The EXPOSE YOURSELF Project
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This was a rainy and windy day that I arrived Houten, l missed the house reflections but I love this and hope back to Houten I good weather. You can see my other words on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kavzeb/
#InternationalWomensDay
#March8
Not a ladybird which might have been a slightly more appropriate "supermodel" for International Women's Day because of its name, but an equally pretty Cryptocephalus bipunctatus. The whole supermodel thing is a relic of the past anyway, but unfortunately, we still haven't freed ourselves from questionable beauty "ideals" that often come across as beauty dictates. Social media and "influencers" don't make it any easier, especially not for the younger generation that is exposed (and exposes itself) to what one might call the "daily dose of beauty brainwash", recently taken to the next level with the all-new "beauty filters".
In Berlin (and in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, one of Germany's Northern federal states), March 8 is an official holiday, but not (yet?) in the other 14 of our 16 federal states. So this Wednesday – where all shops, schools, etc. are closed (and the weather is too ghastly to go outside – winter made a snowy-wet, cold reappearance) – feels like a very quiet, lazy Sunday, and I have too much time for writing rants instead of simply letting you enjoy this adorable, brightly orange beetle, a member of the so-called "Fallkäfer" (Cryptocephalinae) subfamily of the leaf beetle family. The name "Fallkäfer" (a beetle that falls or drops) derives from their distinctive habit of dropping abruptly when disturbed. This image also is a true oldie, I've taken it back in June 2017 at the beautiful public park Britzer Garten. The focus is ever so slightly off and more on the plant than on the beetle itself, but I think it's still sharp enough in general.
Wishing all of my female Flickr friends a Happy International Women's Day!
Snow Bunting - Plectrophenax Nivalis
Snow buntings are large buntings, with striking 'snowy' plumages. Males in summer have all white heads and underparts contrasting with a black mantle and wing tips. Females are a more mottled above. In autumn and winter birds develop a sandy/buff wash to their plumage and males have more mottled upperparts.
Globally, they breed around the arctic from Scandinavia to Alaska, Canada and Greenland and migrate south in winter. They are a scarce breeding species in the UK, in Scotland, making them an Amber List species. They are more widespread in winter in the north and east when residents are joined by continental birds.
They are listed under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act.
The snow bunting lives in very high latitudes in the Arctic tundra. There is no apparent limit to its northern range, while the southern range is limited by the duration of daylight, which influences their reproductive activity. This species is found in the high Arctic tundra of North America, Ellesmere Island, Iceland, higher mountains of Scotland, Norway, Russia, North Greenland, Siberia, Novaya Zemlya, and Franz Josef Land. During the winter, this bird migrates to the circumglobal northern temperate zone including the south of Canada, north of the United States, north of Germany, Poland, Ukraine, and east to central Asia. During the last ice age, the snow bunting was widespread throughout continental Europe.
During the breeding period the snow bunting looks for rocky habitats in the Arctic Since the vegetation in the tundra is low growing, this bird and its nestlings are exposed to predators, and in order to ensure the survival of its offspring, the snow bunting nests in cavities in order to protect the nestlings from any threat. During this period, buntings also look for a habitat rich in vegetation such as wet sedge meadows and areas rich in dryas and lichens. In the winter, they look for open habitats such as farms and fields where they feed on seeds in the ground.
Population:
UK breeding:
60 pairs
UK wintering:
10,000-15,000 birds
“me_you”
This show introduces moon's perspective of the story, next month dathuil will expose hillany's angle.
@ Dathuil Gallery of art
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Raymond Depardon Depardon (Fr., 1942)
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Photo : Champagnole (Jura). L’ancien cinéma “Le Rex”, aujourd’hui salle d’évènements gérée par la Municipalité et exemple marquant de street art par ses peintures murales extérieures. Il a été photographié par Gérard Depardon lors de son tour de France et exposé à la Bibliothèque F. Mitterrand.
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Foto: Champagnole es una villa de 8000 habitantes situada en los aledaños de los montes Jura y departamento francés epónimo (región del Franco Condado). Destaca en su centro urbano este edifico, antigua sala de cine, hoy sala de eventos administrada por el ayuntamiento. El fotógrafo Raymond Depardon le sacó una conocida foto durante un famoso viaje hecho por toda Francia buscando lugares que “no se fotografían acostumbradamente”, foto luego expuesta en la Biblioteca François Mitterrand.
Sinking further into the depths, the waters soon glisten and glow.
Swirling eddies twirl and twist as life emerges before my eyes.
Swelling clumps and mats of fern surround and infuse a gentle warmth.
Slipping and sailing into a sweet slumber while sharing my space with Mother Nature.
Poking my camera in the ferns and double exposing with swirling water. Wishing everyone a great day ahead. Thanks for the favs and kind words. They are much appreciated!
Sometimes the perfect light lasts only for minutes....and it exposes perfect imperfections. Grab it while you see it, grab it while you can! There's a lesson here somewhere!
