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Lichfield Cathedral, in Staffordshire, England, is a gothic cathedral built between 1195 and 1340. It's the only medieval English cathedral with three spires.
The cathedral is dedicated to St Chad and Saint Mary. Its internal length is 113 m (371 ft), and the breadth of the nave is 21 m (69 ft). The central spire is 77 m (253 ft) high and the western spires are about 58 m (190 ft).
The stone is sandstone and came from a quarry on the south side of Lichfield. The walls of the nave lean outwards slightly, due to the weight of stone used in the ceiling vaulting; some 200–300 tons of which was removed during renovation work to prevent the walls leaning further.
Lichfield suffered severe damage during the English Civil War of 1642–1651, in which all of the stained glass was destroyed. In spite of this, the windows of the Lady Chapel (shown in this photo) contain some of the finest medieval Flemish painted glass in existence. Dating from the 1530s, it came from the Abbey of Herkenrode in Belgium, in 1801, having been purchased by Brooke Boothby when that abbey was dissolved during the Napoleonic Wars.
In February 2003, an eighth-century sculpted panel of the Archangel Gabriel was discovered under the nave of the cathedral. The 600mm tall panel is carved from limestone, and originally was part of a stone chest, which is thought to have contained the relics of St Chad. The panel was broken into three parts but was still otherwise intact and had traces of red pigment from the period. The pigments on the Lichfield Angel correspond closely to those of the Lichfield Gospels which have been dated to around 730AD. The Angel was first unveiled to the public in 2006, when visitor numbers to the cathedral trebled. After being taken to Birmingham for eighteen months for examination, it is now exhibited in the cathedral.
This photo was created by taking 9 shots with a fisheye lens and stitching them together to form a spherical panorama that covers the entire 360˚ view, from floor to ceiling. The tripod is removed by taking two 'straight down' shots from slightly different positions, using a dedicated spherical panoramic head that can offset the camera position away from the central axis of the tripod. Each frame was taken with 5 exposures to capture the full dynamic range from the bright windows to the dark corners (so 45 shots in total). The spherical panorama was transformed to the 2D rectangle you see here using the Transverse Mercator projection. This version is cropped for artistic reasons so it doesn't show the full 360˚.
Canon EOS 90D
Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM @ 10mm
2.5s | 0.8s | 1/4s | 1/13s | 1/40s (+3.33/+1.7/0/-1.7/-3.33EV)
f/9
ISO 200
Stitching & reprojection: PTGui Pro
Exposure blending and tonemapping: Aurora HDR
Going to the beach in Cartagena, Colombia.
Blessed with an average temperature of 27.7ºC and 2,500 hours of brilliant Caribbean sunshine a year, pretty much every day is a good day to go to the beach in Cartagena.
Let’s be honest, the beach isn’t the best but that doesn’t stop it being the busiest during high season and at weekends.
Facing outwards from the bay of Cartagena towards the Caribbean, Bocagrande is a convenient spot to grab some rays if you don’t feel like venturing beyond the touristic heartland.
Just liked the way this small branch was pushing outwards while the rest are growing upwards.
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites. :O)
This is the Lady Chapel at Lichfield Cathedral, in Staffordshire, England. It's a magnificent gothic cathedral built between 1195 and 1340 - the only medieval English cathedral with three spires.
Dedicated to St Chad and Saint Mary, its internal length is 113 m (371 ft), and the breadth of the nave is 21 m (69 ft). The central spire is 77 m (253 ft) high and the western spires are about 58 m (190 ft).
The stone is sandstone and came from a quarry on the south side of Lichfield. The walls of the nave lean outwards slightly, due to the weight of stone used in the ceiling vaulting; some 200–300 tons of which was removed during renovation work to prevent the walls leaning further.
Lichfield suffered severe damage during the English Civil War of 1642–1651, in which all of the stained glass was destroyed. In spite of this, the windows of the Lady Chapel (shown in this photo) contain some of the finest medieval Flemish painted glass in existence. Dating from the 1530s, it came from the Abbey of Herkenrode in Belgium, in 1801, having been purchased by Brooke Boothby when that abbey was dissolved during the Napoleonic Wars.
In February 2003, an eighth-century sculpted panel of the Archangel Gabriel was discovered under the nave of the cathedral. The 600mm tall panel is carved from limestone, and originally was part of a stone chest, which is thought to have contained the relics of St Chad. The panel was broken into three parts but was still otherwise intact and had traces of red pigment from the period. The pigments on the Lichfield Angel correspond closely to those of the Lichfield Gospels which have been dated to around 730AD. The Angel was first unveiled to the public in 2006, when visitor numbers to the cathedral trebled. After being taken to Birmingham for eighteen months for examination, it is now exhibited in the cathedral.
