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Lately, the space I’ve found myself occupying most is grief. Not just the grief of losing my mother, but grieving past versions of myself, the friendships that I thought would always last, the vision I once held of what life would look like and grieving for the state of the world.
* This image is part of a larger series called "Grief" a self portrait series that I created for the the one year anniversary of my mom passing. I wanted to create a body of work that not only honors that experience, but also accurately depicts the many facets of grief and its lessons: that it’s not linear, that it takes on many forms, and that it’s something we learn to live with, not move past.
Cochin (zu deutsch Kotschin, von Kotschinchina, frz. Cochinchine, vietnamesisch Nam Kỳ) ist eine alte Haushuhnrasse aus China, die in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts nach Europa gebracht wurde und wegen ihrer Befiederung und ihres Körperbaus, die sich beide stark von traditionellen europäischen Rassen unterschied, schnell auf Begeisterung stieß. Die britische Königin Victoria war in der westlichen Welt einer der ersten Halter von Cochins und hat wesentlich zum Bekanntwerden dieser Rasse beigetragen.
"The Shoes on the Danube Bank is a memorial in Budapest, Hungary. Conceived by film director Can Togay, he created it on the east bank of the Danube River with sculptor Gyula Pauer to give remembrance to the 3,500 people (800 of them Jews) who were killed by fascist Arrow Cross militiamen in Budapest during World War II. They were ordered to take off their shoes, and were shot at the edge of the water so that their bodies fell into the river and were carried away. It represents their shoes left behind on the bank."
More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them.
Harold J. Smith
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Learn from my mistake!
This one if from the archives, it was taken at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire in 2007. I posted this photo to demonstrate that it's sometimes necessary to switch over to manual focus from time to time. The lens/camera choose the easy thing to focus, which was the band-aid, but the Newt's head is out of focus. Had I just flipped the switch to manual and moved up 1", I would have gotten a better shot.
Any Comments or Critiques are welcome. What else could I have done differently?
Edit: This isn't a "Newt" per se, but a lizard known as a Anole. More info here:
Albert Einstein.
This one reminds me of something my friend Krista would do. :) She's so good at light, pastel images.
The weather is BEYOND gorgeous here in NJ this week. I don't want it to get humid and hot again but it's coming!! It's been so nice to have the windows open.
One of the flowers I had been told to explore under a UV light was “stonecrop”, which is a genus of flowers containing more than 400 different varieties. Some do nothing, others light up like fireworks! Fitting for a 4th of July post, enjoy these glowing flowers and read on to learn how to create images like this!
I suppose the first thing you should do is compare this image to the “visible light” version: donkom.ca/bts/PDKP2975.jpg - the flowers are mostly one hue and shade of yellow with yellow-green stems. When they fluoresce under UV light, the buds become rosey, extra hues appear in the centers of some flowers and there is a heck of a lot more depth of colour to the image!
This was shot using three custom-modified UV flashes at point-blank range on a table in my studio. Here’s a BTS shot showing the lighting setup: donkom.ca/bts/PDKP2968.jpg . The flashes actually enter the frame of the final image, but they don’t intersect with the subject so they can be edited out. Even at this close distance, the amount that these Sedum rupestre ‘Angelina’ stonecrop flowers fluoresce is very dim. I found the use of my Platypod allowed for a much more solid base for front-heavy flashes opposed to normal tabletop tripods.
To maintain the best image quality, the image was shot at ISO 500, F/14 and 30sec exposure, while I held my flash transmitter in my hand and manually popped the flashes at 1/1 output whenever they beeped stating they had recycled. This process was repeated at three slightly different focus points with my Lumix S1R on a tripod, and focus stacked. Complex interactions and overlaps of elements in the frame meant that shooting with a wider aperture, lower ISO and more frames would just lead to headaches in post-processing. Keeping it simple, only three frames needed to get everything sharp here.
So wait a minute, why do things fluoresce? What exactly is happening when normally-invisible ultraviolet light strikes these flowers? To be clear, my flashes only emit UV light, yet the camera detects and records visible light. The simplest way that I can describe this is that the UV light excites the atoms in the flower, causing the electrons to jump up to a higher orbit/ring. This doesn’t last for very long – instantly to our own perceptions – and the electron decays back to its normal lower orbit. This also releases energy in the form of light within the visible spectrum: fluorescence. Fluorescence actually happens all the time from shorter-wave light within the visible spectrum to longer-wavelength light, it’s all around us hiding in plain sight.
