm trees. Just like in Miami, get it?!
Oh, the rain. The evil, evil rain- yet another nemesis of mine (I have many). It's given a slight haze to the area, which is nice, but man. RAINDROPS ON THE LENS. This is a single shot out of about 30 I took here; the only one that wasn't completely ruined by the rain. Because it was coming straight at (for?) me, of course.
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Hong Kong! Again! After the first time not working out so well (mostly due to my condition) me and my best friend Michael returned to do the bits we missed out on and generally have a few different experiences than before.
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After winning outright, the 1959 Le Mans with a purely race designed car, (co-driven by non other than Carroll Shelby) Aston Martin wanted to streamline and lighten the DB-4 coupe and in 1960 contracted with Italian coachbuilder Zagato who produced this masterpiece!
Only 20 were initially produced, and they are the pinnacle of value for vintage Astons. Worth North of $10 million, if you could actually find a genuine original for sale, they are as supremely sensuous in design, and have that hunkered down seriousness look of the Ferrari 250 SWB coupe. Sadly, James Bond never got to drive it as the DB-5 first appeared in the 3rd Bond film, Goldfinger......IMHO this is so much nicer than the DB-5.....
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I've added this purely because it is my first ever phone shot. I recently got an adaptation for my i phone that once attached, makes it easier for me to hold. I am now disabled and holding certain things is problematical. It has a camera style shutter release, which I can use 'obviously'.
Sadly I cannot shoot raw, so this image has been processed twice. A.I. and by me in Lightroom classic. Close up it looks ghastly. I dislike jpegs. yuk
A purely human personification, an 'adult' snowflake sheltering a 'baby.'
There is a blue/turquoise tie-dyed t-shirt as background, under a plate of glass.
Caerphilly Castle / Castell Caerffili, the biggest castle in Wales, indeed the second largest in the United Kingdom after Windsor. Construction started in 1268 as a purely defensive work, the main body being completed in three years, but over the years it was turned into more of a palace.
By the 15th century it was just about in use, but survived more or less on a 'care and maintenance' basis. By the end of the century it had been more or less abandoned, and was soon being robbed for its stone. Although the castle played little part in the Civil Wars (1644-1651), afterwards Cromwell wanted to remove the possibility of it being used as a defence against his forces and ordered it to be 'slighted', effectively demanding it be pulled down and renderered useless as a fortification. The result of an attempt to bring down the South-east tower by gunpowder can still be seen in the 'leaning tower'.
In the 18th century the castle came into the hands of the Marquesses of Bute, who did little with it until the fourth Marquess, who had made a fortune in coal and industry in South Wales, started what was essentially a job-creation scheme in 1928, trying to recreate as far as possible the structure as it would have been at the height of its power. Work continued until 1939, and some restarted after the war, the site being handed over to the government in 1950. It is now looked after by CADW.
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Without a doubt, one of Melbourne’s most famous laneways. I only found it for the first time last week - purely by accident.
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THE STORY of A FEW HOURS in the LIFE of a PHOTOGRAPHER, continues here, photo by photo.
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Moving on, more to my right, I glance back to the town and see this vessel, resting, pleasure for many later today, a small replica of one of Captain Cook's ship HMS Endeavour.
So very colourful, bobbing gently in the harbour.
Thanks for viewing, M, (*_*)
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this was purely a fluke shot---we parked in a car park with the intention of seeing the last of a sunset on the beach but i turned behind and this caught my eye,seconds later ---it was over.
out came the camera!!
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It is very early on a summer dawn, we drove the 2 hours to the coast, watching the sun come up.
Moving on, more to my right, I glance back to the town and see this vessel, resting, pleasure for many later today.
A small replica of one of Captain Cook's ship HMS Endeavour.
So very colourful, bobbing gently in the harbour.
Wishing you well and stay safe!
Thanks for viewing, M, (*_*)
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Whitby, harbour, houses, North-Yorkshire, Heritage-Coast, boats, Endeavour, pleasure, seagulls, nautical, colour, vertical, "Magda indigo"
One from 2022 I didn't choose as the photo of the day - purely on account on that annoying branch on the right that I couldn't get to to move because of a barbed wire fence.
Usually when I post a palette cleansing shot (one not from my 365), it's to either get over the daily picture not being great, or to remind myself that my entire life isn't conducted in a grey, grim country - and that spring and summer will come again.
But today it's to stop me looking for a house in Glasgow to move to. For someone who likes faded grandeur, urban decay and to document decades of a complete lack of cohesive, co-ordinated urban planning (plus a very unhealthy, but tasty food scene), well... I'm in heaven.
