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Hopefully looking at this image you can conjure up in your mind the sound of thunder rolling in the distance, soon to be accompanied by lightning. This is how the sky looked facing northwest at the close of the day while a storm was beginning to brew and just beginning to ominously roll in. If you look closely, you can see some old deserted log cabins in the background as well as a beaver traversing the river, most likely retreating to a place of security. All is quiet except for the occasional thunder, the last moments of the proverbial calm before the winds of the storm. (Of course looks best when viewed at full size)
Here is the view facing the other direction looking toward Square Top Mountain in the Wind River Range of Wyoming: www.flickr.com/photos/rxbg/9469764262/
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I came across this tree on a wildlife safari just outside Helmsley. I find the half and half nature of the trunk and branches amazing, and will definitely be returning to photograph it more in the future. The position of it against the sky from this viewpoint is perfect too.
High impact window dressing with a great colour scheme, Sydney suburbs, 2018
[Bold colours at the 50percent sale_window dressing_MS_IMG_2399]
Test roll shot with a cool old TLR (in mint shape!) called a Starlite, I can't seem to find much info on the camera itself. Apparently it is a Halina A1 according to camera-wiki.org/wiki/Halina_A1. It took decent photos despite it only having 3 shutter settings and bulb, 100, 50, and 25. Aperture range of 3.5 to 22. I had some expired Kodak Portra 160 rolls of 120 film so I thought what better way to use them then testing some of the TLR's I picked up awhile ago. Decided to try some double exposures too which actually turned out not too badly. Used an Android light meter app which amazingly was decently accurate!
Camera: Starlight (Twin Lens Reflex)
Film: Kodak Portra 160 (Expired)
Scanner: Canoscan 8400F
Software: PS
In Taiwan folk customs , each time the birthday of a deity comes around , the faithful hold a festive parade
around the temple area , with colorfully made-up folk artists and kaleidoscopic performance troupes , to
express gratitude for divine beneficence .
These artists and performers are known collectively as yi—chen（藝陣） , which simply means ”arts and
troupes .Traditional yi –chen （藝陣）have deep religious significance , as well as admirable artistic skills .
Modern troupes are mainly in it for the fun or interest, and reflect a slice of contemporary life .
百足真人------蜈蚣陣
Hundred—Footed Humanity –The Centipede Procession
This year , the acceptance rate in the national university entrance exams is expected to reach 50percent . But the acceptance rate for youngsters to play “spirit children ”（神童）in this year’s Centipede Procession at the Chihe Kung（集和宮） temple near Hsuehchia （學甲）in Tainan（台南） County was only five percent .What’s its attraction ？
“All boys and girls aged six to nine and weighing under 40kg who wish to play spirit children in the
Centipede Procession , please apply .”
After this notice , written on red paper , appeared at the Chihe Kung （集和宮）temple at Houshe（後社） near Hsuehchia（學甲） , there were as many as 695applications , but of these only 36would be chosen .
“My 11 grandchildren all put their names down , but only one was picked ；it’s harder than coming
first in the Imperial Examinations！”says one old man . Joining in the fun , an old lady next to him
exaggerates even more wildly ：”I put in over 20 names , to make sure of one getting in , but not even one of
them came up ！”
When a bystander asks ：“Grandma , are you really so lucky as to have more than twenty
grandchildren ？”the old lady can only explain in embarrassment ：“No , I’ve only got three, I used neighbors’ names for the rest .”
Everyone has a chance to be Emperor ：
On the tenth day of the third lunar month , the day before the Paichiao Festival （上白礁祭典）in Hsuehchia（學甲） , a boisterous crowd gathers in front of the Chihe Kung （集和宮）temple in the nearby village of Houshe（後社） , The 36 children lucky enough to have had their names drawn from among the 695 applicants stand in the center of the temple forecourt , with their mums , dads , grandmas and grandpas in a dense crowd around them , waiting for the roles to be allocated .
This year ‘s theatrical theme , chosen by castings crescent blocks , is “The Water Margin .”（水滸傳）（Crescent blocks or chiaopei （筊杯）are pairs of wooden crescents , flat on one side , used to divine the will of the deities . The blocks are thrown onto the ground while making a request；if they fall with one flat side up and one down , this indicates the god’s approval .）Wu Chun –hsi（吳春嬉）,the make –up artist , allots roles according to the children’s features and character：“A lively lad like this can be a clown；a graceful pretty girl can play a female warrior such as Sun Erh-niang（孫二娘） ；and anyone can see that a stocky young chap like this one here is just right for Li Kuei（李逵） , the ‘Black Whirlwind .”’（黑旋風）
Most of the roles are cast by the make –up man on his own authority , but the final choice of the Emperor who will ride at the rear of centipede is left to the temple gods . Three candidates selected by the make-up man are led inside the temple together , and the choice is made by throwing down crescent blocks . At this moment the grown-ups from the three families are all burning incense and praying fervently , each hoping they will have the good fortune to be chosen . But what’s so great about taking part in the centipede procession ?Why do so many parents join the crush ?
