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Sears Building
2650 E. Olympic Blvd.
Boyle Heights
East Los Angeles, CA
Pentax Spotmatic, Super Takumar 35mm, Kentmere PAN (ASA 100), Nikon Coolscan V
So I see these 3 (I think) big birds in the sky, kind of dive-bombing each other - I thought they were turkey vultures at first as I've watched the vultures play like that. Nope, Red-tailed hawks. I think, probably, they were juveniles working on their flight skills in the afternoon wind. What a thrill, not to mention challenge, as I stopped my car when I saw them, on a no-stopping side street, and hung my 500 out the window. A little flight practice for me too. Honestly, it felt like a real honor to witness.
Yoga. It's not for me. I wish it was - I'd love to be more stretchy and bendy and fitter and more spiritual. I really would. But I'd much rather choose a good run over twisting myself into inconceivable positions.
I do, however, love to watch yoga being practiced, seeing the beautiful bodies slowly lift into handstands, rise up into the downward dog, and so on, and on, and on!
Matt
From Wikipedia:
Yoga (Sanskrit, Pāli: योग yóga) refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines that originated in India.[1] The word is associated with meditative practices in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Within Hinduism, it refers to one of the six orthodox (āstika) schools of Hindu philosophy, and to the goal towards which that school directs its practices. In Jainism, yoga is the sum total of all activities — mental, verbal and physical.
Major branches of yoga in Hindu philosophy include Rāja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Hatha Yoga. According to the authoritative Indian philosopher Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, yoga, based on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, comprises one of the six main Hindu schools of philosophy (darshanas), together with Kapila's Samkhya, Gautama's Nyaya, Kanada's Vaisheshika, Jaimini's Purva Mimamsa, and Badarayana's Uttara Mimamsa or Vedanta. Many other Hindu texts discuss aspects of yoga, including the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, the Shiva Samhita and various Tantras.
The Sanskrit word yoga has many meanings, and is derived from the Sanskrit root "yuj," meaning "to control," "to yoke" or "to unite." Translations include "joining," "uniting," "union," "conjunction," and "means." It is also possible that the word yoga derives from "yujir samadhau," which means "contemplation" or "absorption." This translation fits better with the dualist Raja Yoga because it is through contemplation that discrimination between prakrti (nature) and purusha (pure consciousness) occurs.
Someone who practices yoga or follows the yoga philosophy to a high level of attainment is called a yogi or yogini.
EXPLORED - Best Position #471
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Chicks
This is 26 of the 58 photos that were removed from Flickr. Since I use Flickr to store my favorite photos I am reposting them.
Young man practicing his basketball skills, presumably after he'd hung the washing. Bacolod City, Philippines.
"Swing low my accurate archery archaic adventurists." [tc]
Rural oddities and abandoned swing sets. Two visual items targeted on my Prairie wish list. However, it's rare I find a makeshift archery range a stones throw from nowhere. Today combat paintball facilities are all the rage.
Only by getting closer did I realize the deer mannequins were frozen in time, and not hypnotized creatures. I was now the photographic hunter.
Weathered swing sets constructed from frayed rope and slat boards usually tug at my imagination. Makeshift playgrounds seemingly sheltered from urban influence and slick groomed city parks, plunked in the overgrown prairie grasses. Now that's a bullseye for the simpler pleasures.
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To be clear, Roxy does not need any practice going after her toy or coming back for the reward (she LOVES Cheerios).
The practice session is for me. Using my new(ish) Voigtlander lens for action shots. It is a manual focus lens so, I need the practice. Been a long time since I have had a manual focus lens so getting in some practice with one of my fav models.
Hey, for Cheerios Roxy will let me practice all day!!!
In case you are wondering, it is an old tried and true technique, prefocus an area where you know the action will be passing through. Continuous high speed and use an f/stop for bigger depth of field. People get too caught up in AF and VR... I grew up with film cameras where Auto Focus and VR were considered science fiction... And VR is just something that will eventually break in a lens...
Those of you who have been visiting my stream for the last two years are familiar with our annual January Buck Jump Competition. For those who are new, in a nut shell we can't afford horses so we go to great lengths to train our deer to jump our neighborhood fences on command. You get points for how high they jump, how fast they jump on command, and the judges also can add a few points on grace/artistic merit. During the second weekend in January we all get together and put our bucks and does through their paces and make a day of it with a big chili cook off at night. Lots of fun had by the whole neighborhood.
This year, my neighbor has started training his prize buck, Hoppy, early. He was supposed to win last year, but a young upstart went a few inches higher than Hoppy and we had an upset.
I finished my place-mat practice. I need to take a small break from quilting and make a dress for my dd who is going to a Father/Daughter Ball. I was working on the last of the quilts when dh asked how the dress was coming and made me feel very guilty. The quicker I finish the dress then the quicker I can get back to this!
Stanmer Park - Double exposure of the bluebells (1) and a tree (2) I need to read my manual and see which shot dominates and if I can change to lightness on different frames.