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La nature m’a tendu une flamme. Suspendue entre terre et azur, cette fleur Callistemon s’est offerte sans retenue, comme un pinceau de lumière dans le silence du jour. J’ai voulu capter cette élévation tranquille, où chaque étamine semble écrire une note de gratitude. Un instant suspendu, vibrant, où la beauté ne cherche pas à séduire, mais simplement à être.

Nature offered me a flame. Suspended between earth and azure sky, this Callistemon flower offered itself without restraint, like a brushstroke of light in the silence of the day. I wanted to capture this tranquil elevation, where each stamen seems to write a note of gratitude. A suspended, vibrant moment, where beauty doesn't seek to seduce, but simply to be.

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I walked the world afar

Built up a thousand walls

To try and hide away

I searched to find my soul

A journey far from home

Lost in a life I'd made

And I'd been 'round in circles

Living for the moment

I know I ran so far

Was acting kind of crazy

Coming up with empty

Felt like I lost my heart

Now I've found a love that

Is clearer than the deep blue skies

It's true You were right there

I can see it in the days gone by

I see You in the days gone by

Your promise never left my side

I know sometimes I tried to give up

Still You caught me when I fell from high

I see You in the days gone by

You took my fragile fate

And didn't hesitate

Your love in every scar

Passion with no restraints

Held back the darkest days

So now my life is Yours

You've got me when I'm broken

You're with me when I'm hopeless

I know You're never far

Your mercy has no ending

It perseveres unfailing

You'll always have my heart

Now I've found a love that

Is clearer than the deep blue skies

It's true You were right there

I can see it in the days gone by

I see You in the days gone by

Your promise never left my side

I know sometimes I tried to give up

Still You caught me when I fell from high

I see You in the days gone by

See You in the days gone by

See You in the days gone by

And I need You everyday 'cause

I see You in the days gone by

Your promise never left my side

I know sometimes I tried to give up

Still You caught me when I fell from high

I see You in the days gone by

Keith Urban

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In my opinion, that was enough restraint for a week, because there are still so many photos in my archive that are not and that I would like to show you all.

One of them is this shot of the beautiful Albrechtsburg in Meissen. It's one of the images that has two versions, both of which I really like and I can't decide between.

I showed you version 1 two weeks ago. In this, the castle was the absolute focus. In today's photo, I was tempted to appreciate the foreground (which I also find quite interesting) to about the same extent as the castle. The result was that the castle was a little to the rear, but the driftwood​​was a little closer.

I find it extremely exciting how much you can change the effect of an image just by changing the perspective slightly. Unfortunately, I don't always have enough time to try out the different options. Here I had it.

Maybe you can look at the first photo again for comparison and tell me what you think of it.

Das war meiner Meinung nach erst einmal genug Zurückhaltung für eine Woche, denn es gibt noch so viele Fotos in meinem Archiv, die das nicht sind und die ich Euch alle noch zeigen möchte.

Eins davon ist diese Aufnahme von der wunderschönen Albrechtsburg in Meissen. Es ist eins der Bilder von dem es zwei Versionen gibt, die mir beide sehr gut gefallen und zwischen denen ich mich nicht entscheiden möchte.

Version 1 habe ich Euch vor zwei Wochen gezeigt. In dieser stand die Burg im absoluten Mittelpunkt. Bei dem heutigen Foto war ich versucht den Vordergrund (den ich auch als recht interessant empfinde) ungefähr im gleichen Masse zu würdigen, wie die Burg. Das Ergebnis war, dass die Burg etwas nach hinten, das Treiholz dafür etwas näher gerückt ist.

Ich finde es ausgesprochen spannen, wie sehr man die Wirkung eines Bildes verändern kann, nur durch eine kleine Veränderung des Blickwinkels. Leider habe ich nicht immer so viel Zeit, die unterschiedlichen Möglichkeiten dazu auszuprobieren. Hier hatte ich sie.

Vielleicht könnt Ihr Euch ja das erste Foto zum Vergleich nochmal anschauen und mir schreien, was Ihr davon haltet.

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Les dents du Midi sont un chaînon montagneux de trois kilomètres de long, situé dans le Chablais valaisan, dans le canton du Valais en Suisse. Dominant le val d'Illiez et la vallée du Rhône, au sud, elles font face au lac de Salanfe, une retenue artificielle, et font partie de l'ensemble géologique du massif du Giffre.

The Dents du Midi are a mountainous link three kilometers long, situated in Chablais of Valais, in canton of Valais in Switzerland. Dominating the valley of Illiez and the valley of the Rhône, in the South, they face the lake of Salanfe, an artificial restraint, and are a member of the geologic whole massif of Giffre.

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Nothing about the Belted Kingfisher suggests restraint. With a piercing trill-like call the kingfisher announces its presence, posing boisterously on a branch overhanging the water. Suddenly, it bursts into the air, with heed but no hint of hesitation, and demonstrating direct dagger-like accuracy pierces the water's surface for a fish it has been watching from afar. The Kingfisher is a stocky bird, with a proportionately large head and heavy bill that spends its time along river banks, shorelines, and marshes. Males have a single blue-grey belt across their chests (like the one in this photo) and females a blue-grey belt above and a brown belt below. They nest along the soft banks of bodies of water, digging burrows 1 to 8 feet deep in which to raise their young. These astonishing birds are much more easily heard than seen. Make yourself familiar with their trill-like call, so that when you next hear it you can scan the tree line for their presence. They are well worth the search. #iLoveNature #iLoveWildlife #WildlifePhotography in #Florida #Nature in #NorthAmerica #BeltedKingfisher #DrDADBooks #Canon #WildlifeConservation

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Shackles, chains, cuffs, restraints, all are used on common crminals or people that are dangerous to themselves or others. Why then would they be used otherwise...smacks of irony to me.

