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Mulitple exposure (five frames) in Bright mode under the glare of the strobe. Modest adjustments in Lightroom then JPG'd & off to Photoshop for a barrage of amends, principally a Color [sic] Burn layer & tone & colour curve adjustments post flattening. HSS!

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Prosperous Complexity by Lisa

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Chess game by Ed Yourdon

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I didn't get close enough to this chess game to see who was winning -- but they were obviously concentrating on it pretty hard...

Note: this photo was published in a May 8, 2009 blog entitled "Game Complexity." It was also published in a Nov 19, 2009 blog titled "Como mantener la concentración en una tarea."

Moving into 2010, the photo was published as part of a blog titled "The Howling Monkey Reads the Comics - 1/31/10." And it was published in a Jun 5, 2010 blog titled "iPhone Gaming : My Game Engine of Choice." It was also published in a Jun 18, 2010 blog titled "The Forgotten Demographic – How Female Gamers Can Make Your Games a Success." And it was published in a Jun 27, 2010 American Red Cross Haiti News blog titled "Download Professor Layton and the Unwound Future Dsi game:- How to download Nintendo Dsi game Professor Layton and the Unwound Future," as well as a Jul 27, 2010 Laptop PC Computers blog titled "Chess game." It was also published in an Aug 2, 2010 blog titled "Couples Dress Up Games for Girls," and a Sep 12, 2010 blog titled "Today's Game is About Changing the Game." And it was published in an Oct 15, 2010 blog titled "Chess Game."

Moving into 2011, the photo was published in a Jan 6, 2011 "Cool Games Images" blog, with the same title and detailed notes that I had written on this Flickr page. It was also published in a Feb 20, 2011 blog titled "คำแนะนำการเล่นเกมอาชีพและข้อเท็จจริง." And it was published in an Apr 15, 2011 blog titled "Chess Game." It was also published in an Apr 24, 2011 issue of "The Lone blog", with the same caption and detailed notes that I wrote in this Flickr page. And it was published in an Oct 1, 2011 "Shiva Torrent" blog titled "Psp Game Downloads." It was also published in an Oct 25, 2011 Cool Dress Up Games For Girls images blog, with the same caption and detailed notes that I had written on this Flickr page. And it was published in a Nov 16, 2011 blog titled "Chess Game," with the same detailed notes I had written on this Flickr page.

Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Dec 29, 2012 Pinniffic blog, with the same title, detailed notes, and reader comments as what I had written on this Flickr page.

Moving into 2015, the photo was published in a Jun 7, 2015 blog titled "How To Improve Memory And Concentration."

Personage of fairy tale, ivory carve - Сказочный персонаж, слоновая кость by Victor Dashkiyeff

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Photos were taken at the exhibition of medieval Far East arts and crafts, held in Kharkov city, Ukraine, in December 2004. The exhibition was organized by a local "Sicilian Clan" - naturally, of Sicily in the spirit, not by nationality - in an attempt to attract voters before the election. It was a collective exhibition of private Kharkov city collectors. Masterpieces of Japanese and Chinese art of ivory carving were exposed: netsuke, cult objects (sculptures of gods for the home pantheon), as well as secular art objects - including a humorous character. Highest artistic level, skill and monstrous complexity of products literally shocking the viewer. Most of the items have been cut from a solid elephant tusks - and only a few were assembled from ivory and mahogany pieces.

Naturally, today's sales price of such artifacts corresponds to the artistic level. A little old Japanese sculpture worth as much as a modern Japanese business class car.

Another part of the exibition were artifacts of medieval Japan arme blanche — Samurai swords, darts, etc.

Personally, I was particularly impressed with the household humorous skits - a "cartoon" carved out of ivory with great skill and talent. Especially these artifacts, free of all the canons and conventions are showing the great soul of the people. The range of cultures interpenetration is truly impressive: there is about half of the globe circumference from Japan to Kharkov city.

The exhibition was free, with free photography - to the great delight of photographers and art connoisseurs. Perhaps it is the only benefit that ordinary kharkovites have received from Western-style democracy during last 20 years.

Unfortunately, only a small part of the exhibition has been photographed - circa 1 / 10. In view of the outbreak of political confrontation, being in fears for artifacts' safety, the exhibition was prematurely curtailed - and not repeated more on a such scale.

Currently it is a real disaster with art in Ukraine. Because of corruption and theft of senior officials Ukraine is losing almost all it national wealth. Just recently there was a high-sounding scandal dealt with the so-called "Scythian gold." There are the golden artifacts of Scythian burial mounds near the town of Kerch. They were considered a national treasure being kept in the State Museum. Then, by a 'strange way', they became privately owned. And even more "strangely" they appeared in USA. And now, a few days ago, USA officials declared that the collection will not return to Ukraine forever.