This photo was created by taking 9 shots with a fisheye lens and stitching them together to form a 188MP image that covers the entire 360˚ view, from floor to ceiling. The tripod is removed by taking two 'straight down' shots from slightly different positions, using a dedicated spherical panoramic head that can offset the camera position away from the central axis of the tripod. Each frame was taken with 5 exposures to capture the full dynamic range from the bright windows to the dark corners (so 45 shots in total). The spherical panorama was transformed to the 2D rectangle you see here using transverse Mercator projection. This version is cropped so it doesn't quite include the full 360˚.
Canon EOS 90D
Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM @ 10mm
2.5s | 0.8s | 1/4s | 1/13s | 1/40s (+3.33/+1.7/0/-1.7/-3.33EV)
f/9
ISO 200
Stitching & reprojection: PTGui Pro
Exposure blending and tonemapping: Aurora HDR
Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland
All my life I've gazed outwards upon Tory Island from Donegal's shore. Capturing many photos of it with zoom lenses yet surprisingly, I only travelled onto the island for my first time recently. On arrival it instantly struck me! how much I've been missing out by not visiting earlier. Within feet from the boat, I was greeted with a sound I’ve never heard in person before… the elusive Corncrake bird.
After a short stroll northward, miles of giant vertical cliffs & fantastic rock structures rolled out before me! Caves, sea arches & colourful secluded cove's such as this one lay scattered along the islands edge. All harbouring many breeds of sea birds such as the Puffins & Oyster Catchers. This may have been my first time to Tory, but it certainly won’t be my last. Tory Island - The gem of the north Atlantic Ocean 💎
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Wet-season brood
The male upperside is lavender blue. Forewing has the costa narrowly and terminal margin more broadly fuscous brown, the latter with in addition an anteciliary black line; cilia light brown transversely traversed close to but not at their bases by a dark brown line. Hindwing: costa narrowly fuscous brown; a subterminal series of black spots outwardly edged by a white line; the spot in interspace 2 the largest and inwardly crowned more or less broadly with ochraceous yellow; an anteciliary black line and the cilia as on the forewing. Underside: greyish brown. Forewings and hindwings: the following transverse darker brown markings on each wing, the markings edged on the inner and outer sides with white lines—a short bar across the discocellulars, a discal catenulated (linked like a chain) band, the posterior two elongate spots of which on the forewing are en echelon, while the band on the hindwing in bisinuate and is capped anteriorly near the costa by a round black spot encircled with white; the above are followed by maculated (spotted) inner and outer subterminal bands, which on the hindwing are curved and more or less interrupted on the tornal area by a comparatively large round black spot in interspace 2 and a smaller similar spot in interspace 1, both spots inwardly crowned with ochraceous; the white edgings on the inner side to both subterminal bands on the hindwing are more or less lunular. In addition on the same wing there is a subbasal curved row of four white-encircled spots, of which the anterior two and the spot on the dorsum are black, the other dark brown. Antennae black, shafts ringed with white; head, thorax and abdomen brown, the head and thorax clothed with bluish hairs; beneath: palpi, thorax and abdomen whitish.[5]
Female upperside: brown. Forewing: shot with blue from base outwards for a little over half its length down its middle, this blue irroration not extended to the costal margin; a slender anteciliary black line. Hindwing: a touch of blue iridescence near base; terminal markings much as on the forewing but the subterminal spots larger and not extended beyond interspace 6; in addition postdiscally there is a lightening of the shade of the ground colour, between which paler area and the subterminal spots the ground colour assumes the form of a postdiscal, short, transverse lunular band. Underside of female as in the male, the markings slightly larger and more clearly defined. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as in the male but slightly paler.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year. In this case they are for a friend, who like me, elects red as her favourite colour, but also likes gold, white, black and silver accents for her tree.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the flowers, the larger of the petals which are 10mm and their centres which are 4mm. The stars on this bauble are 3mm and very fiddly. The flower centres are raised cups and are imported from France. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
Captured in the soft light of a tranquil garden, this mindful photograph centres on a delicate, creamy-white columbine flower, Aquilegia pubescens. Its elegant, spurred petals reach outwards, creating a sense of graceful movement against a blurred backdrop of lush green foliage and hints of deeper purple blooms. The focused clarity on the pristine white flower invites a moment of quiet appreciation for the intricate beauty found in nature. At the same time, the gentle bokeh effect fosters a serene and contemplative atmosphere. Please visit the Mindful Photography group for more information.
