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Mostly I'm an optimistic woman in my heart. And even though I'm a person who often says: no white without the black I want to convey positivity. For a few days already it feels as if I'm in a black period of my life. I'm left with almost no hope by all the things going on in the world and it seems I can't get rid of it.
To better days and peace!
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This picture was taken in Blue Ridge, Georgia at our cabin. Jill and Bella make a wonderful team. If you're not familiar with the pug breed, they are wonderful pets. ...As many of you know, Jill is my daughter who was diagnosed with brain cancer when she was 3 years old. Since this picture has been taken, Jill's health has taken a turn for the worse. We are now looking at a recurrence, but not sure at this point. Her doctors are scanning her brain and spine every 3 months to see what is taking place. We are remaining optimistic and praying for God's intervention. After all, He is the Great Physician!
I’m not optimistic… so I cannot say “think pink”
I’m not (so much) pessimistic and I do not wanna say “think grey”
So… this morning was soooo grey, again!
So I remembered one of the last pink morning we had!
I kept this shot for a grey day!
And it’s getting colder…
My perfect xmas gift? A summer weather forever!
Of course even the sea was different: instead of a flat table like this we had a waving water!! :D
That left Lassie a bit…puzzled! She was standing off, just to be sure to be safe! :P
Happy Furry Pink&Grey Friday !
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Grey or Pink? Black!
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Reached Explore #331..magic!l! :)
Thank you Flickr Friends !
the optimism of daffodils in January, looking great and getting ahead of themselves a bit.
A dull corner of the garden under a big ash tree. For a couple of weeks in Spring the daffs will really brighten it up.
Helen Love - Ahead of the Race
I try to stay optimistic, but that means that I have to avoid the news! I pray for the biggest blue wave imaginable in November that will totally hobble the petulant, ignorant child that currently resides in the White House and all his corrupt, incompetent, disgusting minions!!! When I think of the loss of great leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy whose assassinations happened 50 years ago this year, I can't comprehend how we have come to this and how much damage can occur before he is removed from power.
"Now I lay me down before I go to sleep.
In a troubled world, I pray the Lord to keep,
keep hatred from the mighty,
And the mighty from the small,
Heaven help us all ...
~ Lyrics by Ron Miller - first performed by Stevie Wonder
"The arc of the moral universe is long,
but it bends toward justice."
~ Theodore Parker - popularized by Martin Luther King, Jr. who was murdered 50 years ago this month.
ok the title is pretty optimistic... august just started but i guess we're not far away from falling leaves ;)
this is a picture from last year. i found it by browsing my archives. just wondering why i did not notice this one last year...
however... taken in luxembourg in the evening hour.
i hope that summer stays (at least for a while - i did not have any summer vacation yet) but i also look forward to fall season.
how do you think about the upcoming season change?
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Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture f/5.0
Focal Length 30 mm
ISO Speed 200
I was optimistic that the sun would disperse the cloud I saw early this morning but I drove for 45 minutes to Ballycastle without a break in the sky. On my way back, I saw in the rear view mirror that that sun had indeed come out over the sea and also over the hills above the town but there was no turning back as I'd noticed my favourite place for breakfast of bacon and eggs at the harbour was closed today :(
Optimistic sunset shot looking toward the Buachaille Etive Mor from near Blackrock cottage. Alas the cloud shrouding the iconic munro did not budge. Entrance to Glencoe is on the right of the image with the route to Glen Etive on the left into the light..
Macro Mondays theme: Motion Blur (The car is being pulled along with white cotton)
Thank you for views, faves and comments HMM 😊
على كثر الهموم اللي فقلبي ماشكيت الحال
على كثر الجروح اللي تمادت أكتم العبرة
رضيت أبقى تحت مر الزمان اللي غدا همال
مدام الله كفل عبد(ن) تصبر واحتسب اجره
أنا باقي وأظل أبقى على جور الحزن حمال
ولاني من صنوف اللي بسهولة ينفجر صبره
ترى كل الطعون اللي في ذاتي ماطرت عالبال
ولا هزت كياني لا..ولا هزت ولا شعرة
Eurasian Blackbird / turdus merula. Norfolk. 14/01/22.
'FROSTY MORNING, SUGARY BOUNTY.'
Watched and photographed just over a year ago at the edge of a woodland. NOT the species I was hoping for though!
The apples had been set out specifically to entice Fieldfares in. They'd been seen frequenting the area so I was optimistic.
Sadly no luck, despite sitting it out, well concealed for a long, long time. Instead, a good number of Blackbirds gorged themselves on the bounty and I couldn't begrudge them the treat on such a bitterly cold, frosty morning.
Every winter I dream of photographing Fieldfares at ground level feeding on fallen fruit ... every winter I fail.
Seeing a film segment on WinterWatch (this year), showing huge numbers of Fieldfare feeding in an orchard at Belton Park, Lincolnshire was painful. By the time the programme was aired, the apples had all been eaten and the birds had moved on. I would have made the journey to see them in a heartbeat ...
So, the dream remains and must now be carried over to next winter.
Il titolo, volutamente allusivo sulla delicata situazione
in cui versa oggi il nostro Paese,
vuole anche essere, più in generale, un ottimistico
messaggio per la vita di tutti.
