"However mean you life is, meet and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poorhouse. The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the almshouse as brightly as from the rich man’s abode; the snow melts before its doors as early in the spring. Cultivate property like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn the old; return to them. Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts… Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul."

— Henry David Thoreau

some words of wisdom for our consumerist days!... ツ ツ ツ

* Pentax K20D and Pentax 18-55mm Lens

My work is for sale via Getty Images and at Redbubble and 500px

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

© All rights reserved. Use without permission is illegal

©Todos los derechos reservados. El uso sin permiso es ilegal - ©Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Die Verwendung ohne Genehmigung ist illegal - جميع الحقوق محفوظة. استخدم من دون إذن هو غير قانوني© - ©保留所有权利。未经批准的使用是非法的 - ©Tous droits réservés. L'utilisation sans permission est illégal - © Όλα τα δικαιώματα διατηρούνται. Χρησιμοποιήστε χωρίς άδεια είναι παράνομη - ©Tutti i diritti riservati. Usare senza autorizzazione è illegale - ©すべての権利を保有。許可なしに使用することは違法です - ©Todos os direitos reservados. Use sem autorização é ilegal - ©Toate drepturile rezervate. Folosirea fără permisiunea este ilegală - ©Все права защищены. Использование без разрешения является незаконным - ©Tüm hakları saklıdır. İzinsiz kullanın yasadışı

©2013- Tom Raven - Toute reproduction, même partielle INTERDITE

Rockwood Conservation Area, Ontario

“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” -Charles Dickens

{Flattr This!}

Best when viewed in LIGHTBOX.

If you like my photo(s), please add me as a Flickr contact!

I promise not to disappoint!

Follow Me (Elsewhere Across The Internet)

{Synesthesia Imagery}

[Facebook Page • Tumblr • Blogger • WordPress]

{Imagery}

[Fluidr • Imagekind • RedBubble • deviantART • Picasa • 500px]

{Social}

[Twitter • Facebook • Google Buzz • Friendfeed • Orkut]

{Aggregators}

[Reddit • Digg • StumbleUpon • Mixx]

{Video}

[YouTube • Vimeo]

{Music}

[SoundCloud • Last .fm]

{Professional}

[LinkedIn • Blogger]

• The Cloudscapes

(Cloudscapes - Digital Artwork Blog)

• Syncretic Divine

(Geopolitics & Philosophy Blog)

• Harmonic Future

(Electrosymphonic Music - Online Radio Station)

• Species Identification Group on Reddit

(A crowdsourced method of identifying unknown species of any organism through discussion with up or down votes and comments from tons of people including a bunch of biologists.)

• Artistic Photography Group on Reddit

(Showcase your favorite artistic photography from your peers, pros, amateurs, or even yourself.)

Banded Demoiselle (female)

Cottontail shot on the first day of spring at daybreak, and low light. Central Texas.

F/5.6, 1/500th, ISO 500, 1D M3, 300mm f/2.8 + 1.4x

www.howardcheekphotography.com/

akeyphoto.com

instagram.com/rayakey

facebook.com/rayakey

Rio, Las Vegas, Nevada

Reflecting on those younger years as our son enters college. Proud of you, Kai!

Sony A7R III | Sony 24mm GM

Cooke Rd north of Columbus, OH tends to be known as one of the most boring locations in Ohio to photograph trains. Straight track, common power, and little distinctive features make it the least desirable location for photography. Thanks to 9 days of constant rain, puddles formed at the bottom of the ditch near Cooke Rd, potentially making things just that little more interesting.

Here, NS 8449 leads 18M? with one hell of a lashup. The consist was a C40-8W, SD40-2, SD70M, SD70ACu, C40-9W and a C40-8.5W. I would've liked the sun to come out for this one, but this will do.

Homes, Reflected

20260129_6200EF1BW1

Summit Lake, on Mt Evans, in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The elevation here is 13,000 feet.

Taken in Hertfordshire.

All rights reserved by Amanda Ramsay.

A beech tree reflected in the Chesterfield canal near our house. Full colour image.

Grand Teton National Park

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Flickr Today

Toronto, Canada

Blue Theme

Back home after reminiscing through my archive of travel photos! The glorious British summer - sunny periods and heavy showers! Rainbow over the Exe Estuary from Starcross, Devon.

The colors of fall reflected on the windows of The Confectionery on Main Street USA at the Magic Kingdom.

Happy Autumnal Equinox (or Vernal Equinox for those in the Southern Hemisphere)!

Walt Disney World | Magic Kingdom | Main Street USA

Thanks for looking. I appreciate feedback!

from last months MKF Flickr meet

Sai made a (ghetto) macro lens that works quite well. Crazy that I can see my own reflection so clearly in his eye! This photo is not cropped.

reflected.

Snowdon (1085m), highest peak of Wales in the Snowdonia National park, reflects in the mirror waters of Llynnau Mymbyr lake. I knew Wales was beautiful but its beauty exceeded all my expectations and day like this is not a frequent occurrence there in the middle of the winter.

© All Rights Reserved Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission

see on fluidr: www.fluidr.com/photos/msdonnalee or click L to view on flickr black

I made it down to the overnight parking place of the Union Pacific's X4014 Big Boy in Fairbury, Nebraska. The crowds had yet to arrive to see the locomotive off. While wandering around the Big Boy and taking photos. I noticed the reflection of the historic Rock Island Depot in the Big Boys Tinder. Image made with a Pentax K1.

Follow me around the web (link).

I've become fascinated with water droplets lately and was really pleased that I managed to capture a little rose inside the droplet.

My obsession with macro continues....

thanks for all the wonderful comments, and encouragements :)

Please enjoy in the lightbox 'L'

Trees reflected in a shallow puddle.

Setting sun reflecting on on clouds

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”

― Rabindranath Tagore

Created this portrait to reflect a vintage style. Enjoy!

There are places that are described as wonders of the world, the Taj lives up to its billing. Really a spectacular place.

----

Part of the Delhi - Agra album

twyla rose,,,,49/52 weeks of dogs!

There are two pools on both the north and south sides of the Gateway Arch National Park. When standing just at the right spot, you can take a shot of the fully reflected Arch. You will have to get lucky with the ducks and geese though, as they often create ripples in the water.

A bit processed to bring out the colors and contrast...there was a lovely reflecting pool at our hotel in Costa Rica and the reflection of a tree begged for a photo. Hope you have a great Tuesday.

As our stay back home in Lucca draws to a close and we start thinking about the new world again, I can only reflect on my life in Lucca and wonder.....

Reflecting Pool at Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC. Dec. 25, 2015 (Lincoln Memorial 20121225-2855)

View Large On Black

View Large On White

This is a shot that I took in February but have never been happy with it .... until I hit the sliders!! ;)

Happy Sliders Sunday everyone!

© Jon Downs 2010 All Rights Reserved.