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"without disturbance" this ethic is very important to me. we see too many photographers running after deer in the aisles...
" sans dérangement " cette éthique est très importante pour moi . on voit trop de photographes cavaler après les cerfs dans les allées...
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SYMBIOSE
Au gré d’un sentier serpentant dans la forêt boréale,
J’ai rencontré deux vies, deux vies très modestes
Au pied d’un peuplement d’épinettes rabougries, tout aussi modestes.
Rarement s’arrête t-on pour les observer
Plus rarement encore pour les photographier.
Ou même en parler.
Elles font partie d’une biodiversité négligée.
Ces deux vies modestes ont fait symbiose
Dans une forme de vie composite
Appelée lichen *
Improbable association entre une algue et un champignon
L’une apportant à l’autre les ressources primordiales
Pour survivre à des conditions extrêmes
Et offrir à d’autres formes de vies, (ici des caribous et autres cervidés)
Une nourriture vitale.
C’est une nature tissée de réseaux biologiques:
Lichens, arbres et autres végétaux, micro-organismes, oiseaux, insectes, mammifères Vous et moi inclus…
Tous interdépendants.
Liés, connectés
À toutes les échelles des réseaux de vie.
Devant moi, une simple talle de petits lichens blancs…
Dans ma tête… l’étincelle d’une éthique différente
Une éthique de l’appartenance
Une éthique du respect et de l’interdépendance.
Ici, devant moi
Au gré d’un sentier.
Patrice photographiste, Chroniques de Poësia
* Il existe plus de 20 000 espèces de lichens. Ici, on voit le Cladonia rangeferina ou lichen de caribou ou de rennes (reindeer lichen), très présent dans les régions boréales de l’hémisphère nord. ___________________
SYMBIOSIS
Along a trail winding through the boreal forest,
I met two lives, two very modest lives
At the foot of a stand of scrubby spruce trees, just as modest.
We rarely stop to observe them
More rarely still to photograph them.
Or even talk about it.
They are part of a neglected biodiversity.
These two modest lives made a symbiosis
In a composite life form
Called lichen *
Improbable association between an algae and a fungus
One bringing to the other essential resources
To survive extreme conditions
And offer other forms of life, (here caribou and other deer)
Vital food.
It is a nature woven from biological networks:
Lichens, trees and other plants, microorganisms, birds, insects, mammals
You and me included ...
All interdependent.
Linked, connected
At all scales of life networks.
In front of me, a simple thallus of small white lichens ...
In my head ... the spark of a different ethic
An ethic of belonging
An ethic of respect and interdependence.
Here in front of me
Along a trail.
Patrice Photographist, Chronicles of the Lands of Poësia
* There are over 20,000 species of lichens. Here, we see the Cladonia rangeferina or caribou or reindeer lichen, very present in the boreal regions of the northern hemisphere.
Punk ethos: non-conformity, anti-authoritarianism, anti-corporatism, a do-it-yourself ethic, anti-consumerist, anti-corporate greed, direct action and not "selling out"
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Chikuni Residence (旧千國家住宅) is an example of local architecture in Otari. It was constructed in the late Edo period in the 19th century and now protected as a house museum.
Chikuni is also the name for the family that owned the house that provided accommodation for merchants and haulers who travelled the Salt Road.
It is so named as salt was an important good transported by the road as evidenced by the following history;
Greater part of present-day Nagano prefecture (長野県) was a territory of Takeda Shingen (武田信玄), a powerful warlord in the 16th century based in Yamanashi prefecture (山梨県).
He was ambitious to expand his inland territory to coastal areas. Uesugi Kenshin (上杉謙信) based in Jou'etsu city (上越市) on the Japan Sea coast was his formidable rival.
Takeda Shingen also attacked the warlords on the Pacific coast, which was responded by a salt embargo imposed on him. They solicited Uesugi Kenshin to participate in the embargo. Contrary to their expectation, he rejected the proposal saying it was against his ethic.
He was praised later from a Confucius viewpoint, but recent studies suggest otherwise.
Uesugi may have needed Takeda to protect his territory from an invasion from the Pacific coast, which actually happened in the course of unifying Japan in the late 16th century.
