Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1189: Just Some Driver-related Rambling

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Stupidity Hole

Been riding my bike again as I miss riding my bike and I think I said this recently, but I’m saying it again as… well, that’s the way this bit of writing is starting and that is the main topic.

Actually the main topic is about how some drivers drive, but it’s related to cycling and so I’m starting this off by mentioning my being back on the bike in order to ride around on it and ride to places and all that stuff.

Anyway, I enjoy riding my bike, but what I don’t enjoy is how some people act around cyclists. Admittedly this is something I’ve crapped on about before and I probably never will stop crapping on about it as it remains something that I have to keep on dealing with, but, well, you know.

Anyway, I was riding my bike this morning as I wanted to ride my bike before work, and wouldn’t you know it, about to cross over to a footpath so I can go along a “detour” path that goes far away from the cycle path but that was fine as I wanted to take the detour path due to needing to get home before work started and a car comes in the opposite direction. It’s a curved bit of road but that’s fine, but they decide to cross over to middle of the road to take the corner, getting really close to me and the car behind me.

This is an easy curve to follow. There is plenty of space and the car was not long enough to justify drifting that far over, but it did for some reason. The car I drive is longer and wouldn’t need to take that curve moving out of the lane.

Maybe I’m overthinking this and this person, like a good few too many is just shit at driving.

Anyway, that’s all I have to say. I could go on about how aggressiveness to cyclists is seemingly a badge of honour in Sydney, but I think what I’ve said covers the whole thing well enough.

I just wonder as to why so many drivers willingly reveal how bad they are at driving when it comes to being around someone on a vehicle with two wheels. I don’t understand what motivates someone to get aggressive at someone else who is making use of a transport option that, where able to, more should. It’s much better for the environment and clears up a lot of road congestion. I imagine that, at the very least, taking more cars off the road would be beneficial to those who use their car as they don’t have to spend as much time in traffic.

Anyway, the way that cyclists are treated in Sydney is much better than it was five and even ten years ago, and that’s great. In many ways the attitude is still pretty shitty, but it’s improving and I hope it continues to improve because cycling is a great thing.

The time it took to write five-hundred words: 10:46:31

I think this would’ve been under ten minutes had I not decided to rewrite a bit of it toward the end. That aside, not a great work. Pretty rough, pretty stretched out.

Written at home.

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Linckoln: Pacific Rim

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Stupidity Hole

Another Linckoln song I’m rambling about (the other two [thus far] are here and here).

I feel like I covered the whole thing well enough with the first paragraph and then I relaxed a bit and kind of lost my place. The second works well enough, but I feel the first is stronger when it comes to representing the song.

Linckoln’s “Pacific Rim” is from Dew.

I hope you enjoy.

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Upon a static something hollow rings out and slowly, as though rainfall through a wreckage memory and image fills out. Things are blurry, vague; they are merely a suggestion. Still, image comes forward, and perhaps there is a wreckage that contrasts against a lighter, more jubilant sound. Perhaps there is no wreckage, but the clashing of sounds and ideas remains.

Something lively emerges, though it remains behind something. It is not something that can be reached, but it can be watched as it slowly moves away. Something else has slowly plodded into view whilst the hollowed ringing upon a static slowly morphs, but that plodding eventually leaves and the ringing stretches out and eventually dissipates into the sound of rain, and that rain is heavy and it drowns out all, though it finds itself stopped at the song’s end.

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Barnacle Gathering

Posted on November 21, 2022 by Stupidity Hole

Here’s another group of barnacles seen in the La Perouse area.
Much more heavily concentrated than the previous one I shared and I wonder if that has to do with these being over a less vertical surface and having access to wetter (on average) conditions.

I hope you enjoy.

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Shaped by Erosion

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Stupidity Hole

I saw this on one of my recent coastal walks.
Found it interesting, hence my taking of the photo.
Not often I get to see erosion lead to something as clear as this.
It was nice and I hope to see it again soon.

This is my submission into the two hundred-and-twenty-sixth Lens-Artists Photo Challenge. The theme for this one is “Textures“.

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 – Guest host

This one is curated by Jude of Cornwall in Colors guest-curates. Tina curates the next one.

I recommend participating in the challenges. They’re open enough to allow for a fair bit of thinking about approach and closed enough to keep focus on meeting the theme of each one. If you don’t participate, you should still check out what others of the Lens-Artists community are submitting.

