Here’s a photo of a prop rose my partner has. I had an idea for a photo using it but it didn’t work so instead I took this, which I think turned out quite well. I could’ve done a bit better with controlling for shadow, but overall I think this is nice.
I hope you enjoy.
This was taken at a gig I recently photographed.
I was trying to capture Delta Sleep’s drummer’s motion and I think I did alright. There’s a sense of power and flow here, as well as precision and consistency.
This is my submission into the two hundred-and-seventy-first Lens-Artists Photo Challenge. The theme for this one is “Contrasts“.
The host of the Lens-Artists challenges cycles weekly between the following people:
Week 1 – Tina
Week 2 – Patti
Week 3 – Ann-Christine aka Leya
Week 4 – Amy
Week 5 – John Steiner
Week 6 – Sofia Alves
Week 7 – Anne Sandler
Week 8 – Donna
Week 9 – Guest host
Amy is curating this one. The next is curated by John.
I recommend participating in the challenges as they provide a fun way to interpret theme. If not participating, then at least you should still check out what others of the Lens-Artists community are submitting.
I hope you enjoy.
With this photo I was just trying to create a sense of layering over distance.
I took this whilst I was with a friend in the city. I saw them taking something very similar, if not the exact same thing so I thought I’d give it a ago. I think it worked, though perhaps not as well as I’d have liked which gives me a good enough reason to reattempt. Then again, had it worked out exactly as I wanted I’d probably think about reattempting anyway.
I hope you enjoy.
Right now I’m rushing about as I need to head out to photograph a gig but need to get a few things done beforehand. Anyway, here’s a photo of oysters covering a part of a rock.
I hope you enjoy.
This was taken recently somewhere near Bondi, from what I can remember.
As with previous photos of this kind of scene I’ve taken, I was watching how the waves broke against the rocks and how the water moved over them, and I wanted to see if I could capture those in a way that showed it well. Not sure if I succeeded, but I like the result regardless.
I hope you enjoy.
One listen for this one.
Went into this just wanting to write about the song. I think I focused more on mood than anything else and in parts it works. Not all, but some.
ACE’s “Sailing the Seas” is from the soundtrack for Xenoblade 3 aka Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Xenoblade 3 Original Soundtrack.
I hope you enjoy.
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Gentle, yet firm the sounds fade in and soon something akin to a voice appears among it all as the sounds move in a sweeping manner. A strike of percussion and then it all blooms and flourishes and the sounds roll in motion, graceful and dramatic, and perhaps grandiose, but seemingly holding onto that gentleness.
There is calm and but there is a roughness; a toughness as everything flows on forward, congealing as one. Woodwind here and there as the sounds move along toward something. They move toward an openness; they express the vast, and some sounds move away when the vocals return, allowing them to lower into a sense of rest, or at least a counterpoint before they give way to strings and clean guitar, and it all moves with a grace and beauty, but there is weight. In this freeing moment of wonder there remains a focus. It remains serious and directed.
Still, the fantastic remains. There is wonderment here and, even when all grows quiet to allow for the vocals to return once more to bring things to another soft moment it remains wide-eyed and excited.
Soon the sounds stir once more and rise, and they rise and bring forth adventure and exploration, and freedom in that expanse, and they find their moment to hold on and, with one last percussive strike all draws to a close and the song ends.
With this photo I was trying to create a smooth blur through turning my face. It didn’t work out as I’d hoped; instead I ended up with something where I wasn’t still enough in my body and not slow enough in my head and neck. I think the effect is interesting, however.
This is my submission into Leanne Cole‘s “Monochrome Madness” for this week. Participating is pretty straightforward and something I recommend. If you do, then include the tag “monochrome-madness” in your post. If not participating, then at the least check out Leanne’s photography as well as what other people submit.
I hope you enjoy.
And so it is not quite early morning on another day bit it is an earlier start than most days. There is some traffic outside but it’s not in the jam state of traffic and so it’s not quite edible, and that’s okay. It’s kind of quiet in here and that also is okay. Today needs to be a productive day and it will be a productive day, for I am now moving into a state of productivity.
