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Pre 'Brexit', I wandered into a camera shop and made a rather rash purchase of a Panasonic Lumix GX80 (GX85 in other countries) partly because I'd read good things about it and partly because Panasonic were offering £200 cash back. After London Camera Exchange also agreed to buy the kit lens, the camera body (only) came to an astonishing £260!!! I bought a few (also not too expensive lenses) and here is the result. For video, it's subtlety and clarity exceed the Nikon D800 and for taking stills it is just a nice little camera to have in your pocket. Here it is partnered with the Samyang 12mm (24mm in old money (35mm)).
If you're not expecting massive prints, if you're prepared to buy nice bright glass, you'll get good use out of a similar type camera.
If you want to see how this camera stacks up against a Sony and a Nikon on a more challenging shoot:
After getting the expected cloudf**k at the first two spots, we kept driving up 6A planning to pull off at Sagamore and hope for better luck. As luck would have it the sun came out briefly and warranted a quick pull off behind the Sandwich Fire Department. Here the freshly repainted MC 2011 leads the Dinner Train through the marshes as they continue on for Buzzards Bay.
The garden Hedgehog has progressed further than expected and I found this hoglet this morning (7/6/22) which unfortunately didn't survive 😢.
Caught some video footage of an adult with it last night.
Fingers crossed there are other hoglets under the shed which make it
I'm spending the winter months of 2014-2015 in a warm spot on the beach in Indialantic, FL (if I have Internet access, it doesn't matter too much where I'm physically located).
I'm trying to get up about an hour before sunrise every morning, and be out on the beach for a morning walk just as the sun peeks up above the horizon. I typically take 20-30 shots of birds and sand, water and sunrise ... but since many of them are very similar (if not identical), I'll try to restrict myself to uploading only one such photo a day ... Sometimes, though, I just can't figure out which one is best -- so I may upload a bunch of them, and let my Flickr friends decide which ones they like the best.
Note: most of these photos were taken with either my iPhone or my little Canon G7X pocket camera, so they aren't quite up to the level of quality that I would normally expect. I've managed to set the Canon so that it's shooting at 1/250th of a second and f/8 aperture, but it's not quite as crisp and sharp as I would like ... well, maybe the images will get better as time goes on and I figure out these little details...
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This is Noisey… well what do you expect it's a Green Woodpecker and It's young
Sorry about the camera shake…
Model: www.instagram.com/mollywaringmoore/ Tools: Mamiya/Sekor DTL 1000, Mamiya Sekor 55mm f1.4, Fujicolor 100. Process and scan by Exposure Film Lab. I use Flickr as my cloud storage, so I upload everything here: I have a decade worth of photos, check out my albums! I made a Ko-Fi page because I saw other people doing it. I don't expect anything to actually come of it, but on the off chance that you would be so kind as to treat me to a coffee to help me put more of my money towards film and bribing my models with snacks, it'd be hugely appreciated. Find me on Instagram & please like Millie Clinton Photography on Facebook! These images are protected by copyright, please do not use them for any commercial or non-commercial purposes without permission. For enquiries, contact me on social media.
This is my first ever camera A Yashica FXD Quartz.
It was bought by my dad in the seventies and i kind of took ownership of it in the nineties. I still use it and every few months i get a film developed. The internal light meter seems to be failing as all my pictures come out a little darker than i would have expected but every now and then i capture a real gem.
What was your first camera and do you still have it?
IT IS DEDICATED TO EACH ONE WAS BORN UNDER THE SIGN OF LEO LIKE ME.
In the Tropical zodiac, the sun transits this area of the zodiac between July 22 to August 22 each year. In Sidereal astrology, the sun currently transits the constellation of Leo from August 16th to September 15th (approximately).
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF YOU, MY FRIENDS;
MAY HAPPINESS COULD BE WITH YOU FOREVER
I WISH YOU THIS FROM THE DEEP OF MY HEART.
