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'I find this work menacing/playful because of the way the disjunctive perturbation of the purity of line notates the substructure of critical thinking.' said the The Instant Art Critique Phrase Generator when I asked it about this work. A truer word has never been spoken. She's on A3 paper, made using the magic of spraypaint and stencils and is currently available should anyone like her enough to want to take her home with them...
Cheers
id-iom
Come and take a walk with me through this green and growing land
Walk through the meadows and the mountains and the sand
Walk through the valleys and the rivers and the plains
Walk through the sun and walk through the rain
Here is a land full of power and glory
Beauty that words cannot recall
Oh, her power shall rest on the strength of her freedom
Glory shall rest on us all, on us all
Phil Ochs - The Power & The Glory
The favorite song of Camp
Wapalanne campers... regardless of what year they attended camp! Inspiring me to take a walk today...
It was 85 degrees this afternoon and I had to go into Chester, so I decided to take a walk by the Cooper Grist Mill.
It seemed like a good time to kick off my shoes and sit on a rock in the Black River and just relax for awhile. I
thought the water would be a lot colder, but it wasn’t bad at all. I sat there for awhile and then decided to
get up and head home. As I went to stand up, I slipped and slid down the rock and wound up sitting in the river...
Some days it’s just so good to be by myself so that no one sees me do these things.... also the reason that I
always carry a change of clothes in my car ( I didn’t need them this time because I was just headed home anyway).
Dayna and I pulled into the driveway about the same time, and she gave me quite a look when I got out of the car, with
my pants, wet, muddy and grass stained from sliding down the moss covered rock. She doesn’t even bother to ask anymore....
I also found a great fallen tree that completely crosses the river at one point and I couldn’t help but look at it and wonder how
many people would fit on that tree... and how many people I can talk into going out there with me...
with my camera in the river.... remote shutter release.... oh, yes.... stay tuned!!
With the newly-arrived and switched cars finally added to the consist, the KJRY's Keokuk job passes by the ramshackle La Harpe depot as it rounds the curve of the wye towards Keokuk. It still had more switching to do before it could get underway, with a cut of grain and/or sand cars stored on the other leg of the wye towards Lomax.
SIDE NOTE: According to Steve Smedley, the depot dates to the Toledo, Peoria, & Western days. It was preserved here because it was supposed to be converted into an overnight crew quarters of sorts. That never happened, and it is just used for storage now. It is unclear when this depot may have replaced an earlier depot.
Yesterday, 30 March 2015, I went SE of Calgary, driving the backroads through the farmlands. I had been meaning to drive further than I'd driven in that area, and yesterday went as far as Vulcan. Just like I have done a few times before, I went on Google and Google Earth beforehand, searching for any barns that were in the new part of my drive. Nothing truly spectacular, but I did manage to find a few that made the drive worthwhile. 234 km total, 5 1/4 hour trip.
As you can see in this photo, the weather was beautiful, with a sky full of clouds for at least part of my drive. What you can't see is that it was very windy, as it so often is in this area. You also can't see all the bees that were buzzing round my car a couple of times when I got out to take a few photos.
My daughter e-mailed me an Alberta Emergency Alert notice this evening, about a grassfire SE of Calgary. Actually, the Alert ended about 10 minutes ago. Yesterday, I was driving just a matter of minutes south of the fire area. A good job I went yesterday and not today.
"Fire crews have brought a large grassfire near Blackie under control.
The Municipal District of Foothills had declared a local state of emergency due to concerns about the fire, which is burning northeast of the hamlet of Blackie.
An alert issued by Alberta Emergency Alert indicated the fire is burning near 482nd Avenue and 304th Street East and is moving quickly due to the high winds.
“Winds in the area are gusting at high speed and shifting direction,” the alert reads. “People are asked to avoid the area and prepare for possible evacuation. Smoke may severely reduce visibility and create hazardous road conditions.”
calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/wind-fuels-large-grassf...
"No homes, buildings or animals have been affected but one firefighter is injured and receiving treatment at the High River hospital."
Yes, I'm still revisiting "Studio 460" where we stopped last Sunday during an Artists' Tour. This was an "outdoor" garden which was originally intended as a "Zen Garden" for a "Garden Tour" last spring. I'm assuming a lot of things were added after the event, as although I adore everything about the layout, I would not consider it minimalist. On our next return, I'm going to ask if they swirled the pebbles in circles and left only the frog!
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Mugeo-Dong... As time goes on this area is still cool. It is the university district and an area I lived in for a great deal of time. My friends love this place so much that many won't leave it.... not even to visit me! It basically has an abundance of everything that one needs to survive in Korea and also has that hip youthful vibe that many aging foreigners like to absorb.
