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- John Dryden.
Landscape photography, for me, at least often is a quest to find the highest outlook point of a vista while the light is at its best. At most locations, the right outlook point is easy enough to find, and the struggle is to get the light right. But not the case at Dead Horse Point State Park. There are tons of fantastic outlook points to choose from, each better than the previous one. Being a canyon, light is still a challenge as well.
My first visit to the park was on the last day of a 10-day road trip through Southern Utah. We drove through every single National Park in Utah and didn’t overthink about the little park that’s tucked away next to the Island in the Sky section of Canyonlands NP. But as soon as we parked and got out of the car, we realized how unique dead horse point SP is for a landscape photographer. Every access point to the rim provides a spectacular view of the canyon. I was lucky with the light as well. It was gorgeous with some pastel colors in the sky. I still cannot believe how unbelievably fortunate we were to be at this beautiful on that beautiful day.
Metellina in her universe
a scatterscape for Arachtober 5
we are all in the centres of our own universes. ...and for me that is good to acknowledge and reflect on.
For me this helps me appreciate that others are similarly at the centres on their own universes and that other's roles in our individual universe are always very secondary to their own. Simple thought but helpful. I am unnecessarily overthinking as usual ...but I do tend to enjoy the process of doing so. Please ignore my stream of consciousness as appropriate.
The Ramones- Journey To The Center Of The Mind
movie trivia question :
what film does this remind you of ?
dont overthink this one, its right there......
got it now ? good !
answer : endless summer, 1966, bruce brown (writer/director)
check out a clip from this very cool, timeless movie :
(look at those huge boards !!!)
on black, please :
now, wax up & go, my peeps...the big one is still out there waiting for you!!!!!!!!!
I stood by your side. I didn't walk away.. You pushed me away. With your actions, your overthinking.. I've learned that not only you. But people, people leave even if they promise they won't. I think it hurts the most when you give your all to someone. Through thick and thin. You stick with them no matter what. Then one day everything changes. The one thing I never even thought of doing. You did without hesitation.
The sad thing about friendships, relationships, or what ever on this plattform these days is that you never know who's a real one or a fake one. We all want to assume that our friends are true and will never turn on us but then one day it happens and you don't know what to do. When you tell your friend "whats wrong" and all they say is okay do they really care or not? At some point we are all gonna have fake friends and there is no way to prevent it. We have to prepare ourselves to be hurt by people that we would never image to hurt us. We have to let someone go when they are toxic and cause you to much stress. You never wanna let them go but sometime it's best if we do but in the end everything will be okay..
At the end of the day, you have got to remember that NO ONE in this world is build like you and you've got to remember that not everyone has the same heart as you. So you will get hurt, you will go through tough times, not because something wrong with you but because you expected someone to hold up even when you knew they would fall through..
I guess I may have missed these #cherries during summer for the past 2 years. Well, I admit that I've been missing a lot these days of uncertainties. I worry a lot and overthink about a lot of things that I forget to appreciate those around me.
Anyway, I did make the effort today of getting a chair to help me pick some cherries :)
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OK, I admit it. I have no idea where that title came from. Today was a heavy paperwork day to get ready to leave it all behind for a few weeks next week. Each of the four pieces came from a place of meaning -- I guess piling them up increases the meaning? And, hence, the power? I'm overthinking it I think. Someone stop me.
CC Week 13: minimalism
Thanks to Robin for her opinion that this qualifies as minimalism. I really enjoy looking at minimalistic photos, but I have a tough time creating them. Overthinking on my part, no doubt.
More old stuff, but good stuff, at least I feel that way. I really had to put some time into this one, but I think it was worth it.
Imagine, a panorama with many images, if there is a hotspot issue, then it's a "good" one, believe me. So I had to take care of that.
It appears one the most important things to do (for me) with these projects is to not discourage myself right away.
Keeping it simple, not to overthink, starting, doing every step as good as possible, staying at it, and then at the and and only then does it make sense to judge the whole thing. It's not perfect, but I'm quite pleased with the outcome.
However, when done, I viewed the exported files full screen, and I was like wtf happend? Banding! A lot (in the sky)!
I first really wrestled with or addressed this with my mountain lake panos (with the cool pine tree), and ..well, I learned a lot too, so it's not all bad. But I was pretty disappointed, not willing to start this over, cause what could I do different other than work as clean as possible. Introduce noise maybe, or a sky replacemnt which I don't do.
