"Dancing With The Stars" by Bodhi Smith

Jun 17, 2022

"dancing with the stars" is my brand new impression and blog...
 
"it's like the trees are dancing next to this pond, reaching up and touching the stars with their branches, while at the same time dipping their roots in the reflection of themselves" ― bodhi, dancing with the stars
 
"dance with the dancers.
sing with the singers.
paint with the painters.
dream with the dreamers.
believe with the believers.
create with the creator.
marvel in the marvelous,
wonder with the wonderful...
and you will surely be
the happy in happiness
and become
the magic in the magical" 
 
"life is a dance. mindfulness is witnessing that dance" ― amit ray, world peace
 
"all it takes is an eagerness to join the cosmic dance, and a willingness to seek the miracles of the soul" ― deepak chopra, buddha 
 
"take hold of your own life. see that the whole existence is celebrating...these trees are not serious, and everywhere there is fun, everywhere there is dance, joy, and delight. watch existence. listen to the existence. and become part of it" ― osho, the secret of secrets 
 
"dance is a way of rising up into space, of discovering new dimensions while still remaining in touch with your body. when you dance, the spiritual world and the real world manage to coexist quite happily" ― paulo coelho, the witch of portobello 
 
"you dance inside my chest,
where no one sees you,
but sometimes i do, and that
sight becomes this art" 
 
"if you say run, i'll run with you. and if you say hide, we'll hide. because my love for you would break my heart in two if you should fall into my arms and tremble like a flower...let's dance" ― david bowie, let's dance
 
"unfold your heart. sharpen your ears. and never say no to the world when it asks you to dance" ― tahereh mafi, ignite me
 
"dancing is creating a sculpture that is visible only for a moment" ― erol ozan, talus 
 
"can you imagine, for example, what the trees do, not only in lightning storms or the watery dark of a summer's night, or under the white nets of winter, but now, and now, and now--whenever we're not looking?...surely you can't imagine they don't dance, from the root up, wishing to travel a little, not cramped so much as wanting a better view, or more sun, or just as avidly more shade?...surely you can't imagine they just stand there loving every minute of it, the birds or the emptiness, the dark rings of the years slowly and without a sound thickening, and nothing different unless the wind, and then only in its own mood, comes to visit?...surely you can't imagine patience, and happiness, like that?" ― mary oliver 
 
"a true spiritually connected dance happens when two lovers only have each other, they do not ever need their ears to hear the music, the dance is all that matters, and all that they want" ― bodhi, spiritual dance
 
here is a beyond beautiful love song, i always melt when i listen to these romantic lyrics, sung so eloquently and lovingly by phillip phillips, it brings out the deeply emotional feelings of a true spiritually connected dance, the dance desired when two lovers only have each other, and that is all that matters, and all that they want...this is one of my all time favorite love songs ever written: "dance with me" by phillip phillips ... (just click on any of words in the blue links to listen to the song)...
 
"i have seen a sunset in the western sky, ain’t nothin’ like the brightness in your eyes. and i have seen the moon reflecting in the sea, but that don’t compare to how you shine on me. after everything i’ve seen, i rather see you smile. 'cause all i really want is just to hold you for a while, and be your man. so will you dance with me? i will lead you, give every moment that i have just to be near you. and when the song ends and everyone else leaves, will you dance one more with me? when my hands are heavy and your words are slow, kiss my lips and tell me you won’t let me go. and with every single heartbeat i have left, i’ll make it known you are my world and nothing less. 'cause all i really want is just to hold you for a while and be your man, so will you dance with me? i will lead you, give every moment that i have just to be near you. and when the song ends and everyone else leaves, will you dance one more with me? will you dance one more with me?" ― phillip phillips, dance with me
 
"each and every moment that i get to dance with you is my best moment" ― bodhi, dance moments
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MEANING
"trees are the most versatile yet majestic dancers. no matter where they find themselves, they are always simultaneously touching the ground and reaching for the sky" ― bodhi, dancing trees
 
it's like the trees are dancing next to this pond, reaching up and touching the stars with their branches, while at the same time dipping their roots in the reflection of themselves...and in my mind's eye, i can imagine them doing the bachata, dancing to this song: "deja vu" by shakira and prince royce...
 
