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“Matter rather than Forms should be the object of our attention . . . for Forms are figments of the human mind.”
-Francis Bacon, Advancement of Learning.
“Thus, it was not only Greek words of which [Plato] was to alter the meanings, nor only Greek and Latin words. Love and good, for instance, are neither Greek nor Latin, and beauty is only Latin remotely, yet the spirit of Plato really works more amply in them, and in a hundred others bearing on the presence or absence of these qualities, than it does in such specifically Platonic terms as idea and dialectic. Let us try and trace the origin of some of the meanings which are commonly attached to the word love. As in the Mysteries, so at the heart of early Greek philosophy lay two fundamental assumptions. One was that an inner meaning lay hid behind external phenomena. Out of this Plato’s lucid mind brought to the surface of Europe’s consciousness the stupendous conception that all matter is but an imperfect copy of spiritual ‘types’ or ‘ideas’—eternal principles which, so far from being abstractions, are the only real Beings, which were in their place before matter came into existence, and which will remain after it has passed away. The other assumption concerned the attainment by man of immortality. The two were complementary. Just as it was only the immortal part of man which could get into touch with the eternal secret behind the changing forms of Nature, so also it was only by striving to contemplate that eternal that man could develop the eternal part of himself and put on incorruption. There remained the question of how to rise from the contemplation of the transient to the contemplation of the eternal, and, for answer, Plato and Socrates evolved that other great conception—perhaps even more far-reaching in its historical effects—that love for a sensual and temporal object is capable of gradual metamorphosis into love for the invisible and eternal. It is not only in the New Testament and the Prayer Book, in the Divine Comedy, Shakespeare’s Sonnets, and all great Romantic poetry that the results of this thinking are to be seen.”
-Owen Barfield, History in English Words, 106–7.
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I desired deep,
one led the way…
by invisible hand…
I grasp…
and she gently…
guided me….
beyond my senses…
beyond space and time…
before thought…
before articulating…
before feeling.
-rc
Rather than another b/w I thought I'd try one in a rich sepia. Thought it would work well with this sunrise shot.
A b/w and color version in comments for comparison.
Hope your Wednesday is wonderful!
That's a rather old one 😊, new to macro photography I was really going for it at the time, pretty industrious. This was in autumn, in a cold shadowy trench, couldn't see shit through the viewfinder, just super dark (reversed lens = no aperture coupling, plus a bunch of extension tubes), and my DIY paper flash diffusor got soggy and limp really fast as well, tumbling all over the place (now, my latest versions have a proper rotating mount and a thin wire frame to prevent that, and also for shaping), but it looks like I made that up with motivation and patience, resulting in lots of photos (to weed through) and so the occasional nice frame happend. 📷
(Ad title: A simile used in Hindu / Buddhist philosophy to (amongst other concepts) illustrate co-dependant arising of phenomena; it's an infinitely large net of droplets, pearls or jewels, each recursively mirroring everything else, owned by the Vedic deva Indra.)
I see Flickr placed more 'ads', that also derange the overall site layout, like the side bar does. Niice.., still trying to harass people into getting Pro it seems.
Huh, is it possible that they got rid of the iStock block? (Not gonna pretend I actually look at this stuff.) To just not care or place value on the site appears to be the best strategy, ..unfortunately. When the wind blows, the trees bend.
Nikon D90 (APS-C crop sensor / DX)
Minolta MD ROKKOR 28mm f/2.8 prime
Tridax 49mm reverse mount for Nikon F
ISO200, reversed 28mm, f/8, 1/160sec
reproduction ratio: ~ 1 : 1, single shot
extension tubes, pop-up flash with DIY
medium size paper diffusor, handheld
........but I rather liked the perch and pose, as well as the lighting conditions of the moment. Both the robins and bluebirds were taking advantage of an abundance of sumac and multi-flora rose fruit. They have pretty well cleaned the crab-apples and I suspect are moving on to their second choice of palatable offerings.
