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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♬♪ I see holes in my skin

Smell of burnt and broken dreams ♬♪

🎧 Alone - Melancholia

Yesterday during a conversation with a person, it emerged how much my frailties have lately started to take over again and how much I can't find that underlying lightness that would degrease my continual overthinking brain.

I'm giving names to my "black holes" in my skin and I learnt to embrace them. People won't do for me.

And you, how do you manage sensitivity and your holes in the skin?

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Top+Jeans+Jacket+Necklace // Addams - Penelope Outfit Limited Edition Pack

Hair // Foxy - "Charm" Hair

Earrings // PKC - "Mooi" Earrings Human

Rings // LIVIA - "Jamila" Rings

Nails // Alme - "Neon Ombre" - Mesh Ballerina Nails

Tattoos // NVUS - Playboy Bunny (face left eyes) & Struck by Lightning (right cheek) + JUNA Tattoo - "Mina" (shoulder/collar)

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 :)

#PhotographyIsArt

#ArtIsMyTherapy

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I'm tired of tryin' to be normal

I'm always overthinking

I'm driving myself crazy

So what if I'm fucking crazy - Bebe Rexha - I'm Gonna Show You Crazy

Original.

Process.

Para moi todo es sobre editar los colores, las proporciones y las luces, ah y agregarme tatuajes, obviamente.

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I've said before that I haven't really been on a mood to type out how I feel or even write down any stupid thing that comes to mind. I guess lately I've been overthinking and feeling like a dick for not reaching out to the ones that I was close with when I left the game. Sometimes, things feel less real when you don't tell anyone about them.

But a lot has been put on perspective since and I still think about how hard it is to trust anyone out here, and I've felt a lil naive for considering my friends ppl that aren't really worth it. But it is what it is, I think for every bad person I've met in here I have so many amazing memories.

And, BY THE WAY, sweeping declaration, idgaf about whatever goes down in my SL, if I leave (which I will) and come back (also will do xD), I will always come back as noahcrcs. Why tf would I wanna pretend to be someone else?

I have two flickrs now and all and I see some people are weirded out by it and I've been asked "who am I hiding from?". I will never hide from anyone, I'll never make a new account and pretend it's not me... do you know how expensive all these bodies n heads are? I'm never leaving my avi like that.

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To stand courageous, dignified and headstrong in the face of annihilation, to stand for truth in the wake of corruption and distrustful character, it is these agents only the initiated possess. For myself and the strong willed, the courageous, the fine soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic, that’s what our values are. We stand to protect and serve on the front, our home, the capital of our democracy, taking out the evil on our doorstep or on theirs, to push the enemy back for all time. No need to overthink, only to push forward to victory. We stand here on this bridge, stand for the people of this planet, and we will not bow, we shall keep our heads raised high and take out these clankers. Coruscanta a'den mhi, Vode An! - Captain Fordo

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About time to make this scene.

And I think the result is perfect.

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Sunrise on the River Clyde, Scotland, from Bowling looking towards the Erskine Bridge. Initially I was annoyed that the two navigation poles (centre) were spoiling my photography of the bridge and I moved around to various locations trying to exclude them from the shot. When I finally realised this was not going to be possible I looked for the perfect symmetry that they would provide and lined them up with the exact moment the dawn sun hit the middle of the bridge. The small dots in photo above the bridge are seagulls, I considered cloning them out but eventually left it natural. Maybe this photo is lesson for me in just working with what is presented and not overthinking the shot. I think it works quite well. The photo was taken in late January 2016.

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Decided the first pic of my update obi was better, so re-edited it with the photo of my older variant.

Probably me just overthinking as usual lol

I shot wider views of Mosquito Creek, in Banff, but this is the one I am sharing (for now). Sometimes an impression says more about the subject than a classic, sweeping wide angle landscape shot. Or maybe I just like variety. At any rate, I remember spending a lot of time on the creek bank, at this spot, looking at the movement of shallow water over rock. A dozen feet farther out, toward the middle, it was too frothy and white for a shot like this. In the gentler shallows, with lapping (not roaring) water reflecting and refracting light and colour, I found a wealth of material to satisfy my urge for impressionism or abstraction.

Truthfully, though, this is just me sitting at my desk with a cup of morning coffee, analyzing one of my own images. In the field, on the creek bank... I didn't overthink. I probably wasn't thinking at all. Immersion in a wild place seems to lead to a non-intellectual process whereby photos just jump out at me demanding to be taken. I can't say I really understand it. I don't think I'm unique in this, either; it's clear from looking at many, many great photos on Flickr that a lot of photographers feel a powerful connection to the natural world and find a way to translate this into visual symbols.

And I don't think it's possible to replicate this experience in - for example - a studio, shooting models or fashion. I think nature photographers operate in another zone entirely. We can't control all of the elements in the field, so we have to learn to work with them, and that means we have to understand them and feel them on a deep level. I would be surprised if any commercial photographers experience a deep connection with a model they have hired, or the children's raincoats they've been hired to shoot. It's a different game. Pays better, but the images come via a different path. The path I took long ago has been uncertain at best, and never as clear as the water in this image. The tradeoff? Total freedom to create.

Photographed at Mosquito Creek in Banff National Park, Alberta (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

Do you string me along for the thrill?

