words of wisdom

“Outwardly we are being torn apart and the paths to each other lie buried under so much debris that we often fail to find the person we seek.”

Etty Hillesum, An Interrupted Life, pg. 149)

Dandelion’s Dusk

Words of Wisdom

lens-artist: treasure hunt

Enya

clouds

reflection

studious child

and now on to the fun while on a photo walk….

exploring the use of the Fujifilm mcex-16mm extension tube

exploring combination of the extension tube with Fuji’s built-in double exposure.

Hop on over to Travels and Trifles to join Tina’s treasure hunt.

frozen time

Apple iPad Pro … f/1.8 . 1/15s . 33mm . 90 ISO … Edited: Snapseed

gwen and friends

Night sky …. Summer moon

A cricket’s lullaby — for

Sleeping Gwen and friends

Dawn sky … drifting clouds

Robins and doves birdsong — for

Waking Gwen and friends

lens-artists: over the hill

Not for stilts

but as a cane

bamboo serves me now,

I who call to mind

the games of childhood ~Saigyo (BW, Poems of a Mountain Home)

Seventy-one!

How did

a dewdrop last? ~Kigen (YH, Japanese Death Poems)

How few our years of golden youth! How certain our gray years of age! ~Emperor Wu-ti

(The Jade Flute, Various; The Project Gutenberg Ebook)

Wind Kisses invites photographers to share images reflective of their relationship with over the hill.

photo walk with a Fujifilm

Fujifilm X-T4 … f/6.4 … 1/100s … 65.2mm … 640 ISO, edited: Capture One

cbwc: your pick

Apple iPad … f/1.8 1/15s 3.99mm 100 ISO edited: Snapseed

still life submitted in response to Cee’s black and white photo challenge.

As banked clouds

are swept apart

by the wind at dawn

the cry of the first wild geese

winging over the mountain ~Saigyo*

Sony RX1003 … F/3.5 … 1/100s … 8.8 mm … 80 ISO

*cited: Trans: Burton Watson, Poems of a Mountain Home

lens-artists: opposites

looking back … looking forward

looking down … looking up

sitting … walking

emerging … emergent

Images posted in response to Tina’s (Travels and Trifles) invitation to share opposites.

weekly prompts: glimmer

Pale green night and flowers all melting into one
in the soft haze–
Everywhere the moon, glimmering in the Spring night.

~The Sarashina Diary (1009-1059): Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan

The morning’s sun glimmered on the surface of Spring Creek. Please enjoy.

Visit Weekly Prompts to join this week’s challenge: glimmer

weekly prompts weekend challenge: peek

peeking in, peeking out
of the mist…
Mount Tsukuba ~Issa*

weekly prompts weekend challenge: Peek

*www.haikuguy.com

CBWC: Texture

Texture within photography invites an awareness of how sight invites me to touch as a means to validate the visual and tactile experiences: silky, bubbly, prickly, nubby, fluffy, grainy, gritty, etc.

Hop on over to Cee’s to join the CBWC challenge: texture.