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I think I may have taken street photography a bit too literally! I pushed the ISO as low as it would go and stopped down to f/20 to try and capture the motion of the cars with a slower shutter speed. That camera chose 1/4s which I think is the limit I can handhold a shot (with the built-in image stabilization, make no mistake!) at 17mm. This was the first picture I took of this scene and just like always it was the best of the bunch. I really love how the subjects are just poking at the edges of the frame.
I think the conversion to Leica II was made in 1932. Unfortunately the original unnumbered 11 o'clock Elmar was changed to a normal Elmar from 1932, a scarce model with flat top knob and marked "3" under the infinity knob.
Meanwhile I managed to buy also the original 11 o'clock Elmar from the former owner (marked "4" underneath the infinity knob).
The rangefinder of this camera is very contrasty and both Elmars are very clean. So its up to now a good user camera.
Think about the natural rhymes of the world
The seasons don’t rush
Winter does not apologize for its stillness
For the slowing down and resting that allows Spring to bloom in full force
A river may seems calm on the surface
But beneath that stillness
The waters are flowing redirecting shaping the earth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yh7Ey0FB0E
Stillness in nature is never stagnation
It’s preparation reflection in renewal
Stillness is where resilience is built
When you stop and let the dust settle
You can see clearly what remains standing
Brene Brown
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Forget ‘Manic Monday’, Think ‘Magic’ (In Memory Of ONJ & My Earliest Loves) - IMRAN™
Yes, it was another Manic Monday as The Bangles sang. But as the hot day came to an end — after being cooled by typical Florida summer thunderstorms — a Magic Monday emerged. The misty quiet mood of the impending sunset also marked the sad end of an era.
The beautiful, talented, brave cancer warrior, movie star, and singer Olivia Newton-John passed away. She sang some of the top pop songs of the 70s and 80s, including one that has deep sentimental value to me.
Her song Magic was released as a single on May 23, 1980, on my 18th birthday. It includes the lyrics, “You have to believe we are magic, Nothin' can stand in our way.”
My first-ever (teenage) crush (S.A) and I were on the phone, and had just said “I Love You” to each other for the first time, and this song started playing on the radio in Karachi, Pakistan. It was the first time saying those words for both of us, and she started crying with emotion.
Of course it was a puppy crush — and we were very young. Later, we carried on with our lives in different cities, provinces, and eventually different countries and continents. But the song has always been a source of pure joy, in addition to the beautiful memories.
Over the years I experienced far deeper loves. Each of those most powerful later loves in my life had a song or two associated with them. But those are stories for other days. Tonight, it’s all about Magic.
I am grateful for all the love I have received and expressed since the first time I said “I Love You” with this song. Thank you, Olivia Newton-John. Rest In Peace.
© 2022 IMRAN™
PS What songs have most sentimental and/or romantic value in your life?
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Don't remember where I took this picture, but I think it was in Europe a long time ago. If I built this building I would have put the statue of the Thinker where I put it in this image. But they didn't and I did. That's what I do - correct reality.
Spring is finally here, although I found this more suitable in view of current global events...
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Think how much warmer that welcome would be if someone pushed that button and lit up the sign.
A rare foray from my office into town during daylight hours, but my eye is seriously tuned into the grim and the bleak.
"All human errors are impatience, the premature breaking off of what is methodical, an apparent fencing in of the apparent thing." -Franz Kafka. Sorry couldn't resist; took me 45 minutes sitting there to get someone who stood still long enough!
Day 163. Yes, it's weird I know.... I had a frightful realization about how many more ideas I need to come up with, so this was a moment of anything goes :-)
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Think this is a four spotted chaser.
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I think I've finally found a place where I can sleep
92038 has just uncoupled from the Caledonian Sleeper stock at Edinburgh Waverley. It had arrived on 5C11, the 20.44 from Polmadie TMD and would run round for the onward journey to Carstairs.
This little one keeps me on my toes more than any other. Quinn is starting to look more and more like a girl and more and more like a little person EVERY DAY!! It amazes me!