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This old house is located just off of Highway 153 in the unincorporated Marathon County community of Little Rose, Wisconsin. Sometimes it's difficult to tell if these old houses are truly abandoned. They will look deserted, but then there's a vehicle in the driveway or a satellite antenna on the roof. This one looked like no one was home, but there is an air conditioner in that upstairs window.
For Macro Monday theme "Mystery".
Fungi endowed with a mysterious ability to express the sad condition of the dead leaf they are growing on.
Barnacles, a snail and seaweed in Grand Harbour on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada.
One of the lesser known gems on Grand Manan Island, is along Thoroughfare Rd. in Grand Harbour.
Those familiar with the area, know it as a crossing point (low tide only) to Ross Island.
I was drawn to the crossing point years ago due to its former lobster ponds, comprised of netted, wooden enclosures and walkways, now in deteriorated condition.
At low tide, it is a treasure trove of barnacles, snails, mussels, clamshells and seaweed.
With 33degrees of an incline, max, on the uppermost right-hand side, you can test your skills to your heart's content. Can't wait!
Some call the genre of photography I am involved with "street photography" because much of it occurs on streets, and other public places. A more accurate name for my genre of photography would be "life as it happens", or the "human condition".
Meeting a stranger is something I usually enjoy immensely and having the opportunity to make a photograph of them is certainly a privilege. Sometimes I wind up in discussions that last a while and sometimes we only exchange a word or two. And at times there are no words spoken -- only the eyes and expression do the talking. As I carry my camera -- this wonderful, tiny time machine -- I am always trying to be an ambassador of hope, joy, opportunity, kindness, acceptance, and understanding. I have come to realize that every human being, despite their lot in life -- whether they are rich or poor, educated or uneducated, old or young, healthy or sick, famous or unknown -- all of them, all of us, need a moment of validation that verifies in our souls we are someone, and we are on this planet for a reason. More important than these moments in time I am freezing with this tiny time machine I carry around with me, are the simple validations, an exchange of hope, a reason to live, that I can give away freely with no fear of running out of inventory. And whenever I share a gift of hope with someone, I find a deposit has been made in my account, in my soul, that is better than in my bank account. For this is the reason we all exist on this planet.
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I was lucky enough to be able to shoot in a 1974 Lotus Eclat in great condition. I'd been planning to use my car, but jumped at the chance to use this due to it's classic nature, but mostly because my car is a heap!
Lighting Info: Elinchrom Quadra head (A Channel) in Wescott Apollo softbox pressed against window camera left, Quadra head (B Channel) with reflector, plus 20 grid spot, plus warming gel behind rear window, white reflector camera right for fill. Fired by built in Quadra Skyport.
Explored at #35 on Jan 27th 2011.
Thanks for all the positive comments and favourites. In one day this single shot has become my most viewed. The usual average per day (according to the Stats) is 30 views. In the two days after posting this image I've had over 14,000 views!
The We're Here! gang is examining the Human Condition today. I'm quite out of condition, but we've converted one of the spare bedrooms into a gym, so...
The area that was to become West Palm Beach was settled in the late 1870s and 1880s by a few hundred settlers who called the vicinity "Lake Worth Country." These settlers were a diverse community from different parts of the United States and the world. They included founding families such at the Potters and the Lainharts, who would go on to become leading members of the business community in the fledgling city. The first white settlers in Palm Beach County lived around Lake Worth, then an enclosed freshwater lake, named for Colonel William Jenkins Worth, who had fought in the Second Seminole War in Florida in 1842. Most settlers engaged in the growing of tropical fruits and vegetables for shipment the north via Lake Worth and the Indian River. By 1890, the U.S. Census counted over 200 people settled along Lake Worth in the vicinity of what would become West Palm Beach. The area at this time also boasted a hotel, the "Cocoanut House", a church, and a post office. The city was platted by Henry Flagler as a community to house the servants working in the two grand hotels on the neighboring island of Palm Beach, across Lake Worth in 1893, coinciding with the arrival of the Florida East Coast railroad. Flagler paid two area settlers, Captain Porter and Louie Hillhouse, a combined sum of $45,000 for the original town site, stretching from Clear Lake to Lake Worth.
