I have given some thought to posting this image in part because its weaknesses are pretty clear, including the edge of the leaf on the right. And I am not inclined to seek full-frame images, as I am a big fan of images in which the bird/creature is doing what it does where it does - involving behaviour and habitat, in other words.

But sometimes images just happen. You go out with a camera into the woods and there are birds and... Even if you were intent on something else, you end up with an opportunity. And, sometimes, too much or too little light, etc. But as James Page has noted on several occasions on his amazing photostream, part of what makes a person drag a camera along has to be these unanticipated moments. And we do our best (I tried to watch my corners and edges, James!).

This is another image secured while trying to do something else quite specific with the camera. In this case, I was sitting on the ground in a jumble of fallen trees waiting for a Fox Sparrow to emerge. Instead I had apparently stumbled upon the Hermit Thrush’s pathway to some wildflower seeds. I had been sitting for about five minutes when it arrived atop a broken limb on one of the fallen trees, and seemed more disappointed in my presence than surprised to see me.

It takes me a minute in such situations to get past the ‘oh wow, a Hermit Thrush is sitting very close to me’ moment and remember I have a camera. I was wedged in pretty tight, and alarmed that movement of a significant kind would flush the bird. So I tried to lean away - I was far too close and playing with the lens seemed unwise - and so I was nearly prone on my back when I took this. I tried to compose it properly but in the end this is what I came away with. The focal point, and my proximity to the bird, mean that there is a lot of detail between the bill and the eye, and after that not so much.

And I decided I liked the edge of the seasonal leaf. Like the Thrush itself, it was an unexpected part of my day and image.

It has recently emerged that a Hermit Thrush is still hanging around, long after it should have departed, in or around this part of the woods. It has obviously found some sort of food source and is making a go of it.

They are among the first migrants to arrive here and also among the last to leave. It is not unusual to have Grey-cheeked and Swainson’s Thrushes as well, as we did this fall. It is a Thrush-friendly environment with fallen trees and thick ground cover. And lots of insects and wildflowers.

2024 was one of the hardest years of my life.

I learned so much about myself - strengths and weaknesses.

I broke myself repeatedly to form a more solid me.

I sacrificed true love on an altar of commitment.

I watched generations wither and stepped into the gap.

I gained beautiful flowers in my garden of friends.

I froze in the face of trial and closed within myself.

I created from the depths of my agony.

I screamed in silence for dreams unfulfilled.

I stepped up and made the choice - God over everything else.

I struggled out of the pit of surviving.

I don't know what 2025 holds.

But I know there will be continued pain... continued longing...continued moments of falling and picking myself back up. Moments of showing up for myself in solitude. Moments of nostalgia... and memory... that crush the air from my very chest.

And likely...Grief.

But through it all...

I will continue to persevere as best I can.

I will continue to cry out to God in my confusion and gain clarity.

I will continue to soak up the sun and dance in the rain.

I will continue to find small joys in the birds song.

I will continue to breathe in and out.

I will continue to believe.

I will continue to live.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah 29:11

Forever is composed of Nows

Tis not a different time

Except for Infiniteness

And Latitude of Home

~Emily Dickinson

Yes, I have a weakness for those arcades because they tend to create a unique light atmosphere.

This on here is one of what felt like 1 million shots I took in this cloister in an attempt to catch its atmosphere. And I cropped it significantly, since I found the couple at the end of the arcade were too tiny.

I knew my weakness

So hold my hand

consign me not to darkness

So crawl on my belly 'til the sun goes down

I'll never wear your broken crown

I took the road and I fucked it all away

Now in this twilight,

how dare you speak of grace

So crawl on my belly 'til the sun goes down

I'll never wear your broken crown

I can take the road and I can fuck it all away

But in this twilight,

our choices seal our fate.

i never photograph cats — not usually, not ever — but as i sat in the patio of our airbnb in hannover, working quietly, this striped apparition appeared on the little wall to the neighbour’s house. i couldn’t help myself. the lens found her eyes before my mind had time to resist, and for a moment i feared i might actually start liking this.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Mohandas Gandhi

I do have a weakness for waterfalls...