There's an amusing routine by the comedian Kevin Bridges about Glasgow being named Europe's murder capital and Europe's friendliest city in the same year (The Bus Stop Joke, it's called). I love the place, lively, unpredictable and enough edge to keep you on your toes.
Last night my daughter and I were in a store about 10pm, looking in the chiller cabinet for a drink, weighing up the options. A man of advancing years and a wild appearance shuffled past, singing to himself while clutching two bottles of Buckfast (a tonic wine mixed with caffeine). He stopped and turned towards us, bloodhshot eyes peering in our direction. And proceded to politely slur an apology for momentarily interuppting our view of the contents of the fridge. That summed things up nicely.
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This is one image in a series on the city at night–––the magic and lure of its lights, the mix of architectural styles, the resulting dynamic when framed with a portion of the purely functional parking decks which served as my shooting platform. In the end though, it is the light that drives these images, providing the visual magic and lure that is a city at night. To see more in the CITY LIGHTS series, check out my City Lights Album
Sunset in Plutonia
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
I was starting to relax and enjoy the moment in front of a magnificent sunset view on the planet Plutonia. I remember feeling very lucky when I took this photo. Actually, I was lucky. I was the first person to be chosen for interplanetary travel on planet Earth. And this made me feel lucky and privileged. I saw the depths of space that no human had ever seen before. I have set foot on planets suitable for life, where no human has ever set foot before. I witnessed unique landscapes of space that no human had ever seen. I became the first human and even the first earth creature to be able to get this far from the earth. I say Earth creature, because a cat sent into space before me was the first creature to travel to the furthest point from Earth and return. I went hundreds of times further than that cat went in space. And that made me unique. The cat that was sent into space was able to return to earth. The space cat must still be living on earth. Definitely a lucky cat. To be selected for a space mission among thousands of cats and to be able to successfully complete this mission and return to planet earth. I didn't know whether it was a luckier situation to be selected for a space mission or to be able to return to Earth. I guess it's not a very lucky situation unless you can go back to the world.
I still have an infinite distance to go. I'm tired and weary. My excitement is more than less than my initial excitement. My thoughts are quite different from when I first embarked on this space journey. At first, my thoughts were busy with the exploration of new planets that I was going to do, while my current thoughts are purely about myself. I keep asking myself. I keep arguing with myself about the thought of returning to Earth. I still don't know what to decide.
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
I do love these pure white flowers!
Anemone are herbaceous perennials with fibrous, rhizomatous or tuberous rootstocks, palmately lobed leaves and saucer-shaped, usually 5-petalled flowers
De Caen Group are tuberous perennials with finely-dissected, palmate leaves and red, blue-violet or white flowers which appear from March to April
'Mad' Ferrari F40 at Wilton House 2015.
Probably one of my favourite shots, purely for the atmosphere.
Amamos la sorpresa, no importará el formato, excusas por paisajes, son cómplices abstractos.
Hoy prendo esta llama, resbalo por tus cascos, no sé por cuanto tiempo, si sé que soy de agrado, también yo soy devota de esta sensación.
(Self~).
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Greenland Dock is the oldest of London's riverside wet docks. It used to be part of the Surrey Commercial Docks, most of which have by now been filled in. Greenland Dock is now used purely for recreational purposes; it is one of only two functioning enclosed docks on the south bank of the River Thames, along with the smaller South Dock.
The dock was originally laid out between 1695 and 1699 on land owned by the aristocratic Russell family of the 1st Duke of Bedford. The Russells had been given a portion of land in lower Rotherhithe by a wealthy Streatham landowner, John Howland, as part of a wedding dowry for his daughter Elizabeth, granddaughter of Sir Josiah Child – the dictatorial chairman of the East India Company, who married Wriothesley Russell, the Marquis of Tavistock. They immediately set about "improving" the rural property, obtaining parliamentary permission in 1695 to construct a rectangular dock with an area of about 10 acres (4.0 ha), capable of accommodating around 120 ships. It was named Howland Great Wet Dock in honour of John Howland. Designed by local shipwright, John Wells, the dock was intended to refit East India ships.
From the 1720s, Greenland whalers also used the dock and substantial blubber boiling houses were built to produce oil on the south side. Howland Great Wet Dock was sold by the fourth Duke of Bedford in 1763. Extensive usage by the Greenland whaling ships prompted the dock to be renamed Greenland Dock. However, this trade declined sharply by the start of the 19th century.
In 1806 the dock was sold to William Richie, a Greenwich timber merchant and founder of the Commercial Dock Company (1807). The Company built a series of additional docks and two new timber ponds to the north while rival companies built additional docks, leading to the jumble of harbours, canals and timber ponds. In 1865, the company merged with the neighbouring Surrey Docks to form the Surrey Commercial Docks, controlling some 80% of London's timber trade.