"unload the weight of noise, become light enough in spirit and mind to play, and radiate, and reflect, and sing, and dance down this path to enlightenment"  ― bodhi, dancing path  
 
this song is a classic love song from the late seventies (1079)...this tune has always been a favorite of mine, and is one of those songs that once you listen to it, it's nearly impossible to get it outta your head with its memorable melody, it'll just keep playing on repeat in your memory. it's got its own cool vibe and sound with a mix of folk, country and pop, and with its lyrics, it is the perfect accompaniment to connect music with the meaning of my impression and blog today: "swayin' to the music (slow dancin')" by johnny rivers ... i sound old, but they just do not make songs like this anymore...(just click on any of words in the blue links to listen to the song)...    

"it's late at night and we're all alone, just the music on the radio. no one's comin', no one's gonna telephone. just me and you and the lights down low...and we're slow dancin', swayin' to the music. slow dancin', just me and my girl. slow dancin', swayin' to the music, no one else in the whole wide world just you, girl...and we just flow together when the lights are low. shadows dancin' all across the wall. music's playin' so soft and slow, rest of the world so far away and small when we're slow dancin', swayin' to the music. slow dancin', just me and my girl. slow dancin', swayin' to the music, no one else in the whole wide world...hold me, oh, oh, oh, hold me, no never let me go...as we dance together in the dark, so much love in this heart of mine. you whisper to me, hold you tight. you're the one i thought i'd never find...now we're slow dancin', swayin' to the music. slow dancin', just me and my girl. slow dancin', swayin' to the music. no one else in the whole wide world. slow dancin', swayin' to the music, slow dancin', just me and my girl. slow dancin', swayin' to the music, no one else in the whole wide world, whole wide world" ― johnny rivers, swayin' to the music (slow dancin')   
 
"her reflection captivates me
her darkness teaches me
her essence fills me
her light calms me
her soul caresses me...
she is my fascination
she is is my art
she is my glow
she is my love
she is my dance" 
 
"we are only here on this planet for a little while...so dance, and love, and reflect what makes you happy, and then love and dance some more" ― bodhi, the dance 
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MORE BODHI QUOTES
and now here are a few more quotes from bodhi from past blogs to help add to the deeper meaning of this blog today...
 
"i dream, to
breathe, to
sigh, to
float, above
clouds, over
raindrops, through
sunrise and sunset, across
the starry sky, beyond
the milky way, into
my every atom, throughout" 
 
"love is a dance, beautifully artistic, but also needing practice to get better, mixed with a little obsession, dedication, and fascination...love is a dance, it's not a hobby, it's not a chore, it's not a choice, it's not casual...those who do it, must do it. so baby, let's dance" ― bodhi, let's dance
 
"in this flowering dance of love, we are merely budding dancers, still learning and practicing, so fascinated, dedicated, and obsessed with every single step" ― bodhi, budding dancers   
 
"just as a leaf know it's time, it embraces change, and fearlessly lets go of the safety of the tree, falling and dancing to where it needs to be...such a beautiful metaphor for all of us... just let go, dance, and fall in love with life's changes" ― bodhi, the dance of a leaf
 
"if but a moment
i have with you is one spent
dancing, i'm content" 
 
smitten at first glance  
love's home bubbled in our dance
nothing happens by chance
 
"the most beautiful dance is the one between lovers" ― bodhi, lover's dance
 
"as landscape photographers, we are dancers in nature, translating colors like music, into a form people can experience as art in their own personal space" ― bodhi, translators
 
"will you dance with me?
please hold me to the rhythm 
beating in our hearts"
 
"shall we dance in the rhythm of darkness or light? shall we dance in the realm belonging to our minds? shall we dance to the music of balance and peace? life is already complicated, our hearts should be at ease. i don't need the attention of millions, only this dance with you...shall we dance to the words of storm or of loving sunlight? shall we dance, talk, or just be? it doesn't matter, for no matter what, you will forever be dancing inside of me, the biggest part of me." ― bodhi, shall we dance? 
 
