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Rydal water the lakes feb 2019

Grasmere in the English Lake District is one of my favourite places to visit each time I return to the Lakes. Widely varying weather condiions, not to mention the changing seasons, make the views different every time.

In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you

Buddha

Words of wisdom and reflections in the beautiful Eterea Sim

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Torres del Paine, Patagonia

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Reflection in the Motlawa river in the old town of Gdansk, Poland.

Kayaking on a beautiful fall day on Cooper Creek.

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This photo may not be used in any form without permission from the photographer.

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Nea Artaki ~ A walk by the port

Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed.

~Indra Devi

Have a Wonderful Friday. HFF!

Thanks to Lenabem-Anna for the texture

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Thank you all for your visit, faves and kind comments. Always greatly appreciated.

Copyright 2019 © Gloria Sanvicente

Hamburg, Germany

Image is turned 180°

Last one from my visit to Stourhead last week.

This is looking towards the other side of the lake and the colours of the trees looked great. Again, I used my six stop filter to smooth out the water to show off the reflections in the lake.

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In the lake at Bishop City Park, Bishop , Ca

for "Smile on Saturday! :-)

Theme : "Reflection on White" - November 28, 2020

Somewhere along the west coast.....the exact whereabouts forgotten, but not the beauty.

Svartån in Västmanland County, Sweden is 91 kilometers long. It passes through the towns of Skultuna and Västerås and has its outlet in Mälaren.

reflection

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Have a nice Sunday!

on the corner of Russel square

Russell Square is a large garden square in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden, built predominantly by the firm of James Burton. It is near the University of London's main buildings and the British Museum. Almost exactly square, to the north is Woburn Place and to the south-east is Southampton Row. Russell Square tube station sits to the north-east.[1]

It is named after the surname of the Earls and Dukes of Bedford; the freehold remains with the latter's conservation trusts who have agreed public access and management by Camden Council. The gardens are in the mainstream, initial category (of Grade II listing) on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[2]

Cloud reflection over the Pawtuxet river in Warwick, Rhode Island.

My all time high is also from this location:

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The 20MP Sony IMX350 in the ultrawide module of the Xiaomi Mi Note 10 in combination with GCam in nightmode producing stacked RAW/DNG images allows night shots without a tripod in stunning quality.

Only lightstars are out of reach as there are no aperture blades.

I never saw a smartphone with so much value for the price.

Too bad that it is not in stock anymore.

108MP sensor producing 27MP RAW/DNG F1.8 OIS AF

12MP 2x F2 module AF

20MP F2.2 ultra wide angle AF

8MP 3.7x module OIS AF

All successors are much more expensive and besides that more limited in camera capabilities.

When I think about that I payed for it less than 400€ new I ask myself where are devices in this range today that deliver only nearly the quality?

Wish you all a very good and sunny weekend

Thanks for your visit and comments, I appreciate that very much!

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Regards, Bram van Broekhoven (BraCom)

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Crazy Tuesday - theme of February 16, 2021: Mirror Photography

... a makeup mirror (right side) in front of our partly mirrored wardrobe (left side) ... so the 'real' world is on the right hand side, isn't it ??

Questions upon questions : )

😄 HaPpY CrAzY Tuesday 😄

Edit:

I put notes on the image, explaining what you see here (for those who were interested / confused) :)

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Reflexionen über Reflexionen

(und ja, dies ist - jeweils - die richtige Schreibweise ; ))

Verrückter Dienstag - Thema am 16. Februar 2021: Spiegel-Fotografie

... ein Schminkspiegel (rechts) vor unserem teil-verspiegelten Kleiderschrank (links) ... die 'echte' Welt ist also auf der rechten Seite, oder?

Fragen über Fragen : )

Habt einen schönen Dienstag !

This word

Is quite interesting

When you see an image like this

All you think of is the mirror effect it has on the water

"Reflection is a throw back of heat, light, or sound without absorbing it."

But when we reflect, we think deeply about the matter

So the word Reflection has two quite opposite meanings

Maybe that is why we like images with reflections so well

We don't need to deepdive into it because its not needed to be absorbed, we can just enjoy

Enjoy is super duper important

Either you are on your own

Or you are with someone

I find taking photos like we do, sometimes a bit destroying for the moments

I did tend to rush off to find more interesting places , other colors and other things to take photos of

I really must have focus on my moments of pure joy

Luckily I'm aware of it now, so I'm getting better at it

Beause I do enjoy my moments immensely

Just sitting in the glory and take it all in, it's an amazing feeling

When I'm in that special mood I also miss my lover and my best friend, so it's kind of a bittersweet experience not to share

Sometimes, well pretty often, it hurts like He........

But that comes with having feelings, and I for one is happy to have loads of them

Amen to that

I think, lol

Here is Yiruma for you, if you like piano:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=imGaOIm5HOk

And here is a video for you who wants to touch your feelings, as well as mine:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsVt6-PgdNc&feature=youtu.be

Btw, this shot is taken from a rather long distance, you'll see the size of the sheep if you look to the left of the house

I'm not always good in composing and cropping, so I was wondering if I should have cropped it a bit more, with less water

If you have any views on that I appreciate what you have to say

Casting a reflection in a station window, Canadian Pacific’s Royal Canadian Pacific luxury tour train pauses for a new engine crew next to the depot at Field, British Columbia, on September 13, 2002.

Abstract reflections in Bergen, Norway

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Pentax K-5

Pentacon 200mm F4

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Thank you for your visit, most appreciated!

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Hamburg, Germany

Image is turned 180°

this little pool was collection of rain water. the bird was in playful mood. I want to bring out the reflection of trees and bird.

this image has been taken on a street, allapuzha, kerala, india.

thanks for every one for views, faves, comments.

Die Zeche Zollverein, auch „Eiffelturm des Ruhrgebietes“ genannt, war ein von 1851 bis 1986 aktives Steinkohlebergwerk in Essen. Benannt wurde sie nach dem 1834 gegründeten Deutschen Zollverein. Sie ist heute ein Architektur- und Industriedenkmal. Gemeinsam mit der unmittelbar benachbarten Kokerei Zollverein gehören die Schachtanlagen 12 und 1/2/8 der Zeche seit 2001 zum Welterbe der UNESCO. Zollverein ist Ankerpunkt der Europäischen Route der Industriekultur und Standort verschiedener Kultureinrichtungen sowie der Folkwang Universität der Künste.

The Zollverein colliery, also known as the "Eiffel Tower of the Ruhr area", was a hard coal mine in Essen that was active from 1851 to 1986. It was named after the German Customs Union founded in 1834. Today it is an architectural and industrial monument. Together with the immediately adjacent Zollverein coking plant, shafts 12 and 1/2/8 of the colliery have been part of the UNESCO World Heritage since 2001. Zollverein is the anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage and the location of various cultural institutions as well as the Folkwang University of the Arts.

For "smile on saturday" and

"reflection on black"!

This is my first attempt to shoot reflection on a black background. I spent a lot of time on this task, but mostly cleaning up black smooth and shiny surfaces and mirrors. Even the dust dropped from the feather, so at the end I had to remove those tiny dust particles in Lightroom.

Have a great day and thank you for visiting,

HSoS!