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The Gardens by the Bay is a nature park spanning 101 hectares in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir. The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden (in Marina South), Bay East Garden (in Marina East) and Bay Central Garden (in Downtown Core and Kallang). The largest of the gardens is the Bay South Garden at 54 hectares designed by Grant Associates. Its Flower Dome is the largest glass greenhouse in the world. Being one of the popular tourist attractions in Singapore, the park received 6.4 million visitors in 2014, while topping its 20 millionth visitor mark in November 2015 and over 50 million in 2018.
Supertrees are the 18 tree-like structures that dominate the Gardens' landscape with heights that range between 25 metres and 50 metres. They were conceived and designed by Grant Associates, with the imaginative engineering of Atelier One and Atelier Ten. They are vertical gardens that perform a multitude of functions, which include planting, shading and working as environmental engines for the gardens. The Supertrees are home to enclaves of unique and exotic ferns, vines, orchids and also a vast collection of bromeliads such as Tillandsia, amongst other plants. They are fitted with environmental technologies that mimic the ecological function of trees: photovoltaic cells that harness solar energy which can be used for some of the functions of the Supertrees (such as lighting), similar to how trees photosynthesize, and collection of rainwater for use in irrigation and fountain displays, similar to how trees absorb rainwater for growth. The Supertrees also serve air intake and exhaust functions as part of the conservatories' cooling systems. There is an elevated walkway, the OCBC Skyway, between two of the larger Supertrees for visitors to enjoy a panoramic aerial view of the Gardens. Every night, at 7:45pm and 8:45pm, the Supertree Grove comes alive with a coordinated light and music show known as the Garden Rhapsody. The accompanying music to the show changes every month or so, with certain themes such as A World of Wonder and A Night of Musical Theatre, which features excerpts/pieces from films like Jurassic Park and Pirates of the Caribbean. 32437
...standing tall...
...a lone flower...
...soaks in the sun...
...absorbs its power...
...can you too?...soak and not speak?...
...without a leak?...
Imagen capturada en el interior del Centro Azkuna (Azkuna Zentroa) anteriormente "Alhóndiga Bilbao" originalmente fue un antiguo almacén de vino ubicado en la villa de Bilbao (Vizcaya, España). Desde 2010 rehabilitado y reconvertido en centro de ocio y cultura de la ciudad. Este edificio de estilo modernista original del arquitecto Ricardo Bastilla y construido entre 1905 y 1909, esta arquitectura es uno de los primeros ejemplos de arquitectura pública en hormigón armado.
En el año 1919 sufrió un incendio y posterior restauración. Clausurado por largo tiempo, en la década de los años 1980 se barajó su adaptación como centro cultural con la participación de Jorge Oteiza. Este proyecto se frustró y poco después emergía uno alternativo en Bilbao, el proyecto del Museo Guggenheim, lo que motivó las críticas de Oteiza y una controversia que solo se apagó ante el inusitado éxito del nuevo museo.
Finalmente, la Alhóndiga fue reformada como centro cívico polivalente, con la intervención del diseñador Philippe Starck y fue inaugurada el 18 de mayo de 2010.
El interior presenta una configuración diáfana en la que se une el atractivo de la posibilidad de experimentar la totalidad del espacio correspondiente a una manzana del Ensanche de Bilbao, con el rigor geométrico que tiene la estructura, esto proporciona unas notables percepciones del espacio por ella modulado.
Mi fotografía muestra un rincón de ese enorme espacio, iluminado en el interior de manera suave en contraste con la luz natural que le entra a través de sus espacios abiertos al exterior.
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Image captured inside the Azkuna Center (Azkuna Zentroa) formerly "Alhóndiga Bilbao" was originally an old wine warehouse located in the town of Bilbao (Vizcaya, Spain). Since 2010 rehabilitated and converted into the city's leisure and culture center. This original modernist style building by the architect Ricardo Bastille and built between 1905 and 1909, this architecture is one of the first examples of public architecture in reinforced concrete.
In 1919 it suffered a fire and subsequent restoration. Closed for a long time, in the 1980s its adaptation as a cultural center was considered with the participation of Jorge Oteiza. This project was frustrated and shortly after an alternative one emerged in Bilbao, the Guggenheim Museum project, which led to Oteiza's criticism and a controversy that only died down due to the unusual success of the new museum.
Finally, the Alhóndiga was reformed as a multipurpose civic center, with the intervention of designer Philippe Starck, and was inaugurated on May 18, 2010.
The interior presents a diaphanous configuration in which the attractiveness of the possibility of experiencing the totality of the space corresponding to a block of the Ensanche de Bilbao is combined with the geometric rigor of the structure, this provides remarkable perceptions of the space modulated by it. .
