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Home at sunset ll ..
She sits peacefully content in her presence of being in the comfort of home. Gazing with wonder through her window with paintbrush in hand. Time changes the gentle sky as the birds finish their final hums earths rich trees fade to nights shadows. As the rose glistens echoing its grace and elegance it's shadows so tender dancing shadows as her delicate skin echoes silk reflections in harmony with her inner music as the sky's turn to gold light transcends to leave feelings of peace and serenity where freedom resides...
A message to all woman in the world...Freedom resides deep within You!! You are precious unique individuals !! Freedom of choice and expression is your human right. Sending love and light!!
I am thinking about the earth quake tragedy and in Turkey and Syria. My heart and prayers go to victims and their families. May they rest in peace.
My heart goes out to the very brave courageous Ukrainian people, and all innocent people who are suffering through this war. l pray for peace and harmony soon to the Ukrainian people to the world. Stay strong !!❤️💙💛💙🌍🙏
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Yo no te pido que me bajes
una estrella azul
sólo te pido que mi espacio
llenes con tu luz.
Mario Benedetti
Taken yesterday at the Lantern Festival parade. The day marks the end of a 15 day long Chinese new year celebration. The year 2012 is assigned to be the year of dragon!!
There are many different beliefs about the origin of the Lantern Festival, however, it is likely to have had something to do with celebrating and cultivating positive relationships between people, families, nature and the higher beings that were believed to be responsible for bringing or returning the light each year.
Zhongshan,Guangdong,China.
His presence has always been one of quiet strength in the house but now he's in the Winter of his days and is battling against the inevitability of time.
Remain strong dear Fluff
After missing the first two days of Texans training camp before agreeing to a five-year, $14 million contract Saturday, outside linebacker Brian Cushing is eager to get on the practice field today with his new teammates.
Cushing, the first-round draft choice from Southern California, is getting $10.435 million in guaranteed money to become the starter on the strong side and help improve a defense that ranked 22nd last season, including 23rd against the run.
“I’m just relieved and excited to have this done,” Cushing said. “I’m ready to play football and help the team win.”
Cushing (6-3, 262) was in Los Angeles when agent Tom Condon reached the agreement with general manager Rick Smith and director of football administration Chris Olsen.
Cushing’s contract could be worth a maximum of $18 million over five years.
In the fifth year of his deal, there’s a clause that could earn him an additional $4 million in an escalator bonus.
Odds are that Cushing’s contract will be extended before he enters the fifth season in 2013.
Smith and Olsen will have all eight of their draft choices under contract when the Texans take the field for the third day of two-a-day drills at their Methodist Training Center.
“It’s very important to have him signed,” coach Gary Kubiak said. “Rick and Chris were up at 3 in the morning trying to get it done. They’ve done a good job.
“Brian’s two days behind now, but he didn’t miss anything we did in the offseason program, so that’s a good thing. He wanted to be here while we were working on the contract, but he couldn’t.”
Rookies who have signed with the Texans report a week early for conditioning and meetings before practicing for the first time with the veterans. Cushing wanted to report with the rookies.
He was working out at Reliant Stadium last week when the Texans had to explain league rules that forced him to leave.
Cushing took what turned out to be a quick trip back to Los Angeles. He returned to Houston on Saturday afternoon.
Texans coaches are excited to get him on the practice field.
“We’re going to put the pads on (Sunday morning), and I know he’s chomping at the bit to get out there,” Kubiak said.
After the Texans used the 15th pick in the first round on Cushing, they inserted him into the starting lineup. He impressed his coaches in the organized team activities and minicamp.
“We like his presence on the ball,” Kubiak said, meaning Cushing has a knack for finding the ball and making plays. “He’s playing over the tight end, and we’re going to ask him to do a great deal. We think he can handle it.
“Brian’s very athletic. He’s physical against the run. He can rush the passer. He can drop into coverage. We brought him here for a reason, and we’re going to put him to work real fast.”
Frank Bush, who is in his first season as defensive coordinator, has to make calls that maximize Cushing’s strengths. The faster Cushing learns, the quicker Bush plans to utilize all his talent.
“We’re going to try to take advantage of all his talent,” Bush said. “Because he’s such a talented kid, there are a lot of things we can do with him.”
The coaches say they think Cushing has everything it takes to become a star at his position.
“Brian can turn and run with the tight end,” Bush said. “He’s big and strong enough to strike them at the line of scrimmage and nullify some of their speed down the field, so we’re comfortable with him in coverage.
“His ability also gives us a chance to be aggressive toward the quarterback. He’s a big guy who’s shown he can get there.”