So I went for a run in the woods and after an hour or so, it clicked, something came to my mind while not thinking about the whole issue. And it turned out to be true, I verified it when I was back.
My source photos are clean, *sigh*, it's my image viewer! Not all but most of the issue comes from poorly downscaling my usually huge images. I'm wondering how much of the mountain lake pano hustle was due to that, cause this was not apparent to me at that time.
Anyway, so essentially, all this is mostly out of my control. It's the nature of the JPG format itself, software like viewers or mine and your browser handling image files and also Flickr, scaling photos to different sizes which is thankfully not too bad actually. So that is that.., not that anybody asked.
Technically that is mercator projection, consisting of 42 individual photos, 417,2MP, cropped to 8:5 with 16518 x 10363px, 171,8MP.
Nikon D90 (APS-C, fullspectrum mod)
Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di ll VC HLD
Hoya R72 (720nm infrared pass-filter)
ISO250, 24mm, f/6.3, 0,6sec
(therefore 36mm full frame equivalent)
tripod, panorama head, remote (ML-L3)
I was a little short on time so I threw together a quick still life and called it a day. Glad I didn't overthink it because I like the way this one turned out.
Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe.
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Oh I’m obsessed
With the way your head is laying on my chest
How you love the things I hate about myself that no one knows
but with you I see hope again
Oh I’m a mess
When I overthink the little things in my head
You seem to always help me catch my breath but then I lose it again
When I look at you that’s the end
Why do I get so nervous when I look into your eyes?
Butterflies can’t stop me falling for you
Darling this is more than anything
I felt before your everything
That I want but
I didn’t think I’d find
Someone who was worth the wait
Of all the years of my heartbreak
But I know now
I've found the one I love
I love the way
You can never find the right things to say
You can’t sit still an hour in a day
I’m so in love
Let’s run away because us is enough
Why do I get so nervous when I look into your eyes?
Butterflies can’t stop me falling for you
Darling this is more than anything
I felt before your everything
That I want but
I didn’t think I’d find
Someone who was worth the wait
Of all the years of my heartbreak
But I know now
I've found the one
Come close Let me be
home for anything
Good or bad I know it’s worth it (woaaaaah)
Darling this is more than anything
I felt before your everything
That I want but
I didn’t think I’d find
Someone who was worth the wait
Of all the years of my heartbreak
But I know now
I've found the one I love
Nothing in this world compares to NYC, NOTHING! You could walk a lifetime in these streets and still not see everything it has to offer. People either hate or love NYC but the city never seems to care about that it just keeps it pushing while minding its own business.
This shot is a cropped 35mm frame. I actually zoomed in by mistake while editing and was surprised on how much more interesting the picture had become. Keeping things simple is the way, things are not as fun when you overthink.
ZOOM in for some cool detail 😉
Some stories don't have happy endings...Someday you're gonna be all alone, so you need to figure out how to take care of yourself.
So I am not really sure I agree with this statement, falling in love with things seems problematic to me. When you love things it feels very materialistic and perhaps could lead to hoarding. Perhaps I am interpreting this too literally. I'd like to suggest falling in love with experiences, ideas, people, places, nature, music but not just things.
Am I overthinking this too much?
I have no goodness left, it was taken from me.. stolen long ago. I have a big heart, and sometimes I hate it, I overthink, apologize too much, forgive too easily, worry too much about people who don't care about me, I feel guilty for things I have no control over, and I feel lonely because I'm afraid I won't find anyone who loves me as deeply as I love.
•Delirium tremens•
They say the EYES are the windows to the SOUL, I TINTED mine....not everyone deserves to see it.
PD: Thanks Blayze Benoir for the pic
Blue Heron makes his catch. The catch itself is quite impressive, the eating part is still mystifying - how often do they lose the fish once they open their mouth to the swallow stage.
If I were that tiny fish I would count on that giant beak opening up at some point and would have my escape route planned well in advance - a quick back flip off the lower jaw to freedom. And if I were that heron I would anticipate the old back flip escape trick and crunch down before opening my giant over sized beak. Am I overthinking this I wonder.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGyh_53ecgg
I overthink and still forgive
I lose my phone and place my bets
And I never catch the train on time, always thirty minutes behind
Your worries ain't seen nothin' yet
But you love me, you love me
Why the hell you love me so
When you could have anyone else?
Yeah, yeah
He loves me, he loves me
And I bet he never lets me go
And shows me how to love myself
'Cause, baby, the best part of me is you
Whoa, lately, everything's makin' sense, too
Baby, I'm so in love with you
With you ♥
The mind is a labyrinth of endless thoughts, where overthinking builds walls instead of doors.
