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Peace and tranquility flows into me
As I sit here with a healthy glow.
Waiting for my food to digest....
and the sun to go to its low.
Short Poem by Kit
Taken at Sereno Bay
No, smoking is not productive and doesn't say much about taking care about myself, but... having a glass of red wine is!
Since being back to work full time in RL, my walks at the park and quiet moments on my own are more precious now, even more when is possible to enjoy the afternoon sunshine.
I'm still juggling to get things done at the same time as keeping everything balanced, so I try to remind myself that is not bad to take time for yourself. ♥
Credits in my blog ♥
Halnaker tree tunnel, West Sussex
It was a fairly productive Saturday last week as after shooting the West Pier and Shoreham 'Hot Pipe' I decided to stop off at the Halnaker Tree Tunnel to see if if was wearing it's autumn coat. Most years I seem to be there too early and then the frosts come along before I can get down there so I decided to try it later this year and as we've not had any frosts to speak of it was looking quite good. Sun was a little bright which I like for the dappled effect but have just tried out a new editing function in the 2023 version of ON1 which has helped me slightly balance the light.
As well as the 'Honeypot' view from the gate looking down the track I decided to move further up the track and shoot towards the gate (due mainly to the seemingly endless line of people coming into shot just as the previous lot cleared my shot).
I did try to focus stack but there was too much leaf movement so I took one of the shots focused closer in and accept some softness. As I have tried a bit of a painterly effect on the edit I didn't think that mattered.
Thanks for viewing and will try to catch up with commenting on others images asap.
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Try to relax whenever and where you can...
if you don't know how...
choose one of the things below and go for it :)
Read a book. ~ Take a hike. ~ Practice meditation.
Write something. ~ Listen to music. ~ Get a massage.
Play an instrument. ~ Practice yoga. ~ Paint or draw.
People watch. ~ Take a bath. ~ Try knitting.
Cuddle an animal. ~ Watch a movie. ~ Do a mindfulness task.
Reflect on positive things. ~Drink tea/coffee. ~ Eat slowly.
Take a catnap. ~ Swing on a swing. ~ Make soup.
Color in an adult coloring book. ~ Look through old photos.
Watch the stars. ~ Listen to a calming podcast.
Take a digital break. ......
or one thing that relaxes too......
~~~~~ ♥ 'Make love'. ♥ ~~~~~
Taken at Florence
Please, don't just comment on a tittle...
there is some times more behind it, so take time to read. ☺
First attempt at photographing this elusive Warbler. Turned out to be quite a productive morning.
Like most of us, all I have ever seen is a skulking shadow, and that's if you're lucky in the undergrowth. The song is very distinctive, so once memorized you cant not but hear/identify them. So I followed the call around from bush to shrub to gorse back to scrub. A fleeting glimpse here and there. Seemed like I was wasting my time then I saw the bird call from an exact branch I had previously seen it sing from.
I set up at the this spot and waited. Ignored all the calls around me sometimes very close. Then patience paid off it came back to where I was standing and quite amazingly crept up to where it had been previously. It was too close so I had to step back. I cant believe it was so confiding. It would continue on its rounds flying past me low down within 2m sometimes closer still. It didn't always pop up or to the same branch, however it would return to the same area of scrub/bush.
It seems like you have to dedicate sometime in for this species, observe its movements and try to see where it comes up once it sings. Maybe I just got lucky on this one. However, I will try another one as I think its territory is primarily gorse. To get a shot of that with the yellow flowers would be something special.
It was a special morning this for me....to just wait and the bird to be comfortable with my presence. I was happy for the rest of the day :)
Taken at Swillngton/St Aidens.....I would like to stress no recordings were used as it was reported some photographers on site have been seen using some recording/playback device. This is not my style.
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A productive morning to say the least. A final view of the Three Sisters. It may be sometime before they appear for me again.
This old barn is special to my family. For several decades, we have visited it on many occasions - not up close, though. We would see its owner, who was on up in years, going in and out of it as he was performing whatever tasks he needed to complete. I had hoped to meet him one day, but, it was always from a distance when we saw him and he seemed to have never noticed us. This is because of the other uncountable visitors that stopped in and admired his beautiful property as well. He was always busy and very productive, such as having a fine vegetable garden he planted near the old family homestead. Sadly, when we were making a visit one summer, we saw a black wreath on the gate that lead to his home. We were told later, that he recently had passed away. Our trips to this special barn are still quite regular, but, we will never forget this man and seeing him happily working on his farm. He is forever in our minds and revered.
A reasonably productive hay field near the beachside township of Port Elliot, about 1hr 15min drive south of Adelaide. A former farming area slowing being built out by the expansion of surrounding suburbs. In a few more years it will be lost forever when the temptation to sell becomes too great.