Another shot of this magical waterfall in St Nectan's Glen - a beautiful walk near Tinatgel in Cornwall. The river Trevillet has carved its way through Devonian slate and created a 60 foot waterfall through the original kieve (basin).

"I see you", Like mice they run in and out of cover but curiosity is their weakness so they cannot resist that last look..

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I have a true weakness for birds looking back... but I selected this one over the others because of that expression when his head was slightly tilted and turned.

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Submission is not a weakness.

-whispered patwa in his ear.. and it was a done deal.. cash in hand and off to shopping..

Weakness for photographing franchises

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Weil meine Kamera leider im Vordergrund fokusiert hat, obwohl der Fokuspunkt in der Bildmitte war (typische Nikonschwäche), ist das Foto unscharf. Daher habe ich es mit verminderter Auflösung hochgeladen.

Unfortunately, because my camera focused on the foreground, even though the focus point was in the center of the image (typical Nikon weakness), the photo is not sharp. That's why I uploaded it with a reduced resolution.

A moment of weakness & letting other defeat me lead to a rash decision. Through the fire I will come out stronger than anyone could ever imagine. Dracarys.

So, there we were. Two strangers, one room. I am not the shy type, usually, but she was different. She got under my skin, you know? Deep in there but slowly, like a soft, velvet blade. Was I overthinking it? Maybe. Thinking too much has always been a weakness of mine. But every once in a while, things work out in ways you don't expect, ways that are not immediate, or obvious. Tonight was one of those ambiguous nights.

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Crystal fragility is not weakness but refinement.

La fragilità del cristallo non è una debolezza ma una raffinatezza.

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High-tech surveys have highlighted weaknesses in the huge chimney stacks on the keep and gatehouse.

Cadw ( the Welsh equivalent of English Heritage), which manages the castle, used drones to fly close up and take detailed photographs. These showed tiny fissures in the stone and deterioration to the pointing, allowing water to seep in to the bedrooms below.

Removing the airbricks, they were amazed to find a colony of around 100,000 bees, which had made their home deep in the walls of the castle.

Work was stopped to allow professional beekeeper, Lorne East, to come in and salvage the colony.

But there was so much honey, it poured out of the walls all the way to the floor.

Stephen Jones, Cadw’s programme and operational planning manager, sneaked a taste of the golden honey and was blown away by its taste.

“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.”— Henry David Thoreau

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We have 4 dogs, but I must confess a weakness for Joy "Ciufolino", the dog that I personally adopted from the shelter where I was volunteering, when the shelter had to close.

His disheveled fur makes me happy, from under his eyebrows two curious and kind eyes look at me to spy if by chance I feel like going to the dog training camp... He isn't so interested in eating, he's more interested in going out, seeing people, scolding cats, run away immediately because he is terribly scary, he was found wandering in the Umbrian woods, a hunter's waste, albeit of a pure Italian hound breed.

I'll put some photos of Joy in the comments, so you can see how beautiful he is!

Adopt don't buy!

Abbiamo 4 cani, ma devo confessare un debole per Joy "Ciufolino", il cane che personalmente ho adottato dal canile rifugio dove facevo volontariato, quando il rifugio ha dovuto chiudere.

Il suo pelo arruffato mi mette allegria, da sotto le sopracciglia due occhi curiosi e buoni mi guardano per spiare se per caso avessi voglia di andare al campetto cinofilo... A lui non interessa tanto mangiare, interessa di più uscire, vedere gente, redarguire i gatti, scappare subito perchè è terribilmente pauroso, lui è stato trovato vagante nei boschi umbri, scarto di un cacciatore, seppure di pura razza segugio italiano.

Metto qualche foto di Joy nei commenti, cosicché potete vedere quanto è bello!

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2 Corinthians 12:9

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My weaknesses have always been food and men—in that order.

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My weakness is Ice cream.

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I tear my heart open, I sew myself shut

My weakness is that I care too much

And my scars remind me that the past is real

I tear my heart open just to feel

Drunk and I'm feeling down

And I just wanna be alone

I'm pissed cause you came around

Why don't you just go home

Cause you channel all your pain

And I can't help you fix yourself

You're making me insane

All I can say is

I tear my heart open, I sew myself shut

My weakness is that I care too much

And our scars remind us that the past is real

I tear my heart open just to feel

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Disappearing act... sunsets are my weakness, this is for you Misa! Please view large. #149

Wow, wow, wow. Finale already? This competition has gone by so fast and I've enjoyed it for the most part. I'm a bit disappointed that it didn't last longer.

