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My Wife always says that folks like my landscapes, she is not sure why I post anything else. I am not sure that folks online know me from Adam, so I am not sure I subscribe to the idea that anyone expects anything from my posts. Seems too romantic. So I like to post some odd-ball stuff too. You can't get much more odd than Salvation Mountain. I stumbled across this image and thought it was time for me to post it. My stream needs some color.
Why the title of the photo? Well, this image was shot in 2020 and even then it was very apparent that this unique desert site called Salvation Mountain, near the Salton Sea in Southern California, was already fading.
The creator had passed away in 2014. He was a BIG fan of Christianity, he called bestowed this place with its name. Well, since he died the place has started to crumble. The desert sun is not very discriminating, it tends to destroy everything. Salvation Mountain is no exception. A team of people try to keep it up, but most the of interesting caverns and cool nooks and crannies have been closed because they are not safe anymore. I have read that since 2020 it has just gotten worse, fast. Sad. Humans can be so very interesting, especially when they are a little...different.
I like to celebrate the things of nature, but I also like to celebrate the things of man. Leonard Knight made magic in the middle of nowhere, and I am glad we can make it last in photos. Here's to you Leonard.
Let me know what you think.
Enjoying the silence of a misty day back in December.
Pollard willows by the pond at my favourite park (Britzer Garten Berlin).
Sorry, work is still eating me up completely - leaving me tired, exhausted and with flu again...
I wish you a beautiful Sunday and a good new week!
The older we get, the swifter time seems to pass and the quicker memories seem to fade. ~Brian Sibley~
for Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesdsay. Processed this rather quickly this morning. I think I should have had a bit more dof or a bit sharper in the middle, but I'm going with it . . . all day meetings at work for the next 4 days, uggh. I need to hit the gym before work to get up a little energy and attitude to make it through :)
124 in 2024
#34 - End of the Season
Thank you in advance for your views, comments, and faves. They are much appreciated!
Although the sign says "Antiques", it is so faded I really can't be sure of the purpose of this yellow shop down Synagogue Street.
35/365 - I'm terrible when it comes to plant names. What are these things? Apps used: Snapseed, laminar, glaze, superimpose and phototoaster.
"There's something in the way she moves me to distraction.
I've travelled all this way to try and make amends.
'Cause heavy in the air are the words that she left hanging.
I've tried to walk away but I only stand and stare.
In the rain that comes..
All of the love that was left behind is gone.
When the Riverman runs..
Find me the girl who electrified the storm.
'Cause in a little while.. she'll be gone.
I waited in the rain, my feet too wet to stand in.
I shouted out your name behind the rainbows end.
But somewhere in the crowd she heard me jingle-jangling.
And like a memory that fades, she slipped away again..."
The magnificent Riverman, by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds: youtu.be/iyBZfq51JU4
Fading and almost erased, disappeared but still physically there...
Branne - France
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Looking through some images from this past Summer and I found this little gem of a Gaillardia or Blanket flower that has gone to seed, but still has some of its orange and yellow pedals and surrounded by the late day sun bouncing off the fence and other plants in the garden.
Shot using a Minolta MC Rokkor-PF 58mm f1.4 @ f1.8. This lens is just crazy in the right conditions. The bokeh can be super smooth all the way to intense and distracting at times. It really depends on the distance of the subject to background and the f-stop you are using.
For this image I actually removed some of the saturation and a wee bit of vibrance. Otherwise it was just crazy looking!
Also, I've been playing around with a signature for my images. I know some like it and some don't. I'm interested in what you think of it.
Amalie is out looking for some flowers, but is not having luck finding much that isn't faded. We had a hard frost down into the 20s this week, so most of the flowers are done for the season. Only the sedum (ice plant) has some pink left.
Blythe a Day - 11/3/23 - Flowers
Seeking Apelles Blythe
Dress and pants - Suri Sustainable Blythe
In my garden
Pinky Winky hydrangea behind her and she is holding a bit of sedum (ice plant)
Thanks again to my friend, Shirley Jones and her child-hood dolls!
In camera processing. In the camera menu under "Retouch Menu" "Color Sketch" if your a Nikon owner.
TEM2UM-907 built in 1992 in Bryansk and wearing very faded Arcellor Mittal colours and now branded Qarmet on the cabside, pulls skips loaded with scrap to be pushed up to the steel convertor away from the loading bays on the west side of Temirtau Steelworks, May the 16th 2024.
ТЭМ2УМ-907 с поездом стального лома на Темиртауском металлургическом заводе, Карагандинская область, Казахстан. 05/16/2024.
30/365
While we're living, the dreams we have as children fade away
While we're living, the dreams we have as children fade away
While we're living, the dreams we have as children fade away
While we're living, the dreams we have as children fade away
Away, away, they fade away, away, away
They fade away, away, away, fade away, away, away.