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Big Rebus on the idea n background steelo...
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I know i always moan but honestly i flopped this outline..
foto by Datachump
I am occasionally asked why I like hill walking so much. After all, as people point out to me, you can get very cold, very wet, very tired and very lost. And there is always a degree of risk involved.
All this is true.
I have been very cold, very wet, very tired and very lost.
But I still love it.
I love the quiet satisfaction of getting from A to B with nothing more than a map and compass.
I love the fresh air.
I love the quietness.
I love seeing the wildlife.
I love the hunger that a day on the hills brings, and the fact that the food tastes so much better.
I love the thirst that a long walk brings and there’s nothing better than to sit in a nice warm pub, with a pint of good beer and let the ache of tiredness waft over me.
But most of all, I love it because I get to see scenery like this.
"I can no more think of my own life without thinking of wine and wines and where they grew for me and why I drank them when I did and why I picked the grapes and where I opened the oldest procurable bottles, and all that, than I can remember living before I breathed."
M. F. K. Fisher
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"Why Aren't We Listening?"
I think it's true to say that I have loved every single piece of work Amanda Newman has done in Melbourne, but I think this new one might just be my favourite.
So beautiful, and so powerful.
Amanda says of the mural,
"The Earth has been warning us for a long time. Our children are listening but by the time they are old enough to do something about it, it may be too late.
Why do we ignore our planet and the children who will inherit it?
For Through The Lens 52-week challenge week 30 theme of "If Only" I say, "If only we were listening".
WHY IS IT BLUE?
The geothermal water has a unique composition, featuring three active ingredients – Silica, Algae & Minerals.
The blue colour comes from the silica and the way it reflects sunlight. During summer there can also be a hint of green in the water. This is the result of the algae, which multiplies quickly when exposed to direct sunlight.
However, and this might come as a surprise to you, the water is actually white. If you pour it into a transparent cup, it will always have a milky white colour. The sun simply makes it look blue! My 500 link 500px.com/yiannispavlis my facebook www.facebook.com/YiannisPavlis4/ my instagram www.instagram.com/yiannispavlisphoto/
"No Filters!"
But of course filters are used, if I have a look at my cameras' settings, I'll discover all sorts of neat little adjustments. Digital adjustments which control the built in "filter" imbedded on the sensor. Camera phones included.
Another question I sometimes I ask myself.....Can anyone tell me "Why do sunsets have to be in color?". Nothing wrong with color, I love color imagery. We punch it up with our articificial software, adding more filtration beyond what our artificial camera/sensor provides (they ALL have built in filters btw, phones included) creating artificial scenes, which is fine if expressing an artitistic interpretation, but then many are then used to promote tourism.....are they *realistic* as to what any givien person would actually see? When we do this, are we bordering on "false advertising"?
Kinda like back in the days of airbrushing the models that appear on the magazine cover....it's fake. The only way to appreciate a scene is to acually see it with ones' own eyes....other than that, it's all "fake news". lol
And yes... I include my own images, but I never make any bones about it.... I'm an artist first, everything else is then my interpretation of what I see with no representation of "Come see this..." ....because it doesn't exist except of course, in my own mind. lol
Image was taken last night in front of our home as the sun was setting. Happy Sunday!
Whenever I need you my dear
I find you always near
Thats why I love you..
Whenever we meet
With love you greet
Thats why I love you..
You always look so lovely
And you are so cuddly
Thats why I love you..
You are the apple of my eye
For me, the perfect guy
Thats why I love you..
Our bond is so great
No one could make us separate
Thats why I love you..
You made so many sacrifices
And without regret you paid the prices
Thats why I love you..
End this relationship you will never
I know that you will go on loving me forever and ever
Thats why I love you...
Written by: Me
Dedicated: To all my flickr friends who have been so sweeet to me!!! *hugs*
Southwest architecture, which I've always admired, seems to lend itself to textures and "painterly" treatments - a whole new area to explore....
Breathing in, I touch the sorrow I have caused.
Breathing out, I hold it with compassion.
Breathing in, I smile at the miracle of being.
Breathing out, I ask—why not joy?
Taylor Swift ~ Wembley Stadium ~ London ~ Friday 22nd 2018.
Taylor Swift ~ This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things ~
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So I finally got to see the gorgeous Taylor Swift play live here in London on Friday at Wembley Stadium..:)
The only problem was I couldn't afford to be in the snake pit, which was over £500!! and you didn't even get to meet her.:(
Oh well, here's some of the shots I got from the nose bleed seats, better then nowt hey.:)
Have a great Weekend Y'all..:)
If they had dug the Canal 20 metres to the left...they wouldn't have had to dig a 25 metres long tunnel through Sandstone....Crazy....bet the navvies just loved that.
Verona, Italy
You will need to read my write-up to understand why this is my first posting from our trip to Verona, Lake Garda and Venice.