Asked to create a photo of a subject focusing on a second object while lit with artificial lighting.
18th March last I spend a photo weekend at Terschelling with photobuddy Sander Grefte. We were dreaming of a stunning sunset but during the day we knew that wouldn't happen. Despite the weather, at least it was dry, we went up and together after a nice 4x4 Landrover drive we had an unforgettable evening!
At that evening I couldn't imagine that this shot would be nominated for best Landscape photo for National Geographic in 2017's contest. Okay I choose it myself for this contest, because I like the leading line and tones, but that this image can be with 14 other great shots in this famous Landscape contest, nope.....
As a matter a fact it is nominated and now I can only ask kindly for your vote on this image via: www.nationalgeographicfotowedstrijd.nl/categorie/landschap (and scroll down on the page!)
Shot a few weeks back. It was a cold evening and the ground was either covered in ice or frost. I was extremely careful when walking around.
I have posted shots from almost this angle before, and some comments have been on the lighted gate you see in red. I have tried to tone it a bit down during processing.
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Last photo from this evening. After an outfit change he asked to kiss her nipples again. He hangs around our house all the time now and my wife is conflicted on letting him go further.
QUANDO IL PECCATO DI GOLA DIVENTA IRRESISTIBILE...
Oggi "Macro Mondays" ci chiede di confessare dei peccati inconfessabili e per me una delle debolezze più comuni è la passione per il cioccolato fondente, espresso in diversi modi. Mi consolo nell'accorgermi che non sono il solo ad avere questa sana debolezza.... 😁
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WHEN THE SIN OF GLUTTONY BECOMES IRRESISTIBLE...
Today "Macro Mondays" asks us to confess some unspeakable sins and for me one of the most common weaknesses is the passion for dark chocolate, expressed in different ways. I console myself in realizing that I am not the only one with this healthy weakness.... 😁
CANON EOS 6D Mark II con ob. CANON EF 100 mm f./2,8 L Macro IS USM
“and I thought well as well him as another and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes.”
― James Joyce
Wild sky with mammatus clouds forming over natural arch in Joshua Tree National Park, California.
Did you know we had a tornado touch down in Riverside County?
We had some wild skies in Joshua Tree during our night photo workshop over the weekend. I'd never seen the park so crowded in the summer time. All campsites were full by suns
et! It wasn't too hot in the late afternoon, the monsoon cooled down the higher elevations and it was perfect for sleeping with out a sleeping bag! We caught some great meteors too!!
We watched these mammatus clouds form under the giant anvil or cumulonimbus cloud. Which one is it, you tell me? We see something interesting and we shoot it now and ask questions later!!
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Like the title says, "ask and you shall receive." I've had some requests for more Monterey photos. This WILL be the last one I upload; the others that I have just aren't that good. Don't want to upload something I'm not 100% satisfied with. Anyway, it's self explanatory...Veyrons. Please leave a comment/fave if you like it. Please do not use/post elsewhere without my prior consent. Thank you!
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Beautiful things don't ask for attention.
Spent the weekend in a cabin 2 min from this gorgeous waterfall ,took the kids to see it and it was crowded with folks ,can understand why
the next day i decided i would go back in the afternoon to see if i would get lucky with somekinda sunset (the weather wasnt that great) and as im walking to the fall i run into some tourist´s that seem to be bit lost so i let them follow me (was hoping i would be alone) and as i get to the fall i see thats not gonna happen there are 2 more tourist´s there
2 lady´s with there gear so i go under the bridge to shoot some ,its impossible to shoot on the bridge while there are people on its ,it shakes to much ,so im under the bridge when i see a whole filter kit come flying down .... into the deep blue colour ,yes the older lady somehow lost all her filter and holder into the water por lady.
Then they decided to leave so there i was left alone finally on the bridge with all this to my self plus they dint even wait for the sunset ,guess she was bummed about the filters.
with 2 million tourist´s on its way i guess it wont be so easy to get nice places to your self ,we are not used to having so many and the nature isnt getting the time to heal from winter so many spots are getting really muddy :(
Vivienne and Mirelle Part 2: The Message
Discovered three days after Mirelle disappeared. Not by accident. Not in haste. Left where only someone like Vivienne would find it—and only if she was looking.
It was a quiet evening. No appointments. No meetings. The Ravenwood’s operations ran smoothly below. But Vivienne wasn’t there.
She was upstairs—in her private residence atop the hotel, lights dimmed, gloves off, combing out her hair like she hadn’t since that night.