I went to visit the Werdenberg castle in Buchs, St. Gallen, Switzerland. The old town of Werdenberg located just below the castle is amazing, and has very well preserved old buildings, some leaning outwards.
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This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the small stars which are 3mm and very fiddly. Being the last two baubles for this year's parade, I thought I would go out with a bang... or perhaps more appropriately, a starburst. This bauble is very special as it contains fragile antique black celluloid sequins from the 1920s. They are French. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the starbursts until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
🇫🇷 C’est le plus grand des animaux terrestres. Les femelles sont en général plus petites de 0,7 à 1 mètre que les mâles.
Les taches de la robe de la girafe sont sa carte d’identité. Dès la naissance, elles sont présentes en modèle réduit. La forme restera mais les taches vont grandir ainsi que les espaces entre elles. La couleur de la robe fonce avec l’âge.
Les deux sexes portent des cornes mais elles sont plus développées et plus épaisses chez le mâle où elles sont en général parallèles ou avec un léger angle vers l’extérieur. La girafe est le seul mammifère qui nait avec ses cornes, à l’état de cartilage.
🇬🇧 It is the largest of the land animals. Females are generally between 0.7 and 1 metre shorter than males.
The spots on a giraffe's coat are its identity card. From birth, they are present in a reduced model. The shape will remain the same, but the spots will grow, as will the spaces between them. The colour of the coat darkens with age.
Both sexes have horns, but they are more developed and thicker in the male, where they are generally parallel or slightly angled outwards. The giraffe is the only mammal to be born with horns in the form of cartilage.
🇩🇪 Er ist das größte Landtier. Die Weibchen sind in der Regel 0,7 bis 1 Meter kleiner als die Männchen.
Die Flecken auf dem Fell der Giraffe sind ihr Identitätsausweis. Von Geburt an sind sie in verkleinerter Form vorhanden. Die Form wird bleiben, aber die Flecken werden größer, ebenso wie die Abstände zwischen ihnen. Die Farbe des Fells wird mit zunehmendem Alter dunkler.
Beide Geschlechter tragen Hörner, doch sind sie beim Männchen stärker entwickelt und dicker, wo sie in der Regel parallel oder mit einem leichten Winkel nach außen verlaufen. Die Giraffe ist das einzige Säugetier, das mit seinen Hörnern im Knorpelzustand geboren wird.
🇪🇸 Es el mayor de los animales terrestres. Las hembras suelen ser entre 0,7 y 1 metro más bajas que los machos.
Las manchas del pelaje de la jirafa son su tarjeta de identidad. Desde el nacimiento, están presentes en un modelo reducido. La forma seguirá siendo la misma, pero las manchas crecerán, al igual que los espacios entre ellas. El color del pelaje se oscurece con la edad.
Ambos sexos tienen cuernos, pero están más desarrollados y son más gruesos en el macho, donde suelen ser paralelos o ligeramente angulados hacia fuera. La jirafa es el único mamífero que nace con cuernos en forma de cartílago.
🇮🇹 Es el mayor de los animales terrestres. Las hembras suelen ser entre 0,7 y 1 metro más bajas que los machos.
Las manchas del pelaje de la jirafa son su tarjeta de identidad. Desde el nacimiento, están presentes en un modelo reducido. La forma seguirá siendo la misma, pero las manchas crecerán, al igual que los espacios entre ellas. El color del pelaje se oscurece con la edad.
Ambos sexos tienen cuernos, pero están más desarrollados y son más gruesos en el macho, donde suelen ser paralelos o ligeramente angulados hacia fuera. La jirafa es el único mamífero que nace con cuernos en forma de cartílago.
It buries itself in the soil by flicking the soil outwards. When underground there is usually just a small hole visible.
Very small, probably less than an inch in length.
The adult insects mostly fly at dusk or after dark and may be mistakenly identified as dragonflies or damselflies; they are sometimes known as antlion lacewings.
Seen near Eden, a coastal town in New South Wales Australia.
Catopsilia pomona, the common emigrant or lemon emigrant,[2] is a medium-sized pierid butterfly found in Asia and parts of Australia. The species gets its name from its habit of migration. Some early authors considered them as two distinct species Catopsilia crocale and Catopsilia pomona.
Quoted from Bingham, C. T. (1907) The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Butterflies volume 2.
