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When you live in Venice, you get to see the city before the hustle and bustle begins if you get up early enough.
When in Arches, it is always worth a stop at Park Avenue!
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When driving home late from playing a gig, one can always find peace while waiting for a freight train to pass by. Even if it is 100 plus cars. All this while being less than four minutes from home.
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Vesteralen islands, Norway
nikon d7000
Tripod Vanguard Alta 263 AGH + Vanguard GH-100
Hitech holder system + Lee filter 0.75 nd grad (soft)+ ND 0.9
nikkor 12-24
12 mm
iso100
f/10
0.8s
When the day is overcast it seems like the perfect opportunity to try my hand at monochrome photography.
Taken when visiting Loch Lomond with our Canadian friends a few weeks ago ... just wanted to remind myself that we do have nice weather now and again!
Flickr Lounge ~ Weekend Theme (Week 41) ~ Photographer's Choice ....
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This is an example of miniature drama playing out in millions of flowers this time of year. This Goldenrod Crab Spider is making a dietary decision that could be life-altering. "To eat, or not to eat this plaster bee family member?"
"When I was a bachelor I lived by myself;
And all the bread and cheese I got I laid up on the shelf.
The rats and the mice they made such a strife,
I was forced to go to London to buy me a wife......"
“Favorite Mother Goose Rimes” illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright and published by Rand McNally & Co., who copyrighted in 1916. I believe my research shows that this book is the last half of the “Real Mother Goose” which can be viewed at Gutenberg Project for free.
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs.
When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
~Ansel Adams
To make someone feel, make someone relate, make someone think - this is the beauty of it all. Making some sort of an impact has and always will be my purpose in why I take photographs.
I believe as photographers, we all have a story to tell of why or how we got into photography.
2006.
A year that dramatically altered my perspective on life and the spark that ignited my passion for photography.
It was during that year, two people who meant the world to me passed away 8 months apart from each other. Never had I anticipated experiencing death at such a rapid rate. Emotional turmoil took over and depression became a part of me. I was no longer the same person, I was filled with denial, pain and sadness. I felt numb to the world and every person in it. I was in a constant battle with my emotions, not knowing where to turn for support in such a difficult time.
For months I had obsessively been glancing at sites that contained photography from Deviant Art photographers. With every picture that came across my eye while scrolling down the pages, a lightning bolt of questions and curiosity struck me: “How can someone capture something so beautiful in such a short amount of time?” The fact that each photograph was unique and held a different view fascinated me. I quickly aspired to experiment with taking pictures. Due to such a powerful curiosity, I'm sure you can imagine the delight that filled me when I got my first camera - a Canon Powershot - as a present for Christmas. Little did I know that what I first deemed as an “experiment” would within time turn into an escape, a passion that would heal me greatly.
I began to feel the world looked so much more beautiful when I looked at it through a camera's viewfinder. Every day I would be out in my backyard taking photographs, and in those moments capturing what surrounded me, I didn't feel pain. I didn't feel sadness. I didn't feel numb - I felt peace. Taking photographs made me rediscover who I was as a person. My camera became my greatest friend who knew all my secrets and witnessed me metamorphosis.
It's hard to believe it's been 3 years.
Being a part of Flickr has been such an uplifting experience for me.
Three years ago, I never would have imagined gaining such inspiration, support and friendship from so many extraordinary people. For that and so much more, I am forever grateful.
Photography is a true saving grace.
When we were in Washington state in 2013, if you had asked me to name the state flower of Washington, I would have said that it had to be Fireweed. We saw it all over, especially on the sides of roads where they were just "allowed" to take root and grow. The days we stopped to get shots of the flowers, it had just rained. That helped ... and hindered. The Fireweed is another plant with flowers that are ill-defined except for the stamen (the curled white things).
No way I was going to get this with a dark background, but I'm fairly good with exposures (in the field) which will blur the background. And, that's what you see here.
Chamaenerion angustifolium is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae. It is known in North America as fireweed, in some parts of Canada as great willowherb,[in Britain and Ireland as rosebay willowherb. In the United Kingdom it is also known as bombweed, as a result of its rapid appearance on city bomb sites during the Blitz of World War II. It is native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, including large parts of the boreal forests.
stand the fuck up and say, "you hit like a bitch!"
Not sure who's quote it is but I dig it. Suits the day.
When photographing the yellow shafted northern flicker at the Yakima Area Arboretum some of these cedar waxwings landed almost within arms length and several flew by very close. I was almost afraid the one would hit me. There are several hundred in the area eating crabapples from the flowering crabapple trees. I also saw several at Sportsman State Park.
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“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”
― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets
Pose: [DD] Floor female poses Pose 4 from La Vie en Pose Jan '22
Backdrop: Simply Shelby Be My Valentine Backdrop 1024 from La Vie en Pose Jan '22
Visit this location at Juni and Airagorn's Fortress of Solitude in Second Life
When shadows rise and night comes it is good to remember that new light and a fresh start come in the morning!
Grand Teton as seen from Teton Valley, Idaho in evening light.
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Last year, at the beginning of May we have taken a drive to Beaverhills Natural Area. The road was calling us for the sun was shining, the skies were amazing and the world awakened from winter slumber. Such a pleasure to visit again, even if it is only in pictures ;D
Thank you all for following my photo stream! I wish all of you a happy and healthy new year full of exciting moments and wonderful imagery.
A serious nod here to Zetti Art. The quote is from Ralph Elliston.
Credits to Pixabay for figure, masks, and moths.
When we first moved into this home there was this boot on the back deck with clover in it. I called it the garden boot and figured it was some kind of lucky charm. It's 21 years later and still is holding up to all the weather. A well made boot!! Timberland boots for the win!
"When I am able to resist the the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than Judge".
Gerald Jampolsky.
Linus loves to be high up and watch over HIS kingdom (Cleo and Fynn think he is megalomaniac). I guess it's also nice to be closer to the birds that way. :)
Schooner: "WHEN and IF" - Key West Harbor
Key West, Florida - The Florida Keys - 12/5/20
*[newcomer to the harbor-fleet this year! She's beautiful!]
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - classic lines - afterglow]
*[I'm doing a Key West Harbor Boat Series 2020.....so bear
with me for a little bit. There were lots of really awesome boats,
ships and beautiful sailing vessels this year! Thanks for looking]
The America 2.0, the Adirondack III, the Western Union, the Appledore and many other tall ships are credited with helping
to keep Key West's maritime traditions alive for years to come.
The 'WHEN and IF' is a beautiful addition to the Key West Fleet!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_keys
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisteria_Island
My Key West 2020 Slideshow : flic.kr/s/aHsmTvNLb4
A mother's joy begins when a new life is stirring inside...when a tiny heartbeat is heard for the first time, and a playful kick reminds her that she is never alone. ~ Anonymous