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Chameleons are absolutely fascinating animals. They are able to watch in two different directions at the same time.
Day 24 of 365
I took this photograph couple of days ago while we were heading to library with Aura. In my mind this picture compares very closely to Day 19. Not only is it taken almost from the same spot, but the light is a bit similar and again the whole picture is based on a very well known visual motif of silhouette figure. I hope the guy is at least someone else this time! When I took that earlier picture, I wrote about feeling mixed about it because pictures which are too much based on known visual motifs become clichés easily. Looking it now, I feel I need to lighten my stance and focus it a bit.
I don't want to be against visual motifs. If you look at the history of photography, it quickly becomes clear that it isn't reasonable stance to take. As a matter of fact, many classic photographs can be considered, if not only to be based on visual motifs, but also something which have created them in the first place. Like someone who commented my earlier picture said, there are only a finite number of different visual motifs, maybe just a few hundred. And being 'language of photography' they can be put to use in different ways, which means that the motifs don't control photography as much as one would think. So, yes I'm lightening my stance here, but here comes the focus part. I think that if photography is solely based on repeating these visual motifs, it is reduced, I think, to be repeated for didactic purposes. To me, some genres of photography are close to this, but I can understand there are different approaches to this. In my mind I would like to think that good photography also needs a context, a story or some other 'interpretative dimension' to make them something more than just 'pictures of the world'. I know it's a challenging claim to make, but it is also very much something that I need to learn myself too.
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My better half Jerri is the Big Cheese of Orchids here... This was taken in her Orchid House. Thanks for the Visit and have a Large Tuesday.
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-- Carl Gustav Jung
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I'd like to share this panorama today to try and have a small break from some haunting images of Syrian refugees that I cannot get out of my head. The sunrise in this little village of Jamnik, Slovenia was mesmeraising and I hope it can provide a little rest to your thoughts.
Hoy me gustaria compartir este panorama para darle un breve descanso a mi mente que no deja de traerme imágenes desgarradoras de los refugiados sirios. El amanecer en la pequeña aldea de Jamnik, Eslovenia, fue cautivador y espero que os pueda dar un pequeño respiro visual y emocional.
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Jökulsárlón is a visual dream if you like landscapes or even if you don't....:) The sunset was extremely spectacular that evening and although the wind was too fierce for cool sunset reflection shots, it was still a real nice photographic moment...
The pond in nearby Sosnovka is good for hot summers when you don't want to go to other places. One guy dived in the water cooler than anyone: he ran and did a flip in the air.
Пруд в соседней Сосновке хорош жарким летом, когда на другие водоемы ехать не хочется. Один красавчик нырял в воду круче всех: разбегался и делал сальто в воздухе.
The original image can be found on my instagram account if your interested in seeing that (mfstafford_photography). I'm not really into heavy editing but sometimes I like to go crazy with it! It's fun!
This view, photographed inside a hot air balloon, shows the pilot using a large commercial fan to partially inflate the canopy.
At the Monet exhibition in the Städel.
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