For me, presentation is part of the work, a way to voice the maker’s thoughts of his subject. I don’t think it can add appeal... perhaps more like clarity. I have begun to set some of my photographs before the public in small galleries these days and I find that imagining how something you have worked on looks to others’ eyes is as difficult as knowing what we look like if we are not looking at ourselves.

As the air thickens with smoke and we all sit and wonder what is next... we realize we just need to breathe....

please note I may not be able to post for a bit due to fires in our area but I will be back ♥☺

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2 a.m. and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake

"Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?

I don't love him, winter just wasn't my season"

Yeah, we walk through the doors, so accusing, their eyes

Like they have any right at all to criticize

Hypocrites, you're all here for the very same reason

'Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable

And life's like an hourglass glued to the table

No one can find the rewind button, girl

So cradle your head in your hands

And breathe, just breathe

Oh, breathe, just breathe

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This winter, to my great surprise, the village cemetery turned out to be a joyful place for me. This is because it was there that I found the same female Snowy Owl, again and again. I usually found her sitting on the ground in the snow or on a low cement bench. It was very different to drive to the cemetery one day and find Ms. Snowy perched atop a tombstone, not far from the road. I didn't realize it then, but this would be the last time I'd see Ms. Snowy. At least, for Winter 2017-2018. I'm not sure what to make of the inscription on the tombstone...if anything. I just know that I will be thrilled to go to the cemetery next winter and find a Snowy Owl!

Please note: In reality, the monument that the owl is sitting on shows the names of the deceased at the top of it with the words, "one day at a time" beneath the names. I didn't feel okay about showing the names, so I removed them in PS and moved the inscription upwards.

I realize it may sound innocent - perhaps naive - but one of the most surprising things to me about visiting Alaska was the rich color palette of the terrain. Despite being deep in Alaska, less than 250 miles from the Arctic Circle, the sun still holds its reign over the summer climate...and with nearly 24 hours of light, the vegetation has ample opportunity to grow.

Certainly, global warming, and glacial melt plays a role in seeing the deeply colored mountain range in the distance. It was surprising to me to learn that much of the green you see along the park road in Denali is vegetation growing atop the glaciers. All-in-all, I highly recommend taking the Kantishna bus tour (11-hours) in Denali, as it is the only method of getting deep into the park, with the opportunities to see as much of the geology, geography, .and wildlife possible.

While the namesake mountain is the primary calling card of this National Park, and rightfully so, it is only seen clearly by approximately 1/3 of the park's visitors, due to the near constant cloud cover. There is so much more, in terms of the vastness, grandeur, remoteness, and ecologic importance of this region to be experienced than simply the sight of Denali looming large above the subarctic plateau.

They only become irritations if you supply the irritability :-)

Robert Brault

HGGT! Character Matters!

daylily, our yard, cary, north carolina

Yesterday I realized how much I am missing my sidekick, who is off on a long family vacation... I was going through The Liaison Collaborative and found this super cute SeeSaw and had an image in mind.... after realizing I had.......

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Observing the people quietly as they stroll along through the lush gardens of Babylon.

Then realizing you've caught the gaze of another visitor.

Amsterdam - Overtoom

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"hahaha...

If there is no dog in heaven, I don't want to go to heaven.

I want to go where they are."

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이수현(Lee Su-hyun)의 ′ Reality (영화 ′라붐′ OST)′♩

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Met you by surprise,

I didn't realize

That my life would change forever

Saw you standing there,

I didn't know I cared

There was something special in the air

Dreams are my reality,

The only kind of real fantasy

Illusions are a common thing

I try to live in dreams

It seems as if it's meant to be

Dreams are my reality,

A different kind of reality

I dream of loving in the night

And loving seems alright

Although it's only fantasy

If you do exist,

Honey don't resist

Show me a new way of loving

Tell me that it's true,

Show me what to do

I feel something special about you

Dreams are my reality,

The only kind of reality

May be my foolishness has past

And may be now at last

I'll see how a real thing can be

Dreams are my reality,

A wonderous world where I like to be

I dream of holding you all night

And holding you seems right

Perhaps that's my reality

Met you by surprise,

I didn't realize

That my life would change forever

Tell me that it's true,

Feelings that are cue

I feel something special about you

Dreams are my reality,

A wonderous world where I like to be

Illusions are a common thing

I try to live in dreams

Although it's only fantasy

Dreams are my reality,

I like to dream of you close to me

I dream of loving in the night

And loving you seems right

Perhaps that's my reality

Realized starting from five original photos of mine;

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The little astronaut makes a discovery…

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I've been thinking a lot about the singularity and our relationship with emerging AI tech.

Keep telling your stories!

Keep discovering the wonder!

Keep shining bright, my friends!

She was a little all over the place, that was for sure. But the good news is that when she loved, she loved big. And if she loved you, you knew she loved you. You never had to wonder.......

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What I didn't realize until I was processing the image, is what the artist was saying. "Guns-N-Roses", the rock group. The rose made out of sand is pretty amazing. Hopefully, I can make it back there again next year.

