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The view from Bail Hill above Mickleton looking up the dale towards a snowy Harwood in the far distance (where the snow line starts) and Ettersgill a little closer just right of centre. The lower end of Lunedale in bright sunshine is in the foreground. A wintry sky signals a heavy snow shower approaching.
"Tri-Colored Heron - Bent on Breakfast" by Patti Deters. A tri-colored heron (Egretta tricolor) bends and curves his neck while foraging for small fish in the shallow waters of a marshy swamp in Florida, USA. In the dramatic lighting of early morning, the bird is intent on hunting as many of the little fish as possible. The water is calm, as you can see by the reflection, except for where the long-legged wading bird has walked and dipped his beak to catch his food. Its a portrait of quiet confidence, where stealth and solitude meet in perfect harmony. Thank you for viewing this simple wildlife picture. If you like outdoor nature photography, you can purchase or just enjoy looking at more water birds, animals, and other fauna at patti-deters.pixels.com/featured/tri-colored-heron-bent-o....
A dramatic coastal scene at sunset, where a heavy bank of dark storm clouds looms over the horizon, pierced by a brilliant golden glow from the setting sun. The turbulent ocean below churns with white-capped waves, while the foreground is a deep silhouette of dunes and a simple rope fence, creating a powerful contrast between the dark land and the luminous sky.
A fictional face in three views: profile, frontal portrait, and half-profile.
AI-generated and refined into a monochrome triptych study.
AI note: AI-generated / AI-enhanced portrait study. The depicted woman is fictional.
In the quiet glow of the night, every shadow tells a different story. A moment of stillness against a canvas of light, color, and contrast—where emotion speaks louder than words.
Landscape Composition; Rye, New York; Taylor Swift: youtu.be/jYa1eI1hpDE ©2012 DianaLee Photo Designs
Il y a des flammes qui éclairent une pièce, et d'autres qui révèlent un silence. Cette allumette ne promet ni incendie ni rédemption. Elle suspend simplement le temps, quelques secondes avant que la lumière ne s'éteigne. Le mystère ne réside pas dans ce qu'elle tient entre ses doigts, mais dans ce que son regard refuse de raconter.
EN Some flames illuminate a room; others reveal a silence. This match promises neither fire nor redemption. It simply suspends time for a few seconds before the light disappears. The mystery lies not in what she holds between her fingers, but in what her gaze refuses to reveal.
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Very strong foreground sunshine on a country road with a hefty squall approaching. Near Wycliffe, Teesdale
There’s power in what’s hidden. In this moment, we’re not invited to see the face, but to feel the presence. The posture isn’t just concealment—it’s protection, tension, defiance, or maybe even peace. The interwoven fingers form a barrier, but not a wall. It’s a quiet stand in a noisy world. What makes it compelling isn’t what we’re allowed to see, but what we’re made to wonder. This is vulnerability in full display, not through expression, but through the act of withholding it.
Sunset ~ grackle ~ South Florida U.S.A.
Baca Raton, Florida ~ Florida Everglades
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A study in light, shadow, and structure — this monochrome portrait captures a mannequin’s face and shoulders as if sculpted from marble. The sharp side light highlights the contours of the cheekbones and lips, while the rest gently fades into darkness. The image evokes a sense of quiet introspection, stillness, and timeless elegance. There’s an almost classical quality to it — a modern nod to ancient statues and the tradition of chiaroscuro in Renaissance art.
This photograph explores the boundary between the inanimate and the human, between realism and abstraction. Despite the mannequin’s lifeless material, the lighting and composition bring out an expressive, almost sentient presence.
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Исследование света, тени и формы — этот черно-белый портрет манекена выглядит как мраморная скульптура. Резкий боковой свет подчеркивает скулы, губы и линию шеи, в то время как остальная часть лица мягко растворяется во тьме. Возникает ощущение безмолвия, сосредоточенности и утончённой красоты. В снимке присутствует классическое настроение — отсылка к античным бюстам и светотеневой технике эпохи Ренессанса.
Фотография размышляет о грани между неживым и живым, между реализмом и абстракцией. Несмотря на то что перед нами манекен, композиция и свет придают ему почти одушевлённый облик.
barcelona. late morning. the winter sun is hard. it cuts the pavement like a knife. two men sit at a table. they talk. they laugh. for a moment, the world consists only of this conversation. a pigeon walks across the stone. it steps into the light. it lingers there. soon the shadow will swallow it again. life takes place in the bright spots. the rest is darkness.
