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Ensō cloud

Posted in from the dark room, photography on September 5, 2011| Leave a Comment »

strange cloud

Look at this cloud! What do you think about that?

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A man

Posted in from the dark room, photography on September 4, 2011| 1 Comment »

One and a half?

A whole man?

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You caught my eye on my way to work….

Posted in from the dark room, from the living room, photography on August 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »

…as I walked past the park this morning, something caught my eye …

 

rockin robin

What was it? Who was it?

robin

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Look for the colour purple this weekend

Posted in from the dark room, photography on August 12, 2011| 1 Comment »

poppy

How about photographing something purple this weekend and sending me the link to where you post it? Or tweet it to @bobleckridge with #purpleweekend

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What do you see?

Posted in from the dark room, photography on August 11, 2011| Leave a Comment »

cloudy heavens

A church? The sky? Clouds? Spirituality?

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Where do clouds go?

Posted in from the dark room, life, personal growth, photography, tagged on August 9, 2011| 1 Comment »

summer clouds

Can you remember a time when you looked up at the sky, a blue sky with distinct white clouds in it, and as you looked at one particular cloud you could watch its shape constantly changing? You probably noticed how the cloud would thin out at the edges and, in many cases, especially with the smaller clouds, you could watch as it gradually disappeared.
If you can’t remember ever doing that, then do it as soon as the weather allows. Pick out a fairly small cloud and watch it constantly change shape, constantly thin out at its edges and gradually disappear.
Where does the cloud go?

The cloud doesn’t disappear. It becomes the sky as the sky flows through it.

Come and check out my new project – http://www.betheflow.net

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change your perspective

Posted in from the dark room, perception, photography on August 8, 2011| Leave a Comment »

I think some of the best shots you’ll get come when you change your position, and, thereby, your perspective. Photos taken at eye level, looking straight ahead, standing upright are amongst the most boring one in my opinion.
Look at this flower taken by sitting on the ground and holding the camera right down on the ground in front of me….

backlit raindropped

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Morning dew…the becoming of a new day

Posted in from the dark room, life, perception, photography on July 30, 2011| 1 Comment »

dewdrops

I love these drops of water on stems, leaves and petals. They are like little lenses to see the world through, little prisms or jewels decorating the hedgerow.

dewed filaments

I’ve no idea what this is. It was lying in the middle of the path right in front of me. Like gossamer, a little tangle of filaments in a small bundle on the ground. I guess it’s the creation of a spider of some kind but I’ve never seen anything like it.

spider in web

See the dew drop, just to the top right? What I didn’t notice as I took the photograph was that the creator of this web wasn’t finished. See her right in the middle? It looks to me that the inner spiral is not yet complete.

I saw all of this on the walk to the station which I take every single work day. How different! How new! How becoming, not being……

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Footprints across the fairway

Posted in from the dark room, photography on July 29, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Following on from yesterday’s blog post about the golf ball, the morning dew was heavy this week and let me capture some really interesting images. (I’ll post more later)
But take a look at this one…..in the light of post about creating our own paths…

footprints on the fairway

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Here now

Posted in from the dark room, from the living room, life, photography on July 27, 2011| 1 Comment »

golf ball

I’m not a golfer, but what this photo made me think was, if this is where the ball landed, this is where the golfer will have to play it. The rules state you play the ball from where you find it. No point moaning or groaning or wishing it was somewhere else. It is where it is and you have to play it.
That reminded me of an old joke where someone asks how to get to a particular town, and the response is “Oh, if I was going there, I wouldn’t start from here!”
Not helpful!
Thing is, you have to start from where you are. You can wish you were somewhere else. You can even wish you were SOMEONE else! But that won’t help.
Does that seem harsh?
Because, actually, it turns out, there’s a lot of grief in wishing it were different, or resenting that it isn’t different, from what it is.

You have to take the play – HERE and NOW.

You can only make choices in the PRESENT. There’s no joy in living in the world of past hurts and grievances or in the world of future what ifs and maybes…..

 

 

 

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