focus stacking.

"Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer."

- William S. Burroughs

Thanks to Rachel (Larisa Lyn) for creative input and having everything imaginable in her inventory. : )

Guadalajara

...Feel🌌

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"With cities, it is as with dreams: everything imaginable can be dreamed, but even the most unexpected dream is a rebus that conceals a desire or, its reverse, a fear. Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else."

Italo Calvino; Invisible Cities

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Route 89A goes right through the heart of touristic Sedona. Diverse shops selling everything imaginable; restaurants, promotional jeep tours, and helicopter rides, lined both sides of the street. The place was bustling with activity the day of my visit. So good to observe life getting back to "normal" after the lockdowns at the height of the pandemic.

Eins für zwei. Und zwei zum Tee.

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Dark and light, contrasts attract. And as far as I remember, our hair is like that :-). Of course, that's not the most important thing. But these two work out pretty well, right? And the passion to capture everything imaginable with the camera is something we have in common. Which makes me very happy. All that's missing is a joint cup of tea in Berlin or somewhere else – or coffee, that would be fine with me too ;-) Happy birthday in retrospect, dear Silke!

By the way, I met the horses on the lush green (!) meadow on your birthday, as you must have noticed ;-)

Taking photos is possible, but at the moment I mainly sit at the screen and mostly too much because of work – and Flickr suffers from that too ... In summer it is just a shame not to go out ...

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Dunkel und hell, Kontraste ziehen sich an. Und soweit ich mich erinnere sind so unsere Haare :-). Die sind natürlich nicht das Wichtigste. Aber bei diesen beiden macht sich das doch ganz gut, oder? Und die Leidenschaft, mit der Kamera so alles erdenklich Mögliche festzuhalten, ist uns wiederum gemein. Was mich sehr freut. Fehlt nur noch eine gemeinsame Tasse Tee in Berlin oder sonstwo – oder auch Kaffee, das wäre mir auch recht ;-) Alles erdenklich Gute zum Geburtstag nachträglich, liebe Silke!

Die Pferde auf der saftig grünen (!) Wiese traf ich übrigens an Deinem Geburtstag, wie Du bestimmt bemerkt hast ;-)

Fotografieren geht, aber am Bildschirm sitze ich momentan hauptsächlich und meist zuviel wegen der Arbeit – und da leidet Flickr auch drunter ... Im Sommer ist es einfach schade, nicht rauszugehen ...

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I hope you like the little song as much as I do: ///

Ich hoffe, Dir gefällt der kleine Song genauso wie mir:

Tea For Two / Ella Fitzgerald

What a day! The poor flowers in the garden have had everything imaginable thrown at them. It was an endless parade of storm cells bringing rain, snow, hail, sleet, thunder. lightening, high winds, and yes....even sunshine. It truly was one of those days where you could honestly say...."if you don't like the weather here, wait five minutes."

ELEVEN & ND Collab for Okinawa Event Dec 11th!

Comes with everything imaginable to get that 'true' sick look this holiday season!

Taxi: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Saint%20Lucia/23/212/2807

Open since 1902 and still run by the Harper Family in Seneca Rocks, West Virginia. A typical country store in that it has a little bit of everything imaginable. But Harper's is essentially a living museum and is well worth exploring even it you do not need anything.

Bay Of Martyrs on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia.

Traipsing through some snowy woods yesterday I was surprised to hear and then see a Belted Kingfisher alight on the top of an old dead tree above an open stream. He didn’t stay long but long enough for me to locate him from 30 yards away and shoot a few frames. I wondered why he was still here in Minnesota near the end of November.

When I got home I did some research and found that Kingfishers are considered a partial migrant and can survive cold temperatures if open water is available. Most Kingfishers that breed in Canada, Alaska and northern Minnesota migrate to the southern United States, the Caribbean, Central America or even northern South America.

However, it is not uncommon to see them remain near open water during the winter in the central or southern part of our state. It is a mystery to me how they make the choice to stay or migrate.

One migration fact I found interesting is that when migrating long distances, females tend to fly further than do the males. Probably a lesson of some sort there.

(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)

Part of my Surfcoast /Great Ocean Road trip. Bay of Martyrs - There are plenty of lookout areas to enjoy along this stretch of coastline, particularly at sunset when the sky turns a milky pink

📍 La Habana

Havana is a synthesis of all Cuba, capital of the island and one of the most beautiful cities in Latin America.

