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…for those who are feeling sad this week.

Über die Gedanken hinaus

I think if summers were a bit longer and I a bit stronger, things would be a bit better.

This is another photo from my Rosolina archive. It was the first and only time I have been at Rosolina Mare (Rosolina by the Sea; see my What a meaningful world... for information about that peculiar location), but I have been lucky enough to have two wonderful low tide sunrise sessions there. And apparently my archive from this location has some more suprises in store, somehow (sadly) compensating for the very small trickle of new shots.

I was on my way home after my second session, after having hiked some 23 km. The sun was high by then, and I did not like the light - lots of diffuse light, the clouds acting like a reflective screen - and I was a bit weary. So I folded my tripod and took a number of shots while walking, maybe a bit casually, convinced that the big shots were behind my back. But well, one can never be sure... This is one of those casual shots. Two years later I have been struck by the rhythm of the sand ripples and by the stunning sky reflected by the still water of the tidal pool, and how they blend together. Since the ripples in the sand somehow resemble the surface of a naked brain, I have come to think of these reflections as thoughts the sand has of the wide, cloudy sky above (hence the funny title of this photo).

The curvature of the horizon is, of course, generated by my Samyang 14 mm and I feel that it is one of the defining features of this scene.

I have obtained this picture by blending a "fake" (i.e. from a single RAW file) exposure bracketing [-1.0/0/+1.0 EV] by luminosity masks in the Gimp (EXIF data, as usual, refer to the "normal exposure" shot).

This shot opened up so many possibilities that I was quite uncertain; I have a more than slight preference for the monochrome version and, consequently, I have posted one of many subtly different experiments, but the colour one is not that bad - maybe I could upload it as well, someday...

Thanks for all the faves and kind comments!

I was there for you

In your darkest times

I was there for you

In your darkest nights

But I wonder where were you?

When I was at my worst

Down on my knees

And you said you had my back

And I wonder where were you?

When all the roads you took lead back to me

♫♫♫ Tune ♫ Sofia Carson - LOUD ♫

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Another male w/braids

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.

I thought that I wouldn't see an New Routemaster on Route 25 for a long... long time, but here it is [my 2016 self would be screaming in excitement right now] a bunch of these Bow LTs have been working weekend extras on Route 25 [25U] between Ilford and Stratford Bus Station to provide extra capacity during engineering works on the TFL Rail

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Elements: TFS and Itkupilli Imagenarium @ Mischief Circus.

Midjourney, Photoshop

This eagle was thinking about landing on that stick but just as he was going to land he changed his mind and took off the other way. He must have decided it was a little small for him.

Hipstamatic multiexposure + vscocam

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All in a Word....By Aileen Fisher

That spells ~~~THANKS---for joy in living and a jolly good Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone....sending many thanks, blessings, and joy your way.....enjoy your day!!!!!

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*created with Photoshop

!😊😊 ENJOY your summer holidays and be creative 😊😊!

Take time to be alone with your thoughts. Try only to embrace those which make you happy, and leave the rest behind!

If you love places to sit, soak up atmosphere, and revel in the creativity of others... head to.. ~Big Sky Over Florence~

Hmmm...What Was The Best Thing BEFORE Sliced Bread?

Candid photo of man walking in Rome

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More than ever, I hope that all my friends and followers, the ones I watch and admire, will have a healthy, thoughtful and happy New Year.

I wish many people will experience a year with adequate reflection, consciousness and sense of realism. Calmness, in which each can grow and experience satisfyingly, how meaningful it is to give love and to receive it. A year in which humanity takes over from aversion, from unhealthy attachment or delusion. In which we are willing more frequently, to imagine the pain felt elsewhere.

I wish that we will be able to use our talents and creativity sustainably, by investing in nature instead of plundering it, that national representatives increase their willingness to cooperate in a global way, so that the natural environment stays clean and attractive for our children and grandchildren.

I hope that politicians are prone to set a good example, by creating more possibilities for scientists, science matters, for teachers, to continue and inspire students, for nurses, to take care of the vulnerable and for artists, because art expands our mind and keeps us upright.

I wish that you, my best Flickr friend, are going to meet a year, in which you will find more opportunities than you expected, to unfold all your creative photographic possibilities, so that we can enjoy what you made.

Happy New Year,

Frans