It is very possible that this late in the season these particular individuals will winter on the homestead. This did not used to be the case but for several years now there has been a year round population of both species, as well as a small flock of cedar waxwings .
Wishing everyone a good Thursday ...........we are presently experiencing a storm front that is offering up rain, mixed with freezing rain and periods of wet snow. "Yippee ki-aye !" 😝
Seemed rather common along the trail in Montana de Oro State Park, but don't know the name.
Thought it shown well against the white morning glory.
A sketch of the Jubilee Bridge in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire and all my own work! Well I did take the original photo and then used the Huawei photo editor on my phone to produce this rather appealing sketch effect of the bridge. And don’t be led to believe that the bridges name is regarding the recent Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022, it is in fact to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887 about 135yrs earlier!
Jubilee Bridge, is an iron bridge costing £230 and was placed in position on 14 June, 1887 in time for the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria eight days later. It was an immensely significant event for the village as, until then, the only access to the Lovers' Walks on the other bank of the River Derwent had been by ferry. As it was being erected there was a minor drama …….
“ While workmen were engaged in preparation for the erection of the new iron bridge, one of their number missed his foothold and fell into the river. The Derwent at this point is rather deep, but a boat was put off to the man's rescue, and he was lifted in and conveyed to the bank, not much worse for the immersion”.
…..A rather fancy & ornate wall from the 1880’s on the side of what was the Ear Nose and Throat Hospital in Shrewsbury! An amazing building that closed in 1998 - I remember being treated there a couple of times as a young lad. It is now called Kingsland Bridge Mansion Apartments - very nice they are too!! Looking at the scene depicted I thought of the Blues song by John Lee Hooker with Santana ‘The Healer’ see link if you have the time. A few ailments have been 'healed' here during its time as a Hospital. Happy Wall Wednesday folks, Alan:-)…..
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make art, than continue with my 52 weeks project...
16/52
art is a window we can all look through and never see the same thing, and there are some days we, ourselves, see something different than the day before...
~me
Schon oft in Publikationen oder im Internet gesehen, aber irgendwie möchte man gewisse Motive dann auch selber einmal umsetzen: Renfe Grandes Lineas 334.014 und 013 mit Intercity 00463 Barcelona Sants - Murcia Carmen (- Lorca) vor der im Abendlicht angestrahlten Kulisse von Alicante und seinem Hafen. Aufgenommen am 17.04.2024.
Often seen in publications or in the web but some of the classic motive you would rather photograph by yourself: Renfe Grandes Lineas 334.014 and 013 hauled Intercity 00463 Barcelona Sants - Murcia Carmen (- Lorca) as a sandwich could be seen in front of the skyline and the harbor of Alicante in the evening at April 17, 2024.
One of Monarchs from our efforts to provide host plants and nectar sources. We had over 2 dozen caterpillars. Some of them formed their chrysalis in easily found spots that we were able to watch. Some travelled rather far from the host plants (common and tropical milkweed) before pupating. Was an interesting project.
Looking rather forlorn and unloved, Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) 201 Class locomotives 204 - (Abhainn na Bearú - River Barrow) 202 - (Abhainn na Laoi - River Lee) 212 - (Abhainn na Sláine - River Slaney) sit on long term storage or scrap line at Inchicore Works, May 2022.
Built between 1994 (IÉ) 201 Class are the newest and most powerful diesel locomotives operating in Ireland at present. The class were the forerunner and passenger version of the Class 66 presently used on British and European railways.
10 of the original 34 class members are now withdrawn to long term storage and a source of spares presently at Inchicore Works.
A rather strange emblem on the wall over the door of "Spirit of Man", a men's treatment place in a suburb of Sheffield. The agonised expression on the face would put a lot of people off, I would have thought!
A rather dark example of the spring Epistrophe hoverfly which I think means it was cold when he was a larva. Photographed warming up on the garden Mahonia before starting his airspace patrols. Like Eristalis pertinax he tries to intimidate anything that gets into his space, including me.