Lost Light – I was out shooting the storm last night and styed until dark to shoot long exposers of the clouds moving. The sun has set about 45 minutes before I took this shot and the sky had been dark for a while when these clouds started to glow in the east like it got lost during sunset. I decided grab some of the light in my shot. It was too dark to focus my camera, so I put my flashlight on the foreground rock and focused on it.
The technical – Nikon D810 Tamron 10-15mm at 21mm f/2.8 for 465 seconds. Processed in Lightroom.
Seen here with wings spread open to dry after having taken a dip looking for fish. They often dive not to be seen for many seconds. They are gregarious by nature and swim with only head and neck exposed. They breed in freshwater wetlands and on coasts. Three to five eggs are laid in a nest in a tree or long grass.
The amount of light that can damage your eyes depends on the brightness of the light and how long you're exposed to it:
Sunlight
Staring directly at the sun for even a few seconds can cause permanent retinal damage.
Dim light
Staring directly into a dim light, like a reading light, for more than a few seconds can cause discomfort.
Chronic exposure
Exposure to light that's not as intense over days or weeks can also cause permanent eye damage. This is called photo-oxidative damage and can injure the retina.
The iris, the coloured part of your eye, is your eye's main defence against bright light. When intense light hits your eye, the iris constricts your pupil to protect your retina.
Snow blindness, also known as photokeratitis, is a painful eye condition that occurs when the cornea is exposed to too much ultraviolet (UV) light: Snow blindness is a type of sunburn that affects the eyes. It's caused by damage to the cornea, the transparent front layer of the eye, from UV rays.
Sunshine and shadows - Oslo, Norway.
Le phare de Richard se trouve à Jau-Dignac-et-Loirac. Comme tous les phares de l'estuaire de la Gironde, il n'est plus en activité.
C'est un phare cylindrique, pas assez haut malgré ses 18 mètres, construit en 1843. Son escalier à vis compte 63 marches en pierre et mène à la corniche. En 1870 un autre phare métallique de 30 mètres de hauteur, dont la lumière était plus visible, a été bâti. Ce phare a été en service jusqu'en 1953 puis démoli. La maquette de ce phare est exposée à côté.
The 1st day of our trip had us heading for Reykjanes. The previous evening we managed to see the erupting volcano with a bit of ducking and diving around the security but it was all perfectly legal what we did and being with responsible adults I knew I was in safe hands. lol. We arrived at the Lighthouse to windy conditions. Our Co-Driver promptly jumped out of the car to ascertain what way the wind was blowing. (Always a stickler for accuracy) so we could get the steam at its best.
The telephone box on the edge of Kentra Bay cuts a lonely figure. It stands alone, and largely ignored. There is no telephone inside. Its only content being a soggy cushion on the floor. Mind you it would be a welcome shelter to anyone caught in a blizzard out there. It stands very exposed, and occasionally surrenders to a high tide on the surrounding salt flats.
I captured this exposure of a group of ash trees by placing my smartphone on the forest floor below them and setting a 10 second timer delay. I later did some post production to bring out some of the detail in the trees and to slightly darken the sky. I enjoy exposing scenes like this, as they create natural black and white photos. Happy new year everyone!
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Stay with me forever
Stay in till it's dark
Stay in till the morning
Till we see the sun
Say you'll never leave me
Here's where you belong
Stay in till the morning
Stay a little while
Liz I can't wait to get you in my bed
Do you need me?, Do do do do do you need me baby.
It's been months since you've been here and say...
Did you mean it?, Did did did did did you mean it baby.
Now work with me a little while
Much of settling down but we hanging around
Started in a whole damn show, but we at the whole time low
Yeah it won't be a little while
Not in till late till we reconcile
Here are hearts exposed,
Not nobody takes the seats while the curtains close
(Do do do do do do do, do do do do do do)
Here are hearts exposed,
Not nobody takes the seats while the curtains close
(Do do do do do do do, do do do do do do)
Here are hearts exposed,
Not nobody takes the seats while the curtains close
Sway our hearts in motion
Swaying in all night
Swaying in slow motion
Until our hearts collide
I'm not good with emotion
But show me a little more fun
Just a little more devotion
That you willing to make it right
It's been months since you've been here and say...
🎼: Perfect (Ed Sheeran) Performed by Piano Guys
🚂: Netherfield
ღღExploring SL has brought me many pleasures and I've met so many wonderful people. All in the heart of a SL adventurer; exploring for the right moment, the right capture and sometimes the right person, all a part of exploring and broadening your life. After all SL should enhance your RL ღღ
“She had a wild, wandering soul
but when she loved, she loved with chaos and that made all the difference.”
― Ariana Dancu
“We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
“Definition Of A Wanderer: A guy(gal) who's always looking beyond”
― Stephen King, Wolves of the Calla
I've seen a lot of people in SL recently making some nice pictures of themselves exposed, just enough to tease. I wanted to give that a try!