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Strong sunshine - and the hole in the cloud cover which created it - lights up the conservation village of Barningham, County Durham.
Just over a week ago from almost exactly the same viewpoint:
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Des regards peuvent en dire long, même quand on ne sait pas très bien quoi en penser. Celui d’Emeline me plaît pour ça. Un peu de douceur, une part d’ombre, et quelque chose qui reste à deviner. Pour le reste, je préfère ne pas poser de mots car certaines choses perdent un peu de leur intérêt quand on les explique trop...
EN Looks can say a lot, even when you don't really know what to think. I like Emeline's for that. A little sweetness, a part of shadow, and something that remains to be guessed. For the rest, I prefer not to ask words because some things lose a little of their interest when you explain them too much...
Time to get the horses into the barn on a ranch in the Sandhills of Nebraska. The storm was approaching from the north and it meant business. The guys were out putting up hay when they saw it coming and started getting the horses under shelter in a hurry. I'll always remember the afternoon, the great light that gave way to a morbid green as the storm overtook us, the postures of the cowboys, and the smell of the approaching rain. Don't always get these moments in life.
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Sur scène, rien n'est jamais tout à fait ce qu'il semble être. Une tête brandie comme un trophée, un geste suspendu, un visage figé entre surprise et autorité. Tout paraît étrangement sérieux, presque dramatique, jusqu'à ce que l'on se souvienne qu'il s'agit d'un spectacle pour enfants.
C'est peut-être cela, la beauté du théâtre : pendant quelques minutes, même les choses les plus improbables méritent d'être prises au sérieux. Car pour faire croire les enfants, il faut d'abord y croire soi-même.
EN On the stage, nothing is ever quite what it seems. A head held high, a gesture suspended, a face frozen between surprise and command. Everything appears strangely serious, almost dramatic, until we remember that this is a children's show. Perhaps that is the beauty of theatre: for a few minutes, even the most improbable things deserve to be taken seriously. Because to make children believe, you first have to believe yourself.
Half hidden beneath a hood, one blue eye holds the whole frame. A quiet fine-art child portrait about shyness, shelter, and the courage it takes to be seen.
There are childhood moments that do not arrive laughing. They come quietly, wrapped in fabric, shadow, and the small instinct to hide before being seen.
This portrait lives in that fragile space. The hood becomes a shelter, the sleeve a curtain, the hand a little wall raised against the world. Yet one eye remains open to us, bright and blue against the cool darkness, holding the entire photograph together. It is not a pose so much as a negotiation: come closer, but not too close; look, but gently.
The low-key light, muted colour, dark background, and soft textures give the image a cinematic stillness. Nothing in the frame feels loud. The oversized hoodie swallows the child slightly, making the face feel even smaller, more watchful, more protected. And still, beneath all that shadow, there is presence.
This is what a fine-art child portrait can hold when it refuses easy sweetness. Not performance. Not sentiment. Not a smile offered on command. Just the quiet truth of a child deciding how much of themselves to reveal.
Sometimes the smallest opening lets the whole soul through.
While I was over at my mom's for Thanksgiving dinner I shot some off-the-cuff portraits of my brother. Due to the dramatic lighting, and his flair for the dramatic, he came out looking like a comic book / anime villain.
It was a very dark and rainy week. The sun was nowhere to be found...for days. Clouds and overcast weather systems rolled by endlessly, with hardly any color in the sky at all. We were blanketed by a low cloud-covered ceiling. It was a very good opportunity to do some black and white images with some textures and moody feeling. What else was I going to do? I didn't need my sunglasses and there was no glare...anywhere. I had to "time it" between the constant showers that were all over the place. It was gloomy and different...yet still fun. The sun will come out tomorrow ~ Rainy Day over the Florida Everglades
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Dramatic winter sunshine and a dark stormy sky in this view into Lunedale, taken looking over the lower part of Teesdale from Folly Top
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An older sister is a friend and defender - a listener, conspirator, a counselor and a sharer of delights. And sorrows too.
Models: My daughters.
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The farmer concerned assures me there is no pot of gold at the end, and furthermore anybody found digging for one on his farm will be shot on sight :-)
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Sunshine, shadows and vivid autumn colours in this view across Swaledale to Gunnerside, taken from Spring End.
Some portraits are carefully planned.
Others simply happen.
No elaborate direction, no constructed moment — just light, presence and a gesture that felt right.
Sometimes the image you weren't looking for becomes the one that stays with you.
