Coastal Mantra Series... Flying Meditation

your more than welcome sweetie. love it to bits :) xoxoxoxoxoxo

very nice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A very atmospheric shot Lina.

wow!!!!! what an awesome shot.. and yes, I know David and his amazing bird shots.. .. what a wonderful dedication..xx

He is cute! Great shot! :)) xox

This is awesome gorgeous, love the mood in it xxxxxxxxxxxx

Linaji, this is one great bird shot! Excellent capture and a fine tribute to both David and Tuffcookie!

You are so funny, Lina, and very sweet. Thank for kind of dedicating this great shot to Kelly and me. I have no pictures of pelicans. This guy is a beaut. I love the atmosphere.

A shot form the hip is worth two from the plan eh linaji?
Your incredible dedication to incredible dedications is incedible!!!

simple, a beauty!

fabulous capture,dawnx

the atmosphere is exceptional…and he is quite the flyer….great shot lina…..love it..xox

Lina he’s smiling! I think he likes you, if he follows you home, I think they eat fish!

wow!!! lina…..this is amazing…..the feeling of flying through that air…..wow…..can’t wait to see more shots from your day yesterday!!! love to you….

Awww… Thank you!! Sending Love and huge HUG your way!!!!!!!! xoxoxoxox

Such a beautiful photo!
Pelicans are such cool birds.

WOWOWOWW….such a great capture of a moment in time….lina this is fabulous!!!

This is what meditation is about, isn’t it? I hit the big view and had this picture in front of me for what seemed like ages with nothing else around it to distract… just as you seem to have done when you squeezed the shutter on this. There is this lofting pelican in flight, and nothing else. No sound, no breeze… not even source of light. Every distraction, including the wooded hills are subdued and shrouded by silent mist.

It kind of blows me away that you can evoke such focus through such a simple shot with so few elements, and I think it works so well beause of two main things… your narrow tonal range (it’s virtually monochrome), and the position of the bird in relation to the background. Remove the background and there is no reference, no context. Just a bird in flight. But you have him with his wings down, like he’s in touch with the earth, but just elevated above it to find a moment of peace and focus.

It’s not really like me to stare so long at a picture of a bird in flight. But there is something about this that gives me a feeling of peace and I’m just trying to figure out what it is, and it so happens I’ve got a keboard in front of me as I’m thinkin’ on it… so you’ve got the benefit of hearing me think out loud. Don’t know if I’ve got it yet, but your picture made me ponder deeply and for me, that means it’s amazing art. Think I’ll just slip this in my favs so I can get back to it and try to get to the bottom of why I like it so much.

Phoque the seals, I think the bird’s just stole the show!!

A lonely pelican.
This is a great pic and also emotional.

Oh, I LOVE it!!!!! And you’re so right … a great little guy on full size!!!!!! FUN shot … brings a big smile!!!

Fantastic capture Linaji!! :)

perfect capture

beautiful capture!

Wow!!! This is exceptional :)

superb shot!

Gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xoxoxooxoxoxoxox

I love the muted colors and the shape of the bird….........well done.

Wonderful ..excellent..artwork..great ..Fantastic – well done!!!...capture!! love your work…bravo

Wow what a great shot, excellent work!

VERY well done!

congratulations. a great capture and great poetry to go with it :)

Beautiful action stop capture Linaji, well done :)

This image make me feel in peace!! Thanks for the writing too lina!

I admire the pelican and the space ahead of the pelican – that shot in the fog can’t have been easy, as well as your collaboration and “Flying Meditation”. Well done by the two of you.

Or osprey. ;)

Amazing Shot!!!!!!!!!! xooxoxo

You are right.. he is cute larger!! What an awesome capture sweetie!!

Sigh… I so need to caress your amazing horns…

how neat! i love this bird! reminds of san diego. very nice!

Excellent capture

I love pelicans they are so prehistoric looking. This is a great capture.

amazing capture linaji!! ;) x

Isn’t Billy such an amazing person?? And I know what you mean as far as not being able to be present long enough to comment…but hey we all have lives…and we all understand completely. It’s those moments we have…to dedicate our own words, perspective and love for anothers art…that really makes that wait worth it.

As far as this image…I don’t have enough words to express how beautiful it is. It makes me feel at peace…and comfort in this busy over-rated world we live in. And helps me remember the more simple things in life…and the beauty that we can often take for granted…and how small we really are…compared to the never ending life that really makes this world what it is.

So with that…exceptional work to both of you!!! xoxoxoxo

I love everything you said here Lina…but I must correct you…I don’t have the left/right brain logic. I am but a leaf floating in the wind…waiting to see where it will take me next. I have had the beautiful opportunity to visually see and comment on so many wonderful works…as art and photography is really a way to see in another’s soul. I also try to spend time focusing on a piece, and comment what I really feel in my heart. I personally don’t feel anyone deserves a superficial comment…I think they are all deserving of dedicated respect of what they saw and created at that very moment…as you and Billy do as well!! I think that is the best reward…and I thank you both for that!!! xoxoxxoo

Stunning image , perfectly timed

you are certainly a multitalent Lina. now also a wildlife photographer ! Amazing and very good shot
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fantastic ;

this had me enthralled beautiful Linaji… love, light and peace to you beloved xox

nice pelican

ps i love Billyboys’ comment and the collab between you is superb!

WOW, lina – this is amazing – gorgeous work!! And great collab, too :))

beautiful work linaji . . . i love the evocative background & your framing of this gorgeous creature, so lovely . . .
xXx

wonderful moment caught!

meditative misty mystical magical masterpiece

superb image Lina and the collab is fab!!!!!......

Oh, however did I miss this guy. Perhaps watching too many on my bubble. I love pelicans and have tried to shoot THIS picture endlessly! :) I am off to tour Brice and Zion. Oh, may the muses give me pictures I can take well. :) xo

P.S. The poem is grand. Cheers for you two.

Great shot!!! Beautiful!

Wonderful capture!

Very well composed. :)
I like the cool tones throughout too.

this is beautiful and magestic

Congrats for getting nominated to Pay It Forward group!!!!!!! I FEEL PROUD FOR YOUR HONOR!!!!!!!!

Really something!

Well it all seems to have been said but here is my little thoughts.GREAT & quiet.The best.

I love this image Lina! Pelicans are so prehistoric looking aren’t they?

perfect pelican portrait

I am biased toward bird shots, but I like this one for other reasons, too. That gray, foggy atmosphere reminds me of home in coastal BC. A lovely scene.

What is it that makes this work so well?Does a pelican wonder why?...I dunno Linaji because I am in the pelican mantra where you put me with this, and this only consciousness is of flappin’ and flyin’...the amazing tonal and elemental image, and your supremely mantral verse…and just breathin’...flappin’ and flyin’...
xx

Beautiful image….. a cool capture!!!!

Thanks for the link Lina- I love his pelicans…..