"On the female upperside the ground-color varies as in the male, but sometimes it is chalky white at the bases of the wings, with the terminal margins more or less broadly sulphur-yellow. Fore wings always with a round, occasionally quadrate, black discocellular spot variable in size; in some specimens the costa is black only towards the apex of the wing, in others broadly black throughout and opposite the apex of cell so widened out as to touch the discocellular spot. In lightly marked specimens in addition to the discocellular spot, there is only an irregular terminal black band dentate inwardly and widest at the apex of the wing; in others there is in addition a more or less diffuse highly curved macular postdiscal band that extends from the costa obliquely outwards down to vein 7, where it often touches the terminal black band, and thence is continued downward and slightly inclined inwards to interspace 1, getting gradually paler and fainter posteriorly. Hind wing: a series of terminal inter-spacial black spots that vary in size, and in the dark forms coalesce into a terminal black band."
"The underside varies from white with a light yellowish sometimes ochraeeous tinge to deep chrome-yellow; markings as in the male but still more variable; in var. catilla the spot at the apex of the cell in both fore and hind wings is enlarged into a large reddish blotch, the similar spot on the hind wing is sometimes so enlarged as to occupy the apex of the cell, the basal two-thirds of interspaces 4, 5, and 6, and the middle third of interspace 7; in some specimens it is continued posteriorly in a series of obscure lunules to interspace 1a. Antennae red, obscurely dotted with black, palpi and head above red, thorax clothed with long yellow, sometimes greenish hairs, abdomen pale yellow; beneath: palpi and thorax pale to dark yellow, abdomen white.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the stars which are 4mm. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
Crassula ovata Red Edge is an interesting looking succulent with oval shaped green, fleshy leaves with a red edge. A waterwise plant ideal for pots on balconies and a great specimen plant for terrariums. It is very easy to care for requiring water only every now and then and is an amazing long-lived plant. It is ideal specimen plant for terrariums, balcony gardens in containers, outdoors in gardens. Grows to 0.4m high, 0.5m wide.
Succulents are a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, mainly native to Madagascar and tropical Africa. Kalanchoe was one of the first plants to be sent into space, sent on a resupply to the Soviet Salyut 1 space station in 1971. Most are shrubs or perennial herbaceous plants, but a few are annual or biennial. The largest, Kalanchoe beharensis from Madagascar, can reach 6 m tall, but most species are less than 1 m tall. Kalanchoes are characterized by opening their flowers by growing new cells on the inner surface of the petals to force them outwards, and on the outside of the petals to close them. Kalanchoe flowers are divided into 4 sections with 8 stamens. The petals are fused into a tube, in a similar way to some related genera such as Cotyledon. R_26368
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the flowers which are 4mm and the tiny gold sequins which are 3mm and very fiddly. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers and stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
This Muscari cultivar may be derived from the European species, Muscari botryoides. The species name indicates it looks like a cluster of grapes. An interesting tidbit about the plant is that there are two types of flowers. The lower ones are fertile and point downwards. Those on the upper portion of the stem are paler and sterile. They also tend to point outwards or slightly upwards.
Like a lot of plants, they seem to be masters at spreading themselves. I'm starting to get them in my grass now! Not that I'm complaining.
This image is a stack of three images focused at different points. When combined, the flowers have a greater depth of focus than I could otherwise get with the macro lens.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the flowers, which are 4mm. The flowers are raised cups and are imported from France. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flower cups until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except for the small stars which are 3mm and the flowers which are 6mm. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the hearts and stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
We were very excited to find lots of Magpie Inkcaps in the woods at Ickworth today!
Magpie Inkcaps (Coprinopsis picacea) were scientifically described in 1785 as Coprinus (an eater of dung) picacea – that looks like Pica pica, the magpie – it was renamed Coprinopsis at the beginning of this century because of DNA differences with other Coprinus species such as shaggy inkcap.
Magpie Inkcaps are infrequent in Britain and Ireland and found most commonly in areas with alkaline soil, however they can be found in areas with acid-soil. Magpie Inkcaps occur most often in deciduous woodland, particularly under Beech trees and less frequently under oaks. Occasionally they can be found in damp shady grassland. They are often solitary or widely spaced, but occasionally they occur in small groups. They can be seen from May to November
At maturity the caps of Magpie Inkcaps are 3-7cm across and 7-12cm tall; initially egg-shaped, becoming bell shaped, the margins turn outwards before blackening and deliquescing from the rim. The cap has a very dark grey-brown glossy background covered with silvery-white fibrils that separate into patches as the cap expands. Magpie Inkcaps have a tall white stem which is floccose i.e. covered in wooly tufts and bulbous at the base.
The white gills are adnate or free, turning red then black as they deliquesce. The Magpie Inkcap is reported to be poisonous.
