Phoenix

against all odds.....

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  1. ★

    TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³, The BrassPotato, honor the gift, Davi Lessa, and 41 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. Solitaire1 [deleted] (91 months ago | reply)

    ..why?

  3. tom_the_greek! [deleted] (91 months ago | reply)

    never play with fire!

  4. SilvisRivers (91 months ago | reply)

    Spirit fires
    On a lake will dance
    Let them drink
    Accelerants
    And they will light
    Their hairs
    And take a twirling chance....

  5. Automatt (91 months ago | reply)

    Vegas!

  6. Victor1 (91 months ago | reply)

    Steve, is this after it crashed into your pool? ;-)

  7. davidmccabe (91 months ago | reply)

    What is the feature immediately above the Alieness' comment, which seems to have a boxed outline? It looks as though a prism were hovering there in the flames.

  8. TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ (91 months ago | reply)

    I thought it was all *just* flames... and because of the apparition of a birdy shape (whose heart I marked with my little box) 'against all odds...' was what it made him call the pic Phoenix, alluding the story of the bird rebirthing from fire and ashes... But I might be wrong, if I am the only one who saw that. (!)

  9. seanhfoto (91 months ago | reply)

    Not awake yet but I see it....now.
    Bravo.
    P.S. I hate it when my pool catches on fire.

  10. jurvetson (91 months ago | reply)

    heh... too much Coppertone floating on the surface....

    Sol1: I was ruminating on how some people find a reservoir of dedication to defy the odds, like a phoenix from the flames.

    Alieness reverberates… and the Silvis river of rhymes reflects sublime every time….

    Greco-Tom: Fire is cool... makes me want to go launch some rockets....

  11. TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ (91 months ago | reply)

    So, you didn´t see the bird, then.

    I guess your rumination will lead you to a big quotation mark. And you will believe that those defiers are strange creatures. Or virtuosos. But they aren´t.

    Dedication per se doesn´t exist. It is the visible outcome (the means) of being passionate about something (the motives). Read: "have faith in", too. You will never understand dedication enough to defy all odds, unless you go deeper and dig out the roots for such apparent 'obstination'.

    You can see how easily a person stops defying the odds, once their motif changes or vanishes. Or it is discovered to be a lie, a fantasy, a mask, a fraud, a spoof. When the motif turns out to be untrue no dedication alone can save the day. Game over.

    You may, imho, ponder on passion, instead. Passion and inner truth. And why not about sincerity? It´s part of the whole escenario. :)

  12. sharl (91 months ago | reply)

    I saw the bird too.. jumped right out at me before reading any of the comments in fact. Must be something to do with how we're wired.

  13. jurvetson (91 months ago | reply)

    ...a Jungian pareidolia....

    (knock, knock... who knows how far that rabbit hole goes.... follow that link to the wikipedia definition... which takes you to the 23 enigma...)

    and Neo mutters

    there is no bird

    =)

  14. Wolfy (91 months ago | reply)

    That's fantastic! I noticed it before I saw your title or the note.

  15. sprklg (91 months ago | reply)

    This gave me the inspiration for a little Photoshop doodling:

    The title of this doodle is "Pareidolic".

  16. jurvetson (91 months ago | reply)

    cubist pointillism… Up close, it looks like a bikini.... From a distance, I see Michael Jackson.

  17. sprklg (91 months ago | reply)

    You're not the only person to see Michael Jackson.

    I wondered whether there might be an evolutionary relationship between the shape of the human face and the arrangement of the primary and secondary sexual features on a woman's body. Desmond Morris has speculated that the human female breasts may be evolutionary mimicry of the buttocks. What a weird thought.

  18. halcyondreams [deleted] (91 months ago | reply)

    Again, excellent image!

  19. [togr] (86 months ago | reply)

    Very nice! ("cool" would be the wrong word). I wonder how you got two fantastic animals in one fire shot...

  20. booboo1604 (85 months ago | reply)

    Wow! This is amazing.

    The World Through My Eyes!

  21. - maverick - (85 months ago | reply)

    i can feel the heat =)

    The World Through My Eyes

  22. the cat & the exercise bike (74 months ago | reply)

    it was immediately apparent, even before i saw the title - just goes to show how much of a fantasy world i live in! great flame capture

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  23. Franck_ (74 months ago | reply)

    I see it too, and looking at it a bit more I think I prefer the dragon and its seated pose.

    Anyway, great shot.

    Flame them at The World Through My Eyes

  24. Åsta (74 months ago | reply)

    Fascinating! Burning water with a bird and a dragon...! That's some capture!
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  25. ~The Olis In 'Consin~ (74 months ago | reply)

    this IS AWESOME!!! wow!!!!


    Thanks for sharing at the Flame Theme

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  26. weeklymg (69 months ago | reply)

    Hi. I wanted to let you know that I'm using this photo, in accordance with the Creative Commons License, on my blog: weeklymobilegoodies.blogspot.com

  27. pixelmasseuse (59 months ago | reply)


    A+++ Grade Photo

  28. mpuppett1 (59 months ago | reply)


    A+++ Grade Photo

  29. karinadevinephotography (23 months ago | reply)

    I deffinately saw the bird! Phoenix rising from the water!?! THANKYOU!

  30. markttkram (22 months ago | reply)

    This is an incredible photo! Amazing shot!!

  31. Pistapoci (21 months ago | reply)

    Wonderful shot!

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