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An outtake from my R3 Get Pushed! challenge.
This is SOOC except for a crop and 180 deg rotation.
HCS!
"Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence." ― Alan Watts
Helen McCabe State Park / Ellensburg, WA
This photo was taken as a candidate for #Toys theme on the "Weekly Theme Challenge" group.
Photo taken at Randfontein in South Africa.
Using the Tamron SP AF 60mm f/2 Di II MACRO 1:1 LD (IF) (model G005N II) lens.
I Shoot Raw and edit in GIMP.
I am open to critique.
Thank you all very much for your visits, favs and comments. I appreciate each one.
The world from your back door seems so wide, the house so tiny it is from inside. The box that you're still living in I cannot see for why, you think you've found perception doors but they open to a lie.....Hawkwind 'Mask of Morning'
Many a time I've snapped off a frame acting on nothing more than pure impulse. It's usually kick-started by a momentary feeling of weirdness or oddness in the world around me. I think we've all experienced that at one time or another. You see something that causes a feeling of uncertainty, possibly anxiety, or just confusion (or any number of other emotions). There's usually no apparent basis for these moments, they just hit you and often pass just as suddenly. For me anyway, there's often no visual cue; sometimes it's more a matter of crossing into some space or unseen energy field. These can be fixed in a certain space or completely transitory. I might experience it in a certain place one day, then never again in that exact spot. Other places seem to harness the energy and tend to raise that mental awareness each and every time I pass there (like a Ley line). There's one place in a local cemetery that causes me that sensation. I discovered it quite by accident one day. It's a fairly strong current of energy; actually causes goosebumps to raise on my skin. And it's a very narrow corridor. I can move into it, and right back out again with just a couple of steps. What I've come to notice is the ability to channel this energy into the visual realm. It's simply a matter of responding the moment you feel something like taking photos. It's not a good time to question the why or where, or worry too much about composition. I rely more on instinct for all of that. I truly believe it's a case of the universe picking the moment to shoot a photo rather than you. This photo is a case in point. I was walking down the street, totally preoccupied in thought when I was gripped with that weird energy flow. I immediately raised the camera and this is the resulting image. It's just a neighborhood house but somehow I've captured a dark aura. It's like looking at the photo of a crime scene; the outward beauty and charm of the house and yard belied by a sense of grimness. I can't help but think that a few seconds delay in taking the photo would have resulted in the energy diminishing. I think the dark aura would have lifted and the house would appear normal again.
"Our hearts are wild creatures, that's why our ribs are cages."
-Unknown
Oh goodness, I wish you could see this one in person, the depth didn't translate back into photo very well! Whitney is a dancer and the grace I hoped to capture seemed effortless for her!
Growing up, the sighting of a butterfly was magical. They were so delicate, free, and always sought out beauty (in the form of flowers). It seemed perfect to have a butterfly represent a heart then. The roses and wings are emerging from a rib cage that has been cut out of the canvas.
** As a reminder, these are manually edited photographs, not straight paintings **
Part of a series of shots on time and its perception
Man waiting for the train at the station reading the newspaper.
His solitary waiting suggests a slow perception of time, a moment of 'isolation' in which everything flows more slowly.
Indeed, time expands almost to a stop in the longer expectations.
In contrast with this, the moving train: symbol of becoming, a perception of motion and 'sliding'.
Framed within it, other commuters waiting or moving frantically between the tracks, recalling also images of 'waiting/slow - motion/fast' passage of time.
Their synthesis invokes the theory of relativity (Einstein)
I tried to show the different degrees of perception of time, moving from the idea of time as an abstract concept, dependent on our subjective perception and emotion.
Padova railway station
Name: Perception
Real Name: Unknown
Status: Villain
Powers and Abilities: Sometimes people see exactly what they want to see, or what they expect to see. Perception’s powers make use of this, making everybody within a 50 yard radius see him exactly how their brain expects. He is also an expert at voice manipulation, quick wardrobe change, and acting.
