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the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head :-)
Eric Hoffer, Reflections on the Human Condition, 1973
HFF!! Truth Matters!
zinnia, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
so to find a new discursive space, a space to wander around those subject matters, is a real challenge :-)
Larry Sultan
HBW!! Truth Matters! Lies have consequences.
shasta daisy, 'Becky', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
"Do not be afraid to face your difficulty. Turn toward it. Lean into the wind. Hold your ground."
-Jack Kornfield
Thank you very much for your kind comments and visit, much appreciated!
This lone Roseate Spoonbill was foraging the shallow waters at Celery Field, Florida. It seemed to have some difficulty navigating the thick tangle of vegetation in the fresh-water marsh, and often had mud and other matter (which I'd rather not describe) affixed to its long, flat bill.
Back to the series of images from Serra da Estrela, Portugal’s mainland biggest mountain, with another early morning shot where light plays central role in misleading our senses.
The rightside of the image was still in the shadows, whereas the left one was already receiving early morning sunlight. Although the rocks are exactly the same (granite) the light/shadow play creates dramatic differences in the scene at this time of the day and the illusion that rocks are completely different.
Other niceties in this picture are the effect of erosion on some of the rocks that take amazing cylindrical forms and the wonderful atmosphere generated by the passing clouds that “entered” into the image (I was at an altitude of approx. 2000m).
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Serra da Estrela (Star Mountain) is Portugal’s mainland highest mountain. At 1,993 metres at its highest point in Torre, Serra da Estrela is an area of rare landscape beauty. You can take advantage of the moments of communion with nature to discover the diversity of plants and birds and the flocks of sheep herded by Estrela dogs from the breed named after the mountain.
In cold weather, Serra da Estrela is the only place in Portugal where you can try ski, or go sledging, snowboarding or ride a snowmobile. Albeit small, there are several runs with support infrastructure, as well as artificial snow runs for skiing.
This natural park is excellent for trekking, horse-riding or mountain biking. It boasts some 375km of marked trails of varying degrees of difficulty.
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Covão do Boi, Serra da Estrela, Portugal
© All rights reserved Rui Baptista. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
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This scenery I saw when I was sailing on the boat through the magic Vietnamese Halong Bay.
Sometimes the landscapes there turn into a pink wonderland.
Wish you all a wonderful start of the weekend………
Get ready to sail into the weekend and………….
A blazing sunny day causing difficulties for exposure, even by hiding in the shadows the sun was burning bright on the white water...which lent a nice effect to the spray at the top of the falls. A beautiful place to just watch the water...
A vertical and horizontal pano was needed to catch all details along the upper rim and the foreground rocks.
More falling water in my website gallery:
The anhinga, sometimes called snakebird or darter, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. Unlike ducks, ospreys and pelicans which coat their feathers with oil from their uropygial gland, the anhinga does not have waterproof feathers. Their feathers get soaked upon immersion in water. Therefore, they cannot stay floating on water for long periods of time. The anhinga cannot fly with wet feathers. If it attempts to fly while its wings are wet, the anhinga has difficulty, flapping vigorously while "running" on the water. Like cormorants, the anhinga stands with wings spread and feathers fanned open in a semicircular shape to dry its feathers and absorb heat. They face away from the sun to dry their feathers.
Madidi is a national park in the upper Amazon river basin in Bolivia. It has an area of 18,958 square kilometres, and, along with the nearby protected areas Manuripi-Heath, Apolobamba, and (across the border in Peru) the Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madidi is part of one of the largest protected areas in the world.
Bolivia, Madidi National Park
Please don't use my images without my permission. All images © Aivar Mikko.
Taken at the Cockrell Butterfly Center in Houston. I'm having difficulty identifying, although it could possibly be a Red Postman Mimic originally from Ecuador.
I always have difficulty photographing the few wintering Eurasian Wigeons in the region. They are challenging to isolate because they are usually among a flock of American Wigeons. I finally found one that was willing to cooperate.