I'm fascinated by the profile of his frons which looks to me like a human face.
Another rather gloomy image from Cambois beach, although I rather like the industrial side of this area. Pending another storm, high tides bringing so much driftwood and sadly so much plastic on to the beach.
In a rather unexpected turn of events, CSX pulled all 3 of their "Pride In Service" units out of storage in Waycross, Georgia and put them in charge of Q410. A daily manifest that runs from Waycross to Selkirk, NY.
As one can imagine, a train with unique engines like this tends to get lots of attention from the local railfan populace.
The lead unit CSXT 911 (Honoring First Responders) and CSXT 3194 (Honoring Our Law Enforcement) were on the head end, while CSXT 1776 (Honoring Our Veterans) was working in the middle of the train as a Distributed Power (DP) Unit. (See preceding photo for the 1776)
Here, the train passes through downtown Ashland, Virginia; Tiny Tim's Hobby Shop is in the background.
Medium-sized, rather nondescript raptor with overall dark plumage. Slightly forked tail, the fork disappearing when the tail is fully open. Head and neck are short. The juvenile is paler with a pale panel on upperwings and a dark mask around the eyes. Flight style buoyant, gliding and changing direction with ease. Commonly found in urban areas, rubbish dumps, aquatic habitats, grassland, but usually avoids heavily forested areas. May be found solitarily but also in large flocks on migration and at good feeding areas.
Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda. February 2017.
This photo were taken back in March 2012. I am just catching up with them. I had started to put up our trip to Northland but for some reason never got them all up.
We took a ferry trip over to Waiheke Island for the day. Sadly It rained most of the time and tourist bus had stopped running the for the Winter months the day before. We walk to a winery for lunch. In the afternoon we took the local bus for a short trip around the island.
Waiheke Island is the second-largest island (after Great Barrier Island) in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand. Its ferry terminal in Matiatia Bay at the western end is 21.5 km (13.4 mi) from the central-city terminal in Auckland.
It is the most populated island in the gulf, with 9,390 permanent residents. Another estimated 3,400 have second homes or holiday homes on the island. It is New Zealand's most densely populated island, and the third most populated after the North and South Islands. It is the most accessible island in the gulf, with regular passenger and car-ferry services, a helicopter operator based on the island, and other air links.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiheke_Island
Looking rather different to his summer look was this lovely bird in full winter plumage.
Black guillemot or tystie (Cepphus grylle)
Oban - Scotland
Many thanks to all those who take the time to comment on my photos. It is truly appreciated.
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A rather splendid cataract waterfall that is easily reached from the small settlement of Motu along a gravel road for approx. 5km's. Once parked it is a short walk to the falls with best views afforded from a suspension bridge over the river or below the bridge where this shot was taken after a little scramble in the bushes!
SONY ILCE-7RM3
SEL1635GM Lens @ 33mm
ISO 100 / f8 / 1/3 Second
Bracketed Exposure -2/0/2+
Lee Landscape Polariser
Lightroom CC
(c) Dominic Scott 2019
We have become rather addicted to owls recently., but it's easy to see why
Yes of course they are birds., but I always think of them as being in another category... owl category
I looked it up and amazingly there are 255 species of owls worldwide., so if you started at a young enough age it may just be possible to get to see them all!
And ever wondered why you never hear one coming? Well owls are able to fly virtually silently because of a fringe on the leading edge of their primary feathers that helps muffle sound
Very useful if you're hunting for a mouse in the grass!
