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We had it confirmed yesterday that our dear Flickr friend, Gérard had left us. I say confirmed because I had noticed he had not reappeared as he always did and the days of his absence were increasingly disturbing. I thought about him often of late...his loyalty, consistent presence and most of all his humor. He is the only one I've ever known who I could really hear laugh when he wrote "LOL."
It's funny how this medium can actually develop what can only be defined as real friendships when one anticipates and looks forward to daily interactions and comments. I recall the shock I felt when he informed us of his condition...and clearly recall also the shock he himself felt in just those few dramatic words. I eagerly awaited his return to Flickr from his treatments and, when he did, marveled at his spirit during this impossibly difficult time.
Gérard and I shared musical tastes and frequently exchanged YouTube links we thought appropriate to an image or an expressed thought. In many ways, we were on the same "wave length" and we discussed and mourned the losses in the musical arena this year. And now he has joined them. It has indeed been a year of loss.
So adieu, mon ami. You will be missed deeply by many, as myself, who have never met or even spoken to you...a tribute indeed. Oh, and I can tell that's you captured in this image by the white head...;-)
And one more link to carry you onward...
This is the only the second time that I have been able to photograph this owl, although I have seen it and tried for years. It is also nice that I have captured it awake with its eyes open.
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This chipmunk that we found deep in the forest was hiding in plain sight. it thought by not moving it would not be found, and that nearly was the case. We could hardly see it in the light as diminished by the trees; had to turn the speed down and the iso up to photograph it. A little light came through a break in the tree tops which can be seen in the eye reflection.
Photo taken in Kent Gardens Park, McLean, Virginia.
Se muy bien como es esa expresión tan tuya...que nada la destruya entre el ruido y el tiempo.
I know very well how that expression is so yours ... that nothing destroys it between noise and time.
This photo was taken by Just In Time. Please make sure to stop by her stream and check out the amazing photos.
For those of you who are interested,this is a compilation image of "Just In Time's" photo and OPT Processing As you can see the result is absolutely breathtaking. Rest assured that this is NOT an hdr image. Our magical technique creates results much like that of an HDR however, can be done with a single exposure, and eliminates the "halo" effect you most often find in hdr imagery. This technique is becoming well know as OPT. OPT is a combination of many programs EXCLUDING Photoshop. We hope to someday make OPT available to everyone through a software program, with a different name than OPT (over processed technique)
As you can see from this image, the sharpness, the color, the depth is increased exponentially.
It happens sometimes, that I don't see in the drawings of the sequence of the folding steps, what a designer means. It took me a while before I saw that this Hippopotamus had his mouth width open ;-)
Another three-legged 'abstract' origami animal by James Sakoda with his 'Eight-Point Star' (see first comment box) .
Model: origami Hippopotamus
Design: James Sadoka
Diagrams in the book 'Modern Origami' by James Sakoda
Paper: 15x15cm golden foil with pattern
Final size 'Hippomotamus': 9cm width, height 4,5cm
If you are interested to see more of his 'modern origami-models', you are invited to visit my origami-album James Sakoda. Enjoy ;-)
... with some swallows / Schwalben catching breakfast in the rising mist at Malchower See, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
For the Macro Mondays theme: “What is that?”
Have a guess ;-))
And a lovely start of this week!!
Update: it is a macroshot of a zipper ;-))
I've seen that look in your eyes
It makes me go blind
Cut me deep, the secrets and lies
Storm in the quiet
… and closer to the training pen. This look is very familiar to anyone who has horses. We see a beautiful morning fresh with new possibilities to up our horsemanship game, and our equine bestie sees his friends loafing around in the pasture and grieves the ever increasing distance between his destination and his oats! Not to worry, Roanie, I foresee carrots in your very near future!
Happy Friday, everyone! Wishing you happy trails and a weekend filled with all of the things you love the most! ♥
that timidity dilutes photographic achievement, and great poetry never rhymes :-)
Andrew Stark
HGGT! Ukraine Matters!
j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
The last picture from my project series to "forest and fog" or "fog and forest"? No matter, it's giant fun. Both walking in the foggy winter forest as well as the photographing. I am very happy when the pictures also liked one or the other. Enjoy your time, makes the best of it and stays healthy.
I took this at Cammino e Vivo Capovito. It is an amazing place, truly. Read about it here on the SLuggle.
and why don’t we see so much. I just see it :-)
Harold Feinstein
HPPS! Truth Matters!
callicarpa rubella, purple beautyberry, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
The hard thing to do of course is to find a way to photograph a mundane subject or a mundane event in a way that makes it exciting.
Brooks Jensen
HFF! Truth Matters!
prunus, daybreak yoshino cherry, 'Akebono', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
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For some that phrase would describe their eyes after a late night of partying and ringing in the New Year. For me on this first morning of the 20s, it meant first-light reaching Towers of the Virgin in Zion National Park.
Being a native East-Coaster, who has transplanted to life on the West Coast, I still feel that the New Year occurs when the crystal ball drops in New York, and that's the end. So, with the aide of staid Springdale, Utah, it was easy to get an early bedtime on New Years Eve so we could begin the trek to the Canyon Overlook Trail at 6:00 AM to catch first-light and sunrise from this vantage.