Sometime all it takes for a hug to help to keep calm and know you will be ok evening when you are dealing with it and trust me i know it too well.
Being around supported ppl without judgment and just talk it out without keeping it in the mind.
Hugz to everyone who is dealing with overthinking minds and yet you are alone. You are awesome no matter what.
Morans Falls
Lamington National Park
[The everlook action and other tutorials]
Image taken from above Moran's Falls which is a beautiful 30 minute walk from a pullout before O'reilly's rainforest retreat. It's a bit of a hairy drive in the dark for a first timer but so worth it :)
The tile refers to two things I think about in terms of who we have become in photography.
A.A is the 'accidental artist' which is the best way I can describe our work if catering to an audience where concepts and background motivations are important. I've never really considered myself an 'arty' kind of person and so , when I go into the field, I'm simply aiming to capture a compelling rendition of my experience. A kind of visual diary of my experience as a whole. If the by product of that is a form of art that others appreciate, then I am appreciative :) I feel that I work best when I'm not overthinking a scene as to what kind of message I'm trying to portray or what kind of deep soulful thoughts I had. I just don't usually have them ! For me, the KISS principle works best (Keep It Simple Stupid) but I do realise that others approach photography from a completely different direction. I just hope that there's a role for KISS photographers in the fine art world :)
AC stands for the 'accidental celebrity'. With over 100k followers on several social media sites, Marianne and I have to accept that we're actually known! The AC could be driven into doing things which stray from the principles of being an AA but we'll resist that. It is interesting to see what happens to images on different platforms though. This image has also been posted on our flickr and instagram . Go ! The race for exposure is on for Moran's lol - I'm betting on an instagram win :)
(No I didn't place that stray leaf there lol!)
I've heard sometimes the best way to say something is by saying nothing. There's truth in that. But it's not always effective. Anyway.. I'm supposed to chill instead of overthink. So let's chill.
I'll leave you with this chill cover:
Magheraclogher Strand, Bunbeg, Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland
Cara Na Mara (Friend of the sea) or ‘Bád Eddie’ are the names given to this old wreck resting on Magheraclogher Beach along Donegal's 'Wild Atlantic Way'. The Cara Na Mara fishing vessel ran into trouble & was beached here in the early 1970s never to move another inch since. The boat has now deteriorated rapidly, sadly one half of the boat is gone completely.
I feel somewhat saddened at ‘Bad Eddie’ having to watch other boats sail past each day, admittedly I’m overthinking again & I do understand the boat doesn’t have actual feelings but everyone who has grew up visiting & respecting the Bad Eddie shipwreck over the past 50 years does. I’m not ashamed to admit that I feel emotional each time I visit nowadays knowing her days are now numbered. It’s only a matter of time before she is broken up & taken by the sea.
On the brighter note I still find this old wreck as stunning looking today as I did as a child. Even though she’s barely hanging together with a few rusty nails. There’s beauty in decay & ‘Bad Eddie’ sure knows how to rock this eternal beauty 💃 It may be just my own preference, but I will continue to visit & photograph this boat until the sea finally claims her back forever….
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Don't entertain negative energy. Some situations will test your patience and try to make you overreact, overthink, and respond to things that don't deserve your life force. Your attention is your power. Don't feed what doesn't add value to your life. Conserve your energy. Idil Ahmed
So...what have you learned so far this week? Yesterday as I stood in the shower trying to clean the grime of the day away, I thought about the new things I learned over the course of the day and the things that I already knew, but reaffirmed.
#1. It is good to have a strong bodied exploring partner. Even better if they are strong AND kind.
#2. It is good to have a plan B (even if you don't particularly like Plan B).
#3. It's important to remember where you parked your car... and in this case, it is also important to know how to parallel park. A sense of direction is also helpful, but in my case, there is no hope for that.
#4. Be aware of your surroundings. In this case, this means, know which room the skunk is currently in,
#5. Worrying about things that might happen is most likely a waste of time. It uses up a great deal of energy.
#6. I am always impressed when I meet young people that have taken the time to learn how to sew. (Because it is the best thing I have ever learned and no one seems to learn it anymore.)
#7. It sucks to get old.
#8. Adventures are good. Adventures are important to your well being
#9. Overthinking is bad.
#10. I now understand the Nike slogan ... "Just do it."
(I will leave it up to you to decide which of these things I just learned, and which I have reaffirmed.)