Une espèce que je trouve difficile à isoler et photographier. Seulement quelques individus passent l'hiver dans la région et ils sont habituellement parmi les Canards d'Amérique. En voici un qui a finalement coopéré.
I am still having difficulties identifying these two hawks;
Cooper's vs Sharp-shinned. You be the judge
I looked them up several times in bird books and also different websites and theoretically I know the differences between the two but in real life I am still struggling identifying them.
Thanks everyone for your opinion and comments. Much appreciated.
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and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties :-)
Harry "The buck stops here" Truman
HGGT!! VOTE! RESIST!
narcissus, daffodil, 'Virginia Sunrise', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Castle Stalker (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal an Stalcaire) is a four-story tower house or keep picturesquely set on a tidal islet on Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe. It is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-east of Port Appin, Argyll, Scotland, and is visible from the A828 road about midway between Oban and Glen Coe. The islet is accessible (with difficulty) from the shore at low tide. The name "Stalker" comes from the Gaelic Stalcaire, meaning "hunter" or "falconer".
In recent times, the castle was brought to fame by the Monty Python team, appearing in their film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
to avail myself of Sir John Herschel’s beautiful process of Cyanotype, to obtain impressions of the plants themselves, which I have much pleasure in offering to my botanical friends :-)
Anna Atkins
1843, text accompanying the first photographically illustrated book, British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, authored by the Atkins, recognized as the first female photographer.
HMM!! Ukraine Matters!
prunus, cherry blossom, our yard, cary, north carolina
Continuing with my Positive Flags of the Nations
project with a tribute to Humour.
Laugh as much as possible, always laugh. It's the sweetest thing one can do for oneself & one's fellow human beings.
Maya Angelou
A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
When humor goes, there goes civilization.
Erma Bombeck
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️❤️❤️
deprived of a richer artistic training, are sent forth inculcated with the belief that they are creative photographers and artists. It is yet a fact that today, as in the past, the most inspiring and provocative works in photography come as much (and probably more) from those who are in the first place artists.
Aaron Scharf
Creative Photography, 1965
HBM! HMM!
monarch butterfly, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path. Jim Rohn
~happy fence friday~
The 300 year old "Ancient Oak" at Dade Battlefield Historic State Park. "The Seminole resistance to removal to a reservation brought about the Second Seminole War. It started on December 28, 1835, when a column of 107 soldiers, led by Major Dade, were attacked by the Seminole warriors. 'Have a good heart; our difficulties and dangers are over now, and as soon as we arrive at Fort King (present day Ocala) you'll have three days to rest and keep Christmas gaily.' Major Francis L. Dade spoke these words of encouragement to 107 cold, tired soldiers in a pine forest on the morning of December 28, 1835. Within eight hours, only three soldiers would survive the battle that marked the beginning of the Second Seminole War." This tree was already more than 100 years old at the time of the battle, about 185 years ago. If this tree could talk.
Moremi Game Reserve
Okavango Delta
Botswana
Southern Africa
Botswana has the largest elephant population on the continent due to tight protection and civil unrest in neighbouring countries. The relative difficulty in accessing the wildlife areas coupled with the military threat to poachers has allowed the elephant population in Botswana to grow.
The Chobe River front was once only a part of the ancient elephant migration routes but with civil war in Angola and the war of liberation in Namibia the elephants fell victim to mass poaching.
Rival armies were killing elephants for target practice and to sell ivory for weapons. The elephants reacted to this threat by not crossing Chobe River, instead the Chobe then became the dry season refuge for the herds and over the years the numbers built up and the reputation of Chobe grew.
There have been incidents of poaching in Botswana, mainly rhino, but the government decided to set up a military task force in the fight against the scourge. Poachers were ruthlessly dealt with and the task force became a full-time anti-poaching unit.
The end of the war in Namibia, and relative peace having returned to Angola, the elephants have slowly but surely started moving across the Chobe River again. There are many elephants that have not had the experience of migration routes and still see Chobe as a dry season refuge.
