PERSONAL BEST - Preserving Meaningful Moments
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There are 334 large inflated egg-shaped lights floating on the Dragonfly Lake at Gardens by the Bay. When people touch the oval structures perched on the lake's boardwalk, the lights change colours and each egg emits a musical note depending on the colour it's depicting. The floating eggs - a work entitled Autonomous Resonating Life on the Water and Resonating Trees - is one of seven interactive exhibits at Gardens by the Bay. 32080
A rare scene of stillness in the Magallanes y la Antartica, Chilena Region of Chile. Patagonia is known for it's majestic splendor but definitely not it's moments of silence and stillness. Even in this silence I felt the chaos radiating from the rising sun and colliding with the earth and misty fluctuating clouds high in the sky. A crooked staff lay prone in the water beckoning me to cast spells, so I decided to use it's shape to embrace the scene. I sort of felt like a sorcerer casting a spell of reflection and stillness this day. It was a quiet moment.
We usually hear the expression "Don't ever let them take your dreams away". But what that means anyway? How can anyone take my dreams away from me? And why are my dreams so important for someone to steal them? What's lying behind those words? Well for this one me thinks, we gotta dig a little deeper. Come, join me for a ride then... I dare you!
I have to have dreams in the first place, aren't I? And there has to be an "I", in order to have those dreams. That's key. Our dreams is an extension of us. In essence they are us. Us as in what we wanna be. Who we want be. Where we wanna go. Those are the dreams I'm talking about. Be my guest and replace the word "dreams" with words such as "thoughts", "feelings", "ideas", "emotions", "desires", "passions" anytime. Replace it with any word that resonates with you and pinpoints your inner self. That deep voice in your head and in your heart, that's there when you wake up every morning and motivates you to be who you are, each and every single day. Letting anyone alter those dreams in any way, by any means and to even the smallest extend, is letting him take them away and replace them with his own version. Or plan perhaps...?
But if we let that happen, we won't be ourselves anymore. We'll be a projection of someone else's dreams. Someone else's self. In reality we are letting him take away our identity, we're giving ourselves up. Except for Love, the ultimate betrayal that is. Therefore "I" will not exist anymore. I won't be me anymore. I won't be at all. And without "I", there can't be "We". There will be only copies of someone else. And most probably bad copies, since we won't be authentic any more. Not in a physical level. But in a mental and spiritual level. In that sense we need that "I" to be. Else we would all become the "Rest". Like in the rest of the world. We need to keep our dreams and thoughts and feelings and everything else that makes us unique and original, we need them to build upon them. We need them to be the foundation for our tomorrow's world. We need them as a starting point, as a first step, as a milestone somewhere along our way and as a destination, as the crossing line, at the same time. They can be a beginning or an end. We need them for without them, even Love would cease to exist since it would need that "We", which in turn needs those "I". And if Love would not be, then Hope would not be either. And it goes deeper and deeper. In the end there would be no feelings, no emotions, no driving force, no nothing. We would be empty inside. Empty shells, just look alike of our once mighty self, mere puppets serving someone else's purpose...
That's the real power and the true value of our dreams. They are a force to be reckoned with! What a Man can dream, a Man can do. That's why they are so important. That's why we need them in their original, unique form, coming from inside us. That's why we need to guard them at all costs, until we turn them to reality and therefore they'll have fulfilled their purpose. For in the end, being the gatekeepers of our dreams is being the makers of our own destiny and thus, the guardians of our freedom itself. And to do so, we need to be brave and be strong. We need be daring to dream. We need to be an undaunted soul...
One of my attempts at the "Looking Close... on Friday" theme "A Single Marble"
Shot with Carl Zeiss "Graphikon" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Summer Recollections from the Garland of life on an Autumn evening with a wistful yearning ...
Crepuscular Charm gently resonated echoes as daylight faded in an alley in Folegandros.Lush growth of branches cast shades ; tangled shadows were dancing on the stage of a white wall and in the distance a wavering blaze of light was flaring in the silence of the empty alley ...
Now,all is a memory page in the book of life ; each page retains its trove of recollections,as I'm leafing through,there they stand,ranging like figures from a dream,never forgotten ...
Crepuscular spell and faint sparks in Folegandros,in an alley in Hora,and a story from the harp of memory's strings,as wild,forceful winds are battering the Greek islands now ...