Light rains down through the clouds and it seems brighter that way and I don’t know why. Maybe it’s better to say that it’s more harsh. More striking. In a sense, kind of unbearable as it carries a sense of unpleasantness. It’s not the light that I want but it’s the light I’ll have to deal with for the time being if I am to get anything done that involves going outside and not staying inside.
Maybe this light is actually a bad light. Maybe it is an evil light and it presents an ominous foreboding that must be heeded, but may very well not be. If so, then that is a concern and it is one that must be addressed somehow. However, in the event of going outside and being affected by the light, how would I go about warning others? I have no idea as to what the effect will be and I don’t know if I would be able to engage in the act of reversing said effect.
What if there is more than one? What if it changes many a thing and then I am in a state of being unable to do anything?
What if it’s beneficial somehow?
These are questions that I can only answer in one way, unless I see other people outside and directly in the light, but that could take a while and a while is not what I have. There are only so many hours of daylight in the day and so therefore I need to hope that someone outside walks through the small space of viewing that I have. If not, then all is lost and I shall never know. I’ll also be in a position where there will be uncertainty of this light returning, and what if it returns whilst I’m outside already? Then what? Can I escape? Is its impact instantaneous, or gradual? I don’t know.
Perhaps it is time for me to be courageous and head outside myself. Maybe I need to be the one who discovers the impacts in a direct manner. Perhaps I should not be a spectator, but rather a participant. Sometimes it is better to take the plunge than hope others do so. Of course, if I do that and the impacts are negative then I will report them if I can, and if beneficial then I will also report them.
As I’m writing this some blue in the sky is now coming through, and perhaps all will be fine, but for how long?
The time it took to write five-hundred words: 06:21:17
I’m glad I veered away from writing about what the day was going to be, or what I was doing in the particular moment as I prefer to write about the fantastic. Well, I prefer to write about whatever feels like is coming forward and I guess I felt more inclined to write about the fantastic today.
Written at home.
I’ve a few more minutes before my lunch break ends and so I figured I’d try and get something out. I probably should be doing other things but this feels like a good use of my time. It’s not, but it feels like it is and so this is what I’m going to stick with for the time being.
Maybe I’ll stop part of the way through and then do something else. Maybe this won’t last, but few things do and so that’s not something for which I’m going to concern myself too much with. Besides which, it’s a nice day and I feel like doing a bit more writing to add on to the massive amounts of wasted space I’ve already created.
There’s a tree outside this particular window and I don’t know what kind of tree it is. I don’t really care to find out either, and that’s okay. It’s nice and it’s pleasant, and it doesn’t seem to be trying to take over everything. I’m good with that.
It’s a nice and relaxing time inside but it’s a bit cold but that’s okay. There’s a sense of peace. Things seem calm, if even for a short window. It’s just something I can appreciate and appreciate it I will, or I won’t. Probably won’t but for now I’ll say I will.
Sometimes it’s good to take time away from spending time and instead you just need to waste time. Not always, but sometimes. Need to find the right balance and that seems to be something that can vary a bit, depending on the day and all that.
Need to find the will to finish this off too.
Slowly, yet surely I find myself being trained of the energy required to get this done and so now I need to race on forward. I no longer have time to relax; I only have time to rush. I am fighting a losing battle, but surely I can get through this and then feel confident that I’ve done what I could to get to where I needed to be, though I don’t need to be at the end of this and can easily cast it aside, but I choose not to as I’ve already put in some of the work and so I want to try and finish the work and… yeah.
Maybe I shouldn’t. Maybe I should just stop here and take it easy. Maybe I shouldn’t be rushing through this as it could end up creating a determined quality that could be classified as poor. Right now I’m aiming for above that. I want to achieve something that is, at the very least, at something akin to needing improvement, which is one whole step above poor. However, now that I’ve started I cannot stop and so, even though my energy is depleting at an accelerated pace I am nearly where I want to be with this and so there is not much reason for me to stop right now.
The time it took to write five-hundred words: 06:13:24
I think I had something initially and then I lost it. Tried to spin this into something else but perhaps the transition was too jarring.
Written at home.
Stupidity Hole 