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Whatever I think about religion or how I regard it, its influence and the identity it provides is visible every now and then. Not that I'd have any intention, but the holy couple like portraits recently and the marriage of my chef were two recent events that reminded me of that.

Marriage especially is one hot-topic. I think many of the current christians stay with the church because of that exactly and for many the ritual at the registry office remains just a bureaucratic act while the celebration takes place under the hood of religion and tradition.

I haven't yet decided my stance with the church, I'm still a member, but not practicing and opposed to the ways dictated by the group, not in a general sense, but in the details. I do think the principle of helping others before yourself are honorable acts and that generally you should try to love and not hate, but in the very specific interpretation I can't agree and especially not with the politics, but okay, that's probably what everyone says

Today I picked again some interesting pictures from my contacts here on ipernity.

This one is a good shot of a daily routine situation and I like it for that reason. The lights also confront the viewer and you feel that there's something coming towards you.

Normally I don't like macros too much, but this shot is nice because of the background. I really like the negative space and together with the ship it suggests a journey or the target of it.

A white cow in position of a "belling deer" but eating from a conifer tree. Framed a bit lower and it would have been perfect!

A great tryptich of a photographed mass. Good work!

Eine Untersuchung des neuen iPhones auf schädliche Chemikalien hat ergeben, dass Apple zwar hübsches Design und Marketing hat, von Software und Benutzerschnittstellen etwas versteht, aber wenn es um die darunterliegende Hardware geht sind sie kaum führend im Bereich Innovation und Umweltverträglichkeit. Das schicke neue iPhone verspricht in dieser Hinsicht nichts neues und verdeutlicht weiterhin ein großes Manko an der Marke Apple: Und wer weiss schon wirklich warum der Apfel im Logo nur angebissen wurde!?

Mehr Infos hier: http://marktcheck.greenpeace.at/5022.html (german)
PDF report in english (~750kb)

I post this earlier than I wanted to as I am probably not online over the weekend and because I've already found a number of good pictures that I think are worthy to mention.

I like watching them more and more, there's a link on everyone's doc page to view the pictures as a slideshow and it will also play music if there was one uploaded.

Check out twelvetwentynine's slideshow or Elsa's slideshow for example.

Another time to summarize some of the pictures that I encountered and remembered over the week, time for another posting about some of my contact's interesting pictures. I think this time, it's about identity, what you are and what you are not. What is good and bad and what you should do, what not. All this fuzz that becomes obvious when you have to fill out the "About yourself" textboxes on the internet. :-p

"I was once ... your little girl" is the title of this image. Coming from someone who is possibly working up her relationship with a dominant childhood figure. I like it, because cutting with your parents is quite a step, when you go from child to adult.

What is the identity of a country? The flag? The capitol city or the TV programme everybody is watching? And where do we fit into that identity, if we want to fit at all! That's some question this photo raises for me. Trying to get along with your national identity.

Good and Evil and the signposts on the way from birth to death. The 7 deadly sins are a big topic, but I like that kind of dedication!