My photograph shows a corner of that enormous space, softly lit inside in contrast to the natural light that enters through its open spaces to the outside.
Recomiendo hacer doble click sobre la imagen y ver en grande.
I recommend see in larger, clicking double on the imagen
AMSTERDAM - Light Festival 2018-2019 - Op een bankje zitten drie figuren naast elkaar, met die typische houding van een smartphonegebruiker: het hoofd gebogen, vingers die typen en een gezicht dat wordt opgelicht door het scherm.
Lichamelijk zijn ze aanwezig maar met hun gedachten zijn ze totaal ergens anders.
Wat dat voor effect op anderen heeft kan je bewust ervaren door zelf even plaats te nemen tussen de figuren van 'Absorbed by Light', ontworpen door de Britse Gali May Lucas en uitgevoerd door de Berlijnse beeldhouwer Karoline Hinz.
Toen ik daar stond te fotograferen, kwam er plots een persoon in mijn beeld...
AMSTERDAM - Light Festival 2018 - Three figures sit next to each other on a bench, displaying the typical characteristics of smartphone users: their heads are bent, fingers typing and swiping, and their faces lit up by their phone screens. While their bodies are physically present, their minds are elsewhere.
You can experience the way this effects others by taking a seat in between the figures of 'Absorbed by Light', designed by the British Gali May Lucas and executed by Berlin-based sculptor Karoline Hinz.
The plant contains cardiac glycosides, allied to digitalins used in treating some heart disease. These glycosides, when absorbed by monarch butterfly larvae whose sole source of food is milkweed foliage, make the larvae and adult butterflies toxic to birds and other predators.
from having looked at a lot of them before. There is no way you can avoid this. But this kind of subconscious influence is good, and it certainly can work for one. In fact, the more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer :-)
Robert Mapplethorpe
HGGT! HFF!
galanthus nivalis, snowdrop, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Foto scattata con
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 100 mm. macro IS L f. 5,6
con cavalletto e Ring (luce fissa a led)
Head Nova Evolution Line 2.0 by Lelutka
Skin Teresa by Mila
Custom Shape for Lelutka Evolution Nova by MeshedGal
Body Freckles by Izzie
Superstar Highlights Bakes On Mesh by Velour
Bun Bandand DELUXE - Road Trip by LaGyo @ Collabor88
Neck Bandand DELUXE - Road Trip by LaGyo @ Collabor88
Trip Long Earrings - Road Trip by LaGyo @ Collabor88
Trip Long Necklace - Road Trip by LaGyo @ Collabor88
Icy top by enrage
Melody' Skirt by Giz Seorn
Absorbed Couples by West End @ Cosmopolitan
Cincinnati Heels by Essenz @ Fameshed
Sasha Hairstyle by Doux
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AMSTERDAM LIGHT FESTIVAL - Three figures sit next to each other on a bench, displaying the typical characteristics of smartphone users: their heads are bent, fingers typing and swiping, and their faces lit up by their phone screens. While their bodies are physically present, their minds are elsewhere.
The phone and computer screens that, literally and figuratively, light up our lives are irresistable. We read new messages immediately and want easy access to our social media, useful apps, and browser. Our smartphones are with us all the time – in bed, on the toilet, in the train, at our desk. They are an extension of our contact with our families, friends, and even people on the other side of the world. And as a result, we engage ourselves more with the virtual and superficial reality than with each other and the real world around us, something Lucas makes painfully clear. Actively involving the audience in the ‘story’ is a recurring feature in the work of the British artist, who works in Amsterdam as a graphic designer.
"I am struck by the simplicity of light in the atmosphere in the autumn, as if the earth absorbed none, and out of this profusion of dazzling light came the autumnal tints."
- Henry David Thoreau
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La mariposa de cristal cuyo nombre científico es Greta oto, es una de las mariposas más peculiares de la familia Nymphalidae, debido a que el tejido entre las venas de sus alas parece ser de vidrio.
La transparencia de las alas se debe a que el tejido no es capaz de absorber la luz, ni tampoco de dispersarla, llegando incluso a ser posible ver a través de ellas. Esta característica les sirve de camuflaje entre la vegetación, por lo que logran pasar desapercibidas para los depredadores un gran número de veces.
A pesar de que sus alas aparentan una fragilidad extrema no son tan delicadas como parecen, son fuertes y resistentes, tanto como las de otras especies de mariposas. Poseen una envergadura que oscila entre los 5.5 y 6 cm.
