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Never smile at a crocodile
No, you can't get friendly with a crocodile
Don't be taken in by his welcome grin
He's imagining how well you'd fit within his skin
Never smile at a crocodile
Never tip your hat and stop to talk awhile
Never run, walk away, say good-night, not good-day
Clear the aisle but never smile at Mister Crocodile
You may very well be well bred
Lots ot etiquette in your head
But there's always some special case, time or place
To forget etiquette
For instance:
Never smile at a crocodile
No, you can't get friendly with a crocodile
Don't be taken in by his welcome grin
He's imagining how well you'd fit within his skin
Never smile at a crocodile
Never dip your hat and stop to talk awhile
Never run, walk away, say good-night, not good-day
Clear the aisle but never smile at Mister Crocodile
It's mostly been nothing but rain and staying inside for the last two weeks. But in the rare instances the sun comes out, Candor K. makes every moment count.
I composed this photograph during a recent trip along Kananaskis Trail (Hwy 40), in Alberta, Canada. The image is of one of the Lorette Ponds, a series of small ox bow lakes, and its surrounds.
An oxbow lake is a small lake located in an abandoned meander loop of a river channel. They are U-shaped or curved bends in a river that have been cut off from the main river flow, in this instance the Kananaskis River, forming a lake.
The Loretta Ponds are pleasant to visit. There is a relatively short trail around them. The ponds are stocked with various varieties of trout, so they are are often visited by anglers, creating photographic opportunities of another sort.
Great Blue heron and Great egret, sometimes kissing cousins as evidenced by hybrid birds from rare instances of interbreeding. While the hybrid offspring can be remarkably attractive, they are thought to be infertile.
5 Shot Joiner, Reflection Illusion.
A lagoon on Loch Lurgainn NW Scotland near Stack Polly.
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This is one instance where the female looks about as pretty as the male, if not prettier.
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Nature, as we all know, is far from simple. Just a few instances here in this photo. One, this beautiful purple Ruellia hails originally from Mexico; and yet during the last century it's been naturalised all over the tropical world, also in Kuala Lumpur and environs. In this case, apparently, naturalisation is simple. And also - different often from those in human worlds - this exotic is nurtured carefully; here in park borders far from Mexico. Two, our Asian Honeybee seems to have no problem at all in her symbiotic relationship with North American Ruellia. Three, pollination might seem to be a simple process... but just think how many factors come into its success. I watched these Bees for a bit and noticed that it was only very occasionally that their pollen-laden backs touched the Flower's pistil. The pay-load seemed very low indeed. And yet Nature 'works'.
S.E. Idaho
Life on the Lek: Fights commonly occur as males compete for a station closer to the center of the lek. Typically these skirmishes only last a short period of time but occasionally, like in this instance, a fight might last for any number of minutes.
Late Autumn 'Orange' colour - sunlight on the woods at Sunny Vale (apt name in this instance ...)
Hove Edge - Brighouse
I shot various instances of this scene, trying to get the tree and the building to play nice with everything else. If only there were clouds.
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'Step the Divide'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 4.0/180mm
Film: Lomo Berlin 400
Process: Rodinal; 1+50; 13.5min
Lincoln County, Washington
March 2021
> Credits Here < missysfashionvision.wordpress.com/2016/10/08/5814/
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People and Posters
This is an area where I can be a bit more creative. Although I have been out with the camera in London and other cities in the past, trying to find those iconic areas of graffiti, coloured shop fronts and unusual posters. I must also find then the right people to walk by at that precise moment, which is not always possible; so I take the venues and the people separately and then match them together in my own time. But I think they are like Marmite. But in this instance I hope you do like.
As always, keep safe and best wishes. Patrick
Ps It comes about because I do not have the patience to wait around but I admire those people who do.
An old pedestrian tunnel lies abandoned and derelict in an unused part of Baker Street tube station. This once formed part of a loop bringing passengers to the Metropolitan line, the first to be constructed in the world, and which gives it's name to subways around the globe (Paris Metro for instance).
“Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old fashioned. To admire them is a distinct sign of provincialism of temperament. Upon the other hand they go on.” Oscar Wilde
In the bird world all the glamour usually favours the males - in this instance I think female eclectus definitely came out the clear winner in the sexually dimorphic beauty race. With rich, vibrant reds and contrasting deep violet/blue plumage all complimented by a jet black weapon-of-a-beak, these beauties really stand out. The males are largely green bodied (with just hints of red and blue showing underwing) and an orange to yellow fade in the beak.
Incredibly smart with an impressive vocal range - captives need constant stimulation and enrichment. Females can be murderous and having worked with several eclectus can recommend not housing them in flight aviaries without proper vetting first. One female had a penchant for killing doves.. any and all kinds of doves. She also enjoyed the odd nibble on exposed human toes - the smaller the better.
