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A nature abstract after the kind produced by legendary American photographer and educator Minor White (1908-1976). His heavily contrasted photographs of subjects so often overlooked by the regular eye, emphasised his zen philosophy of life. Everything can indeed be photographed, but for White it was the duty of the photographer to bring out the essential characteristics of the subject in ways that surprised the ordinary viewer.
Minor White
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There is a wonderful book that was published by the J. Paul Getty Museum and authored by Paul Martineau. Minor White: Manifestations of the Spirit (Los Angeles, 2014). It is a book I will certainly review here in due course.
I have actually quoted from this book on a previous photograph.
Red Deer - Cervus elaphus
In Rut!
The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor, Iran, parts of western Asia, and central Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains region between Morocco and Tunisia in northwestern Africa, being the only species of deer to inhabit Africa. Red deer have been introduced to other areas, including Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada, Peru, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. In many parts of the world, the meat (venison) from red deer is used as a food source.
The red deer is the fourth-largest deer species behind moose, elk and sambar deer. It is a ruminant, eating its food in two stages and having an even number of toes on each hoof, like camels, goats and cattle. European red deer have a relatively long tail compared to their Asian and North American relatives. Subtle differences in appearance are noted between the various subspecies of red deer, primarily in size and antlers, with the smallest being the Corsican red deer found on the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and the largest being the Caspian red deer (or maral) of Asia Minor and the Caucasus Region to the west of the Caspian Sea. The deer of central and western Europe vary greatly in size, with some of the largest deer found in the Carpathian Mountains in Central Europe.Western European red deer, historically, grew to large size given ample food supply (including people's crops), and descendants of introduced populations living in New Zealand and Argentina have grown quite large in both body and antler size. Large red deer stags, like the Caspian red deer or those of the Carpathian Mountains, may rival the wapiti in size. Female red deer are much smaller than their male counterparts.
The European red deer is found in southwestern Asia (Asia Minor and Caucasus regions), North Africa and Europe. The red deer is the largest non-domesticated land mammal still existing in Ireland. The Barbary stag (which resembles the western European red deer) is the only member of the deer family represented in Africa, with the population centred in the northwestern region of the continent in the Atlas Mountains. As of the mid-1990s, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria were the only African countries known to have red deer.
In the Netherlands, a large herd (ca. 3000 animals counted in late 2012) lives in the Oostvaarders Plassen, a nature reserve. Ireland has its own unique subspecies. In France the population is thriving, having multiplied fivefold in the last half-century, increasing from 30,000 in 1970 to approximately 160,000 in 2014. The deer has particularly expanded its footprint into forests at higher altitudes than before. In the UK, indigenous populations occur in Scotland, the Lake District, and the South West of England (principally on Exmoor). Not all of these are of entirely pure bloodlines, as some of these populations have been supplemented with deliberate releases of deer from parks, such as Warnham or Woburn Abbey, in an attempt to increase antler sizes and body weights. The University of Edinburgh found that, in Scotland, there has been extensive hybridisation with the closely related sika deer.
Several other populations have originated either with "carted" deer kept for stag hunts being left out at the end of the hunt, escapes from deer farms, or deliberate releases. Carted deer were kept by stag hunts with no wild red deer in the locality and were normally recaptured after the hunt and used again; although the hunts are called "stag hunts", the Norwich Staghounds only hunted hinds (female red deer), and in 1950, at least eight hinds (some of which may have been pregnant) were known to be at large near Kimberley and West Harling; they formed the basis of a new population based in Thetford Forest in Norfolk. Further substantial red deer herds originated from escapes or deliberate releases in the New Forest, the Peak District, Suffolk, Lancashire, Brecon Beacons, and North Yorkshire, as well as many other smaller populations scattered throughout England and Wales, and they are all generally increasing in numbers and range. A census of deer populations in 2007 and again in 2011 coordinated by the British Deer Society records the red deer as having continued to expand their range in England and Wales since 2000, with expansion most notable in the Midlands and East Anglia.
Morris Minor Traveller at Toddington Classic Car Day on 17th June 2018.
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Roid Week Spring 2017 Day 4
A British car in the French village of Saignon.
Impossible Project SX-70 B&W film, Polaroid SX-70 Sonar camera
Die Kathedrale von Moulins (französisch: Notre-Dame de Moulins) steht in der auvergnatischen Stadt Moulins im französischen Département Allier. 1949 erhielt sie von Papst Pius XII. den Titel einer päpstlichen Basilica minor. Die Kathedrale ist seit 1875 als Monument historique klassifiziert.