Some days you'd rather be lucky than good... After following the previously posted NS S0N up to Iager, WV, on the Dry Fork branch we backtracked to the town of Cedar Bluff, VA, late in the afternoon along the Clinch Valley main. When we arrived NS empty train 815 was in the process of splitting their train with a new S1N crew for Weller. Splitting the train is the process by which one long empty coal train is split into two trains for different destinations. This particular 815 came out of Norfolk with a Weller, VA, bound empty set, and a Toms Creek, VA, bound empty set. In Cedar Bluff, at Dry Fork Junction, the Weller bound crew boarded the DPU's of 815, detached from the rear of 815, attached the EOT to 815, brake tested, and took the turn up the Dry Fork side for the second train that day. When we arrived at Amonate again there was a brief glimmer of setting sun that illuminated the trestle and quickly disappeared. After hearing that they were stopped I figured we may have made the hike up again to come up empty handed. When they did finally get on the move again I was happy to at least know they'd make it in daytime. Just before S1N rounded the curve on the far side of the bridge the sun broke through the cloud deck, and illuminated the bridge just far enough to bathe the train and mountains in sweet golden hour sunlight. Before the end of the train passed, and we reached the bottom of the steep hike down the clouds had covered the bridge for the day. From wondering if we were going to have a shot to getting complete sun on the train was a sweet turn of events. This was made especially nice by the great location, and the overall rarity of getting a single train up there, much less two.
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Or rather one small square of Lakeland, I don't upload many square format images but this one really suited it and said all it needed to without the need for a wider screening...
Apologies for the lack of activity on Flickr both in uploading and also commenting on my contacts imaging, It's been a mixture of faliing out of love with Flickr due to all the niggly bugs (see title), and the general run down of the site despite them wanting more money, I'm actually letting my pro account slip for the first time since 2008 as I think in it's current state, it isn't worth paying for anymore, I've been concentrating a lot more on developing my own website and other things, but I do try to pop on when I can as the people on here are great, met some great friends and contacts on here along the way.
This was a great morning with stunning conditions for photography, but it's very easy to come away with flat scenes in conditions like this if you don't use contrasting items properly in the scene, it was good to shoot this off the beaten track spot here and look for self made compositions instead of the really popular spots such as that Tarn (we won't mention) as an example, we actually banned all talk of it on the day.. no, we aren't stopping there! Save it for Autumn at best.
I'll not be on for a while again as I'm about to go away for a week or so of solid photography, which I absolutely cannot wait for, all being well no doubt I'll be back on here posting images up.
Have a great weekend folks.
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A rather clean CP 8172 on point of train 101-04 passes the set of Sunalta searchlight signals on the west edge of Calgary’s downtown, this making the start of the trains westward trip along Canadian Pacific’s Laggan Subdivision. February 7, 2022
"I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds 'round my neck."
- Emma Goldman
Have a wonderful week!!!
xo
An 'arty' rather than 'action' shot this time.
Direct sunlight behind the subject made shooting quite tricky at times, but I quite liked the effect in this one.
Plenty more dolphin shots here if you are interested.
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The beautiful acorn woodpecker is one of the many awesome species that one can see on our Nature"s Tapestry Photo Adventure Tours to Costa Rica. Our next trip is just around the corner. In fact we are planning to leave on the 7th of April returning on the 16th. It is a lovely time of year and it is also the nesting season. If you would like to join us please shoot me an email or message and I will get further information off to you.
Wishing you all a beautiful and blessed evening !!
Rather than cause anxiety, the presence of many boxes as I pack up in preparation for our move next week has proven to be a delight for Sundae and Pearl, in particular.
From a feline point of view, one can never have too many boxes!
14th May 2020:
Rather windy and cold this morning which didn't encourage me to go out. So I took my backup photo of the bird seed on the garden table.
Although it wasn't quite so bad this afternoon, I really didn't feel like going out. So it's the bird seed for today.
Today is also : National Caesar Day - especially for my Canadian friends - nationaldaycalendar.com/national-caesar-day-thursday-befo...
As for the Silly News it's : National Buttermilk Biscuit Day - nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-buttermilk-biscui...
Not sure how easy it is to get buttermilk here in France.
But it's also : National Dance Like a Chicken Day : nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-dance-like-a-chic...
Which just sounds really daft!