This photo was taken in the nave at Lichfield Cathedral in Staffordshire, England. It was created by taking 9 shots with a fisheye lens and stitching them together to form a spherical panorama that covers the entire 360˚ view, from floor to ceiling. The tripod is removed by taking two 'straight down' shots from slightly different positions, using a dedicated spherical panoramic head that can offset the camera position away from the central axis of the tripod (although the floor of the panorama isn't included in this composition). Each frame was taken with 5 exposures to capture the full dynamic range from the bright windows to the dark corners (so 45 shots in total). The spherical panorama was transformed to the 2D rectangle you see here using transverse Mercator projection. This version is cropped for composition so it doesn't include the full 360˚ - it spans 160˚ horizontally and 180˚ vertically.
Dedicated to St Chad and Saint Mary, this magnificent gothic cathedral was built between 1195 and 1340. It's the only medieval English cathedral with three spires. Its internal length is 113 m (371 ft), and the breadth of the nave, pictured here, is 21 m (69 ft). The central spire is 77 m (253 ft) high and the western spires are about 58 m (190 ft).
The sandstone used in its construction came from a quarry on the south side of Lichfield. The walls of the nave lean outwards slightly, due to the weight of stone used in the ceiling vaulting; some 200–300 tons of which was removed during renovation work to prevent the walls leaning further.
Lichfield suffered severe damage during the English Civil War of 1642–1651, in which all of the stained glass was destroyed. In spite of this, the windows of the Lady Chapel contain some of the finest medieval Flemish painted glass in existence. Dating from the 1530s, it came from the Abbey of Herkenrode in Belgium, in 1801, having been purchased by Brooke Boothby when that abbey was dissolved during the Napoleonic Wars.
In February 2003, an eighth-century sculpted panel of the Archangel Gabriel was discovered under the nave of the cathedral. The 600mm tall panel is carved from limestone, and originally was part of a stone chest, which is thought to have contained the relics of St Chad. The panel was broken into three parts but was still otherwise intact and had traces of red pigment from the period. The pigments on the Lichfield Angel correspond closely to those of the Lichfield Gospels which have been dated to around 730AD. The Angel was first unveiled to the public in 2006, when visitor numbers to the cathedral trebled. After being taken to Birmingham for eighteen months for examination, it is now exhibited in the cathedral.
Canon EOS 90D
Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM @ 10mm
5s | 1.3s | 0.3s | 1/13s | 1/50s (+4/+2/0/-2/-4EV)
f/9
ISO 200
Stitching & reprojection: PTGui Pro
Exposure blending and tonemapping: Aurora HDR
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year. In this case they are for a friend, who like me, elects red as her favourite colour, but also likes gold, white, black and silver accents for her tree.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the large star sequins which are 6mm, the sunburst sequins which are 12 mm and the small stars which are 3mm and very fiddly. The sunburst sequins are French and are known as "éclate de soleil" - "sunbursts". Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
Outwards allocation. WVL305 was the first of the ex-PM WVLs to move over to BX way back in 2016 to displace the motley allocation of random E's and PVLs the 132 had accumulated since conversation from DWLs in 2012.
Hair Ice
Hair ice is a rare type of ice formation where the presence of a particular fungus in rotting wood produces thin strands of ice which resemble hair or candy floss.
One of the first records of the phenomenon was made by Alfred Wegener (the discoverer of continental drift) in 1918. He observed a strange ice forming only on wet dead wood and proposed a theory that a specific fungi must be the catalyst for the smooth, silky hairs of ice.
How does hair ice form?
The conditions required for the formation of hair ice are extremely specific, hence the relative scarcity of sightings. To form, moist rotting wood from a broadleaf tree is required with the presence of moist air and a temperature slightly below 0 °C. It is generally confined to latitudes between 45°N and 55°N.
In 2015 the scientists Hofmann, Mätzler and Preuß determined the exact cause of the hair ice phenomenon, linking its formation to the presence of a specific fungus called Exidiopsis effusa.
They discovered that the presence of the fungus led to a process called 'ice segregation'. When water present in the wood freezes it creates a barrier that traps liquid between the ice and the pores of the wood. This creates a suction force which pushes water out of the pores to the edge of the ice surface where it freezes and extends outwards. As this repeats it pushes a thin 'hair' of ice out of the wood which is around 0.01 mm in diameter.
It is believed that an inhibitor present in the fungus allows the strands of ice to stabilise allowing the formation of the beautiful phenomena and allows the hair ice to keep its shape often for several hours.
Z TO ZOOM
The Cumberland Pencil Company’s preserved delivery van is a 10cwt Morris Commercial J-Type. Although 1954-built NRM 284 is currently off the road, with a few tweaks it could be roadworthy again.