A commanding presence in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. This autumn scene caught my attention right away... The colour contrast, textures and gorgeous light! Copyright © Kim Toews/All Rights Reserved.
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“Banish the onion from the kitchen and the pleasure flies with it. Its presence lends color and enchantment to the most modest dish; its absence reduces the rarest delicacy to hopeless insipidity, and dinner to despair.”
- Elizabeth Robbins Pennell
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This one is with in the city limits Molde
Most of my photographs are taken in and around the city of Molde, in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
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The ruined Castle Saunderson on the Cavan-Fermanagh border still dominating its landscape almost 60 years after it was abandoned.
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Model: Natalia
Location: St.Albert
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Part of Zapatos Rojos (Red Shoes) art installation, dedicated to women who have suffered gender violence.
An abstract Saturday this Saturday :-). Didì is not very well (cold)... no much time
P.S. Didì is a boy :-)
EXPLOSIVE SONG, is the first indication of its presence, and often the last, as they are very skulking, you have to be very lucky to see one, this was taken at Oare Marshes, Kent, U.K, several weeks ago, came hope thinking it was not good enough to show, but am desperate to find something better at the moment.
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SORRY that many of you will label this as a L.B.B.
Little brown bird, but special to me!
+++++++++++++++++++++++THANK YOU, for all your support and kind comments, hope you have a good week, may God bless you all........
................Tomx.........
Members of the Canadian and Dutch medical team provide care to a Dutch simulated casualty before boarding a Canadian CH-147F Chinook helicopter during a medical evacuation exercise as part of Operation PRESENCE - Mali, around Gao, Mali, on January 30, 2019.
Photo: Corporal François Charest, 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron (430 ETAH)
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Des membres de l’équipe médicale canadienne et néerlandaise prodiguent des soins au blessé simulé néerlandais avant de l’embarquer à bord d’un hélicoptère CH-147F Chinook canadien lors d’un exercice d’évacuation sanitaire dans le cadre de l’opération PRESENCE – Mali, aux environs de Gao, au Mali, le 30 janvier 2019.
Photo : Caporal François Charest, 430e Escadron tactique d’hélicoptères (430 ETAH)
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I should have said I love you,
but autumn was beckoning,
nailing its doors to my soul.
Beloved, you, receive it,
go for it, transport your sweetness
for his sweet mother.
Go for him, for him, hard autumn,
soft autumn in whom I rest my air,
Go for it, beloved.
It's not me who loves you this minute,
It's him in me, I invent it,
a slow murder of tenderness.
by Juan Gelman
Love Valley Autumn, Fricken (131, 165, 22) - Moderado
The presence of luridly lit coastal shower clouds, beyond Garbh Bheinn, had me jumping for joy (also to restore circulation!), a rarely seen (for me) combination that produced a thrilling sight, as well as a highly satisfying image.
As you can see Garbh Bheinn is a hill of true rocky grandeur & is well-known amongst the hill fraternity; relatively awkward to get to, & failing to exceed the 3000 feet mark (2903ft), however, ensures that you will easily find peace if you ever make the short hop across Loch Linnhe & climb this handsome hill.
St Leonard's Anglican Church
Opened 1875-Closed 1920
Rockingham, On
In 1995 the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa , who at that time owned the church, was concerned about the building's deteriorating condition and had applied to the municipality for a demolition permit. Some local concerned citizens formed a group called The Friends of the Rockingham Church and in 1997 received status as a corporation and a designated charitable organization. In 1998 they received the deed to the church. They raised funds needed to repair and preserve the building as a hertiage site. After spending the day shooting here, I spoke to some locals about the history of the hamlet and the costs to repair the church. The one fellow's house used to be the town's hotel and he proudly gave me a tour of his property.
Thank you for taking the time to take a look at my photos . Your views, comments, faves are very appreciated
The Roman Theatre is an ancient building in Aosta, north-western Italy.
It was built in the late reign of Augustus, some decades after the foundation of the city (25 BC), as testified by the presence of pre-existing structures in the area. There was also an amphitheatre, built during the reign of Claudius, located nearby.
It was restored in 2009. Since 2011, the theatre is used for music shows and theatrical performs.
The theatre occupies three blocks annexed to the ancient city walls, along the Roman main road (the decumanus maximus, next to the Porta Prætoria. The structure occupied an area of 81 by 64 metres (266 by 210 ft), and could contain up to 3,500/4,000 spectators.
What remains today include the southern façade, standing at 22 metres (72 ft). The cavea was enclosed in a rectangular-shaped wall including the remaining southern part. This was reinforced by buttresses each 5.5 metres (18 ft) from the other, and included by four orders of arcades which lightened its structure. It has been supposed that the theatre once had an upper cover, in the same way of the Theatre of Pompey.
