”If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. If a shower drives us for shelter to the maple grove or the trailing branches of the pine, yet in their recesses with microscopic eye we discover some new wonder in the bark, or the leaves, or the fungi at our feet.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
(Journal, September 23, 1838)
“The Earth offers gift after gift — life and the living of it, light and the return of it, the growing things, the roaring things, fire and nightmares, falling water and the wisdom of friends, forgiveness. My god, the gift of forgiveness, time, and the scouring tides. How does one accept gifts as great as these and hold them in mind?
Failing to notice a gift dishonors it, and deflects the love of the giver. That’s what’s wrong with living a careless life, storing up sorrow, waking up regretful, walking unaware. But to turn the gift in your hands, to say, this is wonderful and beautiful, this is a great gift — this honors the gift and the giver of it. . . . Notice the gift. Be astonished at it. Be glad for it, care about it. Keep it in mind. This is the greatest gift a person can give in return.”
— Kathleen Dean Moore, Wild Comfort: The Solace of Nature
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I loved these, Elisa! 🙂 First one is my favorite. 🙂
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Thank you! I was practicing gratitude for drizzle. This was the first time I tried to capture drips and drops of water with that particular camera. As you can see it was very early and thus darker, however I really like the purple and red shades of this shrub against the light. It is why I put it outside of the window.
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These are some beautiful captures Elisa..
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Thank you! This was BEFORE i bumped that button! roflmao
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LOL…. I am really curious to know which button or setting you accidentally changed,. 🙂
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ooo hey! I can take a picture of said button with my other camera! Someone gave me the Sigma and wow it has all kinds of buttons and dials and let us NOT toucheth them without supervision!
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It’s a little dial built arouuuuuund the button I push to take the pictures! It has little ribs and seems to click in tiny increments. You should hear what I sound like when describing car noises to a mechanic!
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Just thought of something.. Do you think you may have switched the auto focus off by accident.. I don’t know just grasping at straws but I have a Sigma lens and I did that the first day I used it. I just forgot to turn the Autofocus back on was all… I know I am grasping at straws but it was just a thought.
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YES!! The last time the owner asked for it back, he can’t use it either but he gets angry with it and uhm well …that MIGHT be how it became damaged. The camera shop knows him and chuckled and put the camera back to how I wanted it, including that little gadget around the shoot button. And now …. I’ll just take it to a camera shop, I don’t’ even have the manual for it now. Thanks for morning fun!
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