Inside the Castle of Chora ...
Just to say Good Evening my Flickr friends & thank you for all your visits & pink ☆s ♥ ♥
I was not planning on shooting tonight with it being cloudy all day. But driving home from work I seen a crack at the horizon and you know the rest of the story. I listened to a talk show from Coast to Coast AM after the shoot walking my dogs and a NDE (Near Death Experience) survivor Tommy Rosa was explaining his experience. A person on the other side said fear attracts things that cause fear. That resonated with me so I looked up a quote on fear. "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
--- Frank Herbert,
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Dati Tecnici
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a) Sony ILCE-7RM3 + Sony G-master Fe 24/70mm F.2,8 GM alla Focale 70mm;
b) Tempo 1/45s apertura a f.4,0 (a mano libera) + 2/3 di diaframma;
c) Impostazioni ISO/ASA 4000;
d) Lettura Esposimetrica impostata “Spot” con esposimetro della macchina (Effettuate cinque letture a Luce Incidente sui due lati estremi opposti della scena, una quasi centrale in corrispondenza del viso (fra il mento e il violino) le altre due “sulle zone chiare e scure”), il risultato è stato confrontato con una lettura esterna con l’esposimetro Gossen Lunalite a Luce Riflessa. I parametri ottenuti dal confronto delle due misurazioni sono stati sommati e il ricavato t/d è stato modificato di n-1,5;
e) Conversione con Adobe Photoshop CS6;
f) Prima Post-Produzione effettuata con Corel Photo-Paint X7 64Bit e Adobe Photoshop CS6;
g) Post-Produzione di completamento con Nikon Capture NX 2..
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Ascoltare guardando l'immagine e leggendo i versi della poesia.
Listen by looking at the image and reading the lines of the poem.
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Abel Korzeniowski - Dance For Me Wallis
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Note di violino
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…sento da lontano,
nel sordo silenzio di
una fresca e buia notte
un suono dolce e soave,
a volte triste e malinconico
ma mai banale. D'un tratto....
...scendono da lassù… a volteggiare
mille stelle splendenti e…
fra le folte chiome degli alberi
iniziano a danzare per poi
nelle cristalline e fresche acque di
una candida fontana andarsi a posare.
Chiudo gli occhi dolcemente
un lungo e profondo respiro
alzo le braccia al cielo ed
inizio a volare su in alto nel cielo scuro
dove i ricordi ti portano indietro, lontano,
….negli infiniti spazi della mente.
Come spiriti danzanti volteggiano tutt’intorno
coi loro bianchi veli che al dolce suon di un violino
in un soffice abbraccio ti coinvolgono
ti trascinano indietro in quella vita passata
in quei preziosi momenti quando
in compagnìa di un "Fiore"....d’amor parlavi.
Note romantiche, virtuose, scuotono
il tuo cuore innamorato, è quel violino
incantato, invisibile ai tuoi occhi ma che
risuona con prepotenza nella tua mente
si mescola col profumo dolce ed inebriante
dell’aria di primavera.
Ma,….alle primi luci dell’alba
in una città quasi ancora addormentata
le sue note lentamente si diradano, si perdono
e i dolci profumi con i ricordi di quella vita
tristemente si confondono con il nulla.
Si allontana, oramai, quella vita passata,
inesorabilmente....per sempre l’ho perduta.
………………………………..Luigi Mirto
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Notes of violin
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... I hear from afar,
in the dull silence of
a cool, dark night
a sweet and gentle sound,
sometimes sad and melancholy
but never banal. Suddenly....
... they come down from there ... to whirl
a thousand shining stars and ...
among the thick foliage of the trees
they begin to dance and then
in the crystalline and fresh waters of
a white fountain to settle.
I close my eyes softly
a long, deep breath
I raise my arms to the sky and
I start flying up high in the dark sky
where memories take you back, far away,
…. In the infinite spaces of the mind.
Like dancing spirits they whirl around
with their white veils than to the sweet sound of a violin
in a soft embrace they involve you
they drag you back into that past life
in those precious moments when
in the company of a "Flower" .... you were talking about love.
Romantic, virtuous notes shake
your heart in love, is that violin
enchanted, invisible to your eyes but what
resonates with arrogance in your mind
it mixes with the sweet and intoxicating perfume
of the spring air.