In a nut shell.... Standing in the shower, washing off the grime and reviewing the events of the day, (why is the water never hot enough?), a day which I knew was going to start with climbing a ladder over a 10 foot wall, but I was told.... "Don't worry... it will be fine."
The plan was that I was supposed to be surprised by NOT having to climb over the wall, because my friend had the key to the lock on the chain on the gate. The real surprise was that someone else had thrown another lock on the chain, to which he did not have the key and since parking was so difficult, that we all parked more than 5 blocks away and it was now broad daylight, there was also no ladder. Proceed to plan B, which was that my friend hoisted us up and over the wall.... (Which is where having a strong exploring partner comes in, and the first time that the importance of kindness comes into play, with him NOT saying... "Hey, didn't you weigh about 25 pounds less last time we explored together.... ) So we are now on the inside of a 10 foot wall, with him on the outside, which is where he had to remain, sending text messages for me not to worry, to let him know when we were ready to leave and he would drive 45 minutes back from home to rescue us (this of course would add up to him spending 3 hours driving for an adventure that he couldn't even participate in). Now, I knew that my exploring friend for the day was not going to have a problem getting out of there, because she was 40 years younger than me, and fearless. Me, on the other hand, spent a good portion of my exploring time thinking about how I was going to get out of there without having to call my friend and making him come back to rescue me, and also without crawling 5 blocks (assuming I started crawling in the right direction and actually found my car after 5 blocks) back to my car with a broken ankle after going over the wall, splattering on the sidewalk, hoping there would not be a police car driving by on this busy street, and breaking an ankle in the process. At this point the water in my shower is barely lukewarm and I realize that I'm not really trying to wash the grime off anymore, I'm trying to wash away the disappointment in myself for how I ended the day. No, I did not make my friend rescue me, although he texted many times telling me not to worry that he would be there. (See, it really is important to have a kind exploring partner, but I was trying to make being rescued by him my Plan B). Instead, I dragged a step ladder out of the building, which turned out to actually be too short. So while my exploring partner, who could easily have gotten over that wall, was freezing because she didn't wear a coat, I made her investigate every corner of the property with me, trying to find the safest way for me to get out, while dragging our camera gear, the step ladder that was too short, and now another taller wooden ladder that I found outside. Finally I resigned myself to the fact that I was going to have to go out at the same place where we got in, even if it was in the middle of a Sunday afternoon with people walking back and forth on the sidewallk where we were going to land, hopefully unbroken. I then realized (shower water is COLD now) that going in... I had no time to think about it... no time to climb a ladder and look down the other side... and to say "Ok, I'm going over." "No, I'm not.... I can't do it." I was pushed to the top of the wall and had no choice... I had to jump down (Can't say it felt good, but I had to do it... and I survived). Eventually, I put on a pair of gloves so the top of the wooden gate wouldn't rip up my hands, threw a leg over the top, then the other, turned and hung by both arms, let one hand go, then the other, and dropped... and I didn't break an ankle, and it really wasn't all that bad, and I made a big deal out of nothing and wasted a lot of time, while my young exploring partner shivered patiently. (I'm thinking she should have screamed at me "JUST DO IT"!!) See, the Nike slogan.... I get it now!! 40 years ago, I probably wouldn't have worried about it so much... (It sucks to get old) I headed in the right direction and found my car 5 blocks later. I was glad to see it! I have a lot to think about now. I wasted a lot of time and energy worrying about how I was going to get out of a place that I may never get to see again, instead of just worrying about simple things... like rounding a corner and running into the skunk that apparently was also exploring, or maybe lived there. I appreciate my friend that got me in to see the amazing place that I explored yesterday, even though he couldn't join us, and I apologize profusely to the poor young woman that had to put up with me. Thank you both! Adventures are good for the soul.
I've held onto a lot since we ended things. i loved you deeply, and losing what we had still hurts. i wish things had gone differently, and sometimes i still replay everything in my head, wondering where it all went wrong. when you moved on so quick, it broke something in me. it made me feel replaceable, as if the years we shared didn't mean as much as i had thought, but i know now that your choices don't and will not define my worth, they just show where you are in your journey. i want to forgive you. not bc what happened didn't hurt, but bc i don't wanna carry the pain anymore. i forgive you for the way things ended, for the confusion, and for moving on before i was even ready to let go. more than that... i forgive myself. for holding on too tightly, for overthinking, for trying to find you in others, and for believing that love meant never losing someone. i'm choosing now to let go of the story of us. i'm grateful for the good memories, for the laughter, and for the ways we helped each other grow. i'm ready to create something new, without the shadows of what we were. i wish you peace, and happiness, and i wish myself freedom.