The orchestra had a diameter of 10 metres (33 ft). The scene, of which only the foundations remain, was decorated by Corinthian columns and statues and was covered with marble slabs.
A marketplace surrounded by storehouses on three sides with a temple in the centre with two on the open (south) side, as well as a thermae, also have been discovered.
NOT a composite.
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THE IMAGE:
My favorite image taken in 17 years (not a composite):
STORY OF ENCOURAGEMENT:
In about 2005 I embarked on a huge leap of faith to quit working part-time, leave beloved Oregon, go on the road for 5 straight months while starting preparations to put up a photography gallery in Las Vegas. I had investors and although scary, the prospect was looking good.
While on my 5-month road trip to beef up my library, a freak tragedy struck. While camping outside of Yosemite, I accidentally ran over my most beloved dog. It was a scene of carnage very difficult to forget. I did not have children, but this dog was like my most beloved child. To say that I was devastated is an understatement.
After a short break, I had to get back on the road to fulfill obligations. I drove from Las Vegas back to Oregon and on a totally fogged out day on the southern Oregon coast, I decided to walk down to the ocean shore alone even though there were no opportunities to take photos due to terrible weather conditions. I could only see maybe 20 feet in front of me, and it was very dark and gloomy. I went for solitude. As a person of faith, yes, I did barely muster up an occasional outcry (prayer) for help because my spirit was broken.
On the beach, suddenly and surprisingly a man came out of the thick fog and walked right up to me and began to inquire about myself. In just minutes this person was able to get me to open up in vulnerable transparency. After I shared my terrible situation he asked me if he could pray for me. This was highly unusual but in my destroyed state I just said yes.
He put his hand on my shoulder and started to pray. As my head drooped downward, tears begin to roll down from my eyes, and then I caught a glimpse of his walking stick that was hand carved with words spiraling downward, around it. I could only make out some of it, which said:
"When I, in awesome wonder, consider all the worlds Your Hands have made, I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Your power throughout the universe displayed - How Great Thou Art."
This shocked me, as this poetic statement (hymn) holds the very root and foundation of why I ever started taking photos! As sudden as this person appeared, he then quietly disappeared into the thick fog again. I felt a strange sense of peace, in the pain, wash over me.
As I regrouped my thoughts and emotions, I decided that there was nothing to photograph and no reason to be out there anymore. I grabbed up my camera equipment and started to head back. Suddenly a very glowy light started to form in the sky the direction I was heading, and a surge of adrenaline shot through me as I saw the sky starting to blow up with a radiant glow! I could hardly believe it. I could hardly contain myself as one of the most incredible displays of light I have ever seen started to form.
I was able to quickly set up my gear and catch the light with just a handful of images when it hit its peak. This is that moment! Then as quickly as the light formed, it left. I was euphoric! I could not believe what had just happened. I even wondered if that man was human.
Sometime after this event, a man contacted me through social media and had seen the photo and read the story on my facebook page. It was the man who prayed for me! Although not technically an "angel", I knew that this man was used to bring healing and encouragement to my life at a time I needed it most.
Lastly, once during a workshop, I invited a genius photographer/artist from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) go through every one of my portfolio pieces (at the time I had them all printed small to carry around with me).
Giving him absolutely no feedback he very carefully looked at every piece. After he finished, I asked him to give me his thoughts about my work. He proceeded to go through the photos, single this one out, put it down on the picknick table and say, "they are great, but I think that THIS photo best represents what it is that you are going after in your photography! If you could keep taking images like that, I think you would have success." This blew my mind. Of ALL my work up to that date, he singled out this one image!
As I write this (2019) and out of maybe millions of photos I have ever taken over 17 years doing photography full time, this image is very probably my favorite of all time.
I recently decided to carefully preprocess the image in light of the New power of Photoshop RAW Smart Objects (Raw adjustments in Photoshop).
I hope you enjoy and I hope you find your own encouragement.
Mark
Kirkjufjell, Iceland is magic - that's just the way it is. It is my wife on the bridge giving scale to the scene.
Film: Rollei Retro 400s
400iso
Format: 35mm
No Crop, No Filter, No post editing except dust spec removal in Photoshop.
Camera: Olympus Trip 35
Lens: Zuiko 40mm 1:2.8
Manual
f8 1/40
1 Meter Zone Focus
Handheld
Development:
Ilford HC 7.5 minutes 1+31 B dilution 20c
Ilford Fixer 4.5 mins
Ilford Wetting Agent 1 minute