[There is a solution - the government buys out the farmer, paying the same price the farmer would have received from a developer - the government then declares the land 'farmland in perpetuity' - saving it for future generations - then leases the land back to the farmer who can keep his windfall from the sale and also keep on farming if he/she wishes, or on-sell the lease to someone else for them to farm the land. Win-win-win.]
Hay Bales, Port Elliot, South Australia
to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all :-)
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Greetings my friends. Sorry to be behind on commenting once again. I hope you are all well and enjoying life.
I have been a bit busy recently, I am grateful that it has been in a productive way.
This week will be a busy week.
Partly because my birthday is on the 24th. I hope people count me a year wiser and not just older. I have reached a point my age feels more like a number than a defining fact.
After a long productive morning at Stone Harbor, we stopped by Forsythe to finally get shots of the Black-Belied Whistling Ducks. This is one of seven there. They really do whistle. Found them at marker 14 right to the right of the big Egret tree. Very cool duck. That is not a shadow on it's belly, it is really black. After they took forever preening, they swam around briefly and took off. They circled the big tree and turned back towards us, the sun was behind us and was a perfect moment. The back side of their wings are even more amazing. There is lots of white that can't be seen unless they are in flight.
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I had once again a slight non productive month in the way of Photography in November 2022.
So I decided to share a capture from a series I took in Decembre 2022 instead.
One of my hardships in life is that I never sleep. Due to chronique pain in my life... I have gone for years without a healthy amount of sleep nightly. An although it plaques me and is reeking havoc to my longterm health.
I did learn to work with and around this issue.
When the moment I picked up a camera and started to teach myself the wonderful (albeit sometimes hard ;-) ) world of photography.
I found an outlet to release my nightime restlessness of never sleeping. And I found a way to get through the pains of my nights.
And although it's not for everyone... Not being able to sleep has it's advantages when it comes to doing photography. I use driving as a form of therapy to calm the nerves and relax the body. And though even if it doesn't help in the way of pain management... it does allow you to go around at night in the cities, towns and country roads and see things so few people ever see or even know about.
When you add being an avid photographer to the mix... You can capture so many unexpected and magical night time scenes. Or see Nature's nocturnal side alive and well and so wonderfully active, all from the window of your car.
With the added bonus of NO traffic and nobody on the roads... It makes for a wonderful relaxing and visual photographic experience, driving around between the hours of 1am to 5am.
For that (and that only..) I and so grateful to be able to occasionally physically drive myself around at night and capture beautiful scenes such as this!!
Although between you and me... I wish I could sleep too! :'(
Villa Moll
Tal como en el caso de Las Marianas, que la venta de tierras a la empresa ferroviaria Compañía General de Ferrocarril en la Provincia de Buenos Aires, precedió a la traza y loteo del pueblo, surge Moll, primero como proyecto de estación ferroviaria e inmediato desarrollo del pueblo.
Las tierras de la estación Moll fueron donadas por el matrimonio compuesto por doña Manuela Moll de Pardo y don Acacio Pardo, quienes materializan la transferencia de titularidad por escritura firmada en la ciudad de La Plata el 31 de enero de 1908 ante el escribano Alberto Haedo. Las tierras donadas para la constitución definitiva del pueblo era de una extensión estaba compuesta de dos fracciones: una de 96 hectáreas, de las cuales 68 hectáreas fueron destinadas al trazado del ejido de 40 manzanas y parcelas; 16 hectáreas fueron destinadas a calles y avenidas públicas y las 14 hectáreas restantes fueron reservadas con destino a las tierras ferroviarias; la otra fracción, de 43,95 hectáreas para tierras de traza de vías.
La pujante localidad de Villa Moll, está establecida en una zona de altas y productivas tierras navarrenses. Hoy residen en ella algo más de seiscientos habitantes, y su economía se basa en lo que producen sus campos a lo que se suman pequeñas empresas (fabricas de productos lácteos, acopio de cereales). La composición de sus suelos los hacen óptimos para la explotación agrícola y en ellos se cultivan con excelentes resultados maíz, trigo, girasol y soja. Asimismo la producción ganadera es protagonista en la zona, destacándose la cría de ganado bovino.
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Villa Moll
As in the case of Las Marianas, that the sale of land to the railway company Compañía General de Ferrocarril in the Province of Buenos Aires, preceded the layout and subdivision of the town, Moll emerges, first as a railway station project and immediately developed from town.
The lands of the Moll station were donated by the couple composed of Mrs. Manuela Moll de Pardo and Mr. Acacio Pardo, who materialized the transfer of title by deed signed in the city of La Plata on January 31, 1908 before the notary Alberto Haedo. The land donated for the definitive constitution of the town was of an extension was composed of two fractions: one of 96 hectares, of which 68 hectares were destined to the layout of the ejido of 40 manzanas and plots; 16 hectares were allocated to streets and public avenues and the remaining 14 hectares were reserved for the railway lands; the other fraction, of 43.95 hectares for traces of track.
