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Everyone knows about the Sunrise and Paradise entrances into Mount Rainier National Park, those who enjoy the long beautiful drive go around to the Stevens Canyon entrance, but the lonely forgotten washed out Carbon River entrance is still there, you just have to walk it. I'm not fond of this pic, but it does show what the hike in looks like walking through 800 year old Douglas Firs. It's dark and where the light beams in the rays cause magic steam. the boughs hundreds of feet above you creek and a lot of them are falling. Moss inches thick covers the ground and down trees and more trees grow out of them. It's a tree lovers paradise as long as there isn't any wind. You walk on what was once the road which follows the river so it's sound is ever present and small waterfalls can be heard inland as well. It's damp, it was cold, the smell was amazing and my face still hurts from smiling. More (and better) shots to come.
blow it up large and take a look around. :-)
As you know the "Golden" gate bridge is not literally golden or is golden in color ... which made me think about this concept !
I thought doing a very long exposure and catching the particularly yellow/white reflections of passing cars' headlights might fix that problem ! So I headed to the vista point at night and after a few tries with different durations and white balances I managed to get the Golden Gate to look Golden, as it should have in the first place (!).
It was a particularly cold night and I couldn't feel my hands after this, so I really hope you enjoy this one !
75.0mm @ ƒ/10.0 | 30sec @ ISO 100 | WB Set at 2810°K
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God's Utterance "How to Know God's Disposition and the Result of His Work" (Part Three)
Introduction
God's word in this video are from the book "The Word Appears in the Flesh".
The content of this video:
How God Establishes Man’s Outcome and the Standard by Which He Establishes Man’s Outcome
I know what time is, Time is a thief
It'll steal into bed and rob you while you sleep
And You'll never feel it
It pulls off the covers, and rifles through your head
Then you'll wait to find you can't remember what you just said...
It happens to everyone...
Just like the father of my father, time stole his mind
And I can't forget that one-fourth of his blood is mine
I try not to worry...
(Larkin Poe)
I know you miss good grinding on you.........
Song: Hans Zimmer-One Day
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cScVoZWVDLQ
Greetings: Ramsa Luv
I know, I know, it's almost exactly like last week's slider....but I liked the result so well I tried it with another photo that wasn't very good and love that I can find a way to use those shots. Hope you have a fantastic day! HSS!
No idea what these are called?
Beauty berries identification by Mike Hayward.
Common Name: Beauty berry. Genus: Callicarpa Species: bodinieri var. giraldii. Cultivar: 'Profusion'
There's a Crane fly? or big Stone fly? on them.
I know my photo is a little bit disturbing to look at, however this weeks topic is provoking. I had two options: the first one was mini Pink Panter holding a stolen diamond so the whole topic could be funny, but I've decided to go with the other serious idea as the crime is an unamusing problem.
In order not to be worried what is buried in my backyard I will tell you - this is my left hand in the substrate (peat moss) for flowers. In my right hand I am holding my camera as no one didn't want to pose for me.
HMM!
As always, thank you so much for your visits, comments and faves!
Location: ° At The Green Story <- click to get the landmark
::: Nina Nesbitt - I'm Coming Home :::
I’m driving down these old dirt roads
I see the hills up on the right
White grass, artificial ski slope
Im speeding by the east coast train line
I’ve got a friend talking on the phone
He said he’d help me pass the time
I’m where the humour is dry as a bone
but it rains here every night
To see the faces that I know
Been away for way too long,
Where the trees always growin’
Wanna see where time has gone,
So put the kettle on the stove
Leave a light on so they know I’m coming home
I’ve got the wind in my sails
I’ve got the red in my cheeks
Cause I’ve been running from this place
Ever since seventeen
Cobbled streets
Evergreens
Castles and
housing schemes
That whisky taste
Out till late
See that man
He’s shitfaced
To see the faces that I know
Been away for way too long
So put the kettle on the stove
Leave a light on so they know
I’m coming home
Flashback I’m seventeen
in the passenger seat
You roll the windows down
808s and heartbreak plays
Even in this small town
We still had the biggest dreams
I always wanted something more
I always wanted to be seen
Still got that northern blood
I’ve still got a sharp edged tongue
I hold it like a sword
So everyone knows where I’m from
You take for granted all the things
That one day will be gone
I should’ve for held on for dear life
When I was young
I walk through the trees
I see the green
I see the reservoir
I see the nights
I see the lights
I see my family fall apart
I know the leaving
know the feelings
Know the seasons change
Things are different now
But I still feel the same
I’ve been around I’ve seen it all
There’s nowhere else I’d rather go
So won’t you let them know
I’m coming home
This is one of my fav sims. It have a huge driving track spread over multiple levels, and lots of great photo spots.
