Dochtersions: Hello everybody! Under the name "dochtersions" I started, at the suggestion of my dear husband, in sharing my photos, fractals, and also some paintings, and other 2D art here at Renderosity. That was in January of 2010. I still use my two owls as avatar, which is a reduced image of one of my oil paintings.
The name "dochtersions" came into my head as only one, when I was looking for a name for my blog that I started in 2007.
This name is not that strange, as I know that God is my real father and mother at the same time, and I know that God loves me more and deeper than a man can aware of (or at least I think this way)
I live in the South of The Netherlands together with my retired husband. I've had various occupations. In my last job, I was working as an assistant to a paediatrician and a rehabilitation specialist. When I had children, I graduated "health awareness", and gave lectures on various topics, plus vegetarian cooking classes to teenagers.
My husband and I have together two daughters and four grandchildren. Which all live abroad, to be precise in Lacey (WA-USA) and Davos in Switzerland.
I've always been busy with all kinds of creativity. As a child I drew a lot, later pottery, needle art, tapestries, weaving, batik art, macramé, etc. Painting with oil was my last great hobby.
Around about the year 2000 I started having unexplained physical symptoms as well as insomnia, which was later diagnosed as having PTSD. It turned out that I had repressed a traumatized youth. However, the physical symptoms made that I no longer could be busy with my passions, the real painting, and other activities (f.e. reading books, gardening, travelling), which I was doing without a limit.
What I can stay doing well in limited form, is playing music on my mandolin and my guitar, and also to enjoy/listen my favourite music, which is including the cantatas of J.S. Bach and his sons , f.e. also music from G.F. Handel, G.Ph. Telemann, a.s.o. This is also the kind of music that my husband (on its church organ) and I (on my mandolin) play together.
After being diagnosed with PTSD a lot changed and I was forced to look for alternatives in which I could express myself. That is, that for years I started writing, and poetry, which go quite intense and as a sort of automatic. Unfortunately, my knowledge of the English language is not sufficient enough, so I write in my mother tongue, with sometimes a few exceptions. The thoughts come to my mind right at unexpected moments, and it’s wonderful, to surrendering to your train of thoughts.
In the encounter more and more of impossibilities, in connection with, f.e continuous pains, I learned to shift my gaze. Searching for distractions and alternatives, I learned to focus my happy mind on all the wonderful and admirable little things in the world around me.
My husband since 1968 Karel (kareldg on RR) bought a small pocket camera for me, and taught me to work with Fractal Explorer. Through my little Sony camera I learned to look differently, to see deeper; to see the details, the structure, how refined, and just so unique the small ones are in God's creation.
What is one of my daily tasks is trying to support people who suffer from PTSD, but they suffer more in an emotional way, and I can understand them and listen to their story (digital) they trust me.
Renderosity: What projects are you currently working on?
Dochtersions: Of course I would love to take more concrete technical knowledge to me (to acquire), and follow tutorials, how to work with Ultra Fractal, Mandelbulb, etc.. The capabilities of PSP investigate and experiment with it.
The manual of my current camera (Canon PowerShot SX50HS, and as pocket camera Panasonic DMC-TZ35, since 2020 I use a Canon PowerShot SX70HS). I would like to sift through, and experiment with it. But exactly that kind of things, such as reading comprehension, concentration, makes this especially, by the constant dominating intense facial pain, really impossible.
All in all, I continue to look for improvement, while in the meantime trying to be light-hearted, happy and hopeful, to be open to everything that's coming my way. I enjoy art, stay in the nature, the outer man/woman in me, the love that I've been given, to realize this, and to be thankful for. Wherever I am happy with is that I am able to meet so many lovely people through RR. Unfortunately, only digital, but I'm also grateful.
Comments (19)
Faemike55
Wonderful photo with a cool POV
niely done
npauling
Your land looks very rich and fertile, a great place to grow your flowers and veges. A lovely different capture. ☺
beachsidelegs
Wonderful picture my friend :)
Glendaw
Very beautiful vista vision Mies.
The ploughed field, tree line and church steeple in the background look awesome.
The mist did not interrupt your beautiful camera work, well done.
jmb007
jolie
Freethinker56
Nice one
SunriseGirl
And what a beautiful land it is, Mies. I feel blessed to live here.
durleybeachbum
Such a creative composition! It looks wonderful full size.
Juliette.Gribnau
leuk zo;n laag camera-standpunt
VDH
Mysterieus landschap, prachtige foto!
farmerC
Zo tezien is hij de groenbemester aan het inwerken geweest.
Prachtige opname.
X-PaX
Very nice capture Jacomina.
Richardphotos
fresh plowed field. I like it and your pov
MrsRatbag
What a lovely scene in all its depth!
alida
nice contrasts in the pic.
flavia49
excellent
netot
Great textures in this beautiful capture, Jacomina!
claude19
excellent shot ! splendid lighting !!!
anahata.c
You know, you're a really fine photographer. I mean, your fans know that; but your fractals are so spectacular, that they can sometimes 'overshadow' your photographs. But if you only posted photographs, you'd still have a remarkable gallery.
I love this "from the dirt" view. And I love the thick mist in the background; and yes, I can see the church back there, and it's a beautiful, small token of a new town. It's such an unusual view: A beautiful, earthen shot, where the trees and mist are the balance to all that intense upturned soil. Beautifully done. (And I see everything zoomed, so I'm looking at this in its fullest size.)