But, .... at the first light of dawn
in a city still almost asleep
its notes slowly thin out, are lost
and the sweet scents with the memories of that life
sadly they are confused with nothing.
Now that past life goes away,
inexorably .... I have lost it forever.
………………………………..Luigi Mirto
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Abel Korzeniowski - Abdication - Dance for Me Wallis
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Questa immagine è tratta da un reportage in continua evoluzione che sto effettuando nella ricerca di particolari volti che esprimano particolari sensazioni, scene di particolare enfasi ambientale, espressioni e sentimenti profondi trasmessi attraverso semplici sguardi, di particolari posture del corpo o anche dai semplici abiti e decorazioni fisiche.
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Tali immagini verranno raccolte in un “Manuale Artistico Tecnico Fotografico” nella quale saranno descritte le particolari tecniche di ripresa, i materiali impiegati, l’attrezzatura fotografica, i luoghi e le condizioni sceniche ambientali.
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This image is from a report in continuous evolution that I am making in the search for specific faces expressing particular feelings, scenes of environmental emphasis, expressions and deep feelings conveyed through simple look, a particular posture of the body or even from simple clothes and decorations individuals.
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These images will be collected in a "Artistic Photography Technical Manual" which will describe the special filming techniques, materials, photographic equipment, sites and scenic environmental conditions.
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if there is no love in the world, we will make a new world, and we will give it walls, and we will furnish it with soft, red interiors, from the inside out, and give it a knocker that resonates like a diamond falling to a jeweller's felt so that we should never hear it....
love me, because love doesn't exist, and I have tried everything that does.
jonathan safran foer - everything is illuminated
moment factory’s ‘resonate’, part of the illuminate adelaide festival, adelaide botanic gardens, south australia
"My Immortal"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5anLPw0Efmo
I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me
You used to captivate me by your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face, it haunts my once pleasant dreams
Your voice, it chased away all the sanity in me
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me
All of me... me... me...
One of my favorite birds, the Hermit Thrush, is migrating through The Poconos currently.
This one was photographed in the yard yesterday morning, and was just giving its "chuck" call.
In the coming months their ethereal songs will be resonating throughout the forests around my woodland home.
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
Adult
Family: Thrushes
Price Twp--JMC Pocono Property
Monroe County, PA
2018/04/08
I saw this quote recently and forget the origin but it resonated with me. Best wishes for the remainder of 2024 and hope you find opportunities to do what fills your heart. Taken in Banff National Park during sunrise - hope I get to see another one before end of 2024. Fingers crossed.
moment factory’s ‘resonate’, part of #illuminateadelaide adelaide botanic gardens, south australia
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James' songs have been resonating in my head and heart since more than 30 years, and have been an essential part of the soundtrack of my life. Thank you very much for all. This is my CD collection, so far, with their albums, compilations, singles, boxsets and some of their solo projects. wearejames.com
"Say something, say something, anything
I've shown you everything
Give me a sign
Say something, say something, anything
Your silence is deafening
Pay me in kind..."
The classic video: youtu.be/50dZQkrqxAk?si=bAM5RHHAP1OM_nkC
The classic live performance: youtu.be/1qSv86Jo7MI?si=gXknL_2LIFuy4P6M
A contemporary version: youtu.be/QaTzdZgWnk4?si=DXSYzicFvtItMpbn
The Live at the Acropolis version: youtu.be/ttS5FDNW_2Y?si=wCg6VNvuDBSIIn2D
A handsome and familiar gamebird, the Common Pheasant is large and colourful, and has a long tail. Common in farmland and woodland throughout the UK, the males' loud, sharp, croaking call can be heard resonating through the countryside before the bird is actually seen. Pheasants eat seeds, berries, leaves and insects; they roost in trees and can form flocks in winter. During the breeding season, one male may mate with many females, who then raise the chicks alone.
This male was seen in my garden this afternoon - heading for the seed feeders!
as often as possible, lose yourself in contemplation.
it works better, i think, if you can do that outside so the layers are peeled back and the real stuff can get in easier.
