Beyaz ve Kırmızı

Hayat beyaz bir huzurdur

kan kızılı gizler bağrında

arınmak donmuş duygularda, umuda

bir can katar tek bedende onca dala

kan kızılı tomurcuk gizler bağrında

arınmış dolanır onca sevda dalında

kökler salındıkça umut ulaşır sevdasına

beyaza yakışan kırmızı dalında

tomurcukta başlayan

köklerde son bulan

ömrün vefası büyük aşkta

kırmızıya ve beyaza

hasretiz bu dünyada…

denizin kızı MAVİİ 18.02.2008 / 23:43

And as the years go by

Our friendship will never die

You're gonna see it's our destiny

You've got a friend in me

I've looked at these roof or ceiling louvres many times as I've stood on the platform at Blackfriars. They have a certain elegance in their lines and are a perfect subject for a 'light and shadow' shot. Here though I waited for a train to pull in and shot this image as the train was moving through the station but still moving at a fairly slow pace. If you look closely you can just about see the movement.

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I've heard a lot of arguments about how movements should be separate because they might have different histories, have different goals, or different means of arising at these goals.

But all of those arguments ignore something extremely crucial that I don't want any one of you to miss: Some people don't have a choice. For some, the very notion of acceptance of their full existence is in jeopardy. How can we ask any human to give up a part of themselves or prioritize? Would we do that? We are the sum of many identities and all should be celebrated.

I also strongly believe that working together will accomplish a lot more. If you support LGBTQ rights, you should also absolutely support Black Lives Matter and vice versa. The oppression of the masses is controlled by a powerful few. It is their agenda to get different races and oppressed groups to fight against each other.

So, if you are saying, for instance: "Well, I support gender equality but I don't support Black Lives Matter" then you're wrong. Those two statements cannot exist in reality without a terrible combustion. We all must fight for this movement and put aside our own personal agendas that are poisoning our spirits.

If you do not stand with the oppressed, you do not stand with humanity.

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I’ve lost a bit of mojo getting out to the beach for photography these last couple of months. I’ve been giving too much priority to working out and partying. In my defence it was Christmas and New Year I guess. Time to change that! I think I’ve found my motivation in a 100X group on Flickr , where you commit to taking 100 photos of subject “X”. Not to be confused with 100 X-rated photos 😉 So I’ve committed to taking 100 new “Waterscapes” this coming year. I’ve been to all but a couple of the coast’s 49 beaches , but why not go back and enjoy them all over again . They are always fun to visit and there is always something new & different to see. And I haven’t paid anywhere near enough attention to our 4 large lakes and numerous rivers, creeks and bays. Besides, I don’t think I have enough seascapes in my gallery 😂

So this is waterscape photo 1 of 100 for 2025.

Hope everyone is having a great week! Thanks for all the kind comments , they are always greatly appreciated.

I've never had the chance to photograph Golden Plover close so when I heard there was one on the Golf course on St. Mary's, despite the rain, I was on my way. Once found it was, as expected, very tame. Sadly the low light was a nightmare but as I was using the 400mm 2.8 it meant I could shoot wide open and get the shutter speed up!

If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times - if you want to have a wonderful place all to yourself, go sucker fishing - and it's not hard to see why after getting a good look at this northern hogsucker. They may not be the most handsome fish in the river, but they're pretty cool characters in my book. Their tapered torpedo shape helps them stay stationed on the bottom in very fast current where they draft behind small boulders. When feeding, they tip rocks over with that heavy-duty flat bony head and then suck up any aquatic insects hiding underneath. These neat unique fish fill an important food chain niche in fast-moving rocky rivers and should be released back to the stream after a quick photo.

I've long had a fascination with the Pittsburgh & West Virginia but have never made the effort it would take to try to railfan the east end of the railroad. Given an opportunity to try chasing a good Wheeling train west out of Connellsville on a beautiful March afternoon it was well worth the hours of driving to get there. The P&WV's "high & dry" nickname is well earned as the railroad climbs immediately out of Connellsville for a cross country hilltop hopping route through the mountains over a series of impressive bridges. The first of the two major river crossings on the way to Pittsburgh is the Banning bridge over the Youghiogheny River. On the right you can see CSX's original B&O mainline which followed the river from Connellsville and is now well below the "high & dry". Wheeling train 617 has the special painted "Ohio" unit on the point along with two in corporate paint which isn't easy to get on this part of the railroad. There was some unfortunate glare on the third unit which I photoshopped out but overall I was still pretty happy to get a shot of a train on the former P&WV here. Banning, PA 3/21/21

I've just returned from another trip to Serbia, leading a Bird Photography Tour for 3 clients. One of the highlights was the fabulous Bee-eater colony. Here the light was very soft which I found much more appealing for capturing the birds' plumage.