The charm of the “Pearl of the Caribbean” continues to act, whoever knows it returns enriched and conquered.

Renewed, it offers everything imaginable in terms of colonial architecture.

Its most important neighborhoods, Old Havana, Vedado, Miramar, Centro Havana and the Malecón will make you enjoy the memories of the old architecture.

Havana is the tropical splendor, which gathers the best of Spain, the best of Africa and the best of the Antilles. Havana, with its old American cars, its hustle and bustle, its bare buildings, its history, its people and its rhythms leaves no one indifferent.

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The Great Blue Heron when standing knee-deep in murky water hunting for careless fish can often appear almost like caricature of a pre-historic creature. It has curves where no bird should curve and long, bony knees that look like hollow straws with claws at one end.

But when they are airborne they take on another dimension, one of grace and if caught in good light, a surprising amount of color.

In our area, I have never seen a heron winter over but bird experts say some do in the far southern parts of our state or where there are open waters such as around power plants or on parts of the Mississippi River that are ice-free.

Herons are well-known for their ability to pause in place, sometimes for minutes, before striking with lightning speed to capture the object of their hunt.

Though best known as great fishers, they do add other things to their diet. During their summers here in Minnesota they can eat snakes, frog, insects, small mammals and even small ducklings. Gophers and voles also have to be very wary around herons.

(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)

Bay Of Martyrs on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia.

📍 La Habana

Havana is a synthesis of all Cuba, capital of the island and one of the most beautiful cities in Latin America.

The charm of the “Pearl of the Caribbean” continues to act, whoever knows it returns enriched and conquered.

Renewed, it offers everything imaginable in terms of colonial architecture.

Its most important neighborhoods, Old Havana, Vedado, Miramar, Centro Havana and the Malecón will make you enjoy the memories of the old architecture.

Havana is the tropical splendor, which gathers the best of Spain, the best of Africa and the best of the Antilles. Havana, with its old American cars, its hustle and bustle, its bare buildings, its history, its people and its rhythms leaves no one indifferent.

That being said, if would you like to visit Cuba check out my next Photography Tour !

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To the most wonderful & special mother in the world, best wishes for this coming year! You deserve the very best of everything imaginable! Love you always, con tanto amore =)

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Staying with the St Leonards theme, this image was taken some 20 minutes after the last image I posted of the Sirens Boathouse & Kiosk. I could not believe how quickly Mothers Nature can turn things around to produce an amazing colour display. Hoping you enjoy the tones as much as I did.

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We all have slow days, off days days we feel tired or uninspired, but they are nothing to concern yourself with. Like the ocean, the stillness is just another of its natural states. Soon the winds will return, the waves will rise and your imagination will flow freely again.

- Beau Taplin

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Despite the twists and turns in the road plus the houses, hotels, trees and just about everything imaginable trying to block our view, we kept getting glimpses of what looked like a really spectacular low lying mist/fog, whilst en route to Derwent Water last Sunday.

We hadn't planned on stopping before we reached Derwent Water but frustration started to set in as there was nowhere safe or legal to pull over, so we could check it out.

After driving around we finally managed to find somewhere to park so we could walk to the edge of Windermere and take a look.

Iv'e never grabbed my gear so quickly, but we were not disappointed,

Thick mist just seemed to hang over the lake with the landscape peeping out in the distance and the boats on the lake, shrouded in mist.

That was pretty special in itself, then I turned around.......and saw this.

It was the most breathtaking, impromptu scene I think we have come across.

Hand brake turns are becoming a frequent manoeuvre while en route to our destinations!

Is it real... Or is it Photoshopped?

...Hmmmmmmmmmmm...

No... I'm not gay...

I just like rainbows, alright!

This image is ©Mike Jones Photography, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, and not part of the public domain. Any use, or posting of this image is prohibited without my consent.

(In other words, I am SICK of this image being STOLEN and put on everything imaginable! I put MANY hours of work into shooting and photoshopping this original piece of work)

Fashions for men, women and children and Spanish and international designers take up shop around the streets of every huge city in Spain .

Shops selling traditional articles such as espadrilles, fabrics, ropes, hats and religious articles.

Open-air markets. The Rastro is the most famous of the flea markets which opens on Sundays. Everything imaginable can be found here from valuable antiques to used clothing, including collector cards, books, records, paintings, etc.

