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The Thought
A man is what he thinks all day - and it would be surprising to see someone content with everything in their life if their mind is full of resentful thoughts . . . thinking fould about someone, going against the will and laws of nature - against what relegion has defined would lead us astray.
One should try his best to keep a clear mind - accept differences and put in his 100% in an attempt to make the world a better place !
The Shot:
Taken during the PPA Ramadan Photowalk 2010 in Androon Rawalpindi. This is when we went inside the Shi`a cemetary near Purana Qila. The custodian was a thorough gentleman and treated us well. We ended our trip with great shots and delicious Niaz :-)
SOOC except the Vignetting, and levels.
EXIF
Exposure: 1/80
Aperture: f/2.5
Focal Length: 50mm
ISO Speed: 400 ISO
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Metering Mode: Pattern
Zuiko Digital 50mm f/2.0 Macro
Explored No. 65 on Thursday, September 2, 2010
You probably would never know by looking but this little flower is less than the size of a dime. It was one of millions covering a grassy field at Golden Gardens Park in Seattle. Everywhere you looked people were laying in the grass, running and jumping, laughing and smiling, enjoying the lovely weather, all without noticing the beauty beneath them or realizing the whole time they were trampling it into the ground. Had this been a larger flower I assume most people would have avoided stepping on it but since it was so small and there were so many they went unnoticed like the blades of grass they grew within. If Julia hadn't pointed them out to me I too would have most likely ignored them in search of larger more prominent subjects to photograph. But I stopped and looked down and noticed how truly beautiful they were. So I took the time to get out my 50mm lens and my reverse mounting ring and got my ghetto macro rig all setup so I could take and share a picture of this one tiny flower and to remind everyone to remember the little things.
It is nice, warm and cosy beginning of August and 3 lithuanian friends and me are travelling around Catalonia.
One of many stops on this road trip was Salvador Dali house. The place is in amazing location and really beautiful.
We didn't have precise time planing so the moment we arrived we still had like 2 hours until they let us inside the house, so we decided to wonder around.
And there is a lot to see: the surroundings, the town, Mediterranean sea just next to you, mountains and luxurious resort.
It felt a little bit surreal too ;)
So we went to explore, at some point we were walking on the rocky ground next to the water and girls decided to try the water. We meantime explored one of the caves.
Half an hour latter I came out of the cave and saw one of my friends drowning in deep thoughts.
It was priceless moment that I am really grateful for.
Dave: Agnes, let's do a simple portrait of you against the side wall of the cabin.
Agnes: Why? I'd much rather do a picture of me destroying a fake village made of dog biscuits like Dogzilla.
Dave: Um, because we don't have a dog biscuit village.
Agnes: You should work on that.
Dave: Okay, I'll put it on the list. Now can we do the portrait?
Agnes: Can I stare off into the middle distance and think deep thoughts?
Dave: Sure. What type of deep thoughts?
Agnes: Oh, routine stuff. Like why people call fireworks fireworks. The don't accomplish any work, unless you count scaring the pee out of me work. I think a better name would be firejerks.
Dave: True that.
Agnes: And why when we stop at McDonalds do they call it a drive through when it's on the side of the building. We don't drive through anything. It's more of a driveside.
Dave: Also a valid point.
Agnes: And why don't non-dog people like it when I stick my head up their skirts and bump my nose onto their bottoms as a way of greeting?
Dave: Um Agnes, most dog people don't like that either.
Agnes: Really? Then why do they bend down and pat me on the head with both hands when I do that?
Dave: They're not petting you. They're just trying to get your head out of their skirt.
Agnes: Oh.... people are weird.
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A simple portrait of Agnes against the siding on the cabin.
A bit of a dump and run this morning as we have visitors at the cabin this weekend. I hope to come back later today to comment on other people's photos.
I have put this creation together from beautiful graphics that talented artists provide us.
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This gentleman was sitting under an outdoor umbrella n a warm sunny day. His thoughts seemed to be on another time and place.
An interesting quote from the following URL:
www.wishesquotez.com/2016/06/download-free-25-life-quotes...
And for the thousandth time I say.. Sometimes you just have to walk away..
I came across this image while searching for something on my computer. Taken it quite a while back. Then never uploaded it.
That day I took tens of images and none of them worked, And then I realised that the 'missing thing' was that I was wearing shoes. So, here was I wondering around in a field bare feet...
Ahh.. it has become my signature, hasn't it?
captured in front of the café einstein on berlin’s kurfürstendamm, this portrait isolates a quiet moment of reflection amidst the city's buzz. the soft cigarette smoke blends into the heavy shadows, while the light etches out the subject's deep thought and subtle weariness. a story told in gestures and expression, where the iconic café logo on his shirt hints at more than just a brand—perhaps a state of mind.
~Millard Fuller
Some blue for Monday blues.
I have had a lot on my mind lately. Almost to the point where I'm unable to get anyhing done because of overload. I'm re-evaluating my life, my priorities, I see things I have thought certain and strong crumble.
I'm supposed to start baking for my cousins matriculation exam party next week, I'm also supposed to take her matriculation exam pictures. And I so gladly do. But right now I feel that everything is just slipping out of my hands.
Especially now, in these times of exams, of joyful new students wearing their student hats. White and pure.
And I remember when I stood there, happy, awaiting the next step in my life. With the diplomas in my hand, with my white hat on my head. Celebrated by family and friends. Free.
I was supposed to do great things, achieve so much. And I feel I have let that young me down. Graduating as the top of my school with a lot of pressure and expectations, from friends, teachers, and most of all from myself.
Where I am now? Have I done anything of significance? Have I used any of the abilities I possess?
It's almost ten years ago. What have I done with these years? What could I have done? Where could I be, if I just had continued to work, to achieve, walk the path I knew how to walk? Studying, reading, writing, researching, gaining knowledge. Instead I went another way. A way that brought me where I am today. A good place, yes, but...
Still those thoughts haunt me. What if. Still those shackles laid upon me during the school times rattle and ring. I should be somewhere else, doing something more... significant. Which would be what? And what is significant anyway? What is significant to me?
The hard part is to be able to recognise what I want, not what I'm supposed to want. I still struggle, hoping to find peace some day.
Being an adult isn't that easy, is it. Finding ones way, ones path among all the possible ones.
Add to this, it's autumn weather outside, storming, raining. +6'C. A fabulous blue Monday indeed.
*laughing*
I hope you, each and everyone, have a wonderful new week, whether you're sure or unsure about your lives. Let's make it a blast shall we! :)
"An Indian eventually inherited the eagle's plumes, and with it propitiated the Fates, whom he assumed had a special interest in Indians. It did not occur to him that they might be busy casting dice against gravity; that mice and men, soils and songs, might be merely ways to retard the march of atoms to the sea"
-Aldo Leopold
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Deep Thought is an ultra-powerful computer created by the pan-dimensional, hyper-intelligent species of beings (whose three-dimensional protrusions into our universe are ordinary white mice) to come up with the Answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
Deep Thought will take seven and a half million years of calculation to give the final answer
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freely adapted from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams - 1978
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Abandoned chemical plant's process control room
This young lady was in deep thought. I don't even think that she knew I was right there beside her. It was a special and life changing day because her mom got married.
© RAMINDER PAL SINGH
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I recently went to a Gurdwara (Sikh shrine) on the outskirts of Amritsar city, India and noticed her sitting there in deep thought. Your guess is as good as mine about what she was thinking.
As soon as I took this shot she realized what had happened and quickly changed her posture and went about doing ‘Sewa’ or the voluntary service at the Gurdwara premises.