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Realized starting from five original photos of mine;

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I realized that my nine last uploads included water. So here's a capture from a winter walk last saturday. And no water!

Thanks a lot for your views, faves and comments!

realizing that mom is talking to Trift in the background...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hX5E5cLckM

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Realized drone dji mini

Never realized before that this "Chi-ca-go", "Chi-ca-go" is the onomatopoeia for the rallying cry of the California Quails… (Don't ask me to say this prase outloud, I am French after all ) Why not "Sa-cra-men-to" or "Vic-to-ria "… I don’t know. We moved into a more rural part of the Greater Victoria last December and I am so happy to see that we have a healthy population of California Quails around here. We initially had quite a few of them in our previous neighborhood in Saanich (we lioved there for 15 years) , but they all seem to disappear over the years. Apparently, they are heavily predated by the feral cats. The number I see here right now is very encouraging and I hope to be able to photograph them in the Winter, this would be especially nice on one of those rare snowy day. This one was caught on a trail in the woods around Metchosin not around our home. Unfortunately very high ISO.

I realize this is something that most people wouldn't give a second glance to. My husband had been soldering and left his soldering clips and iron out near a window, and I just knew that I had to photograph them. I tried using four different lenses, and of course, I liked the image taken with my Pentacon the best :)

Happy Monday!

I realize this won't be to everyone's taste, and it was different for me as well. But I had to take it. I probably have to describe what this is, as I wouldn't even know if I hadn't taken it :)

I was walking on the outer walkway of the second floor of a building with the sun shining in from the left. There was a wooden railing to the left and the building was to the right, with windows from floor to ceiling. As I only had my Pentacon AV lens with me, and it has a fixed aperture of f2.8, I could either focus on the foreground or the background, and I tried both, but choose the foreground focus, leaving the entire rest of the image in bokeh. So what you see is the railing, the shadows from it, and the reflections duplicated in the windows at the right, with the window frames in the centre, but not entirely symmetrical. Hope that makes sense!

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Many don’t realize that two thirds of Oregon is considered high desert, and that something like the Alvord Desert exists in our gorgeous state. One of the great things about Oregon is how diverse the geology and landscape is, and that you can visit the coast one day, and be in the Alvord Desert camping on the playa and staring up at the milky way the next. (from That Oregon Life)

The Alvord Desert is one of the largest playas in Oregon at six miles wide and eleven miles long. This remote playa sits at approximately 4,000 feet in elevation and is the perfect place to camp and enjoy nature.

I was told by another camper, that this crystalline substance on the lake is an alkaline salt deposit. What ever it is, it is crunchy and has a bit of sparkle when the sun catches it right.

This was taken very early in the morning. It was still quite cold but since you can drive out on the playa I kept jumping back in my car to get warm.

Neighbours do like to spy on each other, don't they? The one on the left is doing something strange with his feelers. A minute later, he almost had a handlebar moustache before putting them back to normal :)

These bugs are about 1/4" long.

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"Your potential is the single greatest treasure you'll ever find, when they got you shackled remember they can never imprison your mind."

Thanks Ashley Carter // Voidar for always having my six and calling us all together when the world really needs a hero right now. 💜 You are an inspiration to us all.

I'm realizing day by day that many of my ideas , framing and subjects are shamelessly copied on Flickr , what really makes me angry is not the copying, but the fact that my ideas receive more faves on other people's photostreams !

inspired by Hangar Pirelli installation

..... didn´t realized I was the dinner, though !!

It´s no shortcut to church, but I guess that is my destination anyway.... eventually.

This is the sixth picture in the serie "San Monique".

First picture:

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Next picture:

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Moment at San Monique:

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the mad scramble to have everything else :-)

Robert Brault

HPPT!!

camellia, 'Ashton's Pride, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina

Turning backwards, it is realized that in this high point of the ruins of the Pilaloma there are other ruins of the two lateral enclosures with their doors facing the Castle. These two enclosures leave a narrow intermediate runner of 0.80m which, coinciding with the longitudinal axis of the entire trapezoid, advances to its major base. Interestingly, the corridor divides into two elongated sections equal to Pilaloma, and goes through the Wanka that marks the multiple tomb. All these elements (geometry, tomb, wanka, corridor, orientation, etc.) have led to interpret the site as a testimony of something more transcendent of the Cañari culture. Indeed, the latest archaeoastronomic studies assert that the corridor and the wanka were associated with the observation of the sun on the summer solstice, on June 21.

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There was more light in this area than I realized. I'm often surprised at how different it looks when I get it in Lightroom.. I still lite the shot, it just looks different. Day light was trying to creep up on me as well.

Happy weekend everyone

It's the moment you realize that the treasure you held in your hands you couldn't hold on to. In memory of Bart Bader, whom I sorely miss. 💕

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мy мυѕιc Alan Walker - Faded"

"You were the shadow to my light

Did you feel us?

Another star, you fade away

Afraid our aim is out of sight

Wanna see us alight

Where are you now?

Where are you now?

Where are you now?