To put it simply, Uesugi's position to Takeda was similar to present-day China to Russia. Thanks to Uesgi's decision, both survived some more time.
Takeda was destroyed by Tokugawa Ieyasu, who came from the Pacific coast and became the first Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. Uesugi surrendered to Tokugawa Ieyasu and was transferred from fertile Jou'etsu to Yonezawa in Yamagata prefecture that is inland, poor, and very cold.
Anyway, salt from Uesgi was transported to Takeda by the road in the photo, and both survived for some time.
For those of you that read my ravings and the expressions of my adoration of the YASHA HAORI JACKET, well I LOVE THIS STEAMPUNK PIRATE set even more, it's true, it's damn true!!!
I always try to get a couple captures that allow everyone to see the beauty of the most recent ENGINE ROOM's entire build. The fact that twice a year the promoters manage to pull it off is testament to their incredible artistry and their fierce work ethic.
This is considered an important work by Croatian artist Marijan Kocković, who served as a ship’s captain during World War II with both American and British forces and had a 45-year career as an artist. As a sculptor, he was referred to as “Marijan of Dubrovnik” and created important portraits of many leading individuals including John F. Kennedy and Elizabeth Taylor.
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The Netherlands as a whole is divided into two parts, the first by the locals is called 'Boven de Rivieren', the second 'Beneden de Rivieren'. The Rivers flowing into the North Sea are those of the Dutch Delta which separate the North from the South. No, that's not a mere geographical description but its meaning runs deep in Dutch consciousness. The North is heritage, it is claimed, to the protestant, austere work ethic, the South in the grasp op Burgundian, even catholic enjoyment of life. The South encompasses the provinces of Limburg - home of Maastricht - and Brabant (and possibly Zeeland); the North the others - home of The Hague and Amsterdam and, of course, Groningen and Leeuwarden. The South were once Generality Lands, which means they were governed directly by the States General unlike the others which had their own governments. Lots of cultural differences even extending to the pronunciation of Dutch (the Southerners are made fun of because of their so-called 'soft g', instead of the northern hard guttural).
One of those great rivers is the Waal. Here's a view from the railway bridge at Zaltbommel. Cumulating above are those wonderful woolly clouds in a blue sky.
The Ibaloi or Nabaloi is an indigenous ethic group found in the northern Philippines and collectively known as Igorot. Most of their fashions, rituals and beliefs like ‘mummification’ still remain in some form and some rural villagers continue to live much as their ancestors did, tending to rice terraces and living off lands.
Hoje as fotos nao valem meu esforco em tentar gravar-las em minha memoria.
Hoje eu queria esquecer a reacao existente entre o ar, a luz, a cortina e o processador da memoria.
As vezes penso que tudo eh tao simples e ao pasar do tempo, Eu que compriquei tudo.
Fico rindo quando escuto que tudo que sei apreendi no Jardim de Infancia.
Nao lembro do Jardim de Infancia, mas lembro da professora gostosa com seus lindos cabelos negros, lembro do cheiro do crayon que eu detestava, e dos meus dedos se raspando de fissura ao ter que encostar-los no giz.
Minha boca se abrindo e a careta que precedia esse ataque nervoso, ah que tedio.
Lembro do Q-Suco de grocelha quente, na garrafinha de plastico, lembro ...
Relembro a professora gostosa de cabelos negros, do meu sapatinho preto todo brilhoso, que horas eu queria por embaixo do seu vestido e descobrir as maravilhas do universo.
"Melodie d"amour
change le coeur de Emanuele
que baquer de un coeur de si
tu eh trez belle
Emanuele
L'amoue eh tant
ahhhh, ahhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhh
J'etaime..."
Nao sei se era Emanuelle or J'etaime..
E ela gemia, e eu sem saber nada, so acompanhava a radiolinha a pilha que insistia em tocar a mesma musica por toda a noite...
E o tempo era pacato, e o meu nome era tao longo, e eu o tinha que escrever numa ficha, que nao cabia tudo, e ela com ate um pouco de doh dizia, todo mundo tem que escrever 5 vezes, e com carinho ela me dizia, voce tambem.