Necklace: Tillie by Vanilla Bae. (Free group gift fatpack in the mainstore.)
not the best of the best i know, but im trying to change a lil bit, play with stuff a lil more
just another attempt
I know the school of thought that you should ask a human subject for permission to take their picture, which I agree is nice for some situations, but it doesn't allow you to capture the unselfconscious ballet of human behavior. (Here, admittedly, self-consciousness is on display, but that's the charming point.) We in fact did interact before and after I shot this, and they were aware that I was there shooting them shooting each other.
I...am everyday people: flic.kr/s/aHsmW43zQm
Many of you know Don Briggs by his phenomenal photography. Through the years, I grew to know the man as my dearest friend, though we never met in person.
Don used to post some of the most gorgeous photos of Maui, and our contact was limited to the usual comments until one day when Don messaged me, asking if I wanted a DSLR camera he wasn't using. I replied that I couldn't afford it, but Don said, "I didn't say anything about money. I have one I'm not using and thought you might like it." That is how the friendship started. Don was generous to a fault, and wanted to help whenever he could. He saw that I had promise, and he wanted to do something about it.
over the years, we began to communicate every day. we had a lot of personality traits in common, and we eventually became best friends, though I always felt he got the short end of the stick!
Through the years, this man had some close encounters with death, being diabetic and having some heart issues, but Don was strong and very independent natured, even driving himself to the hospital once after a stroke! I was beginning to think he would live to be 100. Unfortunately, that was not the case.
A few weeks ago, Don texted me that he'd had a heart attack. Right after that, I fell and broke my pelvic bone. Don used to say we were running a competition with our infirmities! From opposite sides of the country, we were both in hospitals or rehabs, but while I was mending, Don was not. One night he called me in the wee hours of the night, barely able to speak, saying how he was ready to go, and didn't want to live like that, unable to lead the life he wanted to live.
I began communicating with Ed, Don's stepson, who called me yesterday to tell me that Don had passed away at 2:40 A.M. West Coast time, January 9, 2025. I am devastated and heartbroken. Don was way more than a friend. He was family. No one will ever fill that gap, and I will miss him until I die.
This photo was one of Don's selfies that I post processed a long time ago. He said he liked the job I did. I wish I could have been as good of a photographer as he was, but few ever reach that level of professionalism.
I will miss our daily texts, but mostly I will miss this wonderful man that I never got to meet in person, but whom I grew to love dearly. I wish there were words to express what a wonderful person Don was, but there aren't. He would detest this tribute, but he's getting it anyway! Do yourself a favor and stop by Don's photostream. It's amazing. www.flickr.com/photos/donbriggs/
You know us Russian Roulette is no winners or losers and you can see throw my chest, do i pass this test............
Song: Rihanna - Russian Roulette (Official Music Video)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ2nCGawrSY
Greetings: Ramsa Luv
Fleece and lichen.
Did you know... Lichens are the best indicators of air pollution since they can't live in areas with concentration of sulphur dioxide in air. Hence, we can say that Lichens are the best indicators of Air Pollution. If there are no lichens present, the air quality is very poor.
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Do you know, I got home from RL work today, and my amazing other half has done ALL the food shopping and prep for Christmas.
How fuckin lucky am I?!
So tonight I’ll be chilling like a villain (after I lux the living room bc wrapping presents is messy shit with fur babies!)
Anyyyywayyyyyy let’s break down some epoch goodness shall we?
Bowie gets to chill tonight too, in her cute lil outfit from epoch, the set is Pria, made up of a Jacket, Tank, Leggings and Socks.
Rigged for Reborn, Legacy and Lara X.
So many color/Christmas pattern options for all pieces, so head over to the epoch mainstore and get yours!