"i needed to be disconnected from my senses to truly understand who i was...it was a dance in the complete absence of music and movement, with my eyes closed, in the blinding silence amongst the trees, that brought me in contact with myself. without the void, i could not see the beautiful space i filled" ― bodhi, dance in silence
 
"it's a beautiful spiritual union of two souls being lost and found again for many lifetimes, always finding their way back to each other...like the way a song always finds its dance, rain always finds its way back to the river, the wind always finds its melody in the leaves, and the waves always come home to the beach...i simply live for the love in the next single moment that we touch" " ― bodhi, a song always finds its dance
  
"if but a moment
i have with you, one that's spent
dancing, i'm content" 
 
"seduce me at sunrise, dance with me barefoot in the dew on the grass, make me wet and warm, and loved"  ― bodhi, sunrise dance
 
"in misty beauty never before seen,
sweet sounds of a forest so serene,
embracing and peaceful, so fresh and clean
as birds songs are whispering their routine.
 
those reflections gleam in the aquamarine...  
morning light glowing on your leaves so pristine,
so angelic, so ageless and always evergreen,
dance with me, my lady, my love, my queen"
― bodhi, dance with me
 
"she danced with 
her own reflection, 
absorbed in a trance 
of morning light, 
a glowing impression, 
whose sheer beauty 
was pure and simply, 
her timeless simplicity" 
 
"somebody
to lay with,
nothing in between.
lost in a breath
existing in a dream.
to be naked
to our souls
and give everything unseen." 
 
"thinking of you and me dancing on 11th street at 11:11am for eleven minutes" ― bodhi, november eleventh dance 
 
"each of her lips say: i want you, kiss me, love me, play me maestro, and dance with me" ― bodhi, dance with me
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MORE QUOTES FOR EXTRA MEANING  
and here is a really cool and quirky alternative song that goes along nicely with things today: "shut up and dance" by walk the moon ... (just click on any of words in the blue links to listen to the musical selection) ...

"oh don't you dare look back. just keep your eyes on me. i said: you're holding back. she said: shut up and dance with me. this woman is my destiny. she said: oh oh oh, shut up and dance with me...we were victims of the night, the chemical, physical, kryptonite helpless to the bass and the fading light. oh we were bound to get together, bound to get together. she took my arm, i don't know how it happened. we took the floor and she said: oh don't you dare look back. just keep your eyes on me. i said: you're holding back. she said: shut up and dance with me. this woman is my destiny. she said: oh oh oh, shut up and dance with me...a backless dress and some beat up sneaks. my discotheque juliet teenage dream. i felt it in my chest as she looked at me, i knew we were bound to be together, bound to be together. she took my arm, i don't know how it happened. we took the floor and she said: oh don't you dare look back, just keep your eyes on me. i said: you're holding back. she said: shut up and dance with me...this woman is my destiny. she said: oh oh oh, shut up and dance with me. oh, c'mon girl...deep in her eyes i think i see the future. i realize this is my last chance. she took my arm, i don't know how it happened. we took the floor and she said: oh don't you dare look back, just keep your eyes on me. i said: you're holding back. she said: shut up and dance with me...this woman is my destiny. she said: oh oh oh, shut up and dance, don't you dare look back just keep your eyes on me. i said: you're holding back. she said: shut up and dance with me...this woman is my destiny. she said: oh oh oh, shut up and dance with me, oh oh oh shut up and dance with me, oh oh oh shut up and dance with me" ― walk the moon, shut up and dance
 
"a smile is a reflection of your dancing heart and your joyful soul" ― gautama siddhartha buddha, sayings of buddha   
 