Even louder was a scandal a few years ago. Then it became clear that high officials of the Security Service - Ukrainian analogue of the KGB or the FBI - are engaged in theft of art objects. Security authorities took from provincial art museums so highly valued now pictures of Soviet artists, in the style of socialist realism - ostensibly to decorate their offices. Few years later they returned to museums ... absolutely fresh but pathetic copies of the original paints, written by mediocre artists. Naturally, none of the officers was punished.

Camera - Soviet Zenit-3M SLR camera, manufactured in 1960 with Agfa film ISO 100. Notice the nice bokeh, which is given by this obsolete camera - and which is completely unattainable for modern short-focus digital cameras.

Снимки сделаны на выставке средневекового декоративно-прикладного искусства Дальнего Востока, организованной в Харькове в декабре 2004. Выставка была организована одним местным “Сицилийским кланом” - естественно, сицилийским по духу, а не по национальности — в попытке привлечь голоса избирателей перед выборами. Это была коллективная выставка предметов из частных собраний харьковских коллекционеров. Были выставлены шедевры японского и китайского искусства резьбы по слоновой кости: нэцке, предметы культа (скульптурные изображения богов для домашнего пантеона), а также светские предметы искусства — в том числе юмористического характера. Высочайший художественный уровень, мастерство и чудовищная трудоемкость изделий буквально потрясают зрителя. Большинство экспонатов вырезаны из цельного слоновьего бивня — и лишь несколько являются собранными из кусков слоновой кости и красного дерева.

Естественно, коммерческая цена таких артефактов соответсвует их художественному уровню. Маленькая старинная японская скульптура стоит столько же, сколько современный японский автомобиль высшего класса.

Лично меня особенно впечатлили бытовые юмористические сценки — своего рода “шаржи” вырезанные из слоновой кости с величайшим мастерством и талантом. Именно в таких вот, свободных от всяких канонов и условностей произведениях искусства и проявляется великая душа народа. Впечатляет также дальность взаимопроникновения культур: от Японии до Харькова — примерно половина окружности Земного шара.

Выставка была бесплатной, фотографирование свободным — к великой радости фотографов и ценителей искусства. Пожалуй, это единственная польза, которую рядовые харьковчане получили от демократии западного образца за последние 20 лет.

К сожалению, удалось заснять лишь незначительную часть экспозиции — примерно 1/10. Ввиду начавшейся политической конфронтации, из-за опасений за сохранность экспозиции, выставка была преждевременно свернута — и больше в таком масштабе не повторялась. В настоящее время на Украине произошла подлинная катастрофа с искусством. Из-за коррумпированности и воровства высших должностных лиц Украина теряет практически все свое национальное достояние. Буквально недавно произошел очередной громкий скандал с так называемым “Скифским золотом”. Это — золотые артефакты из скифских курганов в районе города Керчь. Они считались национальным достоянием и хранились в государственном музее. Затем, “странным образом”, они оказались в частном владении. И еще более “странным путем” попали в США. И вот, буквально несколько дней назад США заявили, что коллекцию Украине не вернут — и вообще не собираются.

Еще более громким был скандал пару лет назад. Когда выяснилось, что высокие должностные лица Службы Безопасности — украинский аналог КГБ или ФБР — сами занимались кражей предметов искусства. Они забирали из провинциальных художественных музеев столь высоко ценимые сейчас картины советских художников, в стиле социалистического реализма — якобы для украшения своих офисов. А через несколько лет возвращали в музеи... абсолютно свежие но жалкие копии тех картин, написанные посредственными художниками. Естественно, никто из тех должностных лиц не был наказан.

Фотоаппарат — советский Зенит-3М, 1960 года выпуска, пленка — Агфа ИСО 100. Обратите внимание на приятное боке, которое дает эта старая камера — и что совершенно недостижимо для современной корткофокусной цифровой техники.

COMPLEXITY OF SIMPLICITY - (selected by FLICKR EXPLORE) by DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

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****This photograph was chosen on January 26th 2014 to appear on FLICKR EXPLORE(Highest Ranking: #169) . This is my Nineteenth photograph to be selected, my Tenth of the New Year which I am amazed and delighted by as I never view my images as worthy compared to some of the amazing photography out there. EXPLORE is Flickr's way of showcasing the most interesting photos within a given point in time -- usually over a 24 hour period.

Flickr receives about 6,000 uploads every minute -- That's about 8.6 million photos a day! From this huge group of images, the Flickr Interestingness algorithm chooses only 500 images to showcase for each 24-hour period. That's only one image in every 17,000!..... so I am really thrilled to have a frame picked and most grateful to everyone who visited, favourite and commented on the frame*****

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Photograph taken in the magic of the Golden hour around sunrise at 06:31am on September 7th 2011 off Lochside Drive nearby Frost Avenue and the Patricia Bay Highway 17, on the shoreline by Tullista Park in beautiful Sidney by the sea on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

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Nikon D700 75mm 1/250s f/4.5 iso200 RAW (14 bit)

Nikkor AF 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 (1989 35mm film lens). Jessops 72mm UV filter. Hoodman soft viewfinder eyecup. Nikon MB-D10 battery grip. Two EN-EL15 batteries. Manfrotto 055XPro carbon fibre tripod & Manfrotto 327 magnesium pistol grip ball head. Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter release. Nikon GP-1 GPS.