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This rather corpulent fellow is a male Gambel's Quail. Both sexes sport the topknot. And you’d think that fascinator or topknot on the male would be used to attract females. But a study found that the females really don’t care about the size of his doodad. Instead she looks to his foraging prowess and overall size. HOWEVER, they are a bit of a social species and the males have a pecking order. The guy with the biggest topknot wins the top position in the pecking order. Sadly, they figured this out by shortening the topknot of the top male and found his exalted position was reduced to that of a peasant quail. 😒. Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden with a cactus bokeh
This shot was taken on the same hike as www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/22012959486 and
www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/22943361756, and one of the reasons why I went further. Because when I was already very tired I could see high above me tiny white specks, that I had recognized from my earlier Alaska trip in 91. There were Dall sheep on the rim, and although it looked immensely steep at the top, my curiosity won from the tiredness, and I went further and further, until I finally got to the top, and saw this herd, and even closer by a group of 6 that looked at me with suspicion, and maybe some amusement because humans are so clumsy in the mountains compared to Dall sheep.
I like this picture better because of the background light, and the view into the valley.
From 11 june till the 25th of July, I traveled in Canada. Starting in Brighton Ontario, where my sister lives at the border of an amazing part of lake Ontario, I flew to Vancouver, and Vancouver island where I took the boat at Port Hardy to take part 1 of the Inside passage, to Prince Rupert in BC. Two days later I took part 2 to Skagway in Alaska. When coming from Skagway Alaska, you can take the train to Carcross. it is a very scenic train ride that halts at Bennet lake.
And then to Whitehorse and further on by car to Kluane National park in the Yukon district. Whitehorse is situated at the border of the Yukon. From there I flew back to Vancouver, rented a car, and traveled three weeks in the BC- and Alberta Rockies, visiting the famous, and less famous Nature parks like Banff and Jasper. Last few days back to Brighton Ontario to enjoy lake Ontario once more, before going home. A picture of my itinerary can be found on Facebook (www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152940536581759&set...).
4000 pictures later, it is quite a task to show the right stuff, although the stunning scenery guarantees at least a few great shots to share. Objective will be to make a book (for myself mainly), and that might take a while.
I hope you will enjoy the impression of my travel, one that equals earlier journeys to Alaska and south America, this journey was the first in the digital era, and equally intensive because of all the hiking activities every day on and on. I loved every minute of it.
Rather than having to carry the kayak you rented to the river, the river has come to you. This concession area at Blue Springs State Park has now become part of the St Johns River which has overflowed its banks.
A rather early little van here, on a D plate, but sadly I can't make out the last letter- can anyone help? This looked rather unused, and carries a load significantly bigger than itself! Probably very rare now.
Not a blog post - just something my rather tired self enjoyed making, using two things I was really thrilled about putting together. Only to then end up following my whims into highlighting the silhouette only. And you know what? Sometimes, that's alright. Leave something for the imagination.
Body: CZ - Slim - a sincere thank you to Cloud Zifer for his incredible generosity, while I was out there exercising some serious idiocy. It's been an interesting journey leaning into this body in contrast to other possible combinations for this particular body type. And you know what? I enjoy it a lot, and wish there were more content out there for it. For something that is just like this - a simple moment. Which brings me to how thrilled I was that the pants were coming with this fit as well.
Pants: Thirst - Kane Jeans @ Equal10. To be entirely honest, a pair of jeans is a pair of jeans most of the time - there isn't much they can do differently. Steady, simple, just...there, you know? The majority won't inspire ideas or do anything other than...obviously, be a pair of jeans. And if you're like me, then many will inspire some kind of neurotic inspection around how well the cuffs fit around my favorite shoes, and how awkward it can look. So having something that IS different, that simply inspires different ideas and demands a different use, something that simply channels a different set of moods, tickles the part of me that's chronically chasing visuals.
Now if only I COULD wake up fully so I can resume normal transmission, that would be great.