E eu era o ultimo a terminar, o ultimo a sair, e o primeiro a achar uma briguinha no portao da escola..
Sim, eu ja sabia de tudo, ja sabia que eu iria me apaixonar pela profesora de Educacao Fisica, aquela baixinha, tao cherozinha, com seu cabelo castanho escuro, tipo Leila Diniz, aquele andar de veludo e aquela linda pintinha no rosto.
Por ela eu me esforcava para dar os saltos mais altos.
Por ela eu subia na Barreira humana, por ela, eu queria ser o atleta do ano.
Por ela nunca mais me apaixonei por olhos cor de mel, sera que ate entao, eu nao queria trair-la?
Por ela...
Sim, entreguei meus 8 ou 9 anos,e as vezes maravilho, sera que ela sabia?
Soy marineiro
soy marineiro
me gusto eu mar...
Uno solo non bastaria
para poder me acalentar...
Eu era o primeiro sentadinho na fila, pareciamos regatas, remando, bonitinho e olhando pra ela...
E hoje penso porque que eu compliquei tudo?
Sera que foi a televisao que me bombardiou informacoes que eu nao prescisava ter?
Sera que foram as pessoas pessimistas que encontrei ao decorrer da vida?
Sera que viver sem rumo, ou direcao foi culpa do Belchior, do Dylan, de pensar que a vida deveria ser "Like a Rolling Stone"?
Sera que querendo esquecer o passado, pelo qual tenho poder nenhum de mudar eu sempre vivi o futuro e suas incertezas?
Sera que minha filosofia se traduz simplesmente, em filosofia?
Filosofia = Todas as ideias, todos os conceitos, todos preconceitos, toda ethica, toda moral, tudo que eu acho certo, tudo que eu acho errado, tudo que eu acho perigoso, tudo que eu acho facil, todo o trabalho, tudo que eu penso sobre o que eh o amor, tudo que enfim, eu internalizo, analizo, acredito que sao a arteria principal dos meus principios.
Tudo........
E onde tudo deu no que deu.
Sera que atingi meu potencial?
Sera que tivi algum potencial?
Porque nao tive sonhos?
Sera como eu defino sucesso?
Nao posso mentir que seja paz, que seja mental, nao posso, eu sou uma bagunca dentro de mim.
E onde estou indo?
Onde estarei daqui a 5 anos?
Como estou me preparando para os proximos 5 anos?
Como estao tratando de mim?
Como vai minha saude?
Qual a decisao que estou tomando, por menor que seja ela, que tera um impacto possitivo em minha vida, aos proximos 5 anos?
Querem mais?
Nao tenho respostas, mas estou indo atraz delas, contente, pois nunca tinha pensado nelas.....
Beijo a todos, desejo-lhes uma boa semana, cheia de questionamentos, cheio de melhoras, cheio de positivismo.
Vamos mudar nossos comportamentos.
Eu pelo ou menos, gostaria de mudar alguns meus....
Talvez assim eu possa me transformar numa flor de ouro, estorricada pelo sol
lembrando no sangue nas veias.
E nas lindas professoras primarias...
• Llama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Camelidae
Genus:Lama
Species:L. glama
220mm
Juvenile
Ethically sourced specimens
The Culture, The Ethic, The elegance is together with the discipline. Carry everything in one culture. Yes that me, I'm Asian.
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While clicking for a natural setup, I stumbled upon a fellow photographer clicking a portrait photo of this young beautiful lady in a traditional ethnic dress. Luckily my camera was fitted with a bigger lens and the lady was quite far away!
candid shot!
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Suborder:Feliformia
Family:Felidae
Subfamily:Felinae
Genus:Felis
Species:F. silvestris
Subspecies:F. s. catus
97mm
Ethically sourced specimens
"La première étape dans l’évolution de l’éthique est un sentiment de solidarité avec d’autres êtres humains."
Albert Schweitzer.
