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A monstrous purple illuminated "art" structure on the Max-Joseph-Platz square in central Munich.
Actually this is some form of inflatable miniature plagiarism of the Guggenheim Museum in New York built by some Viennese art collective, serving as a performance venue.
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...when the wind blows
your worries away
On the road in Brittany
Good light to you....
Sturmtage am Meer....
...wenn der Wind deine
Sorgen weg pustet
Unterwegs in der Bretagne
Euch ein gutes Licht....
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You'd think I'd have got the hang of this sort of thing by now. I mean, I've only lived beside the sea for pretty much my entire existence after all. We get monstrous ocean waves like this every winter. Plenty of opportunities to hide under the duvet...........erm I mean venture out into the elements in my wellies and sou'wester, to face the latest sou'wester that the Atlantic has sent over and attempt to capture the excitement. But every time I've tried, I've come away feeling disappointed at myself. Surely it can't be that difficult to struggle out of the car, point the camera at a huge thundering wave, take a couple of snaps and then go home to dabble about in Lightroom and Photoshop can it?
Last time I attempted to photograph big waves was in Lanzarote in November. I fact I think I've a shot worth sharing from that adventure, taken, yes again using the 100-400. I'll come back to that one later. Prior to that, I have to go back in time to one Saturday lunchtime precisely twelve months, when Storm Arwen, the first of that winter season arrived and attempted to batter down our front doors. Over a two hour period on the beach at Portreath I took almost six hundred handheld frames, mostly in burst mode. When I got home and worked on them, even those that were taken in bright sunshine looked positively anaemic in the final edits. Eventually I posted "The Sorcerer and the Sea," a huge tower of spray to the west of Gull Rock giving the image its title. The sorcerer himself was such an extraordinary sight that I had to post the image and story, but in truth I wasn't at all happy with the edit. The foreground wave had no contrast at all, no matter how I tried to lift it, and a further crop was going to bring the base of Gull Rock too close to the border of the image for my liking. "Publish and be damned." One of those - there was a story to be told, and a mass of white spray that seemed almost unbelievable. Otherwise, I would have consigned it to the bin and forgotten it.
But just recently, something made me want to revisit the wave images from that day. With another year of education in the editing suite behind me, I felt sure I could do something to improve the contrast in particular. This was the first image I decided I'd attempt to remaster (or re-bungle) and after a certain amount of pushing and pulling with a considerable number of layer masks I felt I was getting somewhere at last. Finally it seemed I had managed to darken the sky without affecting the crest of the wave too noticeably, and finally I was managing to bring out the contrast needed to make the image pop. Maybe, just maybe the lessons I'd learned from Mads' online Photoshop course were starting to bear some fruit. It needed a heavy crop, but then again I never knew about high pass filters and Topaz noise reduction layers before. Even at 400mm on the crop body that wave seemed to be a long way away. I tried a further edit of the Sorcerer and the Sea, but I still can't get it to work - neither in colour nor in black and white. More practice needed then.
In fact we're still waiting for a big hoolie to hit the coast here this winter, but I'm holding out my hopes for February. That's when it usually gets a bit interesting as the tail end of winter ramps up and delivers its last assaults. Like the errant schoolboy with the disappointing report, I'm hoping to make a better impression next time. But wave photography remains a bit of a mystery, that I'm still attempting to unravel. It doesn't help that down the road resides the finest exponent of ocean wave photography I know in the form of one Mark Dobson - or Wild Seascapes as his moniker goes. Mark is a genius at this stuff. So highly regarded is he by those in the lofty plains of YouTube, that Nigel Danson recently featured his work one Sunday morning. Sadly, Mark doesn't have a presence on Flickr, but you can find him on Vero and Instagram under "Wild Seascapes." I'd love to know where he stands to get such extraordinary side on images to such huge storm waves without needing a frogman's outfit and a waterproof camera, but I'm always struck dumb by the quality of his results. I guess if I keep on trying I can only get a little bit closer to the gold standard. Bronze standard will do to be honest. Just need a storm of two to pass by and a thermos full of coffee on hand, and away we go again.
Mark's website: www.wildseascapes.co.uk/
The Sorcerer and the Sea : www.flickr.com/photos/126574513@N04/51710521748/in/datepo...
These monstrous polypores are in the process of turning that dead elm tree back to sawdust as they rot the wood away. They are long-lived mushrooms and can continue growing for maybe 20 years if the tree lasts that long - and measure 30 inches in diameter! Young lovers and artists appreciate the pure white pore surface, seen here, for it can easily be etched into or painted on, making permanent printed names and hearts or pictures.
un été de feu....
