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Difficult lighting.
Gave my my Nikon an airing today, forgot where all settings should be !
Many thanks for any comments and favs, much appreciated
Difficult to describe how beautiful the Lake District was looking today and was so busy exploring, I didn't really make many photographs....tut, tut!
Having never been to Buttermere before, the initial sunrise was flat and I was a little disappointed but, as the sun burned through the clouds, it began to illuminate the scene so I thought a panoramic was in order. Just stunning colours in Borrowdale and could've stayed there all day wandering around in awe!
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Recently when I was having a very difficult time functioning due to intense effects of trauma, I glanced into the next room and saw this view. [The picture in the frame is from the day my husband and I were married.] I was so fascinated and inspired by what I saw that somehow I managed to stand up, get my camera and tried to take a few pictures of this scene. Though it certainly didn’t erase my struggles I was thankful noticing this beautiful moment did help me to be able to stand up, move and make it through these incredibly challenging moments. A sign of continued growth, ongoing healing and moving forward.
Not for the for the faint-hearted - Emu droppings with seeds of Native Plum ( Podocarpus drouynianus ) Seeds that have passed through the digestive system of an Emu often germinate easier than not. This Podocarpus is usually very difficult to raise from fresh seed.
It's difficult shooting with an iPhone in pano mode at night. Things can often get too grainy and the resolution can be less than acceptable. Here I got a bit lucky as I think the bright areas were intense enough to register without a lot of 'noise'.
Gradually figuring out how to Pano-Sabotage at night.
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Music Link: "Calcium Needles" - Brian Eno, from his album "Small Craft on a Milk Sea".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JeQdYF4JVg
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Exposure was difficult due to the forest gloom and early morning light. The sloth bear is a unique species of bear found in the forests of the Indian subcontinent, including Sri Lanka. Their distinctive appearance and behaviour sets them apart from other bears.
They have shaggy, black fur, which often appears matted and untidy. The fur is longer around the neck, giving them a scruffy, mane-like look. They have a shambolic gait. There is a white chest patch, often V-shaped. Sloth bears have large, powerful jaws, but they do not primarily take larger animal prey. They use their claws for digging and pulling apart rotting logs to find insects, especially termites and ants.
Sloth bears are generally solitary and are largely nocturnal, foraging at night when they can find more insect activity. They are shy and avoid human contact. They are not aggressive unless provoked.
The species is currently classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN. Populations are declining due to habitat loss, human-wildlife conflict and poaching for their body parts.
Sloth bears are known for their loud vocalisations, which include grunts, growls and roars. They are also adept climbers.
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Lippenbär
Губач
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It’s difficult to reach the top
Easy to fall back down
The efforts of a single person
In the end
Even when all the stars line up
Are never enough
Reach out, hold my hand.
Of all the images I’ve taken in the last twelve months, this one, for me, represents the year 2020.
Only half awake, I stand here with my hands in my pockets gazing into the distance, watching the shape of the dunes and the sheer size of it is overwhelming even frightening at 4 am. The only existing light is a star filled sky above me. I could’ve stayed here, watched the day arrive softly with each ray of light warming my skin; I could’ve written a love letter and been perfectly content. But on this day, in October, my goal is to climb up the highest dune and photograph at sunrise. Surrounded by silence, my inner voice tells me: You’ve been here before, you know this place, trust your instincts, trust your heart. Encouraged I begin my journey. But be aware, gravity tests your balance with every step sinking into sand as the mind begins to wander: I’ve left my roots far from here, does it mean I’ve grown? Or will I need to find my way back, because the original source is where life began holding water? Certainly, the rhythm of life has changed as well as the rhythm of each step I take. Intently, I listen to the melody familiar to me -my beating heart, moving forward, here and in life -my life. Just then I see a shooting star; flickering lights in my eyes I whisper: “Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, have this wish I wish tonight.” I make a wish and I make it to the top. The rising sun greets with all her glory surrounding me with golden hues as far as I can see. For thousands of years these dunes have been here, yet they stay young: always moving, always changing, separating and reconnecting; it's a life of art in motion. The passage of time right in front of my eyes, like an hourglass -two glass bulbs connected- shifting sands, and I can’t help to think that in this lifetime we are all in search for some form of connection -two hearts connected- to give and to take.
Empty, so empty
When the sun goes down
The human touch far
Where do we belong
What do we hold on
Only time will tell
Twenty twenty.
