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Just north of Mount Vernon on Springville Road there's a little creek that decided to display a beautiful sunset. The price of admission was a bike ride dodging speeding vehicles, but it was totally worth it!
When it's too hot to suck in the gut, you just let it all hang out. This was the sight that met my eyes outside my window.
Male Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
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A shot of short Dart 42559 SN05DSV, a very well worked and careworn member of the First Kernow fleet.
For years, these were largely found on the Falmouth area locals and a few other routes around Camborne but this one is covering for an errant new e200 when seen climbing out of Fowey.
When jetlag kicks in and waking up earlier than desired what are you suppose to do? taking pictures of course :)
When up to El Dorado canyon and photographed this beautiful model in the mining town just outside Las Vegas Nevada
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When I took this shot in September 2012 I could never have guessed that I was looking down on what in less than nine months would become my home.
What a place to wake up every morning...I may never go on holiday again!
I am reading the new book "Digital Capture After Dark" by Amanda Quintenz-Fiedler and Philipp Scholz Rittermann. The book intrigues me again on the night photography.
But I am born to be a lazy photographer. I do not want to go to the remote or exotic places for night photography. I do not shoot RAW and I do not use a lot of post-production techniques as suggested by the writers. I don't even use DSLR for night shooting as everyone said compact camera has too much noise in the small sensor.
Anyways I just walk in the back alley in my neighbourhood and shoot in JPEG. I am just too lazy to fiddle around the white balance and therefore shoot in the B&W mode in-camera.
My photo club friends always tease me as crazy guy that associates photography with philosophy. Yes there is the philosophy that inspires you to see the beauty in mundane subjects and I believe there is a special charisma of night too. When the night falls, you can see some sort of special beauty even in a back alley.
Do you think so?
Happy weekend!
Fuji X10
ISO 400 F5.6 1.8 second
As the days become longer, there's a couple of minutes every evening when a sharp sunset ray, reflected off the windows of the residential block close by, pierces across our sitting-room. Sometimes highlighting very interesting objects in its way.
When our tour bus stopped at the carpark in front of the San Carlone statue and church in Arona, these car enthusiasts suddenly arrived with their "chariots", giving us an unexpected photo opportunity.
When Time Stops - Experiences of Time Slowing Down in Spiritual Meditation by Daniel Arrhakis (2025)
»»»» With the music : THE MOONPATH || 1 Hour Ambience
When Time Stops - Experiences of Time Slowing Down in Spiritual Meditation
In the spiritual realm, time is not measured in the same way as in the earthly world. It is important to understand that each being has their own pace of spiritual evolution, and what may seem "slow" to some is just part of their unique growth process. "Spiritual time" is different from human time, being more fluid and dependent on free will and individual evolution, not following a linear or chronological rhythm.
Spiritual concentration can be developed and deepened through practices such as meditation, prayer, contemplation of nature, and the creation of daily routines focused on self-knowledge and well-being.
Regular meditation focusing on breathing, internal visualizations, or the repetition of mantras strengthens spiritual connection and concentration.
Discipline with fixed daily schedules, patience, the use of incense, vibrations such as Tibetan singing bowls, or relaxing or concentrative ambient music, and avoiding distractions creates an environment conducive to practice.
Spending time in nature, praying, and developing self-discipline broaden focus and concentration, and open the mind to extrasensory space-time journeys.
In the Ion Mystical World, regular meditation primarily involves the use of ambient music that repeats rhythms and ambient patterns of concentration that can be of various styles: atmospheric (ambiance) , fantasy, brutalist, futuristic, mysterious and dark ambiance, epic, tribal, Asian, and others.
The use of mantras is limited, with preference given to concentration through music and especially natural sounds.
Contact with nature and desertic environments or those far from civilization is preferred, such as forests, deserted beaches, caves, rivers, waterfalls, deserts, mountains, etc.