MY BEST GREETINGS FROM VENICE, ITALY
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SOME NOTES ON ST. MARK'S LION
The winged lion has long been a traditional symbol of Venice. It is one symbol of Mark the Evangelist, who has been the is the city's patron saint ever since his remains were taken from a tomb in Alexandria, Egypt, and brought to Venice in 828 AD. Venice's original patron saint had been St. Theodore, a soldier-saint perhaps best known for battling a dragon (or, as a statue of him in Venice depicts it, a crocodile), but as Venice grew and became an important player in world affairs, it was felt that a more prestigious saint was needed. And so, St. Mark was chosen.
The lion of Venice is usually depicted with its paw on an open book that contains the text "Pax tibi, Marce, Evangelista meus." This Latin phrase translates as "Peace be upon you, O Mark, my Evangelist." Venetian legend has it that, while visiting the region of Italy that would later become the Veneto, Mark was approached by an angel, greeted with those words, and told that the Venetian lagoon would be his ultimate resting place. The actual story is most likely as described above, with the Venetians taking it upon themselves to fulfill the angel's prophecy (which they probably wrote themselves, too).
Interestingly, during times of war, the lion was depicted with a sword in one paw and the book, closed, safely kept under the other. Other depictions sometimes show a halo about the lion's head, the words on the book abbreviated to their initials, and the lion in moleca (showing only the head, top of the body, and paws). As one might expect, the lion could be found everywhere throughout the city – as statues on buildings, carved into wellheads, in patere, and every other place imaginable.
After the republic fell following Napoleon's invasion, however, over 1,000 lions were removed throughout the city in an effort to suppress Venetian pride. A Venetian stonemason was contracted to carry out their removal, but he did a poor job (undoubtedly on purpose), overlooking many of the lions in the city. The ones that did get erased left behind empty decorative panels on whatever they had previously adorned, something one can still find throughout the city today.
I visit the National Arboretum in Washington DC year-round. As you might expect, there's not a lot blooming in Autumn and Winter but there's always something of interest.
For me, the highlight of Autumn and Winter is the Camelia Collection. There are thousands of Camellia blossoms right now and thousands more to come.
Hi! My name is Inanna and I became 10 last September.
Besides drawing, reading books, playing with my baby sister, climbing trees, horseriding, and many other things ;... I also like modelling a lot and being out there in the spotlights. For a shoot I can be funny and playful or very serious, ( depending what they expect from me ) but always with lots of enthousiasm.
I already did several shoots with different photographers and allthough I still have a lot to learn, I love doing this and hope to do more shoots in the future.
We enjoyed working with Rudi and hope to see each other again in the near future.
Yorkville & Avenue again.
it's nearly impossible to focus correctly. in each of these shots i was aiming for approximately 6 inches closer than was actually focused.
maybe it was the -15 degree weather last night. i wore 2 bottom layers & 5 top layers. i didn't feel like walking back but had an option to spend my remaining $ on either a ttc subway for 3 stops or a large fries. since i'm anti ttc, i went for the fries and as expected they only filled it up 2/3rds of the way. stupid chick. i ended up being outside for about 2 hours, with an intermission at the Toronto Reference Library to check out Erwin Put's Leica Lens Compedium. It was kinda dissappointing.
i pretty much butchered this shot to make the exposure, highlights, shadows & hues & saturation look like the first shot (which was probably somewhat corrected in the first place). it was tough conditions so i didn't get a great exposure out of the camera, but the lens requires more than average processing to correct for its warm colour cast.
After admiring the shots taken with a Leica, I was very interested in trying a conversion. The problem is, it's not been throughly proven that it's possible. I've seen general examples, but I'd like to see a well documented conversion specifcally for 50 lux-R to a Sony/Minolta mount.
Leica 35, 50 & 90 Summicron-R mount conversion.
Leica Leica 50mm ƒ/2.0 Summicron-R, 2 Cam conversion to Pentax mount
Leica Leica 50mm ƒ/2.0 Summicron-R, R Cam conversion to Pentax mount
Leica & Pentax | Leitax conversion site with helpful hints.