The day started with a 3:15am alarm clock to allow for last minute checks (did you pack this, where's my thingy, did you turn the water off, are the windows locked, you know the usual last minute panics!), before the taxi arrived at 4:15am to take us to the airport. The journey went quickly and even the check-in, drop-off and passport control went like clockwork (an unexpected bonus and allowed for in Mrs R's excellent planning). Even the flight with Monarch went exceptionally well and we landed bang on time at 10:10am local time at Verona airport. Mrs R had costed all options for getting to our hotel and considering everything was going splendidly we threw caution to the wind and jumped in a local taxi.
Here the fun begins...
If it's a stereotype about Italian driving and Italian taxi drivers in particularly, then our driver was going to live up to this mantel. Queue jumping, lane changing, overtaking, undertaking, tail gating, and late braking were all part of his repertoire. Oh I forgot speed... the roads we travelled on were 70-90km/h but I clocked him at 130-140km/h as often as he could and more alarming... every warning light on his dashboard glowed permanently: engine management light, brakes, oil level indicator, the list goes on! I'm not saying we got to the hotel in record time but I think we arrived on the Friday having left Manchester on the Saturday. I wasn't sure whether to pay him in Euros or Liras as I couldn't determine how far back in time we had travelled - do De Loren's come in white?
Now at the hotel, my plans took over from Mrs Rs. Bags through the door, a quick change and hit those streets and sights of Verona. I had checked my TPE on my phone and knew the first major shot would be Ponte Pietra as the sun was in a good position for a classic sunset shot over the bridge, besides I knew Mark Waidson would be following in my footsteps to Verona and Venice and he's the master of dramatic skies so the pressure was on!!!
I was surprised at how busy Verona was, not with overseas tourists but Italians having their own "staycations". After an hour or two of wandering the streets and main tourist areas we decided to have a break for lunch and a glass or two of wine, as one must when holidaying in Italy! After lunch I suggested we head to the Ponte Pietra for a recky of the bridge for the first night's shot. The obvious route was up through the main tourist areas - Casa di Giuletta, Piazza delle Erbe and Piazza dei Signori before reaching the bridge at its south side... my heart sank! I expected to see tourists crossing it and taking photos from it but the sight of 20 gazebos standing tall high above the stone sides from one side to the other kind of rained on my parade or as I would have put it "pissed on m' chips". Mrs R, ever the optimist suggested I stick to my game plan and revisit in the evening in the hope of said gazebos not being there.
Well, they were there - all bloody 20 of them!
I setup my camera and tripod and waited as sunset time approached... 7:18pm - still they stood.
Then hope played her hand and one by one, they started to come down - 19, 15, 12, 10. 7:42pm - 8 left standing, but still they clung on to spoil the day. Sunset time was approaching fast at 7:47pm and 3 remained, most frustrating of all - right in the centre of the shot, at the apex of the bridge!
My heart sank for a second time that day as the sun set behind the buildings with nothing more to show than a few whispers of clouds showing any hint of colour. 7:58pm - the last gazebo laughed in my face and then bang on cue at 8:00pm disappeared behind the stone walls of the bridge still chuckling to itself having thwarted another photographer's efforts. I was about to pack up when Mrs R noticed the change in the previously featureless clouds behind the distant churches of San Giorgio in Braida and Chiese di San Giorgio in Braida.
Timed at 8:04pm... almost 17 hours after leaving home and my first planned shot of the holiday. The moral of the story is...
Nature and the world don't run to your timetable and you have to make the best of what's in front of you. So this is it, probably the only time I will visit Verona and the Ponte Pietra.
to be sure i had no plans to shoot today somedays just need to take a break from the camera and well this morning, there the Persian Silk tree these will continue to open until our early winter time. so bright and beautiful just couldn't resist, best for your day!
Just...why?
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This is not by any means a "staged shot", and I had plenty of this to choose from. I may have just given this bottle a nudge with my boot, for the purposes of composition. Like you do...
River Thames near Tilbury, Essex, England
An east coast low brought heavy swells to the Sydney coast in early April, 2025, providing some great surf at Dee Why point. In the background are 6-10m waves breaking off Long reef. I took this handheld with the EF70-200mm f/4L and the 1.4x teleconverter.
Camera: Canon 6D
Lens: Canon EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM, EF1.4x ii
Processing: Lightroom 6
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I believe everything happen for some reason. And I believe when we fell apar, some thing GOOD will come to me. Better-than-you : )
Today I was thinking of the theme for Flickr Friday so I took a shot of my home office window looking out and then abstracted the photo........WHY NOT????
Why couldn't we give peace a chance? This 60's symbol of peace had so much hope back in the day, but much like this warped and tarnished symbol, peace remains illusive. It may be easier for many people to hate rather than to love, but I have seen the power of love, of faith, of forgiveness, and reconciliation enough times to know that peace is the better choice.
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