LACPIXEL - 2021
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After my icecapades the other day, I encountered this scene at the mouth of the canyon. The ice had melted in the afternoon sun with alto cumulous clouds refelcted in the pool along with a hoodoo or two on the canyon rim.
I've a had a few location requests recently which I deflect with generic descriptions such as "along the Colorado River". As a personal ethic, most of my images are from local hikes rather than travels to far off places. Also, the ice changes on a daily basis due to the freeze/thaw that happens this time of year. You can find these sorts of scenes in your area if you think about the conditions that create ice and pools with reflections. Look for shadowy, low-lying spots where rain or snowmelt gathers. You'd be surprised what you find in the most ho-hum places. Go explore in your neighborhood!
Building a nest is going to take a lot of material. This little bird is actually stealing tacking out of the Bullock's Oriole's, in and effort to feather her own nest. How sneaky is that? That little female Bullock is working herself half to death trying to complete her nest.
Just another example of the lazy preying on the hard working of the animal world. No real work ethic. Who knew?
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• Alpaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Camelidae
Genus:Vicugna
Species:V. pacos
225mm
Juvenile
Ethically sourced specimens
"[..]Qualcuno era comunista perché aveva bisogno di una spinta verso qualcosa di nuovo, perché era disposto a cambiare ogni giorno, perché sentiva la necessità di una morale diversa, perché forse era solo una forza, un volo, un sogno, era solo uno slancio, un desiderio di cambiare le cose, di cambiare la vita.
Qualcuno era comunista perché con accanto questo slancio ognuno era come più di se stesso, era come due persone in una. Da una parte la personale fatica quotidiana e dall’altra il senso di appartenenza a una razza che voleva spiccare il volo per cambiare veramente la vita.
No, niente rimpianti. Forse anche allora molti avevano aperto le ali senza essere capaci di volare, come dei gabbiani ipotetici.
E ora? Anche ora ci si sente come in due: da una parte l’uomo inserito che attraversa ossequiosamente lo squallore della propria sopravvivenza quotidiana e dall’altra il gabbiano, senza più neanche l’intenzione del volo, perché ormai il sogno si è rattrappito.
.. Due miserie in un corpo solo"
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"[..]Someone was a communist because he needed an impulse to something new, because he was ready to change every day, because he felt need of a different ethic, because it was maybe only strength, flying, dreaming, it was only a burst of enthusiasm, a desire of changing everything and his own life.
Someone was a communist because all this led him to add something to himself, it was as if he were two persons in one. His personal, everyday toil on one side, and, on the other side, his feeling to be part of a race that wanted to soar in the air to really change life.
There's no regret. Maybe, even at that time, many had opened their wings without being able to fly, like hypothetical seagulls.
And now? We feel as if we were double, even now: the established man passing respectfully through his dreary everyday survival on one side, and, on the other, the seagull who doesn't even want to try and fly anymore, because his dreams have numbed.
Two kinds of misery in a sole body"
• Yacare caiman, southern spectacled caiman
• Yacaré negro
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Crocodilia
Family:Alligatoridae
Subfamily:Caimaninae
Clade:Jacarea
Genus:Caiman
Species:C. yacare
Ethically sourced specimens
Jasper is asked to help out with a few of the household chores, like laundry. He's a good sport about it, even though none of the clothes are his. It's his working dog ethic 😉
• South American fur seal
• Lobo fino / Lobo marino de dos pelos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Suborder:Pinnipedia
Family:Otariidae
Subfamily:Arctocephalinae
Genus:Arctocephalus
Species:A. australis
236mm
Ethically sourced specimens
Growing up in Milan and working in fashion, Giorgio Armani has always been an inspiration — for his work ethic, creativity, entrepreneurship, and above all, his humanity.
His legacy will live on, quietly and powerfully, just like him.
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“And my heart is sinking like a setting sun, setting on the things I wish I’d done. Oh, the last goodbye’s the hardest one to say, and this is where the cowboy rides away.”
– George Strait
Behind the media’s portrayal of cowboys lies the truth behind them. They symbolize strength, courage, and fortitude.
Moreover, cowboys are known to be the symbols of the American spirit and character because of their work ethic, bravery, and resourcefulness.
