photo101rehab

vilnius(streets)

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I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle.
― Marilyn Monroe

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I’ve been invited to present at a conference tomorrow morning here in Vilnius. I had two hours sleep last night and have a busy day ahead. It’s cold and raining. As I watched this city unfold in front of me as my cab driver brought me to my hotel I was reminded of another city, one that brought me great joy, and some photographic success, it also brought to mind this old Buzzcocks song and these lyrics (adapted)

Ever fallen in love? (Love…)
In love with some (city)
You shouldn’t’ve fallen in love with

Oh, Vilnius!

poetry | 101 | rehab | red

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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories
― Haruki Murakami

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voices, filled (the air)
have, one more
don’t despair

(warm) fingers, tracing, searching
did they (who watched) care
have, one more

more, and more
no one (really) saw
or so, it seemed

blue eyes
yes (they cared, oh how so much)
told, no lies

feelings rising
choices, stretching
(out)

don’t be scared
choose, the blue
ride, the red

you’ll soon
be

dead

red

This week, my poetry prompt is red

project 365 | mobile | mono | skies | twelve

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083 | 365
082 | 365
081 | 365
080 | 365
079 | 365
078 | 365
077 | 365

I launched this, my latest Project 365, on Monday 13 June 2016 by posting a single photo each day to my Instagram account and to my Flickr account.

I will post an update each Sunday and you can see them all by clicking here.

Watch the skies!

project 365 | mobile | mono | skies | eleven

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076 | 365
075 | 365
074 | 365
073 | 365
072 | 365
071 | 365
070 | 365

I launched this, my latest Project 365, on Monday 13 June 2016 by posting a single photo each day to my Instagram account and to my Flickr account.

I will post an update each Sunday and you can see them all by clicking here.

Watch the skies!

frame

Image | | andy townend

That’s rule number one for a photographer, isn’t it? Fill your frame?
― David Cronenberg, Consumed

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For WordPress weekly photo challenge – frame

*Shot with Nikon D700 and AF 80-200mm f/2.8 D lens, ISO200, 200mm f/2.8 1/5000s, edited in Lightroom CC and Analog Efex Pro 2*

See also my contribution  on salamancastreets

 

project 365 | mobile | mono | skies | ten

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069 | 365
068 | 365
067 | 365
066 | 365
065 | 365
064 | 365
063 | 365

I launched this, my latest Project 365, on Monday 13 June 2016 by posting a single photo each day to my Instagram account and to my Flickr account.

I will post an update each Sunday and you can see them all by clicking here.

Watch the skies!

old chapel

Image | | andy townend

I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, “This is what it is to be happy.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

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fenced in

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ashen

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dare you?

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laid bare

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peeled and scrubbed

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baked in

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bright red tomatoes

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just don’t

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yes, indeed

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do not remove

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out of place

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disused

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emptied

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well stocked

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lucky

Images shot at The Old Chapel, near Crickhowell in South Wales, with Nikon D700 in manual mode at ISO200 and Nikkor AF-S 50mm f/1.4 G and Nikkor AF 80-20omm f/2.8 D lenses.

poetry | 101 | rehab | whisper

Image | | andy townend

There’s no need to raise your voice here. You don’t have to convince anybody of anything, and you don’t have to attract anyone’s attention
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

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I hear you,

whisper

in the long grass

and in, the reeds

along, the banks.

I hear you,

whisper

in the leaves, of the

trees

and (in) the beards of those

who ride long,

and hard.

I hear you,

whisper

in the (endless) night,

when the stars,

fall,

and (yes)

I hear you, whisper

when you, are

gone.

whisper

This week, my poetry prompt is only a whisper

project 365 | mobile | mono | skies | nine

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062 | 365
061| 365
060 | 365
059 | 365
058 | 365
057 | 365
056 | 365

I launched this, my latest Project 365, on Monday 13 June 2016 by posting a single photo each day to my Instagram account and to my Flickr account.

I will post an update each Sunday and you can see them all by clicking here.

Watch the skies!