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LATITUDE: N 48d 38m 15.65s

LONGITUDE: W 123d 24m 12.91s

ALTITUDE: 13.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 34.60MB

PROCESSED FILE: 6.12MB

Complexity by Pete Law

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Complexity by Nick Ramsey

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Six of Spades by Don Komarechka

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This is a snowflake with a simple outer pattern, but one with hidden complexities ready to be revealed. These are the sorts of details that I worked for 10 months to produce into the snowflake ornaments currently being crowd-funded.

Want the most realistic snowflake possible as a Christmas ornament on your tree this year, or to give as gift? Check this out – less than a week to go! www.indiegogo.com/projects/snowflake-ornaments-by-don-kom...

I was saving this snowflake for the start of the Snowflake-a-Day project which begins on December 1st, but it’s a perfect fit for what’s going on now! This is a split crystal with some interesting growth dynamics to dive into!

A “split crystal” is one that begins its life as a column, but shifts into plate-like growth as the temperature cools. This creates hexagonal plates on the ends of the column. This kind of growth can result in gem-like central features if one plate grows out faster than the other (each competing for water vapour in either side of the column, one winning on all sides) or a split design like we see here… though the battle wasn’t cleanly won or lost.

The bottom plate won the fight for the top branch and the top-left branch. These two are growing underneath the other four branches, which can be seen if you look closely at the center and notice how the lines are divided. Usually, when one corner of a plate “wins” over the other, the fight is over in a heartbeat… but look a little closer here. While the top plate won the fight for the top-right and all the lower branches, there are signs that it wasn’t an easy victory.

The lower plate has a branch in the lower right, hiding behind the top branch. It’s not hard to see, due to its higher contrast lines on the ridges and ribs. Very careful inspection will identify signs of this on the lower left as well. If two corners of these plates maintained equal growth over a longer period of time – which is very unlikely – we see this as the result. An unlikely snowflake!

But why are the features of the bottom snowflake more contrasty than the top snowflake? It has to do with what side the surface details and topography are located on. Fun fact: the surface details on a snowflake are only ever on one side. The other side is largely smooth, maybe with some subtle rings caused by inward crystal growth. The bottom plate (top and top left branches) has its details facing the camera, while the top plate (all other branches) has its details on the backside of the crystal, which is why the lines are more muted; these details are only seen through the reflective back surface, making them softer.

Is it a symmetrically balanced beautiful creation of nature than fell from the sky? Absolutely. The depth of details is almost endless, however. These complex structures only become more beautiful the more you understand them, which is what this post was intended to do. :)

If you want to examine this “split crystal” phenomenon first-hand, there is one branch on the model used to create this year’s snowflake ornament that has inverted features. The reason is different, but the logic is the same: different planes often have opposing features. Put one of these on your Christmas tree and make it a conversation piece: www.indiegogo.com/projects/snowflake-ornaments-by-don-kom... - you won’t be disappointed.

Complexities by Manel Torralba

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The Complexities of Mother- Daughter Relationships II (IMG_2207) by katalin_kerekes

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if you want to understand beauty by writing - sometimes invisible

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and symmetry and complexity and infinity, go to the nearest flower...

textures are mine

Complexity of light and shade ..... by David Warburton

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Complexity from above by Andrew Yeoh

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Tate Modern, London

complexities by JD GRIFFIN

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complexity...... by hb 峰銘 ang 洪

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Prosperous Complexity by Lisa

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Jupiter's Southern Lights by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

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The complexity and richness of Jupiter's "southern lights" (also known as auroras) are on display in this animation of false-color maps from NASA's Juno spacecraft. Auroras result when energetic electrons from the magnetosphere crash into the molecular hydrogen in the Jovian upper atmosphere. The data for this animation were obtained by Juno's Ultraviolet Spectrograph.

The images are centered on the south pole and extend to latitudes of 50 degrees south. Each frame of the animation includes data from 30 consecutive Juno spins (about 15 minutes), just after the spacecraft's fifth close approach to Jupiter on February 2, 2017. The eight frames of the animation cover the period from 13:40 to 15:40 UTC at Juno. During that time, the spacecraft was receding from 35,000 miles to 153,900 miles (56,300 kilometers to 247,600 kilometers) above the aurora; this large change in distance accounts for the increasing fuzziness of the features.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI

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