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This is my wife and baby girl. This shot was taken at the maternity ward, Gleneagles Hospital, 2 days after delivery. We were supposed to be discharged in a few hours, and we were just sitting around waiting for the discharge papers to come. The daylight was streaming into the room through the orange curtains, giving the room a soft glow, even though it was midday and the sunlight outdoors was most likely quite harsh. I liked the lighting, set up the chairs in the room against the windows, got wifey to pose and position Arin (that's me daughter's name:), and I had a shot within 5 minutes, from concept to realization.
I submitted this for the Great Eastern "Life is Great" Photo Competition and got a consolation prize out of 2000+ entries! :-)
You can view all the winning entries in this link.
There are those days when the vision suddenly becomes clear and unobstructed.
My chiropractor, graduate, he studied in England, almost ripped my new MRI out of my hands yesterday.... Because he too was unsure about my symptoms.
He looks at it and says.:
Moni, there's a cyst, a big cyst in the sacrum, it's pressing on the nerve bundle....
He immediately compared it to an MRI from 2019. And this cyst can also be seen there.
No one took note of it before, everyone just focused on the discs.
A now viable explanation for my recent problems. Which can really only be explained if the spinal canal is deeply affected or .... the sacrum.
A confirmation.
I am not crazy.
I knew there is something else besides my operated disc, besides the postnucleosyndrome, besides the new herniated disc one floor below, which is just too small for the sensations and numbness I have had lately....
I don't know what all this means now.
Now I have to have conversations with my doctors.
But it seems to be an explanation why I'm not getting anywhere....
And that's why I'm glad that the view is clear now.
To find a way...
I wanted you to know, my friends, why I am away very often now, calm, without words...
I have to focus on my life, more.
On my health.
I have to be present, there, in my life.
I have a lot of work, really a lot, in the office too, obviously.
Take care of you my friends, take care
😘
The little mechanic builds…
Skippy was inspired to create his universe with the help of the amazing new designs from THOR's Old’s Cool Collection!
In addition, the little man worked with a number of pieces from THOR's The Little Den in Genoa Collection!
Motorbike to THOR’s Mainstore!
Let's keep building a world where we lift one another up, where kindness and compassion are the foundation, where love and light shine bright!
location :Genko-an temple,Kyoto city,Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
Genko-an temple ,formal title is Yohozan Hojyurin Genko-an,is located in the Takagamine district in northwestern Kyoto. It was founded by Tatsu'o Giko,the second abbot of Daitokuji Monastery ,of the Rinzai school of Zen,in1346,and used as his retirement hermitage.
The hondo( main hall)was built by Seika Koji, a carpenter from Kaga,in 1694.Shakamuni Buddha,along with two his disciples is enshrined here.
To the right of hondo,there are two famous windows,one round,one square. They are called satorino mado and mayoino mado respectavely.
Satorino mado( the window of Realization) is round,implying Zen maturity,completeness and enlightenment,while mayoi no mado(The window of Delusion ) is square,implying confusion,ignorance,and immaturity ,or the life of samsara.that is a life of human suffering.- Genko-an
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“One thing: you have to walk, and create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path. It is not so cheap, to reach to the ultimate realization of truth. You will have to create the path by walking yourself; the path is not ready-made, lying there and waiting for you. It is just like the sky: the birds fly, but they don't leave any footprints. You cannot follow them; there are no footprints left behind.”
― Osho
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Unnoticed
transparent in the hustle ....
a rush though,
a rare glimpse
of energy
so that, when fully realized
we wonder with mouths and hearts open.
A prayer to all sentient beings
to the realization of their enlightenment.
For their liberation from lower rebirth in the realms of Saṃsāra.
To their ultimate attainment and ascension to the blissful state of Nirvāṇa.
By the gracious and merciful blessings of the holy one, and of all enlightened beings.
One day she realized that she could
never please everyone, so she gave up
trying and decided to be herself.
Whether other people liked it or not was
not her business.
