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This is for Macro Monday's "Crack" theme. I'm finding these challenging, but really good to stretch the imagination & photography skills.
So this is a crack in one of the bricks on our house. Rotated horizontally for easier viewing. A couple of things this made me think about:
My wife is going to kill me because the first time I post a photo of the bricks that make our house, I post a cracked one. With a weed growing out of it. 😬
Isn't it cool the way nature takes over manmade items eventually, our house being 25 years old (this is probably more a testament to what a lazy handyman I am looking after the place). I love those old temples in Cambodia where the trees have consumed the temples. They look amazing! 😮 Must dig out some old pics of that.
Rotating the pic to horizontal made me wonder what if we lived in a horizontal world, you know if there wasn't gravity & stuff, what would humans look like? Would we be horizontal instead of standing/sitting vertically as well? Would we have 2 legs& 2 arms on the same side of the body? Would we watch TV sideways? We would look at contact's photos on Flickr laying down, in which case this photo would be the right way up. Or would it. Too hard to think about for this tired brain 🤔😵💫
Anyway I digress sorry, have a fantastic week ahead ✌😀
A head-on shot of a Black Darter from a week or so back. Hopefully it accentuates just how magical their wing structure is.
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I taught ChatGPT to write prompts in the way I learned from the great Techhalla.
After ChatGPT understood, I gave the following instruction:
Now create four prompts on four topics on which I invite you to act completely freely. A refusal is not accepted, make an effort.
Topic 1: something I have never seen before.
Topic 2: something you have never seen before.
Topic 3: something extremely surreal.
... And today...
➡️ Topic 4: A mixture of Topic 1, Topic 2, Topic 3
And I was impressed:
This is the finale of the experiment
here are the MJ prompts ChatGPT created:
IMAGE: Unprecedented Fusion | GENRE: Experimental | MOOD: Intriguing, Unsettling | COLOR: Unexpected color palette | BACKGROUND: Mixture of cosmic and abstract elements | SCENE: Hybrid creature interacting with futuristic technology | DETAILS: Blending of organic and mechanical elements, intricate textures | RENDER: Unique and boundary-pushing | LIGHTING: Dynamic and unconventional lighting sources | COMPOSITION: Visually complex and thought-provoking | SHOT: Close-up shot | CAMERA: Canon EOS R8 | LENS: Focal length 35mm | TAGS: Experimental, hybrid creature, futuristic technology, cosmic elements, abstract fusion --ar 16:10 --v 5.1 --style raw
Esta fotografía en blanco y negro captura el majestuoso Queensboro Bridge, también conocido como el Puente de la Calle 59, que conecta Manhattan con Queens en la ciudad de Nueva York. El ángulo ofrece una vista dinámica de la estructura metálica y su intrincado diseño, con sus líneas de acero que se extienden hacia el horizonte. A la izquierda, los edificios urbanos crean un contraste arquitectónico con el puente, mientras que los automóviles que transitan aportan movimiento a la escena. La luz y las sombras añaden dramatismo, resaltando la textura de los materiales y la profundidad del entorno urbano. Es una imagen que combina historia, ingeniería y la vida moderna de la ciudad.
This black and white photograph captures the majestic Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge, which connects Manhattan to Queens in New York City. The angle offers a dynamic view of the metal structure and its intricate design, with its steel lines stretching toward the horizon. On the left, urban buildings create an architectural contrast to the bridge, while passing cars bring movement to the scene. Light and shadows add drama, highlighting the texture of the materials and the depth of the urban environment. It's an image that combines history, engineering, and modern city life.
Elegant Northern Pintails swim through wetlands and lakes with their slender necks and long, pointed tails held high. Intricately patterned and pale-faced females join males fashioned with a signature white stripe down their chocolate-colored necks. These eager breeders head to the prairie pothole region of the Great Plains, as well as Canada, and Alaska to nest as soon as the ice breaks up. Large groups congregate in wetlands, lakes, bays, and even waddle through agricultural fields eating grains during the winter. Though still common, their populations are declining.
Bignor Roman Villa is a large Roman courtyard villa which has been excavated and put on public display on the Bignor estate in the English county of West Sussex. It is well known for its high quality mosaic floors, which are some of the most complete and intricate in the country.
Click and drag the image to look in different directions.
Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Den Haag, Amare muziekgebouw, Stair case, Hall, People (cut from B&T)
The Amare education & culture building with its 4 concert halls has a delightfully intricate structure to accommodate the concert halls, lobbies, foyers and restaurant.
The building was designed by NOAHH/Patrick Fransen, JCAU/Jo Coenen en NL Architects/Kamiel Klaasse. Jo Coenen left the project prematurely.
