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"2015-11-08"

Ist also knapp zehn Jahre alt.

From a midsommar evening in Sweden.

#sweden #midsommar #midsommer #sunset #portrait
This image captures a person photographing with a vintage film camera during golden hour. The photographer has shoulder-length hair beautifully backlit by warm sunlight streaming from the left. They're wearing a dark olive corduroy jacket and holding a compact rangefinder-style camera with a silver body up to their eye.

Their face is partially obscured by the camera, creating an intimate, candid moment. The background is artistically blurred with warm bokeh, showing trees and foliage bathed in golden light.

The strong backlighting creates a luminous halo effect around the photographer's hair and silhouette. The entire scene has a dreamy, nostalgic quality typical of golden hour photography - that magical time when the sun is low on the horizon. The overall mood is contemplative and artistic, perfectly capturing someone passionate about analog photography.

#Herbst in der Sächsischen Schweiz

#Alpha6000 #SEL1650 2015-10-31
Wald im Herbst - sehr gold-gelb

"Before I arrived in sight of it, all that remained of day was a beamless amber light along the west: but I could see every pebble on the path, and every blade of grass, by that splendid moon."
- Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte

Looking up Castle Hill at night

Perched in Still Light

I believe this is a female Blue Dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis). I spotted her during one of our morning walks a few years back.

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"Perched on the tip of a sunlit reed, a female Blue Dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) balances in studied stillness. Her slender abdomen, unlike the icy blue of her male counterpart, glows with golden-yellow tones striped in black, like a miniature wasp painted in watercolor. Each segment tapers with fine precision, the yellow fading to a darker hue near the tip—delicate but purposeful.

Her thorax is a mottled mix of warm olive and chestnut, brushed with dusty greens, while two pairs of transparent wings stretch outward like panes of stained glass, veined and gossamer-light. They catch the morning sun in flecks of silver. Her large compound eyes, a shifting mosaic of earthy tones, take in the world in silent, panoramic clarity.

Behind her, the background melts into soft pools of green and brown—grasses, pond shadow, sky reflections—muted but vibrant. This quiet predator holds her place with perfect poise: not hovering, not darting, but simply being, in the golden hush of summer." - Copilot

Good morning. ☕☕☕

29 June 2025

Do you remember the school-based polio vaccination push between 1961 and 1964? The entire student body received the vaccine right there at school—memorable, in part, because it was delivered on sugar cubes. I still recall that vividly. Nothing wrong with a free sugar cube. I don’t remember anyone complaining about the vaccine, though that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. I was still a child, and all my news came secondhand. But like today, there was political friction around vaccine safety. In 1955, about 120,000 doses were contaminated—causing roughly 40,000 mild polio cases, 56 instances of paralysis, and five deaths. The event, known as the Cutter Incident, was a sobering reminder of the delicate balance between urgency and safety. Still, polio was eventually eradicated in the United States.

“If you want to save your child from polio, you can pray or you can inoculate... Try science.” — Carl Sagan

"In a moment suspended between motion and stillness, two Blue Jays (Cyanocitta cristata) create a story of presence and approach. One perches firmly on the edge of a rustic wooden bird feeder; its elegant crest lays back across its head, signaling both curiosity and caution. Its plumage is a brilliant patchwork of cerulean, black, and white, with intricate barring along the wings and a soft gray underside. The bird’s head tilts slightly upward, eyes locked on its approaching companion.

Above, the second jay swoops in with wings outspread—each feather visible, fanned with purpose and grace. This Blue Jay hovers just beyond the first, slightly out of focus, adding a sense of depth to the image. Its body angles downward, legs tucked as it prepares to land. The feathers ripple with motion, catching shifting light: cobalt, sky blue, and shadows of dusk edged in white. The background blurs into a quiet wash of neutral tones, all the better to frame this unfolding moment of wild conversation.

There’s a gentle tension in the scene—will they share the space or clash over it? The watching jay waits, part sentinel, part sibling, as its sky-colored twin descends from above." - Copilot with edits

Last day (for now) of photos from Bureau Burlesque in Alkmaar.

A portrait of Elles from our 2025 shoot.

#portrait #photography #portretfotografie #fotograaf #fotograafgezocht #portretfotograaf #baarn #utrecht #fotografie #captureone

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