Thing in itself
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[Sept. 2007] Quite possibly my favorite shot of the whole week*, taken by a random stranger of the male persuasion who grabbed my camera and insisted on taking a picture with me in it. (I will take credit for doing the 'art directing' though, once I handed over the camera.)
This photo somehow captures the look and feel and spirit of the Burning Man experience -- for me (because Burning Man is so many different things to so many different people).
*I just got back from the playa --literally-- and I have hundreds of shots to sort through, so that might change...but for now... :)
Having a few corners left over from the fun I had with my plastic cubes, I found myself seeing what more I could make of the images. One in particular was very colorful so I started with that one. I duplicated it a bit and that started to look interesting, I then added the yellow from the corner I cut off and that gave a bit of light to the dark. With some nice color going, I was off to look for a bit of texture which led me to a camping trip folder and a window from the side of a wooden building in Maryland. Turns out I really like that shot and went ahead and processed it too. A stone stairway from a monument at Gettysburg Battlefield also caught my eye so I gave it a try and liked it. Many, many times I head down this path and the image just doesn't work so I go find another. Just as many times the whole thing gets shelved and I go do something else. Every so often, as the piece gets developed, I like what I see as was the case here with The Onlookers. All in all, I used four images and included a collage in the first comment.
Happy Slider Sunday - HSS
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I believe in miracles
Where're you from
You sexy thing
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One thing about flowers, they continue to bloom no mater what.
So should we all...
Found this beauty in my garden this morning, made me smile, there were 3 beautiful buds for me to enjoy.
Hope your week ahead is a new adventure.... and a time to smell the roses....
Thank you all for your support and visit!
A teasel flower looking rather alien and menacing - going a bit strange for the Smile on Saturday theme 'Small Part Sharp'.
Eastern long-necked turtle
It had its head just poking out of the water. With a tweak to the contrast, the photo came alive.
Some of you may have seen our increasingly woeful UK Prime Minister, just before our recent election, saying that the naughtiest thing she had ever done was to run through a field of wheat as a child. I thought I’d try and recreate that historic scene, using Alirium as the setting and a new pose from Foxcity that seems to fit the bill perfectly. History relived before your very eyes!
The easiest thing in life is to give advice to other people.
The hardest part is following this advice yourself.
What a great opportunity to see this well known couple first thing on our visit to Seney Wildlife Refuge. They've apparently been together since 1997, making the annual 3,000 mile migratory trip returning to Seney each year. Here's a great article on the couple:
www.audubon.org/news/the-worlds-two-oldest-common-loons-a...
Macro Mondays -- theme "Kitchen"
This is a thing-a-ma-jig that, allegedly, can help in opening those tough jar and bottle lids. I say allegedly because I've never tried it. I use a different kind of a gadget. :-)
George Michael - Freedom! '90:
I won't let you down
I will not give you up
Gotta have some faith in the sound
It's the one good thing that i've got
I won't let you down
So please don't give me up
Because i would really, really love to stick around
Orb-weaving Spider
Generally, orb-weaving spiders are three-clawed builders of flat webs with sticky spiral capture silk.
The building of a web is an engineering feat, begun when the spider floats a line on the wind to another surface. The spider secures the line and then drops another line from the center, making a "Y". The rest of the scaffolding follows with many radii of nonsticky silk being constructed before a final spiral of sticky capture silk.
The third claw is used to walk on the nonsticky part of the web.
Characteristically, the prey insect that blunders into the sticky lines is stunned by a quick bite, and then wrapped in silk. If the prey is a venomous insect, such as a wasp, wrapping may precede biting and/or stinging.
Many orb-weavers build a new web each day. Most orb-weavers tend to be active during the evening hours; they hide for most of the day. Generally, towards evening, the spider will consume the old web, rest for approximately an hour, then spin a new web in the same general location. Thus, the webs of orb-weavers are generally free of the accumulation of debris common to other species, such as black widow spiders.
Nikon, Sigma 180 2.8, 1/250 @ f8 ISO 800
"...The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.... - by Neil Gaiman
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breathes
And a song for those inclined: 'There Beneath'
from The Oh Hellos' album 'Dear Wormwood'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooPPmtl2aKA :-)
A little work done in PS...
levels and colour curves applied to selected areas
subtle dodge & burn
and a small amount of vignetting.
Love how this Avalon elf ears match in this Faye skin & Eyes from Psycho Pills-SoKawaiiSundays TAXI:
TAXI:
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Revelation 9:4 “And it was said unto them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth: neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal in their foreheads.”
I've been trying to get out for a little fresh air before I start work everyday but with daylight starting so much closer to work time my chances to grab a shot are getting very limited, and I probably have to accept I will soon be doing just long exposure shots.
On my brief morning jaunt routine I noticed that a local wood had become swampy in the middle and I thought had aspects that looked a bit like a mangrove swamp. On a return visit I realised that I must have had my romantic glasses on and that "the swamp" had a more sinister feel about it.
So I was excited when this morning I woke and saw the local forecast showed "FOG". Well what a load of b@ll@cks that was. Not even a thin veil of the misty stuff.! But nonetheless self-discipline dictated I must head out for a short walk in the gloom. And stopped briefly to grab a few shots in the swampy bit in the semi-dark. But came away very unimpressed with my results. And now I'm not sure proper fog will make it any better
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~*Siren's Call*~ Misty Bento Pose Pack
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Marketplace Siren's Call
Sunset from Cremorne Point using my zoom lens.
Photographed from the Cremorne Point Reserve.
In the foreground is the eastern side of Kirribilli.
And here is 'Wild Thing' by 'The Troggs' (1966). Check out the hilarious, though still rather 'groovy', video clip:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSWInYFVksg
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6mm lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
On Explore Feb 26, 2009 #96
I had nothing to say
And I get lost in the nothingness inside of me
And I let it all out to find
That I’m not the only person with these things in mind
But all the vacancy the words revealed
Is the only real thing that I’ve got left to feel
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Looking forward to spring, when the green will become the thing again. Fresh and full, not warm, not cold, you can almost hear the forest growing. And birds will sing again. I'm really looking forward to this music...
Setup: camera, me, beautiful nature and natural/ambient light...
Location - My home in Serbia :)
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