Bouquet

arranged
contrasts
colors

iPhone 11 Pro 2x; Halide Photo App; Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Channel Work

2019-11-10-IOS-IMG_0439

(49/88 Fall 2019)

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Curves

shapes
curves
lines

iPhone 11 Pro 1x; Halide Photo App; Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Channel Work

2019-11-10-IOS-IMG_0425

(48/88 Fall 2019)

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Impermanent Study #13

autumn
approaches winter
for spring

Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L; Hoya Intensifier Filter; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - RAW Processing and nothing more

2019-11-04-EOS-15312

(47/88 Fall 2019)

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Juxtapose

lines
angles
contrast between man and nature

iPhone 11 Pro 2x; Halide Photo App; Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Channel Work

2019-11-02-IOS-IMG_0330

(46/88 Fall 2019)

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Night Study #8

north through trees
greater she-bear
wanders by
autumn shadows

GoPro Hero 8 Black; Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Abstract Work

2019-11-06-GOPR0101

(44/88 Fall 2019

Within the Thorns

finding something from nothing
within nothing
push creatively
step back and push again
until something happens

iPhone 11 Pro 2x; Halide Photo App; Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Channel Work - Orton Effect

2019-11-05-IOS-IMG_0359

(43/88 Fall 2019)

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Wisp Study #9

for tomorrow
comes when drifted along
with the wind

Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L; Hoya Intensifier Filter; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Channel Work - Orton Effect

2019-11-04-EOS-15310

(42/88 Fall 2019)

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The Fall End

lays here
end of this chapter
complex then spring

iPhone 11 Pro 2x; Halide Photo App; Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Channel Work - Orton Effect

2019-11-02-IOS-IMG_0328

(41/88 Fall 2019)

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Field of Depth

vantage point of hiding
unclear—things are clearer
cloud free

Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L; Hoya Intensifier Filter; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Orton Effect

2019-11-02-EOS-15304

(40/88 Fall 2019)

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Flow

“Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.” ~ Agnes Martin

iPhone 11 Pro 2x; Halide Photo App; Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Liquify Persona - What would happen if the leaves were a liquid and stirred with a paint stick?

2019-11-01-IOS-IMG_0317

(39/88 Fall 2019)

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Terminal

mood by light
set through rain
glassy refections and blurs
waves of autumn

iPhone 11 Pro 2x; Halide Photo App; Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Channel Work

2019-10-30-IOS-IMG_0250

(38/88 Fall 2019)

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Arches

lines
curves
patterns
lights
space

iPhone 11 Pro 2x; Halide Photo App; Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Channel Work

2019-10-30-IOS-IMG_0304

(37/88 Fall 2019)

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From the Shadows

defender
of and within the garden
turn away

GoPro Hero 8 Black; Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Merged Layering and Noise

2019-10-29-GOPR0066 - FM

(36/88 Fall 2019)

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Two On Between Red & White

angles
upon each other
seeing—moving
finding

iPhone 11 Pro 2x; Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Channel Work

2019-10-28-IOS-IMG_0224

(35/88 Fall 2019)

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Stooling Fantasy

from above they are one thing
from below they are a new world
get dirty—crawl—explore

Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L; Hoya Intensifier Filter; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo.

2019-10-27-EOS-15300

(34/88 Fall 2019)

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All Hallow Even

beauty and the bloom is temporary
before returning to the skull

“Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.” ~ Edgar Allan Poe

iPhone 11 Pro 2x; Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Masking and Duct Tape - Channel Work - Imagination

2019-10-26-IOS-IMG_0200

(33/88 Fall 2019)

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Field Shadows

stillness
through a breeze—roaming spirits
living on but before

GoPro Hero 8 Black; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Channel Work

2019-10-25-GOPR0027 II

(32/88 Fall 2019)

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Reminiscence

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
― Søren Kierkegaard

one year in time
there — saw it — felt it — shot it
captured

iPhone 6s; Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3

2018-10-24-IOS-IMG_0541

(31/88 Fall 2019)

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Reflected Color

birdbath echo on light
composite of color
below and surface
a dog barks


Canon EOS M; Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - A play on Red and Green Channels