I hope you enjoy.

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Salt Outline

Posted on November 19, 2022 by Stupidity Hole

I’m fairly certain that this has to do with patches of water evaporating around the algae and salt getting concentrated as the water evaporates. Not completely certain, but fairly.

I think the combination of the salt and algae makes for an interesting image. The salt could be seen as a barrier around a body, or maybe this could all look like an island being inundated with wave action from most sides.

I hope you enjoy.

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A Small Large Scene

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Stupidity Hole

Another photo where I was trying to capture this bit of rock at a particular angle and I almost got there. Still, I like the result.

This almost looks like a large rock surrounded by relatively small organisms. It could pass for a diorama. Instead this is just a small bit of rock surrounded by periwinkles, which are relatively small.

I hope you enjoy.

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Two Slopes

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Stupidity Hole

Technically there are more, but the focus is on two here and it’s due to how they draw the eye to the far distance.

Just an easy photo. Nothing too special; it’s some Australian landscape that has been developed.

I hope you enjoy.

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1188: More Rambling on Photography

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Stupidity Hole

What time is it? It’s time to write.

Sometimes I wonder if perhaps I overextend my reach, but this is in reference to my work as a photographer, but then again perhaps that is a silly thing to wonder as I barely get any work. As such, I should be wondering if I am under-extending, but that is neither here nor there. I just want to write about photography, or something.

I want to write about the art of photography. That’s the best way I can put it, I guess.

There’s a lot that we can see through a lens. There’s a lot that we can capture and there’s a way of… seeing things when we look through a lens. There’s a lot that we can do to tell a story and there’s a lot we can do to capture history.

Anyway, today I am not overreaching with the photography. I’m off to an event, offered to shoot it, no response. That’s fine. It means I get to relax a bit more and, to be honest, I want to relax. I’m at a point where I’m strongly considering seeing the camera gear. I enjoy it up to a point but the need for money is more important than the desire to take photos. Of course I will likely not sell the gear, but it’s possible that I will.

I’m wondering if getting the camera gear was the right thing to do in the first place, but of course it was as I’ve had a mostly fulfilling time of trying to get better at photography and seldom being satisfied with my work. I wonder if selling the gear would help me out more than holding onto it and trying to get more money coming in. I don’t know; it’s a tough time and there’s a lot I’m probably going to start getting rid of. As much as photography is something worth pursuing, is there a point when it could mean you fall further into debt you cannot handle?

I believe the answer is that it depends. For me it is a no, but for others they might be able to justify sticking it out. Had I more money coming in, I’d be fine. I don’t, so… yeah. But then again, maybe more money will come in and I’ll be alright. Maybe it won’t and I’ll stick it out regardless and come out on top, but sometimes it’s good to know when to stop and so that is what I’m considering.

Photography is an art worth pursuing. It is something where a lot of personal growth can come from. It opens up dialogue and conversation and networking and all that stuff, and sometimes you find yourself in the right place at the right time, and you get a good photo. You continue to grow and develop and stay on the path of learning and maybe it leads to something greater than you. Sometimes, however, you find that you end your journey early.

The time it took to write five-hundred words: 07:40:76

A bit of a mess but it gets stuff across and that’s the main thing.

Written at home.

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Corner of a Decaying Structure

Posted on November 16, 2022 by Stupidity Hole

Well, a bit more than a corner, but anyway.

Sometimes structures are better left to fall apart, so long as it’s safe for the environment, of course. Maybe this one will be restored; maybe it won’t, but regardless it continues to be a site regularly visited, and maybe some memories involving the site will remain

This is my submission into Leanne Cole‘s “Monochrome Madness” for this week.
I suggest checking out Leanne’s photography, as well as checking out what other people submit.

A lot of what people are submitting will likely end up here.

I hope you enjoy.

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A Clearing by the Sea

Posted on November 15, 2022 by Stupidity Hole

The first time I saw this field it caught me by surprise. I think it was mostly due to not expecting see a space this cleared along where I was walking.

It doesn’t come through as well with the lens I was using, but it feels like a sudden shift in the landscape and, even though the explanations as to why it is the way are mundane, it feels mysterious.

Maybe there’s a sense of ominousness to this scene too, though that likely has to do with the clouds’ heaviness and the storm in the distance.

I hope you enjoy.

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