Was it all in my fantasy?

Where are you now?

Were you only imaginary?

Where are you now?

Atlantis, under the sea, under the sea

Where are you now? Another dream

The monster's running wild inside of me

I'm faded, I'm faded

So lost, I'm faded, I'm faded

So lost, I'm faded!"

I just realized the other day that I have taken quite a few photos of Father John Misty or Joshua Michael Tillman over the years but never posted any of them, which is just a thing that happens when you photograph several bands every day of a festival and have thousands of photos to go through after you haven't slept three nights straight. Anyway, Father John Misty puts on a good show and you can listen here:

fatherjohnmisty.com/

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Alvin turned his head and knew the argument was over.

I too fell in love in the past

It was this love that inflamed my life

Realized the cost of this love,

It was my youth that slipped away.

I was on my knees.. but

She was not to be mine

I lost myself in the end

in the green sea of her eyes

Though I haven't hugged her on the waist, I did not let go of my passion.

It's been a sad adventure, they took her away from my hand.

She became someone else's, others became happy.

My heart became all over a place in ruin.

The past is a wound in my heart

My fortune is darker than my hair

What tears me up from time to time

is this sad memory of her.

Has never let me sleep in her bosom

Has never consoled me with a kiss

Many years passed since

That woman too forgot me.

Though I haven't hugged her on the waist, I did not let go of my passion.

It's been a sad adventure, they took her away from my hand.

She became someone else's, others became happy.

My heart became all over a place in ruin.

It is the first Turkish tango (Tango Turco) composed by Necip Celal Andel, whose lyrics were written by Necdet Rüştü Efe Tara.

After it was composed in 1928, its first interpretation was sung by Seyyan Hanım, one of the famous voices of the period, in 1932, and it has preserved its place among the much-loved tangos ever since.

Recently, it has been reinterpreted by Ms. Dilek Türkan.

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Looking at this picture, I realize I was actually expressing the extreme darkness I have been feeling. Art is such an amazing way to express yourself or release whatever bad energy you're feeling. This pose from Space Cadet called, "2021" was the perfect fit.

The perfect song for my mood.

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I didn't know Mr. Louis Mendes when I saw him in NYC subway, and unlikely he was noticed that I was taking the picture. A few months later I read an article about street photographers and realized that I took a picture of New York City icon!

I wrote an email to Mr. Louis Mendes and grant the permission to post this picture here.

Many thanks to Mr. Louis Mendes.

i realize that i have not written much here over the past few years. and i am a writer, first and foremost. how odd, to have abandoned the opportunity to paint with words, with sounds and rhythms, offer a complement to the images. so ...

i suppose if you are the kind of person who has a predilection for words, then you will read further. if not, well, there are many images in this stream (including this one, i hope) that speak their own language. :)

i have walked this path, this sentiero. i have walked it, felt the cold autumn air wash over me, the warmth of the sun on my face. i have seen deer bounding across the crests of the hills and pheasants skittering across the surface of the deeply plowed earth, the clay, the crete senesi. i have stood in the midst of this great space, small, very small amidst the waves of autumn blues and greys. i have felt this place, experienced it. and forgotten it. it takes so little time for memories to fade. it takes a conscious effort to preserve them. i work diligently to live in the moment, so diligently at times that i forget. and while the present is the only reality, the past does provide its context, the future does offer some hope, and my memory, though fallible, is not simply a nostalgic salve to ease my aging mind. it's a part of who i am, what i am likely to become.

i have walked this path, seen it anew. and remembered.

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I realize most of you will think I am nuts for going back to this same UFO landing pad (trust me, me too!). When I saw the area was flooded, I had to go out for a look.

On this day, Salt Lake City set a new daily precipitation record with 0.8 inches (2.032 cm)of rain. Remember, most of Utah is a desert, so this amount of rain in one day was significant.

This area of salt is very flat, and the water was paper-thin but just enough for reflections. You can also see where the aliens collected the rocks and moved them into position to mark a safe landing for their spaceship.

Also, note the shades of green - this is seasonal. Most of the year, its yellow. So the green is another bonus.

The Great Salt Lake - GPS is not the exact spot of the shot.

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No more plans to shoot here unless a Christmas tree magically appears!

I realize that it is probably not a "barn" (probably a tool shed or work area) but I liked the title anyway. I spotted this beautiful autumn scene near Woodstock, Vermont. The light and fall colors were incredible. (Edited in Photoshop and Lightroom)

This was going to be my submission for Macro Mondays but after reading the rules again I realized that I needed to peal back some foil to show some chocolate. Oh MY the temptation!

Christmas has arrived and as every year we surround ourselves with family and friends always with caution, but this year has been really hard, the pandemic does not give us a break.

I would not like to forget those who have left us this year, wonderful people who thanks to this hobby you realize that there are also good people.

Stay safe and enjoy Christmas. A big hug .Black (Happy Holidays)

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I realize how blessed I am, knowing that my grandchildren enjoy collaborating with their artworks. Good time spent, and hopefully, good memories for them.

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