One thing that impresses me here in Thailand is how many people look after animals that don't belong to them. At our building, for instance, there are two feeding stations with bowls where various tenants provide food and water to free-roaming dogs or cats (one spot for each species).
I once watched a cat waiting right there for its "provider" to come home from work. As soon as he arrived, she ran toward him, calling out, and naturally received her dinner from him.
But it isn't just dogs and cats that people here care for.
At a café in a Bangkok park, I saw a waitress who, on a hot day, kept bringing small pieces of watermelon to a tree, where then a squirrel would come to collect them.
I managed to take a photo of one of these moments. In this instance, it was a Finlayson's squirrel gratefully accepting the sweet treat.
Eine Sache, die mich hier in Thailand beeindruckt ist, dass sich hier viele Menschen um Tiere kümmern, die ihnen nicht gehören. So gibt es bei uns am Haus zwei Futterplätze mit Schüsseln, wo verschiedene Mieter jeweils freilaufende Hunde oder Katzen mit Futter und Wasser versorgen (je ein Ort pro Gattung).
Eine Katze habe ich dabei beobachtet, wie Sie direkt darauf wartete, dass ihr "Versorger" von der Arbeit kommt. Bei seiner Ankunft lief sie lauf rufend auf sie zu und bekam natürlich auch ihr Abendessen von ihm.
Doch es sind nicht nur Hunde und Katzen, um die sich die Menschen hier kümmern.
In einem Cafe in einem Park in Bangkok sah ich eine Kelnerin, die an einem heißen Tag immer wieder kleine Stücke Wassermelone zu einem Baum brachte, wo diese dann von einem Eichhörnchen in Empfang genommen wurden.
Eine dieser Szenen konnte ich fotografieren. In diesem Fall war es ein Finlayson-Hörnchen, welches die süße Erfrischung dankbar angenommen hat.
Well, here we go again.......no spring this year, right into summer. Turn off the stove and get the A/C in the window. Wildfire smoke has become an issue for several years now, and having it on a weeks' vacation makes it even more frustrating. Once such instance was a day on the WNYP in 2020, we were following the Farmers' Valley job with 2 C-430's in a thick haze of smoke. OL-2's crew is adding to the sky conditions at the NY-PA state line in Portville, NY.
In fotografischer Hinsicht steckt im Stinkenden Storchschnabel viel Potential. Man kann Details beleuchten und z.B. nur Staubgefäße und Griffel in starker Vergrößerung abbilden, oder aber die ganze Pflanze thematisieren, indem man alle oberirdischen Pflanzenorgane zur Abbildung bringt. In diesem Fall hatte ich Glück, da ein Blatt hinter der Blüte emporragte und somit das Vorhaben möglich wurde.
Objektiv: Helios 44 2
Herb-Robert offers great photographic potential. You can highlight details—such as capturing a highly magnified view of just the stamens and styles—or focus on the plant as a whole by including all its above-ground parts. In this instance, I was lucky: a leaf rose up behind the flower, making this type of shot possible.
Lens: Helios 44-2
Remember
In an instance we remember. a smell, song, taste, sound, word.
Our eyes can't hide it. The sadness of those who have passed. You may be gone but never forgotten. Memories locked up tight in the mind like unearthly treasures. We miss you and look back upon you fondly. Thoughts make one smile and laugh. The eyes can't hide the sadness of loss. The memories bring smiles and comfort. We miss you but will never forget you.
baby Yousef :D
No edit :)
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO Speed: 320
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash
About the only instance of sun on this morning's run of eastbound NS 125 to Centralia, IL, seen here approaching Hoffman on the Southern-West District. And a Kelby sighting...making distinct radio calls using a most proper call sign: "Pennsylvania 8102"
Thanks to WR for the heads up on this move. 8102 ran to Kansas City on road-railer 255 on Friday, so it was not terribly surprising to see this unit sent back east a couple days later.
Sprocket, in a rare instance when she can successfully stop me from whatever I was about to do and make me grab a camera for a few shots, one of which ultimately fits the weekend's Happy Caturday theme (sorry, usually of the broader ones like today's). Time constraints normally dictate the use of my everyday-carry camera, the timing was right for me to go fetch the DSLR.
Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, and a fun, safe, and rewarding Happy New Year!
