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daffodils

Posted in from the dark room, photography on April 4, 2008| 2 Comments »

daffodils, originally uploaded by bobsee.

Walking to the railway station from home yesterday I stopped to capture these daffodils.
I love this outburst of yellow and cream which lines the main road into Stirling at this time of year

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Symmetry of land and sea

Posted in from the dark room, perception, photography on April 2, 2008| 3 Comments »

Off the coast of southern France, I took a boat trip and from the boat, I took this photo, back over the wake we were leaving.
On the horizon there was this island.
What strikes me now, looking at the photo, is the similarity of shape between the island and the waves of the Mediterranean.
Two thoughts came to my mind.
First, how lovely! I love that kind of reflected symmetry between land and water.
Second, I’m reading a book about physics at the moment and yesterday I read the story of Einstein’s breakthrough thought that energy and matter are interchangeable. OK, this might be a bit of artistic license here, but there does seem to be a continuum from the energy-shaped waves, to the matter-shaped island.

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for the roses

Posted in from the dark room, photography on April 1, 2008| 4 Comments »

for the roses, originally uploaded by bobsee.

I saw these at the flower market in Aix recently
Aren’t they lovely?
Which flowers are you favourite flowers? Do you ever try to send somebody a message by choosing particular flowers?

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Mmmm….delicious

Posted in from the consulting room, from the dark room, health, photography, tagged nutrition on March 31, 2008| 5 Comments »

Mmmm….delicious, originally uploaded by bobsee.

Who would have thought that tomatoes could be controversial?

Well, if you agree with this person – you’ll think they are fabulously health-giving (offering all kinds of protection against cancers)

But, if you agree with this person – you’ll think they are some kind of abomination (because they are from the nightshade family)

Me? I think they look and taste delicious! Insalata Caprese is my favourite. I first tasted this on the Island of Capri and it was very simple there – tomatoes, mozarella and basil drizzled with olive oil. Mmmmmmm (psst – heard about mozarella?) Ho, hum…..is nothing safe any more?

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Reflected freedom

Posted in from the dark room, life, photography on March 30, 2008| 3 Comments »

reflected freedom, originally uploaded by bobsee.

What is it about boats? So many people have such a fascination for them. These ones in the harbour at Cassis were such beautiful colours. Aren’t they lovely?
How about you? Do you like to be beside the seaside?
What do boats mean to you?

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Celebration

Posted in from the dark room, life, photography on March 29, 2008| 5 Comments »

There’s something going on in the garden……

What do you like to celebrate? And how do you do it? What would you celebrate in a big tent like this?

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Sloping off somewhere this weekend?

Posted in from the dark room, life, photography on March 28, 2008| Leave a Comment »

What do you like to do with your time off if you’ve busy and working all week? Do you like to slope off somewhere with friends?

Or do you prefer to slope off alone?

Or with that someone special?

What works best for you?

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More What do You See Here?

Posted in from the dark room, perception, photography on March 27, 2008| 3 Comments »

rock, originally uploaded by bobsee.

For those of you who enjoyed the recent “What do you See Here?“……..here’s another one!

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What do you see here?

Posted in from the dark room, perception, photography on March 24, 2008| 4 Comments »

building, originally uploaded by bobsee.

Perception involves a lot more than just sensory inputs ordered by our eyes and brains in the way a computer would process an image.
We use memory to match the patterns we see to what we’ve seen before. And we use imagination to see more than could be seen by a machine.
What do you see when you look at this?
What do you see first of all, what does it remind you of, and, if you were to use your imagination, what would you see then?

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