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This year, sharing art with people around the world, for me, has been rewarding. I believe that we speak a common language created within all of us -making something meaningful with our cameras. Along the way, we see a glimpse of each other's world. Understanding how much we have in common unites us as people no matter where we come from; the earth is home to all of us. Thank you for being here, I wish everyone a wonderful holiday season filled with joy, health and happiness. Above all, I wish you love.
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Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.
Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uRbeRSbGIk
Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.
Brene Brown
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Squirrels mate once or twice a year and have their young between three to six weeks later, the young are born naked toothless and blind, normally it is the female who looks after the young and they are weaned between six to ten weeks. Unfortunately many squirrels die in the first year of their life, but they can have a lifespan of 5 to 10 years in the wild and in captivity they can have a lifespan of 10 to 20 years. The front teeth of the squirrel grow throughout its life and the cheeck teeth are set back behind a wide gap for chewing their food. Squirrels cannot digest cellulose therefore they must rely on foods rich in protein, during the colder months of the year this can be very difficult because some of the food they have buried have started to grow making the food not edible and they now have to rely on new tree buds etc.
'Andy, there's a watermill difficult to find but we've got to shoot it'.
So went the phone call from Keith Bannister to me.
Well, I found it and took a day off to go today. A watermill needs water to power it, and you guessed it, I picked the wettest day of the century to go!!!
I hiked in carrying a lot of gear, slipped, slid, tripped, slid some more, thank goodness for waterproof socks too as I waded a lot and filled me boots a few times with water, and filled em with shots too.
I am absolutely knackered but you know what? I'm delighted tonight. Thanks Keith Bannister and we'll go together when it's safe and legal. (quick edit with tired arms)
You can choose paths, or you can follow the right path... follow even when it seems that there is no way... I continue the topic of the motion vector in conditions of an excessive number of landmarks :) Thanks for reading!
Work, work, work... That's what I've been up to. It has been very difficult to find the time to make new photographs.
I had a little break today, met a friend and took a nice snowy walk on the field nearby. I thought I'd check on the spaceship that was there before we got snow. Do you remember it? Well, it was still there and it looks as if it's going to be there for the winter: the doors were closed and all lights were off, a tarp was pulled over the cockpit to protect it from the harsh winter weather.
So, here's my friend's snapshot of that ship while I'm too busy to make new photographs. That's me next to the ship, by the way.
Located on the Piazza del Duomo in Bergamo Citta Alta, one can admire the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a remarkable example of Lombard Romanesque. Building work started in 1137 (twelfth century) thanks to a town vote which promised the construction of a splendid church in exchange for the end of the plague epidemic which had afflicted the city. The primitive Romanesque structure (one nave and two aisles, with two major portals, two minor portals and an octagonal cupola) has been reworked over the centuries to the point where it is now very difficult to detect it. The most radical change was the construction of the Colleoni Chapel in the place of the old sacristy, at the same time as the addition, on the northern side, of the new sacristy. The Gothic steeple which dominates the portal is, in turn, an addition made in the fifteenth century. All the portals are the work of Giovanni da Campione. Of these the one next to the Colleoni Chapel (1353) deserves particular attention, as it blends Romanesque features (the round type of arch, the decoration of the portal depicting medieval animals and warriors), with a more exquisitely Gothic flavour. Giovanni da Campione is actually one of the last of the group of so-called "Campionese masters", who lived and worked in the transitional period from the Romanesque to the Gothic style. The equestrian statue of St Alexander by the same artist, which dominates the portal can already be fully classed as Gothic style.
The inside has also been radically changed compared to the original Romanesque structure, by decorations in stucco and marble from the seventeenth century; a wooden choir by Andrea Previtali (1470-1528) and Bernardino Zenale (1450-1526, one of the architects who contributed to the building of Milan Cathedral), following a design by Lorenzo Lotto; a wooden confessional by Andrea Fantoni, an interesting example of baroque art; Flemish tapestries from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the one which depicts the "Crocefissione" (Crucifixion) is particularly spectacular; frescos from the Giottesque school of the 1400s, representing the Stories of the Life of St Eligio and an "Ultima Cena" (Last Supper).
Welcome to Tokyo Zero, in this city the really difficult thing is to find a free Taxi
- Costume Kurenai Harajuku from GRIMA available at Tokyo Zero Event
- Opium Makeup Red from [BCC] Black Cats Creations available at Tokyo Zero Event
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I'm not sure who Charlie is, but according to the name this sea stack here is apparently his garden... could be difficult to get the lawnmower on it at times I guess...