The thriving town of Villa Moll, is established in an area of high and productive Navarrese land. Today, there are more than six hundred inhabitants living there, and its economy is based on what their fields produce, to which small companies are added (dairy factories, grain storage). The composition of their soils makes them optimal for agricultural exploitation and they are cultivated with excellent results corn, wheat, sunflower and soybean. Likewise, livestock production is the protagonist in the area, especially cattle breeding.
A productive day on the Surrey & Norfolk coast yesterday. Very changeable weather conditions, which means I've come away with quite a range of images to share. A lot to get through, but thought I'd post this first, purely because it was straight forward to process. I managed to get a few locations in, and fortunately I had my preferred conditions for the sea front at Southwold. A good swell on the sea, bright light on the pier, and clouds behind, all combined to give me what I wanted for this image. There is a wider view, which I'll post in due course, but I’ve gone for the square crop first.
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Hi all,
The festive season is here and today starts my winter holidays until next year.This year has been very busy but very good and productive for me in both worlds and I'm all excited about the new year 2019!Neverfar Landscaping client list is now close and "maybe" open again next year.Depends on my busy RL schedules ;)
I like to wish everyone a wonderful festive holidays...all the love and positivity. Big hugs and huge thanks to all the genuine support,words and to my works in SL.Stay safe,happy and shining bright! 🎅🎄🎁❄☃️
Another image from a productive day out to Nottingham visiting family this week.
DB Cargo Tug 60039 'Dove Holes' passes through the station and disappears east with the 12.20pm Toton Sidings - Boston Steel 'pig-pens' (6E02). Meantime, Cross Country unit 170114 stands at platform 4 after arriving with the 9.45am ex-Cardiff (1M60).
Bay platform 5 is to the near right, and currently empty. Once a through platform it was turned into a bay during the track modifications made a few years ago intended to increase the station's capacity.
I couldn't resist exploiting the shape and rippled texture of those 'pig-pen' wagons, and who knows how long they'll be around.
Apologies for the obscure title - those in the know will know, maybe.
1.14pm, 22nd June 2021
Concluding two extremely productive days of chasing the Buffalo & Pittsburgh, we catch SIRI passing the color position lights at CP-Falls Creek. The former Conrail EMDs provide some historical contrast against the B&O signal hardware. In decades past Conrail actually crossed the B&O here at Falls Creek, but the line was cast off before the wide cab era and today the diamond is no more.
Really been enjoying this weekend. Lots of gardening and feeling productive! Going to get my guitar amp fired up soon and play guitar for awhile. Bluesy stuff. Kinda like this bluesy sunrise shot I took awhile ago.
Very productive (23 species, all counted- 5 warblers) morning hike in Avoca riverside park. Last night the temp was below freezing, so warbler did not migrate and peoples stayed away. i had the place to myself!
Late summer was my most productive period of the year and I managed to catch up with a number of uncommon migrants passing through Sussex including this beautiful Pied Flycatcher taken at Beachy Head. Other excellent, but less cooperative subjects included a frustratingly brief Wryneck at Tidemills as well as my first, but distant, Sussex Dotterel.
2020 was also another good year for migrant Long-tailed Blue butterflies in Sussex, and this year the everlasting sweet pea in our garden turned up a pristine male on 13 September.
Productive trip to Derbyshire with the Dippers. Will post a couple of portrait shots when sorted, but I am looking a bit more towards habitat shots as well.
Your comments and faves are much appreciated. Many thanks.
Very productive (23 species) morning hike in Avoca riverside park. Last night the temp was below freezing, so warblers did not migrate and peoples stayed away. i had the place to myself!
Staying hydrated and productive on this Saturday afternoon. Pray you all are having a blessed weekend.
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Another productive outing to St Aidens/Swillington Ings. Thank you all for your comments and faves etc, much appreciated :)
Catalina Foothills. From a productive morning on our Airbnb back patio. We had great desert foothill habitat between our patio and a golf course with a view to Mount Lemmon beyond.
As many have commented below it is the yellow "halo" in the bokeh that really adds to this image's appeal. When doing bird photography sometimes you know you have a nice smooth bokeh and other times even a slight change in your position can improve the bokeh a lot. Such was the case here. There was a bit of a cloud cover the morning of this image which certainly helps increase the odds that a position change may improve the bokeh. This is because one doesn't have to be so concerned with degrading image quality due to the sun not being directly at one's back.
Today I start off a series of images that I took on a lucky productive day. Normally in a series I would save the best for last, but could not wait for this one, so I will post in chronological order as taken.