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"Journey of Water" - Inspired by Moana
Tall Green Goddess - about 18 feet tall!
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - massive topiary!]
*[New Exhibit this year! - strolling along a cool interactive
outdoor nature trail while exploring the wonders of water]
2024 International Flower & Garden Festival
EPCOT - flower-show display - Bright & Magical!
Orlando, Florida U.S.A. - 4/26/24 - Spring 2024
Beautiful bright colors abound wherever you look during the
annual Flower and Garden Festival, held every March-May.
It features fantastic gardens and amazing Disney topiary.
Could not have been a more beautiful day! Come and visit!
The Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, inaugurated in 1994, uses specially themed floral displays throughout the park, including topiary sculptures of Disney characters. Guests can meet gardening experts and learn new ideas they can use in their own home gardens. The 30th annual event is scheduled for March 1, with an extended run of two months, leading up to July 5. Each event takes more than a full year to plan and more than 20,000 cast
member hours. Just a joy to behold annually in Central Florida.
This is what makes it worth hiking for up to 3 hours at a time with a giant 4x5 camera on your shoulder.
Shot With- Crown Graphic- Graflex 4X5 Camera- Fuji Fp100B Black and White Instant Film.
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This is an old house in the Old City of Kastoria.
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Focal length: 22.00 mm; Aperture: 8.0; Exposure time: 1/ 80 s; ISO: 200
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Bradford, Pennsylvania is home not just to Zippo lighters and Case knives but also to a commitment to the craft and quality. Visit the Zippo/Case Museum, where fans and collectors from across the globe gather to experience the rich history of these two American icons.
Come explore the 15,000 square foot attraction that includes the world famous Zippo Repair Clinic and Zippo/Case Store. Fourteen custom-made Zippo street lighters line the drive leading up to the building. Over the entrance towers a 40-foot Zippo lighter with pulsating neon flame, and an enormous Case Canoe three bladed pocketknife. Enjoy a self-guided tour to learn the rich history of two American icons.
Learn how to make a ribbon wrapped hoop frame, and grab a free Holiday embroidery pattern on the blog today!
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To learn more about these magnificent birds please visit www.allaboutbirds.org/news/search/?q=Spruce%20Grouse
All comments regarding this picture, subject, composition, etc are welcome and appreciated. TIA.
To see more pictures of Spruce and other grouse that I have taken please visit my Grouse album at www.flickr.com/photos/black_cat_photography/albums/721777... - I hope you enjoy, thanks for visiting.
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running amock with textures again ;-) Just love these edits.
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and to give you only the best of me
And when you're away
There is nothing left in me.
And too good to be true.
It’s not ugly share to say
I will learn to love you.
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I get asked all the time why I spent 8 weeks over summer doing an intense SAT prep course that was 5 hours a day, 5 days a week. They say it's not necessary, and that you can learn all of this on your own, but I beg to differ. I answer that the course taught me valuable skills that will still benefit me later on, and that I still remember what I learned. And it occured to me that in the grand scheme of things, that's what high school's about. All this stress, all this pressure to reach our full potential, and feeling of helplessness as we're crushed by the shadow of our futures, is making us stronger. We're learning how to cope with these many pressures, and they are definately the biggest test of character. The fact that you can overcome these hurdles and succeed in doing your best shows many things about you. High school has proved to be difficult, and it will continue to be so. But rather than compare myself to other students, I'm going to compare myself to me. The me I was years ago, the me I was last semester, and the me last week. Life is about beating your own records and being the best you can be. And after all the times we fail and all the times we triumph, someday we'll learn to fly on our own.
As we try to learn more and more, we do what with that knowledge?
Sometimes, do you look and immediately know: "I need to exit and see no more"?
"Curiosity killed more than some cat", all must know, rigtht?
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below from www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/albert_camus.html
are a few quotes from Albert Camus, French Philosopher
Date of Birth: November 7, 1913
Date of Death: January 4, 1960
The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.
The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce a storm.
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