The Linyanti area of Botswana was once a hunting concession but in the past 10 years, with only photographic tourism being offered, the elephants are starting to return en masse to the region and Linyanti today is being touted as equal to Chobe when it comes to elephant experience.
Other areas of Botswana such as the Okavango Delta also see high concentrations of elephant due to the permanent water source. Wikipedia
The same and yet so different! I've posted photos of this wonderful, early-flowering tree before but it always delights me. This year its English name is a bit ironic in view of our Covid-19 lockdown and the difficulty of any longish wayfaring in Far-off Climes as is my wont! But the pink holds out hope. And the sky is blue.
Bones of an impressive romance
Scattered all across the sands
This was a challenging swimming area but so worth the initial entry difficulty. (You have to dive through the swell to enter.) Lots of lovely fisheys underneath the turbulence.
Exiting is even harder, especially when exhausted. You need to catch a wave to propel and lift you onto the jagged rocks. So many people injured, including myself.
I was also stung by bees, three times. (Honey producing region.)
On the other side of the big rocks is a five star resort you can sneak into, if you can survive the swim!
An old holiday snap. Actas Beach, Faralya, Turkey.
I'm all out of hope
One more bad dream
Could bring a fall
When I'm far from home
Don't call me on the phone
To tell me you're alone
It's easy to deceive
It's easy to tease
But hard to get release
(Les yeux sans visage) eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage) eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage) eyes without a face
Got no human grace
Your eyes without a face
I spend so much time
Believing all the lies
To keep the dream alive
Now it makes me sad
It makes me mad at truth
For loving what was youLes yeux sans visage) eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage) eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage) eyes without a face
Got no human grace
Your eyes without a face
When you hear the music, you make a dip
Into someone else's pocket, then make a slip
Steal a car and go to Las Vegas
Oh, the gigolo pool
Hanging out by the state line
Turning holy water into wine
Drinking it down, oh
I'm on a bus on a psychedelic trip
Reading murder books, trying to stay hip
I'm thinking of you and you're out there, so
Say your prayers
Say your prayers
Say your prayersNow I close my eyes
And I wonder why
I don't despise
Now all I can do
Is love what was once
So alive and new
But it's gone from your eyes
I'd better realise
(Les yeux sans visage) eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage) eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage) eyes without a face
Got no human grace
Your eyes without a face
Such a human waste
Your eyes without a face
And now it's getting worse
I am not sure this image betrays the difficulty of creating it! Although the light did not materialize which I had hoped for, I still hope that it communicates a sense of mood and place. Standing on the edfe of a sheer cliff, creating a three-image multi-exposure of each of 5 views which made up the panorama, and with the rain lashing against the lens, constantly wiping it clean with one hand, and with the other keeping a firm grip on the tripod and camera which would otherwise have likely blown off the cliff never to be seen again......... but this magical peninsula near the village of Llangrannof is worth any discomfort. I hope you enjoy it.
BEST APPRECIATED AT A VIEWING WIDTH OF MORE THAN 16"/40cm!
Moremi Game Reserve
Okavango Delta
Botswana
Southern Africa
Botswana has the largest elephant population on the continent due to tight protection and civil unrest in neighbouring countries. The relative difficulty in accessing the wildlife areas coupled with the military threat to poachers has allowed the elephant population in Botswana to grow.
The Chobe River front was once only a part of the ancient elephant migration routes but with civil war in Angola and the war of liberation in Namibia the elephants fell victim to mass poaching.
Rival armies were killing elephants for target practice and to sell ivory for weapons. The elephants reacted to this threat by not crossing Chobe River, instead the Chobe then became the dry season refuge for the herds and over the years the numbers built up and the reputation of Chobe grew.
There have been incidents of poaching in Botswana, mainly rhino, but the government decided to set up a military task force in the fight against the scourge. Poachers were ruthlessly dealt with and the task force became a full-time anti-poaching unit.