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During the summer this year there had been a lot of secondary smoke in Vancouver, British Columbia. At one point over 550 forest fires were active in the province and the weather patterns brought the smoke to the coast. Though at times there were health risks it all made for splendid images.
During my exposes this unexpected guest came into the frame.
The smoke was so think the sun was completely obscured before making it to the horizon.
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Il y a quelque chose d’un peu inquiétant dans cette image. Elle s’apprête simplement à écouter un disque, et pourtant, on dirait presque qu’elle attend autre chose que de la musique. J’aime ce contraste entre le geste familier, le regard qui accroche l’objectif et cette lumière verte qui donne à la scène un drôle de climat. On est quelque part entre une soirée vinyle et le début d’un film dont on ne connaît pas encore le genre. Le disque n’a pas encore commencé à tourner. Pour l’instant, tout va bien… je crois...
EN There’s something slightly unsettling about this image. She is simply about to put on a record, yet she looks almost as if she’s waiting for something other than music. I like the contrast between this familiar gesture, the way her eyes meet the camera, and the green light that gives the whole scene such an unusual mood. Somewhere between a vinyl listening session and the opening scene of a film whose genre we haven’t quite figured out yet. The record hasn’t even started spinning. So far, everything seems fine… I think...
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Isle of Skye - The Quirang is a fascinating rock formation on the Trotternish peninsula on Skye. It is approximately two miles north west of Staffin and six miles south east of Rubha Hunish. The Quiraing is a spectacular landslip on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish Ridge on the Isle of Skye. The whole of the Trotternish Ridge escarpment was formed by a great series of landslips; the Quiraing is the only part of the slip still moving, the road at its base near Flodigarry requires repairs each year.
The Trotternish Ridge lies on Skye's northernmost peninsula known as Trotternish. The northernmost summit on this ridge is known as the Quirang which has a fantastic maze of pinnacles, cliffs and flat grass tables that were formed by an ancient landslide of biblical proportions. From below these cliffs look huge, upon closer inspection you find many intricacies - scree slopes provide entrances to reveal an intricate maze of deep chasms and huge rock walls.
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Sunset Afterglow ~ Boca Raton, Florida
South Florida ~ Florida Everglades U.S.A.
Spring 2016 ~ Palm Beach County, Florida
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Sunset ~ grackles ~ South Florida U.S.A.
Baca Raton, Florida ~ Florida Everglades
[Ironically, presidential candidate Donald Trump had
a rally and gave a speech in this park (last night) at
the Sunset Cove Amphitheater, which is approximately
300 feet from this spot! Reached out to Florida voters!]
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In South Africa’s Kruger National Park, we followed him at a respectful distance as he moved through the thorny bush — slow, silent, almost weightless. From behind the branches, his eyes held that unmistakable mix of wild focus and exhaustion. He looked thin, weak… and when he came a little closer, the truth was hard to ignore: deep wounds, likely from a fight with another leopard or predator, and a body that seemed to be running out of time.
I was there with my safari company, GoThombi, and moments like this are why we do what we do: not to chase “the perfect shot”, but to witness nature as it is — beautiful, brutal, and profoundly human in the way it can hit your chest without warning.
That look through the bushes is one I’ll carry forever.
A dramatic coastal scene at either sunrise or sunset, where the sun breaks through heavy, dark clouds, casting a brilliant glow across the horizon. The turbulent ocean churns with white-capped waves crashing against silhouetted rocks in the foreground, creating a powerful contrast between the dark, moody sky and the shimmering, sunlit water. The composition uses backlighting to emphasize the texture of the waves and the ruggedness of the coastline, evoking a sense of wild, untamed nature.
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
J'aime cette frontière un peu floue où la danse quitte le mouvement pour devenir autre chose. Une émotion, peut-être un souvenir, ou simplement une histoire qu'on ne sait pas encore raconter. Avec Émeline, on s'aventure dans cet entre-deux. Pas vraiment dans le réel, pas tout à fait ailleurs non plus...Un geste, un regard, une main qui vient chercher un contact dont on ne sait pas très bien s'il rassure ou s'il inquiète.
EN I like this slightly blurred border where dance leaves the movement to become something else. An emotion, perhaps a memory, or simply a story that we do not yet know how to tell. With Émeline, we venture into this in-between. Not really in real life, not quite elsewhere either... A gesture, a look, a hand that comes to look for a contact that we do not know very well if it reassures or if it worries.