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I've been keeping a diary for as long as I can remember.

When I was little, the little joys and worries were written into it and when I was big the joys and worries got bigger too.

But the book always had an ear for me and that was often comforting.

I sometimes look into old diaries and remember many things and people in my life, that I had already forgotten.

HSoS !!!

I've always said the Wood Duck hen is very attractive in her own right. Not as flashy as the clown colored male, but a subdued beauty that is hard to match in the duck world. This female was preening her feathers after a dive in the creek. I find the pose to be rather "elegant." Please view large for best experience.

Thanks for stopping by ~!

I've only found a very few locations that I can get a nice shot of Mount Rainier. This shot was taken in Graham, just a couple miles from where we were living at the time. We've since moved, but I think this will always be an endearing shot of the mountain! Hope you enjoy!

Graham, Washington

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I've been observing this nest since March 30th.

That is the day on which the swan mother sat down on the nest for the first time.

In between it was very cold and brooding was interrupted, but also resumed. About two weeks ago the swans cleaned the nest and ate a few eggs that were apparently dead. Today I saw that two chicks hatched. It could be that there is still something to come.

the weather wasn't the best this morning.

I stay tuned

seit dem 30.März beobachte ich dieses Nest.

Das ist der Tag an dem sich die Schwanenmutter zum ersten mal auf das Gelege gesetzt hat.

Zwischendurch war es sehr kalt und das Brüten wurde unterbrochen, aber auch wieder aufgenommen. Vor etwa zwei Wochen haben die Schwäne das Nest gesäubert und ein paar Eier, die scheinbar tot waren selbst gefressen. Heute habe ich gesehen, das zwei Küken geschlüpft sind. Könnte sein, das noch etwas nachkommt.

Das Wetter war heute morgen nicht das Beste

Ich bleibe dran

Been scared of the future, thinking about the past

While missing out on now

We've come so far, I guess I'm proud

And I ain't worried about the wrinkles around my smile

I've got some scars, I've been around

I've felt some pain, I've seen some things, but I'm here now

Those good old days

You don't know, what you've got

Till it goes, till it's gone

You don't know, what you've got

Till it goes, till it's gone

Good old days

Getting dressed for work, wearing

Hot Day Briefs and Obsessed Pants by [Dope+Mercy]

infos in my blog

I've gone back 10 years for a seasonal photo for this week's Fence Friday. It's shot of the deck at a lodge where my wife and I stayed in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, taken on a wet and foggy morning in October 2011.

HFF

I've been working on this for weeks now. I'm not sure I'll ever finish it (or at least it feels that way now) There is a poem that goes with it and it is being equally difficult. I've discovered that the magnetic lasso tool in CS3 photoshop is very unstable and it crashed this file and I lost a lot of work, which is very rare occurance for PS these days. I had to load CS2 photoshop just to make some mask selections. Very irritating! Also this file is very large maybe 65" wide if I want it to be. We shall see.

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You've got to get yourself together

You've got stuck in a moment and you can't get out of it

Oh love look at you now

You've got yourself stuck in a moment

and you can't get out of it

(U2 - Stucky in a moment you can´t get out of)

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I've posted photos of the oats harvest here in Howard County in the past couple weeks and here's the culmination of that process - threshing time. From right to left: a gasoline engine that turns a big belt that powers the threshing machine; the oats bundles being unloaded from a horse-drawn wagon that brought them in from the field where they'd been stored in the shocks; the big gray threshing machine that sorts the grain from the chaff; the oats is going into the wood wagon mostly hidden behind the threshing machine; the long gray tube carrying the chaff to a stationary baling machine that makes small square bales; the bales being loaded up on wagons and ready to be carried back to the barn. My Grandpa Reis threshed oats this same way only three miles away and I helped to throw bundles off the wagon and into the threshing machine just like you see here but a half-century ago so this was life as I knew it growing up. Grandpa farmed with tractors rather than horses starting in the 1940s though.

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Despite the mixed bag of weather we've been getting lately - and a general feeling that the bird migration has been slowed by the cold nights and a couple of surprise snowfalls - there's no doubt that the spring resurgence of life on the northern prairie is underway. Therefore, over the next few days, we'll look at some signs of spring in and around Grasslands NP.

First up, this Black-tailed Prairie Dog with a mouthful of dried grass. The little rodents have been foraging now for several weeks, replacing fat reserves lost over the winter. I've watched them digging roots and clipping last year's grass, but recently they've been adding a little fresh salad to their diet.

Endless entertainment for a photographer visiting dogtown...

Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2022 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

I've been waiting ages to be able to use this title!

Local info: I couldn't drive up to the barn in my Ford Focus, I needed a Chelsea Tractor.

