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It's anarchy gone insane. I'm on assignment in Pemberton British Columbia, The TV news is just so full of sad, I think God that I have the right to take pictures of beautiful things without any fear. Kenneth
"If only there could be an invention that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again."
- Daphne du Maurier
Listen to this....
Yup....two uploads today
Now its a wrap, folks
Hope your evening/night ends perfectly
xxxx
Credits:
LeLUTKA Kaya Head 3.1
*Just BECAUSE* Priscilla Gown - 18White
TRUTH Meadow - Essential
hive // romantic roses . single
hive // romantic roses . half dozen
♫♬♪♩REMEMBER WHEN - Giovanni Marradi♫♬♪♩
Switzerland, May 2021
My best photos are here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ticino-best-photos-of-southern-...
My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI
You find a selection of my 80 BEST PHOTOS (mostly not yet on Flickr) here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/western-green-lizard-lacerta-bi... (the website exists in ESPAÑOL, FRANÇAIS, ITALIANO, ENGLISH, DEUTSCH)
ABOUT THE PHOTO:
So this photo is a bit of a novelty for me - at least here on Flickr, but it's also a journey back in time in a sense. I've always loved b/w and sepia photography; already as a very young teenager I would go out into the woods with an old Pentax Spotmatic (which I had nicked from my father) whenever it was a foggy day to shoot b/w compositions of sunbeams cutting through the ghostlike trees.
I used films with a sensitivity of at least 1600 (for those of you who remember what that means 😉 ), and the resulting photos had an incredibly fine grain which I loved; I blew them up to the size of posters and hung them on the walls of my teenage man-cave next to Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Slash.
But then I abandoned photography altogether for 20 years, and when I finally picked up a camera again, it was one of the digital kind. Now neither film nor grain played any role in my photographic endeavours - let alone b/w compositions: because the reason I fell in love with shooting pictures once more was the rare and incredibly colorful lizard species that had chosen my garden as its habitat.
It's this species - the Lacerta bilineata aka the western green lizard - that my photo website www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ and also my Flickr gallery are dedicated to, but I've since expanded that theme a bit so that it now comprises the whole Lacerta bilineata habitat, which is to say my garden and its immediate surroundings and all the flora and fauna I find in it.
I like that my gallery and the website have this clear theme, because in order to rise to the challenge of portraying all aspects of a very specific little eco system (which also happens to be my home of sorts), it forces me to constantly explore it from fresh angles, and I keep discovering fascinating new motives as my photographic journey continues.
Which brings me to the horse pasture you see in this photo. This playground for happy horsies lies just outside my garden, and it normally only interests me insofar as my green reptile friends claim parts of it as their territory, and I very much prefer it to be horseless (which it thankfully often is).
Not that the horses bother the reptiles - the lizards don't mind them one bit, and I've even seen them jump from the safety of the fly honeysuckle shrub which the pasture borders on right between the deadly looking hooves of the horses to forage for snails, without any sign of fear or even respect.
No, the reason I have a very conflicted relationship with those horses is that they are mighty cute and that there's usually also foals. The sight of those beautiful, happy animals jumping around and frolicking (it's a huge pasture and you can tell the horses really love it) is irresistible: and that inevitably attracts what in the entire universe is known as the most destructive anti-matter and ultimate undoing of any nature photographer: other humans.
Unlike with the horses, the lizards ARE indeed very much bothered by specimens of loud, unpredictable Homo sapiens sapiens - which makes those (and by extension also the horses) the cryptonite of this here reptile photographer. It's not the horses' fault, I know that, but that doesn't change a thing. I'm just telling you how it is (and some of you might have read about the traumatic events I had to endure to get a particular photo - if not, read at your own risk here: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/51405389883/in/datepo... - which clearly demonstrated that even when it's entirely horseless, that pasture is still a threat for artistic endeavours).
But back to the photo. So one morning during my vacation back in May I got up quite early. It had rained all night, and now the fog was creeping up from the valley below to our village just as the sky cleared up and the morning sun started to shine through the trees.
And just as I did when I was a teenager I grabbed my camera and ran out to photograph this beautiful mood of ghostlike trees and sunbeams cutting through the mist. There had already been such a day a week earlier (which is when I took this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/51543603732/in/datepo... ), but this time, the horses were also there.