Il commençait si bien, cet été 2022, dans ma belle région du Bassin d'Arcachon...
Comme chaque année, l'amoureuse des limicoles que je suis, observait régulièrement les nichées d'Avocettes élégantes, et des Échasses blanches ...la saison de reproduction de ces magnifiques oiseaux , et d'un grand nombre d'autres espèces promettait d'être belle ...
Entre le 15 et 18 Juin 2022 , la canicule s'est installée dans le sud-ouest de la France, éprouvante pour les êtres humains...et assassine pour la flore et la faune sauvage:
Sur le Banc d'Arguin, réserve naturelle nationale située à l'entrée du Bassin d'Arcachon, 313 poussins de Goélands sont retrouvés morts de déshydratation ...
Le mois de juillet a été tout aussi caniculaire et difficile pour les oiseaux de la réserve du Teich qui en plus subissaient une forte prédation des Milans noirs qui nourrissaient leurs poussins ;le 29/07/2022, la réserve ornithologique publie un bilan assez triste:
"Chez les Avocettes élégantes, sur 23 nids installés et 26 poussins éclos, aucun jeune n’a été observé à l’envol en raison de la forte pression de prédation exercée par le Milan noir. Les deux colonies installées de Mouettes rieuse ont subi de plein fouet la prédation. Sur 112 nids installés, 65 ont au moins eu un œuf éclos. On estime à 113 le nombre de poussins prédatés. Seulement 3 poussins ont survécus.
Les Échasses blanches semblent mieux s’en tirer avec 51 nids installés, 78 poussins prédatés et 4 poussins observés à l’envol..."
Certaines espèces comme les Cygnes tuberculés, Tadorne de Belon, Colverts, Gallinules poule d'eau s'en sont mieux sortis...heureusement
Un été , étouffant ...la végétation était tellement sèche....les températures tellement élevées...
le 12 juillet deux incendies monstrueux , embrasent Landiras et La Teste de Buch, puis les communes de Saumos et Arès; Malgré le travail acharné des pompiers, canadairs, avion DASH....ils ne seront déclarés éteints que le 28 Septembre, après avoir dévastés 12552 hectares en juillet ,puis 6743 hectares en aout sur Landiras, 3350 hectares sur la commune de Saumos et 120 hectares sur la commune de Arès ...Fort heureusement, aucune victime humaine n'est à déplorer. La flore endémique parfois, et la faune sauvage paient un lourd tribut ...beaucoup d'animaux (Renards,Marcassins, faons, oiseaux, écureuils, Batraciens, reptiles, hérissons, insectes ...) ont péri, carbonisés et/ou asphyxiés...d'autres qui ont réussi à fuir l'enfer des flammes gravement brulés, on trouve encore aujourd'hui des chevreuils , marcassins...qui errent dans ces endroits en marchant sur les moignons osseux de leurs pattes...beaucoup sont euthanasiés lorsqu'ils sont récupérés ...
Comme il est difficile, pour moi, d'oublier cet été ...chaque année, le constat du dérèglement climatique se fait plus pesant, dans ma région comme dans la votre, et ce phénomène s'accélère inexorablement ...Si le feu de La teste est dû à un accident, tous les autres feux , toutes les reprises de feu (jusqu'à 10 certains jours) sont des actes CRIMINELS....Est-ce que l'homme devient fou ?...
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A summer of fire....
It started so well, this summer of 2022, in my beautiful region of the Bassin d'Arcachon (GIRONDE)...
Like every year, the shorebird lover that I am, regularly observed the nests of Pied Avocets and Black-winged Stilts...the breeding season of these magnificent birds, and of a large number of other species, promised 'to be beautiful ...
Between June 15 and 18, 2022, the heat wave settled in the south-west of France, trying for human beings... and murdering for flora and wildlife:
On the Banc d'Arguin, a national nature reserve located at the entrance to the Bassin d'Arcachon, 313 seagull chicks were found dead of dehydration ...
The month of July was just as scorching and difficult for the birds of the Teich reserve, which in addition suffered heavy predation from black kites which fed their chicks; on 07/29/2022, the ornithological reserve published a rather sad report:
"Among the Avocets, out of 23 installed nests and 26 hatched chicks, no fledglings were observed due to the strong predation pressure exerted by the Black Kite. The two installed colonies of Black-headed Gulls suffered from full force of predation. Of 112 nests installed, 65 had at least one egg hatched. The number of predated chicks is estimated at 113. Only 3 chicks survived.