A real cowboy doesn’t have to say they are a cowboy, you know, the smell, the expression, and the heart tell itself.
Real cowboys don’t need to correct people. They just smile, nod their head, and say yep. Each to his own. That’s the cowboy way.
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The Cao Dai temple is like a museum of religious arts.
Kỳ lân is a mythical creature that is considered auspicious. It is a chimera of dragon (head), deer (body and horn), cow (tail), horse (hoof), snake/fish (scale) etc.
It has a Chinese origin and is known to be associated with Confucianism. It is found in countries that are influenced by the religion/philosophy/theory/ethic.
Kỳ lân is the Vietnamese pronunciation of Chinese Qilan (麒麟 pronounced "chilan").
It is pronounced Kirin in Japan. It is rather a beer brand (flic.kr/p/2hpNVvM) than a religious symbol (^_^;
Singapore is a wonderful country with so much to admire about the friendly people and their amazing work ethic. As with all economic success stories though the green tends to give way to glass and concrete.
There are so many brilliant cityscapes of this place that I made a point of looking for some alternative views. This is a combination of three images merged into a HDR process.
Another upload and run but I will catch up with the world of Flickr and my good friends on here soon.
• White-chinned petrel / Cape hen
• Petrel de barba blanca / Pardela gorgiblanca
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Procellariiformes
Family:Procellariidae
Genus:Procellaria
Species:P. aequinoctialis
118mm
Ethically sourced specimens
Loyalty, affection, intelligence, work ethic, and good looks: Boxers are the whole doggy package. Bright and alert, sometimes silly, but always courageous, the Boxer has been among America's most popular dog breeds for a very long time. A well-made Boxer in peak condition is an awesome sight.
I apologise, in the run up to Christmas I simply ran out of time to create a Christmas greeting image.
When I took this photo last Saturday morning the weather was dull but just as I arrived at one of the regular Kingfisher perches out came the sun and with it the Kingfisher. How lucky and thankful I was for this ray of sunshine.
Looking at the state of the world at the moment there are so many problems ongoing. As well as diplomatic action and agreement, perhaps what is needed is a little luck like I had with this photo. Let's keep our fingers crossed.
I would like to thank all those who have taken time to view my images over the past year. What photo opportunities will 2026 bring? Regardless, I look forward to continued Flickr interaction with fellow photographers from all over the world especially with who share a similar photographic ethic.
Have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.
"No grave for millions - tortured creatures,
For the weakest of the weak
For the lowest of the low
My voice for the voiceless
My fists for the innocent
But a common grave for our morals
This slaughter - an ethic I deny
See them die!
They Die!"
True belonging is not passive. It's not the belonging that comes with just joining a group. It's not fitting in or pretending or selling out because it's safer. It's a practice that requires us to be vulnerable, get uncomfortable, and learn how to be present with people without sacrificing who we are.
Dr. Brené Brown
Belongingness entails an unwavering commitment to not simply tolerating and respecting difference, but to ensuring that all people are welcome and feel that they belong.
John A. Powell
Today, if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother Theresa, Saint Teresa of Calcutta
The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people don't talk anymore, they don't sit down to talk and listen. They go to the cinema, watch television, listen to the radio, read books, update their status on the internet, but they almost never talk. If we want to change the world, we have to go back to a time when warriors would gather around a fire and tell stories
Paulo Coelho
We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say, ‘It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.
Fred Rogers
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Winston Churchill
When we choose to wonder about people we don’t know, when we imagine their lives and listen for their stories, we begin to expand the circle of those we see as part of us.
Valarie Kaur
We must remain hopeful that a universal ethic of courage, caring, sharing, respect, radical compassion, and love will make a difference. We can never be too generous or too kind.
Marc Bekoff
I believe that we are here for each other, not against each other. Everything comes from an understanding that you are a gift in my life — whoever you are, whatever our differences.
