Name unknown. Completed a moment ago by my brother:

 

Need I Say More ??

 

Yet another gorgeous shot by my significant other...

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I expected this thread would blow up with submissions. Don't tell me it's dead already!

Let's see if I can fan the embers...

Here's a couple from Whistler Peak outside the town of Jasper, in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
I took these in 2009 with a budget-price 5.0MP Kodak C340 ("point & shoot" I believe, before the term was coined?) that I bought in '04-'05.

I'm pretty sure those peaks in the distance are the farthest thing I've ever observed from the ground.
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The town of Jasper is just so tiny & cute I could pinch it's cheeks.
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Coolest maintenance job ever.
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Snow coming, better leave.
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The other coolest maintenance job ever

 

The local urban forest being reduced for a neighbour's new shed.

 

Russian. As usual, name unknown. From some time ago.

 

Russian. As usual, name unknown. From some time ago.

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Your brother has real talent, congrats. Mine's music. I've been playing the guitar since I was 6. And these days I only play music that I've composed myself, although it's been a while since I picked my guitar.

 

Your brother has real talent, congrats. Mine's music. I've been playing the guitar since I was 6. And these days I only play music that I've composed myself, although it's been a while since I picked my guitar.

Thanks on his behalf, César.

He is now permanently connected to oxygen because intensive smoking in the past.

100% self taught. He is a brillant modelist as well. I will try to retrieve some pictures of what he did.

I feel kind of an inocuous envy of those doing maths at ease and those able to play music. Next life maybe.

 

Thanks on his behalf, César.

He is now permanently connected to oxygen because intensive smoking in the past.

100% self taught. He is a brillant modelist as well. I will try to retrieve some pictures of what he did.

I feel kind of an inocuous envy of those doing maths at ease and those able to play music. Next life maybe.

We all have our talents and gifts, my friend. Some are visible, and some are hidden.

I think it's important to recognize those who bring beauty into this life. But those who appreciate it are valuable too... I've always thought that an encouraging spectator is as important as the performer. Where else would an artist draw inspiration from, other than his own audience?

 

Name unknown. Completed a moment ago by my brother:

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That affected me emotionally. That is rare.

 

That affected me emotionally. That is rare.

I sure hope that by affected you mean it in a positive way.

 

Russian. As usual, name unknown. From some time ago.

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I sketch, I’ve always enjoyed people with natural talent, it used to be envy. But, now it’s respect I find it can take up many hrs of my time when I stop drinking and put that into artistic skills, like @cmartinez I’ve play guitar since I was around 13 but skill is about all it is, it’s not like my friends who learned how then just shot out like a rocket and upward playing to thousands of people. It does draw an emotional response to get the highlights, hair strands, eye capture is amazing. I would say he is a savant, rare indeed. When I sketch I can’t land on anything real, it’s cartooning like my Turtle in his car going fishing, I have done Japanese characters but that is about as close to real life I want to go.

Thank you for sharing.
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I sure hope that by affected you mean it in a positive way.

You're making a point but I don't see it. Does affected have a negative connotation? I don't know about it.

I don't know if it was positive or negative. It was like seeing a photo of someone you love who has passed.

 

Wish I could say my brother learned by watching me, but no, he is 100% self taught.

 

Wish I could say my brother learned by watching me, but no, he is 100% self taught.

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Is he retired? Or is that how he makes a living?

 

Is he retired? Or is that how he makes a living?

Young officer in Gendarmería (translation?), had to quit the force because of a serious conflict with an unethical superior in his line of command. Worked in Security until retiring because of a brutal emphysema, confined at home now as oxygen dependent.

Chronic "mate" drinker. When still living close to his home, I used to visit him to get some free mate myself (I am an pathetic "cebador de mate").

Had the chance to watch him many times while building his models.

At 73, I never had the oportunity to see him painting; just enjoy the outcome.

In line with that, yesterday:

 

Today, on LinkedIn:

 

Wow!

 

These trucks are bringing the towers sections (concrete) to the site. Starting the journey today with just 1° Celsius.