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“I want to live simply. I want to sit by the window when it rains and read books I’ll never be tested on. I want to paint because I want to, not because I’ve got something to prove. I want to listen to my body, fall asleep when the moon is high and wake up slowly, with no place to rush off to. I want not to be governed by money or clocks or any of the artificial restraints that humanity imposes on itself. I just want to be, boundless and infinite.”

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Somewhere over Greenland. Even though I couldn't survive long there, I breathe a little easier at the sight of these mountain tops.

... is the better part of beauty.

Frances Gray Patton

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I swear that right before I took this shot - and little baby baboon made his escape attempt - his mother winked at me. I decided to hang around.

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Atop the rock cut at the Allegrippus Curve, we can see the constant 1.86% grade up the hill on the backside of Horseshoe Curve. Rarely photographed, but the action is more dramatic and all to one's self. Here, we witness 2 sets of helpers adding their dynamic braking capability to restraint a very long and heavy auto rack train from gravity's pull.

Congress has broken free of the usual restraints that keep it from veering too far off the path, and has gone galloping off into unexplored territory. The federal budget went over a trillion dollars today - for THIS year, as people who may mean well but who have no understanding of the way of the world have stolen our collective credit card and are spending as if there were no tomorrow... It's as if they have stolen our identities and are borrowing and spending - assuring the lenders that WE are good for it - relying on the good credit that we have built up over the last 200 years. And, the best part is that they think they will pay the debt off by taxing us - oh - I mean adding surcharges, since they don't want to be known as the tax and spend party - again..

The "cap and trade" energy tax is DESIGNED to make energy so expensive that you'll use less, and thereby - save the planet from global warming. The INTENT is to drive the oil companies and coal producers out of business so that we can all live in peace and harmony with the earth.. But they won't.. They will simply move to China, along with their jobs and money. They are doing it this very day...

I, for one - won't forget these guys, who are attacking our way of life as surely as any foreign invader.. These guys, who smile in your face and tell you to go sit in the dark for the good of the planet from the steps of their private jet... No - I won't forget... See you in 2010 - friend...

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It looks worse than it was; a little girl in a discussion with her mom, just before she had to participate in a Catholic procession, Spain.

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Just gonna stand there and watch me burn

But that's alright because I like the way it hurts

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry

But that's alright because I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

I can't tell you what it really is

I can only tell you what it feels like

And right now it's a steel knife in my windpipe

I can't breath but I still fight while I can fight

As long as the wrong feels right it's like I'm in flight

High off of love, drunk from my hate

It's like I'm huffing paint and I love it the more I suffer

I suffocate and right before I'm about to drown

She resuscitates me, she fucking hates me and I love it

Wait! Where you going? I'm leaving you

No you ain't, come back

We're running right back, Here we going again

It's so insane 'cause when it's going good

It's going great, I'm Superman with the wind in his back

She's Loïs Lane, but when it's bad it's awful

I feel so ashamed, I snap. Who's that dude?

I don't even know his name, I laid hands on her

I'll never stoop so low again, I guess I don't know my own strength

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn

But that's alright because I like the way it hurts

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry

But that's alright because I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

You ever love somebody so much

That you could barely breathe when your with 'em?

And you meet and neither one, even know what hit 'em

You got the warm fuzzy feelin', yeah them chills used to get 'em

Now your gettin' fuckin' sick of lookin' at 'em

You swore you would never hit 'em

Never do nothin' to her now your in each other's face

Spewing venom in your words when you spit 'em

You both pull each other's hair, scratch, clob

Hit 'em, throw 'e' down, pin 'em

So lost in your moment when you're in 'em

It's the rage thats the culprit, it chokes you both

So they say you best go your separate ways

Guess that they don't know you, because today

That was yesterday, yesterday is over

It's a different day, sounds like broken records playin' over

But you promised her, next time you'll show her restraint

You don't get another chance, life is not a Nintendo game

But you lied again

And now you get to watch her leave out the window

Guess that's why they call it window pain

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn

But that's alright because I like the way it hurts

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry

But that's alright because I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

Now I know we said things, did things

That we didn't mean, and we fall back into the same pattern

Same routine, but your temper is just as bad as mine is

You're the same as me, but when he comes to love ya

It's just as blinded, baby, please come back,

It wasn't you, baby, it was me

Maybe our relationships isn't as crazy as it seems

Maybe thats what happens when a Tornado meets a Volcano

All I know I love you too much to walk and wait up!

Come inside, pick up the bags up the sidewalk

Don't you hear sincerity in my voice when I talk

Told you this was my fault, look me in the eyeball

Next time I'm pissed I'll lay my fist at the dry wall

Next time, there won't be no next time

I apologize even though I know it's lies

I'm tired of the games, I just want her back

I know I'm a liar, If she ever tries to fuckin' leave again

I'm a tie her to the bed and set this house on fire

Just gonna...

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn

But that's alright because I like the way it hurts

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry

But that's alright because I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

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