The centipede procession is an artistic performance with a strongly religious character , of a type often seen in the coastal areas of Tainan（台南） County where belief in wnagye（王爺） （heroic figures venerated as deities ）is widespread .
The “centipede ”comprises segment after segment made from wooden boards, joined together to mimic the shape of a centipede, and with seats mounted on top for children in theatrical costume to sit as the procession advances . In folk legends , the centipede acts as vanguard for the wangye（王爺） , clearing a path and driving out all things impure , and so it can always be found at the very front of the long processions as it winds its way all around the locality . “Without the Lord Centipede at the front , the Great Lord of the Tao （Ta Tao Kung（大道公） , another name for Pao Sheng Ta Ti （保生大帝）, the Great Emperor Protector of Life ）could not come out；and wherever the centipede goes is where the firecrackers are loudest , “stresses Liu Cheng –shang（劉正上）, chairman of Chihe Kung’s（集和宮）temple management committee.
But the main reason why so many parents flock to take part is not just because the centipede drives corruption from the path of the deity , but because they believe that the centipede procession wards off evil from the people along its path .
Peace and safety for those above and those below ：At five the next morning , under a dawn sky tinged with blue , parents lead their children towards Chihe Kung（集和宮） . “What time do you call this , you old devil , why weren’t you here at three like I announced?” “I couldn’t help it , I set two alarm clocks , but not one of the darned things went off ！”Their arms laden with “thanksgiving baskets（謝籃）”filled with sacrificial offerings such as eggs , lean meat and spirit money , the grown-ups exchange excited greetings .
Dressed from head to foot in new clothes to symbolize purity, the children wait bleary-eyed for the make-up man to paint their faces according to the roles they will enact. As he does so , it is as if the attributes of the various spirits are transferred to the children themselves. Weak and thin children especially hope to be painted with the colorful mask of one of the more powerful male characters , for it is said that this can make them immune to all disease .
As old Mr.Chen Fang –chin（陳芳進） explains ,“sickly children who won’t put on weight , or who wet their beds , will grow fat and healthy once they’ve acted in the centipede . My son was in it when he was a boy , and today my grandson’s in it .”As well as believing that the children who ride on the centipede can become healthy , intelligent and safe from harm , people also think that if the centipede steps over a person’s body , it will drive away ill fortune and keep evil at bay . This is why when the centipede procession approaches a village , , heralded by the din of gongs , drums and firecrackers , people prostrate themselves on the ground and kneel in a long line , to let everything bad be driven out by the centipede as it passes over them . Those who cannot return home in person have their family lay their clothes on the ground for the same effect .
In this way , passing between salt pans , fish ponds and rice paddies , the procession snakes its way from one village to the next . The centipede , usually feared by all as one of the “five poisonous creatures, ”today uses its poison to drive out other poisons , bringing health and security to the community . The high point of the procession is when the centipede enters a temple forecourt to “circle the temple .（圈廟）”It forms a ring around all the people in the forecourt , or if it is long enough , may even encircle the whole temple complete with all the people .
The centipede’s hundred feet –the bearers：Having begun to gather at three in the morning and set off at seven , it is under the blazing midday sun that the centipede , clearing the way for the Great Lord of the Tao , arrives at Paichiao Ting （白礁亭）temple to rest by the sea . The children have been “riding ”all morning , and are tired；their parents , who have been “walking”all morning alongside the centipede, passing up water and holding umbrellas to shade their children from the sun , are tired too ; they all unroll straw mats or unfold deckchairs to take a quick nap . But the ones who have worked the hardest of all , and are already tucking into their third lunch packs , are the bearers .
The seven centipede processions which still survive come in three sizes , all based on astrological numbers：they carry 36, 72 or 108people . Most have gone over to supporting the boards on wheeled frames to save effort ; only the Chihe Kung （集和宮）centipede continues in the old way , relying on human muscle power alone to carry it along .