Anna Taylor
Shame is a powerful emotion for some of us. The realization that you have lost control of your own life could be depressing or liberating. There are actually three choices. Do you let it keep you down? Do you embrace your newly realized status? Or do you refuse the path chosen for you and change course? What do you choose when your own home no longer seems like a safe haven?
How does she sleep?
🎵 Home is Anywhere You Hang Your Head 🎶
Home is Anywhere You Hang Your Head - Elvis Costello and the Attractions (1986), Blood and Chocolates, Elvis Costello
Here comes Mr. Misery
He's tearing out his hair again
He's crying over her again
He's standing in the super-market shouting at the customers
Here comes Mr. Misery
He'll never be any good with a mouth full of gold and blood
He's contemplating murder again
He must be in love
But you know she doesn't want you
But you can't seem to get it in your head
Oh and you can't sleep at night
And she haunts you when you go to bed
When you're tired of talking and you can't drink it down
So you hang around and drown instead
Home isn't where it used to be
Home is anywhere you hang your head . . .
Picture taken at home.
“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child—our own two eyes. All is a miracle.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
Marimurtra, Blanes, La Selva, Girona, España.
Situado en Blanes, en la Costa Brava, el Jardín Botánico Marimurtra es uno de los jardines más bellos de la orilla del Mediterráneo. Sobre unos acantilados que bordean el mar se pueden contemplar algunas de las panorámicas más espectaculares de la costa y conocer más de quatro mil especies vegetales, la mayoría exóticas, así como un buen número de ejemplares extraordinarios por su edad o dimensiones.
Marimurtra es la obra de un hombre apasionado por la naturaleza. Carl Faust (Hadamar, Alemania 1874-Blanes 1952), empresario establecido en Cataluña, dedicó su ilusión, su esfuerzo y todo su patrimonio a la realización de su sueño, el Jardín Botánico Marimurtra.
Located in Blanes, on the Costa Brava, the Marimurtra Botanical Garden is one of the most beautiful gardens on the Mediterranean shore. On some cliffs that border the sea, you can see some of the most spectacular views of the coast and get to know more than four thousand plant species, most of them exotic, as well as a good number of extraordinary specimens due to their age or size.
Marimurtra is the work of a man passionate about nature. Carl Faust (Hadamar, Germany 1874-Blanes 1952), businessman established in Catalonia, dedicated his illusion, his efforts and all his assets to the realization of his dream, the Marimurtra Botanical Garden.
Self-Realization MeditationGarden is a cliff top garden high above the Pacific Ocean 🌊 in Encinitas California - Cardiff By The Sea
"For those who have experienced the joy of being alone with nature there is really little need for me to say much more; for those who have not, no words of mine can ever describe the powerful, almost mystical knowledge of beauty and eternity that come, suddenly, and all unexpected."
~ Jane Goodall
His departing gifts
As the fog began to lift along Safety Sound, more and more Short-eared owls came into view. Some were in flight, others consuming prey down deep in the tundra grasses while others, like this assumed parent and offspring sat and watched my movements.
It was several seconds into our photo session that my cameras focus and my concentration on capturing those brilliant yellow eyes allowed my mind to realize the second set below.
This was the last photo taken on my probable last Alaskan adventure. I could have done yet another U-turn and taken even more photos of the dozens of owls behind me, but when I lowered my lens after capturing forever this moment, I became overwhelmed in the realization of His blessing. For me, the minutes sitting and just looking into each other’s eyes, regardless of how the shot might come out, was worth every negative aspect of the trip itself.
To turn around and try to get more photos, to be more of a distraction from the hunt felt greedy and unappreciative of the gift given. I put my car in drive, verbally thanked the pair for our time together and headed to the airport for the first leg of my trip home to those I missed terribly, my greatest gifts of all…blessed and refreshed!
Adventure before dementia!
La Fresque des Québécois est un trompe-l'œil colossal de 420 mètres de superficie au coin de la rue Notre-Dame dans le Quartier Petit Champlain du Vieux-Québec. La réalisation de la fresque, inaugurée le 17 octobre 1999, fut supervisée par des experts tant historiens, géographes, et autres. Elle restitue à elle seule plus de 400 ans d'histoire. La Fresque est une réalisation de CitéCréation.