The van – affectionately referred to as ‘Norman’ by staff – has appeared at a variety of classic motor shows all over the country and has been awarded two rosettes. During local parades it was driven alongside colourful floats and workers from the factory would have out coloured pencils to the crowds.
The Morris Commercial J-Type van was made between 1949 and 1961. It was used in a variety of different roles, from milk floats to ice-cream vans and mobile public address systems. One of the special features was that both doors were sliding instead of opening outwards.
The van is on display at the Derwent Pencil Museum in Keswick, Cumbria.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year. In this case they are for a friend, who like me, elects red as her favourite colour, but also likes gold, white, black and silver accents for her tree.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the butterflies which are 12mm in diameter at their widest point. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers and stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
About 54 miles northwest of Niagara on the edge of Lake Ontario, you'll find the Canadian port city of Hamilton—otherwise known as the "Waterfall Capital of the World." And it’s not just a marketing scheme.
Albion Falls is one of the most picturesque waterfalls in the region and one of the city’s most popular. The Red Hill Creek in the east end’s King’s Forest tumbles over rock that’s been formed over time into steps and shelves, fanning outwards into a beautiful cascade of rushing water.
Death star.
When an average G-type star like our Sun grows old, it uses up all its hydrogen, begins burning helium and swells up into a red giant. As it uses up its helium it ejects its outer layers, which expand outwards forming what we call a planetary nebula.
The life span of the nebula is relatively short - about 10,000 years.
Left behind is the star’s core, which becomes a white dwarf star, no longer undergoing nuclear fusion. It just radiates its heat away over billions more years until it cools into a black dwarf.
It is believed that the Universe is not yet old enough for black dwarfs to exist.
Exposure: 30 x 30 sec = 15 min.
SkyWatcher ED120 telescope + ZWO ASI071 camera.
Date: 2019-08-24
The box bulges. Facets joined by sharp creases protrude outwards. Angular chocolates cast shadows. A wonderful piece of trompe-l'œil - an illusion of 3D where there is only flatness.
You guessed - We have already broken into the Christmas chocolates and this now empty box caught my eye.
The most experienced cows are known as pathfinders. They are responsible for taking the herd to the most beneficial area for grazing and water.
If you see a lone buffalo bull, it is probably a “dagga boy”. Dagga boys are older bulls who have past their prime and have separated from their heard. They generally spend their days wallowing in mud either alone or with other dagga boys.
Buffalo cows have their first calves at age 4 or 5 and they become completely reliant on their mothers, right up until a year old.
If a buffalo herd comes under threat from a predator they form a circle around their young. All of the adults face outwards in an effort to hide the vulnerable. The adults actually lower their heads and form a protective barrier with their horns.
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Doagh, Downings, Rosguill Peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland
This little cove & fishing hamlet of Dooey is part of the stunning ‘Atlantic Drive’ in north Donegal. It has some of the finest views in Ireland to enjoy a sunset. In the distance is the towering Horn Head peninsula.
During the spring months, the sun sets beautifully behind Horn Head like it did on this photo yesterday evening I sat here just gazing outwards long after the sun had set on the horizon......
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The Roman arch was the foundation of Rome's architectural mastery and massive expanse of building projects across the ancient world. It allowed the Romans to make bigger buildings, longer roads, and better aqueducts. The Roman arch is the ancestor of modern architecture.
The central feature of an arch is the keystone, or the wedge-shaped stone at the very top of the arch. It is the last stone placed during construction, and it locks all the other stones of the arch into position. The keystone bears almost no weight, but is the center of redirecting the weight of the structure down and outwards.
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c 2600BC, Near Brandon, Norflok, England. Neolithic miners go underground to get more flint.
The miners go deep under ground to find flint, building platforms as they go downwards. Once at the floorstone flint, the miners dug tunnels outwards from the bottom, following the flint seam. The medium-depth shafts yielded as much as 60 tons of flint nodules. These were brought to the surface and roughly worked into shape on site. The blank tools were then possibly traded elsewhere for final polishing.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year. In this case they are for a friend, who like me, elects red as her favourite colour, but also likes gold, white, black and silver accents for her tree.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the large flowers which are 8mm and the small red border sequins which are 3mm and very fiddly. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the large flowers which are 8mm and the small flowers which are 3mm and very fiddly. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers and stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
these rock formation is a clear sign of something pushing slates of rock upwards and outwards from the ocean.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
I have a Flick friend for whom I made this bauble in appreciation for her generosity in spirit. She has been like a ray of light. This bauble, made deliberately in Mardi Gras colours because I know how much she likes the celebration, is a thank you gift.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the butterflies which are 10mm, the small stars which are 3mm and very fiddly. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
Lichfield Cathedral, in Staffordshire, England, is a gothic cathedral built between 1195 and 1340. It's the only medieval English cathedral with three spires.
