One of the HDR Photos from the Melbourne Sound Relief Concert, that was held for victims of the Bushfire Desaster in Victoria on Saturday the 14th of March 2009.

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Cheers,

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I was adventurous for the second time in my life while climbing down rocks to get this shot. Heh.

Check out the lovely E family and so many more pictures on the blog!

In other news, I have also started a 101 goals in 1001 days on my blog, so check that out too!

AND, I just downloaded the Lightroom trial version. And I will say it's a little intimidating. For now at least. I am just going to check out some tutorials, but I think it will make my workflow MUCH easier than PSE. It takes WAY too long to do simple things on there with a bunch of photos. Any tips will be helpful!

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"Do you remember

When we first moved in together?

The piano took up the living room

You'd play me boogie woogie

I played you love songs"

Do You Remember by Jack Johnson

Explored.

...soon the water will be lost in the well.

en route from chicago towards st. paul minnesota

screw auger falls, grafton notch state park - newry, maine

bokeh texture

another shot that i have a lot of, haha.

Music for today : Crying shame by Jack Johnson

We continue on the serie we make with Cyril and Ruben.

A great cloudy and windy day in mountain. the place is "La peyrouse" near Grenoble.

Here is Ruben, crying in the wind and attempt to stay upright!! I love this shot because it gives the impression that Ruben try to cath the photography edges!!

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no s verano!!

for 100,000 stream views as of this morning around 6

My first upload was September 11, 2005, exactly 10 months ago to the day (without getting too technical about it).

If everything stays the same, it will take me 7 years and 6 months to catch up to where rebekka was a few months ago. ;~))

I won’t be able to adequately express to you how much you have enriched my experience here on flickr and how you have influenced the continuing development of my photography.

I truly thank you and very much appreciate all your visits, your kind and supportive comments, your choice to favorite some of my images and for creating the space into which I can grow as a photographer.

I am going to borrow something from Myla Kent and the way she presented some numbers for reference…

~ 100,000 > stream views

~ 13,000+ > images shot since August 2005

~ 8,598 > hopefully meaningful and sometimes humorous comments left by me in your images

~ 5,001 > the number of times the NYC Bridges & Tunnels set has been viewed, largely due to a Linus Gelber mention in a www.utata.org/ thread that Flickr chose to include on the Explore page

~ 2,965 > images of yours that I have chosen as a favorite

~ 1,770 > number of images posted in my stream and virtually all are public (note that I have posted just 414 shots this year after my early deluges into flickr - I was counseled in December by creativity+ (Tim) regarding uploading and image choices, which has had a major impact in what has happened in my stream)

~ 6 > the number of combined hours I have slept the last two nights

Truly - thank you all once again!!!

...in the magic woods

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On our way to see the famous Mayon Volcano in Legaspi, Albay (Philippines), we stopped by at CWC (Camarines Sur Watersports Complex) where they have this wake boarding facilities. I have never taken a sports/action shot before and really knew zilch about what camera settings to use. Thanks to Elmer, aka Soul101 for the impromptu tutorial. It wasn't that easy and I was so thrilled to have caught this guy "in flight". I wish he didn't "fly" that high and allowed me to capture him without "clipping" a portion of his board. This genre of photography definitely demonstrates how unique each moment is - there are no second takes. This may not be the best sports/action shot there is, but if you will indulge me a bit, allow me to at least have one on my stream. And here's Jack Johnson's UPSIDE DOWN song to go with it (will open in a new window)

eXPLORE! {+ inside}

"I wanna turn the whole thing upside down I'll find the things they say just can't be found I'll share this love I find with everyone" [Upside Down - Jack Johnson]

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Fui 'taggeada' pela fofa da LariDesign e o jogo é dizer 8 coisas sobre mim e depois indicar 8 amigos:

1. Nasci no RJ e vim pra SP com 3 anos. Por causa dos meus pais e irmãs meu sotaque era de carioca até a adolescência... e agora eu tenho um sotaque estranho! Aqui dizem que sou carioca e no Rio dizem que sou paulista.. e tem gente que pergunta se sou mineira..baiana.. rss

2. Rir faz parte do meu ser. Dou risada de tudo e por tudo, falo rindo e isso me irrita as vezes! Outra coisa que me irrita é que falo fazendo 1000 caretas e o excesso de expressão me 'entrega' mesmo quando não quero falar nada!

