I think all this raining is indeed the reason for all the beautiful skies I've had the blessing to enjoy :) Being out for lunch with the band for just a short time meant a window of opportunity to whip that camera out and snap away. It's been really really hot, just the type of weather and heat you'd expect from a beautiful sunny day. I'd pay the price of burning under the scorching sun anytime just to snap some good pictures and to enjoy looking at the chunks of clouds under the blue sky.
But because I've posted pictures of skies and clouds twice in the past week, I thought I'd balance that out with a picture I really like from my photo archive. This picture was taken down the street from where my church is, some time last year. I like being under trees just as much as I like rainbows and looking at the sky. Trees have this comforting aura about them. Like a protective umbrella from the sun sometimes. It's also beautiful to see the sunrays hit the leaves of trees, and one of the best views of this would be from under the tree. Gives it a mild golden tinge sometimes. I was surprised one of my bandmates didn't know that sitting under shady trees was a form of relaxation and a way to cool off from walking in the sun. My grandfather taught me that when i was 7 or 8. My bandmate must have thought that the only thing you find under shady trees are psycho flashers! *haha*
Alright...so I wasn't exactly true to my word, I've also posted up a picture of today's sky. I can't help it! 80+ pictures were taken within a short span of time. I picked this one from the lot. I mean I have plenty that looks like the one I posted a few days ago. I picked this because it looks a little different :)
It's sometimes helpful and comforting to see pictures like these. If you see these views in real life, even better! It could be a really mundane, sad, hurtful, disappointing, helpless, annoying, purposeless or confusing day; but sometimes, coming home, settling down and having pictures such as these could make a difference and draw a bigger picture of appreciation for life. It helps me sometimes. I hope it does for someone else too...
*Does anyone know how to copyright protect pictures posted on the internet? I just came to realize that many people post pictures on the net but they could be used by other people?*
3 comments:
About your question on copyright:
There's this thing called a Creative Commons license you can apply to your pictures. You can get this from Flickr.com as well. I did the work and found the url for you: http://www.flickr.com/profile_license.gne
If you want other options... you can always alter the script of your blog template to disable right-clicking so people who come by your site won't steal your pix by right-clicking and saving it to their desktop.
There are free no-right-click scripts you can attain from the internet, such as this: http://javascript.internet.com/page-details/no-right-click.html
But even so, most of them aren't always fool-proof. If you're really serious about protecting your pictures, then you're advised to buy the software to do so, which 99% guarantees your pictures from getting stolen.
Even so, your pictures can be easily stolen by screen-grabbing, especially with Macs, because you can perform precise screen grabbing (Apple+Shift+4), instead of the usual pc Print Screen style (Apple+Shift+3 on Macs).
Have a dandy day :)
Wow...that's one comprehensive entry into the comments! Thanks Mich! :)
Glad to help :D
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