The cathedral is dedicated to St Chad and Saint Mary. Its internal length is 113 m (371 ft), and the breadth of the nave is 21 m (69 ft). The central spire is 77 m (253 ft) high and the western spires are about 58 m (190 ft).
The stone is sandstone and came from a quarry on the south side of Lichfield. The walls of the nave lean outwards slightly, due to the weight of stone used in the ceiling vaulting; some 200–300 tons of which was removed during renovation work to prevent the walls leaning further.
Lichfield suffered severe damage during the English Civil War of 1642–1651, in which all of the stained glass was destroyed. In spite of this, the windows of the Lady Chapel (shown in this photo) contain some of the finest medieval Flemish painted glass in existence. Dating from the 1530s, it came from the Abbey of Herkenrode in Belgium, in 1801, having been purchased by Brooke Boothby when that abbey was dissolved during the Napoleonic Wars.
In February 2003, an eighth-century sculpted panel of the Archangel Gabriel was discovered under the nave of the cathedral. The 600mm tall panel is carved from limestone, and originally was part of a stone chest, which is thought to have contained the relics of St Chad. The panel was broken into three parts but was still otherwise intact and had traces of red pigment from the period. The pigments on the Lichfield Angel correspond closely to those of the Lichfield Gospels which have been dated to around 730AD. The Angel was first unveiled to the public in 2006, when visitor numbers to the cathedral trebled. After being taken to Birmingham for eighteen months for examination, it is now exhibited in the cathedral.
This photo was created by taking 9 shots with a fisheye lens and stitching them together to form a spherical panorama that covers the entire 360˚ view, from floor to ceiling. The tripod is removed by taking two 'straight down' shots from slightly different positions, using a dedicated spherical panoramic head that can offset the camera position away from the central axis of the tripod. Each frame was taken with 5 exposures to capture the full dynamic range from the bright windows to the dark corners (so 45 shots in total). The spherical panorama was transformed to the 2D square you see here using stereographic projection. This version is cropped to show details so it doesn't include the full 360˚.
Canon EOS 90D
Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM @ 10mm
2.5s | 0.8s | 1/4s | 1/13s | 1/40s (+3.33/+1.7/0/-1.7/-3.33EV)
f/9
ISO 200
Stitching & reprojection: PTGui Pro
Exposure blending and tonemapping: Aurora HDR
A day out photographing Kingfishers. Weather was nice but light variable.
A similar, but not quite the same image as posted a couple of days ago.
It was proving to be a very successful day for catching Fish.
If the Kingfisher positioned the Fish in its Bill head outwards it would fly away rather than eat it at the perch .
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This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the flowers which are 6mm in diameter. They are vintage 1920s sequins I bought still complete on their silk shank. They, like others I use are imported from France.
Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
SAMSUNG DIGITAL CAMERA ; Contemplation...the Ironmen embody loneliness...even though they are 100 in number: They look ever outwards...looking towards "Another Place"...
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The shutter being open for 30 seconds allows for Star Trails to be seen as we on Earth rotate looking out to the starlit vast expansion of our universe. Once burning day and night our quiet countryside has been subject to many improving measures to make it into the network of fields and farms that it is today. The countryside holds some amazing relics like this one, spectacularly marking past changes. We needed kilns and we built and used them and then they became obsolete. This kiln has been filled in to stop it falling inwards, but it is falling outwards instead.
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Upperside Limekiln, South Canmore
In every Church and Chapel, at every service and celebration, the gazes of the faithful will inevitably become focused on the Altar. If there is a Crucifix on that Altar, as is shown here, then the eyes and the thoughts behind them will be inexorably drawn towards it.
Given that, it would seem perfectly reasonable to assume that there might be some long-term consequence to the well of potential energy generated by all of those focused contemplations, which may appear to linger long after the people themselves have departed. Over time, and remember, we're talking many hundreds of years of such devotions for most places of worship in England, over time I suspect that this ‘faith field' becomes so large and so intense, that it permeates the very fabric of the building itself, before spreading outwards into the surrounding landscape.
And that's what we're looking at here, surrounding the Crucifix.
Either that, or…
… it’s just ten hand-held exposures of The Altar at the Fitzalan Chapel, in the grounds of Arundel Castle.
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Usual caveats etc.
