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With a Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 55mm f1.8.
My first ever prime lens, all those years ago. And still one of my favourites.
It is difficult to take a photograph in Greece without including a church or two. The Mykonos coast is no exception.
“The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his oar, are true prayers heard throughout nature.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
My wish is for the end of these murders.
"Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace."
Buddha
A statue in the Cathédrale La Major in Marseille shows Saint Rita of Cascia. Many believers have lit a candle for their prayers. They hope for and believe in the support of the saint.
I love bees ... my prayer is:
Please let our buzzing friends grow in numbers and bring joy to our lives, and life too our gardens. 🐝🐝🐝
Now where would we Bee without our little insect friends buzzing here and there pollinating plants?
Furthermore, tiny yellow bundles of bizziness darting too & fro busy collecting the pollen to make delicious honey for us to enjoy.
Without our tiny stripped buzzing friends the world would certainly be a sadder place to live, if indeed we could without their help.
"ON A WING AND A PRAYER"
Lend me your wings buzzy bee,
let me sample the floral delight,
with these wings I'm buzzing and free,
and buzzed on my inaugural flight.
Poetry by Sean.
Just a little poem to accompany my little image, hope you like it.
'Background information'
Actually this honey bee hit my kitchen window and fell to the path, it seemed stunned so I helped it onto a cape daisy flower to recuperate.
Popped inside grabbed my camera and there we have it, good news the bee flew off minutes later. 👍🐝😇
Love and Peace everyone!
Keep safe and well.
This shot is out of my third smoke photo session. In contrast to “First Smoke,” this shot indicates that one can learn with practice, especially, if the frame of mind is receptive to ideas and advice from others.
I named this shot “Prayers to Wakan” for personal reasons.
I am still working on my techniques so I won’t get into much detail here other than to explan the basic setup.
One thing that fascinates me about smoke pictures - the diversity of possible shots is infinite as well as the options one has in the post processing steps.
References:
Process:
Nikon D200, 300mm, 1/250sec, f/9, WB Flash, manual exposure, ISO 100, about seven feet from the subject. Lighting: Nikon SB-600, full power manual, 8 inches right of smoke. Black background, snoot around light. Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 include:
a. Camera Raw to increase exposure 2 stops.
b. Level adjustments to suppress background noise.
c. Colorize using hue/saturation layer.
Observations:
1. While smoke shots can be done with halogen lighting, much better results are obtained using a flash.
2. For some reason, my remote flash trigger only fires about 70% of the time - Arrrggghhh! [figured that out - note to self: don't be so cheap - put in good batteries]
3. My studio is located the basement and, when the furnace is off, the air is absolutely still. The smoke is at peace and the spirits are at rest. This is not a good thing for smoke photography. Wafting the air stirs things up but one must wait until it settles down somewhat. I think that, if I were to open my door towards the north, the spirits might sense a Wyoming Wind and be more active.
4. The post-processing possibilities in Adobe Photoshop are, literally, infinite. This is where the true art comes into play.
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Buddhist prayer #Embossed on this prayer wheel.
This is a photo I created with 39 photos, stacked in Photoshop. I use one warm LED light from the bottom and on cool torch light from top. I use my laptop screen as background. Total size of the photo in longest part is about 2 and half inches. I will add behind the scene soon.
I've never been religious, but I think I understand the fundamental bases of prayer.
For one thing, it's ritualistic. Whether you do it five times a day on your knees facing east, or weekly on Sundays, or nightly before bed, or every Saturday morning, or whatever... it offers the comfort and grounding and predictability of prescribed routine.
I guess it also makes you feel productive or proactive... in situations where you really have no control.
And I suppose it gives hope. At least... I hope it does.
Really, though... I think prayer's a fancy word for wishing. Except that... instead of just nebulously putting thoughts out there, you direct them to some imagined being who... in theory... has the power to give you what you want.
I have prayed. But it's typically along the lines of "Please, just put me out of my misery." And it's not directed anywhere. Just to myself, to distract me a bit, because that's the best it gets sometimes.
And because... well, a person reaches a point where they just can't take it any more.