Because of our slightly strained relationship I only took this one photo of them (I now wish I had taken more: talk about missed opportunities), and otherwise concentrated on the landscape. It was only later when I went through all the photos on my computer that I realized that I actually really liked those horses, even despite the whole composition being such a cliché. And I realized another thing: when I drained the photo of all the color, I liked it even better - because there was almost a bit of grain in it, like in the photos from my youth.
Since then I have experimented quite a bit with b/w and sepia compositions (some of which I will upload here eventually I guess), but this photo here is the first one that helped me rediscover my old passion. I hope you like it even though it builds quite a stark contrast with the rest of my tiny - and very colorful - gallery. But in the spirit of showing you the whole Lacerta bilineata habitat (and also in the spirit of expanding my gallery a bit beyond lizards and insects), I think it's not such a bad fit.
As always, many greetings to all of you, have a wonderful day and don't hesitate to let me know what you think 😊
"Some days, I just sit and remember."
Credits:
=> Dress by Tres Blah "Daphne" mini dress
=> Hair by Magika "Amanda", at The Fifty event.
=> Beanbag chair by Gravity Poses at Shiny Shabby
Animosity - 138 Pose Pack
session - John Skin
CAROL G - Warrior Male TaTToo
Vanilla Bae - Saint James // Liam Tank & Liam Boxers
font: Bradley Hand
textures and effects by Remember Remember
See more in my Animals set here
See more in my Texture set here
See more in my Horses set here
Explore Worthy, Challenge 106 - Fantasy In Blue
an imaginary look at our friendly pony Jan.
Memorial Day - 2022
Today is Memorial Day in the United States. On this day we honor our fallen. Those brave men and women who stood in the face of danger and gave their lives for their country. We remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice, so that all us are safe and free.
God bless our fallen heroes.
Remember Vincent, robin fledging, from last June?
Vincent on top of the chain link fence as he's just learning.
to fly. His mother was not far off.
Vincent was not afraid of me and was able to take quite a few photos of him and decided to share one of many, today.
I took this photo on Mothers day, but am only now getting around to posting it. My mom passed away five years ago and we were very close.
Now some of you may find this to be strange I can never remember my mother hugging me or saying she loved me, but have no doubt I knew with certainty she did.
My mother didn't say much in words, but her actions spoke very loudly and I knew if I was ever in need she was there for me.
My mom had the perfect balance in staying out of my affairs, while at the same time watching from a distance, to make sure I was safe.
so here I am remembering what was and knowing that even though she is physically gone she will always be inside me.
A year ago I had to say goodbye to my best friend of 12 years.
Thinking of her every day.💔
Still have a broken heart.......
(A collaboration done with my friend, Barbara Stanzak)
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! xo💜💜 💕💕💕❤️❤️❤️
the sun came out just at the right moment, the whole day it had been cloudy... remembering a beautiful meaningful dream last night.
Remember, remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot !
Fireworks at Levengrove Park, Dumbarton.
Fireworks - Music Background Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8cyeS3_EDM
Please right click the link and open in a new tab to view and listen. Thank you !
Please ignore the Happy New Year bit in the video, unless your having New Year early ️️:--) 😎
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Remember Me:
To the living, I am gone.
To the sorrowful, I will never return.
To the angry, I was cheated,
But to the happy, I am at peace,
And to the faithful, I have never left.
I cannot be seen, but I can be heard.
So as you stand upon a shore, gazing at a beautiful sea - remember me.
As you look in awe at a mighty forest and its grand majesty - remember me.
As you look upon a flower and admire its simplicity - remember me.
Remember me in your heart, your thoughts, your memories of the times we loved,
the times we cried, the times we fought, the times we laughed.
For if you always think of me, I will never be gone.
Margaret Mead
This morning as I walked the Autumn woods I was reminded yes to grieve but to enjoy this life for more than ever it is so precious. ~Have a great week dear friends! ~Sam
Horse Shoe Lake-Okanogan/Wenatchee National Forest-Washington State
The golden larches made this one of my favorite fall hikes.