I LOVE THIS PLACE :)

Labadee, Haiti

The Haitian flea market contains shops and stalls offering local arts and crafts, coffee and cognac. Alongside an informal local artisan's market has grown up, the colourful merchandise consisting of everything imaginable from baskets and beads to carvings and clothing. Bartering is expected, and adds to the fun, the norm being to start negotiating at around half the asking price.

And yes, she does throw herself toward the water.

So, we have nation this and that day and world what-so-ever week and tributes to everything imaginable animal and thing in the universe, and that includes the Discovery Channels Shark Week. Poor ol’ Mr. and Mrs. Gator get absolutely no credit, but I’m going to change that and begin a week-long celebration of these Lumpy Lizards. Does Lumpy Lizard Week sound better than Gator Week? I think Gator Week is a bit catchier and could catch on… Ha ha ha!!! So, here’s the start of it, but don’t expect it to run the entire week as it could bore some of the people even though I have enough gator shots to do a Gator month.

I’m going to begin with one of THE most skittish alligators on the bayou and one that I was never able to capture until last week. I must admit to cheating a bit as it took me quite some time to stay in the shadows on the far side of the bayou and inch my way toward her before she EXPLODED toward the water. I was extremely fortunate to finally capture that launch.

At least I think it’s a female, because she looks mature and quite trim when compared those overweight males. You get two shots to show the launch toward the water and how it happens in a split second. Photo taken on Horsepen Bayou in Alligator Alley. I’ll also add that I have no explanation as to why there is all of the red mud on the mouth.

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This beaver appeared to have Detective Peter Falk’s trademark phrase on the show Columbo down "Just one more thing" as he was about to bid my wife and I farewell earlier this week.

As we rounded a wooded area surrounding a hobby farm, we drove along the shoreline of a large wetland pond. As I slowly drove, I noticed this fellow about 15 yards away swimming parallel to our vehicle and keeping a steady, though beady, eye on us.

But his curiosity got the better of him and after about 30 yards of swimming next to the road, he climbed out of the water and sloshed up on the road where we had parked enabling me to take a few shots.

I might have heard an urgent cry from somewhere in our vehicle when I was exhorted to shut the window, bringing about a retort that I knew somebody who had watched too many Walt Disney programs years ago when animals like beavers could fly.

The beaver came within about 6-8 feet of our vehicle, probably the closest I will ever be to a beaver in my lifetime although that is not a stretch of the imagination anymore in view of my age.

It helps to be an old codger to remember the TV show Columbo as it surfaced way back in 1968 and for a time captured a healthy audience across our country.

Falk, who had lost an eye to cancer when he was three years old, starred in Columbo for over 7 years and recently the show reruns have been regaining popularity with a younger audience who weren’t alive when it was first on television.

(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)

The animal show is a big thing here. All the farmers are there with their finest breed. Just wanted to share the fun with you guys ;o)

There is everything imaginable at the fair and quite a bit of the unimaginable too.

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Swank LM maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Swank%20Events/128/124/39

“With cities, it is as with dreams: everything imaginable can be dreamed, but even the most unexpected dream is a rebus that conceals a desire or, its reverse, a fear. Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.”

― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities

Thank you Ash and Quika for sharing your dreams with us <3

“With cities, it is as with dreams: everything imaginable can be dreamed, but even the most unexpected dream is a rebus that conceals a desire or, its reverse, a fear. Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.”

― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities

Listen: Lush Intrinsic (2009) · Keith Kirchoff

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Photographer: Fred H. Politinsky

Subject: The Movies

Since film and television have staged everything imaginable before it happens, a true event, taking place in the real world, brings to mind the landscape of films.

--- Elizabeth Hardwick, "The Apotheosis of Martin Luther King," Bartleby in Manhattan (1983)

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"With cities, it is as with dreams: everything imaginable can be dreamed, but even the most unexpected dream is a rebus that conceals a desire or, its reverse, a fear. Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else." Italo Calvino

A kayaker enjoying the vibrant sunset last night.

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Sunrise at the Bay of Fires on Tassie’s east coast was a highlight of our road trip - clear aqua waters, fine white sand and amazing granite rocks covered in vibrant orange lichen.

It is a must visit.

This is the location where the "famous tree" once stood, unfortunately the tree is no longer.

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