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J G Layne
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Glass half full, eyes wide open Californian Photography hobbyist with opinions https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimlayne/ Vero - @jglayne
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greed, profit, short-sightedness, selfishness, ignorance...for starters
“Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart.”

— Robin Wall Kimmerer

#landscape #photography #landscapephotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography
This scene is not "too" far from a favorite trailhead...I find it very easy on the eyes in the shadows, whether in the morning before the sun hits it or later in the day as the sun sets. The details in the canyon wall are revealed wonderfully

#landscape #photography #landscapephotography #fall
"I sing my heart out to the wide open spaces
I sing my heart out to the infinite sea
I sing my vision to the sky-high mountains
I sing my song to the free..."
- Pete Townshend
“Healthier, perhaps, to find beauty in life and feel it expand inside of us.”
― Tim Cahill

One of my favorite authors...many books on travel and adventure. Worth looking him up, IMO
well, wasn’t a fan anyway
“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”
― Dalai Lama

#landscape #photography #landscapephotography
#monochrome #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography
“Learn character from trees, values from roots, and change from leaves.”
— Tasneern Harneed
Aspen and granite...
The sun had dropped below the ridgeline high above this slope, and warm light reflected from the other side of the canyon on this scene. Later, when the shadows further enveloped the canyon, the blues really set in...

#fall #autumn #landscape #photography #landscapephotography
"People have separated from each other with walls of concrete that blocked the roads to connection and love. and Nature has been defeated in the name of development."
-Yasunari Kawabata
And I would add political bias and social media to the list (while he posts on a social media site)
Unetched...that is, not defaced by the doings of a person.
Much like the East Wing used to be
#monochrome
#blackandwhite
#blackandwhitephotography
#nature
“But I never figured out how Atticus knew I was listening, and it was not until many years later that I realized he wanted me to hear every word he said.”
― Harper Lee, "To Kill a Mockingbird"
How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
- John Burroughs

#landscape
#photography
#landscapephotography
#fall
#autumn
Toronto! Toronto!
I love you, Toronto!
And always, BEAT LA!

(apologies to the LA diehards)
When I see the deconstruction of the White House...
Take a listen, if your attention span can handle it
youtu.be/IO-bHtakpmw?...
John Prine - "Paradise"
YouTube video by John Prine
youtu.be
we get the red/fox squirrels…they are well fed
pretty sure they are not wrong
ha ha!
our yard is squirrel friendly…much to the chagrin and derision of our neighbors
Reposted by J G Layne
First Light - Kinuseo Falls

I thought about saving this to post on Wednesday, but nah.

#waterfall #autumn
Wonderful, Marv! Like the view looking upstream to the falls
“I keep a weathered eye on the horizon, my back to the wall
I like to know who's coming through the door, that's all…”
-Mark Knopfler
"...A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down you cannot see something that is above you...”
- C.S. Lewis
Similar to a recent image, though this one was captured in IR and converted to monochrome. Kinda like it...

#landscape
#landscapephotography
#monochrome
#blackandwhite
#blackandwhitephotography
A scrubby autumn landscape somewhere east of the Eastern Sierra...
#landscape
#photography
#landscapephotography
#fall
#autumn