Phoenix

http://www.shades-of-night.com/aviary/phoenix.html

I see a fire dragon here

against all odds.....

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Solitaire1 [deleted] says:

..why?
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

sprklg says:

Is phoenix the name of one of your rockets?

Oh well, back to the drawing board ...

;-)
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

tom_the_greek! says:

never play with fire!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

SilvisRivers says:

Spirit fires
On a lake will dance
Let them drink
Accelerants
And they will light
Their hairs
And take a twirling chance....
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Automatt says:

Vegas!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Victor1 says:

Steve, is this after it crashed into your pool? ;-)
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

davidmccabe says:

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.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

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. (!)
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

seanhfoto says:

Not awake yet but I see it....now.
Bravo.
P.S. I hate it when my pool catches on fire.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

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....
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

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. :)
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

sharl says:

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.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

...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

=)
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Wolfy says:

That's fantastic! I noticed it before I saw your title or the note.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

sprklg says:

This gave me the inspiration for a little Photoshop doodling:

The title of this doodle is "Pareidolic".
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

cubist pointillism… Up close, it looks like a bikini.... From a distance, I see Michael Jackson.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

sprklg says:

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.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

halcyondreams [deleted] says:

Again, excellent image!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

[togr] says:

Very nice! ("cool" would be the wrong word). I wonder how you got two fantastic animals in one fire shot...
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

booboo1604 says:

Wow! This is amazing.

The World Through My Eyes!
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

- maverick - says:

i can feel the heat =)

The World Through My Eyes
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

the cat & the exercise bike says:

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

Flame theme at
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Franck_ says:

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
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Åsta says:

Fascinating! Burning water with a bird and a dragon...! That's some capture!
Flame theme at
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

~The Olis In 'Consin~ says:

this IS AWESOME!!! wow!!!!

Thanks for sharing at the Flame Theme

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Seen in a discussion of The World Through My Eyes - Post 2 / Comment Any 1. (?)
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

weeklymg says:

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
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

pixelmasseuse says:

A+++ Grade Photo
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

mpuppett1 says:

A+++ Grade Photo
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

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