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Ancient Witnesses
As the stars rise, the stone remains — quiet, enduring, timeless.
These formations have watched the passage of millennia in silence, bearing witness to the slow arc of the cosmos above. I often wonder what stories they’d tell if they could speak — stories of fire, wind, and water… of creatures long gone… and now, of a lone photographer beneath their gaze.
Captured under a moonless sky, this is one of those nights where everything aligns — the air still, the Milky Way rising, and the sense that you’re standing in a place where time barely matters.
I return to these places not just to photograph them, but to feel something deeper — the connection between earth and sky, between the ancient and the now.
Near Cayucos, San Luis Obispo County, California. Captured Jan 2, 2016. Captured with Canon EOS 7DII, EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM at 10mm, f 11 @ 1/400 ISO 160. Tripod. Post Processing with CCLR2015, CCPS2015, NikSoftware ColorEfexPro 4.0 (Image Borders), Viveza 2.0, SilverEfexPro 2.0 and PhotoMatix 5.1.1
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My previous work has won a Merit Award in Black and White Magazine 2013 Portfolio Contest, Single Image Award in Black and White Magazine 2014 and Excellence Award in Black and White Magazine 2014 Portfolio Contest. I have received a 2nd place and (6) Honorable Mentions in the 2016 Moscow International Foto Awards and (3) 2016 Fine Arts Photography Awards nominee from London. A Single Honorable Mention and (2) Honorable Mentions for series from the International Photo Awards 2016 and an Honorable Mention from ND Magazine & Neutral Density Awards 2016. I have also been honored with other local, national and international awards.
I have also been published in the May, 2016 issue of MonoPix Magazine with a 8 page spread.
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And the May, 2016 issue of SHOT! Magazine.
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Silent Witness
On a small road trip behind Whale Rock Reservoir on Cottontail Creek Road, I find many interesting things to photograph. Whale Rock Reservoir is behind the Central California Coast beach town of Cayucos.
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Sno Castle is a historic fortress located in the village of Sno, near Stepantsminda in the Kazbegi region of Georgia. Nestled in the impressive Caucasus Mountains, the castle is a symbol of the medieval architecture and history of the region. Sno Castle is estimated to have been built between the 16th and 17th centuries. It served as a defensive stronghold for the local nobility and was strategically positioned to guard the Sno Valley from raids by northern tribes and other threats. The architectural style reflects typical Georgian fortifications, with stone towers and thick defensive walls. The castle consists of a central tower also called koshki, surrounded by the remains of additional defensive structures. These towers were essential in the Caucasus and often served as residences, watchtowers and shelters during conflicts. From the castle, you have a panoramic view of the surrounding mountains and valleys, which further emphasizes its strategic location. In addition to its military role, Sno Castle also has cultural and spiritual value. Nearby is the famous Stone Head of Sno, a large stone carving believed to represent a local deity or historical figure. This mysterious carving attracts both tourists and historians.
Sno Castle is a historical fortress located in the village of Sno, near Stepantsminda in the Kazbegi region of Georgia. Today, Sno Castle is a popular destination for tourists exploring the Kazbegi region. Its proximity to Mount Kazbek and the Gergeti Trinity Church makes it an ideal stopover for lovers of Georgian history and breathtaking landscapes.
Sno Kasteel is een historisch fort gelegen in het dorp Sno, vlakbij Stepantsminda in de regio Kazbegi, Georgië. Genesteld in de indrukwekkende Kaukasus, staat het kasteel symbool voor de middeleeuwse architectuur en geschiedenis van de regio. Het kasteel van Sno wordt geschat te zijn gebouwd tussen de 16e en 17e eeuw. Het diende als een verdedigingsbolwerk voor de lokale adel en was strategisch gepositioneerd om de Sno-vallei te bewaken tegen invallen van noordelijke stammen en andere dreigingen. De bouwstijl weerspiegelt typische Georgische fortificaties, met stenen torens en dikke verdedigingsmuren. Het kasteel bestaat uit een centrale toren ook wel koshki genoemd, omgeven door overblijfselen van extra verdedigingswerken. Deze torens waren essentieel in de Kaukasus en dienden vaak als woningen, uitkijktorens en schuilplaatsen tijdens conflicten. Vanaf het kasteel heb je een panoramisch uitzicht over de omliggende bergen en valleien, wat de strategische ligging nog eens benadrukt. Naast zijn militaire rol heeft Sno Kasteel ook culturele en spirituele waarde. In de nabijheid bevindt zich het beroemde Steenhoofd van Sno, een groot stenen beeldhouwwerk waarvan wordt aangenomen dat het een lokale godheid of historische figuur voorstelt. Deze mysterieuze gravure trekt zowel toeristen als historici aan.
