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I have been here at Flickr for about 14 years with over 20k pics. Somebody here once suggested that I should share some of my older stuff. Okay, here's one from 2008, my very early digital days, and one of my favorites.
Some or all of these objects will be in my Halo diorama to make the Covenant area more interesting.
LEGO needs to make more blue-violet pieces.
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Strobist: AB1600 with gridded 60X30 softbox camera right. Triggered by Cybersync.
Painting in the city
Un double objectif : Montrer la foule intéressée par la performance de l'artiste . J'ai du monter sur l'escabeau !
Sixty Degrees. That’s the angle for all of these edges, give or take based on the fact that the snowflake is photographed at an angle. Physics at work, yet many people consider snowflakes as a creation of God. It’s amazing really, that the same object can be described by some as evidence of a Creator, while others use the exact same object to prove that the natural laws of physics make our world what it is.
Very few things can take equal sides like a snowflake. I have a side, but I don’t need to express it to express my fascination with our interpretation of the world around us. The real magic here is that we, as human beings, see this snowflake as beautiful. I don’t think many people would argue against that. That begs the question however: what is beauty?
Beauty doesn’t exist on its own. A massive organized collection of water molecules? It is just a thing, a (mostly) inanimate object when we see it. How do we perceive this as beautiful? It’s not the object that contains this value, it’s our perception of it. One could say it’s all in our heads, and I think they’d be right. Something is only beautiful because we say so, collectively or individually it doesn’t matter. So then, what is beauty?
It’s a deep question, and one that every person might have a different answer to. My answer reflects on the larger world around us. We see geometry as standing out from chaotic nature. We admire patterns. We adore symmetry. The most symmetrical face with chiseled lines might be perceives by many as being beautiful, but so too will a wrinkled old smile with the history of the world written on it. Beauty comes in many forms, based on how deep we look.
When I dive into the details of a snowflake, describing all of its features and how they came to be, I hope I add to the beauty. In the opening words of the documentary series Forces of Nature, narrated by Dr. Brian Cox, he says “the world is beautiful to look at, but it’s even more beautiful to understand”. Understanding the depth of beauty only makes these tiny sky crystals even more beautiful, and these posts are often aimed solely at this.
See the slightly brighter center? There is a hexagonal twin plate on the reverse side of the snowflake. The central “dot” shows that this was from a column that transitioned to plate-type growth, and the forward-facing plate gained dominance to grow branches. It was slow-growing which provides a more geometric profile, with extra complexities in the lower left – look closely and you’ll see signs of another plate running in parallel in certain areas.
But all of the science, all of the logic, have a hard time explaining beauty. Whether or not there was a master plan from God to put this snowflake in front of me or if it was just the natural chaotic physics of the universe, doesn’t really matter when we internalize our appreciation of the results. No matter what you think, this snowflake is beautiful.
That is the beauty of humanity.
P.S. if you want to comment on this image, please do so in a way that does not take sides on religion or science. We ALL have our opinions, let’s just keep this one human, okay?
Nestled among the twisting roots & branches of a murky bayou, a crooked shack lurks. Home of the mysterious & beautiful soothsayer with uncanny abilities, M’me Scylla de L’eau. Those who seek her favour must offer a trade, for all things come with a price. M’me de L’eau wears many curios & trinkets including a skeleton key that unlocks any lock including those of the mind, a nautilus shell that holds an alluring voice & a bottle containing a strange silvery elixir.
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Commercial building and former Diocesan Museum
Object ID: 62076, Lidmansky alley 10
Cadastral Community: Klagenfurt
Geschäftshaus und ehemaliges Diözesanmuseum
Objekt ID: 62076, Lidmanskygasse 10
Katastralgemeinde: Klagenfurt
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