flickr memories

. originally uploaded by cara. on 11 Feb ‘08, 5.15pm CET PST.

Sometimes green is my favorite color originally uploaded by Angele. on 13 Oct ‘07, 5.25pm CEST PST.

For my sister Melanie who loves butterflies..
It’s not that easy being green
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves
When I think it could be nicer being red, or yellow or gold
Or something much more colorful like that

It’s not easy being green
It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things
And people tend to pass you over ’cause you’re
Not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water
Or stars in the sky

But green’s the color of Spring
And green can be cool and friendly-like
And green can be big like an ocean, or important
Like a mountain, or tall like a tree

When green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why, but why wonder why
Wonder, I am green and it’ll do fine, it’s beautiful
And I think it’s what I want to be

(that is the Rio Grande in the background)

Have a look at this On White in large.

_SAS3320_springSucculent2.jpg originally uploaded by gammalyte on 7 May ‘07, 6.39pm CEST PST.

No photoshop chicanery here, just a slight curve

Here’s To Novelty originally uploaded by aqui-ali on 8 May ‘07, 7.08pm CEST PST.

I see these parrots every other day now, as they tend to congregate at a park near my work. The first time I saw them I was ecstatic, the novelty of seeing a parrot in a large city amongst the skyscrapers seemed do incredible.

As I saw them more often and realized that they were easily accessible I became indifferent to the novelty. Yesterday I saw them again, and that sense of amazement came back, as I again considered more purposefully how amazingly special it is to be able to interact with parrots in a major city that is not located in the vicinity of their natural habitat.

Novelty is a construct of the curious mind, and needs to be cultivated. Novelty is everywhere, even in the world we see as familiar.

I need to remind myself of this more often…

Red Joy! originally uploaded by Othon Leon on 27 Apr ‘07, 7.00am CEST PST.

My dear flickr friends, I’ll be off line for a few days, but shall get back soon to see and comment on your pictures first thing! meanwhile…

Soft Pink Smoke originally uploaded by Pink Sherbet Photography on 18 Aug ‘06, 6.44pm EDT PST.

Soft Pink Smoke. Depth of field DoF macro cigarette. It almost looks as though the cig is coming out of the picture like 3D. I went with the suggestions below and gave the pic a tighter crop.

Tazo Tea bags originally uploaded by Richard- on 7 Apr ‘06, 3.51pm CEST PST.

I liked the sun shining through these tea bags (Tazo Awake and Earl Grey) and I was too lazy to get the big telephoto lens and extender off the camera so figured I’d try out the image stabilizer on a shot like this. Glad I did.

Metal Love originally uploaded by jaxxon on 11 Jan ‘06, 7.37am PST.

catch the sun originally uploaded by seventytw0dpi on 14 Jan ‘06, 9.10pm PST.

Calla originally uploaded by Mylens on 9 Jan ‘06, 10.48am PST.

I’ll keep trying.

Strawberry originally uploaded by dannywartnaby on 27 Aug ‘05, 4.23pm PST.

groove originally uploaded by mjutabor on 25 Dec ‘05, 4.54pm PST.

vinyl fetish/blue note

Solitude #2 originally uploaded by konaboy on 23 Nov ‘05, 4.39pm PST.

Most ants don’t sit still much, but this one did seem to pause and enjoy a moment to itself at the tip of this Jade flower.

This is another extension tube shot, but I didn’t quite nail the focus, I’m afraid. I like the results despite the technical problems.

. originally uploaded by akiruna on 28 Nov ‘05, 11.08am PST.

It was love at first sight

originally uploaded by malota on 9 Oct ‘04, 12.41pm PST.