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This is an awesome shot of a Snowy Egret that I shot while in Mexico.
Camera: Canon T2i
Lens: Tamron 100-300mm
For FGR - Self Reflection... I hope this fits the category. If not, let me know who I gotta knock out to make it fit. Ha ha...
I pity the fool who doesn't view this sucka on black!!
Self reflection taken with horse at Colchester zoo.
Bronica SQ-A
Zenzanon PS 150mm f/4 lens
Ilford FP4+ film
Developed in Rodinal
Photo captured near the unincorporated place of Pepperwood alongside Avenue of the Giants. Humboldt County. Mid July 2013.
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.
Day 59.
Another self reflection.
I actually give myself a small reflection everyday, asking myself what I am doing, keeping myself grounded: How is this freelance job going to help me? Where will this part-time job going to land me?
The answer is always "yes, I am moving forward." But half the time I actually feel like I am running in circle. Doing all these things but I still standing at the starting point.
Then there is this quote that I love:
"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever."
A little faith is all I need.
Sitting target
Sitting waiting
Anticipating
Nothing.
I had a bad evening yesterday and did some self reflection. I need to find a balance with things and I am working hard at it. I am going to be better not only for other people but for myself.
Often in life, one must cleanse the soul; undergoing a series of self reflective exercises to uncover the highs and lows pertaining to one's life. Just like this photo depicts beautiful Mount Lassen, and its reflection on the lake, life sometimes can and will display the obvious to your very own eyes. Live, love and enjoy life. Photo of Mount Lassen captured via the HDR method of photography at Manzanita Lake. Shasta County. Late October 2012.
A horrible miserable day here in Bristol. I spent my day in work but it's so dingy I daren't step outside now I'm pretty cosy at home!
I thought I'd show my face again, On top of my list 'to do' is buy a new remote for my 5D, I forgot just how hard it is to take a self portrait without one!
I jumped and entered Photographer of the Year 2011 Competition, if you would all be so kind to sign up & vote for me, I'd be *so* grateful!
www.photoradar.com/photographer-of-the-year/photos/146136...
Smena Symbol / Смена Символ, Agfa Precisa 100, xpro
This may seem like a multi exposed shot, which it is not. What you see is a picture of the (self) reflection in a sheet of glass against a garbage container on the street.
Who do you see when you look in the mirror? Who are you looking at? Who is looking back at you? Who are you looking for?
On some level or another, all of us are seeking ourselves whether we know it or not.
We all have beliefs, ideas, thoughts and attitudes which govern our thinking, our knowing and our living. Changing our thinking, our long held beliefs can dramatically change our daily lives.
Try looking at it this way.....
We live in a house of mirrors and think we are looking out the windows. (~ Fritz Perls)
Take a moment to think about what self reflection means for you. It is talking about how we perceive ourselves and our surroundings - how we fail to see that life reflects us back to ourselves.
Because we keep on looking out the windows, many of us take forever to realize that we are looking at ourselves mirrored back to us by others and by the events of our life.
Changing our perception of the problem by seeing the reality as it is reflected by us and to us, brings empowerment, change, discovery and consciousness.
The pathway forward towards happiness and authenticity is not determined by something outside ourselves. It’s determined by our own thinking, our own inner process, our self perception & reflection.
Taken: Trekking into Margala Hills with Emran (Memorial Power), Islamabad, Pakistan.
A defining feature of the northern California coast is a large bulge that protrudes westward into the Pacific Ocean. Along this bulge are two points, separated by roughly eleven miles, which extend farther west than any other points along the Golden State's lengthy shoreline. The northernmost of these points is Cape Mendocino, and the southernmost is Punta Gorda, Spanish for substantial point. As ships hugged the California coast traveling northward, it is understandable how several ran aground on Punta Gorda. Between 1899 and 1907, at least eight ships met their end in the area. The initial request for a lighthouse to mark Punta Gorda was made in 1888, but it wasn't until after a fog-induced collision between the SS Columbia and the San Pedro on July 21, 1908, which claimed 87 lives, that congress appropriated funds for the Punta Gorda Lighthouse.
Materials to build the station arrived at the point by schooner in 1910. After being highlined to shore, they were loaded onto horse-drawn sleds, and dragged less than a mile south to the construction site. Within a year, three substantial dwellings, a blacksmith/carpenter shop, three storage sheds, a barn, and the fog signal building were completed. The fog signal began operation on June 22, 1911, but it would be approximately seven more months before the small 27-foot-tall lighthouse with a 23 by 12 foot base was completed. The flashing light from the lighthouse’s fourth-order lens was first exhibited on January 15, 1912. F.A. Harrington, Paschel Hunter, and W.E. Greer were the first three keepers to serve at Punta Gorda. The light station sits on a narrow bench bordered by hills rising abruptly to the east and the ocean spreading out to the west. The station was far from civilization. It was an eleven-mile journey by horseback or wagon to the small town of Petrolia, and the trip was only possible when the weather and tides permitted. The first oil wells drilled in California that produced crude to be refined and sold commercially were near Petrolia, hence the name of the town.