2019 nov 16
abstract optical materialism macropaintograph with household materials
Camera: Pentax K-50 16 Mpixel Digital SLR + Carl Zeiss Jenna 2.8/ 50mm via extension tube
~ There are 4 things you cannot recover in life: the stone after it's thrown ... the word after it's said ... the occasion after it's missed and the time after it's gone !
Forever Capture Time in a shot !
I got up very early in the morning and headed to Emerald Bay, a picturesque bay at Lake Tahoe in northern California. I first stop at the small pier. It was still dark when I took this long exposure panoramic scene of the lake, shoreline, cabin, and snowy mountains in the back.
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This statue made of rectangles struck me as I walked around London. Called 'Resolution' by Antony Gormley on the Corner of St. Bride Street and Shoe Lane, it was installed in 2007. I tried to find interesting angles and settled on this composition. I needed someone to walk into the frame and it took ages - it was a Saturday with no workers around and the whole place was deserted. In my mind the emptiness of the scene with just the one figure walking past in the background resonated with the permanent and enduring nature of the statue, standing like a sentinel, more kin to the modern glass building than to any life that passes by. Unfortunately the front view was somewhat spoiled by someone with a sense of humour sticking a cigarette in his cuboid mouth and he was also wearing a condom. I'm afraid I didn't fancy removing it as I wasn't sure if he'd got lucky... Canon EOS 6D & EF 28-80mm f/2.8-4.0L
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Mam Tor, in the Derbyshire Peak District, the "Mother Hill".
At just 517M (1,696 ft), this is not a tall mountain, but the great gouge seen here in it's Eastern flank bear witness to the many landslips from its sides down the years. The problem is that much of the lower parts of the mountain are comprised of unstable shales, leading to landslips, and the hill's alternative name of "Shivering Mountain".
Isn't the moon dark too,
most of the time?
And doesn't the white page
seem unfinished
without the dark stain
of alphabets?
When God demanded light,
he didn't banish darkness.
Instead he invented
ebony and crows
and that small mole
on your left cheekbone.
Or did you mean to ask
"Why are you sad so often?"
Ask the moon.
Ask what it has witnessed.
~ Why Are Your Poems So Dark? by Linda Pastan
Here's a poem inspired by the striking sculpture in the image:
Echoes in Bronze
Carved from time, with edges worn,
A visage rises, proud, forlorn,
Half a face, yet wholly wise,
Bearing witness with hollowed eyes.
Chiseled lips, a silent song,
Of days endured, of nights too long,
A sentinel of fleeting grace,
Time etched deep upon its face.
Green with age, yet fierce with fire,
A monument to dreams, to ire,
Cracks and shadows softly tell,
Of stories lost, of hearts that fell.
Yet still it stands, bold and clear,
A fractured form, but whole in fear,
For art is not what’s left complete—
It’s in the voids, the breaks, the beat.
One of the nice things with Flickr is that you have the Lightbox view. Just click L on your keyboard! (because of course you're not watching photographs on an uncalibrated little telephone...!). This one really works best with the darker background you get then.
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Witnessing the unfolding of a new day in fjord Norway... It was a true spectacle watching the sunrise come and illuminate this fairytale valley. Not another sole around this early during summer...
I never can choose what impresses the most with this part of Norway... the fjords or their valleys...!
In cooperation with Haida filters .
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Witnessing the magic of golden hour at one of the Pacific Northwest’s most breathtaking beaches was just stunning.
Witness to past industry, closed Pithead
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Through Time: A Photographic Journey is the topic for June 14th-20th 2025, Group Our Daily Challenge
Alone in the decaying light, he stood unflinching, the last keeper of a truth too monstrous to name.
Behind him, the past lingered, waiting to be reckoned with - a constant reminder that memory could not be outrun.
In a world that had long since abandoned its conscience, he remained - the last witness to a truth so damning it had silenced even the gods.
And so he stayed, because in the end, the dead are only truly lost when the living forget to remember...
