Opening the door to the photo journalists among us. Tried fumbling with the camera, results follow. All said and done.
It's not so much what you see as how you see it.
Your perceptions may vary.
If you can stretch your imagination this looked like a face. Windows are the eyes, shadow is the nose, plywood shelf drying in the sun was a smirk, dryer vent a beauty spot?
@QMS
Add a guitar neck and some strings to the smile in the second shot and it would make a nice abstract guitar.
The Refer on a good day:
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If you can stretch your imagination this looked like a face. Windows are the eyes, shadow is the nose, plywood shelf drying in the sun was a smirk, dryer vent a beauty spot?
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I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
@Socialprogressive
(riffed from some song).
Yeah, I like the idea of adding strings on a long neck. Fits.
Tonight, met a gal on the beach with a camera hanging on a strap around her neck the size of an elephant trunk. Axed bout it. Taking shots at autistic kids riding a surfboard with an instructor. Could click their expressions many times a second. Shown Is how they change emotion multiple times a minute. Pretty cool.
Then, went out-side and perceived an array of fire flies blinking in the bushes. Just wow. So much quieter than the urban warfare going on last night!
Pow
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Add a guitar neck and some strings to the smile in the second shot and it would make a nice abstract guitar.
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(riffed from some song).
Yeah, I like the idea of adding strings on a long neck. Fits.
Tonight, met a gal on the beach with a camera hanging on a strap around her neck the size of an elephant trunk. Axed bout it. Taking shots at autistic kids riding a surfboard with an instructor. Could click their expressions many times a second. Shown Is how they change emotion multiple times a minute. Pretty cool.
Then, went out-side and perceived an array of fire flies blinking in the bushes. Just wow. So much quieter than the urban warfare going on last night!
If I can get a photo uploaded to my Twitter account, may finally have a photo to share. (prefer to display it in a Tweet)
Hey, have a good rest of your holiday weekend. Everyone stay safe, and cool!
Mollie
“Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made. ” ~~Roger Caras
The Refer on a good day:
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If you can stretch your imagination this looked like a face. Windows are the eyes, shadow is the nose, plywood shelf drying in the sun was a smirk, dryer vent a beauty spot?
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Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
" In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry, and is generally considered to have been a bad move. -- Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy "
like our Alaskan Sourdough and Field Springer who lived to be 17-1/2 years old (not 'Mister B')--her features were much more delicate and sharper than a Bench Springer.
But, my 'guess' is that it's not a Field Springer.
A Border Collie, a Sheltie, or, an Aussie--maybe?
Am I way off?
Whatever--your photos are absolutely spectacular.
Again, thank you.
Mollie
“Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made. ” ~~Roger Caras
So I'll share some of my Deep Dreams
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Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
like our Alaskan Sourdough and Field Springer who lived to be 17-1/2 years old (not 'Mister B')--her features were much more delicate and sharper than a Bench Springer.
But, my 'guess' is that it's not a Field Springer.
A Border Collie, a Sheltie, or, an Aussie--maybe?
Am I way off?
Whatever--your photos are absolutely spectacular.
Again, thank you.
Mollie
“Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made. ” ~~Roger Caras
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" In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry, and is generally considered to have been a bad move. -- Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy "
" In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry, and is generally considered to have been a bad move. -- Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy "
" In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry, and is generally considered to have been a bad move. -- Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy "
There’s something about cedar shingles that have always enchanted me.They make a nice weathered skin.
As of today I am domiciled for the next 2 1/2 months in Florida with my mom. Had a very bumpy descent and landing through the thunderclouds, and once outside I was greeted by the thickest air imaginable.
Thank you QMS for your wonderful support of community spirit and quirky sensibilities.
There’s something about cedar shingles that have always enchanted me.They make a nice weathered skin.
As of today I am domiciled for the next 2 1/2 months in Florida with my mom. Had a very bumpy descent and landing through the thunderclouds, and once outside I was greeted by the thickest air imaginable.
Thank you QMS for your wonderful support of community spirit and quirky sensibilities.
It's good to see you. Sounds like you are having fun with your family. Except for the temps and humidity I bet?
Nice capture of the image here.
There’s something about cedar shingles that have always enchanted me.They make a nice weathered skin.
As of today I am domiciled for the next 2 1/2 months in Florida with my mom. Had a very bumpy descent and landing through the thunderclouds, and once outside I was greeted by the thickest air imaginable.
Thank you QMS for your wonderful support of community spirit and quirky sensibilities.
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Scientists are concerned that conspiracy theories may die out if they keep coming true at the current alarming rate.