Ballywhoriskey, Fanad Head Peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland
Gazing upon the rural and lesser seen area of Ballywhoriskey on the northwest coast of Fanad peninsula. An area so natural, untouched and tranquil it looks and feels exactly the way it was a hundred years ago. Very little if anything has changed in this region over the centuries which is fascinating as areas like these are getting “few & far between” in our contemporary times.
What I find mesmerising about this place is how these smaller beach coves of Tra Beg Bay and the larger Ballyhiernan Beach in the distance look like giant clam shells when viewed from above. In my mind I always visualise three giant shells or even the three leaves of a shamrock (known as faith, hope & love) ☘️ when looking upon this stretch of shore.
As you may tell, I have once again let my mind wander deeply into this photograph 😄 but as I’ve always said, we could all be doing worse than simply enjoying and overthinking the beauty of our surrounding environments every now and then.... 🙏
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The topiaries at night are quite the pain because of the lights used on them. In person they look one way, in camera they look completely different. What I tried for this shot was a little out there and it ended up not working. I set the self timer to 20 seconds, ran over to the topiary and put a black hat over the light thinking that would allow it to look more natural. Instead, it ended up shading part of the topiary and regardless of multiple attempts there wasn't really any single light that was helping.
So I did a 7 shot bracket, mainly for the lower exposures to retain the highlights. I went through and used all the tools, color balance layer then Nik plugin for Color Cast correction, then a Levels layer, then a Hue/Saturation layer and a final color balance layer. Finished all that and showed it to my girlfriend who said, "why is she sooo green?!?!". I knew it looked bad and had kind of given up, until what she said clicked in my head.
I went back to one of the darker exposures and adjusted just Tint away from green. Looked great. Went a little more yellow on the Temp and that's what we have here which is approximately a bajillion times better looking. I went ahead and then masked that topiary into the previously edited shot because I liked how the background looked in that one.
It's really amazing with all the tools and layers available, how you can easily overthink some stuff. It was as simple as just the normal white balance sliders when I'm thinking I'll have layers upon layers upon layers to essentially manually color the topiary. Here's to not overthinking things in the future!
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Been Strugle with some serious shit of negitivity, but it is mostly my own fault overthinking pretty much everything,
But i am stopping this cuz it started to effect me in bad ways,
As shakespeare said " expectations is the root of all heartache"
also someone very dear to me said " i think too much and i should take a chill pill and have fun"
That what i'll be doing and nuff said,
Thanks to all who been here for me i love you!
I was writing a caption for this image when I began overthinking the word "tire". The opening was going something like "I never tire of photographing these fairly common warblers", when I got hyper-fixated on the word. I could only read it as in tire on a wheel. After staring at these freshly typed words for a bit, i fell even further down this rabbit hole. How can one word mean two different things? How can two words sound exactly the same? (Looking at at you, wood and would.) Does this happen to anyone else? You're going about your business and suddenly an incredibly common word just seems alien to you. Please let me know if I'm losing it or just experiencing one of the wonders of adult life. Anyways, here's a Common Yellowthroat.
I'm trying to frame this evolving scene when that lady suddenly appears from behind me adding more visual information.
Don't overthink it, just take your shot.
Yes, it was a better shot with her back on the side walk, thus adding depth, but by that time both men were hidden behind the sign.
4"x6" watercolor. I wanted to do a couple of pieces really fast, and without overthinking. Really fun excercise.
- Paulo Coelho.
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We found the short trail and the trailhead to Tepona point overlooking the Luffenholtz beach while returning to our hotel room after dinner. The forecast was for an overcast and rainy evening, but the sky remained clear with few clouds. When the usual marine layer didn’t materialize, I knew there might be a possibility for a sunset image. I had nothing planned. So when I saw a trail parking, I pulled over and didn’t overthink. The view included a rocky cove to the north from a cliff, but I noticed something interesting, this cliff had a lot of sand. It seemed like the only was sand could be there would be from the waves when its high tide. But the height of the cliff makes me think there is another explanation. My goal was to frame a shot with all the exciting elements I found there, the patterns in the sand in the foreground, the sea stacks right off the coast, the imposing Trinidad Head in the distance, and the muted orange colors in the sky. It took me a while, but I like how it turned out.
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