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The Prince - Agaricus augustus Fr. or King of the Agarics!
The Agaricus augustus is far from common in the UK and Ireland and is supposed to be one of the finest edible fungi around, hence the name, The Prince!
This is a first for me (YAY) and five in total! You could say it was quite a dramatic moment, such a beautiful thing! I'd stood at this point a few days earlier with my friend, Joan. We were photographing Wood Blewit (fungi), so to go back three days later and find these beauties had appeared after the rainfall was such a bonus.
I decided to go back to photograph them again, hoping that they were much larger after yet more rain. Too late, they'd been 'lifted' and only 1 broken stipe and cap left...someone either lifted them for the purpose of photography (it happens) or had a delicious supper, not a trace left of the others at all...goodnight sweet Prince! :(
Information on The Prince.
Cap - 10 to 25cm across (exceptionally 30cm) at maturity; initially hemispherical, becoming broadly convex and sometimes flattening completely; the cream surface is covered in large reddish-brown scales.
Gills
Free; pale pink, turning very dark purple-brown with age.
Stipe (stem) - 10 to 20cm long and 2 to 4cm diameter and have a large pendulous white ring; the white surface of the stipe is smooth above the ring and has small woolly scales below.
Sunset in the convex side mirror
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#Bottles(s)
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This is the base of a green glass bottle that once contained white wine and now is a vase. I often keep beautiful bottles, big or small, just because they look nice. I use them as decorative objects, as colour filters for tabletop photography, or as vases. And when I saw this bottle, I bought it specifically because it looked so nice (hoping that the content would be nice as well – it was), and with the intention of turning it into a vase. There's a glasser around my corner who has cut off the necks of quite a few bottles for me, as the DIY methods you can find on YouTube seemed too unsafe for me to do it myself. When I turned the bottle upside down, I noticed the really interesting-looking circular pattern at the base consisting of many tiny indendations. I've experimented with light from different positions, and backlit (with a hint of red light slightly from the front / above) brought out the patterns best.
There's also a bit of an optical illusion here, because the whole bottle base is convex (as to be expected), and the circle at the centre is a convex shape of its own, even though in the final image it looks concave, sort of bulging. And with those two extra, almost V-shaped indentations at the centre it reminded me of a reptile's eye staring right at me ;)
The "V" shape at the centre is 0,5 cm / 0,19 inches long, and the circle itself has a diameter of 2,5 cm / 0,98 inches. It's a single shot processed in DXO PhotoLab 5, with further tweaks in Analog Efex (vignette, Vintage Camera 5), and in Color Efex (Brilliance & Warmth, Detail Extractor, Photo Stylizer).
HMM, Everyone, take care and stay safe!
Schau mir in die Augen, Kleines? Nun, warum nicht. Denn weder hat Humphrey Bogart das tatsächlich so gesagt noch ist Kaa böse, obwohl er in den Disney-Verfilmungen des Dschungelbuchs so dargestellt wird. Und eigentlich ist das der sehr harmlose Flaschenboden einer ehemaligen Weißweinflasche, die nun als Vase fungiert. Ich hebe oft schöne Flaschen auf, egal welcher Größe, die ich als Deko-Objekt, als Vase oder auch manchmal als Farbfilter für Fotos verwende. Bei dieser besonders schönen Flasche, die ich schon mit dem Gedanken, daraus eine Vase zu machen, gekauft hatte, hat mir der Glaser um die Ecke den Flaschenhals abgeschnitten, damit ein ganzer Strauß Blumen darin Platz findet und nicht nur eine einzelne Blume. Ich weiß, dass es auf YouTube jede Menge DIY-Anleitungen gibt, die mir aber alle zu unsicher sind, um das selbst zu machen. Jetzt habe ich beim großen Fluss aber DIY-Sets entdeckt, die ich mir mal genauer ansehen werde ;)
Die Flasche an sich hätte für ein Makro nicht viel hergegeben, als ich sie aber umdrehte, fiel mir am nach innen gewölbten Boden ein interessantes kreisförmiges Muster, bestehend aus vielen winzigen Einkerbungen, auf. Und das habe ich mir dann durch das Makroobjektiv mal genauer angesehen. Das Resultat erinnert mich ein wenig an ein Reptilienauge, besonders mit den beiden länglichen (vorgewölbten) Einkerbungen in der Mitte. Dass der innere Kreis nochmals deutlich nach innen gewölbt ist, aber wie ein Auge konkav wirkt, ist eine optische Täuschung (wie sie bei solchen Formen häufig vorkommt, finde ich). Das Foto ist eine Einzelaufnahme, hauptsächlich von hinten beleuchtet, mit etwas rotem Licht leicht von vorne / oben für extra Akzente.