Images taken from a set. See it here
or check out the individual images:
1. TenebrophilicEnigmatitis_17, 2. Self_12, 3. Sidelong1_24, 4. StrangeAttractor1_14, 5. Null_18, 6. Null_20, 7. OuttaHere_04, 8. WayOuttaHere_03, 9. Unravelled_01, 10. FabricOfReality2_23, 11. Field_10, 12. Field_21, 13. Nicht_03
Website www.vulturelabs.photography
All plans are set for my next B&W fine art photography workshop, it will take place in London on the 3rd and 4th of October, and 10th and 11th of October, If you would like to attend please send me an Email for more details. Places are going to be very limited. vulturelabs@gmail.com
Also if you want to attend a long exposure workshop in Iceland during September, please drop me an email, places are extremely limited.
Finally, post processing workshops will be available from August, learn Lightroom CC, Photoshop CC, DXO Optics Pro 10, Silver Efex Pro 2
Photo Info
Sony A7R II
Ziess Otus 55mm f1.4
In this digitally painted watercolor and ink scene (from one of my own pictures of that place), the charming alleys of Sarlat-la-Canéda come to life, showcasing the extraordinary architecture characterized by its warm, yellowish stone. The alleys are bustling with a delightful mix of locals and tourists, creating a lively atmosphere around numerous cafes and restaurants. The scene captures the essence of this picturesque town in the heart of the Dordogne region.
The stone buildings, adorned with intricate details, form a captivating backdrop to the vibrant street life. The warm hues of the stone resonate with the inviting glow of street lamps, creating a harmonious interplay of light and shadow. The alleys wind through the town, revealing hidden corners and quaint storefronts that beckon exploration.
Locals and visitors alike are depicted engaged in leisurely activities, seated at charming outdoor cafes or strolling along the cobblestone streets. The air is filled with the aroma of the local cuisine, enticing passersby with the promise of culinary delights. The renowned local gastronomy takes center stage, with specialties such as the famous liver pastes from duck and goose, as well as the delectable truffles, making Sarlat-la-Canéda a haven for food enthusiasts.
This digital watercolor painting not only captures the architectural beauty of Sarlat-la-Canéda but also conveys the lively and convivial atmosphere of a city where the love for local gastronomy and the joy of exploration seamlessly come together. It serves as an alluring invitation to experience the charm and flavors of this enchanting destination.
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This deaf person’s business resonated with & inspired me❣️... 🎶👏🎶 ... I bought three different pins a few years ago. I still love them‼️ IMG_6023 etc
I met Kenneth when I was looking for a different subject, a truly unique looking fellow named Nia (a fearsome large head, dreadlocks wrapped around in a crazy crown,) who a few weeks earlier had agreed to me making his portrait. I described Nia to Kenneth and he told me that Nia had died, perhaps only a week after I had spoken with him. The suddenness. The finality. Even of a near-stranger, jarred and resonated.
Kenneth and I chatted about Nia, that he would do anything for anyone (even annoying amateur photographers). We chatted about death and what is common to all of our lives. Kenneth told me he used to be the chief engineer on several vessels and had traveled all over the world in ships.
I was so sorry not to have made Nia's picture before he left. But I was thankful for Kenneth's reflection, sadness and resilience in these images.
Be thankful.
I accidentally released this yesterday before I was ready so please forgive me for re-posting it! Thank you all so much for the amazing and overwhelmingly positive feedback on my latest announcement. If I was having any second thoughts you guys really bolstered my resolve. Each and every one of your kind comments went straight to my heart. I thank you all so much!!
I really love this image! I don't know if its okay to say that when it's my own but when I am feeling something so strongly while taking and creating an image then when I'm done with it I have a certain attachment, It re-stirs those feelings when I look at it again. And if you haven't already recognized "the road", this is my favorite road. The road I have many shots of including the one of my youngest son in The Traveler and Silent Storms. Hopefully this pictures resonates with you the way it does with me.
More about this image on my blog: www.rachelbrokawphotography.com/blog
I love you all! <3
xxoo
Rachel
In this piece, I sought to capture the essence of autumn as a visceral experience, where nature’s last exuberance fills a narrow, winding lane with an almost overwhelming intensity. The hedges and trees here are not passive elements but instead appear to burst outward, seizing the viewer in an immersive embrace. The composition aims to dissolve the boundaries between observer and landscape, suspending us in a fleeting moment where the natural world feels amplified beyond its usual restraint.
