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I was on my way to a restaurant with my son and his girlfriend when it started raining...on the way there as we were walking towards the restaurant , i noticed this alley with murals and graffiti ( the bricks are not Heritage Joanie...do not panic...trust me this really enhances the wall in a good way ;-) )
As I got closer to the wall , I noticed how the winged creature on the wall seemed to hold on to one of the shopping cart 's handle ;-)
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San Francisco back alley near the Mission & 6th street area ~
Summer sure is a great time to catch all kinds of life. God certainly created a lot of varieties to take care of the earth. I'm so glad to have the opportunity to put some of His creation on display for all to see and appreciate. Plus it's a lot of fun when you don't have to go far to get some good shots! All 5 of these were done with the +4 close up filter. Enjoy!
Abney Park Cemetery in north London - 2016 - Shot on an Olympus OM-D E-M10 fitted with a classic Olympus Pen F lens from the 1960s via an adapter.
13.4.2010: another detail from the 12th cent. Byzantine mosaic of the Last Judgement in Santa Maria Assunta, Torcello.
Revelation 20:12: "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works "
Even though my Canon PowerShot G12 is now in need of major repair, I still have over 10,000 photos from that camera that I have never published.
This is a compilation of four photos that I grouped together for this collage. Though they are not the best shots, it gives an idea of why I miss this camera. I usually got a decent shot on the first try, and better from there. Not a perfect camera, but close enough for me.
Not sure of the species, but this bird allowed me to get fairly close before going into a nearby tree.
I encountered this cutie at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in early July 2011. According to the display information, the vampire bat uses its razor-like incisor teeth to slice into the flesh of warm-blooded animals, including man.
"These tiny loiterers on the barley's beard,
And happy units of a numerous herd
Of playfellows, the laughing Summer brings,
Mocking the sunshine on their glittering wings,
How merrily they creep, and run, and fly!
No kin they bear to labour's drudgery,
Smoothing the velvet of the pale hedge-rose;
And where they fly for dinner no one knows—
The dew-drops feed them not—they love the shine
Of noon, whose suns may bring them golden wine
All day they're playing in their Sunday dress—
When night reposes, for they can do no less;
Then, to the heath-bell's purple hood they fly,
And like to princes in their slumbers lie,
Secure from rain, and dropping dews, and all,
In silken beds and roomy painted hall.
So merrily they spend their summer-day,
Now in the corn-fields, now in the new-mown hay.
One almost fancies that such happy things,
With coloured hoods and richly burnished wings,
Are fairy folk, in splendid masquerade
Disguised, as if of mortal folk afraid,
Keeping their joyous pranks a mystery still,
Lest glaring day should do their secrets ill."
~ John Clare, 1793-1864 ~
Yesterday the box hedge was alive with ladybirds - bright splashes of red against the dark green leaves .... when I looked closer I could see ants scurrying about their business too and a flat spider, almost colourless, basking in the sun.
Not as pin-sharp as many images I see on Flickr, but,considering I had no special lenses I am reasonably happy with this.
Not sure of the species, but this bird allowed me to get fairly close before going into a nearby tree.
Anais Nin
Anais was born in 1909, so it must have been difficult being as filled with passion and sensuality as she was in a time when there was such repression of such things..
But it's a good reminder that there is great passion in the hearts of ordinary people, and that it always has been so. Sadly, much of that is beaten out of us through the years, as we are taught to "behave" or to "act our age"... But your sweet little old grandma was once young, and probably - hopefully - still is, in her heart.
That housewife trudging through the grocery store with kids in tow? Her thoughts may also be filled with amorous adventures and passionate trysts.. In fact, I suspect that the greater the demands on her as a mother, the more she wishes to be lost in passionate abandon now and then..
But no. She is "all too rarely allowed to use her wings" - though she be a winged creature. Born to fly so high...
Abney Park Cemetery in north London - 2016 - Shot on an Olympus OM-D E-M10 fitted with a classic Olympus Pen F lens from the 1960s via an adapter.
Abney Park Cemetery in north London - 2016 - Shot on an Olympus OM-D E-M10 fitted with a classic Olympus Pen F lens from the 1960s via an adapter.
Jan Boeckhorst (Flemish, born Germany; 1605–1668). Oil on canvas, 1650. Het Noordbrabants Museum, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
just an experiment with eye color d:
his eyes are really brown ^^
*feel free to use any of these but please tell me first :D
it'll make me feel speciall, promise:D<3
On a recent trip to London I visited Kensal Green Cemetery, one of London's 'Magnificent Seven' suburban Victorian cemteries. It is indeed magnificent, and perhaps my favourtite so far (I've already visited Hampstead and Highgate... I guess I'll just have to visits the other 4 to complete the set now!)
All of these photographs were shot on a Fujifilm XE-1 with a variety of classic Olympus Pen F lenses (but mostly the 40mm f/1.4).
7/100x Walking with my Fuji X100V in 2022 We encountered this beautiful Great Blue Heron (or at least that is what I am told it was) perched between two frozen lakes as we walked through Homeland. It was motionless and I stealthily made my way in for the shot, using a fixed lens 35m camera. Then a pesky White Bichon Frise in a pink sweater stumbled into the scene and the Great Blue Heron sprang to life, and made a great escape.