E' solo questione di tempo, dopo la tempesta... spunta
sempre il sole!
The title, deliberately allusive on the sensitive situation
in which our Country today,
also wants to be more generally an optimistic
message for the life of all.
It 'only a matter of time, after the storm ... tick
always the sun!
Despite its name, the Woods betwen Rearsby and Brooksby on the Melton line are quite stunning with little lakes and the River Wreake running through it.
In addition to the River there is also a wide variety of Railfreight also running through. On October 6th 2017 37800 powers through dragging 387160 as 5X47 Old Dalby - Derby Litchurch Lane
Pleasing to see a U11 in 2016. This one appears to have been dormant for some time as there is no MOT history, and 2008 street view images show it down the same driveway.
There is remnants of a for sale sign in the window, I assume the selling price is a little optimistic given how it's still there.
YJ-Brighton.
You Can Find Beauty in Anything... If You are Willing to See It [120/365] - Today marks 120 days into Project 365... 4 months of 2009 have already passed and it seems like it was only a couple of weeks ago that we rang in the New Year! It's silly to say, but this photo project has quite possibly changed my life! Maybe not drastically, but I'd be lying if I said that it hasn't made an impact. Not only did it inspire me to upgrade my camera, but it's motivated me to actually leave my house, stretch my imagination and search for beauty in things I'd never look at twice before. I've got a long way to go before I can confidently say that I know what I'm doing, but learning is part of the fun.
A lot of things in life are really great right now. I could list them but that would take all night. On the small scale of things, it's the end of the work week and I have some pretty exciting weekend plans. Life is so much better when you force yourself to be optimistic.
PS.. The forest was so pretty today, and I wanted to explore it more and take some fun photos. Unfortunately there were some creepy forest folks lingering and they made me a bit nervous. What would I do, hit them with my tripod? Haha.
OH and before I forget... a huge thank you to Anita and Mel for the testimonials! You ladies are so awesome!!!
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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. ~Elwyn Brooks White, Essays of E.B. White, 1977
1. Lady of the Morning, 2. BC Seals for Yeimaya, 3. Impatient, 4. Playing with Kelp, 5. The Things you learn on Flickr, 6. The Better Looking One, 7. First Garter, 8. Floating on a Golden Sea, 9. Bunny with Crazy Bokeh
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
Fall is a season of change
Bright vivid colours...the last hoorah of the season...before it lets nature sleep.
It also gives us a lesson of season..and change....and realizing the beauty before us.
Change is natural...and what lies ahead....can not always be what one expects......but for us to gather strength to deal with the things that can not be changed....
Fall gives us hope....and a passion to be optimistic in anything that lies before us....
Yesterday morning I drove out to Rannoch Moor against the advice of the weather forecast and I was treated to a few minutes of glorious, if intense, red light on the mountains.
This is a conflicting image for me. Yes, I've played with the contrast of the original RAW file and yes, the colours are somewhat overwhelming, but to me, this is what I witnessed. When I posted this to Twitter last night, I felt apprehensive as there are a few cliques of mostly male photographers who have no problem criticising without invitation.
You could say that when one posts to a social media platform, that opens up the playing field, and I appreciate that, but criticism is a delicate art, especially when it comes to creative endeavours. In a way, it's the artistic equivalent of mansplaining, as if they have a uncontrollable urge to pat me on head and say 'oh dear, you'll do better next time if you follow these rules'.
Saturation has become a dirty word (and rather aptly, both my vibrance and saturation sliders are at -3). More and more there is a pressure to conform to a very narrow definition of what photography is and can be. There is a little point in arguing with such individuals, there objective is less to help me grow as a creative, and more to make themselves feel superior.
As I said, criticism is a fine art that requires thought, trust and respect. Spitting out 140 characters of unconsidered criticisms is much more self-satisfying than taking the time to take me for a drink, or even send an e-mail, talking to me like a human, building up that relationship, for the benefit of both.
I'm no child, I'm a 34 year old woman who runs my own photography business, works as an academic, has travelled the world alone. When I was 17, I was told I'd never succeed as an artist because I was too literal, by a mostly male establishment. It stopped me pursuing the only career path I wanted when I was young. Nearly 20 years on, and the same bullshit elitism is still evident, in the photographic industry. This time, I won't be deterred by insecure egos. This is my vision, this is my art, it is no better or worse than anyone else's, it does not conform to someone else's idea of what photography is or can be. This is my vision of yesterday. Bright, colourful, intense, optimistic, much like me.
You want to discuss art with me? Let's discuss, respectfully, with love and honesty in a safe environment. I've grown so much from those kind of discussions. But I won't wither, or conform. It's never been my style.
This has nothing to do with the photo, I just like the proverb !!
“Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours"
Swedish Proverb
A few days ago we had snow on deck for the Sunday forecast at lower elevations. Plenty of precipitation and the temperatures were supposed to dip below freezing, but just barely. As is often the case, the snowflake has turned into a more familiar rain cloud....bummer.
I really hope we get snow in Portland this winter. I know I can head east and get all the snow I can handle, but the city just looks so pretty under a fresh coat.
Image with my Hasselblad 500cm