Sufferers of chronic pain are vulnerable, I think. Especially when we've tried almost everything out there and STILL we're stuck with the same recurring horrors. I can't count how much I've spent on wacky "cures" and "therapies" through the years. And hey... if it were psychosomatic, I'd be pain-free... because... each and every time, I get fully pumped about the promise of relief from the therapy-du-jour:
Acupuncture. Acupressure. Massage. Physiotherapy. Heat. Cold. Drug therapy. Aromatherapy. Herbs of all descriptions. Dietary changes. Yoga. Stretching. Meditation. New bed, new couch, new glasses, new desk, new work environment. Blah blah blah.
The endless failure to get results is just so... disappointing. Disillusioning. Dispiriting. Flat-out depressing.
It leaves a person desperate. And in desperation, praying.
Not because I think it will work, but because I've exhausted every other option.
For Macro Mondays Group
Subject: In A Line
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These are Buddhist prayer flags that are strung across my bookshelf. Each flag presents a symbol and one word of the Sanskrit mantra 'Om mani padme hum'.
Tibetan Buddhists believe that saying the mantra (prayer), Om Mani Padme Hum, out loud or silently to oneself, invokes the embodiment of compassion. Viewing the written form of the mantra is said to have the same effect -- it is often carved into stones and placed where people can see them.
Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart - Gandhi
One more clicked using my friend's SLR!
Have a happy weekend :)
Well,a Christmas tradition around here is that every year we each get to pick out an ornament at Walmart.Which we usually do like right after Thanksgiving.We write our names on them and the year so we each have one from each year.
This is one has always been one of my favorites,well since 2000,from the year 2000,of course.
Explore 05.06.15
Il monte Kōya (Kōya-san) si trova nella penisola di Kii, nella prefettura di Wakayama a circa 900 metri di altitudine. È considerato uno dei luoghi più sacri del Giappone ed uno dei maggiori centri monastici del Paese.
Tutto il complesso costituisce un luogo sacro, dove si respira un’atmosfera mistica. Oggi Koya-san è un importante centro del buddismo giapponese, con oltre 110 templi e una popolazione di 7000 monaci.
Consigliato il pernottamento in un monastero e la partecipazione alla preghiera del mattino. Noi lo abbiamo fatto ed è stata un’esperienza incredibile!
Nel 2004 l'area sacra del Monte Kōya è stata dichiarata dall'UNESCO Patrimonio dell'Umanità.
Please pray for my brother-in-law, Brian. He became a parapalegic 15 years ago in a mountain-bike accident. Today, he was out riding quads with my nephew and he hit a ditch and flipped over the handlebars. He laid there for a while until my nephew discovered him and got help. He's in the hospital with at least a broken collarbone. They're going to do a CT scan to see if there's anything else wrong.
I hope it's just his collarabone, but you can imagine how disabling a broken collarbone is to a parapalegic. He needs all of his upper arm strength and such for transferring, etc.
This is a shot of Brian's dog Aravis. The best dog ever.
Thanks for the thoughts and prayers.
Interestingness/Explore - Top 500 (July 24, 2008 #417)
رمضان مبارک
We're half way through the month - hope you're taking advantage of the
maximum benefits!
[Courtesy: www.islamicity.com]
Prayer knows no place. Prayer knows no time. Prayer means surrendering to Allah. Everyone's fate will be decided by Allah & when the sinners ask for forgiveness Allah may forgive them.
A wall of prayer wheels goes all around the town. As they turn, the wheels spin out "Om mane padme on".
Four Winds Prayers by Daniel Arrhakis (2017)
More than ever in the four corners of the world, prayers are needed for so many people who suffer, regardless of believing or not, of religion or practicing faith ... all our thoughts of peace, love, compassion, tolerance and sharing can really change the World and ourselves !
A Wonderful weekend dear friends ! : )
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Please if you have time see the video below :
With the music-poem /Peace Prayer Of The Wind :
In the video Images and text by Nitin Das; Music by Avinash Baghel; Shot in Sikkim, India and Bhutan
For more beautiful works please visit: www.filmkaar.com
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