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Day 3509, optics.

Daily picture, Poetry
Nikon D700 with Nikkor 14mm 2.8D
When I use the wrong lens
to capture what I see
the distortion is clear
to see

but where is the distortion
when I don’t see it
while using the same
optics

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Day 3508, not to.

Daily picture, Poetry
If you look down
and see these interesting
reflections
you have to be careful
not to step into them


because the ripple
will go further than you
expect

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Day 3507, is it.

Daily picture, Poetry
Is it still the horizon
if you stand before a wall
looking up?

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Day 3505, I have.

Daily picture, Poetry

I want a dream
that one day I dream
of a world where I
live only with me's
all the other I’s

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Day 3503, question.

Daily picture, Poetry
What is the opposite of a dark forest?

A misty forest?

Both scary,


but different.

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Day 3502, to work.

Daily picture, Poetry
When I cross a street
I will stand in the middle


at one point
often


staring for a second
one way or the other


to the crossroads
and hidden alleys


just to feel the curiosity

on my way to work

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Day 3501, just wait.

Daily picture, Poetry
I remember the light
warm, sitting behind glass
coffee
waiting, for nothing

reliving moments
in passing by
no need to go in
its gone
just wait

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Day 3499, 15 selfies.

Daily picture

It looks like I looked at myself once every nine months for the last 3500 days. I guess that’s still too much.

fbtmdn
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Day 3497, What else was their to see.

Daily picture, Poetry

Pictures don’t make the world more beautiful or interesting, but…they can lift up a scene from its surroundings.

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Day 3494, a day in windows.

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A collection of windows that may or may not open, but it’s unlikely I’ll be the one to open them as I simply walk by. However, if I turn around, here outside, it’s easy to imagine what one might see when looking through them from the inside.  All of these were made in roughly the past 12 months, mostly in Fredrikstad.

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Day 3492, one of.

Daily picture, Poetry
I rearranged my fridge's shelves today
one of the best days of the year

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Day 3491, to keep.

Daily picture, Poetry
You break parts of me
but I isolated


not for what you say
but to keep the warmth in

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Day 3490, for what is.

Daily picture, Poetry
We all fall

down on the mirror we see

but not coming closer


and when we hit

we will slowly slide


down

so you get used

to see in the darkness



for what is darkness

if you can't see it

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Day 3489, they are.

Daily picture, Poetry
Your words are left in the shadows

now they are gone



as long as there is light

I'll remember them 

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Day 3488, for me.

Daily picture, Poetry
Even if I see everything around

me

there is still a black border

in a square box 

hiding 

you for me

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Day 3485, even if.

Daily picture, Poetry
It should not matter

what you want to keep

private

even if all

can see it

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