Yellow Spring

Yellow Spring

"Still between my arm and shoulder, I feel the brush of his hair, and my hands keep the gold they took, as they wandered over and over, that great arm-full of yellow flowers." — H.D. (Selected Poems) Wet, grey and cold again today... seems like Spring keep trying to spring but gets pushed back again and again... ツ ツ ツ *Sony NEX-6 and 16-50mm pancake zoom Lens My work is for sale via Getty Images and at Redbubble and 500px ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © ALL RIGHT RESERVED © / © TUTTI I DIRITTI RISERVATI © / © TODOS LOS DERECHOS RESERVADOS © / © 保留所有权利 © / © TOUS DROITS RÉSERVÉS © Do not use my images without my permission./ Non utilizzare le mie immagini senza il mio consenso./ No usar mis imágenes sin mi permiso. / 未经我许可的情况下不要使用我的图片a ©2012- Tom Raven - Toute reproduction, même partielle INTERDITE

Leaf Light

Leaf Light

"Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf." — Rabindranath Tagore Oh I love the IQ from this Foveon X3 sensor and this Sigma DP1x compact camera is a carry anywhere point and shoot that gives DSLR quality ツ ツ ツ *Sigma DP1x compact and its integral 16.6mm f1.4 Lens My work is for sale via Getty Images and at Redbubble and 500px ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © ALL RIGHT RESERVED © / © TUTTI I DIRITTI RISERVATI © / © TODOS LOS DERECHOS RESERVADOS © / © 保留所有权利 © / © TOUS DROITS RÉSERVÉS © Do not use my images without my permission./ Non utilizzare le mie immagini senza il mio consenso./ No usar mis imágenes sin mi permiso. / 未经我许可的情况下不要使用我的图片a ©2012- Tom Raven - Toute reproduction, même partielle INTERDITE

Unfolding Blooms

Unfolding Blooms

"I want To do with you what spring does with the cherry trees." — Pablo Neruda (Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair) ツ ツ ツ *Nikon 1 V1 and Nikon 55-200mm Nikkor ED VR G Lens My work is for sale via Getty Images and at Redbubble and 500px ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © ALL RIGHT RESERVED © / © TUTTI I DIRITTI RISERVATI © / © TODOS LOS DERECHOS RESERVADOS © / © 保留所有权利 © / © TOUS DROITS RÉSERVÉS © Do not use my images without my permission./ Non utilizzare le mie immagini senza il mio consenso./ No usar mis imágenes sin mi permiso. / 未经我许可的情况下不要使用我的图片a ©2012- Tom Raven - Toute reproduction, même partielle INTERDITE

Berry Old and Berry New

Berry Old and Berry New

"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary" — Steve Jobs More fun with the Nikon 1 V1 ツ ツ ツ *Nikon 1 V1 and Nikon 55-200mm Nikkor ED VR G Lens My work is for sale via Getty Images and at Redbubble and 500px ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © ALL RIGHT RESERVED © / © TUTTI I DIRITTI RISERVATI © / © TODOS LOS DERECHOS RESERVADOS © / © 保留所有权利 © / © TOUS DROITS RÉSERVÉS © Do not use my images without my permission./ Non utilizzare le mie immagini senza il mio consenso./ No usar mis imágenes sin mi permiso. / 未经我许可的情况下不要使用我的图片a ©2012- Tom Raven - Toute reproduction, même partielle INTERDITE

Patterns of Nature

Patterns of Nature

"Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry." — Richard P. Feynman Who says you can't get sweet bokeh from the relatively small (1") sensor of the Nikon 1 V1? Especially with the FT1 adaptor and some inexpensive Nikkor lenses like the 55-200mm, which with the sensors crop rate of 2.7x becomes a wonderful 150-540mm bokeh machine... ツ ツ ツ *Nikon 1 V1 and Nikon 55-200mm Nikkor ED VR G Lens My work is for sale via Getty Images and at Redbubble and 500px ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © ALL RIGHT RESERVED © / © TUTTI I DIRITTI RISERVATI © / © TODOS LOS DERECHOS RESERVADOS © / © 保留所有权利 © / © TOUS DROITS RÉSERVÉS © Do not use my images without my permission./ Non utilizzare le mie immagini senza il mio consenso./ No usar mis imágenes sin mi permiso. / 未经我许可的情况下不要使用我的图片a ©2012- Tom Raven - Toute reproduction, même partielle INTERDITE

Solitude

Solitude, a photo by tomraven on Flickr.

"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more"
— George Gordon Byron

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* Pentax K20D DSLR and Pentax 18-55mm Lens

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Flying Away

Flying Away, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

"Sadness flies away on the wings of time. "
— Jean de La Fontaine

I'm on the move again!... ツ ツ ツ

*Pentax K20D DSLR with Pentax DA 18-55mm II AL Lens

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