3. Funciono melhor à noite.. pela manhã eu não presto pra nada! Eu brigo pra ir pra cama todo dia.. mas também brigo para não levantar pela manhã.. é a hora que eu mais amo a minha caminha linda! ^^

4. Minhas melhores idéias surgem a noite principalmente quando estou quase dormindo... daí eu caio no sono, esqueço tudo e nada vira realidade! :P

5. Não corto meu cabelo a 1 ano e 15 dias.. Se tivesse feito promessa teria alcançado a 'graça' hehehe mas não acredito nessas coisas. Minha teoria é que todos os cabeleireiros são surdos, eles nunca escutam o que você quer e acabam cortando demais seu cabelo e te causando um trauma capilar crônico!

6. Meu sonho reprimido de infância é não ter feito ginastica olímpica. Como sempre fui muito baixinha, minhã mãe tinha medo que eu ficasse anã e então fui obrigada a fazer natação durante anos.. Nunca na minha vida poderei fazer um DuploTwistCarpado com mortal na segunda pirueta!!!!!! #Loser hehehe

7. O Flickr me viciou.. Fotografia, manipulação de imagens, criatividade, hobby, etc, Se eu já gostava antes imagina hoje! Ainda vou ganhar uns trocados com isso :)

8. Estou doida pra ir à praia!! Se eu pudesse morava perto de uma... (se eu pudesse eu seria um peixe) :)

[ se você foi adicionado nesta foto..considere-se 'taggeado' também :) ]

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Dias tensos.. estou visitando tds aos poucos :)

foto tirada pela Mari :)

i've just started a new RA/TA summer job that is more less from the moment i wake up to when i go to bed, so updates will likely be scarce :(

ahhh pro account about to expire

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The quote project.

Explore: March 24, 2009

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Who's to say

What's impossible

Well they forgot

This world keeps spinning

And with each new day

I can feel a change in everything

And as the surface breaks reflections fade

But in some ways they remain the same

And as my mind begins to spread its wings

There's no stopping curiosity

I want to turn the whole thing upside down

I'll find the things they say just can't be found

I'll share this love I find with everyone

We'll sing and dance to Mother Nature's songs

I don't want this feeling to go away

Who's to say

I can't do everything

Well I can try

And as I roll along I begin to find

Things aren't always just what they seem

I want to turn the whole thing upside down

I'll find the things they say just can't be found

I'll share this love I find with everyone

We'll sing and dance to Mother Nature's songs

This world keeps spinning and there's no time to waste

Well it all keeps spinning spinning round and round and

Upside down

Who's to say what's impossible and can't be found

I don't want this feeling to go away

Please don't go away

Is this how it's supposed to be

Jack Johnson

I’ve seldom seen this beautiful hairy flower, which is known as Pulsatilla vulgaris (or pasque flower), part of the buttercup family

Hairy becomes a little dreamy in the photo:-)

Taken at UBC Botanical Garden, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

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The quote project.

chris surprised me with an early anniversary present tonight.

he learned to play this.

and he rocked it. well . . . as much as one can "rock" a jack johnson song. ;)

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This was a scene worth waking up for

When I woke up

You planted me in my own body

Don't know why

But somehow it just feels so wrong

When you said I will be lonely

When you rise again I will have become the sun

And I will shine down upon you

As if you were the only one.

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Now I was sitting waiting wishing

That you believed in superstitions

Then maybe you'd see the signs

But Lord knows that this world is cruel

And I ain't the Lord, no I'm just a fool

Learning loving somebody don't make them love you...

Above lyrics from the Jack Johnson song 'Sitting, Waiting, Wishing'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffgsf3pqaD8

Cool Listening's my Flickr Friends and kind days! :)

Been waiting all month for the moon to go away!

I've never been happier.

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if you have time, please listen

to "better together"

Daily Dog Challenge: Pleased

Seems appropriate for a couple of Boxers to be 'Pleased as Punch'.

Kahn & Etta are very pleased to have their runs and rumbles on the dirt track :)

"Weekly Themes" " Inspired by a song" "Upside Down – Jack Johnson"

Always wanted to do a poster for Jack Johnson. So, when I did I knew just like his music I wanted it to be upbeat, summery and just loaded with fun-ness! The poster is just two colors and when the blue and yellow overlap it creates the 3rd color being green. Happy summer all you Jack Johnson fans. Can purchase poster here: www.tadcarpenter.com/store/posters/jack-johnson/

Coliseu dos Recreios 2005 ©Diana Quintela

and all I got was this lousy picture.

I *honestly* took more than 200 photos

and this is all I have to show for it.

and I don't even think it's that good.

lousy day equals lousy picture.

makes sense.