Liu Cheng –shang（劉正上）says：“It’s only when you have people carrying it , with a hundred or so feet marching along , that it really looks like a centipede crawling . It’s a tradition , we shouldn’t give it up . But it really is difficult nowadays to find people to do this work , so we did think about changing to using wheels . But we couldn’t –we asked the spirits , and they said no. ”
Look closely, and you’ll find that the bearers sleeping in threes and fours on the ground under the trees and in the shade of the temple walls are all laborers in their 50’s and 60’s . “Do you see anyone under 40 working the fields nowadays?Young people today have all got soft shoulders , they wouldn’t do this job even for NT$4000a day , ”the bearers say scornfully . In fact , once you take off the agent’s commission , the bearers , who work in two shifts , don’t come out with more than NT$1500 each for the day . “We laborers earn our money the hard way ; if your luck’s out and you have to shoulder some hefty kid weighing 60 kilos ,you’ll earn less in money than you spend in sweat!”
Parents anywhere just want the best ：
Of all the types of performing procession , the ones which involve the most people are the centipedes . To take Chihe Kung（集和宮） temple’s36-person centipede as an example：the children , along with one accompanying parent each , make 72 people , and with 154 bearers , plus another 60 workers to carry the incense and flags and set off the firecrackers , it all adds up to over 280people . And for a centipede three times this size , the whole procession will form an army more than 800 strong .
Once every three years , the centipede makes a thorough tour of the whole area . But this is not such a year , and by seven in the evening the column has already found its way back to Chihe Kung （集和宮）, “This time it’s just one day , so it hasn’t been too tiring . Last year my son rode for three days and still wanted to ride ; we grown – ups were worn out !His dad took three days off work just for that ,”says a mother who has been walking with the procession
A three – day tour not only takes time ; it also costs three times as much money . In most processions , there is usually some payment for the performers , but in those processions where children ride in floats or on a centipede , the children have to make a contribution to the temple . This year in the Chihe Kung（集和宮） procession , each child acting a part on the centipede had to stump up NT $13,000; for a three –day event it would have been close to NT $40,000, and a family with two children taking part would have had NT$80,000 to find . The one chosen to be Emperor by casting crescent blocks doesn’t get away with less than a six –figure sum !“Parents anywhere just want the best for their children . Some grandfathers will even break into their own secret nest egg to pay for their favorite grandchild to take part . In the old days , people were poor , and would only pay for their sons to take part , not their daughters ; nowadays people even put their daughters’ daughters’ names down ”says Chen Fang –chin（陳芳進） , himself a doting grandparent .
Seeing these children perched proudly up on high , it strikes one that the most arduous burden falls on their parents , looking after their kids’ wellbeing from down below . They spend time and money , and even have to go from door to door borrowing residence booklets in order to improve their children’s chances of being chosen . Clearly it’s this kind of parental love , the same the world over, which ensures that this centipede procession is so eagerly awaited every year .
THE CENTIPEDE FROM CHIHE KUNG （集和宮）TEMLE AT HOUSHE （後社）NEAR HSUEHCHIA （學甲）IS NOW THE ONLY ONE IN TAIWAN WHICH STILL RELIES WHOLLY ON HUMAN MUSCLE POWER TO CARRY IT ALONG . WHEN IT DRAWS NEAR TO A TOWN OR VILLAGE , THE PEOPLE ALL RUSH TO KNEEL ON THE GROUND AND LET THE CENTIPEDE STEP OVER THEM , TO KEEP THEM SAFE FROM HARM .
Based off the male Temmincks Tragopan, which is a small pheasant with blue fleshy horns and wattles that inflate for courtship displays (as seen in this youtube video). This mans wattle is not fully expanded. I think it's detumecsing back into his neck.
I drew this mostly to practice and develop a concept, so I followed reference images pretty closely:
2. The poor bloke who has no idea what I just did to his face
If I make more bird men, I should make them in full colour; I really wanted to get those orange and black patches in his glorious bird mullet. Next time, I also want the human expression to match the bird body language.
Graphite and Ink pen
June 2011
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If you're considering about upgrading your kitchen cabinets, it's critical that you have a firm grasp on your budget. Kitchen cabinets represent for 50percent of the overall expenditure of kitchen remodelling projects, in case you didn't know. As a result, one bad decision here can easily derail your budget. As a result, you must determine your entire budget based on the cabinets you choose to place in your kitchen. You can contact Wholesale cabinet supplier in New Orleans, to get a reasonable deal. @ www.cabinets.deals/
Another furniture store prepares to shut down; this time due to retirement. But I have to admit that I'm curious as to what they plan to do with the 50% of their inventory they don't liquidate.
ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA e BENI CULTURALI: Parisi Presicce nuovo sovrintendente, Barca: «Garanzia di professionalità» | La scure dei tagli sulla cultura
Fondi ridotti tra il 30 e il 50%, CORRIERE DELLA SERA (30|04|2014 | 15|01|2014).