On November 5, 1894, 78 people met at the "Calaboose" (the first jail and police station located at Clematis St. and Poinsettia, now Dixie Hwy.) and passed the motion to incorporate the Town of West Palm Beach in what was then Dade County (now Miami-Dade County). This made West Palm Beach the first incorporated municipality in Dade County and in South Florida. The town council quickly addressed the building codes and the tents and shanties were replaced by brick, brick veneer, and stone buildings. The city grew steadily during the 1890s and the first two decades of the 20th century, most residents were engaged in the tourist industry and related services or winter vegetable market and tropical fruit trade. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed by the Florida State Legislature and West Palm Beach became the county seat. In 1916, a new neo-classical courthouse was opened, which has been painstakingly restored back to its original condition, and is now used as the local history museum.
The city grew rapidly in the 1920s as part of the Florida land boom. The population of West Palm Beach quadrupled from 1920 to 1927, and all kinds of businesses and public services grew along with it. Many of the city's landmark structures and preserved neighborhoods were constructed during this period. Originally, Flagler intended for his Florida East Coast Railway to have its terminus in West Palm, but after the area experienced a deep freeze, he chose to extend the railroad to Miami instead.
The land boom was already faltering when city was devastated by the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The Depression years of the 1930s were a quiet time for the area, which saw slight population growth and property values lower than during the 1920s. The city only recovered with the onset of World War II, which saw the construction of Palm Beach Air Force Base, which brought thousands of military personnel to the city. The base was vital to the allied war effort, as it provided an excellent training facility and had unparalleled access to North Africa for a North American city. Also during World War II, German U-Boats sank dozens of merchant ships and oil tankers just off the coast of West Palm Beach. Nearby Palm Beach was under black out conditions to minimize night visibility to German U-boats.
The 1950s saw another boom in population, partly due to the return of many soldiers and airmen who had served in the vicinity during the war. Also, the advent of air conditioning encouraged growth, as year-round living in a tropical climate became more acceptable to northerners. West Palm Beach became the one of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas during the 1950s; the city's borders spread west of Military Trail and south to Lake Clarke Shores. However, many of the city's residents still lived within a narrow six-block wide strip from the south to north end. The neighborhoods were strictly segregated between White and African American populations, a legacy that the city still struggles with today. The primary shopping district remained downtown, centered around Clematis Street.
In the 1960s, Palm Beach County's first enclosed shopping mall, the Palm Beach Mall, and an indoor arena were completed. These projects led to a brief revival for the city, but in the 1970s and 1980s crime continued to be a serious issue and suburban sprawl continued to drain resources and business away from the old downtown area. By the early 1990s there were very high vacancy rates downtown, and serious levels of urban blight.
Since the 1990s, developments such as CityPlace and the preservation and renovation of 1920s architecture in the nightlife hub of Clematis Street have seen a downtown resurgence in the entertainment and shopping district. The city has also placed emphasis on neighborhood development and revitalization, in historic districts such as Northwood, Flamingo Park, and El Cid. Some neighborhoods still struggle with blight and crime, as well as lowered property values caused by the Great Recession, which hit the region particularly hard. Since the recovery, multiple new developments have been completed. The Palm Beach Mall, located at the Interstate 95/Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard interchange became abandoned as downtown revitalized - the very mall that initiated the original abandonment of the downtown. The mall was then redeveloped into the Palm Beach Fashion Outlets in February 2014. A station for All Aboard Florida, a high-speed passenger rail service serving Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Orlando, is under construction as of July 2015.