I don't know if I'd be the only person to want to do this. Byron has expressed interest, but only for an adapter in the unlikely event his 5D goes kaput. You'd figure that someone would have done this already if it were possible. Also, its debatable whether there'd be much interest in Leica optics given the expense and fanfare for its counter-philosophical competitor Zeiss.
I'm not sure if it's worth it to try as well. The Leica forsure has a great signature, but judging on the Leica pools, most are rather ordinary. A remarkable shot does require remarkable skill.
Leica 35mm ƒ/1.4 Summilux-R, flickriver most interesting
Leica 50mm ƒ/1.4 Summilux-R, flickriver most interesting
Leica 80mm ƒ/1.4 Summilux-R, flickriver most interesting
Leica 35mm ƒ/2.0 Summicron-R, flickriver most interesting
Leica 50mm ƒ/2.0 Summicron-R, flickriver most interesting
Leica 90mm ƒ/2.0 Summicron-R, flickriver most interesting
Leica 50mm ƒ/1.2, ƒ/1.0 & ƒ/0.95 Noctilux-M, flickriver most interesting
Leica 35mm ƒ/1.4 Summilux-M, Flickriver - Most Interesting
Leica 50mm ƒ/1.4 Summilux-M, Flickriver - Most Interesting
Leica 75mm ƒ/1.4 Summilux-M, Flickriver - Most Interesting
Leica 28mm ƒ/2.0 Summicron-M, Flickriver - Most Interesting
Leica 35mm ƒ/2.0 Summicron-M, Flickriver - Most Interesting
Leica 50mm ƒ/2.0 Summicron-M, Flickriver - Most Interesting
Leica 75mm ƒ/2.0 Summicron-M, Flickriver - Most Interesting
Leica 90mm ƒ/2.0 Summicron-M, Flickriver - Most Interesting
Also, while a Leica 50mm ƒ/2.0 Summicron-R, 3 Cam non-ROM version is relatively affordable at roughly $300usd, I probably wouldn't be happy with the 1 less stop compared to a Leica 50mm ƒ/1.4 Summilux-R, which is atleast double the price.
ooh the agony...
In the Yorkshire Dales I'd expect these boulders to have been deposited by receding glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age, but not here in Cornwall, considerably beyond the maximum extent of the ice sheets! Instead, this is just the way the bedrock (a coarse Permian granite intruded into preexisting sedimentary deposits) has weathered in situ.
Land's End is the most westerly point of mainland Cornwall and England, though not of the island of Great Britain (mainland Scotland extends further west) and if counting islands the Scillies are also further west within England. However, the southernmost point on the mainland, Lizard Point, is only 38½ km away and Land's End is the obvious tip of the peninsula of Devon and Cornwall, so Great Britain is traditionally considered to extend 'from Land's End to John o' Groats'; from here to the extreme northeast of Scotland, 1,349 km away by road.
The western coast of the Penwith peninsula, from St Ives round to Mousehole, is one of the twelve sections of the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; similar to (but not quite) a National Park.
West Penwith is also 'National Character Area 156', meaning that in the view of Natural England, the area constitutes a natural subdivision of England, by landscape, biodiversity, geodiversity and/or economic activity.
Audi R8 Spyder V10 FSI in Blue Light Painted
This is Shmee150's new audi R8 V10 Expect to see lots more of this car soon.
Variation of a text-prompt generation in AI Deep Dream. The text contained the words BEAUTY, FAIRYTALE and STEAMPUNK.
The option of Text Prompt is a new feature on Deep Dream.
Prompt: A beautiful angelic Lady from a Fairytale posing for me, matte background, radiant, elegant, sharp focus, photograph, studio lighting, royal colors.
I recycled my prompt from a previous result, and this time I also used it as a input image. This is my fourth try with the input image, setting the prompt strength to 90% to get, as expected, a completely different result.