One of the most gut-bustingly funny categories of things ever is candid photography of bizarre signs, billboards, marquees, headlines, ads, graffiti, etc. I used to have (and still should, if only I could find it) a huge book published by National Lampoon that was just a huge collection of some of the funniest things ever. While that collection's more than a bit dated, the tradition continues:
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In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is declared mentally ill for describing colors.
Yes Virginia, there is a Global Banking Conspiracy!
One of the most gut-bustingly funny categories of things ever is candid photography of bizarre signs, billboards, marquees, headlines, ads, graffiti, etc. I used to have (and still should, if only I could find it) a huge book published by National Lampoon that was just a huge collection of some of the funniest things ever. While that collection's more than a bit dated, the tradition continues:
One of the most gut-bustingly funny categories of things ever is candid photography of bizarre signs, billboards, marquees, headlines, ads, graffiti, etc. I used to have (and still should, if only I could find it) a huge book published by National Lampoon that was just a huge collection of some of the funniest things ever. While that collection's more than a bit dated, the tradition continues:
I'm a doctor and that was my first break all day! The octopus and the beetlejuice restroom signs are great. My favorites are the YouTube peeing and the move left signs are hilarious.
One of the most gut-bustingly funny categories of things ever is candid photography of bizarre signs, billboards, marquees, headlines, ads, graffiti, etc. I used to have (and still should, if only I could find it) a huge book published by National Lampoon that was just a huge collection of some of the funniest things ever. While that collection's more than a bit dated, the tradition continues:
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Scientists are concerned that conspiracy theories may die out if they keep coming true at the current alarming rate.
I know that, but somehow in my current state I confused it. Must be a result of changing locations and climes and even hemispheres that my brain hasn't caught up with.
I know that, but somehow in my current state I confused it. Must be a result of changing locations and climes and even hemispheres that my brain hasn't caught up with.
@janis b
it's a water lilly. Others will call it an iris.
I've spent three years trying to get close enough to make sense of it.
I call iris. (In three feet of water).
Maybe not.
@Pricknick@Pricknick
Great Iris photo! In case anyone comes back ... just to be proper about the name. Irises can and do grow in water or at water's edge, but also grow terrestrially. A Water Lily is an aquatic plant that only grows in water. A Water Lily has round floating leaves at the water's surface, the plant is underwater, save to top of the leaves and flower. Irises are monocots, like grasses, all veination in the leaves is parallel without intersecting. Leaves are long, narrow, and linear. Water Lillies are dicots with intersecting leaf veination. The Water Lily flower is a cup like affair, as someone posted a photo of last week maybe (of a weird orange one). The draping petals on your flower are typical Iris petals. Most Water Lily flowers are nocturnal openers which will remain open under overcast skies, but usually close in the sun. Yellow Cow Lily (Nuphar lutea or somesuch) is the common Yellow Water Lily across the southern U.S.
Great photo, beautiful flower.
#7.1.1.1.1
it's a water lilly. Others will call it an iris.
I've spent three years trying to get close enough to make sense of it.
I call iris. (In three feet of water).
Maybe not.
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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
@dystopian
Any idea what type of water lily this is?
#7.1.1.1.1.1#7.1.1.1.1.1 Great Iris photo! In case anyone comes back ... just to be proper about the name. Irises can and do grow in water or at water's edge, but also grow terrestrially. A Water Lily is an aquatic plant that only grows in water. A Water Lily has round floating leaves at the water's surface, the plant is underwater, save to top of the leaves and flower. Irises are monocots, like grasses, all veination in the leaves is parallel without intersecting. Leaves are long, narrow, and linear. Water Lillies are dicots with intersecting leaf veination. The Water Lily flower is a cup like affair, as someone posted a photo of last week maybe (of a weird orange one). The draping petals on your flower are typical Iris petals. Most Water Lily flowers are nocturnal openers which will remain open under overcast skies, but usually close in the sun. Yellow Cow Lily (Nuphar lutea or somesuch) is the common Yellow Water Lily across the southern U.S.
Great photo, beautiful flower.
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Regardless of the path in life I chose, I realize it's always forward, never straight.
First a smiling (apparently happy) butterfly: Florida White - though this is the continental form, the Mexican Tropical White, a different subspecies, but still Appias drusilla.
A Black-and-white Warbler in the birdbath.
Yellow Flax - which seems pretty orange to me...
Red-tailed Hawk - this is the Fuertes' (ssp. fuertesi) Red-tail, of the southwestern U.S. They are very pale and almost unmarked below.