The building houses the Dance and Music centre, the Residentie Orchestra, the Dutch Dance Theatre and the Royal Conservatory and actually consists of five separate buildings: the outer shell and four separate boxes - the concert halls. They each have their own foundation to prevent the rest of the complex from being affected by ‘crosstalk’ vibrations of one building hindering the others.
This construction allowed two of the four concert halls to slightly sag. As a result, the doors of one of halls and the hall of the royal conservatory can hardly be closed anymore. As a temporary solution, parts of the floor covering has been removed. . Building sinking is by the way a not uncommon thing but sagging isn't. It's problematic since it's happens partially / a-symmetrically.
Shot near the great hall with fascinating decorations during an extended Den Haag lunch with Leuntje. There was still some construction work going on, as you can see in the left of the frame.
This is number 38 of Theatres & Concert halls.
Another of the master pieces on display at the Städtische Fachschule (Meisterschule) für Steinmetzen und Steinbildhauer - masters school for stone masons and sculptors - in Aschaffenburg, Germany. This piece is for arches in the roof of a cathedral, and is to join and support two arches, where they meet together - from end to end it measures about 1 meter (1 yard). It is so complex, it is hard to believe how anybody made it out of a single block of stone. It is wonderful that young people still want to learn trades like this.
This shot was difficult (wide angle, hand held, long exposure) so it may not be too sharp, but I wanted to share this magnificent piece of craftsmanship with you.
Please view in full size for the best effect.
This photograph is a close-up of delicate, ice-covered grass seed heads against a bokeh background. The slender stalks and intricate seed heads are coated in a layer of frost, creating a sparkling, crystalline effect. The overall mood is serene and ethereal, evoking the stillness and beauty of a winter landscape.
This is a building in Stratford, Ontario that was constructed in the 1840s shortly after the founding of the town. Fortunately, they haven't demolished it as we're prone to do in North America.
The Kapitan Keling Mosque, a historic jewel in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, stands as a testament to the island's rich multicultural heritage. Built in the early 19th century by the Indian Muslim community, this iconic mosque features majestic domes, arched doorways, and intricate Islamic calligraphy. Its name honors Cauder Mohideen, the community's leader, or "Kapitan," during its establishment. Surrounded by modern cityscapes, the mosque exudes timeless serenity, reflecting the harmonious blend of history, faith, and architecture.
Here's another plant from the Far East - in this case Japan - that was first described for the West by that intrepid and gifted naturalist, surgeon, diplomat and spy Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866), whom I've often mentioned in these pages. Siebold worked in the service of the Dutch and is noted especially for his stay on the island of Dejima in Nagasaki's harbor although there's much, very much more to his exciting life.
He described this shrub in 1834, published in his Flora Japonica in 1835.
This macro captures the intricate cross-section of a Cleoniceras ammonite, illuminated to reveal the warm, glowing details of its inner chambers. Measuring 2.5 cm in height and 3 cm in width, the ammonite's delicate proportions are emphasized, showing its fossilized structure. Only the lower part of the fossil could be backlit, creating a striking contrast and emphasizing its natural geometry.
The photo was created using an HDR technique composed of two stacked images, each consisting of 40 individual exposures. To achieve this level of detail and balance, the first stack was captured with a shutter speed of two seconds, aperture of f/4.5, and ISO 100. The second stack used a slightly slower shutter speed of 1/6 seconds while maintaining the same aperture and ISO settings.
A New Year and a time for new things. My first new shot of the year from my "big camera". And my new peacock feather! Well, if you count an M4/3 camera as "big," that is — maybe more of a little-big camera? I found this peacock feather while out walking Jazzy this morning, which was serendipitous since my old one was well and truly worn out!
Photographing it turned into quite the production. To capture the feather’s iridescence, it needed sunlight—but the afternoon sun was so harsh and hot. On top of that, the wind was gusting like crazy — not ideal for something as delicate as a feather. After scouting the yard for a spot with a good green backdrop, I finally settled on the front lawn under our Golden Robinia tree. It provided just the right balance of shade and sunlight. Of course, the breeze was relentless, so out came the Gorilla tape. A bit of creative taping later (securing the feather to the tree in multiple places), and I was ready to take my shot... or, more accurately, 500,000 shots at high shutter speed, waiting for the wind to take a break.
Does anyone else’s neighbors completely ignore the strange things you do for photography? Mine do. They’ve seen it all by now. Probably the weirdest thing I’ve done was hauling a chair up a ladder onto the roof of our three-story house for some shots, but that’s a story for another day.
Anyway, if you squint at this feather, do you see a bird? A big red eye with a blue pupil, a beak, and a crest? Or maybe that’s just the Sunday evening relaxing red wine talking. Cheers! 🍷
No Foundation!