-- Parisi Presicce nuovo sovrintendente, Barca: «Garanzia di professionalità» CORRIERE DELLA SERA (30|04|2014).
Parisi Presicce nuovo sovrintendente, Barca: «Garanzia di professionalità» L’incarico durerà due anni e per questo cesserà di dirigere i Musei Capitolini.
ROMA - Il sindaco di Roma Capitale Ignazio Marino ha conferito l’incarico di sovrintendente ai beni culturali a Claudio Parisi Presicce, archeologo e già direttore dei Musei Capitolini. Claudio Parisi Presicce ha guidato ad interim la Sovrintendenza in questi mesi e il suo mandato scadrà tra due anni. Dopo la nomina cessa di ricoprire l’incarico alla guida dei Musei Capitolini.
«Una garanzia per la professionalità»
«Sono molto soddisfatta per la nomina del nuovo Sovrintendente Capitolino. Il prof. Claudio Parisi Presicce, con cui ho avuto già il piacere di collaborare in questi mesi, rappresenta una garanzia e un supporto professionale importante per la gestione, valorizzazione dei beni archeologici, storico-artistici e monumentali di Roma Capitale». Lo afferma l’Assessore alla Cultura Flavia Barca. «Le sfide che ci attendono sono molte - aggiunge - la prima, come ricordo dall’inizio del mio mandato, è la valorizzazione del nostro immenso patrimonio ed una sua migliore e maggiore fruizione da parte di tutti, cittadini e turisti, così come una maggiore promozione culturale del nostro Sistema dei Musei. Auguro dunque buon lavoro e faccio, anche a nome del mio Assessorato, le mie più sincere congratulazioni per la nomina».ROMA - Il sindaco di Roma Capitale Ignazio Marino ha conferito l’incarico di sovrintendente ai beni culturali a Claudio Parisi Presicce, archeologo e già direttore dei Musei Capitolini. Claudio Parisi Presicce ha guidato ad interim la Sovrintendenza in questi mesi e il suo mandato scadrà tra due anni. Dopo la nomina cessa di ricoprire l’incarico alla guida dei Musei Capitolini.
«Una garanzia per la professionalità»
«Sono molto soddisfatta per la nomina del nuovo Sovrintendente Capitolino. Il prof. Claudio Parisi Presicce, con cui ho avuto già il piacere di collaborare in questi mesi, rappresenta una garanzia e un supporto professionale importante per la gestione, valorizzazione dei beni archeologici, storico-artistici e monumentali di Roma Capitale». Lo afferma l’Assessore alla Cultura Flavia Barca. «Le sfide che ci attendono sono molte - aggiunge - la prima, come ricordo dall’inizio del mio mandato, è la valorizzazione del nostro immenso patrimonio ed una sua migliore e maggiore fruizione da parte di tutti, cittadini e turisti, così come una maggiore promozione culturale del nostro Sistema dei Musei. Auguro dunque buon lavoro e faccio, anche a nome del mio Assessorato, le mie più sincere congratulazioni per la nomina».
Fonte | source:
CORRIERE DELLA SERA (30|04|2014).
roma.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/14_aprile_30/parisi-pres...
-- La scure dei tagli sulla cultura Fondi ridotti tra il 30 e il 50%, CORRIERE DELLA SERA (15|01|2014).
ROMA - Sono in pericolo le biblioteche comunali, il teatro di Roma, il Palaexpò. E il teatro dell’Opera che già versa in una situazione debitoria di oltre 10 milioni di euro. A pochi giorni dall’inizio del nuovo anno l’Estate romana e molte manifestazione collegate potrebbero subire un drastico ridimensionamento. La commissione Cultura in Campidoglio ha discusso i tagli che riguarderanno le istituzioni culturali della città. Il sindaco Ignazio Marino avrebbe previsto una corposa riduzione dei finanziamenti che oscilla tra il 30% e il 50%.
Il progetto La scure dei tagli sulla cultura Barca: non accetterò mai questi numeri. Il circuito dei teatri di Roma passerà da 3 milioni di euro ad 1, l’Opera da 17 milioni a 5. «Anche altre realtà subiranno tagli molto importanti - racconta Fabrizio Ghera (Fdi) membro della commissione cultura -il Palazzo delle Esposizione avrà più che dimezzato il suo finanziamento, che passa da 11 a 5 milioni di euro e le biblioteche comunali scendono da 21 milioni di euro a 15». Ma il taglio più corposo sarà quello che riguarda genericamente le manifestazioni culturali, che potrebbero passare da un finanziamento di 4 milioni di euro a 200 mila euro.