This is a juvenile Green Kingfisher out of the nest but still begging, making sure mom has noticed that it has noticed she has no fish for it.
Have a great weekend all!
Thanks everyone for all the great stuff, comments, music, thoughts and ideas.
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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
First a smiling (apparently happy) butterfly: Florida White - though this is the continental form, the Mexican Tropical White, a different subspecies, but still Appias drusilla.
A Black-and-white Warbler in the birdbath.
Yellow Flax - which seems pretty orange to me...
Red-tailed Hawk - this is the Fuertes' (ssp. fuertesi) Red-tail, of the southwestern U.S. They are very pale and almost unmarked below.
This is a juvenile Green Kingfisher out of the nest but still begging, making sure mom has noticed that it has noticed she has no fish for it.
Have a great weekend all!
Thanks everyone for all the great stuff, comments, music, thoughts and ideas.
@edg
being a bird and fish guy... love yer photos! I think the birds are Rainbow Lorikeet. Gorgeous!
A sand flounder at the Albuquerque Aquarium.
Love-dovey lorakeets at the Nashville Zoo.
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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
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Abstracts
The Refer on a good day:
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If you can stretch your imagination this looked like a face. Windows are the eyes, shadow is the nose, plywood shelf drying in the sun was a smirk, dryer vent a beauty spot?
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question everything
Nice smile theme, QMS
Add a guitar neck and some strings to the smile in the second shot and it would make a nice abstract guitar.
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
This whole situation is abstract
(riffed from some song).
Yeah, I like the idea of adding strings on a long neck. Fits.
Tonight, met a gal on the beach with a camera hanging on a strap around her neck the size of an elephant trunk. Axed bout it. Taking shots at autistic kids riding a surfboard with an instructor. Could click their expressions many times a second. Shown Is how they change emotion multiple times a minute. Pretty cool.
Then, went out-side and perceived an array of fire flies blinking in the bushes. Just wow. So much quieter than the urban warfare going on last night!
Pow
question everything
Take an extra look at the fire flies for me, please,
and send them my love.
Roger that
It's a lot to describe the magic there. Pin pricks of light, blinking at random. Communicating by the frequency of the flashes.
Fun stuff
question everything
Here's the closest I've come in years to fire flies
Last week on Vancouver Island ...
Remind me sometime to tell you about my magical experience of fire flies with my sister on Monhegan Island.
What, you found glowing rocks?
What on earth
And I thought the dog was trippy.
question everything
Thanks to nature and light
for their glow. It makes the heart shine.
Hey, QMS--thank you for hosting this evening. So
many interesting and unusual photos.
If I can get a photo uploaded to my Twitter account, may finally have a photo to share. (prefer to display it in a Tweet)
Hey, have a good rest of your holiday weekend. Everyone stay safe, and cool!
Mollie
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
I've got nothing new
So I'll share some of my Deep Dreams
" In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry, and is generally considered to have been a bad move. -- Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy "
Wow!
Wonderful!
dfarrah
The juxtaposition
of the child with a nature background against an urban one is captivating.
Thanks boris!
question everything
Psychedelic dogs
That Ben McGann is a pretty trippy illustrator.
Shiver me timbers.
question everything
Gorgeous, BC--thank you! The top photo looks quite a bit
like our Alaskan Sourdough and Field Springer who lived to be 17-1/2 years old (not 'Mister B')--her features were much more delicate and sharper than a Bench Springer.
But, my 'guess' is that it's not a Field Springer.
A Border Collie, a Sheltie, or, an Aussie--maybe?
Am I way off?
Whatever--your photos are absolutely spectacular.
Again, thank you.
Mollie
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
He was a border collie
He was a runaway my aunt and uncle rescued after their first border collie died. I used to dog sit when they went out of town.
" In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry, and is generally considered to have been a bad move. -- Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy "
Thanks for hosting tonight
Aspens are my favorite trees.
Scientists are concerned that conspiracy theories may die out if they keep coming true at the current alarming rate.
Trees are a source of strength
Also loved the aspen when out west. Kinda into maples now back east. Grow like weeds here.
question everything
Hi snoopy!
Those Aspens, they just sparkle don't they. Thank you for the beautiful photo.
A few more, I've been really bored...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/benmcgann/albums/72157703445847255
" In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry, and is generally considered to have been a bad move. -- Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy "
the photos are of your paintings?
either way, exquisite!
@wendy davis Deep Dream Generator
Deep Dream Generator turns my photos into paintings...
https://deepdreamgenerator.com
" In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry, and is generally considered to have been a bad move. -- Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy "
my stars;
what next? whoooosh. (i'm a vivid dreamer, but never like this software can create.)
