you can go your own way

Photogroup. It was such a nice time, to do things together, and I thought we had a nice team, in what we talk open and free.

How wrong I was!
One is going her own way, and, when we accidentically cross our paths, or our talks, then it is fine and good.  That is as well the way I like it.  Free to do, and when needed, together.
The other however is a different piece.  In our group chat he regurarily surprises with his thoughts.  Now he mentioned that 'they'  both don't want to drive to events anymore.  Okay... out of the blue, no idea of the other sees that the same, but I understand, that they don't want to be taxi drivers for other people. So far, so good.

Upoming wedding.  The talk with the bride was bullshit, we could have let that, nothing was said, nothing was revealed.  Even when the location was closed, the visit that we two made yesterday did bring us MUCH more information, at least the location is not strange for us anymore and we talked about our ideas. 
Good sign.. we spotted Kingbirds!!! :-)  LOL



It seems that the admin members are developing their own way. One want to take their work serious The other loves to potograph for free. That is a thing that is not working (anymore) .  When more people ask, there is no other possibility then be strict and correct in what to do.  Put prices, present professionally.  I will not work for free anymore. When people love my pictures, they can buy them. That is only fair.  I have my camera, I put in time, buy SD cards and all the more.  It is only fair that I get at least my expenses paid, and it looks good to have a fixed price scheme.  No misunderstandings anymore.

We shall see what happens, Saturday, when we go to photograph the wedding. I look forward to nice photographing. And I will go my own way.  Nervous, but aware that the pictures will be good )

it is getting serious

With the first wedding shoot in sight (saturday)  things get seriously :)

Petra (O) asked me to come to her wedding, and photograph as well (as the 2nd photographer).  Hmmm, nice :-) 

I was highly surprised that she asked me to come to her wedding, because she wants to keep it in a small crowd. But it is true, we know eachother for a long long time, and even when we not meet often, we have a close connection.

Thank you very much, Freddie! What more do you have in mind for me? 

It is time to make a portfolio. A showcase for my photography   I start it NOW. and this one will be in it. :) 

Researchers Find Most Volcanic Activity on Mercury Stopped About 3.5 Billion Years Ago

Enhanced color image of Mercury. The bright, circular deposit in the upper center of the image is an enormous effusive volcanic deposit, situated within the largest impact crater on the planet, the Caloris basin. Image credit: NASA/JHU APL/CIW

For Immediate Release

August 5, 2016

Tracey Peake  |  919.515.6142

New research from North Carolina State University finds that major volcanic activity on the planet Mercury most likely ended about 3.5 billion years ago. These findings add insight into the geological evolution of Mercury in particular, and what happens when rocky planets cool and contract in general.
There are two types of volcanic activity: effusive and explosive. Explosive volcanism is often a violent event that results in large ash and debris eruptions, such as the Mount Saint Helens eruption in 1980. Effusive volcanism refers to widespread lava flows that slowly pour out over the landscape — believed to be a key process by which planets form their crusts.
Determining the ages of effusive volcanic deposits can give researchers a handle on a planet’s geological history. For example, effusive volcanism was active a few hundred million years ago on Venus, a few million years ago on Mars, and it still takes place on Earth today. Until now, the duration of effusive volcanic activity on Mercury, made of the same materials as these other planets, had not been known.
NC State assistant professor and planetary geologist Paul Byrne and colleagues determined when the bulk of Mercury’s crust-forming volcanism ended by using photographs of the surface imaged by NASA’s MESSENGER mission. Because there are no physical samples from the planet that could be used for radiometric dating, the researchers used crater size–frequency analysis, in which the number and size of craters on the planet’s surface are placed into established mathematical models, to calculate absolute ages for effusive volcanic deposits on Mercury.
According to their results, major volcanism on Mercury stopped at around 3.5 billion years ago, in stark contrast to the volcanic ages found for Venus, Mars and Earth.
“There is a huge geological difference between Mercury and Earth, Mars or Venus,” Byrne says. “Mercury has a much smaller mantle, where radioactive decay produces heat, than those other planets, and so it lost its heat much earlier. As a result, Mercury began to contract, and the crust essentially sealed off any conduits by which magma could reach the surface.
“These new results validate 40-year-old predictions about global cooling and contraction shutting off volcanism,” Byrne continues. “Now that we can account for observations of the volcanic and tectonic properties of Mercury, we have a consistent story for its geological formation and evolution, as well as new insight into what happens when planetary bodies cool and contract.”
The research appears in Geophysical Research Letters, with co-authors from the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Holyoke College, the University of Georgia, Southwest Research Institute and Brown University. The MESSENGER mission provided substantial funding for this work.

A sonnet like Monet

I feel so romantic,
Where were you before
I want to lay my arm around you
And I wish us for some more

I look at your beauty
When you are here
And when you are elsewehere
I feel you near

I want to lay with you in a bed of flowers
Looking in your eyes, uniting our powers
Being there, speechless and amazed from the sun
Ahh, back to where it all began

The memories, the dreams that we did share
They are not gone, they are slumbering there
I like to undust the picture of you
The perpetuum mobile of you and me

Let me carry you
Over the grass when it is wet
Let me smile to you, when you feel sad

ahh... I see the picture in my head

I wish I could write you a sonnet
As beautiful as a painting of monet

03 08 2016

In my hand

Life lessons last a lifre time long
They slumber around and make me strong
When I wake up, and fragile face the light
I wonder why the sun is so bright

So many worries, so many pain
I face it with a grin
And when I slightly swipe the sleep away
The brighter sight is to remain

I sip my toast
Love coffee the most
And slowly can love the bright

I look to you
who brought me back to the light

You who believe in me
You who make my life so grand#

I am so grateful
That I finally
Put my world into your hand

I sent you my guardian Angel

Me and my guardian angel
It is an unusual thing
Sometimes I tend to forget
But then he invites himself in

We have been together
For such a long long time
And I do pretty good remember
When I realized that Christopher was mine

We talk when no one hears it
He answers the questions that I do not voice
And when I am sad or lonely
He comforts me the most

I know my guardian Angel
He is always there for me
And when he shows up again
There is light inside the misery

I can ask my guardian Angel
To help me, or to help another
Sometimes I ask him to go out
To help someone, who needs it more

Sp. I sent out my Guardian Anglel
To a woman, who touches my heart
Who is suffering an immense loss
I never want to see her fall apart

My guardian Angel is with her
He did not say that he should go
But I see how she finds her way
With a power that I recognize so

I am so happy with my guardian angel
And that he is helping my dear friend
And I know, even without words
That he will be there, until after the end

Music by the Scorpions  - Send me an Angel

The Mirror

So..
I finally look into the mirror,and what do I see?
Oh..
It's me

I should have expected to know what I should see
I wonder, is it really me?

Am I the one that reflect the smile
Am I the wrinkles that cover the mirror for a while

I turn away for a moment and return to see
Yes, this is me

My eye catches a person, who is not perfectly
He is insecure, shows insecurity
Oh .. it's me

And when I look better, beyond the eye
I meet a man who is wondering why
This life brings so much to worry
About you and me

I realize why I did fear this look
I know what a courage this took
To face myself,

I see my worries, I see my heart
I see my nose, and every other part
When I look beyond my tears, I reflect happily

The man that I am
Is the person that I should be
Not perfect, sometimes a mystery
I won't stop believing


Yes, that's the me
How I love myself to be

02 08 2016