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The seaweed has returned to the tidal pool, in spades. Zoom in for lots of detail, er, complexity!
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La complexité d'une fleur de Polycycnis muscifera est directement liée á sa pollinisation par les abeilles Euglossinii. L'étymologie du nom provient de poly (beaucoup) et cycnis (suite á la forme de la colonne super allongée et mince ressemblant á un cou de cygne). La plante porte en effet de nombreuses fleurs par hampe florale (j'en ai compté jusque 60 sur cette espèce). Photo in situ sans flash, département du Valle del Cauca, Colombie.
Complexity of a Polycycnis muscifera flower is directly linked to its pollination by Euglossinii bees. The etymology of the name comes from poly (many) and cycnis (for the column shape, very thin and long like a swan's neck). Indeed, the spikes carry a lot of flowers (I counted until 60 on this species). In situ photo without flash, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
La complejidad de una flor de Polycycnis muscifera es directamente relacionada con su polinizazión por abejas Euglossinii. La etimologia del nombre proviene de poly (mucho) y cycnis (por la forma de la columna super alargada y delgada parecida al cuello del cisne). De hecho son varas florales que llevan muchas flores (he observado hasta 60 en esta especie). Foto in situ sin flash, departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
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From the Achieves, reprocessed, using Photoshop CC 2025.
Malham Cove is a natural limestone formation 1 km north of the village of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. A well-known beauty spot, it is a large, curved limestone cliff at the head of a valley, with a fine area of limestone pavement at the top. Describing the cove in 1779, Thomas West said, "This beautiful rock is like the age-tinted wall of a prodigious castle; the stone is very white, and from the ledges hang various shrubs and vegetables, which with the tints given it by the bog water. & c. gives it a variety that I never before saw so pleasing in a plain rock." On the west side of the 80 metre (260 foot) high cliff face are about 400 irregular stone steps: these form part of the route of the Pennine Way and lead to an uneven limestone pavement at the top. Originally, a large waterfall flowed over the cove as a glacier melted above it. The remnant of a stream which once fell over the cliff now flows out of the lake of Malham Tarn, on the moors 2 km north of the cove. That stream now disappears underground at the aptly named 'Water Sinks', 1.5 kilometres (one mile) before its valley reaches the top of the cove. A stream of a similar size (Malham Beck) emerges from a cave at the bottom of the cove. It used to be assumed that the two streams were one and the same. However, experiments with dyes have now shown that two separate streams go underground at different locations, cross paths without mixing behind the cliff, and re-emerge a couple of kilometres apart. This shows the complexity of the system of caves behind the cliff, which is thought to be around 50,000 years old. Divers have so far explored over 1.6 km of cave passage entered from the base of the cove. The lip of the cove has been more heavily eroded than the sides, creating a curved shape. A colossal amount of water used to flow over this waterfall, which measures 80 m (260 ft) high and over 300 m (1000 ft) wide. Nowadays the underlying cave systems have a large enough capacity to swallow any flood waters before it reaches the fall. The last record of water flowing over the fall in any kind of volume dates back to a period of heavy rain in the early 19th century. The valley was formed at the end of the last ice age when the ground was frozen. The frozen ground meant that meltwater from the melting ice sheet formed a large river flowing over the surface, eroding the valley that we see today. The water from this river flowed over Malham Cove to form a huge waterfall. When the climate warmed around 12,000 years ago the ground thawed and the river in the valley disappeared underground leaving the valley dry as we see it today. The cove, along with nearby Gordale Scar, was featured in an episode of the BBC TV series Seven Natural Wonders as one of the natural wonders of Yorkshire. Gordale Scar is a limestone ravine 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It contains two waterfalls and has overhanging limestone cliffs over 100 metres high. The gorge could have been formed by water from melting glaciers or a cavern collapse. The stream flowing through the scar is Gordale Beck, which on leaving the gorge flows over Janet's Foss before joining Malham Beck two miles downstream to form the River Aire. A right of way leads up the gorge, but requires climbing approximately 10 feet of tufa at the lower waterfall. William Wordsworth wrote in the sonnet Gordale, "let thy feet repair to Gordale chasm, terrific as the lair where the young lions couch". James Ward created a large and imaginative painting of it that can be seen in Tate Britain. J. M. W. Turner also painted a picture of it in 1816, also to be seen in Tate Britain. The Cove was also featured in the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1) as one of the places Hermione and Harry travel to. The scenes were filmed in November 2009.
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What does it mean to take the complexity of what it means to be human, to truly be alive, and represent it for each person in one singular moment? When i shot more concerts, I became obsessed about the gesture or facial expression that defined that person. As I age, I am more interested in moments of non performance when someone just absorbs life and lets it in.
I am actually a fairly shy person with people I don't know, especially musicians I admire. So, I have seen John Dwyer perform many times in different states even (Texas, California, Illinois) but I've never had an actual conversation with him. Yet, I love how he always stands on the side of the stage for the openers and really listens actively. Here he is during the Adult set watching. Usually, I see him taking photographs of the other bands from the sides but I think he didn't pull out his camera because it was snowing this day.
Sometimes, you want to believe the dream that the musicians you care about are kind and filled with wonder in real life and you can't risk meeting them in case that just turns out not to be true. I think in Dwyer's case, it's probably true.
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After Gyula Holics. He photographed on film common objects in simple and complex lighting to explore the interplay of shape and light.
Whilst in Brittany, after the dish washing, I explored the same by lowering the kitchen blind progressively to control the outdoor evening light by intensity and direction.
Bartok, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Design (2013): Barcode Architects.
The importance of organised complexity - order, but not too much order. Chaos, but not too much chaos.
Differences are subtle, at least to this non-expert. I'm saying Blue Dasher because of the 'glow' coloring. Could easily be a Blue Darter.