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Photo of the Little River flowing into the Pacific captured via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens at Moonstone Beach in the census-designated place of Westhaven-Moonstone. Humboldt County. Early November 2013.
Photo captured near the Canfield Redwood Grove via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens near the census-designated place of Weott. Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Humboldt County. Early November 2013.
Photo of McWay Falls at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park captured via the HDR method of photography in Big Sur. Monterey County. Big Sur. Late January 2013.
Photo captured near the town of Point Arena and near the Point Arena Lighthouse Station. Mendocino County. Late March 2013.
Photo of a redwood grove at Rockefeller Forest: Lower Bull Creek Flat captured via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens within Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Humboldt County. Late November 2013.
Photo captured via Minolta MD Zoom Rokkor-X 75-200mm f/4.5 lens at Trinidad State Beach in the city of Trinidad. Humboldt County. Early November 2013.
Can I stick this in the pun group too?
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I've never done one of these puddle pics, so I thought it was a great idea since we got some much needed rain last night. How did i do?
For FGR - Easy like Sunday Morning, picked by our hero, Mikey!
Happy Easter to all you non-Jews! :)
Oh, and our good friend Olga finished her project today, so please go give her some love!!!
A true Sacramento Valley sunset as seen from the very Jewels of Northern California. Demanding reds simply provide a crush to ignite quite the lasting impression to allow one to effortlessly take it all in and reflect upon the [wonderful] day constructed by you. Photo of the sunset captured over the Sacramento River and from the Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding. Shasta County. Early August 2013.
Photo of where the mouth of the Little Sur River drains into the Pacific captured via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens along the El Sur Ranch property in Big Sur. Monterey County. Late October 2013.
And I'm not talking about the kind in a bumper, but it fits the photo too!
It's never easy to stop dead in your tracks and take a look around and realize something has to change, that something has to become different, and that you are the only one who can make it different. It's also especially hard to make a move like that when it involves someone else. Especially when you're afraid you could lose a friend, even when that wasn't the intention.
Life is its own hardest lesson and unfortunately the only way to learn that lesson and become better is by living, day to day. I still have so very much to learn, I know and realize that in my core. And it's okay.
I try to live my life each day, to be a good person, to be happy, to be positive, to reflect that positivity on others if possible, to not be weighed down by negativity, to help others, and to be a good friend.
Life is what you make of it. It can be as good as you want or as bad as you want. Sometimes things happen beyond our control that throw us for loops but you have to ride the wave, learn from it (if possible), and keep on moving forward. That light at the end of the tunnel does exist. I know that for a fact. I lived way back in that dark tunnel for years and years. I was depressed, I saw no way out, I wanted someone to save me, someone to make it all better for me. I couldn't do it, I didn't have the strength...at least that's what I told myself. Then one day I realized the only person who could save me (and who would save me) was myself. The only way to move forward was to take the necessary steps in front of me. And I did. And I moved forward and I made things better. The reason no one could save me was because that decision, that looming, difficult, impossible seeming decision, was mine to make and no one else's. It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.
Since then I've done a lot of reflecting, on myself, on my life, on where I want my life to go. It's a necessary thing to stop and assess life every now and then. Friends can help guide you, can listen to you, can be your shoulder to cry on and to make you laugh. But you have to make decisions and stand behind them knowing you are doing what is right, what is best for you and you alone.
Photo of a redwood grove captured via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens within Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Humboldt County. Late November 2013.
Life, just like love, is indeed a mystery, where such a journey allows one to travel via infinite avenues and boulevards. To anyone who is able to see its wonderful colors, acts of nature and has the ability to acquire knowledge from the unknown, life fosters the [many] conditions where one can learn how to learn--from birth, and learn whatever he or she needs to learn to actively participate in society--whether it's transforming society for the better or simply coasting along the volatile ride otherwise known as Life. A special message to those who are undergoing some sort of pain or life-changing experience--you are loved and admired by at least one entity--life. After all, you are still here to communicate your story and yes, a better day, a better moment is underway for you. Stay committed to excellence, learning, living, life, love and yourself. Photo of the Golden Gate Bridge captured from the Marin Headlands in Marin County. Bay Area. Early September 2013.
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I think we all have times where we have to stop and open ourselves up to self analysis, be it good or bad.
I've had many periods in my life where I have self analysed and reflected on who I am as a person and what I wish to be in the future... sometimes it instigates huge changes, like moving city, changing career, having a baby or sometimes it's just the little things that I work on, like saying 'I love you' a bit more often or being more forgiving.
At times like this I can feel very vulnerable, because I've lost my confidence in myself, I look in the mirror and am not proud of what I see, for whatever reason and this is why I make the change, not to please other but so I can look in the mirror and be proud of the person staring back at me... for me, that is probably the most important of all my values because it affects every aspect of my life and is intrinsic to my feeling of self worth.
MAM-self reflection
Photo captured at Trinidad State Beach via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens in the city of Trinidad. Humboldt County. Early November 2013.
Ordinarily, I use a polariser all the time to control reflections, however, I removed my polariser for my walk around London to avoid the half- to full-stop of light loss. I used a lens hood to keep the optics safe instead, which also helped with eliminating extraneous light.
Viewed through glass, a restaurant interior reveals the scene within; customers at the bar and staff serving food. The reflections merge me as the observer with the scene, blurring the boundary between outside and in. This makes the image more a study of watching and being watched, with the window becoming a membrane rather than a barrier. The reflection makes explicit what is usually implicit in street photography: the photographer is not invisible, merely displaced.
Taken using Panasonic Leica 42.5mm f/1.2 lens on my LUMIX G9II, developed with DxO PhotoLab 9 and stylised using ON1 PhotoRAW MAX 2026.
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Photo of the rugged Santa Lucia Mountains, part of the Coast Range, captured via the HDR methods of photography from Ragged Point alongside Highway 1, the Cabrillo Highway, near the Monterey County Line. Northern San Luis Obispo County. Big Sur. Mid May 2013.
Photo looking toward McKinleyville and Clam Beach captured via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens in the census-designated place of Westhaven-Moonstone via Scenic Drive, County Road 4M310 at post-mile marker 0.71. Humboldt County. Late November 2013.
Photo of Big Lagoon captured via Minolta MD Zoom Rokkor-X 75-200mm f/4.5 lens in the census-designated place of Big Lagoon. Humboldt County. Early December 2013.
Photo captured while driving towards U.S. Highway 101, past post-mile marker 95.50 on Highway 1, the Shoreline Highway, near Leggett. Mendocino County. Late March 2013.
Photo captured via HDR method of photography along the coast in Crescent City. Del Norte County. Late January 2013.
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When I had hair, I remember the constant fluffing, twisting, playing and running my fingers through it. I find myself still reaching for the shampoo and still automatically reaching for my hair. Now when I reach for my hair I feel my skin and as my family says, "my thick skull". I give myself a hug that I'm still here!
Photo captured via Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D AF Nikkor lens from Trinidad State Beach in the city of Trinidad. Humboldt County. Early October 2013.
Photo of the rugged Santa Lucia Mountains captured alongside the El Sur Ranch on the Old Coast Road in Big Sur. Monterey County. Mid April 2013.