Cette fresque de la ville de Québec raconte l'histoire de Québec et intègre de nombreux caractères spécifiques à la capitale. Elle permet de reconnaître l'architecture, la géographie, les fortifications et les escaliers, tout en rappelant le rythme des saisons avec leurs couleurs changeantes. La Fresque des Québécois rend aussi hommage à une quinzaine de personnages historiques et honore des dizaines d'auteurs et d'artistes dans ses vitrines évocatrices.
** j'ai fait cette photo en angle pour éviter d'avoir des touristes sur ma photo. Ce lieu n'est jamais désert !
La Fresque des Québécois is a colossal trompe-l'oeil of 420 meters in area at the corner of Notre-Dame Street in the Petit Champlain Quarter of Old Quebec. The realization of the fresco, inaugurated on October 17, 1999, was supervised by experts such as historians, geographers, and others. It alone recreates more than 400 years of history. La Fresque was created by CitéCréation.
This fresco of Quebec City tells the story of Quebec and incorporates many characters specific to the capital. It allows to recognize the architecture, the geography, the fortifications and the staircases, while recalling the rhythm of the seasons with their changing colors. La Fresque des Québécois also pays tribute to some fifteen historical figures and honors dozens of authors and artists in its evocative display cases.
** In order to avoid to have people on my photo I took this photo in an angle. This area is always very busy with tourists.
Lyric
" Solange du nach dem Glücke jagst,
bist du nicht reif zum Glücklichsein "
(c) Hermann Hesse
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Lyric
"As long as you are chasing happiness,
you are not ripe for happiness"
(c) Hermann Hesse
I would like to combine this photo of the Saxon lavender near the town of Niesky with a small message. A realization that just hit me when I was thinking about a suitable text.
But actually it's more the title than the photo that carries my thoughts. The photo should just look good. Which it does quite well with all the bright lavender. At least I think so.
But what else do I care about? For me it's about perspective and truth. On the one hand my perspective and on the other hand that of the setting sun.
The statement in the title applies to each of the two perspectives. But the answer to the question of who is hiding from whom behind the barn could be completely opposite from every perspective.
Of course, this is only meant figuratively. The day a sun hides from me would have fundamental effects on my world view and my ego.
So who is right? What is the truth ? Very easy. Nobody is right. Both are right. Because something like "the truth" only ever exists in the spirit of one's own observation and one's own perspective.
Maybe you'll remember this the next time you find yourself on the brink of conflict. Because as one of my most important teachers once said: “Do you want to be right or be happy?”
Diese Foto, vom sächsischen Lavendel Nähe des Ortes Niesky möchte ich mit einer kleinen Botschaft verbinden. Einer Erkenntnis, die mich gerade ereilt hat, als ich über einen passenden Text nachgedacht habe.
Doch eigentlich ist es mehr der Titel als das Foto, welcher meinen Gedanken trägt. Das Foto soll einfach nur gut aussehen. Was ihm, mit dem ganzen leuchtenden Lavendel auch recht gut gelingt. Finde ich zumindest.
Doch worum gehts mir sonst noch. Es geht mir um Perspektive und um Wahrheit. Und zwar zum Einen meiner Perspektive und zum anderen die der untergehenden Sonne.
Für jeden der beiden Blickwinkel trifft die Aussage im Titel zu. Doch die Antwort auf die Frage, wer sich hier vor wem hinter der Scheune versteckt, könnte aus jeder Perspektive völlig gegensätzlich ausfallen.
Natürlich ist das hier nur sinnbildlich gemeint. Der Tag an dem sich eine Sonne vor mir versteckt hätte fundamentale Auswirkungen auf mein Weltbild und mein Ego.
Wer hat also recht ? Was ist die Wahrheit ? Ganz einfach. Keiner hat Recht. Beide haben Recht. Denn so etwas wie "die Wahrheit" existiert immer nur im Geiste der eigenen Betrachtung und eigenen Blickrichtung.