«Questi numeri non sono ancora stati discussi con me, non sono i miei - racconta Flavia Barca, assessore alla Cultura -. Incontrerò presto l’assessore al Bilancio, siamo ancora in una fase preliminare. Noi, seguendo un forte invito del sindaco, stiamo già lavorando con Zetema al contenimento delle spese». E proprio Zetema - raccontano dalla commissione - è tra le società che potrebbe essere maggiormente colpita dai tagli.
Fonte | source:
-- CORRIERE DELLA SERA (15|01|2014).
www.corriere.it/cronaca/14_gennaio_15/scure-tagli-cultura...
Milky Way Panoramic from the Deerlick Astronomy Village. 79 1 minute exposures stitched together. Canon T5i with 50mm
Artistic speculation of a relative elevation model for Sikun Labyrinthus, Titan. In this graphic, a crop of the T39 SAR RADAR Swath (Planetary Photojournal PIA10219) has been draped over the colorized elavation model.
This graphic attempts to use channel and valley relationships in different terrain units to infer relative elevation in the region around Sikun Labyrinthus on Titan.
Low order --> high order = upstream --> downstream = higher elevation --> lower elevation.
While many of the terrain units could be placed on a relative scale, others are speculative. So this is partly artistic speculation rather than hard science. Still, most of the observed relationships seem to fit the model.
Pixel values are relative, not absolute. Blue indicates lower relative elevations, while yellows and orange indictes higher relative elevations. North is at top in the image.
PIA10219 Image credits: NASA /JPL
Relative elevtion model image and model credit: Mike Malaska
Day 182: Halfway to the end of our 365. At noon today the year long project hit an important milestone, the halfway point.
The effect you see here (..yes, the "strange" colors and the grain) via 2 additional layers, one a "normal" b/w layer made with the GIMP channel mixer, anotther b/w layer made with the new "c2g" GEGL operation and 50percent transparency.
BIG Version on black HERE
(More photos of this event will follow..)
[All these pictures have been taken at the "Chainsaw Carving - Europan Open 2009" event at the little village "Steinbeck" near Bispingen in Norhtern Germany.
Little village, but this is quite an event with a whole lot of international chainsaw carving artists from all over the world.
www.kunst-mit-kettensaegen.de/ (sadly German only as far as I can see.. ) ]
A radical way of saving energy, seen in an italian Hotel.
The red coloring is, of course, artificial :)
Top Left to Lower Left - clockwise
1 13 Aug, 11-07 - first photo, after some work
2 13 Aug, 15-26
3 13 Aug, 19-12
4 14 Aug, 15-04
5 14 Aug, 15-43
6 14 Aug, 15-46
7 14 Aug, 17-47
8 14 Aug, 17-59
Completed - not shown 14 Aug 18-02.
John Stokes says: "I found Japanese Blue Chrysanthemums to be by far the most difficult of the non-trick Parley Exchange puzzles to assemble. Took me several hours in the wee of the night to do it. This particular puzzle is basically just blue and white and since the pieces are small I found for some areas of the puzzle, the fairly uniform distribution of white and blue on the pieces made it very difficult to find a matching piece by color alone, rather I had to focus on the shape. Adding injury to insult (lol), Ron wrote: You were fortunate in that from your email I can deduce that you had one of the "easy" ones. The easy puzzles had quite a variety of piece shapes, specifically there were 4 distinct edge cuts, plus their inverses. The difficult versions had a single type of edge cut (plus the single inverse), so they were quite a bit more tricky. For someone who wants a nice difficult puzzle to solve, this one is for you."
I can confirm that this jigsaw is indeed very difficult! It took me three or four sessions, and I think it is probably more difficult than the larger 8in diameter puzzle I own, which you can see below. I think it also one of the less difficult versions of the puzzle - there being several different edge piece shapes.
The effect you see here (..yes, the "strange" colors and the grain) via 2 additional layers, one a "normal" b/w layer made with the GIMP channel mixer, anotther b/w layer made with the new "c2g" GEGL operation and 50percent transparency.
[All these pictures have been taken at the "Chainsaw Carving - Europan Open 2009" event at the little village "Steinbeck" near Bispingen in Norhtern Germany.
Little village, but this is quite an event with a whole lot of international chainsaw carving artists from all over the world.
www.kunst-mit-kettensaegen.de/ (sadly German only as far as I can see.. ) ]
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form e It’s along time I posted images to the “Latest Supernovae Project”. That’s why I’m not familiar with the official process anymore.. So I send my recently taken image of NGC 7733 with SN AT2025pap to you and hope you will put it into the right place…
A short instruction about how to submit images in the future will protect you from more work in future.
Best Regards.
Georg Piehler