Deserts and the sounds produced by water and wind play a prominent role here, as there is a rhythmic audible communication that enhances the meditative and extrasensory experiences of space-time travel.
Meditation, particularly with extensive practice, can lead to subjective experiences of time slowing down, a phenomenon potentially explained by changes in attention regulation, body awareness, and the brain's predictive processing, leading to a greater focus on the present moment.
While the "slowing down" of time is a subjective experience, not altering time itself, meditation and concentration can, however, reduce metabolism and breathing, and ultimately increase our focus on the present moment and prolong it almost indefinitely, causing our internal time to slow down.
This is the first step to focusing ourselves and being able to travel in Space-time between known, unknown, or imagined realities and universes... The different rhythms of nature, our experience, and living will allow this variety of spiritual "Journeys" without defined time or space while our body remains in the same place... serene and in balance with the Universe.
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Quando o Tempo Pára - Experiências de Desaceleração do Tempo na Meditação Espiritual
No reino espiritual, o tempo não é medido da mesma forma que no mundo terreno. É importante compreender que cada ser tem o seu próprio ritmo de evolução espiritual, e o que pode parecer "lento" para alguns é apenas parte do seu processo único de crescimento. O "tempo espiritual" é diferente do tempo humano, sendo mais fluído e dependente do livre-arbítrio e da evolução individual, não seguindo um ritmo linear ou cronológico.
A concentração espiritual pode ser desenvolvida e aprofundada através de práticas como a meditação, a oração, a contemplação da natureza e a criação de rotinas diárias focadas no autoconhecimento e no bem-estar.
A meditação regular com foco na respiração, nas visualizações internas ou na repetição de mantras fortalece a ligação espiritual e a concentração.
Disciplina com horários diários fixos, paciência, uso de incenso, vibrações como taças tibetanas ou música ambiente relaxante ou concentrativa, além de evitar distrações, cria um ambiente propício à prática.
Passar tempo na natureza, orar e desenvolver a autodisciplina alargam o foco e a concentração, abrindo a mente para viagens extra-sensoriais no espaço-tempo.
No Mundo Místico de Íon, a meditação regular envolve principalmente o uso de música ambiente que repete ritmos e padrões de concentração que podem ser de vários estilos: atmosférico (ambiente), fantasioso, brutalista, futurista, misterioso e sombrio, épico, tribal, asiático e outros.
O uso de mantras é limitado, sendo dada preferência à concentração através da música e, especialmente, de sons naturais.
O contacto com a natureza e com ambientes desérticos ou distantes da civilização é o preferido, como florestas, praias desertas, grutas, rios, cascatas, desertos, montanhas, etc.
Os desertos e os sons produzidos pela água e pelo vento desempenham aqui um papel importante, pois existe uma comunicação rítmica e audível que melhora as experiências meditativas e extra-sensoriais da viagem no espaço-tempo.
A meditação, particularmente com uma prática extensiva, pode levar a experiências subjetivas de abrandamento do tempo, um fenómeno potencialmente explicado por alterações na regulação da atenção, na consciência corporal e no processamento preditivo do cérebro, levando a um maior foco no momento presente.
Embora a "desaceleração" do tempo seja uma experiência subjetiva, não alterando o tempo em si, a meditação e a concentração podem, no entanto, reduzir o metabolismo e a respiração e, em última análise, aumentar o nosso foco no momento presente e prolongá-lo quase indefinidamente, fazendo com que o nosso tempo interno abrande.
Este é o primeiro passo para nos concentrarmos e sermos capazes de viajar no espaço-tempo entre realidades e universos conhecidos, desconhecidos ou imaginários... Os diferentes ritmos da natureza, a nossa experiência e vivência permitirão esta variedade de "Jornadas" espirituais sem tempo ou espaço definidos, enquanto o nosso corpo permanece no mesmo lugar ... sereno e em equilíbrio com o Universo.
