Desmolicious wrote:
The red and white dresses to go with the red and white street signs. Well played.
And this is why I always pack a boys scouts uniform when I travel. You never know when you’ll be called upon to help “little old ladies” cross the street…
It is also useful to have the Benny Hill soundtrack queued up on your iphone.
Benny Hill has scarred the minds of many a young men. Apparently the two of us included.
airfrogusmc wrote: https://pbase.com/airfrogusmc/image/174843234.jpg
Wonderful down composition Allen!
I hope the cooler, dry weather has hit "the Windy City". It has been so hot , rainy and humid here that the mold is growing like weeds here!
Another taste of Fall due in later today!
Again well done Marine!
S/F!
Dan
Danpbphoto wrote:
The dieties of the varied religions of the World present death in many varied transformations Mitch!...
Thanks. I haven't had a chance to respond. You're right in terms of addressing the spiritual aspect of the photo, but the Buddha is not a "deity," there being no god in Buddhism. The following quote gives the sense of this from a New York Times review of an interesting book, An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World by Pankaj Mishra:
The Buddha, as Mishra describes him, was not a prophet -- not a religious figure but a secular one. Indeed, "he had placed no value on prayer or belief in a deity; he had not spoken of creation, original sin or the last judgment." He likewise ignored the question of why sin and evil exist in the world, which has obsessed nearly every major religion. The Buddha's concern was purely practical: to relieve suffering, both material and existential. His precepts weren't couched as revelations from on high, delivered with the crash of thunder; instead they came as small quotidian insights: "I well remember how once, when I was sitting in the shade of a jambu tree on a path between the fields. . . ."
He was, in many senses, a modern man, maybe even the first modern man, because he put into words the anomie and angst that are the daily companions of billions of modern lives. (Perhaps it's appropriate that northern India, which was the birthplace of some of the world's first cities, should also have been a birthplace of individual identity.) Yet the Buddha also recognized that the only real peace could come from within. Despite the flickering, flamelike nature of the self, he found, at the center of its inconstant, all-consuming dance, something steady and true....Show more →
Here is another photo taken on the same Sri Lanka trip:
M-Monochrom | Summilux 50 pre-ASPH | ISO 320 | f/11 | 1/15 sec | Orange filter Pollonaruwa, Sri Lanka
Danpbphoto wrote:
Wonderful down composition Allen!
I hope the cooler, dry weather has hit "the Windy City". It has been so hot , rainy and humid here that the mold is growing like weeds here!
Another taste of Fall due in later today!
Again well done Marine!
S/F!
Dan
We had a heat index of 115 last Tuesday and in the 70s low humidity today. Aaaahhhhh so nice. Hopefully it cools down by you soon Dan. Thanks so much for the comment.
S/F
Allen
Sometimes 21mm is the right lens for a street portrait. This one from an outdoor restaurant and bar just outside a train station in Berlin. I think the distortion in the 21 emphasizes his interesting vibe and pose.
1bwana1 wrote:
Sometimes 21mm is the right lens for a street portrait. This one from an outdoor restaurant and bar just outside a train station in Berlin.