Habt eine schöne Dezemberwoche, liebe Flickr-Freunde, und passt gut auf Euch auf!
Tectocoris diophthalmus, commonly known as the Hibiscus Harlequin Bug or Cotton Harlequin Bug, is a brightly coloured convex and rounded shield-shaped bug with a metallic sheen that grows to about 20 mm. Adult females are mostly orange and males are both blue and red or orange. The colours are quite variable. It lives in Northern and Eastern Australia, New Guinea and several Pacific Islands in habitats ranging from urban to agricultural and coastal areas.
The Hibiscus Harlequin Bugs feed on many species of the Hibiscus family (Malvaceae), as well as cultivated cotton. They will also eat Illawarra flame tree flowers, grevillea and bottlebrush saplings.
They are also known as "stink bugs" as they have scent glands which produce a bad smell which, when it is emitted by one bug, triggers others in the group, multiplying the bad smell.
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A Little Cliche for Saturday
Hope you're having a great weekend
HCS~
Much Love xo
I've been so busy with work lately, trying to keep up
Hope you are all well and looking forward to the Christmas season
Much Love
xoxo
La imagen está capturada en el interior de La Iglesia de San Luis de los Franceses de Sevilla. Esta arquitectura constituye uno de los más destacados ejemplos de arquitectura barroca del siglo XVIII. Se ubica en el centro histórico de Sevilla. Fue diseñada por el arquitecto Leonardo de Figueroa y construida entre 1699 y 1730 por encargo de la Compañía de Jesús. Tras la expulsión de los jesuitas de España en 1835 tuvo diferentes usos, siendo finalmente desacralizada. En la actualidad pertenece a la Diputación de Sevilla.
La planta tiene forma de cruz griega. Sobre ella se ubica una cúpula, 16 columnas salomónicas (8 columnas exentas y 8 medias columnas) que aparentan soportar el peso de la cúpula, pero en realidad se sustenta en cuatro pilares que están ahuecados para albergar capillas en su interior. Los cuatro pilares quedan ocultos por los cuatro retablos menores, luego tapados también por cuatro balcones y cuatro celosías
En la fotografía pueden verse tres de los siete retablos que tiene la planta en cruz, en el centro de la imagen, el correspondiente a San Estanislao de Kostka, en la izquierda el correspondiente a San Francisco de Asís y a la derecha el de San Francisco Régis
Los retablos en su mayor parte, tanto en el aspecto escultórico como arquitectónico, obra de Duque Cornejo, mientras que la mayoría de las pinturas que se integran en ellos son de Domingo Martínez quien las realizó entre 1743 y 1750.
El retablo mayor está presidido por un lienzo de san Luis (rey Luis IX de Francia) y los seis laterales están dedicados a diferentes santos jesuitasLos retablos están llenos de espejos convexos. Se trata de espejos venecianos fabricados de estaño y mercurio. Los espejos sirven para reflejar la luz y enviarla a otros puntos de forma que se multiplica su efecto y también deforman la realidad y la amplían. Por otra parte el espejo remite al lema "Speculum sine macula" atribuido a la virgen María.