It is hard to get out away from the family to get shoots sometimes. In this instance we were on a camping trip in the Tetons. I kept telling myself I was going to get a sunrise over the lake but the cold weather always stopped me. This was the last night there, it was now or never. I brought a chair, set up the tripod and waited. I was a bit surprised how many people were out around the lake at this hour. One burly dude in flannel (can you trust a dude alone at a lake in flannel?) sundered up to my spot, just about 10 feet from and sat. And sat. He just stood there looking the same direction I was looking. I could almost feel him looking at my gear out of the corner of my eye. Finally he mumbles, almost as if he were talking to the mountain "6d?" Ok, now I am even more nervous, he knows my gear. He was still not looking at me at all, could he feel the presence of the Canon? "Yes" I replied. Silence. I am ready for anything at this point, testosterone in overdrive. What felt like an eternity passed (about 15 seconds in my overly dramatic mind). Then he reaches into his coat...this is it, he is getting a knife, or a gun..I get ready to rush him, almost leaping across the rocks..then he turns, smiles, and pulls out a Canon 6d also. "Me too" he says. We proceed to talk shop while I am still shaking form the adrenaline rush. This image is for you creepy flannel man.
I already posted one image from this shoot in blue, pre-sunrise. Truth is I liked it better, but I thought I should revisit the set of brackets I shot that morning.
I am always drawn to images that are dark. Usually very dark. They just seem to pull me into the image. The thing is, I keep trying to shot dark images, and process dark images. I just can't seem to get them the way I want, dark. I almost forced myself to keep this dark while I processed it. Looking back, I wish I had gone into the lake to shoot this, it would have been more dramatic.
This was an instance of where I looked ahead on the tree this bird flew to, predicted where it might be in the clear, focused on the gap and it showed up.
Minutes before this shot there was a brief instance where the Sun was burning through the fog in a manner that resembled a flashlight shining through an opaque white balloon. The result was an eerie reflection on the water with about 50 fishing boats bobbing up and down in the surf. By the time I was ready to take a shot the effect was gone but it was a sight to behold.
50046 "Ajax" and 50003 "Temeraire" 2C08 0712 Newton Abbot - Waterloo, approaching Dawlish. This working appeared to be a regular way of getting a standby loco to Exeter or beyond and in this instance I was so mesmerized by what I was seeing in the viewfinder I almost let it run out of the frame. 20th June 1991
A wonderful long light instance in Skjelfjorden fjord on the Norwegian Lofoten islands. It was here where Briitish Troops had a naval station during the submarine war with Germany, rests of which can still be seen further afar in the fjord.
This find is another instance of driving around the block to get another look at a find and finding another. When I saw this former church now serving as the Masonic Lodge I thought the architecture looked awfully familiar. It is almost identical to an abandoned church we passed by in Montana.
Princess Chelsea is a lot less twee than fellow kiwi band The Beths, for instance, but the songs come from the heart and the whopping 7 live member band played for almost an hour. Lead singer Chelsea Lee Nikke was quite a ham with her Judas Priest shirt. You could tell she might be a little anxious but she rocked out like she was meant to play stadiums.
Though I photographed the entire set, this was the last photo I took of Nikke when the song were all done and she was fooling around with her band mates. There were no other photographers at the show that I saw and it's a small enough venue that you don't need a photopass and there's no three song limit.
Whenever I photograph a show that actually does require a photopass (most recently Angel Olsen), I am often with other photographers who are obsessed with access to the show, many of whom stay for only just those three songs and miss out on the rest of the music. I prefer seeing bands in smaller clubs and I know for a fact that the first three songs usually have the worst lighting and the lowest amount of energy compared to the remainder of the set. How sad to experience just the first three songs of every band and be constantly doing tones of work just to cover the next first three songs of another band.
For some, music is a living. For me, it's just what I live for.
princesschelsea.bandcamp.com/music
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Some of us had a discussion about purple ones a few days ago. It seems they are less common than red/yellow.
They are a popular flower in places with a "Mediterranean" climate, as the Bay Area. In some regions, Australia for instance, they are considered an invasive weed.
As amazing as the Lofoten might look in bright sunlight, their Northern character reveals itself more in stormy weather as I feel.
I recently parked at the University of Western Australia and then rode along the river through Perth to Heirisson Island. Along the way I passed the Iconic boathouse which is photographed all the time with long exposure at night or sunset. In this instance i took the shot at midday and it still looks good. :-)
yet another panoramic view of the crystalline transparency of air, water and light high up in Norway's North.
I believe that everything can tell a story.
Sometimes you can look at an object or place and get clues to fill in the information. For instance, this house. It’s quite obvious that something happened here. Part of the siding is missing, there is a broken window and the doors are either boarded up or barricaded. One of the columns supporting the porch is gone. The yard is mowed though, surely someone still cares about this place?
Other times you are given the information. Let’s be honest, I didn’t end up here without already knowing something about what happened. And it was definitely apparent that something happened. I passed big piles of debris with heavy equipment moving around. The sound of construction workers banging hammers echoed through the landscape. Both information and context of the surrounding environment can result in some powerful storytelling.