2019-10-23-EOS-15252

(23/88 Fall 2019)

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Pattering

nothing to see here
waiting
but droplets of rain
waiting
patterns
waiting
sounds of pattering
waiting

iPhone 11 Pro 1x; Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Red Mask Layer

2019-10-22-IOS-IMG_0172

(29/88 Fall 2019)

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Road Leaves Trail

walking—wandering
this is where you are right now
winds carry bird songs

iPhone 11 Pro 2x; Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3

2019-10-21-IOS-IMG_0130

(28/88 Fall 2019)

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Witches' Finger

pitch black
haunting
dark
eerie glow from distant light
rustling in the leaves
more of what is not than what is
imagination

iPhone 11 Pro .5x; SlowShutter Photo App; Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Composite two-layer.

2019-10-20-IOS-IMG_0120 (Version 2)

(27/88 Fall 2019)

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Leaves

“If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.” ― Anatole France

iPhone 11 Pro; Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3

2019-10-19-IOS-IMG_0084

(26/88 Fall 2019)

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Purple

“You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.” ― Albert Einstein

iPhone 6s; Ollōclip 10x Macro; Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Two Image Composite

2019-10-13-IOS-IMG_0452

(25/88 Fall 2019)

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Trēow

outlined by dark
chattering leaves flicker
winds from the west

“Trees indeed have hearts.”
― Henry David Thoreau

Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L; Hoya Intensifier Filter; RAW Image(s) Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Exposure Compensation -2.

2019-10-17-EOS-15219

(24/88 Fall 2019)

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Leaf

unnoticed
the simplest things in life
are complex

Canon EOS M; Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro; Hoya Intensifier Filter; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Leaf on backlit white plexiglass

2019-10-16-EOS-15211

(23/88 Fall 2019

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Radial

from the center
almost perfect
nature made

Canon EOS M; Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro; Hoya Intensifier Filter; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Three Images (f/7.1, f/11. f/16) - Focus Merged

2019-10-12-EOS-15176 - FM

(22/88 Fall 2019)

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Murakami Moons

rises through the trees
distance
wonder then wander
owl's call

Canon EOS M; Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L; 2x Extender; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3

2019-10-14-EOS-15190

(21/88 Fall 2019

AffinityzenCanon EF Extender 2x IIICanonFlickrmindfulnessCanon EF 70200mm f2.8L USMCanon EOS M19FPlunarmoonnight

Columbine

impermanent
brightness and color ends
imperfect
return
another generation

iPhone 6s; Halide Photo App; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3

2019-10-13-IOS-IMG_0465

(20/88 Fall 2019)

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Hidden

“Procrastination is what we often call 'resistance.”
~ William Peter Blatty

Canon EOS M; Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro; Hoya Intensifier Filter; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Three Exposure ± 1 HDR.

2019-10-12-EOS-15164 - HDR

(20/88 Fall 2019)

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Gardening Spirit

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L; Hoya PL-CIR Filter; RAW Image(s) Post: Affinity Photo for iPad 1.7.3 - Two Layer.

2019-10-11-EOS-15147

(19/88 Fall 2019)

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Clematis

“The camera basically is a license to explore.”
~ Jerry Uelsmann

Canon EOS M; Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro; Hoya Intensifier Filter; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Two Layer Composite - Orton Effect

2019-10-10-EOS-15099

(18/88 Fall 2019

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Viscosity

dahlia overlay
droplet on canna leaf
october opens

“Even monkees fall from trees” ~ Japanese Saying

Canon EOS M; Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro; Hoya Intensifier Filter; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Two image layer - Orton Effect

2019-10-09-EOS-15074

(17/88 Fall 2019)

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Marigold

new and old
cycle past and layered
birds still sing

“Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.” ~ Sharon Salzberg

Canon EOS M; Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro; Hoya Intensifier Filter; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Two image layer - Marigold and Hydrangea

2019-10-05-EOS-15030

(16/88 Fall 2019)

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Sunset

nothing to see here
other than noticing
other than being in the moment
sounds of a breeze