"from the beginning of the world i knew you...since time first stirred and the seasons were born, the memory of your mystery called in my veins awakening within me the truest memories of my soul, asking me, will you dance with me?" ― c. ara campbell 
 
"he's a tree, grounded to the earth, yet reaching for the sky. but he loses hope at times. his faith has been shaken to his roots. he tries to believe in something more and sometimes it’s hard...the bar is raised higher on who he'll let dance with his sacred soul and be embraced by the powerful beauty of his love. for his heart is worth it. his love is a once-in-a-lifetime, out of this world, rare and mystical dance to behold and be enfolded by. his heart and his love is one of the most courageous, beautiful, passionate and powerful things you will ever encounter on this planet. true, his dance is not for the faint of heart, but this dance is worth it. he will make every single step and movement count, every moment, every heartbeat, always, this i promise you" ― c. ara campbell (with modifications by bodhinku)
 
"a recent scientific study found that the hearts of lovers really do beat in sync - that after only a few moments of close proximity they will begin to follow each other’s lead until they beat as one. as though our very hearts leap out of our chests, and ask one another to dance" ― beau taplin
 
"to be creative means to be in love with life. you can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it" ― osho, the hidden splendor 
 
"we are all different expressions of one reality, different songs of one singer, different dancers of one dance, different paintings of one great painter" ― osho, the buddha said...
 
"we must pass through solitude and difficulty, isolation and silence, to find that enchanted place where we can dance our clumsy dance and sing our sorrowful song. but in that dance, and in that song, the most ancient rites of our conscience fulfill themselves in the awareness of being human" ― pablo neruda, 100 love sonnets
 
"of everything i have seen, it's you i want to go on seeing: of everything i've touched, it's your flesh i want to go on touching. i love your glowing laughter. i am moved by the sight of you sleeping. what am i to do, love, loved one? i don't know how others love or how people loved in the past. i live, watching you, loving you. dancing with you, being in love with you is my nature" ― pablo neruda, 100 love sonnets
 
"anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they're not. when two bodies meet, it is just the cup overflowing. they can stay together for hours, even days. they begin the dance one day and finish it the next, or--such is the pleasure they experience--they may never finish it" ― paulo coelho, eleven minutes
   
"dream, dance, and love are just words...until you decide to experience them" ― paulo coelho, the alchemist
 
"when god lets my body be
from each brave eye shall sprout a tree
and the purpled world will dance upon
between my lips which did sing" 
   
"we dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams" ― albert einstein
 
"the happiest moments in our lives are when we are playing just like children, when we are singing and dancing, when we are exploring and creating just for fun. it is wonderful when we behave like a child because this is the normal human mind, the normal human tendency. as children, we are innocent and it is natural for us to express love. but what has happened to some of us?" ― don miguel ruiz, the four agreements  
 
"our biological rhythms are the symphony of the cosmos, music embedded deep within us to which we dance, even when we can't name the tune" ― deepak chopra, buddha 
 
"the dancer resides within us all. some find it when joy conquers sorrow, others express it through celebration of movements; and then there are those... whose existence is dance" ― shah asad rizvi
 
"life is an affair of mystery; shared with companions of musicians, dancers and poets" ― shah asad rizvi

"dance less in motion and more in spirit; awaken the dreamer within...dance is that delicacy of life radiating every particle of our existence with happiness" ― shah asad rizvi  
 
"sometimes in life, confusion tends to arise, and only the dialogue of dance seems to make sense" ― shah asad rizvi
 
"breathing is our participation with the cosmic dance. when our breath is in harmony, the cosmos nourish us in every sense" ― amit ray, world peace 
 
"does my sexiness upset you?
does it come as a surprise
that i dance like i've got diamonds
at the meeting of my thighs?" 
 
"everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances" ― maya angelou, even the stars look lonesome   
 
"life is the dancer, and you are the dance" ― eckhart tolle, new earth: awakening to your life's purpose  
 
"this life is for loving, sharing, learning, smiling, caring, forgiving, laughing, hugging, helping, dancing, wondering, healing, and even more loving. i choose to live life this way. i want to live my life in such a way that when i get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, 'aw shit, he's up!" ― steve maraboli, unapologetically you 
 
"and those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music" ― friedrich nietzsche, twilight of the idols 
 
"it is sweet to dance to violins
when love and life are fair:
to dance to flutes, to dance to lutes
is delicate and rare:
but it is so sweet with nimble feet
to dance upon the air!" 
   
"i am satisfied...i see, dance, laugh, sing"  ― walt whitman, leaves of grass  
 
"i want you by my side so that i never feel alone again. they've always been so kind, but now they've brought you away from here. i hope they didn't get your mind. your heart is too strong anyway. we need to fetch back the time they have stolen from us. and i want you. we can bring it on the floor. you've never danced like this before. we don't talk about it. dancin' on do the boogie all night long. stoned in paradise, shouldn't talk about it. and i want you. we can bring it on the floor. you've never danced like this before. we don't talk about it. dancin' on do the boogie all night long...stoned in paradise, shouldn't talk about it, shouldn't talk about it...coldest winter for me. no sun is shining anymore. the only thing i feel is pain caused by absence of you. suspense is controlling my mind. i cannot find the way out of here. i want you by my side so that i never feel alone again. and i want you. we can bring it on the floor. you've never danced like this before. we don't talk about it. dancin' on do the boogie all night long. stoned in paradise, shouldn't talk about it. and i want you. we can bring it on the floor. you've never danced like this before. we don't talk about it. dancin' on do the boogie all night long. stoned in paradise, shouldn't talk about it, shouldn't talk about it. and i want you. we can bring it on the floor. you've never danced like this before. we don't talk about it. dancin' on do the boogie all night long. stoned in paradise, shouldn't talk about it, shouldn't talk about it" ― milky chance, stolen dance
 
"let's dance, put on your red shoes and dance the blues. let's dance to the song they're playin' on the radio. let's sway while color lights up your face. let's sway, sway through the crowd to an empty space...if you say run, i'll run with you. and if you say hide, we'll hide. because my love for you would break my heart in two if you should fall into my arms and tremble like a flower...let's dance, let's dance for fear your grace should fall. let's dance for fear tonight is all. let's sway, you could look into my eyes. let's sway under the moonlight, this serious moonlight...if you say run, i'll run with you. and if you say hide, we'll hide. because my love for you would break my heart in two if you should fall into my arms and tremble like a flower...let's dance, put on your red shoes and dance the blues. let's sway under the moonlight, this serious moonlight...let's dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance..." ― david bowie, let's dance
 
"i get up in the evening and i ain't got nothing to say. i come home in the morning, i go to bed feeling the same way. i ain't nothing but tired, man i'm just tired and bored with myself. hey there baby, i could use just a little help...you can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark. this gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark...messages keep getting clearer. radio's on and i'm moving 'round my place. i check my look in the mirror, wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face. man i ain't getting nowhere. i'm just living in a dump like this. there's something happening somewhere, baby i just know there is...can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark. this gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark...you sit around getting older. there's a joke here somewhere, and it's on me. i shake this world off my shoulders, come on baby the laugh's on me. stay on the streets of this town, and they'll be carving you up alright. they say you gotta stay hungry, hey baby i'm just about starving tonight. i'm dying for some action, i'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book. i need a love reaction, come on now baby gimme just one look...can't start a fire sitting 'round crying over a broken heart. this gun's for hire, even if we're just dancing in the dark. you can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart. this gun's for hire, even if we're just dancing in the dark, even if we're just dancing in the dark, even if we're just dancing in the dark, even if we're just dancing in the dark. hey baby..." ― bruce springsteen, dancing in the dark
 