... and a rubbery green hoop earring for decoration
There’s something about cedar shingles that have always enchanted me.They make a nice weathered skin.
As of today I am domiciled for the next 2 1/2 months in Florida with my mom. Had a very bumpy descent and landing through the thunderclouds, and once outside I was greeted by the thickest air imaginable.
Thank you QMS for your wonderful support of community spirit and quirky sensibilities.
You are welcome
It is a worthwhile challenge.
question everything
Hiya, Janis
It's good to see you. Sounds like you are having fun with your family. Except for the temps and humidity I bet?
Nice capture of the image here.
Scientists are concerned that conspiracy theories may die out if they keep coming true at the current alarming rate.
The heat and humidity have only just begun.
Thankfully there's a pool at my mom's, and that I love swimming. Always happy to see you too snoopy.
Signs of our times
One of the most gut-bustingly funny categories of things ever is candid photography of bizarre signs, billboards, marquees, headlines, ads, graffiti, etc. I used to have (and still should, if only I could find it) a huge book published by National Lampoon that was just a huge collection of some of the funniest things ever. While that collection's more than a bit dated, the tradition continues:
In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is declared mentally ill for describing colors.
Yes Virginia, there is a Global Banking Conspiracy!
Funny as hell
Busted up on a couple of them.
Needed that.
Thanks Moonbat
question everything
Thanks Moonbat
Have you seen these ...
https://mymodernmet.com/funny-puns-signs-indian-hills-community-center/
Ah, yes
Yes I have.
In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is declared mentally ill for describing colors.
Yes Virginia, there is a Global Banking Conspiracy!
Dammit, Scotty...
I'm a doctor and that was my first break all day! The octopus and the beetlejuice restroom signs are great. My favorites are the YouTube peeing and the move left signs are hilarious.
Scientists are concerned that conspiracy theories may die out if they keep coming true at the current alarming rate.
Sauron the Good
Regardless of the path in life I chose, I realize it's always forward, never straight.
Beautiful ...
the different stages and ephemeral life of a lily. Is it a water lily?
Looks like an iris to me
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
Absolutely an Iris
I know that, but somehow in my current state I confused it. Must be a result of changing locations and climes and even hemispheres that my brain hasn't caught up with.
Irises also grow by the water, as well as on land,
don't they?
Some would say
it's a water lilly. Others will call it an iris.
I've spent three years trying to get close enough to make sense of it.
I call iris. (In three feet of water).
Maybe not.
Regardless of the path in life I chose, I realize it's always forward, never straight.
Beautiful Iris, not a lily ;)
Great Iris photo! In case anyone comes back ... just to be proper about the name. Irises can and do grow in water or at water's edge, but also grow terrestrially. A Water Lily is an aquatic plant that only grows in water. A Water Lily has round floating leaves at the water's surface, the plant is underwater, save to top of the leaves and flower. Irises are monocots, like grasses, all veination in the leaves is parallel without intersecting. Leaves are long, narrow, and linear. Water Lillies are dicots with intersecting leaf veination. The Water Lily flower is a cup like affair, as someone posted a photo of last week maybe (of a weird orange one). The draping petals on your flower are typical Iris petals. Most Water Lily flowers are nocturnal openers which will remain open under overcast skies, but usually close in the sun. Yellow Cow Lily (Nuphar lutea or somesuch) is the common Yellow Water Lily across the southern U.S.
Great photo, beautiful flower.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Thanks for the info
Any idea what type of water lily this is?
Regardless of the path in life I chose, I realize it's always forward, never straight.
my weekly thanks
First a smiling (apparently happy) butterfly: Florida White - though this is the continental form, the Mexican Tropical White, a different subspecies, but still Appias drusilla.
A Black-and-white Warbler in the birdbath.
Yellow Flax - which seems pretty orange to me...
Red-tailed Hawk - this is the Fuertes' (ssp. fuertesi) Red-tail, of the southwestern U.S. They are very pale and almost unmarked below.
This is a juvenile Green Kingfisher out of the nest but still begging, making sure mom has noticed that it has noticed she has no fish for it.
Have a great weekend all!
Thanks everyone for all the great stuff, comments, music, thoughts and ideas.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Thanks dystopian
to bathe with that warbler would be bliss ; ).
Peek-a-boo and birdies, too
A sand flounder at the Albuquerque Aquarium.
Love-dovey lorakeets at the Nashville Zoo.
great pix edg
being a bird and fish guy... love yer photos! I think the birds are Rainbow Lorikeet. Gorgeous!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein