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After a harrowing trip, never to be repeated, I am back in Lucca (Italy) and a new merry-go-round begins to spin
“Each snowflake, alone,
Impossibly intricate.
Yet snowfalls abound!”
—Ron Masters, Snowflake Haiku, ©️2021
What most people don’t realize is that the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics requires what we call complexity, because every little bit that happens results from the most likely process available to increase entropy (disorder) overall.
Single exposure, normal processing. Straight down, field of view maybe 2ft, 60cm. Happy Mono Monday!
25 Apr 2022; 10:15 CDT; >B&W
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This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year. This is for a friend who decorated their tree with gold and black decorations.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the flowers which are 8mm and the stars which are 3mm and very fiddly. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
The fortified early Gothic church from the first half of the 14th century was built on the site of an older building. In the 15th century it was fortified with a wall and a wooden bell tower was built on the grounds in 1657. The single-nave space with a square-ended presbytery and a built-in sacristy has a painted cassette ceiling from 1758, the presbytery is characteristic by its rib vault. The mural paintings date back to the 60s of the 14th century and the creator of at least a part of them is the Master of Ochtiná presbytery. These interior frescoes were discovered in the early 20th century by I. Huszka who was restoring them in 1905. All the paintings, interior and exterior ones, were completely restored between 1983 and 1985 by J. Josefík, L. Székely and I. Žuch.
Within the almost intact medieval church, the murals have a uniquely strong impression and informative value, thanks to their scale and complexity of preservation. Thematically they focus on individual scenes from the Marian and the Passion cycle, but they do not have a uniform concept unlike the upper belt on the nave’s northern wall with a complete depiction of the St. Ladislaus legend.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
I have a Flick friend for whom I made this bauble in appreciation for her generosity in spirit. She has been like a ray of light. This bauble, made deliberately in Mardi Gras colours because I know how much she likes the celebration, is a thank you gift.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the stars which are 10mm. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
One of the most photographed subject in Singapore without a doubt :D I reckon within that night, I practically have taken every angle of this bridge. However the only thing that I did remember clearly was I was soaking wet walking around in the heat with near to 100% humidity. Sometimes photography can be a torture after all :P
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The Helix Bridge in Marina Bay, Singapore
The Shot
3 exposure shots (+2..0..-2 EV) in RAW taken with tripod
Camera :: Canon 5D Mark II
Lens :: Canon EF 17-40mm F/4L USM
Photomatix
- Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option
Photoshop
- Added 2 layer mask effect of 'curves' for contrast
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'brightness/contrast' to enhance the sky
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (blues) to enhance the bridge lights
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (reds & yellows) to tone down bridge
- Applied slight noise reduction at selective areas
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At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth,
a point or spark which is inaccessible to the fantasies of our own mind or the brutalities of our own will.
This little point of nothingness and of absolute poverty is like a pure diamond, blazing with the invisible light of heaven.
It is in everybody, and if we could see it we would see these billions of points of light coming together in the face and blaze of a sun that would make all the darkness and cruelty of life vanish completely.
-Thomas Merton
Uberfaff tonight and the thirst to paint is well and truly back now the darkness has returned.
CRT, Fibers, light pen and light blade.
Single long exposure light painting.
The complexity of Chaos.
Thank you very much all flickeriani who visit my album and appreciate the photos ^_^
I thank you for the invitations, I appreciate it
The third image in this mini-series. Simply adore the fine branches throughout the image that mellow the underlying shades of autumn.
The seaweed has returned to the tidal pool, in spades. Zoom in for lots of detail, er, complexity!
To see the whole, varied collection of my photos of this ever-changing tidal pool, visit my album, That Protean Tidal Pool: www.flickr.com/photos/jerry-rockport/albums/7217772030227...
Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is a supernova remnant located about 11,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia. It spans approximately 10 light-years. This new image uses data from Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) to reveal Cas A in a new light.
On the remnant’s exterior, particularly at the top and left, lie curtains of material appearing orange and red due to emission from warm dust. This marks where ejected material from the exploded star is ramming into surrounding circumstellar material.
Interior to this outer shell lie mottled filaments of bright pink studded with clumps and knots. This represents material from the star itself, and likely shines due to a mix of various heavy elements and dust emission. The stellar material can also be seen as fainter wisps near the cavity’s interior.
A loop represented in green extends across the right side of the central cavity. Its shape and complexity are unexpected and challenging for scientists to understand.
This image combines various filters with the colour red assigned to 25.5 microns (F2550W), orange-red to 21 microns (F2100W), orange to 18 microns (F1800W), yellow to 12.8 microns (F1280W), green to 11.3 microns (F1130W), cyan to 10 microns (F1000W), light blue to 7.7 microns (F770W), and blue to 5.6 microns (F560W). The data comes from the general observer program 1947.
[Image description: A roughly square image is rotated clockwise about 45 degrees. Within the image is a circular-shaped nebula with complex structure. On the circle’s exterior lie curtains of material glowing orange. Interior to this outer shell lies a ring of mottled filaments of bright pink studded with clumps and knots. At center right, a greenish loop extends from the right side of the ring into the central cavity. Translucent wisps of blue, green, and red appear throughout the image.]
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University), T. Temim (Princeton University), I. De Looze (UGent), J. DePasquale (STScI)
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.