San Luis era un noviciado, un lugar que servía para educar, por lo que está repleto de signos con múltiples significados. En la puerta se puede leer "Esta es la puerta de Dios, los justos entraran por ella". Se trata de una casa de "probación", donde los invitados o huéspedes viven encerrados sin comunicarse con el mundo exterior.
Cámara Nikon D850 con lente 24-120 F4/G-VR editada con Camera Raw y Photoshop CC 2019.
Recomiendo hacer doble click sobre la imagen y ver en grande.
I recommend see in larger, clicking double on the imagen.
The Convex Dome
The Convex Dome in Durrës was created by the Albanian artist Edi Rama. He is also the former mayor of Tirana and has contributed significantly to the cultural and artistic landscape of Albania. The sculpture is a striking piece that adds to the charm of Durrës' waterfront area.
He has also has been serving as the 33rd and incumbent prime minister of Albania since 2013 and chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005.
The Courtyard (El Atrio), where urban and some sacred functions met. Here, at least in the 16th and 17th centuries, ordinary people were sometimes buried. This space is entered through the convex staircase, designed by the Vatican architect, Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
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To the right of the Iglesia de San Francisco’s main entrance, and within the Convent of St Francis, this museum contains some of the church’s finest artwork, including paintings, sculpture and 16th-century furniture, some of which is fantastically wrought and inlaid with thousands of pieces of mother-of-pearl. The admission fee includes a guided tour in English or Spanish.
Good guides will point out Mudejar (Moorish) representations of the eight planets revolving around the sun in the ceiling, and will explain how the light shines through the rear window during the solstices, lighting up the main altar. They’ll also demonstrate an odd confessional technique, where two people standing in separate corners can hear each other while whispering into the walls.
As Parmigianino did it, the right hand
Bigger than the head, thrust at the viewer
And swerving easily away, as though to protect
What it advertises. A few leaded panes, old beams,
Fur, pleated muslin, a coral ring run together
In a movement supporting the face, which swims
Toward and away like the hand
Except that it is in repose. It is what is
Sequestered.
John Ashbery, Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror
A visitor taking a photo of 'The Seeing Space', part of Olafur Eliasson's exhibition "In Real Life" at Tate Modern. It's a convex mirror showing inverted reflections of people in the surrounding area.
Detail einer Stahlskulptur von Christian Roehl, ausgestellt an der Alten Schmiede auf dem Südwestfriedhof Stahnsdorf
Detail of a steel sculpture by Christian Roehl, exhibited at the Alte Schmiede in the Suedwestfriedhof Stahnsdorf
April Yang: Peaceful Chinese Music on Steel Tongue Drum
Here is a fun fact for you to try, the makers of the movie, "The Matrix", got right. Look into the concave side of a spoon, and you will see yourself both inverted and upside down. Then turn the spoon over, and look at the convex side. You will see yourself stretched, but right side up, and proper.
Isn't science fun!
The Nottingham Playhouse reflected in Anish Kapoor's Sky Mirror, the picture has been taken from the convex side. ©All Right's Reserved.
Convex Stylobate
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El estilóbato –o escalón final sobre el que se asientan las columnas exteriores– presenta un tenue curvatura, elevándose unos 6 centímetros, en las fachadas frontales, y unos 11 centímetros en las zonas centrales de las laterales.
The stylobate –or final step on which the exterior columns sit– presents a slight curvature, rising about 6 centimeters, on the front facades, and about 11 centimeters in the central areas of the lateral ones.
La Iglesia de San Francisco es una basílica católica que se levanta en medio del centro histórico de Quito, frente a la plaza del mismo nombre.
La estructura es el conjunto arquitectónico de mayor dimensión dentro de los centros históricos de toda América, y por ello es conocido como "el Escorial del Nuevo Mundo".