Between 1895 and 1904 Greenland Dock was greatly extended to the west at a cost of £940,000, in a project carried out under Sir John Wolfe Barry, the engineer who built Tower Bridge. More than doubling in length and nearly doubling in depth, in its final form it covered an area of 22 1⁄2 acres (9.1 ha), with a depth of 31 feet (9.4 m) and a length of 2,250 feet (690 m). This renovation enabled the dock to take large cargo ships and even ocean-going liners.
Greenland Dock suffered greatly during World War II, when many of the warehouses were razed by German bombing and the great lock was rendered unusable due to bomb damage. It soon recovered after the war and enjoyed a brief resurgence of prosperity. However, technological changes in the shipping industry soon pushed the dock into a spiral of decline. In 1970, the Surrey Commercial Docks were closed.
“Photography is not purely a mechanical process. You need to know how to look, where to point the camera, and when to press the button. These acts depend on the eye, mind, and heart.”
― Andy Karr, The Practice of Contemplative Photography: Seeing the World with Fresh Eyes
Some of the cows I am drawn to purely for aesthetics. There is something about them that appeals to me and Queenie is one of those cows.
She is a big cow, tall, long and full bodied. Her face is what gets me though. It is like her cheekbones are back further than the other cows. Her nose seems to kick up on top which makes her snout appear shorter. Her eyes and especially above them is much more pronounced.
I feel there is a great photo of Queenie to be had. One that really enhances all her differences.
I haven't nailed it yet but I can't wait until I do.
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Purely by accident, my wife and I stumbled on a field with dickcissels yesterday. This is a rare find for us. We were thrilled. Ironically, it had been storming with heavy rain just an hour before. There was a brief break while we were in the area before the rain started again. Just luck!!
The trees in Deadvlei, Namibia, are said to be between 600-700 years old. The reason that they’re still there is two-fold. First, these camel thorn trees are made of really dense, hard wood. And second, the air in this region is extremely dry - this is basically one of the driest places on this planet. The trees won’t rot, even if they wanted to.
What’s so typical about these skeletons, is that they’re almost black. Well, that’s purely the result of the sun baking them for hundreds of years. Reminds you of putting some sun screen on when you’re here.
Now about the image. The composition may seem rather obvious, but trust me - it’s not. I have been running tours to this country for over a decade, and I’ve visited this surreal place over 80 times. Virtually every single photograph that I see of this place has a composition that I’ve either shot myself before, or have at least considered over the years. To make it worse: show me a photograph that was taken here, and I can show you exactly on Google Earth which trees are in your shot and when you photographed them. Yep, that’s scary.
What this means, is that it has become incredible difficult for me to find a composition that’s fresh, and quite often I resort to shooting the same or a similar composition, in an effort to improve a previous version. But every time I’m there, I will walk around and re-analyze the location, hoping to see something that I missed before. This composition is one that I had seen before, but it always needed something extra that was never there. On this particular occasion though, the light in the background was interesting, but the best thing was: there were some clouds. Clouds are rare in Deadvlei, so this was a real treat.
Ever since I shot this a couple of years ago, I’ve seen only three similar compositions. The reason for this is that in order to see this arrangement, you have to resist the temptation to walk towards the trees with your wide angle, but instead keep your distance and move away from what looks the most interesting. Apparently this is so counter intuitive for most landscape photographers, that the vast majority of them always shoot in the same area.
Make no mistake - I’m no better than all those other photographers. When I visit a place for the first time, I also step right into the trap and walk straight at the most obvious compositions. This is understandable and not necessarily a bad thing. It’s always good to see known compositions first before deciding what you want to do differently. And that’s what I think is key - to have the desire to come up with an alternative solution. A good composition is like a three dimensional puzzle - you have to find a way to make all the pieces fit. But once the problem has been solved, there is very little reward for those who solve the same puzzle again: it’s better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation (thank you Herman Melville).
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Marsel
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This is the scene as we left Landeyjahöfn on the ferry for the Vestmannaeyjar Islands off Iceland's south coast.
Landeyjahöfn is a recently constructed artificial harbour. Two rock wall breakwaters have been pushed out into the North Atlantic to provide faster access to the islands by the ferry services. A ferry ramp, support buildings and a car park make up the rest of the infrastructure.
I'm not sure if the steel pylons against the sky are purely decorative or part of the artificial harbour's infrastructure or both! The sharp hill outlined above the left-hand end of the 'teeeth' is Drangshlíðarfjall.
Fuji X-Pro2, XF55-200R, 1/300th sec at f/18, ISO 500
No rays were added in post :-P