I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you
As you know by now, I love when artists use music to tell a story, weaving the music and the lyrics into a tale filled with emotion and colours. Don McLean is one of those Artists who masterfully achieve this. Vincent is an Ode to the dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890). He struggled with mental illness all through his life and died at his own hands at the age of just 37. During his life, he barely sold any of his paintings. Which makes the fact that these days they are worth millions kind of a cruel joke. Don McLean weaved numerous paintings of VanGogh into his Lyrics, which is another nice touch
Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy, linen land
Now, I understand what you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now
Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand
Now, I understand, what you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now
For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left inside
On that starry, starry night
You took your life as lovers often do
But I could have told you, Vincent
This world was never meant for one
As beautiful as you
Starry, starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met
The ragged men in ragged clothes
The silver thorn of bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
Now, I think I know what you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will
I know had had not the best conditions for a filter test but nevertheless I wanted to test my new filters.
Here is the result.
I used the CPL, the ND 1000 and the GND 0,9 filter at the same time. There is no color shift at all and the resolution is fantastic. my first impression is that Nisi make fantastic filters.
I know that life may seem a bit strange at times
But through all of the pain confusion you have to remain divine
Do all that you can do to heal and change inside
Know and understand that even
Flowers have to endure the rain at times
Beautiful sunflower, sunflower soul
You haven't been yourself since some time ago
Beautiful sunflower, sunflower soul
You have to learn to let go and forgive
In order for the sunshine to show
I want you to know that things get better with time
But in the meantime you have to stop
Seeing yourself through irrelevant eyes
May you shine like the Light that has
Brought you forth from the heavenly sky's
As you know, Rose of Sharon's can grow quite large and tall. They tower above all the rest of the flowers in the yard and it's the same in this case. Some of our Rose of Sharon's even tower over me and I'm 6'3, which makes it difficult for pruning, but that's what ladders are for...right ?
Most of you know by now how I love 'playing' with light, a never ending beautiful challenge, food for my creative soul, which I so desperately need at the moment...
Each flower or object, most definitely people, seem to have a different 'personality' which I'm trying to capture.
Alstroemeria, the genus named after the Swedish baron Alströmer who brought them back from a trip to South America in 1753.
Also called the Peruvian Lily or Inca Lily, is a South American genus of about 50 species of flowering plants.
The flower, which resembles a miniature lily, is very popular for bouquets and flower arrangements in the commercial cut flower trade.
They have a vase life of about two weeks.
With love to you and thank you for ALL your faves and comments, M, (* _ *)
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I know, strange title, but it seems like the "tree creature" is talking to the ducks. I probably got up too early that morning.
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Stonechat
1700.29.11.2023
As some of you may know I spend each day, during breeding season with black redstarts. This year in the late afternoons and every day I made my way up to Holcombe Hill to photograph the lives of a pair of Stonechats (no matter the weather). Along the stretch of moorland road 5 pairs attempted to breed and of the 5 only 1 pair was successful. Fortunately, I picked the right pair and they got used to me. The pair had two broods. Four chicks successfully fledged with the first brood and three for the second. Occasionly the adults would alight on top of flowering foxgloves. For some reason the R7 did not hit the bird's eye and would ping the background instead. I tried several lenses and all the R7 settings but nothing would give me an instant and reliable focus. I had to keep focusing on nearby grass and then hope I could nail the bird which might have flown...I don't think this would happen with a dedicated RF lens. It was incredibly frustrating but I am still happy with my gear of choice which has given me some stunning results. I certainly managed to nail 3 juveniles flying onto the foxglove which by then had dropped its petals...and it was raining! I really enjoyed this year doing the black redstarts and the stonechats. It was hard work and very tiring for me and I was doing sometimes 15 hour days but I would do it all again in a heartbeat for the same birds...always a joy! The image was made at only 188mm focal length. No hide used.
I actually don't know the name for this pond but it was in the morning ;-) This was shot on the road to Red Rock Canyon in Waterton National Park, Canada.
For those interested, 'Crown of the Continent' is the title of an article in National Geographic this month about Glacier-Waterton. The link to the article is here.
View large - 'Morning Pond' On Black
View the Entire - Glacier National Park - June 2007 Set
View my - Most Interesting according to Flickr
He waited for what felt like an eternity. The black rose falling from his hand. Eternity, that is what he was offering
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"...And I know that you care for me.
