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The Kraken hitched a ride on the underbelly of a Norwegian schooner long ago to quietly slip into the deep bowels of Lake Michigan, occasionally venturing to the mouth of Milwaukee to satisfy its hunger.
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Artist: Dale Chihuly
Venue: Milwaukee Art Museum
"Through the fog and stormy night
Sailors glimpse it's monstrous sight.
Tentacles rise dark and vast
Gripping ships, their doom is cast.
Heave ho the Kraken's near
Raise your cups and quell your fear.
Sailors' tales and Pirates dread
Of the Kraken's grasp, we all have bled."
A follow up image to put yesterdays image into context. The tree I have called the Kraken stands out in the wood as it stands on its own in a small clearing with a circle of much different trees around it, almost like it is holding court
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Like some mythical beast rising from the waters this fallen tree invoked a sense of fear in me when I first discovered it.
It also provided a play on words opportunity for me that I couldn't ignore! So whether you want it to look like the mythical Kraken, could imagine the sound of cracking wood as it fell or, less likely, think this picture is a cracking photo, it is posted here anyway!
This is a tree I have been photographing recently as it stands out as different in my local wood, It did make me think of the Hydra from my school biology lessons but the more I look at it the more I see a Kraken
For my dear friends Anne and Iro who witnessed the original release of the Kraken with our old friends. We sure had some good laughs.
Now I've got the nuclear sunrise out of my system I can get back into my comfort zone and post something little more subdued again! Here's one from Hopton last week
This dead tree emerging from the limestone pavement of Gait Barrows looked a very interesting form!
The sinuous, gnarly, textured shape caught my eye and had me taking a shot. There are lots of dead old trees around this landscape, which is similar to the situation across in the Yorkshire Dales. Ash die back being one factor, but it is sad to see a lot of the more stately trees suffering too!
I posted a colour version of this here a while back.... 11 minute exposure at Llanrhystud beach, West Wales.
After converting it to black and white, I twiddled with various knobs till it looked something like, and then I added a split tone.
I used the Lee Big Stopper to slow the exposure down, and NDCalc on my iPhone (takes the guesswork out of long exposures).
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The belly of the deep rises. Thrashing into being waves under a windless sky. The sea foams, soured with the stench of death, only slightly less pungent than the lingering fears from the last doomed sailors.
This is our eighteenth entry for our Iron Builder. against Tyler Clites and Nannan Zhang.
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This is Kraken, he lives in the little pond on my lanai. I had a toy gator that sat where Kraken is at the moment. Apparently Kraken wanted that spot and wrestled the gator until it fell in the water.
I found this bit of drift wood on a small beach in the river dart. Unfortunately it wasn't in an ideal location to photograph so with the help of a friend I took it back to the car and photographed at a different beach.
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Crown : ..::PD::.. Octopus Crown
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Head : LeLUTKA Halle Head 3.1
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Eyes : CATWA Mesh Eyes Pack
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Septum : EVERMORE - IRINA (SEPTUM)
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Makeup : TOP1SALON - HD XMAS GIFT LIPSTICK (Lelutka X)
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Body : [LEGACY] Meshbody (f) Perky Edition [+] Petite (1.4)
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Dress : :oushk - Queen Kraken - Black
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Octopus : + Clingy Octopus + {aii}
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Nails : Le Forme Bento Nails M03 Glam 001
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Orbs : + Shadow Orb Censor + {egosumaii}
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Hau‘ula, O‘ahu.
Tako sumiso or tako poke for a holiday feast? May have to wait awhile because this baby octopus and monster-wannabe was too small to harvest!
I'm still in hibernation, so this is another image pulled from my negative archives.
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This is my HEAVILY modded Aftermath Kraken AK-47 airsoft gun. Upgrades include: M82 stock, M4 stock adaptor, grenade launcher, tactical grip, PEQ-2 battery box, scope mount, and red dot scope. The internals are also completely upgraded.