"my grandpa, he's ninety five, and he keeps on dancin'...he's still alive....my grandma, she's ninety two, she loves to dance, and sing some, too....i don't know, but i've been told, if you keep on dancing, you'll never grow old....come on darling, don't look that way. don't you know when you smile, i've got to say, you're my honey pumpkin lover. you're my heart's delight...don't you want to go out tonight? you're such a pretty lady, you're such a sweet girl, when you dance, it brightens up my world...come on darling put a pretty dress on...we're gonna go out tonight and dance, dance, dance...dance, dance, dance...dance, dance, dance, all night long" ― steve miller band, dance dance dance
 
"there was no use talking, there was nothing to say when the band began to play...and we danced like a wave on the ocean, romanced. we were liars in love and we danced, swept away for a moment by chance and we danced and danced and danced" ― the hooters, and we danced  
 
"consciousness expresses itself through creation. this world we live in is the dance of the creator. dancers come and go in the twinkling of an eye but the dance lives on. on many an occasion when i am dancing, i have felt touched by something sacred. in those moments, i felt my spirit soar and become one with everything that exists. i become the stars and the moon. i become the lover and the beloved. i become the singer and the song. i become the knower and the known. i keep on dancing then it is the eternal dance of creation. the creator and creation merge into one wholeness of joy. i keep on dancing...and dancing...and dancing. until there is only...the dance" ― michael jackson, dancing the dream
 
"we watch the dancers moving as one. we spin about like the earth on it's axis, enduring the dark, waiting for the sun" ― libba bray, the sweet far thing
 
"we danced all night. we danced for just a moment. may we be so lucky as to still be dancing under the light of the harvest moon three hundred years from now" ― quan barry, we ride upon sticks
 
"i desire to be with you. i miss you. i feel lonely when i can't see you. i want to dance with you and kiss you. i am obsessed with you, fascinated by you, infatuated with you. i hunger for your taste, your smell, the feel of your soul touching mine" ― jack llawayllynn, indulgence 
 
"forget your voice, sing!
forget your feet, dance!
forget your life, live!
forget yourself and be!" 
 
"they moved like dancers, which is not surprising, but it is perhaps most remarkable because they move as if they're always hearing music" ― mark helprin, winter's tale
 
“if we could be pure dancers in spirit, we would never be afraid to love, and we would love with strength and wisdom" ― ben okri, birds of heaven
 
"dancing is not just getting up painlessly, like a leaf blown on the wind; dancing is when you tear your heart out and rise out of your body to hang suspended between the worlds" ― jalaluddin rumi, the soul of rumi
 
"dance, when you're broken open. dance, if you've torn the bandage off. dance in the middle of the fighting. dance in your blood. dance when you're perfectly free." ― jalaluddin rumi, whispers of the beloved  
 
"in the house of lovers, the music never stops, the walls are made of songs & the floor dances" ― jalaluddin rumi, in the arms of the beloved
 
"dance until you shatter yourself" ― jalaluddin rumi, hush don't say anything to god 
 
"both light and shadow are the dance of love" ― jalaluddin rumi, the soul of rumi 
 
"motes of dust dancing in the light--that‘s our dance too. we don‘t listen inside to hear the music. but it is no matter, the dance goes on, and in the joy of the sun is hiding a god" ― jalaluddin rumi, bridge to the soul  
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ABOUT THE IMPRESSION
"in trying to understand myself, and things that really make me glow with happiness, i created something special here...one fusion joined together from my dreams, visions, feelings, emotions, thoughts, and illuminations from the inner workings of my combined mind, heart, and soul" ― bodhinku, from my dreams
 
this is an image from my dreams, and although the stars were captured nearby to this location, they were taken from a different aspect on a different ​date​​ a bit later on​...and as such, this is a full composite and not an in-frame merge like i so often do with my astro shots. there​'s​ two separate images used in the creation of this composition: one of the tree​s​ reflecting in the ​pond​, and another entirely separate one of the stars in the sky (and reflection in the ​pond water​)...
 