The end of the war in Namibia, and relative peace having returned to Angola, the elephants have slowly but surely started moving across the Chobe River again. There are many elephants that have not had the experience of the migration routes and still see Chobe as a dry season refuge.
The Linyanti area of Botswana was once a hunting concession but in the past 10 years, with only photographic tourism being offered, the elephants are starting to return en masse to the region and Linyanti today is being touted as equal to Chobe when it comes to elephant experience.
Other areas of Botswana such as the Okavango Delta also see high concentrations of elephant due to the permanent water source. Wikipedia
Whenever people suffered the difficulty in real life, they either faced the challenge with courage or hided themselves in their secret garden temporarily, made their sophicated thoughts within, and then find way to breakthrough again.
Have you ever own your secret garden ? It could be a real place in the world , or just a mental place at your mind, which made yourself feel safe & help you calm down from the suddently sufferings in real life.
Try to create the secret garden through the overlayering composition, it can be a place mixed with variable emotions, happiness, sorrow, hate, sadness, peaceful etc, not necesarry a subjective garden in vision, maybe just a private corner under the tree, on the meadow, or even the space between the leaves & air.. tell me how you think about your secret garden.
El Peñón de la Mata (1669 m) está en la Sierra de Cogollos, en término municipal de Cogollos Vega, a unos 15 km al norte de Granada, en el límite del Parque Natural de la Sierra de Huétor.
A pesar de la dificultad de ascenso, es un lugar recomendable para contemplar toda la Vega de Granada y el macizo de Sierra Nevada.
La foto está tomada desde la carretera GR-3424, poco antes de llegar al cruce de Nívar (a unos 2 km del pueblo de Güevéjar)
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The Peñón de la Mata (1669 m) is in the Sierra de Cogollos, in the municipality of Cogollos Vega, about 15 km north of Granada, on the edge of the Sierra de Huétor Natural Park.
Despite the difficulty of the ascent, it is a recommended place to contemplate the entire Vega de Granada and the Sierra Nevada massif.
The photo is taken from the GR-3424 highway, shortly before reaching the Nívar junction (about 2 km from the town of Güevéjar)
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"Difficulties are opportunities to better things; they are stepping stones to greater experience."
Author unknown
Wishing you all a good start into the week
"Our difficulty is that we have become autistic. We no longer listen to what the Earth, its landscape, its atmospheric phenomena and all its living forms, its mountains and valleys, the rain, the wind, and all the flora and fauna of the planet are telling us."
-Thomas Berry
Gaia waits for us to listen once again to the world that sustains us. Let us hope she does not wait in vain.
As for me, I'm tired of sad news and human deafness. At least for tonight. Perhaps the morning will bring some sense of renewal.
I was having difficulties when trying to capture this dude. It was flying up and down (like a yo-yo) from a flower at very fast speed. With tall trees above limiting the sunlights, I could only push up the ISO inorder to increase the shutter speed. This is one of the few successful attempts. will show the rest later.
P.S. this bee is quite tiny.
I've had some difficulty in pinning the chassis number down for this particular car, the closest I can feasibly get to (and may still be wrong) is S/N 0879GT. **Update: its S/N 0773GT**
S/N 0879GT listed as a Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta Scaglietti TdF in maroon with a black stripe, with three louvres,
covered headlights and high alloy decoration in the door (57 style).
If this is the car, it was registered to Wolfgang Seidel in Bologna in 1958 (not 1957) so not entirely sure its the same car. Regardless, its a lovely looking 250 TdF, especially from this front on angle.
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difficulty level: 3
§ fifteen §
The Moon, Biafra, a murderous earthquake, a campaign against pollution, a six-day war, a Bay of Pigs, the death of a Mao—mere Christmas parties one and all, with the great thoughtless void suddenly wreathed in flowers, and tooting its two-penny whistle. For a little while no one is bored, which is something at least.
