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This Uniting Church in Newcastle makes a big effort to welcome all to its services, but now all churches are closed because of Covid-19.
Day 25 of Pentax Forums Daily in March 2020 Challenge.
The shot was exposed and focused on the sun's glare on the water near the boat. (ISO 100, f22, 1/1000, 80-200@200 ~3PM)
Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, it’s comforting that we can escape the insanity and take solace in nature. This woodland scene is from one of my favourite woodland escapes...beautiful Francis/King Regional Park, Saanich, Vancouver Island, BC.
Francis King Regional Park is a 107-hectare park, nestled in rural Saanich. The woodland park is home to massive old growth forest including magnificent 500-year-old Douglas-fir trees. There is a vast network of woodland walking and hiking trails as well as a boardwalk loop trail for those with mobility issues, an ideal place for visitors of all abilities to explore nature.
The park gets its name from the surnames of James Francis whose father purchased the property in the 1840s and his good friend Thomas (the Skipper) King. James Francis was a lover of nature, refusing to donate his land to the city of Victoria as well as declining monetary offers from others to log the land. Thank goodness we have these beautiful gems in nature to enjoy especially during these times.
North Shore Oahu, HI
Turtle Bay.
One of my favorite spots on earth! :)
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Polaroid Week Autumn 2022, Day 4/2
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Polaroid 195 Land camera + expired Polaroid 669 type film
243/365
A mass upload to catch up on my 365. Camping with no WiFi or phone signal. Bliss.....
Trimingham Beach again. Got flippin' drowned 2mins after this was taken!
She measured to the hour its solitude.
She was the single artificer of the world
In which she sang. And when she sang, the sea,
Whatever self it had, became the self
From The Idea of Order at Key West by Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955)
“Don’t go to a museum with a destination. Museums are wormholes to other worlds. They are ecstasy machines.”
― Jerry Saltz
At The Molly Bloom Gallery in the Virtual Chelsea Hotel
While walking through the very busy, labaryntian alleys in the Kumartuli neighbourhood of Kolkata, I found this quiet little court-yard, tucked away where this woman was sitting, most likely to escape the hustle and bustle of the streets. She seemed to be in a world of her own, not paying any attention or care to what was happening around her. She probably didn't even notice me snap this photo.
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Kumartuli - Kolkata, India
Life has a funny way of being unlike anything you imagine it will be.
After years of dreaming, this year I was finally able to visit my #1 bucket list location - Tombstone Territorial Park. I reserved permits months in advance, and when August came I drove 45+ hours north into Yukon territory, joined by two of my best friends, ready to hike into the back-country to spend a week under the awe-inspiring, towering presence of the Tombstones and creating a new series of personal photos.
This ended up being the only photo I got. On the second day we were overtaken by a blizzard, and as we were crossing a boulder field one of my friends slipped and fell head first several feet down into the sharp boulders, splitting his head open. Looking back gives me chills to imagine how our situation could have ended much worse - it was immediately apparent we didn't have enough supplies for the medical attention needed. To make a long story short, our emergency radio wouldn't turn on (even though it was fully charged the previous day), but somehow the adrenaline carried us calmly through each moment - I ran ahead to the next campsite and found a team of park rangers (who were only in the back-country to re-build part of the trail, thank goodness for their timing!), and with their help we were able to get a helicopter evacuation 3 hours later (kudos to the pilot for flying in a blizzard as night fell - apparently the only reason he did was because he had just landed there the night before to practice for emergencies). All in all, we got so lucky in what was an unlucky situation. 3 months later my friend is still recovering and doing well. :)
People have been asking if I'm disappointed this dream trip didn't go according to plan. The weird thing is, I'm not - not in the least. I've seen up close the dark possibilities of what could have been with people I care about deeply, and I've come away with a profoundly heightened sense of gratitude and a much deeper respect for nature. And a reason to someday return and finish what we started.
As autumn winds down, its remaining foliage rains down and gets lost with the wind.
If there's one place in my life that I always find solace it would have to be Melbourne. We had a number of Wedding pictures taken there and its also somewhere I have sought when the news as not been so good. I really don't know why it speaks to me so much but I always feel an inner calm when I arrive. The calm can be broken a little when a stonking sunset sky comes along though.
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'What though our eyes with tears be wet?
The sunrise never failed us yet. The blush of dawn may yet restore
Our light and hope and joy once more.
Sad soul, take comfort, nor forget
That sunrise never failed us yet'...
Celia Thaxter(1835-1894). Excerpt from Drift-weed 1878.
Early morning, looking east from my home. I love to be out in the garden enjoying the fresh scents and hearing the waking bird song. Feelings of gratitude that sunrise brings, for the new day ahead.
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I uploaded the original of this image more than a year ago. It was only 800 pixels wide so now I substituted it with a version that carries a handful more of pixels, otherwise it is the same.
I have been back to the same place many times over the past year in an attempt to capture a similar shot, somehow the light I had for this one has gone to never come back.
Some of you may already know of my upcoming expo, some of you might not. So here it is, throughout the month of March this and other images from my collection will be displayed at Albert Heijn Zeelandia, in Curaçao.
All images on display are printed on premium quality canvas and gallery wrapped. If anybody feels the urge to give any of them a new wall to hang on that will be possible too.
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No tech numbers out here today, read the EXIF if it excites you that much :-P
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