San Francisco es considerada una joya de la arquitectura continental por su mezcla de diferentes estilos combinados a lo largo de más de 150 años de construcción.
Sobre sus tres hectáreas y media de superficie se han construido trece claustros (seis de ellos de gran magnitud), tres iglesias, un gran Atrio, sumando aproximadamente cuarenta mil metros cuadrados de edificación. Allí se desarrollan múltiples actividades en la actualidad: las conventuales y religiosas, de atención pública en las áreas de salud, de comunicación, educativas y otras de corte popular que mantienen activo al edificio.
Dentro de la iglesia se encuentran más de 3.500 obras de arte colonial, de múltiples manifestaciones artísticas y variadas técnicas, especialmente aquellas correspondientes a la Escuela Quiteña de arte, que nació precisamente en este lugar. Posee también una biblioteca franciscana, descrita en el siglo XVII como la mejor del Virreinato del Perú.
Al conjunto le precede una plaza homónima que durante años abasteció a la ciudad de agua de su fuente central, y que ha funcionado como mercado popular, como espacio de concentraciones militares y políticas, y como lugar de encuentro y recreación social.
La escalera cóncavo-convexa que comunica la plaza con el Atrio, que resalta la fachada manierista-barroca del templo mayor, es considerada de gran importancia arquitectónica en América.
The Church of San Francisco is a Catholic basilica that stands in the middle of the historic center of Quito, facing the square of the same name.
The structure is the largest architectural complex within the historic centers of all America, and for this reason it is known as "the Escorial of the New World."
San Francisco is considered a jewel of continental architecture for its mixture of different styles combined over more than 150 years of construction.
On its three and a half hectares of surface area, thirteen cloisters have been built (six of them of great magnitude), three churches, a large Atrium, totaling approximately forty thousand square meters of building. There are currently many activities taking place there: conventual and religious, public attention in the areas of health, communication, education and others of a popular nature that keep the building active.
Inside the church there are more than 3,500 works of colonial art, of multiple artistic manifestations and varied techniques, especially those corresponding to the Quito School of art, which was born precisely in this place. It also has a Franciscan library, described in the 17th century as the best in the Viceroyalty of Peru.
The complex is preceded by a homonymous plaza that for years supplied the city with water from its central fountain, and which has functioned as a popular market, as a space for military and political gatherings, and as a place for social gathering and recreation.
The concave-convex staircase that connects the plaza with the Atrium, which highlights the mannerist-baroque façade of the main temple, is considered of great architectural importance in America.
#Un espejo
Mira que he tratado de ser más original... No ha habido manera... Os traigo este espejo convexo de tráfico encontrado en el viejo Canfranc (Jacetanía, Aragón)... Al menos, podéis apreciar algo de la preciosa arquitectura pirenaica ;)
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Iré poniéndome al día poco a poco
Two detailed views of the 1941 Chrysler Newport LeBaron concept car seen and photographed at Lime Rock Car Show in 2023, Note the separate windshield for the rear passenger compartment along with it's own rear view mirror, a nice touch for the "back seat driver!"
*More of the car can be seen here: flic.kr/p/2p2B9Uz
El sombrero del hongo calabaza posee la típica forma de este género. En su primera etapa es semiesférico, con un pequeño margen que rodea al pié. Más adelante toma una forma convexa. Su diámetro no es raro que llegue a 25-30 o incluso más cm. Su color oscila entre canela, pardo o marrón claro. Normalmente es más oscuro en el centro y difumina su color cuando llega al borde.Si el tiempo es húmedo suele tener la cutícula viscosa cuando es joven. En un estado más desarrollado pierde esta característica.La carne de estos ejemplares es tierna, inmutable y blanca. Mas tersa y dura en ejemplares jóvenes pasa a tener una consistencia esponjosa en ejemplares adultos. El agradable olor a avellana de esta especie es otra de sus características The cap of the pumpkin fungus has the typical shape of this genus. In its first stage it is hemispherical, with a small margin surrounding the foot. Later it takes a convex shape. Its diameter is not uncommon to reach 25-30 or even more cm. Its color ranges from cinnamon, brown or light brown. Normally it is darker in the center and fades its color when it reaches the edge. If the weather is humid, it tends to have a slimy cuticle when it is young. In a more developed state it loses this characteristic. The meat of these specimens is tender, immutable and white. Smoother and harder in young specimens, it becomes spongy in adult specimens. The pleasant hazelnut smell of this species is another of its characteristics.