My plan was to head to Elk Island, and if the north gate was closed I would turn around and head into Edmonton. Well, the North Gate (and the north end of the park were still closed) but instead of backtracking I figured I would take the road that borders the north end of the park. Well I am so very happy that I did. Much of the road has trees blocking the view, but driving past a break in the trees, I thought I saw something. I slowed down and backed up and sure enough, a moose. Well my heart started racing. I took a number of shots from within the car, knowing they may be compromised from the heat of the car, but wanted to at least get something. Sure enough they were all on the blurry side.
I then got out of the car and walked away from it and got about a dozen shots.
I am over the moon getting this one (the best of the lot) She (and I hope it is a she) spent most of the time browsing the ground, so did not give many great poses.
The only disappointing part of the encounter was that as she was headed away and when I took the camera down from my eye behind the trees was a male. I wasn't able to get any shots of him, as he immediately disappeared. And to boot, when processing I found at the very edge of two frames the eye and nose of a calf. I have no idea how I could have missed it. I would loved to have got a few captures of it. But hey I am certainly not complaining. To get a clear view and under some pretty nice morning light, well I am still smiling three days later.
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So she walked.
Not away from anything, not toward anything—
just into the mild chaos of her own mind,
where plans dissolve quickly
and small, unimportant moments insist on becoming the best parts of the day.
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A sentence to finish itself.
A decision to appear out of nowhere.
A sign, maybe—although she’s never been good at reading signs.
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My friends and family gathered for an intervention to tell me how much they loved me, and they only wanted me to be happy and live a productive life. “You can’t spend all your time photographing macro water drops” they said. Then they took away my Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D lens. They said it was just until I could handle it again. Well, who cares about some random lens? Fortunately I was able to hide a flash drive when they searched me, and snuck out this last macro water drop photo… for a while.
Went on a one night trip to New York with a friend yesterday with the hopes of photographing a few warblers which are uncommon or absent breeders here in MA. Overall it was a fun and productive trip with a few cooperative target species in the end. The trip started off fantastic when we arrived and found this waterthrush singing and feeding directly next to the parking lot. Seemed like an odd place for one of these as it was basically a vernal pool with no running water in the immediate area. I've spent quite a few hours this spring working on this species and was not expecting to find a friendly one on this trip!
A couple weeks ago a productive Saturday morning saw me make a chase of a U704 out of Dubuque into Northwest Illinois. I didn't know it until I got down around Galena, but there was a meet setup for Scales Mound, Illinois, which would make for a good chase back towards home as a follow-up.
In this view courtesy the aerial camera device, U704 rolls eastward through the picturesque town of Scales Mound on the main. Led by CN 2379, 2999, and 5469 the trio is working to lift the 98 car train up the grade it has been battling since they left the Mississippi River Valley 16 miles to the west. The former Illinois Central main follows the Galena River and it's forks through the scenic Northwest Illinois countryside as the route gains elevation. In what seemed like a pretty well-timed meet, U705 on the far track with CN 3151, 2236, and 8933 arrived only a few minutes ahead of the U704, just enough time to get locked into the siding and allow the dispatcher to keep the eastbound moving. In just a few minutes with the meet complete the U705 would get the light down the hill to continue west.
Years ago the wind felled this tree, enough roots remained in the earth to keep the tree alive, it is still productive.
To follow: an attempt to prompt a civil (hopefully productive) dialogue about a subject central to photography, most especially, street photography.
I took this photo from a vantage point on the cliff high above the beach. I like a number of things about the photo, the geometry formed by the rocks and their shadows, the pattern formed by the footprints in the sand, the pseudo drone-like aerial perspective, the edge to edge warm monochrome brown colour and most of all the juxtaposition of the dog and the suntanning woman. For me there is a subtle humour to the photo and I chose the title specifically to capitalize on that. However, I knew when I made the photo that there would be some who adamantly believe the photo is an invasion of another person's privacy and that I should not have taken it much less post it in a public forum.
I believe I could make cogent arguments both pro and con regarding this matter (I have thought it through many times and I revisit my thinking any time I photograph people on the street and in public places). I have drawn a personal 'line in the sand' on when and under what circumstances I can photograph people in public (and more importantly when I can't) but I am hard pressed to put into words exactly how I make that decision that will help inform others. I would never knowingly take or subsequently post a photo that I think could embarass/demean/ridicule or hurt in any way the person/people in the photo. I also, in my 'about' section on Flickr, have made a promise to anyone who recognizes themself, family members or friends in my photos to take down any picture they are in immediately on request - no explanation required. Please comment below (in a civil and thoughtful manner) what your thoughts are on the issue. I am very interested in deepening my understanding and improving my approach to photographing people on the street and in public places generally.
A second photo of the same scene is in the first comment box below.
Cheers, Michael
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