Category Archives: Images

Blue Two Part 1

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A striking, minimalist photograph of a solitary bird in flight against a deep, textured blue sky. The image's dominant color and focus on two key elements—the bird and the sky—reflect the post's title, 'Blue Two Part 1'.

 

Rape Seed

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A bee, its body covered in pollen, perches on a cluster of brilliant yellow rapeseed flowers. The background is a soft, sun-drenched blur of the same golden hue. This image, titled "Rape Seed," captures the intricate relationship between pollinator and plant, a "seed" of life and growth, while evoking the controversial naming of this plant and the duality of its beauty and its historical association.

stained glass window

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A photograph taken from below, looking up through the dense, leafy canopy of a tree. Bright sunlight filters through the leaves, creating a vibrant mosaic of different shades of green and light that strongly resembles a stained glass window. The dark, crisscrossing branches of the tree are visible against the bright sky.

Lateral Thinking

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belly pork

layer cake

dawn crack

day break

A photograph showcasing distinct horizontal layers: a textured expanse of turquoise water at the bottom, topped by a thin, bright horizon line, above which stretches a vast, dark blue-grey sky filled with heavy clouds. The composition emphasizes these stratified layers, mirroring the theme of the post suggested by phrases like "layer cake" and the concept of "lateral" perspectives, where different levels or aspects are considered side by side. The image evokes a sense of depth and the interplay between different atmospheric and aquatic strata. This photo was taken in the Maldives.

Foam Bath

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And back at shore…. sesame biscuits

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Waiheke Island, New Year’s Eve 2013-2014

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Crescent Wing

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Best Foot Forward

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A close-up photograph of a Pacific Reef Heron, a type of grey heron, standing on a sandy shore or beach. The bird is poised on one leg, with its other leg missing, creating a striking and poignant visual that plays directly on the post's title, "Best Foot Forward." The mottled grey feathers of the bird are in sharp focus against the soft, blurred background of the water's edge.

Skyscrape

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A vertical photograph of a skeletal, dead camel thorn tree (Vachellia erioloba) with gnarled black branches, standing starkly in the cracked white clay pan of Deadvlei, Namibia. The tree is centered against a backdrop of undulating, rust-red sand dunes, with a dramatic, overcast grey sky above.

This way. No, that way.

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A low-angle, eye-level photograph of a camel thorn tree (Vachellia erioloba) with a wide, sprawling canopy and intricate, twisting exposed roots. The tree is isolated in a vast, flat red-sand desert with a distinct mountain range visible in the distance on the left. The sky above is a bright blue with scattered white clouds. The location is the Namib Desert in Namibia.