“As a lifetime proposition, happiness is a discipline, no doubt; but for moments at a time, it’s a piece of luck. A piece of luck and a clue: a hint, not just of what might be, but of what already exists, in the heart of a man’s heart…”
― John Burnside, A Lie About My Father: A Memoir
happy places exist in spaces we can’t always place
sometimes we don’t have enough, space
and then, there
it is
that, place
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – happy place)
‘It takes so little, so infinitely little, for someone to find himself on the other side of the border, where everything – love, convictions, faith, history – no longer has meaning. The whole mystery of human life resides on the fact that it is spent in the immediate proximity of, and even in direct contact with, that border, that it is separated from it not by kilometers but by barely a millimetre’
― Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – boundaries)
(and for lucile’s photo 101 rehab)
*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at ISO200, 1/125s and f/3.2 edited in lightroom cc and analog efex pro 2, blurred boundaries*
“There is strong shadow where there is much light”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
This post is a piece of *failed* homework.
The intention, to recreate the brilliance of this week’s Imagecraft Bootcamp – Shadow Recovery hosted by Mitch and Lucille.
My first challenge was to find a photo worth recovering – then I found this one, a memorable sunset over the rooftops of Amsterdam, taken on a very happy Photo 101 “meeting” earlier this year. There was alcohol involved hence the very poor quality of the original shot.
The second challenge was to edit the original shot in Lightroom CC following Mitch’s detailed instructions.
Of course, I am hopeless at following instructions, and, in common with many men, rarely ask for directions.
So, I gave up, and cheated by pushing the darkened image through HDR Efex Pro 2.
Not happy with the result particularly but at least my effort is better than the old *the dog ate my homework*.
Will try harder next time.
I promise.
(shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at ISO200, 1/250s at f/8.0, edited in Lightroom CC and HDR Efex Pro 2)
Do you miss the Writing 201 Poetry course by the Daily Post? If so, then join this blogging challenge and let the poetry flow!
How does it work?
Feel free to answer the prompt, twist it or ignore it; write a poem of your own or share a poem by another author. Write about your inspiration, your creative process or other poetry related thoughts, but this is in no way obligatory. Nothing is obligatory in this challenge. The idea is to get together, talk poetry and have fun!
How can you take part?
Anyone can take part, anytime you want. Publish your poetry post and add a link to it by clicking on the Poetry 101 Rehab badge below or share your link in a comment. Use the tag Poetry 101 Rehab, so we can find each other in the Reader.
I will act as your host, and I’ll be here for you to reply to your comments, read your poetry, like and comment. While this post is the starting point for the challenge, do visit fellow poets in the link-up and chat to them on their blogs!
This week’s prompt is FLORA.
Surprised by Flora
They had come to walk
Found hope
My starter for ten, entitled FLORA was inspired by an unexpected find. What will your take on the keyword FLORA be? Blog about it in a poetry post and share your link in the comments section of this post and by clicking on the Poetry 101 Badge above.
(images shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens and submitted to Lucile’s photo 101 rehab, just to show I also have a “light” side 🙂 )
Mara Eastern created Poetry 101 Rehab.
On Sunday, 14 June 2015, I launched my Project 365.
You can see all the images as they are posted to the mobile | mono | square album on my flickr account.
My plan, let’s see if I can stick to this, is to post a weekly update here each Sunday.
Do you miss the Writing 201 Poetry course by the Daily Post? If so, then join this blogging challenge and let the poetry flow!
How does it work?
Feel free to answer the prompt, twist it or ignore it; write a poem of your own or share a poem by another author. Write about your inspiration, your creative process or other poetry related thoughts, but this is in no way obligatory. Nothing is obligatory in this challenge. The idea is to get together, talk poetry and have fun!
How can you take part?
Anyone can take part, anytime you want. Publish your poetry post and add a link to it by clicking on the Poetry 101 Rehab badge below or share your link in a comment. Use the tag Poetry 101 Rehab, so we can find each other in the Reader.
I will act as your host, and I’ll be here for you to reply to your comments, read your poetry, like and comment. While this post is the starting point for the challenge, do visit fellow poets in the link-up and chat to them on their blogs!
This week’s prompt is EXPOSITION.
new exposition
even those who do not see
come to find
My starter for ten, entitled EXPOSITION, is an attempt at expression in the form of a Japanese haiku. What will your take on the keyword EXPOSITION be? Blog about it in a poetry post and share your link in the comments section of this post and by clicking on the Poetry 101 Badge above.
Mara Eastern created Poetry 101 Rehab.
On Sunday, 14 June 2015, I launched my Project 365.
You can see all the images as they are posted to the mobile | mono | square album on my flickr account.
My plan, let’s see if I can stick to this, is to post a weekly update here each Sunday.
“When the orbits of these two satellites of ours happened to cross paths, we could be together. Maybe even open our hearts to each other. But that was only for the briefest moment. In the next instant we’d be in absolute solitude. Until we burned up and became nothing.”
― Haruki Murakami
(tree, all low keyed up and waiting for me in a forest near tervuren…)
(for Imagecraft Bootcamp — Low Key Images, by Mitch and Lucile)
(also for Lucile’s photo 101 rehab)
*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 70-200mm f/4 lens at ISO220, 1/125s and f/4, absolutely not a single edit, serendipity*
“the person you became with her is worth being”
― veronica roth
(wall, km 1180)
(for daily post weekly photo challenge – change)
*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 70-200mm f/f lens at 200mm, ISO200, 1/320s and f/9.0 cropped slightly in lightroom cc, changing times*
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