John Denver
With heartfelt and genuine thanks for your kind visit. Have a beautiful day, be well, keep your eyes open, appreciate the beauty surrounding you, enjoy creating, and stay safe! ❤️❤️❤️
Origin: France
Description: The Percheron is a horse breed developed in the Huisne river valley in France, which was previously known as Perche. Originally bred as a war horse, the Percheron is known for its strength, intelligence, and work ethic, which makes it a historically popular breed. horses.petbreeds.com/l/61/Percheron
• Common duiker, grey or bush duiker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Bovidae
Subfamily:Cephalophinae
Genus:Sylvicapra
Species:S. grimmia
Ethically sourced specimens
Skawennati’s ground breaking practice skillfully links Hauenosaunee culture with cyber aesthetics. Her machinima – a technique of movie-making in virtual environments – includes cultural and historical references and highlights Hauenosaunee diplomacy, sovereignty and futurity. By evoking the cultural practice of extending the longhouse to accommodate new generations and others into the community, the title speaks to a deeply held ethic of inclusion.
Last Thursday was one of the busier days in my new and not very hectic lifestyle. If there had been a diary, it would have looked something like this - 1pm, lunch with Lucy in Penzance; 3pm (or thereabouts) set up tripod at some yet to be decided lonely coastal location; 6:30 tune into free webinar courtesy of one Mr N Danson, YouTube leviathan of this parish. Lots of things to occupy the afternoon and evening, but all of them fun and none of them destined to cause the rush of panic that five out of every seven days used to bring for most of the year.
Receiving an invitation to dine with one of the leading lights from the place where I used to work is about as close as getting the VIP treatment as I ever will to be honest. I’ve watched Lucy rise through the ranks towards the stratosphere over the last eight years in fascination at how a person can have such an enormous capacity for hard work and tireless enthusiasm. Quite how she keeps going year after year with such energy levels is a mystery to me, but then I always did have my eye on the exit door that I’d be running through as soon as the finances allowed. So bearing in mind her admirable work ethic, I felt doubly honoured to take up so much of her time over a three course early Christmas lunch after which I could barely move from my chair. By the time I forced down the last wedge from the generously filled cheeseboard it was clear that I wasn’t going to need any tea that evening. I can’t ever let food go to waste, so leaving things untouched on the plate isn’t in my lexicon – I think it’s something to do with the Irish blood and the potato famine.
Lunch over, and Lucy was preparing to deal with half a dozen new and urgent items that had cropped up during the almost two hours we’d spent catching up. I quickly decided that I wasn’t going to be of any further assistance and so I made for the car park, carefully concealing that still novel sense of jubilation that I could simply head for home while everyone else was dealing with the slings and arrows that would take them to five o clock and well beyond. I’d had half an idea to return to nearby Trevaylor Wood, but the combination of the cold north wind and the ever decreasing levels of foliage left on branches quickly snapped me out of what would have certainly been my final dismal attempt to capture autumn. I’d also considered continuing west towards Land’s End, but time would be against me and I’d be racing home through rush hour traffic later if I wanted to watch Nigel’s webinar. And then I remembered this place I used to go to all the time – the place I’ve inexplicably overlooked in recent outings. Perfectly located along the way home, it seemed obvious that I should finally return to Godrevy and the place that never stops giving. Behind me the sun was lighting its way through washed out clouds, softly diffused and promising a memorable sunset beyond the bluff above Carbis Bay.
Twenty minutes later, I marched along the familiar duckboards towards the commanding view over the long sands of Gwithian Beach and the west. As I chose my position on the clifftop the inevitable began to happen, the sun finding a thick bank of dark grey cloud to hide behind, taking my plans along with it after one single and poorly composed test shot. Around here such disappointments tend to happen more often than not, and so Plan B would have to be rolled into action, or at least it would once I’d decided exactly what Plan B was.
After a brief wander down to the mostly empty beach I ended up here, perched in the shelter of a crag beside one of the benches where we sit and watch the ocean on calmer and warmer days. From my lofty perch I could keep the tripod protected from the wind that was racing across the petrol blue sea towards the land. Despite the conditions, the sea was relatively calm so once more I went for my ND filters to smooth the sea and the sky and eliminate the distractions, and in the fading light I made a series of long exposures. One of the spin off benefits of taking six or seven minutes on each shot is that you can’t possibly end up with 582 of them to sift through like I did during Storm Arwen a couple of days later. It makes things a lot easier when it comes to the shortlisting and editing, and suits a lazy Thursday evening when you’re full of roast beef and Yorkshire pudding.