However nothing would prepare me for what comes next. As I was taking a photo of this house, I was approached by a lady walking down the street. “Are you lost?” she says. She didn’t see my camera but she noticed that I was traveling down a street that had been deserted. Long driveways that lead to nowhere, piles of debris on both sides and no vehicles around. I was in front of one of the few houses still standing on that block.
“No”, I said. I briefly told her who I was and explained that I was a photographer. I told her that I liked to tell stories. Her eyes started to tear up, and then she proceeded to tell me her account of December 10, 2021. The night that a wicked EF4 tornado ripped through the center of Mayfield, Kentucky.
She told me that she didn’t lose anyone but she knew others who have lost someone or lost their belongings. Even though the twister occurred almost a year and a half ago by this point, she was still helping people affected by the storm. Some who lost everything. Then she switched tones and started talking about growing up in Mayfield and living in this neighborhood. She said she needed someone to talk to and it was God’s work that we both ended up meeting each other this day.
“One final thing”, she said. “…Mayfield is here to stay”. She wanted me to emphasize with my photos that despite the destruction, the community is deeply rooted here and rebuilding. It may look rough now, but the people who live here still have hope. Ms. Donna then thanked me for listening and said it made her day getting to talk to me. It made my day getting to talk to her too.
Today’s post will mark the beginning of a small series that highlights Mayfield since the twister that passed through in 2021. While some photos will show the devastation from this tragic day, I hope that you are also able to see the hope that still shines through in this community.
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Mayfield, Kentucky
The raspberries are unwelcome in this instance. They are a considerable over-enthusastic nuisance in the natural landscape! Oh, I see, also, poison oak! Everyone’s favorite “keep away!” (The poison ivy of the West!)
Spring. The woods in the park.
People and Posters
This is an area where I can be a bit more creative. Although I have been out with the camera in London and other cities in the past, trying to find those iconic areas of graffiti, coloured shop fronts and unusual posters. I must also find then the right people to walk by at that precise moment, which is not always possible; so I take the venues and the people separately and then match them together in my own time. But I think they are like Marmite. But in this instance I hope you do like.
As always, keep safe and best wishes. Patrick
Ps It comes about because I do not have the patience to wait around but I admire those people who do.
(Or in this instance, flattening my lensball in Photoshop.)
It's a sign of the times that phrases and idioms such as the above are in more common usage these days as are words such as 'unprecedented' - and how we say to our friends and loved ones each time we chat, instead of saying "Bye for now!" we say 'Keep Safe; keep well " and naturally , " I love you" , when we should be using the two latter each time. Then of course it's worrying that if you Say things often enough , they can lose their meaning . I sure hope not, so Keep safe and keep well everyone.....
One minute, Life can change and you don't know what to do.. Your partner in chime, your best friend, your soul mate, has a minor stroke. You feel helpless, lost, and shocked. You are so far away you don't know what to do.. All you can do is be there in spirit and pray that they are ok. Thank God, he is doing great, on the road to recovery.
Everyone, please take care of your health, and you notice something odd or you feel off.. Go get it check out, don't wait.. Waiting can change everything on how your are treated..
Get well my love.. You are my heart and Soul!
Taken at Isle of Rowlyria
Landmark to Isle of Rowlyria: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rowlyria/150/47/29
Windlight by BattleScars
Pose by: Hazeel: A Day to Relax
► █░▓ ≈≈≈≈≈ MAGICAL INSTANCE of the Ownership Switch — FROZEN!
Acceptance (give and take) can be described as a national treat by Serbs. But culturally, it has to be collectivelly defined, i.e. dressed in a set of rules. A ritual can serve that purpose, otherwise you are a weirdo. In half a century of rapid changes I have seen a derogatory attitude towards the country's south emerge in Belgrade, but also a major penetration of southern niceties into other regions, including the capital. This is one of them. Countryside brass bands.
Sharing can only truly be a joy when there is some game in doing it. The guys do need to blow hard and strike the right notes on the right moments to earn it. And giving has to remain relatively uncertain, at discretion of those celebrating. The gentleman on the right decided to be... well, a gentleman. I was just a poor photographer passing by. Didn't leave a tip.
Less than 10 ㎝ (3 inches) separates this bill from permanently changing the owner. Less than a split second after this captured instance, the bill will have changed hands, i.e. constitute a full property shift. No power in the world can push the wheel of time backwards; the money belongs to the band now.
One special skill required from these pros is to keep playing while accepting the bills. It is not easy but they don't get another chance. That's the name of the game.
You can have a look at this same scene nine seconds prior to this in my previous image.
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