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This is another shot for my Seven Sisters Set

I've stated this before, but I am always amazed that at a sunset beachgoers walk away as soon as the sun hits the horizon line. There is no guarantee, but the possibility is always there that you will be able to see some of the most incredibly amazing colors nature can produce if you just wait another 5 to 10 minutes. The sky can appear to be on fire. It will only last for a minute or so, but will be well worth your wait if you do.

I've seen dozens all over the American West, but never had one pose for the camera like this. And in a picturesque thornbush, yay!

San Pedro House, Sierra Vista, Arizona. March 2020.

I've always had great difficulty getting up early, thats why don't I even try! It's a lot more fun to sleep late and then stand around in the bathroom and do nonsense forever

Thank you a much to Kinky Event and catNap for the super cute Outfit - love it. If you looking for.. it will be available on Kinky event. Come Gurls and check it out!

Items on Event: catNap. / CECILE TOP&SKIRT

catNap. / CECILE PANTIE

catNap. / CECILE SKIRT

catNap. / CECILE TOP

Its made for Legacy/Perky, Maitreya/Petit and Reborn!

i will send you a Taxi zo the Kinky Event - lets go♥

also worn:

lel EvoX AVALON 3.1

[Heaux] Yooa - Browless - Blush *VE

identity faces - scars 9 //light// left

[TEAR] Nene Set (Lel EvoX)

DOUX - Morning Hairstyle [S2/ Big bun]

RAWR! Coil ELF FEMALE EvoX Earrings

eerie . Horny - Full softer (hornless)

[B] Eye Cream Step 1

[B] Milk Toner

Body:

[BODY] Legacy (f) Perky (1.5.1)

VELOUR x VENUS for LEGACY (BLUSH/ATHLETIC)

*KUNDALA* Abdominal Muscles BOM A19 (Legacy)

[theSkinnery] BodyScars Addon 7 light 50%

REVIVER - THE EYE- FULL DARK

Decor:

hive // sweet teddy bear . pink heart

hive // heart wall planter

[B] Milk Toner [DECOR]

[B] Face Wash [DECOR]

[B] Face Cream [DECOR]

[B] Eye Cream [DECOR]

[B] Elixir Bottle

Scene:

FOXCITY. Photo Booth - Fever Dream (Rez)

FOXCITY. Lippy-4m

Desde lo alto se ve

el horizonte sin trampa.

No deja de ser curioso

cómo algunos esconden

lo cercano y lo lejano

y no te lo dejan ver,

porque descubres, ¡oh cielos!,

lo que pretenden hacer.

Si tan bueno es lo que hacen,

¿por qué te cierran el paso

y no te dejan mirar?

Procura siempre subirte,

si algo quieres mirar,

a un alto no a un pedestal.

Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky.

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I've posted a day shot of this ship but I feel like the night shot looks interesting. I just found out Galveston is offering day sails to tourist. Checked it out on line and it's $300 dollars a person. So, looks like I won't be going out for a day sail anytime soon.

I've struggled with these falls in the past, and as I was in the area I thought I would give thme another go. These are the Wailing Widow Falls near Unapool and are quite accessible as they are only a short distance off the main road north from Ullapool.

However, try as I might I couldn't get a shot I was happy with. This time round I tried various filters and exposures but still not right. So, having looked around at what other people were up to on Flickr, I thought I would try a high contrast B&W and also change the format to a square.

See what you think.

I've been on this eastern run for 3 weeks, and it's been mostly fun. Some problems, like today. Need some repairers to the truck, not going to happen until tomorrow. But, I'm starting to miss my western states, and home. I took this sunset back in December in Nevada. I'll probably be back west within a week. Home in early May for several days, my brother is coming out to visit our mom. I've got a couple of photo shoots in mind. The one near his place in Arkansas was a blast.

nevbaharda geleni sensin sandıım dün gece...

kandilimiz mübarek olsun arkadaşlar :))

Ve la gran tempesta. (Torredembarra - Costa Daurada- Catalunya).

Viene la gran tormenta. (Torredembarra - Costa Dorada- Cataluña).

The great storm is coming. (Torredembarra - Golden Coast - Catalonia).

Para vuestra información :

Esta fotografía está realizada 5 minutos antes de la fotografía "Una luz dentro de la tempestad" que subí hace pocos dias con las barcas iluminadas dentro de una gran negrura, motivada por esta misma tormenta.

En menos de 10 minutos se pasó del sol a una oscuridad parecida a la de la noche... cayó un diluvio.

I've taken lots of bald eagle shots but this one had such a cool look. These wonderful creatures have all kinds of expressions and behaviors and it's a real joy to watch and photograph them.

This one was photographed in Pasco County, Florida.

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Thanks for visiting and for your faves and comments.

If you'd like to see more of my eagle images, go to schockenphotography.com. I have many images of eagles and other raptors, owls, woodpeckers, hummingbirds, songbirds and mammals such as bobcats.