Wayne Piland, accompanied by his wife, a son, and a daughter, was transferred to Punta Gorda in 1934. Piland had served at three offshore stations, but he rated the task of getting supplies to Punta Gorda as “the toughest job you ever saw.” During the summer months, a team of horses could pull a supply wagon to Petrolia, but when winter set in, rushing streams and high surf limited travel to horseback. For several decades, “Old Bill” served as the stations four-footed link to the outside world. Old Bill was well acquainted with life at a lighthouse. He was born at a light station, served at Point Reyes, and arrived at Punta Gorda aboard a lighthouse tender. Wayne Piland’s daughter Nancy described Old Bill as “mean and ornery.” The horse also had a quirk that made him difficult to ride. Whenever he approached a puddle, no matter the size, he would try to jump across it. Fortunately, keeper Piland was experienced with horses, and after he braided a small whip, Piland and Old Bill got along just fine.
Like many other light stations along the California coast, Punta Gorda was used by the military during World Ward II. Several Coast Guard recruits were sent to patrol the beach south of the station towards Shelter Cove. The station's population was increased for a few years, but at the end of the war, the beach patrol was discontinued. The Coast Guard eventually built a road from the Mattole River along the foot of the bluffs to Windy Point and another section from Windy Point to the lighthouse. Outfitted with a jeep and a tractor, life at the station seemed much easier, but then the winter storms arrived. After heavy rains, water would stream down the canyons, severing the road in several places, and powerful, storm-driven surf would deposit large logs and other debris on the roadway. It was a good thing that Old Bill was still on hand for an occasional supply trek to civilization. Electricity eventually did reach Punta Gorda, but the power line was unreliable and multiple generators had to be kept on hand. The remoteness of the station made it one of the more costly to maintain, so when improvements in navigation lessened the need for a manned lighthouse in the area, the Coast placed a lighted buoy offshore, removed the Fresnel lens, and boarded up the structures. After having spent more years at Punta Gorda than any keeper, Old Bill was sold to a lady in Ferndale.
When the Coast Guard left in 1951, control of the station passed to the Bureau of Land Management. During the 1960s, a counter culture group took up residence in the dwellings. After chasing them off several times, the Bereau of Land Management decided to burn down all of the wooden structures at the station. All that remains of the station are the concrete lighthouse and oil house, and a few concrete pads where other structures once stood. The lighthouse and oil house were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and shortly thereafter the Honeydew volunteer fire department spent time at the station repairing cracks in the masonry, welding breaks in the lighthouse's staircase and railings, and sandblasting and painting the structures. The station received further attention in 1989 when the California Conservancy Corps restored and painted the structures. Hikers along California’s Lost Coast are a bit surprised to encounter a couple of rustic cabins near Fourmile Creek. Had all of the picturesque structures at Punta Gorda remained standing, one can only imagine what a contrast the craftsman-style buildings would be to what is otherwise very remote and unspoiled territory.
Photo of what remains of the Punta Gorda Lighthouse, the "Alcatraz of Lighthouses," captured along the King Range via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens at Mattole River Beach on the Lost Coast. Humboldt County. Late November 2013.
i took this on the fly, but it would have helped me to fly pass the mirror with some windex.
but since all of my self portraits are some form of experimentation, i don't think it came out half bad.
--r.s.
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
夏天來了，該為自己儲存能量和陽光，為生命的追求而流汗。
因為一個小小的契機，把話說出來了，微小而決定性的時刻滋養出勇氣。面對自己和現實包括的計算和推衍正在運算，要進行怎樣的改變，要如何計算現實的可能落差，我最不擅計算了，可是與其躲著嚷迷失和不快樂，勇敢的設想和踏實的邁向目標才是正途啊。S說得對，我是個很容易快樂的人，懂得對自己好是一門藝術，這些零碎而輕易的快樂，伴隨著脆弱的不安－－這就是我的敏感。和你看完電影，打理好團購
的事，買了幾本新書，乖乖的回復規律的Yoga練習，肌肉完全沒有力（是沒有肌肉吧，練習的過程好苦），但學到的能默默應用在生活中，讓身體能長久地自我治療和保護。
無論自己是哪個模樣，哪一部份想要抹去想要是別的樣子，我還是我，勇敢和對自己誠實是我唯一能做的，就這樣吧，淺淺的一笑，繼續期許生命和生活的碰撞與安排。
繼續相信，出發啦不要問那路在哪。
Looking into one self is dangerous, you either know yourself more or meddle in deeper doubts. Luckily this time clarity wins. I am expecting some changes in life. Wish me more luck and strength to deal with it :D
Keep smile and good things will happen!
Candid shot of a little girl checking her reflection after getting her face painted at the wedding celebration.
"Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person, a false self. I wind my experiences around myself and cover myself in glory to make myself perceptible...as if I were an invisible body that could only become visible when something visible covered its surface....But there is no substance under the things with which I am clothed. I am hollow, and my structures of pleasures and ambitions have no foundation. I am my own mistake.....The secret of my identity is hidden in the love and mercy of God."
-Thomas Merton, "Seeds of Contemplation"
-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)
Kelly trying to look at El Capitan with Dad getting in the way.
Yosemite National Park, CA - July 29, 2006
"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.
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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.