When I went to fill my bird feeders today I noticed a little finch was sitting on one and he let me get vary close. When I went to fill the feeder he was on he flew a couple of feet up into the tree and continued to sing his song while I went about getting everything taken care of. When I was done and backed away he flew back down to the feeder and continued to eat and sing his song. Noticing how brave he was I decided to go in the house, get my camera, and take his picture. It was not until I downloaded the image that I noticed his left foot. Even against such hardship he continued to sing his beautiful song.
When the proverbs are right 😅… the left black walnut is from my neighbor’s tree… the tiny little one is from mine .
When I photographed this piece of street art last weekend I had no idea that I would be posting it in such sad circumstances.
David Bowie has always been one of my heroes, for his music and just for him. He will live on forever in his music. Thoughts to all his family, close friends and fans.
Don't be afraid to shed a tear for your heroes.
RIP David Bowie.
When you think because you are going just before the real tourist season starts that there won't be very many people there. I can't even begin to imagine what summertime looks like.
With shipment of the Golden Sentry underway, we can now reveal our plans for the rest of the year!
In addition to the five new figures we previously hinted, we are bringing back a hard-to-find figure that has been highly requested. It won't be the same as the two previous versions, but we are sure this variation of the Diamond Empress will fill the hole in some collections.
And the best part? It'll be free!
We will be including a "part" of the new Diamond Empress with each of the five figures in this release cycle. So you will get a pair of arms with one, a torso with another---seeing the figure take shape will be half the fun!
Let us know what you think of this promotion in the comment section!
Explore #482 on September 17, 2008These things have such a complicated structure. I wanted to capture the amount of effort nature puts into creating a seed pod that blows away in seconds.
UPDATE: It appears to be a Willow Herb seed head.
When not mutually destroying each other for sport, the fiery and brutal Magmarokk aid the orks in their conquests.
When so many things need to be done...
Some new financial struggle knocked on our door...I work extra hours and have to prepare for a doll show this coming Sunday...So less dolly and Flickr time this week..:-(
Enjoy your week, dear friends!
2024 Total Solar Eclipse. To avoid clouds over Toronto my wife and I drove 3 hours west to Chatham-Kent area. We were in a rural area with farms nearby and we could hear cows mooing during totality. All in all, a great experience, probably not to be repeated again in this lifetime. The moon approached from below and covered the Sun for slightly over two minutes, enough to get some decent photos of all of eclipse phases, including the diamond ring with solar prominence (top right corner), Corona, and Bailey's Beads (bottom left corner) - the whole enchilada. The orange hue of the Sun before and after totality is due to the lens filter used, the filter was removed during totality.
sim, quando chove! hoje choveu um monte sabe *-*
dai eu tava voltando pra casa, passei pela pracinha (deserta) e resolvi fazer a foto de hoje lá :B UDHFDUFHDFUH todo mundo passava e me olhava com uma cara tipo 'aloca .__.' UDHFDFUH mas né *-* as fotos ficaram legais, mas não como eu queria. portanto, resolvi transformar elas com um céu bem bonitz :B foto de chuva e guarda-chuva tem que ser perfeita! por isso, deixa pra próxima ;B ficou muito ruim essa versão? (fiz quatro versões! O_O sempre fico na dúvida de qual postar, omg x_x).
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When learning of this special Amtrak run from Denver to Longmont on BNSF's Front Range Sub, I was hoping for a nice shot of the train backdropped by the flatirons. Alas, Mother Nature had other plans as a low ceiling of clouds completely obscured the mountains. With no flatirons visible, the special Amtrak move passes through Niwot along the Diagonal highway that connects Boulder and Longmont.
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Twin 400 class Redhens 400,433 sit on Platform 2 at Belair on 7-7-92 when Redhens were the normal and when the platform 3 track had been taken out. Since standardisation has taken place, platform 3 has been re instated as broad gauge , now with 3000 class railcars and platform 2 is now the standard gauge crossing loop.