Knock me out, never go for the kill

You're a bitch 'cause you know that it works

Oh my God, I'm in love, you're the worst

Oh my God, I'm in love, you're the worst

Oh my God, I'm in love

See you pull me to bed with your eyes

But you leave in the dark of the night

I wake up and get up from the hurt

Oh my God, I'm in love, you're the reason

I've been drinking, overthinking

I'm a fucking nervous wreck

Get so angry, I can't stand it

Look what you've done to me

Oh my God, I'm in love, you're the worst

Oh my God, I'm in love, you're the worst

And it's such a sad sight

Wanna smile but I think I might cry

Oh my God, I'm in love, you're the worst

Is it weird that it's hitting the spot

Wanna chase you around 'till I drop

Take my heart, drag it right through the dirt

Oh my God, I'm in love, you're the reason

I've been drinking, overthinking

I'm a fucking nervous wreck

Get so angry, I can't stand it

Look what you've done to me

Oh my God, I'm in love, you're the worst

Oh my God, I'm in love, you're the worst

And it's such a sad sight

Wanna smile but I think I might cry

Oh my God, I'm in love, you're the worst

Stringing out for the thrill, never go for the kill

Cause you know that I'm still yours

Pull me in with your eyes, you can't leave in the night

'Cause you know that I adore

How you don't put me first

You're a bitch cause it works

I'm in love, you're the worst

Oh my God

Look what you've done to me

Oh my God, I'm in love, you're the worst

Oh my God, I'm in love, you're the worst

And it's such a sad sight (Sad sight)

Wanna smile but I think I might cry

Oh my God, I'm in love, you're the worst

I'm in love, you're the worst

Oh my God

Jungle Fowl

Why does the chicken cross the stream?

To unleash a splendid dream?

To answer a maiden’s piteous scream?

To defend a place where the lilies gleam?

To gorge on all the cookies and cream?

You're overthinking it would seem

I’m just crossing the damn stream!

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I feel lately that I'm becomming a little unhinged. That there is just something a little bit off in my life but I can't figure out what it is. I think too much which is starting to consume my brain power, when I overthink I end up passing over the important things, I forget what I'm striving for, I forget my goals and I start to second guess everything that I do.

I think that I need to just tighten the screws and keep going.

p.s. I know that the blood drips should be going down towards the bottom of the frame but I liked this rotation better.

Sometimes its too much

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I'm obsessive and I love too hard

Good at overthinking with my heart

How you even think it got this far, this far?

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♫ Song

home. such a magical word.

to me, there aren't certain types of home. everywhere can be home, a shore, a mountain, a caravan, a tent - wherever you can feel the peace in the deepest of your heart. there may be family members, a lover, a friend, a pet. or maybe only a coffee cup which makes it all familiar. i used to have a dream house, with many big windows and white, high walls. no furnitures. many books. big pillows. a huge bed with white cover. many frames. many candles. and two coffee cups. i don't think too much about it anymore, because i don't know what i'll have (or not) in the future and i don't want to be disappointed. (the reason why i'd say only one more coffee cup now...who knows maybe i'll end up alone) i know that overthinking about what happens next will ruin the surprise, so i'm trying not to. just let things slide, they say...

i haven't found a home yet. there are people i feel more comfortable with than the others, there are places i love more than the others but that's it. there is no place that i just breathe in and feel everything is alright. i'm actually not looking for it, i somehow know that i'll feel it when i'm at the right place...

will i ever be at the right place? what if i never will be?

ps. thanks sooo much rich for your wonderful gift! :)

Macro of a weathered glass candle light, standing outside for warm summer evenings.

I had searched the entire house and was overthinking, taking lots of pictures but found them all boring. So I did a new round through the house and my eye caught this glass.

That must be the one for this week's Macro Mondays' theme: Triangles.

I replaced the original picture because it wasn't straight.

Taken hand held

Title is a New Order song.

Location: Soul Deep

Week 23/52

6/6/21

** Explore June 23, 2021 **

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.... 🙏

Hope you enjoy! Please Favourite & Follow to view my newest upcoming works, Thank you

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... at times it looks as if Drift has some serious thoughts ... he sits perfectly still when this happens, with his neck in a bow and his head slightly faced downwards ... he looks as if he's a wise old man or as a dog who's overthinking his sins ...

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So if the member island nations of AOSIS* are preparing for their homes and culture to be submerged beneath the seas then doesn’t that imply that the islands of all those Billionaires will also go under? Or am I overthinking this?

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* Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Guinea Bissau, Maldives, Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Singapore, Timor Leste. This list would logically include the Marshall Islands. Maybe they weren't invited.

This is the shot you end up with when you overthink things and don’t stick around to wait for the train to come to the spot with perfect light on a nice curve.

I wanted to shoot this guy at Loring since the UP didn’t have a train parked there for the first day in forever. My PTC monitoring stuff wasn’t working right so I went to higher ground to get better reception. About the time I got there, the train knocked down 22.9. Now I’m 2 miles away from a train that I know is slowing to a stop. Can I beat it? Hell no.

So here you get a side lit image of an eastbound train from the spot that I wanted to shoot the westbound train that this POS was now double tracking me from getting.

One of those days "i'm sure I did that before I left"

I’m a sad fuck

Self sabotage and I mess things up

Always in my feelings and my head too much, yeah

But i don't always wanna be a sad fuck

Looking for excuses to not show up

Always feeling like I’m never good enough, yeah I don’t always wanna

be a sad fuck

sad fuck