Vielleicht erinnert Ihr Euch daran, wenn Ihr das nächste Mal am Rande eines Konfliktes steht. Denn wie einer der für mich wichtigsten Lehrmeister einmal gesagt hat: "Willst du Recht bekommen, oder glücklich sein ?"
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
Un deuxième album consacré à Dusseldorf, si vous le souhaitez, vous pouvez visionner le premier en cliquant sur le lien suivant :
www.flickr.com/photos/claudiusbinoche/sets/72157626850102...
Neuer Zollhof (le nouveau Zollhof, du nom d'un ancien poste de douane), situé au Neuer Zollhof 2-6, Unterbilk, est un point de repère important de Düsseldorf-Hafen, qui fait partie du port réaménagé de Düsseldorf, en Allemagne.
Dans ce récent « port des Médias », les trois immeubles de bureaux « dansants » de Neuer Zollhof (1998) sont une réalisation de Frank Gehry en collaboration avec BM+P Architekten. Cet ensemble symbolise la renaissance et la force d’innovation de Düsseldorf en tant que place économique.
L’ancien port de Düsseldorf est devenu un centre d’habitations, de commerces, de bureaux, de média et d’arts unique en son genre. Classés monuments historiques, les entrepôts ont été réaménagés grâce à des technologies de pointe. Pour briser l’uniformité, la zone a également été enrichie de bâtisses « design », construites par des architectes renommés. Le soir, le Medienhafen se transforme en lieu branché avec ses bars et ses clubs animés.
Le complexe de bâtiments composé de trois bâtiments distincts a été conçu par l'architecte américain Frank O. Gehry et achevé en 1998. Les plans d'étage et les façades des trois bâtiments se courbent et s'inclinent, ce qui les compare à des tours penchées. Le bâtiment le plus haut mesure 14 étages et un peu moins de 50 m de haut. Chaque bâtiment a un revêtement de façade différent - les deux extérieurs en plâtre blanc et en brique rouge respectivement ; la façade en acier inoxydable du bâtiment central reflète les matériaux et les formes de ses deux bâtiments voisins.
Les bâtiments ont une surface de plancher brute totale de 29 000 mètres carrés. Un précédent concours de conception architecturale pour le site a été remporté par l'architecte irako-britannique Zaha Hadid au début des années 1990, mais jamais commandé.
A second album dedicated to Dusseldorf, if you wish, you can view the first by clicking on the following link:
www.flickr.com/photos/claudiusbinoche/sets/72157626850102...
Neuer Zollhof (the New Zollhof, named after a former customs house), located at Neuer Zollhof 2-6, Unterbilk, is a prominent landmark in Düsseldorf-Hafen, part of the redeveloped Port of Düsseldorf, Germany .
In this recent "port of the Media", the three "dancing" office buildings of Neuer Zollhof (1998) are a realization of Frank Gehry in collaboration with BM+P Architekten. This complex symbolizes Düsseldorf's rebirth and innovative strength as a business location.
The former port of Düsseldorf has become a unique center for housing, commerce, offices, media and the arts. Classified as historical monuments, the warehouses have been refurbished using cutting-edge technologies. To break the uniformity, the area has also been enriched with "design" buildings, built by renowned architects. In the evening, the Medienhafen turns into a trendy place with its lively bars and clubs.
The building complex of three separate buildings was designed by American architect Frank O. Gehry and completed in 1998. The floor plans and facades of the three buildings curve and bow, comparing them to leaning towers. The tallest building is 14 stories tall and just under 50m high. Each building has a different facade cladding – the two exteriors in white plaster and red brick respectively; the stainless steel facade of the central building mirrors the materials and forms of its two neighboring buildings.
The buildings have a total gross floor area of 29,000 square meters. A previous architectural design competition for the site was won by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid in the early 1990s, but never commissioned.
Every sunset, 'I' have missed more than a million realizations!
Only those that got into my senses have got into glorifications.