The most distinctive thing about a Corncrake is its rasping call as it usually stays hidden so is rarely seen. Even its scientific name, Crex crex is a direct imitation of its call. The name Corncrake seems a little odd as it is a bird of grasslands rather than crops (in English, corn is the prevalent arable crop in an area, usually wheat in England, oats in Scotland, but is different from American corn on the cob). It was first noted in the literature in the 15th century but the earliest bird books called it Land Rail. Thomas Bewick introduced the name Corncrake into ornithological literature in 1797 and it competed with Land Rail (and Crake Gallinule) for about a hundred years and then became the standard English name. It was once a common British bird and was still breeding in every county in Great Britain and Ireland at the end of the nineteenth century. But by the late 1980s it was largely restricted to the Orkneys, Outer Isles and remote parts of the Inner Hebrides. It was a casualty of modern farming, particularly earlier cutting, and mechanised cutting. It mainly survived where active measures were taken to conserve it, such as planting early cover, and mowing meadows from the inside outwards as they are reluctant to break cover so will not escape the mower.
I took this photo on the Isle of Iona soon after they had arrived and were using the iris beds as early cover (seen in the background). Most sources suggest there are about 40 calling birds on Iona but the numbers are lower than this today. Surveys report 12 to 15 calling males but I only heard nine different birds. This one was near the Abbey on Iona, taken soon after sunrise when the birds were still active. I hardly heard one call between about 8am and 6pm, but at night they were calling constantly.
The Sun is a G-type main-sequence star comprising about 99.86% of the total mass of the Solar System. It is a near-perfect sphere, with an oblateness estimated at about 9 millionths,which means that its polar diameter differs from its equatorial diameter by only 10 km. As the Sun consists of a plasma and is not solid, it rotates faster at its equator than at its poles. This behavior is known as differential rotation, and is caused by convection in the Sun and the movement of mass, due to steep temperature gradients from the core outwards. This mass carries a portion of the Sun’s counter-clockwise angular momentum, as viewed from the ecliptic north pole, thus redistributing the angular velocity. The period of this actual rotation is approximately 25.6 days at the equator and 33.5 days at the poles. However, due to our constantly changing vantage point from the Earth as it orbits the Sun, the apparent rotation of the star at its equator is about 28 days. The centrifugal effect of this slow rotation is 18 million times weaker than the surface gravity at the Sun's equator. The tidal effect of the planets is even weaker, and does not significantly affect the shape of the Sun
(From my own archived photos, 2022)
The Martina watchtower is located east of the downtown of Ayllón (Segovia, Spain), on a hill that dominates for several kilometres around.
This tower is the only remains left of the medieval wall of this city, which has a pentagonal plan and is of the "albarrana tower" type, which is a type of tower that protruded outwards from the wall, connected to it by a bridge with one or more arches.
Later, a bell gable was added, like those found in some churches and hermitages, and two bells.
Ayllón was probably founded by Celtiberians.
It was destroyed by the Romans under the command of Marco Fulvio Nobilior in 190 BC.
It is very close to Tiermes.
There is a Visigothic necropolis in the Estebanvela area.
Repopulated during the Arab occupation in the 10th century, it was first named Aellon in 1076. (Source: Wikipedia).
TORRE VIGIA DE LA MARTINA, 2022
(De mis propias fotos archivadas, 2022)
La torre vigía de la Martina está al este del casco urbano de la localidad de Ayllón (Segovia, España), sobre un cerro que domina varios kilómetros a la redonda.
Esta torre es lo único que queda de la muralla medieval de esta ciudad, que tiene una planta pentagonal y es del tipo "torre albarrana", que es un tipo de torre que sobresalía hacia fuera de la muralla, conectada a ella por un puente de uno o varios arcos.
Posteriormente se le añadió una espadaña, como las que hay en algunas iglesias y ermitas, y dos campanas.
Ayllón es probablemente de fundación celtíbera.
Fue destruido por los romanos bajo el mando de Marco Fulvio Nobilior en 190 a. C.
Está muy cerca de Tiermes.
Existe una necrópolis visigoda en la zona de Estebanvela. Repoblado durante la ocupación árabe en el siglo X se nombra por primera vez con el nombre de Aellon en el año 1076. (Fuente: Wikipedia).
This was one of those moments when I wondered if the camera could capture what I was seeing. The main light caught my eye with a subtle iridescence radiating outwards and pulsating with an energy like a Van Gogh painting.
There might have been a lot of factors at play here, cold damp air, my long sightedness, and although this is a decent enough shot, even with editing it doesn't come close
Sleeping Pandora ~ Interplanetary Mediation