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"Let me keep my mind on what matters,
which is my work,
which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished."
~Mary Oliver
A Green heron still hanging around. I wasn't expecting to see one today. It was a pleasant surprise.
Thanks for taking a look!
Now long abandoned, the Hawkscraig pier was erected in 1866 for paddle-steamers carrying day-trippers across the Forth from Edinburgh.
When the railway came to Aberdour in the 1890s via the Forth Rail Bridge, the demand for the service declined and the demise of the pier shortly followed.
The island in view is Inchcolm.
Many thanks as always for your welcome views and comments.
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Pentax K-5
SMC Pentax-M 50mm F1.7
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To my delight the evening grosbeaks are still here. This is the first year I have had them stay this long. They usually stop by for a day or two but it's been a few weeks now. This one is a male.
Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.
Morgan Freeman
Seems like every year on the range bring changes to motive power and operations on the former Missabe. However a few of the old reliables still earn their keep such as this former DM&IR tunnel motor taking empty limestone cars south along Rt 7.
Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself ~ Hermann Hesse
with a heavy yet open heart, i walk through this world, savoring moments of stillness during quiet morning hours.
"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
Quote - Paulo Coelho
During the renovation I did occasionally pick up the camera, because there were unique moments, like this still life ;-))
Have a wonderful start of your weekend!
Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
I just had to take a shot of the Grebe sitting so still on the Vic Uni Pond this morning. Seconds later it dived and was gone.
Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen---
that stillness becomes radiance.
Morgan Freeman
A perfect evening. The guests are seating themselves, the fondue oil is reaching an optimal temperature, the scallops have come off the ice and I am driving, five minutes from the house. Then this happens.
#sliderssunday
Spot the two birds :)
For a change, this is a new (outside!) photo, taken just a few days ago at the wonderful Britzer Garten, one of Berlin's biggest and most beautiful public parks (please check my album for more "Britz bliss", if you like).
For better dynamic range, I've used exposure bracketing (three images), pre-processed the images in DXO PhotoLab (sharpness and DeepPrime denoising only), from which I directly went into HDR Efex Pro to combine the images. I'm trying to get away from the annual Adobe subscription, and combining images from an exposure bracketing series in HDR Efex instead of Lightroom is one step into that direction. Unfortunately, whenever I think I can finally leave Adobe behind for good they come up with improvements such as the new "supersize" function (now also available in LR), a ton of new presets for LR, and other interesting stuff (and I'm still used to the LR/PS workflow, and the layers in PS). Well, maybe I'll be ready next year ;)
Extra sliding was done in Color Efex, where I added some "Brilliance and Warmth" and a tiny bit of "Contrast Color Range".
Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone, stay safe and have a nice week ahead!
`In stillness lives wisdom. In quiet you'll find peace. In solitude you'll remember yourself.`
Robin S. Sharma
I discovered these remnants on the last steps to the dock, noting two or three more on the lake bottom, and then another two on the bank. Something had discovered and devoured an entire clutch of duck eggs. I have a nesting box by the shore near the dock and have seen ducks (mainly hooded mergansers) regularly inspect it, but the only birds I ever knew to use it were a pair of house swallows and that only once. Unbeknownst to me, it was apparently in use this year as these remains surrounded the site. A mystery as to what feasted on these eggs as there are numerous suspects.