The expected overnight heavy snowfall failed to materialise so I was not able to obtain the early morning shot that I had originally planned. Instead we had this lovely sunrise.
Definitely still worth getting up early for and a bright start to the day after the endless grey days we have had this month.
Wasn't expecting to see this in Hastings today!, and this vehicle was on Southeastern Trains Rail Replacement Services from Hastings to Robertsbridge, and appears to have transfered from Brighton and Hove Buses to GO Ahead London.
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With in a few moments I was knocking on the boy’s apartment door, I wasn’t sure who to expect at the door his mom, his dad? Instead I got quite a surprise it was Michael himself who answered the door.
“Hey Kiddo!”
“You! You’re the Flash!”
“Last I checked! Is it alright if I come in!”
“Yes yes please!”
The boy allows me into his apartment and shuts the door behind him. He ushers me to the couch and begins asking me all sorts of questions. First off he asks me why I’m here, an ample question. I bounce it off quickly and ask him what he’s doing on his own. Apparently his Mom is a nurse and has been doing double shifts for the last week covering for people who are on vacation at the Gotham General. He asks more questions such as what’s it like to hang out with Superman and Wonder Woman, can Hal truly make anything by thinking about it? Is Bruce really a vampire? You name it this kid asked me, but through all of this I couldn’t help but notice the key piece of evidence that proves the boys innocence. His arms were cut less. He wasn’t our criminal. Thank goodness. Now it’s just a case of waiting for Bruce to turn up whenever that bat-mobile of his finally manages to achieve more than third gear, but given how Michael feels about the League I decided I would have a little fun with Bruce….
Five minutes later Bruce arrives and Michael is just as excited to see him as he was to see me.
“Told you he’d come.”
“OH MY GOD IT’S YOU! YOU’RE BATMAN!”
I give Barry a glare. What has he just led me into?
“Yes. I am.”
“Wow no-one is going to believe tomorrow when I tell them! Can I have your autograph?”
“No. Now tell me. Where are they?”
“Where are who?”
“The girls.”
“What girls?”
“The girls you’ve abducted! Where are they!”
“I don’t know any girls!”
Bruce grabs hold of Michael and pins him against the wall. I swiftly race up and grab hold of Bruce’s right arm ready to stop him if I need to.
“Batman put him down.”
“Stay out of this Flash. I’ll show you how you get scum like this to talk.”
“No! Look at his arms!”
I notice Bruce inspecting the arms and it’s clear of his face the moment he recognizes that the boy is injury free. It can’t be him. Almost immediately Bruce puts him down in a very somber tone. Bruce now seems confused by all this.
“But that doesn’t make sense. It has to be you.”
“It isn’t! Look at me! I struggle to hold a baseball bat let alone carry away a sixteen-year-old girl against her own will! Anyone of them would easily walk all over me! In fact they did…”
Hearing those words my face quickly changes. At first I was pulling a smug facial expression that I knew Bruce could see, but upon hearing that Michael was bullied I quickly changed it to a more comforting face.
“What?”
“Those girls. The ones that have been abducted. All of them bullied me at school at some point.”
“How come?”
“My skin is like paper. It cuts easily and thanks to my von Willebrand disease I spurt out a lot more blood than a normal teen would. At each school I’d accidentally get cut and bleed non-stop and I ended up freaking out most of the girls because I wouldn’t’ stop bleeding. “
“Go on.” Bruce says as he moves into a corner of the room, clearly backing away to keep Michael at ease especially after what just happened.
“Well after that the girls took to mocking me because I couldn’t help it. I got called all sorts of names. Blood-river. Aquaman’s period. Super-squirt. You name it I got called it.”
“That’s terrible. How did you deal with it?”
“I didn’t. My Mom ended up just moving me from school to school but it kept happening over and over again.”
“Where is your Mother? I’d of thought she’d of woken up by now.” Bruce again says from the corner, he sure does like to keep himself hidden in the shadows or as best as he can.