The Black-winged Stilts seem to be doing better with 51 nests installed, 78 predated chicks and 4 chicks observed fledging..."
Some species such as mute swans, common shelduck, mallards, Common Moorhen have fared better...fortunately
A sweltering summer...the vegetation was so dry...the temperatures were so high...
on July 12, two monstrous fires set Landiras and La Teste de Buch ablaze, then the towns of Saumos and Arès; Despite the hard work of firefighters, canadairs, DASH aircraft .... they will only be declared extinct on September 28, after having devastated 12,552 hectares in July, then 6,743 hectares in August in Landiras, 3,350 hectares in the town of Saumos and 120 hectares in the commune of Arès...Fortunately, no human casualties were to be deplored. Sometimes endemic flora and wildlife pay a heavy price......many animals (Foxes, young wild boars, fawns, birds, squirrels, Batrachians, reptiles, hedgehogs, insects...) perished, charred and/or asphyxiated...others who managed to flee the hell of the flames badly burned... we still find today deer, young wild boars... who wander in these places walking on the bone stumps of their legs... many are euthanized when they are recovered.. .
How difficult it is for me to forget this summer ... each year, the observation of climate change becomes more serious, in my region as in yours, and this phenomenon is accelerating inexorably ... If the fire de La teste is due to an accident, all other fires, all resumptions of fire (up to 10 on certain days) are CRIMINAL acts....Is the man going mad?...
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Brought those from the Continent again!
Most unusual, these bicoloured Rococo Parrot Tulips, flowers with twisted, irregularly fringed petals.
Even their leaves are wild and 'Baroque'. They are weird even a little 'alien'? Are they "monstrous beauty or beautiful monster"?
Love them or hate them, Parrot Tulips are Spring's grand (bulb) showcase, big and beautiful, they have flamboyant flowers with streaks, ruffles and frayed edges.
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Monstrously huge cubic capacity road rocket...very butch!
Over 300kg when fuelled up...let’s just say you better not drop it!
Nature at its freakiest best?
Most unusual, these bi-coloured Rococo Parrot Tulips, flowers with twisted, irregularly fringed petals.
Even their leaves are wild and 'Baroque'.
They are weird, even a little 'alien'?
Are they ‘monstrous beauty or beautiful monster’
These white and green are the most exotic of the lot though!
Love them or hate them, Parrot Tulips are Spring's grand (bulb) showcase, big and beautiful, they have flamboyant flowers with streaks, ruffles and frayed edges.
Have a glorious day and thank you, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
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This monstrous robber fly is a real menace to other flying insects out on the prairie. This fierce female is busy consuming a clouded sulphur butterfly.
A monstrous ML exits Bozeman Tunnel. Zach and I threw around where we'd shoot this guy next after scoring a few times already, and we weren't sure if this would work out like we had hoped light-wise, but the gamble paid off.
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What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood. - Aldous Huxley
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. -
Dr. Seuss
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. - Abraham Lincoln
I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends. - Abraham Lincoln
In war, truth is the first casualty. - Aeschylus
War means blind obedience, unthinking stupidity, brutish callousness, wanton destruction, and irresponsible murder. - Alexander Berkman
War is organized murder and torture against our brothers. - Alfred Adler
Today the real test of power is not the capacity to make war but the capacity to prevent it. -
Anne O’Hare McCormick
Make wars unprofitable and you make them impossible. -
A. Philip Randolph
Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. - Ayn Rand
War is the unfolding of miscalculations. -
Barbara Tuchman
War does not determine who is right, only who is left. -
Bertrand Russell
Peace is constructed, not fought for. - Brent Davis
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The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
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War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.
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The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own.
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War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
Bertrand Russell
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.
William Tecumseh Sherman
I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins.
Shel Silverstein
The first casualty when war comes is truth.
Hiram Johnson
If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?
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A monstrous new building going up in the Oakland district of Pittsburgh on the corner of N. Craig and Centre, overwhelming everything else around it, including this little house, which is the home of a great Indian restaurant.
During the summertime in Alaska, we pretty much get used to sharing the roads with monstrous construction equipment. This big fella dwarfed our one-ton truck. I'd love to see the world from the driver's seat in that beauty - although I think I'd need a big ladder to get up to driver's side door.