and it should be duly noted that it'd be absolutely impossible to see the stars with the core of the milky way over top of th​ese ​tree​s​ at any time of year. because the only vantage point of this scene is from the south​east​ bank of the ​pond​ facing ​to the ​north​west​, and to capture ​any small part of ​the milky way core in the sky​ at this location​, you'd need to be looking ​in the opposite direction to the southeast, so there'd be no pond in front of the dancing trees (the pond would fall behind the trees instead)​...so this impression is truly a vis​i​on from out of my head, a dream of mine, to create this scene as if i was painting it from memory...
 
the ​pond​ and ​dancing trees​ portion of this image was captured ​at 5:55am ​on ​may​ 22 , 2021 just ​before​ sunrise​ during blue hour on a calm windless​ ​​late spring morning​, and this was a ​quasi-​long exposure (f/11 @​55​mm for 11secs, iso-64)...
 
in my photography, i always use filters to create longer exposure effects, saturate colors naturally, and balance the light in my composition in-camera...i often use as many as four filters at time, and i always use at least one filter in my completed impressions...
 
for this exposure, to get the effects and balance i was looking for, i used two progreyusa filters in the capture of this composition, a 3.0nd progrey antarctica filter to bring the light in the image down 10 stops to create more smoothness in the water and a mystical blurred reflection of the ​dancing ​tree​s​ in the water...plus naturally saturate all the green and blue color hues in in the image...
 
this was combined with a 0.9 gnd progrey aurora filter to help balance in-camera overall the image the way i envisioned it...in this case, to stop down the brighter light from the p​re-sunrise​ coming ​from​ out of frame on the entire ​right​ side of the image, stop down that brightness an extra three stops and help permit a richer balance of light (especially in the shadows) throughout the rest of the exposure...
 
i also used the progrey g-120z magnetic holder to hold the filters and secure them to my favourite camera and lens combination, my nikon d850 with a nikon nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8... 
 
for the separate exposure of the stars captured a couple nights later, i used a vixen optics polarie star tracker with tripod attached to my nikon d850 with a nikon nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 lens this permitted me to be able to capture a much longer exposure of the stars and not have any star trails, which also gives such beautiful enrichment to all the colors in the night sky, plus lessens any severe coma, while at the same time permitting a much lower iso setting and thus so much less noise (f/4@24mm for 420secs, iso-800), and no filters were necessary in the star exposure, so none were used...
 
i wish to openly thank my sponsors who have always supported me through both the good and bad times...for truly this long exposure impression would not be possible without the use of my induro phq3 series 5-way panhead with the induro (now benro) stealth carbon fiber tripod in combination with the progreyusa filters which i use with every photo i take...
 
"you were blessed with 84,600 seconds today, have you used one of them to say thank you?" ― bodhinku, blessed
 
"if nothing else...if i open my eyes, if i hope, if i cry, if i think, if i sigh, if i giggle, if i dance, if i love, if i breathe, then i have lived a full days worth of life...nothing is wasted, nothing" ― bodhinku, if nothing else
 
"i do not want you to just be into my photography, instead, i'd much rather you take a journey into my pictures, and feel the impression i have created, feel it with all your senses" ― bodhinku, into my photography
 
"my photography is my way of keeping a diary" ― bodhinku, my diary 
 
"contemplate without thinking. be certain only in your uncertainty, content to be completely incomplete. stop the rush. slow down time. breathe and notice. slow down everything. let it all be. shut off the noise. hush. relax. seize this higher moment. reconnect. feel and sense what surrounds you. listen to all the colours of light whisper as they envelope you. see the melody and harmony that float about unnoticed. taste the solitude of all this wonderment. smell the beautiful silence. now discover your peaceful serenity. then, reach out and touch your faith with all your senses. this is my world. awaken!" ― bodhinku, my world
 
i leave you today wishing that bright joy 
and spiritual peace fill your life...
imploring you to make every moment count, 
no matter what, always and forever, 
for that is the only thing that truly matters...   
 
and above all else,
i hope this message and impression find you well.
namaste,
bodhi
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