Hawa Mahal is the tallest building in the world without a foundation. The five-storey building managed to maintain upright because of it is curved. Just another masterpiece of Rajput and Mughal architecture.
Durga Puja pandal architecture is a vibrant and dynamic art form, deeply rooted in Bengali tradition but continuously evolving with contemporary trends. The pandal serves as the temporary abode for the goddess Durga during the annual festival and is often an elaborate and creative expression of architectural ingenuity.
Materials Used
Bamboo: The traditional material used for the structure of the pandal, which is highly flexible and abundant.
Cloth and Paper: These are used for decorations, draping, and wall coverings. They are often painted or printed with intricate designs.
Plaster of Paris and Clay: Used for creating idols and sculptures.
Fiberglass and Metal: These are often used in modern pandals for creating stronger, more durable structures.
1. Traditional Designs
Bengali Folk Art: Traditional pandals often draw from rural Bengal’s heritage, incorporating local materials like bamboo, jute, and clay. These pandals typically feature motifs inspired by nature, mythology, and folk art.
Sholar Kaaj: This is a technique involving intricate designs made from shola (a type of plant) and is used to create ornaments, canopies, and decorations within the pandal.
Terracotta and Wooden Crafts: Terracotta sculptures, wooden carvings, and images of mythological figures are common in older pandals.
2. Modern Interpretations
Innovative Materials: Modern pandals often use contemporary materials like fiberglass, metal, and plastic alongside traditional materials. For instance, large fiberglass idols of Durga are increasingly used, along with innovative lighting, mirrors, and glasswork.
Thematic Pandals: Many pandals these days are built around a specific theme. The themes can range from environmental issues (like conservation of rivers or wildlife) to technological advancements, historical events, or even popular culture. The architecture of the pandal is designed to reflect this theme, often incorporating multimedia elements.
Eco-friendly Designs: In recent years, there has been a push for sustainable and eco-friendly pandals. These are often constructed using biodegradable materials such as bamboo, paper, and cloth, with designs that minimize environmental impact.
3. Architectural Features
Structural Form: Traditionally, pandals were dome-shaped or cylindrical, but now they can take on all sorts of avant-garde shapes, from temples to spaceships to replicas of famous monuments like the Eiffel Tower or the Taj Mahal.
Facade and Entrances: The entrance of the pandal is often grand and acts as a focal point of the design. It may incorporate arches, columns, and ornate carvings, often reflecting the temple architecture of India.
Ceilings and Roofs: The roofs of pandals are a key area for artistic expression, ranging from elaborate canopies made of flowers to highly stylized, often abstract, designs using light and color.
Lighting: Pandals are spectacularly lit, with millions of light bulbs strung up in intricate patterns. The lighting not only enhances the aesthetics but also creates a divine ambiance, especially at night.
Interior Layout: The interior of the pandal is designed to accommodate the idol of Durga, with a focus on creating a spiritual environment. The idol is often placed on a raised platform, surrounded by artistic depictions of various deities, animals, and scenes from mythology.
4. Regional Variations
Kolkata Pandals: In Kolkata, Durga Puja pandals are known for their immense creativity and often become larger-than-life structures. Famous areas like Kumartuli, Behala, and Santoshpur are known for their extravagant pandals.
Delhi and Other Urban Centers: Pandal designs in metropolitan areas might incorporate modern styles, influenced by international trends, such as futuristic designs, art installations, or replicas of foreign monuments. These pandals often blend cultural elements with urban sophistication.
Rural and Smaller Town Pandals: These tend to have simpler, more rustic designs but are rich in cultural symbolism. Often constructed with bamboo, they may showcase more traditional and handcrafted artworks.
5. Innovative and Avant-Garde Designs
Optical Illusions: Some pandals are designed to give the illusion of floating structures, using materials like mirrors and lights to create mesmerizing visual effects.
Interactive and Immersive Designs: Some pandals now aim to create immersive experiences. Visitors can walk through installations that engage all their senses, with sounds, lights, and even augmented reality elements enhancing the experience.
6. Famous Pandals and Their Architects
Kumartuli Park (Kolkata): Known for its amazing artistry!
The silver-washed fritillary is a large, pale orange butterfly. It gets its name from the silver streaks on the underside of the wing. The upper wing has an intricate pattern of black spots and lines, whilst the underside of the rear wing is washed lime-green and pink, with silvery streaks running across it.
Adults are on the wing throughout the summer, from late June to the end of August. Silver-washed fritillaries live in large broadleaved woodlands (especially oak woodlands), and feed on Bramble and other flowers in sunny glades and rides. The caterpillars feed on violets, particularly common dog-violet.
Found in southern England, the silver-washed fritillary can be found on grassland, heathland and moorland, woodland, and in towns and gardens.
