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A along exposure, panning, AND glass reflection shot. This one had several very distracting "squiggly snake" lines of light that scream "panning"... so I removed them.
by Samuel Musungayi.
Double exposure captured with an Olympus OM-1 [+ Olympus OM-System G.Zuiko Auto-S 55mm f/1.2] and an expired roll of Agfa HDC Plus 200 from May 2005.[*]
CanoScan 8800F.
Side notes :
- Expiration date : 05/2005
- Box speed : ISO 200
- Shot speed: ISO 160 - ISO 400
[*] 'Random results ; I've simply shot the same roll two times for fun/experimenting purpose (...) #quarantine #lockdown
Of Many Minds, a temporary public art exhibition of waterfront sculptures by Michael Alfano was on display from March 2024 through the end of 2025 along the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway in Jersey City, from 10 Exchange Place (near PATH Station) to the Paulus Hook ferry terminal.
In this week of Lent, I enjoined all my flickr friends to take a break and spend time for self-reflection.
Wishing everybody a blessed Holy Week!
SOOC except resizing (no crop).
Self reflection shot at the counter of one of the billions of 'Coffee Company' shops that have sprung up all over the best city in the world, like pimples on the face of a teenager when hitting puberty...
I had 'Tiny' with me and we were both excited to learn that free WiFi comes with the coffee...once I was outside, with my extra creamy cappuccino, I wasn't sure which wireless network was the CC's (you'd think they'd call it 'Coffee Company Network' or something, but no such luck!), so I just logged on to one of the many unsecured networks in the area and had a great time Flickring open-air style...it's so good to live in the 21st century :))
P.s. For some strange reason, the Netherlands are one of the very few countries without 'Starbucks'...I'm wondering why that is?! Obviously, you can't make a Dutch person pay 5 euros for a coffee, but still, what's the deal here?!
Nikki Hill Band - blues/rock guitarist
Deck Stage - Day Four - Sunday
2/16/25 - 10:00 AM - The Bahamas
(her first time: Rock Legends Cruise)
*[tremendous blues/rock guitarist! Really talented!]
----------Vertical Portrait Series-------------
Band: Nikki Hill (vocals) - Matt Hill (guitar)
Laura Chavez (guitar) - Nick Gaitan (bass)
Marty Dodson (drums) - all high-energy!
www.facebook.com/nikkihillmusic/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Chavez
Nikki Hill is sweet seduction, sweeter threat, and smoldering energy. An original force in American music, she is tender and tough, flamboyant, witty and dangerous. To put it plainly, Hill brings daggers back to the stage and studio. Overlapping soulful, sensual and bold vocal tones with powerful chrome-plated riffs and swagger, her voice finds a home in it - a soul singing, bar rocking, roots revivalist, that writes with frank self-reflection at a dancing tempo. Hailing from Durham, North Carolina, Nikki Hill enjoyed R&B, soul, pop and hip hop at home. In addition, she sang gospel in the church choir from childhood through her early teenage years. Gradually, she developed her ears for garage rock, rock n' roll, blues and roots, while also picking up influence from living along the legendary Mississippi River - in St. Louis, Missouri, New Orleans, Louisiana, and currently Memphis, Tennessee. In Nikki’s mind, a fertile mix of all the different types of music she had heard arose, and gradually these merged into something quite special, as she found her own voice, which the world was gradually introduced to on her many constant tours, where she took more and more audiences by storm with her distinctive vocals and energetic stage performance - sensational!
*[great show - tremendous energy - blues/rock - terrific!]
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - first show of the day]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs_tI7JHnbY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG7n4aN7QQc&list=RDaG7n4aN7QQ...
Rock Legends Cruise XII - February 13th - 17th, 2025
Independence of the Seas - Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_of_the_Seas
Miami, Florida - Coco Cay, Bahamas - Miami - (five days)
19 Bands! - Five Day Party - three stages! - 58 Shows!
Concerts all day-and-night from 10:00 AM to 2:00 AM
2025 Bands:-- Alice Cooper -- STYX -- Blackberry Smoke
Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening - Burton Cummings
Don Felder - Robin Trower - John Waite - Gregg Rolie Band
Colin Blunstone of the Zombies - Foghat - Gary Hoey Band
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - Robert John & The Wreck - Two Wolf
Nikki Hill - The Damn Truth - The Cold Stares - Sam Morrow
*Rock Legends XII - (Feb 2025) - Cruise Video Montage
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ApEVrsh4QM&list=RD5ApEVrsh4Q...
*Rock Legends XII - (Feb 2025) - slide-show: flic.kr/s/aHBqjC5YGD
*Rock Legends VII - (Feb 2019) - Cruise Video Montage
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pIMWuGq2WI&feature=youtu.be&...
*ALL proceeds from ALL the Rock Legends Cruises go to NAHA :
Native American Heritage Association, a non-profit organization
dedicated to fighting hunger and providing basic life necessities
to families living on Reservations in South Dakota, U.S.A.
*this was our 8th consecutive (annual) Rock Legends Cruise
(1-year postponed w/ covid). We already booked RLC XIII 2026
"And in the end, the love you take, is equal
to the love you make" ---Paul McCartney
-Pay Attention to Your Immediate Situation. ...
-Think About Your Future Plans. .
-Keep a Gratitude Journal. ...
-Step Away from Distractions. ...