Amiakhum is my second most favorite waterfall in the whole of the country. It is located deep within the hills. Roughtly a day and half walk away from Remakri town. The waterfall is basically a huge cascade that falls into a different level of the river. It is really worth it staying there overnight if you have a moon up ahead of you. It was a magical experience we had. The trail is neither the toughest nor beginner in difficulty wise. Recommended if one has passion for waterfalls and trekking.
“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. “
- René Descartes
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=an4ySOlsUMY
HOW LONG WILL I LOVE YOU by ELLIE GOULDING
I LEAVE OUT ALL DESIRE
As I stand amid the poppies and smell their sweet perfume
I know that I am leaving here to find a land where I belong
I am knee deep dancing in the wind
that blows me who knows where
but one thing that I'm certain of is I'll leave without a care
there is nothing left to keep me here except this field of dreams
but I need to find another world to replace the red with cream
too much vivid colour has drained me of all reason
I need to feel snow underfoot; I need another season
red the colour of my heart; passionate; sincere
but oh so easily broken and drowned with all my tears
a perfect soul; does it really exist; I have no way of knowing
the wind's impatient just like me; I shrug and keep on going
I pack a suitcase with my life and leave out all desire
there's room enough to fill one day if someone lights my fire
my steps are lighter as though I fly above the scarlet land
where once my soul was tethered to a gentle caring man
where is he now I wonder briefly but it's just a fleeting thought
he wasn't always gentle as the time that followed taught
why do we start as one thing and let ourselves be shaped
by life and love and everything that passed by us and scraped
another scar; a pack of lies; broken bones as fragile as a bird's
bleached and leached
by the harshness of someone's scorching words
the sea rises up to claim me;
the salt-laden air cauterises my wounds
but the scars inside me will remain
long after my love for him has been consumed
I close my eyes and dare to dream;
a world with pastel colours; predominantly cream
but maybe with pure white of snow;
of graceful swans and angels wings
somewhere where time has no other meaning
than the soft beating of my heart
rhythmic; gentle like butterflies wings
and the whispered words of Descartes ...
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'copyright image please do not reproduce without permission'
My artwork is a compilation of 4 of my photographs
difficulty level: 2
§ fifteen §
Real-world drama, served in the comfort of home by that whore called Mass Media, only stirs up the void where Western opinion has long been submerged. Someone drools at a current event, and mistakes his drivel for meaningful thought. Still, let’s not be too quick to spit our scorn its way. Empty drivel indeed, but it shows nonetheless how reading the papers or watching the news can provoke at least the appearance of thinking. Like Pavlov’s dog, whose slobber revealed the mechanics of instinct.
Same difficulty to get close to, but easy to photograph once within range of my lens, at the opposite to the male in my last "post".
Même difficulté d'approche, mais facile à photographier une fois qu'elle est à portée, contrairement au mâle de mon dernier "post".
Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada
Whenever people suffered the difficulty in real life, they either faced the challenge with courage or hided themselves in their secret garden temporarily, made their sophicated thoughts within, and then find way to breakthrough again.
Have you ever own your secret garden ? It could be a real place in the world , or just a mental place at your mind, which made yourself feel safe & help you calm down from the suddently sufferings in real life.
Try to create the secret garden through the overlayering composition, it can be a place mixed with variable emotions, happiness, sorrow, hate, sadness, peaceful etc, not necesarry a subjective garden in vision, maybe just a private corner under the tree, on the meadow, or even the space between the leaves & air.. tell me how you think about your secret garden.
my regularly scheduled program will not resume until i return to civilisation.
out in the "sticks" of rural texas until next week.
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'A Human Form In A Deathly Mould'
1999 by Juliao Sarmento
Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain MAMAC in Nice
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France 15.08.2014
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'A Human Form In A Deathly Mould'
1999 von Juliao Sarmento
Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain MAMAC in Nizza
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Frankreich 15.08.2014
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