Every sunrise, 'I' sense what is not,
Those that 'I' feel, in fact are all mortal
Every sunrise, 'I' wake to see subtle illusions,
Those that got into my imagination, not real, mere delusions.
Every sunset, 'I' dream, the shadows of illusions ,
'All' that remains, is true, immortal.
- Anuj Nair
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First afternoon off work because I felt like it...upon arrival...the realization that idle time is a burden set in...the mind wanders...there was only one solution...take a walk with the MKIII and the 100-400mm. After about 15 minutes in the still 85 Deg F heat I was done...my first thoughts on what to call this shoot was "Butterflies & B.S." A Variety of Things Seen.
The Swallowtails were on the Ironweed as was eye too...and like you, I became bored...the end.
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Walter C Snyder
The Garden sits nestled in the West Hills of Portland, Oregon overlooking the city and providing a tranquil, urban oasis for locals and travelers alike. Designed in 1963, it encompasses 12 acres with eight separate garden styles, and includes an authentic Japanese Tea House, meandering streams, intimate walkways, and a spectacular view of Mt. Hood. This is a place to discard worldly thoughts and concerns and see oneself as a small but integral part of the universe.
Born out of a hope that the experience of peace can contribute to a long lasting peace. Born out of a belief in the power of cultural exchange. Born out of a belief in the excellence of craft, evidence in the Garden itself and the activities that come from it. Born out of a realization that all of these things are made more real and possible if we honor our connection to nature.
(Ohne KI / Realization without AI)
Graugans / Greylag goose / Oie cendrée
Mit dieser Aufnahme verabschiede ich mich in die Weihnachtspause. Vielen Dank für Euren wunderbaren und motivierenden Support, ohne den ich niemals so weit gekommen wäre! Ich wünsche allen ein schönes Weihnachtsfest und ein gutes neues Jahr. Lasst es Euch gut gehen.
With this capture I say goodbye to the Christmas break.
Thank you for your wonderful and motivating support, without which I would never have gotten this far!
I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Enjoy.
Avec cette capture, je dis au revoir aux vacances de Noël.
Merci pour votre merveilleux et motivant soutien, sans lequel je ne serais jamais arrivé aussi loin !
Je souhaite à tous un joyeux Noël et une bonne année. Apprécier.
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March 3, 1966: “A flash of sanity: the momentary realization that there is no need to come to certain conclusions about persons, events, conflicts, trends, even trends toward evil and disaster, as if from day to day and even from moment to moment I had to know and declare (at least to myself) that this is so and so, this is good and this is bad. We are heading for a “new era” or we are heading for destruction. What do such judgments mean? Little or nothing. Things are as they are in an immense whole of which I am a part and which I cannot pretend to grasp. To say I grasp it is immediately put myself in a false position, as if I were “outside” it. Whereas to be in it is to seek truth in my own life and action, moving where movement is possible and keeping still when movement is unnecessary, realizing that things will continue to define themselves and that judgments and mercies of God will clarify themselves and will be more clear to me if I am silent and attentive, obedient to His will, rather than constantly formulating statements in this age which is smothered in language, in meaningless and inconclusive debate in which, in the last analysis, nobody listens to anything except what agrees with his own prejudices.”
- Thomas Merton - Exploring Solitude and Freedom from The Intimate Merton, March 3, 1966
Sept 12 evening I had wanted to shoot this composition with aurora for some time and Friday night I was fortunate to get there for the active curtains
First afternoon off work because I felt like it...upon arrival...the realization that idle time is a burden set in...the mind wanders...there was only one solution...take a walk with the MKIII and the 100-400mm. After about 15 minutes in the still 85 Deg F heat I was done...my first thoughts on what to call this shoot was "Butterflies & B.S." A Variety of Things Seen.
The Swallowtails were on the Ironweed as was eye.
Please do not use without my explicit permission
© All Rights Reserved
Walter C Snyder
Marimurtra, Blanes, La Selva, Girona, España.