The hidden panel in the armrest clicked open beneath her fingers—automatic, familiar. She wasn’t reaching for anything.
And yet there it was.
A piece of silk, small and torn, tucked neatly inside. Pale cream. Familiar. Not perfumed. Not folded like a lover’s keepsake—folded like intel.
Vivienne stared at it for a moment, not touching. As if picking it up would confirm what she already knew.
It was from Mirelle.
There was a stitch along the hem. Barely visible—unless the light hit just right. A pattern Vivienne recognized. Threaded in tight: a cipher.
No encryption. No deception. Just a message.
Hand-stitched. Intimate. Final.
You never asked me to stay
I stayed anyway.
That’s on me.
I learned more than I should have.
That’s on you.
—M.
No name. No return path. No signal trace.
Just the signature—a single letter. Deliberate. Knowing. Irrevocable.
Vivienne sat back. She didn’t speak. She didn’t call Omalley. She didn’t pour a drink.
She just held the silk in one hand—light as a promise, sharp as memory—and breathed.
Then, slowly, she folded it. Once. Twice. Again.
Slid it into the same hidden compartment. Closed it.
And walked to the console.
That night, the Ravenwood played no broadcasts. No vinyl.
Just analog static—quiet, constant.
And she did leave the lights on when she went to bed.
Addendum to Part 2:
A professional assessment. A personal breach.
Hours later, Vivienne sat at her desk with the silk unfolded on the surface.
She wasn’t reading the message again—she was analyzing the stitch.
She ran it through three filters. Checked the thread’s weave density. Logged the cipher angle. All habitual. All precise.
And then she stopped.
Not because she was done.
Because she realized she was trying to turn grief into intel.
And there was no dossier in Sky Port Bury that would ever explain why she let Mirelle in.
She closed the file without saving. Walked away.
Some knowledge didn’t belong in archives.
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Looking for a foreground leading to the Milky Way, I was going to go for something old and noble-looking, like an old tree or a ruin, ya know. On location at the local chateau, I tried a few things but wasn't wowed, until my torchlight fell on this haystack in the field (don't ask what I was doing in the field), and I thought it would do the trick, hope it's working for you too!
I asked a stranger for a portrait and ended up doing a fashion shoot.
Tee is one of the guys behind Never Fade who are a streetwear clothing brand based in Soho London.
Tee agreed to the portrait and afterwards we got chatting - he showed me around the place and told me about the other side of his business focusing on helping teenagers from underprivileged backgrounds and also his work with Syrian refugees.
I really enjoyed our chat and while we talked he asked if I minded doing a fashion shoot as his photographer had finished for the day and Effy was running late. I instantly said yes but have to admit I was very nervous as its nothing that I am used too.
Anyway, before I did the shoot with Effy (You can see it here: www.flickr.com/photos/arnabkghosal/36791085893/in/datepos...), I took a few quick shots with Tee. i wanted to go for a full length portrait as I had already done a close in shot with my stranger before. Looking back on it, I wish I had got a close in shot and maybe that's a lesson in that you should get both.
In any case, meeting Tee was awesome and is a reminder as to how good this project can be. He told me a lot about his various endeavours especially his passion behind the brand the amount of effort required to get a business up an running.
Thank you Tee for an awesome Sunday afternoon. I really enjoyed our encounter.
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As always constructive criticism is appreciated.
south.kristen suggested that I do a Q&A, so I did. Ask away. I’ll answer any question within reason.....
I also can’t answer right away, because I got to do homework. Ugh...ah whatever it’s all easy anyways
ASK-21 de Alexander Schleicher, despegue remolcado 25.
Alexander Schleicher ASK-21 on tow. Take off runway 25.
[One late night, in a shack on the edge of town......]
Ask, And Ye Shall Receive….
That’s one of the Golden Rules, no?
If not, at least it’s from The Good Book.
I know, I know….it’s talking about asking for forgiveness.
For Salvation.
Society now, they probablythinkit’s about asking for other stuff.
Material stuff.
See, that’s the thing: Times are different.
Now, we’re a take society.
And sometimes that IS the game.
No one is going to give you anything, even if you ask.
You want to move forward?
Take it.,/b>
You want to provide?
Make it happen.
You want to be a success?
Quite complaining and get after it.
Think it’s hard?
It is.
This world offers riches, but riches grow wings….
Think that one’s in the Bible too.
Up and gone, get it?
But what you ask for, you just may get.
So, tell the Devil I’m on my way.
I’ve got hell to pay.
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Jersey Noir.
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