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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Albert Einstein
"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true BEAUTY is revealed only if there is a light from within."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 1926 - 2004
(a Swiss-American psychiatrist)
My 3rd in the series of the Walt Disney Concert hall. All in this series have been taken on different days. This building is always fun to shoot and find different angles and lighting that will accentuate the architectural design of this beautiful building.
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Powell Library is the main college undergraduate library on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). It was constructed from 1926 to 1929 and was one of the original four buildings that comprised the UCLA campus in the early period of the university's life. Its Romanesque Revival architecture design, its historic value and its popularity with students make it one of the defining images of UCLA. Like the building facing it across the quad, Royce Hall, the building's exterior is modeled after Milan's Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio.
Watching the rising sun gently illuminate the sea stacks one by one at Second Beach on the Olympic Peninsula is an unforgettable experience. The defining moment of this magical morning came when the trees atop Crying Lady Rock sprang to life, their branches glowing in soft hues of amber and gold, as if nature itself was painting the scene with light.
French perfume music "Idôle" Lancôme
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Macro Mondays - Defining Beauty
"The beauty of chess is it can be whatever you want it to be. It transcends language, age, race, religion, politics, gender and socioeconomic background. Whatever your circumstances, anyone can enjoy a good fight to the death over the chess board." – Simon Williams
Chess is a game that I have enjoyed since I was a young boy. I have never been very good, but I do find beauty in the game. It is both subtle and sublime.
For 5 days, the boat slowly goes on the Uyucali river and on The Amazon, crossing the Peruvian jungle to Iquitos, the biggest city in the world that can not be reached by any roads...
The Bull has been and continues to be a strong symbol and a living icon in our lives. Those that know them revere them for their fertile nature. They will graze and ruminate and add fertility to the ground they adorn. One bull can sire a heard and not many bulls see great age as only the chosen are kept and they need to fulfil a purpose. King for the day and King for the year have not as many days and years as others and yet who would be the bull not chosen? I would if that is my choice, many though want to be Top Dog and Chief Bull.
This magnificent Bull in Bo’ness had me thinking of Pictish Art and their Symbol Stones. Their animal symbols survive to this day where their language is now none existent. The wonderfully evocative decorated stones are found at Pictish Sites with the striking lines flowing and curling like waves of energy form both the outlines and internal structure of the subjects. At Burghead in Moray several Bull symbols were found leading some to believe that the Bull was a symbol venerated here, maybe a marker not unlike those later used in Heraldry to tell a story of identity that is linked to landscape and to those who control it. The notion of totems as good luck and potent identifying markers of person and of people, of individual and of tribe to set a motif of identity within this material world and an icon within all spiritual realms too.
This particular carved stone is displayed in London in The British Museum and thought so highly of that a replica cast is held in Edinburgh at The National Museums Scotland. This Bull is also incorporated into the current Logo for The Moray Society Elgin Museum. There is a cast in The Elgin Museum amongst other Pictish Symbol Stones. The symbol stones from Burghead are numbered 1-6 and this one is catalogued as,
Burghead 5, Moray, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: 0.53m, W 0.53m, D 0.08m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NJ c 109 691
Present location: British Museum, London (1861.10-24.1) (cast in Elgin Museum)
Evidence for discovery: one of many bull carvings said to have been found during quarrying of the wall of the upper citadel to find building stones from around 1800 onwards, of which six have survived (Macdonald 1862). This stone was found sometime before 1809, when it was exhibited at a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and it was in private hands in London for many years before being presented to the British Museum.
Present condition: good.
Description
The triangular shape of this slab may indicate the preferred form for these bull stones from Burghead. One broad face is incised with the most ferocious image of a bull to have survived, pacing angrily towards the right with his head lowered far down and his tail swishing across his rump.
Date: seventh century.
This is a cast of a stone found at Burghead in Moray. It is one of a number of stones carved with bull symbols, found in and around the site of the Pictish fortress at Burghead. They date from between 500 and 800.
Like the other stones, the bull is naturalistically depicted, with scrolls defining the joints where the limbs meet the body.
The large fort at Burghead was a major Pictish settlement. A number of carvings have been found there, many depicting bulls. Various theories have been put forward to explain their significance, including religious, territorial emblems or clan totems.
“Interpretation of the stones' original role has varied. Some scholars have suggested they were displayed on the fort's ramparts as symbols of power; others have seen them as having a votive role in a frieze as part of a pagan fertility cult; while others argue they were standing stones lining a processional route through the ramparts, a role suggested by their likely original kite-shaped form.”
Noble, Gordon (2019). “Fortified settlement in northern Pictland,” Noble, Gordon; Evans, Nicholas, The King in the North: The Pictish Realms of Fortriu and Ce, Birlinn, Edinburgh. Quote p.54, ISBN 178027551X. 1788851935, 9781788851930
The British Museum, reference below, records,
Exhibition history
Exhibited:
2001-2002 12 Dec-28 Feb, Leeds, Henry Moore Institute, The Unidentified Museum Object
1998 18 Apr-12 Jul, Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Celtic Art
Camore, reference below, records.
Exhibited at the Society of Antiquaries in London in 1809.
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At the moment of poo you are able to see the lifted tail in shadow and hear the cycle of living and giving without poo visuals.]