The colors are not merely representational but have a psychological weight, intended to evoke the poignancy and transience of autumn. Each hue is chosen to resonate with the viewer on a primal level, straddling the line between warmth and decay, vitality and surrender. By exaggerating this palette and allowing the landscape to “explode” out of the canvas, I encourage an encounter with nature that is at once intimate and overwhelming—a reminder that beauty, at its height, is often inseparable from an impending loss.
In this work, light becomes a collaborator, suffusing the scene with a saturated glow that enhances the contrast between illuminated and shadowed areas. This heightened play of light and color serves as a metaphor for the cycle of life itself, urging us to confront our own temporality even as we find ourselves enraptured by the beauty of the world. This lane, then, is not simply a path through the landscape; it is a passage through time, memory, and the inexorable cycles that define both nature and human experience.
“I return to problems i can't solve, not because i am an idiot, but because the real problems can't be solved. The universe is expanding. The more we see, the more we discover there is to see. Always a new beginning, a different end.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles.
A couple of images that I made which explore “the Seeker” archetype, one that resonates deeply for me, as I feel most alive when my mind is on fire with the wonder of discovery.
Energetically respond to God. Follow the path He blazes. God's message can be as obvious as a message spread across a building, or softer than the sound of water in a small mountain spring. The perceptive blind lady – Hellen Keller – noted that we cannot perceive everything with our senses. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart”.
God's voice resonates loudest in the heart. Some hear, some never do. King David counsels that we seek the Spirit's guidance along out paths. "Teach me how to do Your will, for You are my God. Allow Your good Spirit to guide me on level ground, to guide me along Your path." Psalm 143:10
Pollution is a serious one and not a laughing matter. Hope humor can resonate with all kinds of people to bring that to the forefront.
Following on from a recent image looking towards the towering spectacle of the Shard, I thought it might be fun to come back to the view from the top of the Shard, this time looking east beyond Tower Bridge and towards the Docklands. Having used my annual pass to photograph sunsets and evenings in every other direction from the Shard's viewing gallery, this was the final view I wanted to capture, and in some ways the one that resonated the most with me, as the route from Tower Bridge, both north of the Thames towards Canary Wharf and south of the river towards Rotherhithe, is the one that sparked my interest in photographing cityscapes.
As with another recent capture from the top of the Shard, this was taken with my camera perched precariously on top of my satchel, adhering to the building's no-tripod policy while allowing me to extend the shooting time and shutter speed. My aim with this image was to capture a hint of the dusk light striking the buildings as the sun went down, as well as the vibrant lights across the city during blue hour and into the early evening. Nine bracketed exposures were captured in short succession a few minutes after the sun had gone down, with an additional nine about half an hour later. Tower Bridge is conspicuously derelict while it's closed for maintenance works, but one of London's City Cruisers sped beneath the bridge while I was capturing my second batch of exposures, and it seemed to add a nice sense of momentum to the final image, guiding the eye along the sinuous path of the Thames and towards the Docklands in the distance.
The two batches of exposures were separately blended in Photoshop using luminosity masks, then selectively merged using a combination of Lighten, Soft Light and Overlay blend modes. This allowed me to preserve the brightest and cleanest possible finish in the shadows between the buildings, as well as providing a high level of control over the intensity of the city lights. This was beneficial for toning down the highlights in two particular areas of the image: the busy A1203 road north of St Katharine Docks, where the longer exposures were producing light trails, and the lights at the tip of the Canary Wharf skyscrapers.
Colour-grading was fairly straightforward: using Apply Image to target and mask separate portions of the image, I used Colour Balance, Curves and Hue/Saturation adjustment layers, as well as two low-opacity Colour Lookups set to Soft Light -- Night from Day, and Futuristic Bleak -- to enhance the chilly futuristic ambience. After this, I used Silver Efex Pro to selectively lower the midtone and shadow structure within the Thames -- smoothing out its texture -- and a sparing amount of the Pro Contrast filter in Colour Efex Pro to add some definition to the image.
The final adjustments were to bring out the intricate detail within the cityscape. The D800 does a remarkable job of capturing every nuance, even through the Shard's glass windows, but I added a minimal amount of Colour Efex Pro's Detail Extractor to the buildings, as well as adjusting the tone and radius of the Shadow detail using a Highlights/Shadows adjustment in Photoshop. The final result hopefully brings to life the spectacular view from the top of the Shard, but it was also a fun image to shoot and edit considering how many of the buildings in this view I've photographed from a ground-level view.
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