-Connect with Nature. ...
-Appreciate Your Loved Ones. ...
-Make an Effort to Meet New People. ...
-Continue to Learn Throughout Your Life.
Physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual self.
“Silence, or Moksha, is the ultimate goal in life. It is understanding aloneness / becoming silent within & removing all boundaries to exit from the cycle of birth & death… Enlightenment. Look at life. You live and die over & over again. Fear controls the culture / society. Gods & stories are crafted to comfort everyone’s fears. People go insane. It’s all just a big illusion. Learn to be alone, be you. Be Godly to yourself. Love yourself…. Death doesn’t exist within infinity - Time doesn’t exist here either. You put time limits on your life and it creates confusion. The future is an illusion you create. Death controls you, but you are here, death is of the future. Look at the clock right now, it has no time. As soon as you say it’s a time it has already moved past. Now has no time. No beginning or end to it. Just a flow. Live life with no limitations. Be silent within, operate this way & watch your perception move beyond this physical realm. Once you’re beyond, go beyond-beyond. Beyond beyond is home. Your own dimension.” जSड़ोंIभूLमि3गNतCमैं3 by Tony Katai (¾)
"Light up Ocala" is on Nov. 20 this year - an all day event where people gather in the downtown area with booths and food and music, capped off by the lighting of the Downtown Christmas Tree and lights strung about on all the trees. The City has been getting the smaller lights ready for a few weeks now, and this week they finally set up the huge tree. I decided to take some pictures today during lunch as a prelude to the event.
Of course, I had to do another requesite Flickr photostream shot - the self reflected portrait with gear in hand. This is the first and frankly one of the best attempts I had while over by the tree doing this.
(Personal or public use of this photograph outside of the Flickr community without my explicit permission is prohibited. Any use within the Flickr community should comply with Flickr's guidelines. Thank you.)
As former president Teddy Roosevelt puts it...behold it is the "Eighth Wonder of the World." The water originates from underground springs above and at the falls. Even during the dry summer months and at 129 feet in height, the water provides an almost constant flow rate of 100 million U.S. gallons / day. Photo of Burney Falls captured via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens at McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park. Shasta County. Mid November 2013.
Photo captured from Trinidad State Beach in the city of Trinidad via Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D AF Nikkor lens. Humboldt County. Late October 2013.
Every slight move on our part or on the camera's part brought a different image ... this one distorted us in a manner that i really like .
Processing here is a tad more vampiric also ;-) ( been digging this processing a lot lately )
My son James and I - MIT - Cambridge - Massachusetts
This picture is #57 in my 100 Strangers project.
Meet Erika. I was on my way back to my car still alert to potential interesting strangers when I saw Erika. deep in thought in a reflective mood.
So I continued to walk past but something about Erika (even on a quick glance) seemed to spark interest. It may very well be the calm (maybe a result of her being a yoga practitioner) she exuded, lost in her thoughts, despite the hustle and bustle around her. That in itself would have been a great picture - a long shutter speed with people moving all around with a still Erika (but that idea came too late :-)).Anyways, after some hesitation, I walked back and interrupted her thoughts and explained the project to her and the intent. The Humans of New York (HNY) is something that gets mentioned often during my encounters. Personally, although I see similarities, I am candid that my version of 100 strangers is not as profound as the human aspect and stories that HNY provides.
I have realized doing this project though has made me much more observant of people around me and I do tend to notice things that would have easily escaped by attention. Of course, in Erika's case, no doubt her beautiful eyes, warm and kind, further accentuated by her gray dress would be an instant draw at most times. I showed her some of my pictures (thank god for internet and smartphones) and she looked up 100 Strangers on her phone. This was possibly the longest conversation I have had before Erika gave me a "I'll do it". We walked to a selected spot close by and Erika stood around for some pictures as I kept clicking away with intermittent conversation that let me know a little more about her.
Erika loves to read and is from New York although she has been in the MD area for more than a decade. I also learned during our follow-up interactions that Erika was on a cusp of change (good change) and was soaking up some
quiet time of self-reflection when I approached her. Although that always make me a little guilty, it quickly passes over when you realize that you end up meeting amazing people.
Erika is one such person striving hard to make our world a better place. We discussed balancing the personal versus professional aspect of Erika in my narrative, but I sincerely believe her work is much bigger than the beautiful
personality itself especially in today's time and age.
Erika happens to be the founder and Executive Director of a national organization that addresses gender based violence, with a focus removing barriers facing survivors who are living in poverty. In her words she
is “honored to work with survivors and advocates who are brilliant, resilient, strong, and resourceful."
Though her appearance was the initial reason for approaching Erika, describing her as “interesting” based on beautiful eyes and smile seems grossly unfair and almost superficial (especially when you are aware of the work she
does and impact she has). In a sense, her work is an inherent part and reflective of her personality.
Thank you Erika for your time and accommodating me despite bigger important things on your mind (and of course a melting ice cream). Honestly I am honored to have met you and hope you have a long distinguished journey doing the good you do.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
For my other pictures on this project: www.flickr.com/photos/vijaybrittophotography/sets/7215764...
Self reflection is a humbling process. It's essential to find out why you think, say, and do certain things...then better yourself.
Crane Fly / Kohlschnake (Tipula oleracea) - Large On Black
at a window in my office - Frankfurt-Nordend
Explored: 20.09.2009