My cloud owns me. It has prevented me from coming to this page for longer than I can remember. I loathe and detest it. It haunts my every…
My cloud owns me. It has prevented me from coming to this page for longer than I can remember. I loathe and detest it. It haunts my every move. / Yet…....I am on heavy medication and on some days, the black cloud blows away in the night and when I wake I know I have a free day. A day of being ME. A day, or even more than one, when I feel “normal”, when I can really use the word HAPPY and even enjoy. This is so precious, yet I feel I don’t appreciate it enough. For the black cloud makes me angry that it can control me so well. Others share my black cloud, even if they have another name for it. The anger is debilitating, humiliating, fierce, self pitying. And that is the last thing you can deal with, self pity because it destroys the soul, and self confidence, your “wholeness, wellness” and it is not allowed. / The main problem however, is that I have become cunning at concealing the “when” . The” when” I have the black cloud; I can be funny, interesting, totally sociable and no one knows. After, when I am on my own the exhaustion of keeping up an apparent appearance, is intense and I have to sleep it off. I have to bear it though, and I am so thankful, for many are far worse off than me.
Hi. As we know, circular polarizer cuts down haze and reflections. There is another use for it, if you haven’t known it yet. It can be us…
Hi. As we know, circular polarizer cuts down haze and reflections. There is another use for it, if you haven’t known it yet. It can be used as a neutral density filter by cutting down the light entering the lens by up to two stops therefore allowing us to use wider aperture or slower shutter speed. This would be equivalent, more or less, of using, say, cokin nd 4 filter. We would then be able to have the silky effect of waves or running streams or waterfalls. An example would be of Breanna Bowman’s Mossy River at www.jpgmag.com. Cheers.
I’ve entered my polar bear shot into the challenge cafe water competition here...
I’ve entered my polar bear shot into the challenge cafe water competition here. As I only added it yesterday, I am really late for voting, but in one day it has gone from being ranked 461 to 57 today. / The competition is closing tomorrow, so there is no way I can win, but it doesn’t really matter. / The fact that quite a few people have even voted for it means more. It feels so good to know that people like your work. So in this case, it’s not about winning, but about the taking part! PS. Thanx to everybody who have voted for me, and commented on my work.
On behalf of my daughter, Ashley, who painted Baby Polar Bear, thank you to the group at Animal Kingdom for the feature today…she’ll be…
On behalf of my daughter, Ashley, who painted Baby Polar Bear, thank you to the group at Animal Kingdom for the feature today…she’ll be so pleased to know her little painting found a place amongst all the great bear photos featured today. Pat.
Thanks go out to Garrett and the gang over at All That Is Nature for featuring another two of my images!! Thanks so much! I am so happy…
Thanks go out to Garrett and the gang over at All That Is Nature for featuring another two of my images!! Thanks so much! I am so happy!!
an anonymous fan of polar bears has bought a poster of my your selfishness makes me sad...
an anonymous fan of polar bears has bought a poster of my your selfishness makes me sad a very humble thanks to them.
hooray!...another feature… / in Bears of the World This shot is very special to me…
hooray!...another feature… / in Bears of the World This shot is very special to me. So, extra-special thanks for the feature.