“She’s had to work late nights this week. Says she’s covering for someone who’s on vacation at work. She says she blames herself for my von Willebrand disease. Apparently I inherited it from her.”
At the moment Michael said that, I saw headlights pull up in the parking lot of the apartment complex, and there’s no doubt Bruce saw it. Bruce makes sure he sees everything, not to mention the headlight shone on his corner exposing him so it would have been difficult for him to not notice. Sure enough out of the car emerged Michaels Mother who entered the apartment to a big surprise to see myself and Bruce stood before her.
“Michael sweety, what’s going on?”
“Mom this is Batman and the Flash, they’re investigating the disappearance of some of the girls that have been picking on me.”
“What? Why would someone do such a thing?”
I couldn’t help but notice the bandage on the Mothers left arm, it had blood stained on it implying that it was a cut from tonight. As much I hoped it wasn’t what I feared it was painfully clear.
“I think we should be asking you, Mrs Harlot.” I said, breaking the Mother-son conversation.
“What do you mean?”
“Your bandage. You wouldn’t of happened to of cut yourself on a piece of glass from a window by chance?”
Her facial expression takes a quick turn. Originally she had been pulling a smile, a face smile really but a smile all the same, but now her face quickly turned to one of worry. She knew we’d rumbled her. Immediately she made a run for the door but I blocked it before she could make it. Then from out of her handbag she pulls some form of needle and attempts to stab her. Dang she’s crazy, not to mention a bit stupid. I’m not called the fastest man alive for a reason and I dodge every swipe she makes. Before I can retaliate though Bruce pulls her towards him using one of his gadgets and knocks the needle of her hand and restrains both her arms.
I go to comfort Michael, as I know what Bruce is about to do and he’s not going to like it.
“The girls. Where are they?”
“Mom what have you done?”
“I did it for you Michael. To punish them for what they did to you. AHHHHH!”
Evidently Bruce just increased the pressure on her left arm. I feel Michael want to race to his Mom, I choose to restrain him. The last thing you want to do is go in there when Bruce is this angry. It’s not pretty.
“The girls. Where are they.”
“I won’t talk. Those whores deserve to die for what they did to my Michael. ARHHHHH!”
“ARRRRHHHH”
“Mom!”
All this screaming is making Michael cry because of the pain his Mom is feeling. I feel incredibly uncomfortable. What would I do if it were my Mom that Bruce was doing this to?
“Batman. That’s enough.”
“Not until she talks.”
“Mom!”
“ARRRRRHHHHH”
“Stop it please you’re hurting her! Please!”
This is no good, and it’s doing nothing but upsetting the boy. I race in and grab Bruce’s arm.
“Batman that’s enough. You’ve gone too far.”
Bruce doesn’t release her from his grasp but he stops putting pressure on her wound to stop the screaming. This seems to comfort Michael if only slightly.
“Mom please tell it isn’t true.”
There is a long silent pause.
“Mom please!”
“I did it for you Michael.”
“No!”
Michael breaks down into tears again at the realization of what his Mom has done. Poor kid. I’d feel the same way if it were my Mom in that position.
“It’s alright Michael. It’s all going to be ok.” I say as I try to comfort him
“Where are the girls.” Growls Bruce.
Still she chooses remains quiet. Distraught by this Michael stands up and walks towards his Mom and looks her square in the eyes.
“Mom. Where are they.”
“…..”
“Mom please. Where are they?”
“In the hell they deserve to be.”
“Please Mom, I know you’re not like this. Where are they?”
He’s starting to cry, I walk up behind him and put my hand on his shoulder to comfort him.
“Dixon Docks. Warehouse 24. Basement.”
Bruce and I nod at each other. Not a word is spoken but we know what everyone’s role is. Oddly though you would expect that I would have been the one to race to Dixon Docks and find the girls, but in this time it’s the opposite. Bruce races out of the apartment heading for Dixon Docks, clearly even though the League isn’t together some of the Leagues rule are being enforced notably rule number 1.