[sotd - Jack Johnson_ Angel] (love this stuff)

I keep playing your part

But it's not my scene

Won't this plot not twist?

I've had enough mystery

Keep building it up

Then shooting me down

But I'm already down

Just wait a minute

Just sitting, waiting

Just wait a minute

Just sitting, waiting

Well, if I was in your position

I'd put down all my ammunition

I'd wonder why'd it taken me so long

But Lord knows that I'm not you

And If I was, I wouldn't be so cruel

'Cause waiting on love ain't so easy to do

Happy Monday.

soundtrack - Jack Johnson - sitting, waiting, wishing

Well I woke up this morning,

a rainbow filled the sky

Well that was God tellin' me,

Everything's gonna be alright

Bj de 4ª pra quem passar por aqui...

Ain't no need to go outside.

*** I was invited to play Flickr: Survivor Island by Carrie, a photo challenge game and although it scared the crap out of me to join, I was encouraged to jump in and do it...so being out of my comfort zone already, I chose this shot, a shot very different than what I usually take, to be my submission for round one.

Oh:) and Carrie is who I am up against in the first round...and her shot is gorgeous!! Thanks for the invite again Carrie - this is going to be fun, albeit intimidating to no end!***

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...But you cant stop nothing

If you got no control

Of the thoughts in your mind

That you kept in, you know

You dont know nothing

But you dont need to know

The wisdoms in the trees

Not the glass windows

You cant stop wishing

If you dont let go

But things that you find

And you lose, and you know

You keep on rolling

Put the moment on hold

The frames too bright

So put the blinds down low

I need this here

Old train to breakdown

Oh please just

Let me please breakdown

I need this here

Old train to breakdown

Oh please just

Let me please breakdown

I wanna break on down

But I cant stop now

Breakdown, Jack Jones

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-i_AcTz0UU

Jack Johnson

I like the relaxed mood here, the Malgudi Days feeling. Little or no processing, the green tones are kind of enhanced thanks to the cloud cover, and thank God it wasn't raining.. :)

Dedicated to an unexpectedly, brilliant time in Goa so far, inspite of all the odds..

It all happened so much faster

Than you could say disaster

Wanna take a time lapse

And look at it backwards

From the last one

And maybe thats just the answer

That we're after - Jack Johnson

Jordan & Jack heading down to the water.

Valley Springs, CA

For a much larger version click here View On Black

There's no combination of words

I could put on the back of a postcard,

No song that I could sing

But I can try for your heart,

Our dreams, and they are made out of real things,

Like a shoebox of photographs,

With sepiatone loving,

Love is the answer

At least for most of the questions in my heart ,

Like why are we here? And where do we go?

And how come it's so hard?

It's not always easy,

And sometimes life can be deceiving,

I'll tell you one thing, its always better when we're together

Better Together - Jack Johnson

I love him. More than the world could ever comprehend. So much, I saved this as 'socuteicouldpuke.jpg'. He's my life. He is my soul. He is my one and only. Yes, I know this is the same shirt I wore two days ago, but I needed some color so I threw it on :]

PS. I got a hair cut. [Yes][No][Maybe]?

PPS. I watched P.S. I Love You today, and I balled my eyes out... over and over and over..

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Explore #94

Thanks guys :]

She’s just waiting for the summertime

when the weathers fine

and she could hitch a ride out of town

and so far away

Dreams Be Dreams~Jack Johnson

Well I was sitting, waiting, wishing

You believed in superstitions

Then maybe you'd see the signs

The Lord knows that this world is cruel

I ain't the Lord, no I'm just a fool

Learning lovin' somebody don't make them love you

Must I always be waiting, waiting on you

Must I always be playing, playing your fool

I sang your songs, I danced your dance

I gave your friends all a chance

But putting up with them

Wasn't worth never having you

Maybe you've been through this before

But it's my first time so please ignore

The next few lines cause they're directed at you

I can't always be waiting, waiting on you

I can't always be playing, playing your fool

I keep playing your part

But it's not my scene

Want this plot to twist

I've had enough mystery

Keep building it up

Then shooting me down

But I'm already down

Just wait a minute

Just sitting, waiting

Just wait a minute

Just sitting, waiting

Well, if I was in your position

I'd put down all my ammunition

I'd wonder why'd it taken me so long

But Lord knows that I'm not you

And if I was, I wouldn't be so cruel

Cause waitin' on love aint so easy to do

Must I always be waiting, waiting on you

Must I always be playing, playing your fool

No, I can't I always be waiting, waiting on you

I can't always be playing, playing your fool

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Jack Johnson - Sitting, Waiting, Wishing