Friend told me that / he was glad / that I was mad / lol / he told me he was glad / I found creation / as my outlet / and / with a stern face / h…
Friend told me that / he was glad / that I was mad / lol / he told me he was glad / I found creation / as my outlet / and / with a stern face / he says if ever I feel like / suicide / to call / I don’t call friends in the past / when my head just wont stop / i have rung Lifeline / 131114 / found / exceptional / persons / I like most / that / they are always controlled / very good with the affirmations / I have called them / six times / with life delimmas / them bloodly delemmias / cos / I care to much / absorbe to much / I have come to love my moods / well not totally the truth / i know I am not going to take my life / however physically / I must slow my brain down / so I ring lifeline mother concerns / father concerns / gran concerns / daughter concerns / son concerns / son concerns so I see my illness as something really physical that I can control / sometimes I need help / responsibility / social ethics / hard when crossing generations / addictions Ok so the bible speaks of the four generations / One errs / the next addicts / the next suffer / serenity shall be found / by the fourth generation how many millions / nah billions / of years / since / first / organism / orgasm / life / genetic modification I saw onthe ophra show once / this test they did to / scan / brain / show images / evoke / emotion / read the hot spots of the brain question / comes in at the front / u become / focusd / u / can smell / it / before u see it hear it / u can smell it the adrenlin / is on the go / u r the zebra / paranioa / sets in now / clinically / ADHD ODD MCD OCD / i cant spell it / skitsaphrenia / bi-polar / autisum / epilepsy see the trend in / electricity / extra sensitivity / do u feel those things / sence moods in others / highten sexuality it is all chemicals / chemicals / chemicals the further we move away from creation / the more / corrupt / or genetically modified we become this is y / ICE / bad / the ice / will freeze your ability / to go up / till / thereisnofurtherdown / without breathe aviod chemicals / now / is / lithium / a chemical or something found inthe ocean / is it something / that slows down / the flow / between the front of the brain / question in / and the rear / re action / when u speed you miss reason jump strait back to the big picture I shall be seated at the right hand of my GOD and he will fill my every need / with love and care my soul will be fed by task we can control the chemical reactions / in mind / it reflects in our souls example oh u better stop here if u are easily offended The rest I though best not to remain public Abundance to all and sundry and thank you for taking the time to hear my thoughts
A lot of people may know someone a friend or family member maybe, with this crazy disorder. / Their was a brilliant story on SBS recently…
A lot of people may know someone a friend or family member maybe, with this crazy disorder. / Their was a brilliant story on SBS recently about the actor Steven Fry trying too come too terms with his Bi Polarity and what it means to him and different people with jobs etc how they cope, how they deal with the day too day managing of this” thing. / How it does impact on your life, your living conditions, “ / The main cruxt of the story was that it does affect everbody differently / One of the most interesting facts is that it does respond very well too omega 3 fish oil and stress management of your life. / Also many people have too supplement this with medication, something steven was very reluctant too do as he did not want to become drug dependant. / It was extremely hard for me personally too come too terms with . / Also for my children, there is a site I tell alot of people about ,called / www.juliefast.com / this is a / very comprehensive site about bi polar and depression, so much so i gave the site address to my doctor. / As julie Fast, herself has the disorder, and has this site too help people understand how too manage there lives, and has wriitten a few books to decrypt the mystery surrounding this disorder, well worth having a peek. / julie xx
Thanks to the hosts at Bears of the World for featuring this shot of mine. Always a pleasure to get a feature! !http://images-2.redbu…
Thanks to the hosts at Bears of the World for featuring this shot of mine. Always a pleasure to get a feature!
I’d like to thank Lynsye Medalia and Stephanie Allison for featuring my polar bear painting in the Painted Nature group. Always great…
I’d like to thank Lynsye Medalia and Stephanie Allison for featuring my polar bear painting in the Painted Nature group. Always great to get some validation for my work. Baird Risdon
Getting to Churchill, Canada is not cheap. When I took the trip last winter, I contacted my on-line photography instructor (Jim Zuckerma…
Getting to Churchill, Canada is not cheap. When I took the trip last winter, I contacted my on-line photography instructor (Jim Zuckerman) to get an idea of what to pack and how best to shoot in flat light. The following information is from Jim’s suggestions and what I learned when I got there. When shooting the bears of Churchill pack long fast glass with you (rent if needed) as well as an extra camera body with a wide angle lens. If you can get hold of one of the big lens (they can be rented locallly or on line) a 600 mm lens with a f2.8 or f4 is great. If you can’t afford to lease a lens, the Canon 70-200 f 2.8 and Canon 100-400 mm f5.6 with a 1.4x teleconverter also works. The teleconverter does knock off a stop of light, so you have to take that into consideration. The lighting is flat and low so expect to bump your ISO up to accommodate and over ride any movement in the tundra buggy. Also set your camera to fire in bursts to make