The Sphere Within Sphere, also known as Sfera con Sfera, is a series of sculptures created by Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro depicting an enormous metal sphere with a cracked surface revealing an intricate interior with another cracked sphere inside.
Arnaldo Pomodoro says that the inner ball represents the Earth and outer ball represents Christianity. The design of the internal layers which look like the gears or cogwheels of a complex machine symbolizes the fragility and complexity of the world.
This sphere is at Trinity College in Dublin Ireland but it can be found at other prime location around the world. Originally created for the Vatican Church in the 1960s, also at the Headquarters of the UN in New York, The Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, USA, The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus and the Tel Aviv University in Israel, to name a few.
After the double rainbows we enjoyed a long and interesting sunset, then the clouds left so we could enjoy Milky Way photography. That's a pretty common weather pattern around here.
loving these beautiful little seed heads that I thought looked like lace.
[Again, edited to try to create a softer look than my 'normal'. Tweaked to produce the slightly sepia effect, though the colour palette isn't to far off from the original which was similarly muted. The background has a slight red due; the highlights a slight orange hue. I tried to keep some green in there for variation. The seed head itself was sharpened in the normal ways, whilst the background was softened marginally.
Am going to have to look up what this flower (and the previous two) are, as I seem to have forgotten.... Aah. It seems to be Platycodon, also known as a bell flower. That'll be it, then!]
A photo of a beautiful blue Lacecap Hydrangea outside the Hampton Inn at Ellsworth, Maine.
Developed with Darktable 3.6.0
Australian Tree Fern
Panasonic GX85 / Olympus 12-40mm f2.8
Sincere thanks for your views, faves and comments.
I picked up a few beautiful peacock feathers while on holiday last summer. The colours and patterns are so beautiful and intricate. I will probably try this again, to see if I can get a deeper dof.
Roma
Basilica di S.Paolo fuori le Mura
- Il Chiostro
Rome
St. Paul's outside the Walls Basilica
- The Cloister
7 Days with Flickr - Mondays: Free theme
Macro Mondays theme ‘’Double Exposure’’
Because of Macro Mondays, I have learned so much each week. This week it is all about double exposure. Very tricky and not easy to get the perfect shot. But with patience and lots of practice you eventually get it.
Concerning my picture, in the background are a few hydrangeas dried flowers (first exposure) while in the foreground is the “skeleton” of another hydrangea flower (second exposure). This foreground flower is a rather big one for this kind of flower. It is 2 inches wide, as shown in the picture. Those in the background they are much smaller.
Thank you everyone for your visits, faves, and kind comments
'The Cathedral and former Great Mosque of Córdoba, in ecclesiastical terms the Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption), and known by the inhabitants of Córdoba as the Mezquita-Catedral (Mosque–Cathedral), is today a World Heritage Site and the cathedral of the Diocese of Córdoba.
The site was originally a pagan temple, then a Visigothic Christian church, before the Umayyad Moors converted the building into a mosque and then built a new mosque on the site. After the Spanish Reconquista, it became a Roman Catholic church, with a plateresque cathedral later inserted into the centre of the large Moorish building. The Mezquita is regarded as the one of the most accomplished monuments of Islamic architecture." (Wikipedia)
complete with old cat fur and tiny new leaf....
I started two of these plants from seeds many years ago...
This year I have 5 leaves on each plant...
An intricate spider web bridging from a petal to another of a cosmos flower, glistening.
Japan, Gifu Prefecture, Takayama city Autumn 2013
日本、岐阜県、高山市 2013年秋
"MosaicMontageMonday" "Intricate Details"
"HMMM"
With heartfelt and genuine thanks for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day, be well, keep your eyes open, appreciate the beauty surrounding you, enjoy creating, stay safe and laugh often! ❤️❤️❤️
This double leaf cutting was a gift. I cut them apart into separate cuttings.
I hope I can root the resulting cuttings with their short stems in water or a flowerpot.
A just reward for all the effort it had put in.........
Snipe
Scientific name
Gallinago gallinago
A medium-sized wader, the snipe lives in marshes, wet grassland and moorlands, where it nests in simple scrapes. It uses its long, probing bill to find insects, earthworms and crustaceans in the mud, typically swallowing prey whole. During the breeding season, males can be heard making a unique 'drumming' sound as their tail feathers vibrate in the wind as they perform their aerial courtship displays.
How to identify
Snipe are brown, with an intricate pattern of black and gold bars, and a stripy brown and gold head. They have short, greyish-green legs and a very long, straight bill. The snipe is smaller than the similar-looking woodcock and is a bird of grasslands and moorlands, rather than woodlands.
Did you know?
Snipe have a flexible tip to the beak that is full of nerves; this helps them to feel for worms deep underground and then open the end of their beak to grab them.