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It lacks the element of focus I like to have in my work - but it's the only picture I have of that quintessential Key West spectacle: the drag queen with the wind blowing up his skirt. Owing to the auto-"focus" lag, the shutter just missed an angle that was more than I could have comfortably shared with you the viewer.
Serendipity is an unplanned fortunate discovery.
Serendipity is a common occurrence throughout the history of product invention and scientific discovery.
Serendipity is also seen as a potential design principle for online activities that would present a wide array of information and viewpoints, rather than just re-enforcing a user's opinion.
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Serendipity is an accidental lucky discovery.
... is when you want to shoot a flower and get a hoverfly instead ...
and realize it's the hoverfly your were really looking for
I typically do not shoot scenics because I am not very good at it. I can make the most beautiful scene look ugly! Yesterday, though, I was walking downstream on the Boise River, shooting macro leaf shots and looking for birds. When I turned around and walked back upstream toward my car, I was confronted with this. I hope you all enjoy it half as much as I did. :)
Serendipity is when you unexpectedly stumble across something good. And that is what happened yesterday when I was out walking on the moors with a friend and a Short-eared Owl popped up in front of us. Short-eared Owls usually breed on the Peak District Moors so I often see them in summer but they are pretty thin on the ground in winter. Most Short-eared Owls leave the higher ground to spend the winter in lowlands, especially around estuarine saltmarshes. Though the BTO Bird Atlas says that birds in the Uists, Orkneys and the Pennines appear to winter close to their breeding grounds, yet I rarely see them in winter. There was a bit of snow on the ground yesterday but not enough to hamper its hunting. We watched it for about five minutes, and it did appear to catch and eat something, then it slowly headed south and out of sight. I did manage some closer shots but I quite liked this one showing the winter moorland habitat.
I was planning on redoing a 365, but I don't have the time do so. In case you don't know, I haven't finished neither a 52 nor a 365 yet. I envy people who are doing 365s, but since I don't have all the time in the world, I'll just do a 52. OK? :)
What is Serendipity?
"Serendipity is looking for a needle in a haystack and finding the Farmer's Daughter." - Julius H. Comroe
Serendipity (noun) ; a natural gift for making useful discoveries quite by accident.
Serendipity is somewhat like fate or destiny I guess. But those words are overused, so I'm using this word, 'cause it's not overused and it sounds more dramatic. Haha!
Teachers are finally showing up! YAY! or maybe NAYYYY!!!
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Back to the Smokies. Shot hand held and not HDR. And although certainly not on purpose I do dig the red, white, and blue thing going with this shot. Serendipity for sure!
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Thanks to French Kiss for the Serendipity texture in her new collection. I started off to do B & W shell shots and ended up pink!!! I am sure they are all female shells so they won't mind.
Dear Yufen,
The parcel is arrived !!! Thanks so much for your kindness and these beautiful gifts.
With this lovely mousepad, now, I will think about your generosity each time I use my personal computer ! And the smell of the sandal-wood of the fan is an immediate travel in mainland China. I also love the two pandas painted on the fan.
With my warm friendship,
Pierre
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For those who do not know Yufen, I will tell a few things :
- Yufen is one of my best Flickr friends encountered since 300 days spent on Flickr
- she has an extraordinary personnality, full of generosity, kindness, humour, culture,... (and I could add a lot of additionnal qualities)
- her stream will certainly change your mind about Taiwan
- each of her visits in my stream (and I think it is the same for all her contacts) is allways a gift, because her comments are allways wonderfull
- Yufen is also very talented with her drawings, that you can see on Flickr.
Take time to discover Yufen and her stream, you will not be deceived...
From wikipedia:
Serendipity is the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something else entirely.
#NoFilters - straight from the camera. No edits. Atlantic Sunset taken near Bordeaux. The spectacular sunset was caused by smoke from the massive forest fires that raged nearby.
AMAZING… I stumbled upon this composition while attempting to climb into an abandoned junkyard. The adjacent building (seen here) abutted the junkyard's overgrown, corroded fence. I scrambled into the bushes along the wall, and — WHAAA? The dilapidated brick held this marvelous picture. I barely adjusted it. One of my biggest Wahoo Moments ever — a serendipitous gem!
~ Greg
On the way home from a birthday weekend to a favourite hotel of mine in the Cotswolds my wife and I decided to break the journey with a visit to a stately home. When we walked around the ornamental lake I saw the unimistakable signs of bird photographers and thought, I wonder if they're looking at glossy ibis? Sure enough there were 4 or 5 of them putting on a nice show - seemingly feeding on tiny invertebrates but every now and again catching a reasonably sized fish. As luck would have it of course I didn't have a lens with a long reach, the best I had was a 300mm prime. First time I have seen them close up, I wasn't prepared for their lilac bills.
One snap of the camera and it was gone. The Brown-headed Nuthatch landed on the fence when I was outside looking for butterflies. Morgan County, Alabama - 2018
One of those shots where you put the camera somewhere you can't look through it, press the button and hope!
This was quite significantly cropped to improve the composition, but I was pleased with it. Winter light is so different to summer......
Explored 28th July 2013 :)
Bank Station - peaceful for once. By Mark Higham. Prints and canvases are available on my website at theartshot.com You can find more of my photos on instagram at @theartshot360. www.instagram.com/theartshot360/
(As defined by the American Heritage Dictionary): 1. The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident. 2. The fact or occurrence of such discoveries. 3. An instance of making such a discovery.
Maritime Center at Night - Charleston, SC
These results were not created by software - this is how the light was interpreted as it entered through the lens on what was to me, at least on the surface, a very black night.
Serendipity is a performer at the Arizona Renaissance Festival. In between her shows she quietly sits in a tree an blows bubbles at the passer-by.
"La serendipità è cercare un ago in un pagliaio e trovarci la figlia del contadino."
[Julius H. Comroe]