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Elgin Museum Carved Stone Collection
Burghead 5, cast of syMbol stone with bull (ELGNM 1892.1)
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Burghead Bulls
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burghead_Bulls
Burghead Bull (cast)
nms.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-100-104-159-C
The Burghead Bull
On display (G41) (G41)
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1861-1024-1
The Burghead Bull Canmore
canmore.org.uk/site/319205/burghead
Noble, Gordon and Evans, Nicholas, The King in the North, The Pictish Realms of Fortriu and Ce, Birlinn, Edinburgh, 2019.
Back after over a month of going very nearly internet free...
This one is an upload for my portfolio, loved the way the light defines those little toesies!
Hope everyone is doing well, and can't wait to take a peek and see how big everyone's kiddies are getting...lottsa love, Di
There's no mistaking the design. Originally a product of Studebaker these became their own marque. I'm not certain which this one is.
I hope you aren't sick of these dictionary shots yet :-)
Another afternoon wasted in the creation of this one......
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Elegance Defined in Design and Art -
The instantly-recognisable trademark spectacles of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris (aka Le Corbusier), the Swiss-born designer, architect and painter are almost as famous as the man himself. See earlier image on 27 March 2008 - Le Corbusier LC4 Chaise Longue. (Go to All sizes to view at max. 1050x750 - 150 dpi).
the new doll.
rescued from the antique fair today. I couldn't afford the old $300+ ones, but she was waiting for me.
and I took some 4x5's of her with paper negatives and with regular sheet film.
we'll see what happens when I develop them.
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The other day I posted an old picture from 2009 showing the outfit I wore for my first time out in public so I thought I'd keep the theme running. This picture was taken the following year when I finally decided to say goodbye to my hairy legs by shaving them so I could wear natural tights and saying goodbye to my black bob wig and go for a long blonde look.
I remember when I looked at this picture all those years ago thinking "do you know what I may even be pretty". It got my pulse racing and made me all the more committed to exploring my feminine side in even greater detail.
.....well it goes on and on and on and on, on and on and on.
(a line from a Phil Cool TV comedy impersonation of the Jazz legend George Melly)
I took one of these with the normal slower shutter speed and this one. I like this one a little bit more because I can see the awsome amount of water coming down. I think Mr. Reed has one of these with a real unicorn in it.
The 27th of December Day two of KWANZAA brings us the second principal. Kujichagulia Swahili for -- Self Determination. We claim our right to define ourselves and our community.
A Photo by "Ali Mannan"
Camera; Samsung Galaxy S5
Location; Entrance of the Bodleian Library, The University of Oxford, England.
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Description;
(Statue of) "William Herbert - 3rd Earl of Pembroke" KG, PC (8 April 1580 – 10 April 1630) was the son of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke and his third wife Mary Sidney. Chancellor of the University of Oxford, he founded Pembroke College, Oxford with King James. He was warden of the Forest of Dean, and constable of St Briavels from 1608 to 1630. He served as Lord Chamberlain from 1615 to 1625. In 1623, the First Folio of William Shakespeare's plays was dedicated to him, together with his brother, Philip Herbert, 1st Earl of Montgomery.
bhaand me jaye serenity, mother sister ho gaya tha yeh ek pic lene me.
Meaning:- we both were competing and i was crashing all the time as usual but still i managed i'm happy :)
Brigitte Bardot was more than a cinematic legend; she was, for me, the ultimate personification of beauty. Her unique blend of natural elegance and effortless charm set a standard that remains unmatched.
While the world honors her as a cultural phenomenon, I remember her as a personal icon whose grace and spirit defined an era of aesthetic perfection. She remains an eternal symbol of beauty in its purest form.
This imposing monolith rises like a fortress above the southern plains of Iceland, sculpted by centuries of erosion and volcanic history. Shot from a low angle near the water's edge, the reflection of Lómagnúpur in the shallow pool doubles the grandeur of its silhouette and emphasizes the sharp verticality of the landscape. The spring grass pushing through the water brings a touch of life to an otherwise raw, primordial scene.
On a clear day like this, the warm hues of the volcanic slopes blend harmoniously with the vibrant blue of the sky and the reflective surface, offering a moment of stillness in a land defined by movement—wind, water, and time itself.
Questa imponente montagna si erge come una fortezza sopra le pianure meridionali dell’Islanda, modellata da secoli di erosione e attività vulcanica. Fotografata da una prospettiva molto bassa, quasi a livello dell’acqua, il riflesso di Lómagnúpur nello specchio d'acqua ne raddoppia la maestosità e ne esalta la verticalità. L’erba primaverile che emerge dalla pozza dona un tocco di vita a un paesaggio altrimenti primordiale.
In una giornata limpida come questa, le calde sfumature delle pendici vulcaniche si fondono con il blu intenso del cielo e il riflesso sull’acqua, offrendo un momento di quiete in una terra plasmata dal movimento: vento, acqua e tempo.
I bought some cheap Fuji Superia 800 and took some shots of my friend on Saturday night, lighting was with my iPhone flashlight only, no other street lighting was around.
beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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Pei-yun 佩筠 worked with me on a client shoot for an athletic apparel company. She was not just a model in a jock's getup, but a former collegiate champion swimmer with eight gold medals to her name. She was a joy to work with, and selecting the best images is difficult because she did so well.
Strobist:
Strip light behind subject, camera right; small gridded beauty dish, camera left well above, triggered with Pixel King.