Situado en Blanes, en la Costa Brava, el Jardín Botánico Marimurtra es uno de los jardines más bellos de la orilla del Mediterráneo. Sobre unos acantilados que bordean el mar se pueden contemplar algunas de las panorámicas más espectaculares de la costa y conocer más de cuatro mil especies vegetales, la mayoría exóticas, así como un buen número de ejemplares extraordinarios por su edad o dimensiones.
Marimurtra es la obra de un hombre apasionado por la naturaleza. Carl Faust (Hadamar, Alemania 1874-Blanes 1952), empresario establecido en Cataluña, dedicó su ilusión, su esfuerzo y todo su patrimonio a la realización de su sueño, el Jardín Botánico Marimurtra.
Located in Blanes, on the Costa Brava, the Marimurtra Botanical Garden is one of the most beautiful gardens on the Mediterranean shore. On some cliffs that border the sea, you can see some of the most spectacular views of the coast and get to know more than four thousand plant species, most of them exotic, as well as a good number of extraordinary specimens due to their age or size.
Marimurtra is the work of a man passionate about nature. Carl Faust (Hadamar, Germany 1874-Blanes 1952), businessman established in Catalonia, dedicated his illusion, his efforts and all his assets to the realization of his dream, the Marimurtra Botanical Garden.
Plant Identification needed...
I have never seen a plant like this one.
Photographed in the Self-Realization Meditation Garden, a cliff top garden high above the Pacific Ocean 🌊 in Encinitas California - Cardiff By The Sea
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First afternoon off work because I felt like it...upon arrival...the realization that idle time is a burden set in...the mind wanders...there was only one solution...take a walk with the MKIII and the 100-400mm. After about 15 minutes in the still 85 Deg F heat I was done...my first thoughts on what to call this shoot was "Butterflies & B.S." A Variety of Things Seen.
The Swallowtails were on the Ironweed as was eye too...like an Angel spreading Its Wings...inviting a path to salvation...to be lifted from the rabble...and from this babble I move on to Lavender Wildflowers...more boring Beauty.
Please do not use without my explicit permission
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Walter C Snyder
Pinos, rocas y amapolas, cansado de plasmar la realidad, he intentado la realizacion de una fotografia en la que se refleje la naturaleza de Ayodar, de una forma distinta, podriamos decir "¿impresionismo?".
Kiefern, Felsen und Mohnblumen , müde von der Realität erfassen, habe ich versucht, die Realisierung einer Fotografie, in dem die Art der Ayodar, in einer anderen Art und Weise, reflektiert wird, könnte man sagen „Impressionismus?“
Pines, rocks and poppies, tired of capturing the reality, I tried the realization of a photograph in which the nature of Ayodar is reflected, in a different way, we could say "Impressionism?".
Marimurtra, Blanes, La Selva, Girona, España.
Situado en Blanes, en la Costa Brava, el Jardín Botánico Marimurtra es uno de los jardines más bellos de la orilla del Mediterráneo. Sobre unos acantilados que bordean el mar se pueden contemplar algunas de las panorámicas más espectaculares de la costa y conocer más de quatro mil especies vegetales, la mayoría exóticas, así como un buen número de ejemplares extraordinarios por su edad o dimensiones.
Marimurtra es la obra de un hombre apasionado por la naturaleza. Carl Faust (Hadamar, Alemania 1874-Blanes 1952), empresario establecido en Cataluña, dedicó su ilusión, su esfuerzo y todo su patrimonio a la realización de su sueño, el Jardín Botánico Marimurtra.
Located in Blanes, on the Costa Brava, the Marimurtra Botanical Garden is one of the most beautiful gardens on the Mediterranean shore. On some cliffs that border the sea, you can see some of the most spectacular views of the coast and get to know more than four thousand plant species, most of them exotic, as well as a good number of extraordinary specimens due to their age or size.
Marimurtra is the work of a man passionate about nature. Carl Faust (Hadamar, Germany 1874-Blanes 1952), businessman established in Catalonia, dedicated his illusion, his efforts and all his assets to the realization of his dream, the Marimurtra Botanical Garden.