Mit ihrer Errichtung wurde Anfang des 15. Jahrhunderts begonnen, nachdem ein romanischer Vorgängerbau die Gläubigen der Residenzstadt nicht mehr fassen konnte. Der für die Spätgotik charakteristische Flamboyant-Stil kennzeichnet besonders den Chor. Seit 1817 ist sie Bischofskirche des Bistums Moulins. Die beiden Westtürme sind in der Neugotik des 19. Jahrhunderts entstanden.
Im Inneren der Kathedrale beeindrucken besonders die in leuchtenden Farben gestalteten Bleiglasfenster aus dem 16. Jahrhundert.
Zusammenstellung aus Wikipedia
Chor Minor was built in 1807 and was considered unusual building the landmark of Bukhara (Uzbekistan). The design differs from the traditional style and is based on the Taj Mahal. Because of its four minarets were referred to it with chorus (four) Minor (minaret)
An oldie but goody. One for us old Poms. A British Morris Minor van...(Split Screen).
Shown at a garden fete held each year to commemorate ANZAC day at Government House, Perth, Western Australia.
Car from Western Australian Motor Museum.
This eye-catching artwork welcomes visitors to the Cotswold Sculpture Park at Somerford Keynes. The body of the tree is made up of 26 engine blocks and the car caught in the menacing, sprawling canopy of exhaust pipes above, is a classic Morris Minor.
Event: Foxfield General Classics
Location: Foxfield Railway, Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent
Camera: Pentax ME Super
Lens(s): SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.7
Film: Adox HR-50
Shot ISO: 50
Light Meter: Camera
Exposure: f/2.8
Lighting: Overcast & Raining
Mounting: Hand-held
Firing: Shutter Button
Developer: Ilford DD-X(1+4) for 7.5 mins
Scanner: Epson V800
Post: Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop (dust removal)
There are still over 15,000 Minors on the road in the UK, that's incredible considering that production ceased in 1971.
Car: Morris Minor 1000.
Year of manufacture: 1966.
Date of first registration in the UK: 1st January 1967.
Place of registration: Hampshire.
Date of last MOT: 15th July 2017.
Mileage at last MOT: 94,987.
Date of last change of keeper: 29th March 2022.
Number of previous keepers: 14.
Date taken: 1st March 2023.
Album: Carspotting 2023
On a rainy evening, the "Popradské Pleso" lake in the Tatras mountains, Slovakia.
This shot was taken with a mobile phone, as my camera broke down at the very beginning of this trip. I locked the ISO setting of the phone to 100 ISO to try to get as much as possible out of the camera phone, and then resorted to post-processing to try to get a quality image.
For post-processing, I used darktable. I used non-local means denoising, and adjusted the tone curves to have a strong highlight in the center of the image. I use both the equalizer filter (in clarity mode) and the local contrast filter, with masks selecting the center of the image, to increase the contrast gradually toward the center. My goal was to make more visible the different layers of mountains.
Then, I worked a lot on the lower part of the image, the lake, to enhance the highlights in the reflection. For this, I started with a strong modification of the tone curves. However, this created a lot of noise as the sensor of the phone is not too good in the shadows. To fight this noise, applied a set of filters only on the lower part of the image: I used a stronger non-local means that I combined with a wavelet-based denoising (using the "profiled" denoising filter of darktables) as these have different types of artifacts. To cancel out the artifacts, I added to these a low-pass filter that smooths out the image. On top of this, I added artificial grain, to restore the grain of the image destroyed while smoothing.
Finally, I worked a bit on the clouds. I wanted to crop the top of the image, in order to focus more on the horizon line, but I was interested in the shapes of the cloud. So I used a liquify filter to warp these clouds down. Last, in a minor and classic trick, I created a vignetting-like effect by making the top and left clouds darker with a tone-curve filter.
Bicheno, Tasmania
I've been rummaging around in old hard drives looking for files that deserve another edit. Topaz AI has done a good job on this one. Much better than the first time around.
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Some more from 2019, I'm in full nostalgia mode tonight but pleased to report that this Morris is taxed until May this year...
Car: Morris Minor Van.
Year of manufacture: 1962.
Date of first registration in the UK: 20th November 1962.
Place of registration: Reading.
Date of last MOT: 12th April 2018.
Mileage at last MOT: 74,270.
Date of last change of keeper: 20th April 2015.
Date taken: 20th July 2021.
Album: Carspotting 2021