Later on I sat quietly nursing a mug of spiced ginger and lemon tea watching Nigel talking about all the other things he constantly reminds me are important. I winced a bit when he expressed his current opinion on the Orton effect (even though I’m sure I lifted my version of the process from one of his videos), but apart from that I hoped I was on the right tracks. Now remind me again, subject, composition, timing, light, unicorns…………
This attractive but unused old dairy barn shows the efforts of a farmer to extend its use. A lean-to that probably once held calves was made into a make-shift garage and now even that is vacant. As we age, we may not be able to do as much as we once did but our work ethic helps us do what we can.
Thank you for your kindness and giving me space. We are just trying to live our lives.
“Human beings are a part of the animal kingdom, not apart from it. The separation of "us" and "them" creates a false picture and is responsible for much suffering. It is part of the in-group/out-group mentality that leads to human oppression of the weak by the strong as in ethic, religious, political, and social conflicts.”
― Marc Bekoff -
When Capricorn and Pisces form a friendship, it's a union of opposite natures attracting. Capricorn is practical and down to earth, scrupulous and possessed of a strong work ethic. Pisces is very spiritual and dreamy, taking on the needs and concerns of those around them. These friends together form a sincere and devoted pair, and both have good morals. They admire each other: Capricorn likes Pisces' ephemeral and kind nature, and Pisces appreciates Capricorn's quick mind and tenacity.
This is a friendship that may take time to develop, but it will grow stronger and closer. The Capricorn-Pisces duo is based on cooperation and the reciprocal fulfillment of each other's needs.
Models: Giselle Cartier Joubert & Lotus Ambrosa
Photographer: Lotus Ambrosa
Shot with the phone camera. Converging vertical correction in PS resulted in a mandatory crop that was excessive, but enough left to produce this.
• South American fur seal
• Lobo fino / Lobo marino de dos pelos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Suborder:Pinnipedia
Family:Otariidae
Subfamily:Arctocephalinae
Genus:Arctocephalus
Species:A. australis
160mm | Juvenile specimen
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"We humans must come again to a moral comprehension of the earth and air. We must live according to the principle of a land ethic. The alternative is that we shall not live at all.
~ N. Scott Momaday, Kiowa ~
The iconic Maroon Bells mountain formation.
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This was taken on Christmas Day, days after her 18th Birthday.
Relaxed and happy.
It was not the face I encountered at 7 am this morning which was crumpled and tear stained, leaning into the computer screen, studying her ATAR results, as if she stared long enough, they might magically change. Her results were close to the top 20% for the State (outstanding in my view) but not enough to get into the University Course she dreams of.
I am so proud of how well she has done in a year that can only be described as “shit” (word most used to describe this year in a Newspaper Poll). The success was not in this score but in having completed year 12 with really only about one month of face to face school contact and many hurdles.
I think some of these challenges will serve these young people well in the future. They have developed resilience, independence, strength and a self driven work ethic that will all be beneficial in the years ahead. They have really looked out for each other.
I reminded her that your VCE ATAR does not define who you are. It doesn’t measure your kindness, strength, compassion and care for others and the world around you.
She has many pathways available to her and I have every confidence that she will achieve whatever she wants in the future. She is a tough and determined cookie.
As many people have sent their best wishes regarding today’s VCE results and (Victorian Certificate of Education) and have followed this years journey, I thought I’d post this and add it to my way behind portrait series. Flickr 2020 x100 Portraits 7/10
• South american sea lion / patagonian sea lion
• Lobo marino de un pelo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Suborder:Pinnipedia
Family:Otariidae
Subfamily:Otariinae
Genus:Otaria
Species:O. flavescens
Male Otaria flavescens skulls, the first with regular morphology measuring 330mm, while the second specimen exhibits an intriguing atypical supraorbital process and noticeable protuberances, measuring 350mm.
Ethically sourced specimens