I'd come to this location after the huge dog had dug up the beach at the previous sunset location (see 2 photo's back) my intention was to isolate the sea stack in a long exposure as it was high tide, but upon arrival there was all this beautiful rock with lines leading into the scene that would have gone to waste so the plan was quickly changed with the sun still being up enough to light the foreground.
A great location and one to definitely come back to for sunrise or just on a lower tide.
### caption amended with info about Charlie.. The legend is famous about Charlie living there while it was still joined to the mainland. The stack used to be an Island and Charlie grew his potatoes and veg on top in the 1800s.
Many thanks to Norma (Sheerlight) for the information.
I took pictures of birds in flight at 200mm and 300mm lens before, but today I took pictures in 550mm and 600mm. It is more difficult to take picture of bird in flight with longer focal length.
The path up Glen Dee is getting difficult for cycling now, so it's time to drop the bikes off and start hiking to our first summit of the day, Beinn Bhrotain (mine is the black one closest to the fence).
Beinn Bhrotain (pronounced Bane Vrottan meaning Hill of the Hound) stands at 1157 meters (3796 feet) and is the first of our Munros today. Monadh Mor (pronounced Monnagh Mor meaning The Big Hill) is our second and final destination and stands at 1113 meters (3651 feet). A short 5 mile cycle up Glen Dee gets us to the foot of the climb, then it's an 11 mile hike across rough and boggy ground to get there. An epic 8.5 hours, largely un-pathed, time in the hills gets us back to the cars just before full dark falls!
"Every creation / knows a difficult state / at which the structure / resists change. // To move along the lines / brings man / to the abyss / or not?"
"Elke schepping / kent een lastig punt / waarop de structuur / verandering weert. // Het volgen van de lijnen / brengt de mens / aan de afgrond / of niet?"
Assemblage, carton, paint, ashes, metal, wood, size 49x27 x 7 cm (www.meurtant.exto.org)
It’s difficult to close the door on the things that once made us happy, that offered bright promise during dark times. Things that helped us find love or hope or happiness.
But the hard truth is that not everything can last forever and things end; sometimes abruptly, sometimes fading away slowly until they’re just a speck disappearing in the distance. We can’t hold onto things forever, no matter how firmly we fix our grasp upon them. We can’t force people to stay and seldom can we control the situations we find ourselves in.
But what we can do is remember one simple, undeniable reality. And that is that new prospects will always arise from the end of something else. That it’s okay to let go of something that ends, even when it’s devastatingly painful. Even when it’s something that seems like it’s being yanked away from you before you’re ready. The ending of things will sometimes feel excruciating, even when we deep down know that it’s the right thing, the only thing.
Who has ever started something new, something exciting, without finishing something first? It’s only when we’re defeated by the prospect of something ending that we think to pull ourselves up and move forward. Life is a process, a series of ups and downs. A sequence of unpredictable happenings. It’s not black and white and most of the events that fill up the timeline of our lives are very rarely planned or expected.
But isn’t that the whole point? Isn’t that what life is meant to be about? The things that end and the new opportunities that come out of them. The ways in which we fight and struggle and conquer and overcome.
One day you will wake up and it won’t hurt so bad. That you’ll go through entire days without playing out that ending in your mind. That soon there will be whole stretches of time when it never even crosses your mind, until one day it’s just an uncomfortable memory.
Know that one day you will look back and see that event not as the end, but as a starting point. As the pivot that turned everything around. As the thing that gave you the courage to try something new, something that would come to a beautiful fruition.
Let yourself realize that every wonderful thing that you’ve experienced is so because something else ended, not in spite of it.
Things will end, while others are just beginning.
Benbulben, County Sligo. Difficult to get nice light in the West of Ireland. I had to do with some harsh afternoon light. Better than cloud and rain I suppose. Super scenery in this part of the world. 10-22mm on for this. Allows a big sky to be taken in.
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Difficult everyday life, because all the pipes have to be laid above ground everywhere due to the permafrost
50 km north of the Arctic Circle in Qeqertarsuup Tunua (Disko) Bay in the central part of the west coast of Greenland.
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Schwieriges Alltagsleben, denn überall müssen sämtliche Leitungen wegen des Permafrostes oberirdisch verlegt werden.
50 km nördlich des Polarkreises in der Qeqertarsuup Tunua (Disko)-Bucht im mittleren Teil der Westküste Grönlands.
