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"“Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thought that is forever flowing through one's head.”
~ Mark Twain

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people move our souls to dance. They awaken us to new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom. Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon. They stay in our lives for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never ever the same.
~ Flavia Weedn

You can agree with me or you can be wrong!

Hello again, my friends. I will make this rather quick and relatively painless in length as possible. I have some new images that I’ll be posting later on today, most with the comments disabled due to my impending sabbatical. Yup, starting today, I will once again be away for a brief period of time. As I mentioned in my last journal I will be undergoing some medical tests that will keep me away from dA for a short time. I remain convinced that the results will be good news, but I am prepared for the worse should things go in that direction. Now, if I can just smuggle my Louisville Slugger past the nurse… the good doctor and I are going to come to a fast agreement not to hurt one another..

Thank you so much to my new watchers, in particular, and to all of you that have

my work over the past couple of months. I am sorry that I’ve not replied to you personally, but due to an ongoing illness my time here has been quite limited.

And I’d also like to offer my apologies to those of you that I watch. I am terribly behind viewing your submissions and commenting.. and for that I am deeply sorry.

I’ll see you all soon..

As always, I offer my thanks to all of you who truly make dA an irresistible place to spend ones time.

Mark

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while I no longer post this kind of stuff.. I do continue to write sub par to nicely below average song lyrics\poetry for my own personal therapeutic relief.

Getting By

You often said; no-one ever died from wanting too much
And there came a lonesome day when I finally believed you
I thought freedom was the answer
The end to my every woe
New horizons had to be waiting
Give me a month or two, and I’d be over you
No matter what, I’d get by

Oh, there was a time
When times were good
I couldn't quit callin' your name
You were the love of my life
The reason I gave myself for living
No matter what, we always got by

But somehow the years changed us
Like dried leaves on a forlorn wind
We lost our way in our little tempest of life
Now there’s only silence connecting us
Doubts we both harbour
Your eyes only reflect suspicion
There’s so much lying between us
And I’m standing at an open door
Believing my own good bye

Standing in the cold
A storm swirling about
Seems every rain drop falls on me
My isolation has become a runaway train
No place to go, no end to the misery here without you
These days I barely get by

I travel one heartbeat at a time
I know how to hurt
I can’t seem to heal
I know what to show and what to conceal
Whenever you come by

And I’ll never forget what you said;
No-one ever died from wanting too much
But baby, I just don’t feel that way anymore
Look what I've done
I sure miss your touch and the way that you feel
These lonely days without you
I’d just as soon die... than just go on
getting by

~ Mark O’Grady

Tools of the trade on the processing side of things... I shoot in RAW only and my flow takes me through Adobe Lightroom 2 and Adobe Photoshop CS4 for tweaking or framing.

I also use one or more of these depending on how shitty of a job the photographer did at the outset or what I am hoping to achieve as an end result. Nik: Define 2 (for noise), Vivenza, Silver Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro 3.0, Sharpener Pro 3.0. Neat Image, Noise Ninja, 55mm v 7.5, Photomatix Pro 3.1 (HDR), Dynamic Photo- HDR, Photo Watermark Pro.. and a slew of other stuff I barely understand or know how to use...

Want to see what's coming soon.. scroll down my front page to see a teaser..

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It's not to late to ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be.

~ Morrie Schwartz

Bless you Morrie. A piece of my heart will always be yours.
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, my favorite book.

Comments

*rcol2

Jun 26, 2009, 3:03:52 PM

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Awesome photos, great eye. Each vehicle is captured at their perfect angle for the lighting. Makes them look like the classic and neo art that they are.

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Rick (nvader)