So I don't feel alone,
Or the weight of the stone,
Now that I've found somewhere safe
To bury my bone.
And any fool knows a dog needs a home,
A shelter from pigs on the wing." -Pink Floyd
I know Barn Owls screech and it's the Tawny owl that Twit twoo's but it was the only title I could think of LOL
I put up a Barn Owl nesting box in a big Oak tree not 100 yards behind my house. Last year I had success and Mum and Dad fledged three young. These are two young Barn owls (you can tell by the last bit of fluff on the tummy, not taken from behind my house, but not to far away at all.
I went across the field last night and saw a Barn Owl on the front of my box, the first of this year !!!!!!
I very rarely put the 2x extender on the 600mm, but I was super impressed with the quality...... Note to self, do it more often !!
Thanks to everyone that gave their opinion on my Bluebell image (positive or negative) I really appreciated the feedback xx
I know these guys are everywhere in Caliornia making holes and lots of noise, but they are so cute. This guy had his foot up in a position that reminded me of the very recognizable logo on the Captain Morgan bottle.
Clown-faced western woodpecker with a complicated social structure, living in small colonies. Best known for its habit of hoarding acorns: the birds drill small holes in a dead snag, then harvest acorns in fall and store them in these holes, to be eaten during winter. Such a "granary tree" may be used for generations and may be riddled with up to 50,000 holes. Nesting is a group activity, with several adults (up to 12 or more) taking part in incubating the eggs and feeding the young in a single nest.
I know you want it
The thing that makes me
What the guys go crazy for
They lose their minds
The way I wind
I think it's time
Song by Kelis
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Pose: FOCUS - I drink your milkshake
You know you're in trouble when you find yourself having a conversation with a miniature vase that's just over ½" tall. If it was a full size vase, it would be perfectly normal, of course. :)
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Some may know him as Bruce. Others as Bat-shark Man..but to the criminals of the DC Sharkverse..he is The Shark Knight!
ANother in my series of Shark pictures. The head is the Shark Kairoz by Bespoke and is at their Mainstore. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Honeydale/133/128/29
...And I know what you did last weekend.
A week ago, just as the sun peeked over the horizon and I was paddling beneath a hollowed-out cypress trunk on Mud Lake, Mr. Plieated Woodpecker popped out of a hole, stared at me as I stared at him, then quickly flew away for parts unknown. So this morning I approached the cypress with camera already in hand and just as the sun cleared the horizon, Mr. Pileated rolled out of bed again, gave me one brief look and again quickly headed off to work. Sure hope this is his homestead and not just an airbnb.
I know it may be unethical to take a color film photo and make it monochrome but I just had to for this particular scene. When I originally photographed it, despite being Fujicolor Superia, I had black & white in my mind. It just feels right to me.
I know film enthusiasts are against it, but its my photo and my work at the end of the day. There are no rules when it comes to photography in my opinion.
A glamour beauty, a glamour girl,..A certain style, But, May-be, a little cold,, though,..Seen, I don't know where,..Anyway,, love her,..:-)
You know that feeling when you go out to photograph at a specific location for a specific subject ... but then something like this comes along ... Priceless to me! As we were scanning the landscape in the distance, this beautiful red fox enters the scene. The light was fabulous and the fox was hunting for voles or whatever it could find. Winter comes early for it, so it must score tasty morsels while it can more easily find it. So as no to interrupt its behavior, we grabbed images for a few moments, thanked it, and went on to see what else we could find. :-)
Just got back from some time away visiting with our granddaughter (now 4-1/2) in the mountains of CO. Such fun times ... and it was wonderful to feel the colder temperatures. Hang on everyone, it's not too far off. :-)
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I know that just like when taking a photo of a train the going away shot hardly ever receives positive acclaim. Photo taken last week on a visit to the nature reserve at Vendicari. The subject a shellduck is seen feeding in typical fashion. These birds feed on the flowing tidal water, but not much around high or low tides, mostly sieving the mud for the tiny snail Hydrobia which forms the overwhelming majority of their diet. They also eat shrimps, small clams Macoma and ragworms; I don't known what the inland breeders feed on.