Rule 1 being that when it comes to comforting someone any Leaguer must do it besides Batman especially when the League was saving residents from a hurricane in North Carolina. People lost their homes in a horrific catastrophe and all Bruce could do was say that if they’d built their houses better this wouldn’t of happened so it was all their fault. Not the image the league wanted to portray.
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Written by - Chris A.K.A. Supremedalekdunn
This is a collab between Chris and I. Please go check out his point of view by clicking that link in the description.
Will Batman be able to save the girls before something happens?
Find out next tomorrow!
Same Bat time.
Same Bat photostream... or you could just look at his stream if you want... or you could look at both... it's your choice really...
This is my wife a few weeks ago. I'm happy to say that on 3 December we had a little girl, but this is her still in there
Dear friends,
My infrared conversion 'odyssey' has finally ended. Last friday I got my 5d Mark II custom converted.
It's pretty amazing to start the Live View and see the world in infrared in real-time!
Yesterday I made some test and started analyzing how to behave with the newly-arrived.
This is a test image (I was checking all my lenses to estimate the 'sweet spot' and the possible problems with hot-spots).
I know it's not a fabulous image, but I really feel the shallow DoF of my 50 f/1.4 wide open suits the dreamy mood of the infrared.
I have also tested all my filters to see their performances with a converted camera: I will write an article on that soon, so stay tuned!
I hope to have some time to get out and shoot, expect many infrared captures in the upcoming weeks.
I want to thank you all for the big appreciation my last upload received. Glad you liked it.
Details
- CANON 5d Mark II Custom Infrared Converted, EF 50 f/1.4, f/1.4, 1/100 s, ISO 100
- Mirror Lockup, Phottix TR-90 Remote Shutter
- No filters
- Tripod
The shot
Shot not far from where I live.
The Processing
Photoshop (2 minutes processing):
- Converted to black and white using Silver EFEX Pro 2;
- Added a few Soft Light layer to adjust light;
- Removed some noise from the sky using Noise Ninja (at really low opacity, file was clean);
- Resized for the Web (1200px);
- Applied an Unsharp Mask to slightly improve contrast;
- Smart Sharpen + More accurate (On luminosity 'blending mode', just for the foreground);
- Framing and Signature.
Take a look at it, LARGE on Black :
@ You all
Comments, faves and critiques are always welcomed!
Have a splendid week ahead!
Expect an interesting experience inside.
This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:3.5/150mm (type ø77) lens and Hoya 77ø 85B filter using Kodak Portra 160 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
Wasn't expecting to see this in Dover today, and this vehicle was on SouthEastern Trains Rail Replacement Service From Ramsgate to Dover Priory, and this was the best I could do of this vehicle as like all of the more unexpected helpers on today, I never saw it again after it left Dover.
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"A monastery? You expect me to learn to fight in a place of peace?"
"Not fight - train."
The Monastery of Spinjitzu is arguably the most iconic location in all of Ninjago, so I knew I'd have to dedicate a large slice of the collab for it! This was the last section I finished, and that hexagonal shape was definitely not easy! Yes, the mountain's only about a fourth of the height it should be... but there's only so much rock a body can possibly have, haha! This contends with Four Weapons for my favorite section I built for the collab, and weighs a good 9 pounds - I have no idea how many bricks went into it, but I sure didn't have too many left after the whole collab was all done! Some more action shots to come soon, enjoy!
Scroll on through my photostream for more closeups and interior pictures, and be sure to check out all the sections I've uploaded
here, and don't miss Kai's in this album! I've got a bunch of overview and closeup shots of the whole collab together too, and should be uploading those sometime this week or next!
Thanks for viewing, C&C welcome as always!
Apenas um expectador, que presencia apenas, não vivencia. Um expectador dos que observam mais um sábado que se finda, que conversam, que namoram, que brincam, que descansam, enfim, que vivem... e eu... um mero expectador.