So for one of our 4 themes we were assigned weaknesses and mine was a blindfold. I honestly think i'm at a disadvantage because one of the main parts of modeling is the eyes, and without them i think things tend to get boring. I wanted to show a more natural soft side of xoila since she's mostly been edgy :)

I'll let the photo speak for itself :)

To feel intensely is not a symptom of weakness, it is the trademark of the truly alive and compassionate. It is not the empath who is broken, it is society that has become dysfunctional and emotionally disabled. There is no shame in expressing your authentic feelings. Those who are at times described as being a 'hot mess' or having 'too many issues' are the very fabric of what keeps the dream alive for a more caring, humane world. Never be ashamed to let your tears shine a light in this world.”

― Anthon St. Maarten

Labyrinth - The Raven's Weakness (Amalie and Ciaran)

...Well, I'm still imagining a dark lit place

Or your place or my place

Well, I'm not paralyzed, but I seem to be struck by you

I wanna make you move because you're standin' still

If your body matches what your eyes can do

You'll probably move right through me on my way to you

Well, I'm not paralyzed, but I seem to be struck by you

I wanna make you move because you're standin' still

If your body matches what your eyes can do

You'll probably move right through me on my way to you..

Finger Eleven - Paralyzer (Acoustic)

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Once upon a time Vin and I had started a roleplay world inspired by Jim Henson's Labyrinth; in particular what happened AFTERWARDS. We've decided to create the characters that inhabited this world of the Underground and its King/Queendoms, and bring them to life. It all started with Jareth and Sarah's children and their epic love stories...and it has epically continued on and on through the generations.

What this world means to Vin and me...it is more than words can say. We put our souls into this world and what it represents. But it is our pleasure and excitement to be able to bring them to life.

The ones who kickstarted our whole story was Amalie (the eldest child of Jareth and Sarah who become the first Pure One) and Ciaran (a disgraced Raven prince who was the first to be known as: The Raven).

Upon first meeting, Ciaran did everything in his power (using rather cruel tactics) to scare away and send home the young woman who had come to his realm. He saw her as an enemy; someone who could and would undo everything he'd worked so hard for...

However Amalie was able to see past the mask and see Ciaran for who he really was: a misunderstood, broken man. She helped him regain his 'humanity' and therefore in him gained not only her greatest protector...but the love of her life.

Here in this scene, we're going behind closed doors. Heh, Amalie has always been Ciaran's greatest weakness and as he's told her numerous times, "You are always such a tease." After all one of her favorite things to do was tease and turn her husband on to see how quickly he would lose himself (especially since she appeared so sweet and innocent in public most of the time).

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I have Vin to thank for setting up these poses and scene! Much rawrness to be had!

You are my weakness, you are my strength

Nothing I have in the world makes better sense

Cause I´m the fish and you´re the sea

When we´re together or when we´re apart

There´s never a space in between the beat of our hearts

Cause I´m the apple and you´re the tree

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This is pretty similar to this photo in my stream.

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The weakness of ourselves and of our reason makes us see flaws in beauties by making us consider everything piece by piece.

Johann G. Hamann

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Strength or weakness, I'm not sure. Nonetheless, when your conscience starts harassing you for some action, it is hard to disobey. If you do so, there is no use trying to convince yourself that such or such task is pointless: it will come back, again and again, until you proceed. When this arrives, you're not that much in control anymore: your conscience is. Are you still yourself? Is it just a part of your mind, or is it another will, living there in your head? I'm not sure. But that question was worth an image!

Technically, I have seen similar creations by several artists. This is my attempt at it, using only my own photos, instead of a 3D software, or pencils. I had to attach a hook to my upper lip, to emulate the face deformation (which I erased in post, obviously), but it worked as expected. Thanks for watching. Hope you like it!

Nacemos llorando, para coger aire y seguir adelante..

.We are born crying, to catch air and move on ...