symbol

“artists are those who can evade the verbose” ― haruki murakami, kafka on the shore

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“fly me away” – goldfrapp

(for dp weekly photo challenge – symbol)

door

“break on through to the other side” – the doors

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“every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door and serves as a stepping stone to other things” ― pablo picasso

do you dare

open the door

or, are you

running?

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – door)

(and for lucile’s photo 101 rehab)

*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 70-200mm f/4 lens at 85mm, ISO200, 1/160s at f/6.3 and edited in lightroom cc, and analog efex pro 2 with wet plate filter number nine, break on through*

muse

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“why, in a cause like this, must you poor fools so sorely try the muses’ kindness” ― johann wolfgang von goethe, faust

“lost in the wild
so come to me now
I could use someone like you

lyrics to psycho by muse

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – muse)

*enough said*

roygbiv

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(the cook’s companion – the complete book of ingredients and recipes for the australian kitchen – stephanie alexander)

red cooked pig’s tripe with ginger (page 977)

orange sorbet with tokay (page 653)

yellow beans (page 140)

green papaya and peanut salad (page 986-7)

blue eye cutlets with cumin (page 459)

indian inspired spice paste for small birds (page 814)

violet oon’s chilli lobster (page 873)

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – roy g biv)

(and for  lucile’s photo 101 rehab)

*shot right now with nikon d700 and nikkor 70-200mm f/4 lens at 145mm, ISO6400, f/4 and 1/125s, no edits, no indigo food in index* 

roygbiv on belgianstreets

roygbiv on belgradestreets

off season

“It’s big and it’s bland, full of tension and fear.
They do it over there but we don’t do it here.”
lyrics from “fashion” by david bowie

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off season

low season

unseason(able)

off season / in need

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – off season)

*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 70-200mm f/4 lens at 135mm, ISO200, 1/200s at f/7.1, second hand dreams*

vivid

                                     "all the robots descend from the bus" - daft punk is playing in my house, lcd soundsystem
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(city of london, window dressing)

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – vivid)
*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 70-200mm f/4 lens at 200mm, ISO450, 1/125s and f/4, edited in lightroom cc and color efex pro 4, who’s playing in your house?*

vivid on belgianstreets

on the way

                                    "we are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side” ― kahlil gibran
 
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(street art, covered passage off denisova, olomouc)

twists and turns

false paths and blind alleys

fate turns

so, when on the way

there really is just one

way

and it is right in front of

you

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – on the way)

*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at ISO200, 1/60s and f/2.2, edited in lightroom cc, the way is clear”

on the way on belgianstreets

on the way on belgradestreets

broken

broken promises
broken promises

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – broken)

*shot with nikon d700 and 85mm f/1.8 lens at ISO200, 1/200s and f/7.1 edited in lightroom cc and photoshop cc with words written in iA Writer Pro, promises promises*

broken on belgianstreets

broken on belgradestreets

enveloped

“i was enveloped in numbness, and absence of feeling so deep the bottom was lost from view”
― haruki murakami, the wind-up bird chronicle
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            enveloped in pain
                             by something that knows
                      no name
                             don't give it house room
            turn up the
                                               volume
            and just
                                                                                          dance

(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – enveloped)

*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 70-200m f/4 lens at 1/250s and f/8, no edits*