“Wherever you go, there you are.” ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn

iPhone 6s; Halide Photo App; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3

2019-10-07-IOS-IMG_0433

(15/88 Fall 2019)

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Apple

three chapters of bloom
perfection in twilight
imperfect reminders

iPhone 6s; Ollōclip 15x Macro; Halide Photo App; Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3

2019-10-06-iOS-IMG_0405

(14/88 Fall 2019)

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Dahlia - Blend

shorter days cooler nights
last blooms before the first frost
migrating bird songs

Canon EOS M; Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro; Hoya Intensifier Filter; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Composite of two images of Dahlias - Black and White over Color.

2019-10-05-EOS-15030

(13/88 Fall 2019)

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Leaves & Absence

floating
looking back
a haunting eye

“There is no exquisite beauty...without some strangeness in the proportion.” — Edgar Allen Poe

Canon EOS M; Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro; Hoya Intensifier Filter; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3

2019-10-04-EOS-15000

(12/88 Fall 2019)

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Imagine - Try

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” - Pablo Picasso

Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L; Hoya PL-CIR Filter; RAW Image(s) Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Three images, different angles, overlaid, blended - Orton Effect.

2019-10-03-EOS-14984

(11/88 Fall 2019)

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Quidditas

lines shapes colors
abstractions of things
flow dream-like
texture

iPhone 6s; Ollōclip 15x Macro; Halide Photo App; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3 - Original overlaid/blended image of pepper grains

2019-10-02-iOS-IMG_0382

(10/88 Fall 2019)

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Dahlia

café para llevar
backlighting expectations
white - pure

Canon EOS M; Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro; Hoya Intensifier Filter; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.3

2019-10-01-EOS-14975

(9/88 Fall 2019)

19FPaffinity photoautumnbloomCanon EF 100mm f2.8L Macro IS USMCanon EOS MCanon PhotographyDahliafallfloraflowersGardenMacro Photographymindfulnesspetalswhitezen

Hibiscus

long overdue rain
yellow of the tropics
reminder of the southwest

Canon EOS M; Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro; Hoya Intensifier Filter; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.2

2019-09-30-EOS-14942

(8/88 Fall 2019)

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Faded Red

continued warmth
blooms still glow
sounds of starlings fade south

Canon EOS M; Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro; Hoya Intensifier Filter; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.2 - Orton Effect

2019-09-29-EOS-14907

(7/88 Fall 2019)

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Yellow

between green and orange
late summer heat
a crow calls

Canon EOS M; Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.2 - Focus Merge Three Exposure Bracket ± 1 - Orton Effect

2019-09-28-EOS-14884

(6/88 Fall 2019)

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Wisps

white
on with the wind
motion - stretching out

Canon EOS M; Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.2

2019-09-27-EOS-14870

(5/88 Fall 2019)

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Groups

bunches
reaching
end of summer blooms

Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.2

2019-09-24-EOS-14672

(3/88 Fall 2019)

Abstractaffinity photoautumnbutterfly bushCanonCanon EF 50mm f1.2L USMCanon EOSCanon EOS 5D Mark IICanon PhotographycreativefadedfallGardenlandscapemeditationmindfulnessmomentstickseedyellowzen

Uncertainty

watering
evening light
single stalk of corn
solitary - hidden
let’s try this and see what happens

“Creativity takes courage.” — Henri Matisse

Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.2

2019-09-24-EOS-14665

(2/88 Fall 2019)

19FPAbstractaffinity photoArtautumnCanonCanon EF 50mm f1.2L USMCanon EOSCanon EOS 5D Mark IICanon PhotographycornEOSFairfaxFallimpressionisticmindfulnessmomenturban gardenVirginiawaterzen

Equinox

quiet end to the beginning autumn
warmth of summer continues
color delayed
by the calendar
celebrate

Canon EOS M; Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro; Manual Mode; Bracketed Exposure ± 1; RAW Image Post: Affinity Photo 1.7.2 - Three Layer Focus Merge

2019-09-23-EOS-14653 - FM

(1/88 Fall 2019)

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