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Monstrous bulldozers were shifting sand, the sun was going down, it was the perfect moment for such a mundane subject.
This is NOT a crop, the Hasselblad negative is square!
It has an interchangeable cassette at the back for 120 roll-film, 6x6cm, you have 12 shots.
Known for its SUPER quality, it is well known that Hasselblad was used (also on the moon!) because you can really blow it up BIG and it doesn't loose quality.
Have a fun day and thank you for your appreciation, M, (*_*)
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A monstrous eastbound slop freight/baretable train rolls into Cheyenne with a 3x1x0 engine configuration. What I thought was the end of the train turned out to be several thousand feet of baretables - a true PSR mashup, one of several such beasts seen on the UP in Wyoming.
The two supercharged Monsters...
Featuring my Vortech black Z06, and AlGaz Procharged Orange Z06 both pushing 700hp.
Camera: Canon EOS 30D
Exposure: 4 sec (4)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 24 mm
ISO Speed: 250
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire
Nature at its freakiest best?
Most unusual, these bi-coloured Rococo Parrot Tulips, flowers with twisted, irregularly fringed petals.
Even their leaves are wild and 'Baroque'.
They are weird, even a little 'alien'?
Are they ‘monstrous beauty or beautiful monster’
These white and green are the most exotic of the lot though!
Love them or hate them, Parrot Tulips are Spring's grand (bulb) showcase, big and beautiful, they have flamboyant flowers with streaks, ruffles and frayed edges.
Have a glorious day and thank you, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
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Storm Diana hits Castletown harbour wall, Isle of Man. Can you see the face at the top of the big wave?
Monstrous: 'Having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster', 'Extraordinarily and dauntingly large'.
A surreal painting with coffee and graphite on a3 Fabriano
Thanks for the visit and have a nice sunday.
The monstrous Wisteria has awaken, still not a bloom on this vine but if not pruned back will over take the back in one summer.
Taken at A Very Viper Hell 'o ween - Viper Isles
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Nature at its freakiest best?
Most unusual, these bi-coloured Rococo Parrot Tulips, flowers with twisted, irregularly fringed petals.
Even their leaves are wild and 'Baroque'.
They are weird, even a little 'alien'?
Are they ‘monstrous beauty or beautiful monster’
These white and green are the most exotic of the lot though!
Love them or hate them, Parrot Tulips are Spring's grand (bulb) showcase, big and beautiful, they have flamboyant flowers with streaks, ruffles and frayed edges.
Have a glorious day and thank you, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
tulip, Rococo, Parrot, petals, flower, green, white, duotones, colour, design, "conceptual Art", studio, black-background, square, "Magda indigo"
A monstrous VIRUS™ is on the loose on the Neural Network of the BRAIN™ and it comes in six different forms. Nobody knows how it got loose and only you can stop it! To save the BRAIN™ you'll need the ultimate resque squad. Part man, part machine, these warriors move and change. Track down the VIRUS™ in the six treacherous areas. Under your command each member of the squad is cosntructed, trained,
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The world know them as... MINDRIDERS™
This monstrous and rather rusty railway wagon is called a "Torpedo". This is one of those at the Richmond Vale Railway Museum in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. It is very appropriate that it should be here as the giant Newcastle steelworks of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company (BHP) we're not far down the road within suburban Newcastle. At least they were until the whole lot which formed so much of our primary school social studies and really, national pride closed down in. Torpedos were used to transport molten steel around the steelworks. You can see they have four sets of bogies because of their great weight and are set up, check the mechanisms on the outer ends to turn and tip the steel out into such things as i got moulds. The heat must have been overwhelming. I can't say for sure as I have never been inside a steelworks (given the safety and security issues, not a place easily visited and understandable) but I am pretty sure these type of wagons are still employed at our remaining steelworks in Port Kembla (NSW) and Whyalla (SA).
Monstrously high waves pound Queens Bath set against the sun setting over Bali Hai.
I left my GoPro in the most precarious place. You can be swept away by rogue waves, that reach their peak in January. Sea nymphs frolic in the August sun. But not now when it is officially "closed."
What power and beauty .. and danger.
A monstrous nightbird, superficially similar to an owl but not related. Pale mottled gray with large head; larger than other potoos and lacks a dark mustache stripe. Well camouflaged and difficult to spot; most often seen roosting on a horizontal limb during the day (less often on a broken off snag like other potoos). Found in forested areas and edges. Active at night, when it feeds on large insects. Listen for its terrifying call, a harsh descending scream. (ebird)