The trail is a relatively flat mile hike with a few tricky spots where the ice and slickrock conspire to give even the most sure-footed concern in the dark. Once we reached the overlook, I was a little concerned that our cold trek may have been for naught, due to the heavy cloud cover. Though they were thick overhead, there still was some clearing to the East, along the sun on the horizon to light a narrow band, reflecting off the cloud bottoms and warming the sheer rocks faces of the Temple of the Virgin ahead. This image was captured about 10-15 minutes before the local sunrise time, and is considerably brighter than what we saw with our eyes, due to the 20-second exposure.
Once the actual sun rays reached the Temple directly, the light only lit the areas seen here in red for less than 5 minutes before disappearing above the clouds for the remainder of the day.
Recognition:
Merit, Nature/Landscape category - JAN 24 PPSDC Image Competition, San Diego
Selected for Display, Color Scenic Landscape: Winter - JUN-JUL 2023, International Exhibition of Photography, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds, CA
Pose by Tribal Tuesday ~ That Moment
Your Limo to .: Tribal Tuesday :.
♫ ♪ Victoria Monét - Moment ♪ ♫
I got a feeling that you brought me to you
Yeah, you did, babe
Look what your mind's imagination can do
Making shit true
Yeah, you do, babe
So let me take away your pain
Give me all of your emotions
Land it like a plane on my back if you can't hold it
Life is but a dream that you manifested slowly
So fuck a fantasy
This your motherfuckin' moment
Aye, this your motherfuckin' moment
Yeah (That you manifested slowly)
Aye, this your motherfuckin' moment
Life is but a dream
Here we are inside of it and you're inside of me
Until you actually fall asleep
Finally you can add this moment to your memory, ooh
Take away your pain
Give me all of your emotions
Land it like a plane on my back if you can't hold it
Life is but a dream that you manifested slowly
So fuck a fantasy
This your motherfuckin' moment
Aye, this your motherfuckin' moment
Yeah (That you manifested slowly)
Aye, this your motherfuckin' moment
Days That Used To Be_Neil Young
People say don't rock the boat, let things go their own way
Ideas that once seem so right, now have gotten hard to say
I wish that I could talk to you and you could talk to me
'Cause there very few of us left my friend
From the days that used to be
Seem like such a simple thing to follow one's own dream
But possessions and concession are not often what they seem
They drag you down and load you down in disguise of security
But we never had to make those deals
In the days that used to be
Talk to me, my long lost friend, tell me how you are
Are you happy with your circumstance, are you driving a new car
Does it get you where you want to go, with a seven year warranty
Or just another hundred thousand miles away
From the days that used to be
Songwriters: Neil Young
Picture taken @ IMAGOLand_For FOCUS MAGAZINE LANDSCAPES ARTICLE_ APRIL 2021 ISSUE
That was a bitter cold January morning. There was no wind but fog at the foot of the Untersberg. I waited for the sunrise that did not want to come. I hope my picture can convey this wintry mood to you a bit. Thank you for visiting my gallery!
'That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet.'
Romeo and Juliet
This rose, Compassion, has an exquisite scent.
I'm thinking of George Orwell planting roses
in his cottage garden in Wallington.
And of Clare of course, so often in my thoughts.
Macro Mondays: pastel
We are hoping Santa Paws brings you some nice treats and maybe a toy, squeaky toys are the best or maybe he will just bring you human stuff, lol. Thankyou for all the support throughout the year, we hope that we have brought you some joy and we wish you all a very happy 2023.
that person will always find a way to make time for you. No excuses, no lies and no broken promises" ❤️️
Taken at the beautiful Tulum reserve
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I do appreciate you all ❤️
“That is one good thing about this world ... There are always sure to be more springs.” (L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea, 1909)
Cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera) in Primrose Hill Community Woodland taken this spring after end of lockdown. Bath, BANES, England, UK
This will be the day
That you will hear me say
That I will never run away
I am here for you
Love is meant for two
Now tell me what u're gonna do
If I gave you diamonds and pearls
Would you be a happy boy or a girl
If I could I would give you the world
But all I can do is just offer you my love
Which one of us is right
If we always fight
Why can't we just let love decide (Let love decide)
Am I the weaker man
Because I understand
That love must be the master plan (Love is the master plan)
If I gave you diamonds and pearls
Would you be a happy boy or a girl
If I could I would give you the world
But all I can do is just offer you my love
D to the I to the A to the M
O to the N to the D to the pearls of love
D to the I to the A to the M (To the M)
O to the N to the D to the pearls of love
There will come a time (There will come a time)
When love will blow your mind (Blow your mind)
And everything you'll look 4 you'll find (Take a look inside)
That will be the time (That will be the time)
That everything will shine (Forever)
So bright it makes you colorblind (You will be color blind)
If I gave you diamonds and pearls
Would you be a happy boy or a girl
If I could I would give you the world
All I can do is just you my love
If I gave you diamonds and pearls (Pearls)
Would you be a happy boy or a girl (Yeah yeah)
If I could I would give you the world (Give you the world)
All I can do is just offer you my love (All I can do)
If I gave you diamonds and pearls (Diamonds)
Would you be, would you, would you
(Would ya, would ya, would ya be happy little baby)
A happy boy or a girl
If I could I would give you the world
On a beautiful still morning at the Beaver pond the light was glorious streaming through the trees and reflecting the Autumn colors. Eastern Sierras Ca.
4th place Autumn Colors contest TMI your Art and Nature group.