Friday Night Photos Meditation Garden Edition

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 08/16/2024 - 5:00pm

Happy Friday everyone. I hope everybody is doing well. Post any photos, memes, or music you like.

This month's camera club outing was at the Self-realization Fellowship Meditation Garden in Encinitas. Located on a bluff overlooking the Pacific ocean, the garden has a wide variety of trees and plants, Koi ponds and plenty of benches where you can sit and relax (or meditate if that's your thing) and enjoy the garden and the view of the ocean.

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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 08/16/2024 - 6:11pm

Your last shot is almost a mandala

peace, love and happiness

here is a mother toad, hatched a bunch of baby toads on the deck
had to watch your footing so as not to squish the little critters ..

PS. trippy music, California or lost souls digest?

cheers!

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 08/16/2024 - 6:28pm

Hi, QMS.

@QMS
What fun being able to watch the little toads. I hear frogs in my yard from time to time but have yet to see one. They're very good little hiders.
I'm not sure what you're asking so I don't know how to answer your question about the music.

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 08/16/2024 - 6:30pm

Hi, QMS.

@QMS @QMS
delete. double post

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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 08/16/2024 - 6:36pm

umm, sounds like the players

@Socialprogressive
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are into a psychedelic rhythm
wondered if it was Cali or
something else like listed
severance diatribe

doesn't really matter
cheers

Submitted by janis b on Fri, 08/16/2024 - 9:20pm

Thanks for the toad Q,

@QMS

and the vision of baby toads hopping around. I haven't seen frogs or toads in a long time.

Submitted by janis b on Fri, 08/16/2024 - 9:14pm

Hi Social

Beautiful paths and plant life. I especially enjoyed the sensation I felt when looking at the paths through dappled light, especially the patterns on the trees and path of the third photo. The shapes of the trees are beautiful.

I think all photographers find looking through the lens a highly meditative activity.

Meditation indoors on a rainy day ...

Be well and enjoy the weekend all

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 08/16/2024 - 9:48pm

Hi, Janis

@janis b
On the third and seventh photos I did a 5 frame exposure bracket to capture as much detail as possible in the shadows.
Cool Photo. It looks like a very stylish amoeba.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 08/16/2024 - 10:04pm

Thanks Social, for the info regarding your process

@Socialprogressive @Socialprogressive

and for the association to an amoeba. I hadn't recognised that, but it's true.

Submitted by dystopian on Sat, 08/17/2024 - 8:04pm

Hi Janis,

@janis b Hey J!

Neat pic, whatever it is.

Here is some music for it.

hope all is well, take care!

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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

Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 08/16/2024 - 11:17pm

Hi pixelators

Hi all, Hey SP!

GREAT photos SP! The place looks fantastic. Bet there are birds there in fall especially on good migrant days. Coastal green spots are gold mines for migrants in socal in fall.

The two with the pink flowers look like Pink Ladies' Slippers. The pale yellowish bells shaped flowers with the sharp leaves is a 'Spanish Dagger' type of Yucca. The rerd ones are Aloe, maybe Aloe vera but there are many types. The big green leaf looks an Elephant Ear. Interesting how in form alone, the cactus garden looks like a coral reef. Lots of brain corals, some columnar and pillar growth forms, some branching types, all very like what you see in corals on a reef.

The main item here is the big very pale gull in center with a pink bill with black tip. It is a first or second year Glaucous Gull. The browner one behind with the all black bill is a first-winter Glaucous-winged Gull. Glaucous-winged Gull is common in CA, Glaucous Gull is very rare, especially in socal. This was taken at my old stomping grounds and local patch, Harbor Pk. in L.A. Sorry about the poor quality from a slide...

Thanks for the great pics SP! I gotta fly.

happy trails all!

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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

Submitted by janis b on Fri, 08/16/2024 - 11:28pm

Hi d

@dystopian

So the rare gulls hang out with the common ones, how egalitarian gulls are ; ).

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Sat, 08/17/2024 - 12:30am

Hi, dystopian

@dystopian
Now that you mention it, the cactus garden does look like a coral reef. The Spanish Dagger is a Yucca Whipplei, also known as our Lords candle.
Thanks for the rare Glaucous Gull. Lucky you for seeing it and getting a photo.

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Submitted by orlbucfan on Sat, 08/17/2024 - 9:43am

Great photos!!!

Wowsers and Rec'd!!. So far, so good on the hurricane front for ECFL. Still two more months to go, but the secret is basic common sense. Be ready and don't sweat 'em.

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Sat, 08/17/2024 - 3:35pm

Hi, obf

@orlbucfan
Looks like the east coast will be spared from Hurricane Ernesto. Hope you guys are as lucky for the rest of the storm season.

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Submitted by janis b on Mon, 08/19/2024 - 1:08am

Thank you obf

@orlbucfan

I like your strategy regarding hurricanes. I suppose it can be applied to life in general ; ).

Good luck!