One of those shots that didnt need a crop .. I liked the composition but I did flip the image to the left it just seemed more natural. i find this colour very difficult to shoot but seemed to get some definition this time in the petals :)
I've been exploring the coastal areas around Wellington, New Zealand to find interesting compositions to photograph under the night sky. Earlier this month I came across this rock pool which aligned perfectly with the rising Milky Way. Access to the pool over the rocks was difficult, but it was worth the effort to set this shot up.
The difficult life when you don't have a water connection
You have to fetch water from common water points with the yellow or orange canisters.
Often on foot. With the help of donkeys. Sometimes also with collection carts pulled by donkeys.
Surprisingly difficult to stack these cases - they seem to have a mind of their own, either closing right up together, or falling all over the place. I did contemplate sticking them so that they were evenly spaced, and then decided I would let them go they wanted!
One main light on the right and some slight infill on the left.
A bit of post adjustment to tweek the colour but little else.
Russian Industar 61 L/Z f2.8 50mm
Unseen Photo Fair in Amsterdam was a wonderful experience for me. The world of photography has been more extensive than I expected. Emerging talents from all over the world amazed me by their imagination, creativity and craftsmanship; on the other hand, I felt that what photography has achieved was sometimes neglected. In other words, they don't need the realities in front of them now… Anyway, participating in Unseen made me think about what I actually want to do. It's getting more and more difficult and interesting to take/make pictures…
"Difficult-looking legal books stand in a formidable row. They mock me. I tried reading one, and it made my head hurt. When I closed it, it slipped out of my hand. Then my foot hurt too."
- Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney
Long-eared owls are difficult to monitor given their elusive behavior, however, they are considered threatened globally and even endangered in some areas.
In less than a single human lifetime, 2.9 billion breeding adult birds have been lost from North America, across every ecosystem.
Scientists have identified that habitat loss is the biggest overall driver of bird declines. Habitat loss occurs when land is converted for agriculture, development, resource extraction (drilling, mining, deforestation). Some other human-caused threats to birds are cats and other invasive species; collisions with windows, communications towers and wind turbines, not to mention exposure to pesticides, rodenticides and other toxins. And as the climate changes, many birds (and other animals) are struggling to adapt.
These threats pose an ever-growing danger to birds and are already pushing some species toward extinction.
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The Birds are amazing to watch as they seem to overcome all apparent obstacles in their way hindering them from the food, the Red-shafted Flicker is an example, on its back perfectly balanced using its tail and enjoying the suet feast
I took a short walk today in the nearby Humber Bay Park, West. There were only 10 swans left in the lake. Marking World Autism Awareness Day - April 2!
Happy weekend, my friends.
... trovare una via deserta a Aigues Mortes, cittadina molto gettonata dai turisti che qui arrivano a pulmanate, il weekend è proibitivo !
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Very difficult working handheld and find stability and the right angle with the sun to get the most beauty out of these rainy dandelions. Only few pictures are OK.
Keter-class SCPs are anomalies that are exceedingly difficult to contain consistently or reliably, with containment procedures often being extensive and complex. The Foundation often can't contain these SCPs well due to not having a solid understanding of the anomaly, or lacking the technology to properly contain or counter it. A Keter SCP does not mean the SCP is dangerous, just that it is simply very difficult or costly to contain.. ◊
Difficult to believe but a little north of us there was a 100 km road closure, which lasted 3 days due to a massive storm.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/gravenhurst-muskoka-storm-...
This is an image of the Messier 78 complex M78 in Orion. It is a difficult object from my location due to the strong light pollution here unfortunately but I decided to try.
This is also known as the "Casper The Friendly Ghost Nebula" although I'm not entirely sure where this comes from!
Certainly the two Nebula, M78 at right and NGC 2071 left, look like two ghostly eyes peering out from the darkness but I wouldn't say they looked friendly, more sinister I would say lol!!
However, M78 was discovered in 1780 by Pierre Méchain who passed on its location to Charles Messier who catalogued it as M78.
M78 is a reflection nebula, showing the typical sky blue colour and the brightest in this complex. We only see these structures because of the associated stars illuminating the clouds of dust by reflecting their light. The whole complex is surrounded by dark, thick dust and gas adding a sense of mystery. The dust has a slight reddish hue.
The complex consists of M78, the brightest at left. Above it are NGC 2067 (l) and NGC 2064(r). The bright nebula to the left of M78 forming the other eye is NGC 2071.
Image with a Skywatcher Esprit 120ED scope and a ZWO 2600MC camera.
A total of 3hr exposure calibrated with temp. matched darks, flats and dark flats.
Thanks for looking!