...and some truths deserve to be mourned in silence.
Boone Hall Plantation is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1743 son of Major John Boone planted live oak trees arranging them in two evenly spaced rows. Originally 86 trees were lining road to the house. Two of them were destroyed by lightening. It would take over two centuries to grow them into spectacular, moss draped majestic trees that create a natural tunnel. They are the witnesses to two different worlds. The world of prosperity, wealth and the misery of slavery. In their beauty and glory they are a quite witnesses of the history.
Agatha Christie's childhood doll at her Summer home, re-imagined by me.
“Poirot and I behaved in the customary fashion of people being shown over houses. We stood stock still, looking a little ill at ease, murmuring remarks such as: "Very nice." "A very pleasant room." "The morning-room, you say?”
- Agatha Christie, Dumb Witness
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1jG99z7lVY
【Sad and Scary Song】"Come Out And Play" Creepy Music Box】
Remember as a child you
wanted to
run away
TO the Circus
the Big Top
and all the magic it contained
and now …
now you want to
run away
FROM the Circus
the Clowns
and all the painted faces
white like ghosts and ghouls
perpetual grins like Cheshire Cats
that twist into grotesque
gargoyles pouring out
all the venom of the darkest world
oily greasy eyes on stalks
stalking through the jungle
of cemented towers
of demented glowering
demons
devils in disguise
but they cannot hide their eyes
their twisted souls that reek
and nasty games of hide and seek
whispering in corners
let them speak
it amuses me just a little
to hear them as they prattle
coughing their death rattle
cough it up
it may be a gold watch
more likely though it will be
a cockroach
or a deathwatch
beetle like
a Coachman's Staghorn
I stifle a yawn
it is tiring me out
watching the same old faces
in the same old places
sticking in their oars
sticky beaks
opening up their festering sores
no use to resist
no use in fighting
theirs is the proverbial lost cause
and they do not fall on their swords willingly
but their long and blackened tongues
lick the ground I walk upon
and trip them up until one fateful Halloween Night
they lose their fight
at last
they lose
their fight
and as for me
I am far too polite
to tell you where the bodies are buried
but listen out on Halloween
keep hidden; do not let yourselves be seen
and you will see them rise again
dark figures with hollowed cheeks and eyes
bones clanking
rags clinging
mudslinging still despite their untimely foul demise
and if you listen on the breeze
and hear behind you someone wheeze
who knows
that someone may be them
who knows
they may try to still condemn
me or you or anyone
they are not fussed
they do not trust
they lie and cuss
drag chains that rust
but hark, hark
the dogs begin to bark
as nightfalls down like a blackened cloak
somewhere close by
someone begins to choke
stay still
be quiet
throughout the night
for they will come for you
but on the morning after Halloween
if you wake up to see the dawn
and everything that went before was just a dream
stretch out your limbs; a stifled yawn
or was it just your imagination …
that crawling skin; that weird sensation
the tiniest seed of doubt
has only just been born
the tide is turning round about
hurry by the long tall fields of corn
WATCH OUT!!!!!
WATCH OUT!!!!!
the final shout ...
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I recently released a rather large collection of new work on my website (www.michaelbollino.com). These images cover a wide range of subjects and locations while also providing a glimpse into what I currently find visually interesting, at least in my own work. Hope you enjoy these new images as much as I do 🙏
That's one of the busy, inquisitive and noisy bunch of younglings exploring our garden! There's quite some birdlife action going on at the moment which is brilliant to witness!
Rapid Rectilinear lens is under corrected and that is visible on the frontend bokeh. It is bublly with sharp edges. Background bokeh is smooth and softedged.
staff of the Titanic Hotel, Stanley dock, watch as the last remains of the former White Tomkins & Courage grain silo are demolished in a cloud of dust.
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Zeugen von Nebel und Kälte, ein natürliches und einskaltes Kunstwerk im Gegenlicht. Wer reinzoomt wird einen Sonnenstern erkennen.
Witnesses of fog and cold, a natural and cold work of art in the backlight. If you zoom in, you will see a sun star.
Bamburgh beach never disappoints, whatever the weather but we were lucky enough to witness a stunning sunrise there on my workshop last week.
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Camera: Canon R5
Lens: Canon RF 24-105mm
Settings: 1/15 / f16 / ISO 100
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