Main Weakness: Because of his power, people may see him as someone they’re angry at or a really close friend, both of which get uncomfortable. Also, his power only works at a quick glance, so when people look at his face for a long time they notice that something’s off.
Bio: Perception grew up in an orphanage, and never knew his parents, nor his real name, and because of his powers, the everyone there mistook him for someone else. Eventually, feeling lonely and invisible, he ran away. Throughout his teen years he grew a better understanding of his powers, and used them to his advantage. However, he suffered an identity crisis when entering adulthood, and decided upon a specific look for himself that he would focus on whenever he came upon his own reflection, so as not to lose his mind. After this, he tried having a normal life, one with friends and a job, but none of that worked out due to his “curse,” as he calls it. So in order to get money to support himself, he resorted to a life of crime, working mainly as a thief. He now lives comfortably, yet alone, and continues to thieve, both for the resources, and for the excitement it brings to his otherwise lonely life.
The Meeting Place is a 9-metre-high (30 ft), 20-tonne (20-long-ton) bronze sculpture that stands at the south end of the upper level of St Pancras railway station. Designed by the British artist Paul Day and unveiled in 2007, it is intended to evoke the romance of travel through the depiction of a couple locked in an amorous embrace.
The statue, which stands in the Eurostar terminal, is reported to have cost £1 million and was installed as the centrepiece of the refurbished station. The work, commissioned by London and Continental Railways, is modelled on the sculptor and his wife.
Despite harsh criticism from major figures in the British art world, the statue has become popular with the public and contributed to its perception of St Pancras. In 2011, an edition of "The World’s Most Romantic Spots" by Lonely Planet described the station as one of the most romantic meeting places in the world, citing the statue as a key reason.
The Statue has a very detailed frieze around it base. This high relief frieze was added to the Base in 2008 and is a work of art in itself. It depicts scenes and history throughout the years of the railway train and tube in London. The attention to detail is extraordinary with each piece depicting a different time in train railway travel.
Day 350. 12/06/2011
We,humans like to have perceptions about things- people, countries, cultures, etc.
We perceive things from what we hear from others, who has probably heard it from somebody else.
The perception about Islamic women is one such example. Westerners think those females are caged and nothing more. Fortunately, thats not the truth.
Just because she covers herself, doesn't mean she's oppressed. Islam has given men and women equal rights.
Please dont generalise, and please dont have false perceptions about things you dont know about.
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Day 350! Expected some flowers on my stream? Or something happy go lucky? Sorry to disappoint you guys then:p.
Depending on where we stand, the view of the world is blurred to some degree. Change your position change your view.
Found these dead leaves lined up and the sun shining on them. It looked really beautiful even though they were dead.
“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” - Dorothea Lange
As stated in the quote above, photography has taught me to see, where my way of seeing the world is kind of split into two parts: one "eye" perceives the world as a whole, where the other one is my photographic eye which thinks in motifs and pictures. These two perceptions are not the same (at least for me) since beautiful things don’t necessarily look beautiful in a picture because there are so many factors which can make a picture less attractive. Conversely, you can use so many techniques like changing the overall composition, the depth of field, the dynamic range, the colors etc. to make a picture interesting.
So this is a first attempt to this idea, where I just quickly made a close-up of my eyes. Since the weather wasn't really good I was too lazy to go outside and thus I placed my camera at the windowsill and took a picture with my macro using a remote control. Hope you like it!
So this began life as a photograph and then acquired some extra grain....hmmm. And then I found myself on an "at home" holiday for afew days. So then during time enjoying a springtime garden I shot and created some textures......hmmm. And then had a play and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed creating this.
The textures are all weathered wood origin and there are five dressing the original and all much enjoyed. So I must confess I am really behind on comments this time. The big plan was to really get up to speed with all this leisure time but you know, family, children, life.
I'll be there soon..........promise.