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Reedville is an unincorporated town in Northumberland County in the Northern Neck region of Virginia. It is located at the head of Cockrell's Creek on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Print Size 13x19 inches.
Taken two months apart, I found the 6258 in September and 6512 in late November last year. The one in November was a wildflower on one of the western slopes of Mt. Diablo; the closeup was found at Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek.
Polygala is a large genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae. They are commonly known as milkworts or snakeroots. The genus is distributed widely throughout much of the world in temperate zones and the tropics. The genus name Polygala comes from the ancient Greek "much milk", as the plant was thought to increase milk yields in cattle.
This morning, Doug McGrady, a recreational botanist from a town in Rhode Island, not more than an hour's drive from my home town where I first became acquainted with wildflowers, some of them recognized from Doug's postings. This morning, it was Polygala paucifolia, fringed milkwort or gaywings. I thought they looked familiar, but not from childhood, and I found them in last year's stash.
"Partly because of differing circumscriptions, the reported number of valid species in the genus varies from about 350, to 500, to 725 or 730. The Americas have the most species, especially South America, with Africa second in diversity and Asia third. As of April 2020, Plants of the World Online accepted about 660 species in the genus Polygala. I can identify three milkworts. I'm willing to wager that Doug, a recreational botanist mind you, can probably ID 20 at least."
I can't claim to be any kind of botanist, but I can claim to be a fanatic in any area of nature photography when I am involved. Birds: 2002 to 2017; Insects, esp Odonata: 2010 to 2018; Wildflowers: 2006 to pres. Landscape, Mountainscapes, and Seascapes: 1964 to present, but my best work from 2010 to 2015. Being a zealot depends on travel, weather, the drought, and physical condition. You can even be zealous with an iPhone. (Remember, I got reintroduced to the Garden when I was on my way to the dentist a year ago today, and took a photo of a huge cactus flower with my android phone. They are good in a pinch (but I can't see that *(&@!~ LCD and always have to guess).
“Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see”
- Rene Magritte
My tribute to the famous painting by Rene Magritte ( 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) with the title “The Human Condition” oil on canvas, painted in 1933
had to stop to catch the insane clouds, really did look this intense. minimal photoshop... no hdr or layering.
south park neighborhood, seattle
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Sorry about the title, Bella - I know you aren’t scruffy! But the scratching post on the right is very scruffy after a lot of concentrated scratching. Fortunately Bella has recently started to do her manicures on the other post which had remained in pristine condition until a couple of days ago.
In pursuit of my lifelong goals of getting closer to natural surroundings and improving my general human condition, I bought an overpriced house with property on the Olympic Peninsula. I moved, and I'm selling my house in the city. Not sure what I am actually improving in the short term, certainly not the overvalued real estate market. Hoping that's temporary. It's been an incredibly stressful few months, I haven't been able to do much else, and I can see no end in the foreseeable future.
One of the better situations in this scenario, though, is having all this new blank wall space with high ceilings to hang big prints!
In the process of moving I found a lot of material I have not chosen to do really anything with before, including a small test print of this detail of Mineral Creek in the Hoh Rainforest that I took back in 2010. Never thought much of it before, but it now strikes me as perfect to blow up real big with thin borders to showcase on a certain big wall in my new house. Fits perfect with the forested locale. Surprising sometimes how old stuff I ignored in the past can fit just right with an unforseen new application. For interior design, the stunning, grand sunset landscapes that look so great on websites and in publications don't always work like I think they will when I get them up on the wall. Simple, minimalist compositions, extracting and isolating patterns and details in nature, then emphasizing with the huge print treatment tends to work really well, especially when the subject matter is harmonious with the local area, helping bring a little of the outside indoors. I can almost smell and taste the misty, wet hanging from the lush moss edging this cascading creek.
1956 Pontiac Chieftain
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Petoskey, Michigan.
Sunday, September 2, 2012.
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"The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition."
Hannah Arendt
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Berlin, November 2014