The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.
Around 50 to 60 million years ago, during the Paleocene Epoch, Antrim was subject to intense volcanic activity, when highly fluid molten basalt intruded through chalk beds to form an extensive lava plateau. As the lava cooled, contraction occurred.
Horizontal contraction fractured in a similar way to drying mud, with the cracks propagating down as the mass cooled, leaving pillarlike structures, which are also fractured horizontally into "biscuits". In many cases the horizontal fracture has resulted in a bottom face that is convex while the upper face of the lower segment is concave, producing what are called "ball and socket" joints. The size of the columns is primarily determined by the speed at which lava from a volcanic eruption cools.
The extensive fracture network produced the distinctive columns seen today. The basalts were originally part of a great volcanic plateau called the Thulean Plateau which formed during the Paleocene.
According to legend, the columns are the remains of a causeway built by a giant. The story goes that the Irish giant Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn MacCool), from the Fenian Cycle of Gaelic mythology, was challenged to a fight by the Scottish giant Benandonner. Fionn accepted the challenge and built the causeway across the North Channel so that the two giants could meet. In one version of the story, Fionn defeats Benandonner. In another, Fionn hides from Benandonner when he realises that his foe is much bigger than he is. Fionn's wife, Oonagh, disguises Fionn as a baby and tucks him in a cradle. When Benandonner sees the size of the 'baby', he reckons that its father, Fionn, must be a giant among giants. He flees back to Scotland in fright, destroying the causeway behind him so that Fionn would be unable to chase him down.
Across the sea, there are identical basalt columns (a part of the same ancient lava flow) at Fingal's Cave on the Scottish isle of Staffa, and it is possible that the story was influenced by this.
In overall Irish mythology, Fionn mac Cumhaill is not a giant but a hero with supernatural abilities, contrary to what this particular legend may suggest. In Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry (1888) it is noted that, over time, "the pagan gods of Ireland [...] grew smaller and smaller in the popular imagination, until they turned into the fairies; the pagan heroes grew bigger and bigger, until they turned into the giants". There are no surviving pre-Christian stories about the Giant's Causeway, but it may have originally been associated with the Fomorians (Fomhóraigh); the Irish name Clochán na bhFomhóraigh or Clochán na bhFomhórach means "stepping stones of the Fomhóraigh". The Fomhóraigh are a race of supernatural beings in Irish mythology who were sometimes described as giants and who may have originally been part of a pre-Christian pantheon
I love the contrasting geometry of this location in this light. This oasis is situated in a vast, mostly treeless swathe of Scottish mountain and moorland. A place where you wander forever in limbo between light and dark searching for that elusive balance.
Have you ever seen a mirror on a barn door?? This one was very strange - a little convex - and at first I thought it was a window until I got closer.
Elephants are the largest living land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), the African forest elephant (L. cyclotis), and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea; extinct relatives include mammoths and mastodons. Distinctive features of elephants include a long proboscis called a trunk, tusks, large ear flaps, pillar-like legs, and tough but sensitive grey skin. The trunk is prehensile, bringing food and water to the mouth and grasping objects. Tusks, which are derived from the incisor teeth, serve both as weapons and as tools for moving objects and digging. The large ear flaps assist in maintaining a constant body temperature as well as in communication. African elephants have larger ears and concave backs, whereas Asian elephants have smaller ears and convex or level backs.