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Hair: Doux - Chill (Level)
Head: Genus Project - Baby Face W002
Skin: Nar - Brienne
Eyes: Avi-Glam - Lovers
Earrings: e.marie - Gina
Lipstick: Velour - Lolita
Body Suit: Ricielli - Niki (FaMeshed)
Bracelets: NaaNaa's - Casandra (Anthem)
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NOMOPHOBIA: Three figures (four in this image) sit next to each other on a bench, displaying the typical characteristics of smartphone users: their heads are bowed, their fingers are typing and swiping, and their faces are illuminated by the screens of their phones. While their bodies are physically present, their minds are elsewhere.
Tres figuras (cuatro en esta imagen) se sientan una al lado de la otra en un banco y muestran las características típicas de los usuarios de teléfonos inteligentes: tienen la cabeza inclinada, los dedos teclean y deslizan el dedo, y sus rostros están iluminados por las pantallas de sus teléfonos. Si bien sus cuerpos están físicamente presentes, sus mentes están en otra parte.
Kaohsiung Taiwan, Author: Karoline Hinz + Gali May Lucas
I am leaving the wilderness due to collapsing health. In the last months I have forsaken photography and have tried to embed the sensual experiences of this place in a way that will insure my memories are more than the two dimensions of a picture. I am trying to absorb and hold it: movement; light and color; odors of the seasons; the mornings; the nights; the texture of natural things; ferocious quiet; presence; isolation; the cold. I may take a few more shots before it is done, We'll see. my future work will be something entirely different.
Thanks to all of you for your comments and faves and for your photography, which has made an enormous impression on me and my work.
Chippewa River
Loretta, Wisconsin
The hanging lanterns are just one of the many items that add oodles of color to Chinatown in San Francisco. When strolling down Grant St., it's hard to know where to focus your eyes. Whether you enjoy watching the plethora of international tourists snapping pictures, gazing at the colorful neon signs, window shopping in the busy detail of a gift shop, or observing the traditional Chinese folks going about their daily business, there is guaranteed to be more colorful hustle and bustle than your mind can absorb. It boggles my mind, and I'm a curious cat.
Happy Slider's Sunday everyone.
Chinatown, San Francisco
People watching outside a Costa in Sandwich, Kent and this guy sat down with his coffee totally absorbed in his book. Couldn’t resist taking the shot.
On our Northern British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska road trip adventure, we spent a day exploring the Dempster Highway. We found these abandoned buildings almost hidden in the forest. One appears to be a house and the other a shed or barn. Our goal was Tombstone Territorial Park and the park's Interpretive Centre, but the rain, wind, and potholes put a damper on it. The highway starts at Dempster Corner on the Klondike Highway and ends at Tuktoyaktuk on the Arctic Ocean. This gravel highway is 900 kilometres long, and at kilometre 465, it leaves the Yukon and crosses the border into Canada's Northwest Territories.
Roads this far north are built on top of permafrost, which is very sensitive to heat. Asphalt absorbs the sun's heat, melting the permafrost under it, leaving dips on the road. In winter the opposite happens; as the moisture under the road starts to freeze, it creates a frost heave. As vehicles run over these dips and heaves, the asphalt cracks and breaks apart, making repairs extremely difficult and expensive. The gravel roads are easy to repair, and for the most part they are in excellent condition.
This caterpillar absorbs toxins from the host plants, and therefore tastes poor to bird predators.[9] The black swallowtail caterpillar has an orange "forked gland", called the osmeterium. When in danger, the osmeterium, which looks like a snake's tongue, everts and releases a foul smell to repel predators.
Its caterpillar is called the parsley worm because the caterpillar feeds on parsley.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_polyxenes
Columbia, South Carolina
Ramaria spp., commonly known as coral fungi, are a group of branched, coral-like fungi found mainly in forested areas, especially in temperate and boreal regions.
Most species are mycorrhizal, meaning they form beneficial relationships with trees. In this partnership, the fungus associates with the tree’s roots and receives sugars made by the tree through photosynthesis. In return, the fungus helps the tree absorb water and important nutrients such as phosphorus from the soil.
Old-growth deciduous forest, West Quebec, Canada
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Hilversum Media Park - Four girls sit next to each other on a bench, displaying the typical characteristics of smartphone users: their heads are bent, fingers typing and swiping, and their faces lit up by their phone screens. While their bodies are physically present, their minds are elsewhere.
This pileated was absorbed in finding food and didn't seem to mind the birders standing 25 feet away.
It put on a show for about 15 minutes before leaving.
I left with about 250 shots.
Dryocopus pileatus
The Pileated Woodpecker digs characteristically rectangular holes in trees to find ants. These excavations can be so broad and deep that they can cause small trees to break in half.
source - Cornell Lab of Ornithology.