Unexpectedly, I found Chicago's El far more interesting than I'd expected, so I spend a good deal more time photographing it than expected...The overpass at Adams and Wabash provided some good elevated views, and seen here is a Kimball train heading north, with another not far behind. 11 April 2016.
The huge edifice of the Balmoral Hotel, a major landmark which sits at the east end of Princes Street, right above the large Waverley train station in the valley below which lies between the New Town and Old Town, taken at the tail end of Blue Hour.
Completed in 1905 as the North British Hotel for the well-heeled voyager in the era of glamorous travel, the 58 metre high clock tower is an iconic Edinburgh landmark, with the clock traditionally being set three minutes fast, to encourage people to hurry to catch their trains in the station below.
It has played host to many famous and important people over the years, from Laurel and Hardy to J K Rowling, who famously finished her final Harry Potter novel in a suite in the hotel, quite a change from how she started the books as an unknown writer with no money, sitting in the city's cafes as it was cheaper than running the heating at home! I was treated to dinner in the restaurant there recently, and was amused to notice that the menu was in English on one side, French on the other - since the English language side contains numerous French-named dishes (as you'd expect in that sort of place) I was hugely amused to see it replicated again on the French side of the menu...
Got to test the Mamiya/Sekor SX 50mm f/2 after restoring the aperture. Sample photos with the aperture wide open to stopped down. It's better than I expected.
#smalltowninertia Shared a few hours with David this morning. I’d purchased and taken with me a memo recording device, designed for use by people enduring blindness, a device, I hoped, that might aid in lessening the immense strain and stress of having to memorise one hundred percent of every element of David’s day to day life, now, when a thought, a need, an item or chore was thought of, David could record it, save it and replay it, at will. Another step towards greater independence.
Introducing new equipment to David takes time, patience and empathy. It’s a scary, frustrating endeavour, learning, memorising and understanding anything that you can’t see. Especially electronic devices. It’s a necessarily slow process of explaining, informing, describing and cannot be rushed.
After many attempts and learning, tracing the buttons, making a visual map within his mind, David began to understand the memo recorder and was able to use it to record his voice. The first ten messages recorded, face etched with concentration, self doubt and tension, he whispered ‘Help’ into the recorder, played it back, heard his voice, then erased.
Carefully, as we progressed, I suggested he try a longer list of items, as though making a shopping list, which he did and then learned to scroll through the recordings, erasing them, re-recording, playing them, listening, learning, gaining confidence every time.
Then, without prompting, David launched into a song, then another and another. Playing them back, a broad smile awoke upon David’s face “I don’t mean to sound big headed but I sound better than I expected, don’t I?”, “Yes!” I encouraged, truthfully, as David has a beautiful singing voice.
Together in his kitchen, cold, dark but now both singing along to the recordings he had made, we smiled, laughed, together.
As I write this, now, I am amazed at David’s memory, singing songs he’d heard as a child, from cinema and radio, recalling every lyric and phrase, melody and timing, never missing a beat nor forsaking a word. I am equally aware of the great privilege it was and is, to hear David sing.
Music, it has transpired, is a key to happiness for David, a momentary escape and joy, non reliant upon sight, transporting him out of the blackness, into the light of song, of singing and of being alive.
Today, was a good day.
* Also, a chance to try some more out of date Kodak BW400CN, developed at the local Boots. Looking forwards, in January, to finally start developing TriX and Tmax, myself.
#film #Kodak #leicaM6 #BW400CN
I'd like to stress we were nowhere near this nest, which was photographed from the roadside, in an area regularly used by these eagles for nesting. Please see the very first image in this series. All shot with Canon 7Dll and 100-400mm lens. First image shows uncropped image of nest - see tiny white head of chick. Remaining 3 images, very hard cropped, show chick at front of nest, with presumably female Golden Eagle. (Male was flying nearby, images of him to follow). This was not something we were expecting to see, so imagine our excitement!
I've not added these images to groups in order to protect their location.