Untitled – You Decide!

Black And White Photography, Photography

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SS 1/100 f 5.6 ISO 400

It seems of late I have either been photographing people or flowers.  I wanted to do something unique this week so I took inspiration from a site I follow on Instagram called “@LovelyDeadCrap”.  I didn’t just go out to photograph flowers, which are bountiful in my yard right now, I wanted to find something unique to post.  Here you find the pentagram center of a rose that has lost it’s petals.  Did you know that is what the subject in the image was?

Next I needed to come up with a title.  I couldn’t just call it two stars so I began with my language of flowers resources and found that the pink rose represents thankfulness.  That just didn’t seem enough.  So I went on search for the meaning of stars.  I found a great website that reviews the history of stars, which you can find HERE.  I read about the meaning of stars and was fascinated with the history and meanings. With that I decided that…..

I’d given you a start…so let’s see what you come up with for a title.  Ready, set, go and comment below….

Equipment Check

Black And White Photography, Joseph, Photography

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Fuji X-T1 and Fujinon XF 55-200 R OIS Lens – 1/1250 @ f/4.4 – 141mm – ISO 200

This member of the YellowBirds racing team does an equipment check then closes his eyes and says a short prayer for a safe run.  For a complete series of shots including a quick video of this competition please click – Here

What Edna Said

Black And White Photography, Laurie, Photography

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My candle burns at both ends;
   It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
   It gives a lovely light!
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Thanks to the lovely Julia at Defeat Despair for introducing me to the poem First Fig
by Edna St. Vincent Millay