sure you end up with at least one image in your group that is in focus. Use the autofocus to obtain original focus on the eyes and adjust as needed. The action can be fast, with bears or fox on both side of the tundra buggy and the bears can be far away and then all of a sudden right under you (this is where the wide angle on the extra camera body comes in). Take multiple batteries with you as batteries don’t fare well in the cold. I was mostly using my Canon 1D M3 and the weather proofing was such that the batteries had no problem at all (I would assume that other weather proof cameras would be similar). If your camera is not weather proof (such as my second camera body- the Canon 50D) bring heating packs and tape them under the camera by the battery. If your camera isn’t weather proof, bring some type of protection for it (a cover). At one point during a snow storm, my M3 was so covered in snow and ice that the controls were frozen. It took some time inside the tundra buggy to thaw it out to where it was usable. Bring lots of CF cards (or what ever cards your camera takes). I took over 5000 images in 5 days. I downloaded them all onto the Epson 6000, but even two of those devices were not enough for this trip (one to download to the 2nd as a back up). I had 15 4-8 GB cards and it worked out perfectly. One of my biggest worries is packing all this gear. The rented lens can be shipped to your destination and then shipped back. It takes a suitcase of its own. I finally settled on Think Tank’s Small roller. It fits perfectly in the smaller planes that go up to Churchill and the thought of ever having to check my camera gear sends waves of panic through me. I have talked to too many photographers that have ended up with part or all of their gear stolen in their checked luggage. One photographer had his whole Pelican case emptied (they left the Pelican case). Bring a monopod!!! This is critical. I use a monopod by Monostat that has a large rubber rotating foot that allows for excellent stability and it rotates around the axis of this head (important when the action is fast). You can rest your lens on the glass windows of the tundra buggy, but part of my time was spent off the back of the tundra buggy on the observation deck. I also found the monopod to be much more stable than the windows, as the windows picked up the vibration from the tundra buggy much more than the Monostat. Other things to pack: battery chargers, cleaning supplies for lenses, a lens blower, many people on the trip with us had computers and processed their images at the end of the day, extra lens caps (I found one of my Canon caps on a Nikon lens in the tundra buggy- they get picked up accidently), a circular polarizer, a 2 stop graduated ND (the kind that is rectangular and that you hold on your camera), a cleaning cloth to wipe your camera down after bad weather, hoods for all your lenses and plenty of those little heating packs that you crush for heat. / I will be returning to Churchill in 2010 and am really looking forward to it. Being surrounded by Polar bears in on the tundra buggies and seeing these beautiful animals in the wild gives me goose bumps and the biggest rush I have ever had with photography. / Deri / Deri
Thank you Tania and Daniel for featuring my image Polar Bear in Glass and for making me a featured artist in this group. I appreciate t…
Thank you Tania and Daniel for featuring my image Polar Bear in Glass and for making me a featured artist in this group. I appreciate the praise and appreciate the group of artists who are in the group. Regards, Redhawk aka Winona / (after) / (before)
Photography – Rule of Thirds group Has featured Polar Duck Club ! Big Thanks to the fine hosts ! thanks so v…
Photography – Rule of Thirds group Has featured Polar Duck Club ! Big Thanks to the fine hosts ! thanks so very much its Wonderful news ! And my most sincere appreciation for this honor ! please have a look at this image in my Gallery and Please View enlarged for best viewing Rick*
I just made a feature in Stream and Stream Crossings with “Little Stream”. That site is usually brilliant photographs, but my little pai…
I just made a feature in Stream and Stream Crossings with “Little Stream”. That site is usually brilliant photographs, but my little painting made it through. What a feeling of relief I have. These paintings took me hours, so this is a nice rewaard. It’s silly, I know, but there is such a feeling of achievement with RB. IIt’s the recognition that is almost instant. Working in the Gallery system, the praise is small and short lived. With RB as long as you produce there is accomplishment. / It’s the producing that is the hard part. Drawing and painting take effort and time. It’s hard to always have creativity and time woorking together. My creativity comes in spurts. It is not constant. I can’t force it. I believe it is part of my mood disorder. I have Bi-Polar disorder or as it used to be known Manic-depression. I have been in remission for well over 5 yrs now and take medication to control the illness. I am also legally blind,, so my art is done with blocks of colour. Drawing is my first love, but is very difficult for me. I don’t say these things lighhtly or for sympathy, but as facts about who I am. I believe Bi-polar and creativity are linked. I am not sure, however, if it is a positive or negative way. / I do know “Little Stream” was a pleasure to paint and it has given me joy.
Well, another update as I’ve just completed ordering a 70-300MM Sigma Lens(which has been sent out already), a UV filter, a CPL filter, a…
Well, another update as I’ve just completed ordering a 70-300MM Sigma Lens(which has been sent out already), a UV filter, a CPL filter, and a lens hood! I’ll be practicing greatly with those so expect some great pictures!
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