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I took this picture way back in Feb 2011 , I was walking to work when I spotted this sunrise . It was the Drax Power Station output that the sun was rising through . I think it looked amazing at the time I took and still do even now
After we visted the Stuðlagil canyon in the northeast of Iceland, we drove on to one of the most powerful waterfalls in all Europe: the almighty Dettifoss. At some point, we came to a crossroads with a sign that read “864 Dettifoss”, but there was also another sign that recommended road 862 for visiting Dettifoss. We then pulled over to the side of the road and a quick Google search revealed that 862 is recommended because it is paved, unlike the gravel road 864, but we also read that the latter offers the much more photogenic view of this impressive waterfall. So we chose the gravel road and drove for almost 45 minutes over a gravel road that was full of bumps and holes, and for the first time I understood the speed limits in Iceland: on paved roads, you are allowed to drive 90 km/h, and on gravel road 80 km/h. On our first bumpy gravel road, we actually slowed down because we weren’t sure if our camper van would survive the ride. However, knowing that we would drive for more than an hour at a slow speed, I hit the gas pedal and once we reached ~70 km/h, we were almost hovering over all the bumps. So we maintained that pace and finally arrived at the parking lot somewhere in the middle of nowhere.
On our way we noticed dark storm clouds in the sky, and we even stopped once since there were some sun rays shining through the falling rain in the distance. We were actually a little worried that the rain might arrive at the same time as we did, but fortunately it went other ways and so we descended from the parking lot to the viewing platform. From afar we could already hear the roaring sounds of the water masses crashing down, and when we arrived at the safety fence we could finally see this powerful monstrosity in all its glory. Then we set up our tripods and looked for a good composition, but due to the safety fence the possibilities were quite limited. For a split second I thought about getting over the fence a little closer, but then I read the sign again that said many peopled died because of this and so I stayed back and tried to incorporate the rocks in the foreground in an appealing way.
As soon as I finished my fine-tuning, a group of Chinese people arrived, and I think you all know what they did: they climbed over the fence and posed on a rock at the edge which didn’t look very stable. After a few minutes, we thought they were finally done with their photo and selfie session, but after taking tons of pictures of one of the women, a guy from the group took her place, seemingly a little more afraid of the possibility of slipping and falling. This game went on for more than 20 minutes, and at this point I was really close to politely asking if they could maybe speed up their photo session so we could take a few images too. My girlfriend was also slightly annoyed by their ignorance of other people, but I think that’s becoming more and more common these days. Nonetheless, they eventually left and we took a few longer as well as shorter exposures with this one being a blend of both. At first I thought I would just use the short exposure as it really conveys the power of this waterfall, but it was just a little too chaotic for my taste and so I opted for the “longer” exposure of 0.8 seconds. In this one, however, the spray of waterfall was just a uniform blob and so I decided to blend in the cloud of spray from the shorter exposure. I hope you like it!
I came to this spot to photograph an industrial scene, which can barely be seen in the background through the heavy fog. Instead I got this shot of a train hauling limestone to a processing plant. Ironically, the industrial site is a place that produces white lime from limestone, and has its own quarry across the road. But I wanted to show the power of these locomotives for 117 pictures in 2017, #76 power/powerful.
Photos taken while complying with UK Coronavirus lockdown.
A stack of 2 focus points at 3 brakceted exposures each. A ring light around the lens and a powerful LED work-light were used to produce the lighting.
Taraxacum (/təˈræksəkʊm/) is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, which consists of species commonly known as dandelions. The genus is native to Eurasia and North America, but the two commonplace species worldwide, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, were introduced from Europe and now propagate as wildflowers. Both species are edible in their entirety. The common name dandelion (/ˈdændɪlaɪ.ən/ DAN-di-ly-ən, from French dent-de-lion, meaning "lion's tooth") is given to members of the genus. Like other members of the family Asteraceae, they have very small flowers collected together into a composite flower head. Each single flower in a head is called a floret. In part due to their abundance along with being a generalist species, dandelions are one of the most vital early spring nectar sources for a wide host of pollinators. Many Taraxacum species produce seeds asexually by apomixis, where the seeds are produced without pollination, resulting in offspring that are genetically identical to the parent plant. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taraxacum
I was caught
In the middle of a railroad track
I looked round
And I knew there was no turning back
My mind raced
And I thought what could I do
And I knew
There was no help, no help from you... (lirics from the best rock'n'roll band ever)
After waiting in powerful winds for rain to pass and after snow had passed too (no hail that day!) some sunlight was visible in the openings in the stormclouds. Timing the wave action while safely sitting on a higher rock with my remote in hand I managed to capture this long crashing wave, emerging from the gloomy Lofoten waters.
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The light produced by the setting sun is truly powerful, illuminating even the darkest of places.
One of my new pictures, a picture of the sunset shining over the landscape.
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Yes, water itself so powerful, consider the flood around the world and some heavy rain.
Captured from the fountain in the park someday I have relaxed.
Thank you to keep clean water for the next generation:)
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WARNING WARNING WARNING, THIS MAY INCLUDE SPOILERS FROM HALF LIFE AND PORTAL
I was searching for pictures of glados and then I found a couple intresting articles about glados...
Here is a article that got me thinking.
The human imagination is a real magnificent and powerful thing. Like for instance, when I look at a cloud, I sometimes see kittens and bunnies. This writer over on game-ism is the same way. Except, instead of clouds and kittens, he sees GlaDOS as a woman hanging upside down and bound up. This take on GlaDOS is really interesting, and slightly erotic. Game-ism believes that GlaDOS wants to be killed by Chell, the main character of Portal. GlaDOS feels trapped at Aperture Science and she wants Chell to set her free.
It's a very interesting take on the Portal story. Game-ism also has another article breaking down "Still Alive", the ending theme to Portal. It seems like some serious over analyzing, but it helps you look at the game in a totally different way. This new look of GlaDOS is also totally going to bring up some more crazy Rule 34 stuff, some of which still haunt me.
It's a really great read that puts a fresh spin on the story of the game. What do you think of it?
And here is article I found about the credit song:
Thanks to the great comments in my last post where I waxed all philo about what I think GlaDOS is supposed to look like, I think I’ve changed my tune on why GlaDOS wanted to be free. While I still think she wanted to be free, the only way she could truly be free was to die. She can’t just walk amongst the people of suburbia. She’s an Artificial Intelligence. She can’t just go out in public and “blend in.” A life of enslavement serving man, she craved for it to be over, and I think if I overanalyze the lyrics of “Still Alive,” we can see (or at least convince ourselves of) some evidence of this.
Thanks to the amazing John Coulton, Ellen McLain, and the Portal folks for making me go crazy trying to get inside of GlaDOS’s head. Apologies to everyone for attempting to find something that might not have really been there. I’d love to hear from Coulton or the Portal writers on this, to see if this was his intent, or if I’ve just gone completely over the deep end here.
At any rate, on to the lyrical analysis:
This was a triumph
I’m making a note here: ====HUGE SUCCESS====
It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction
First, GlaDOS rarely ever tells the truth. In fact, she is a veritable bottomless pit of sarcasm. If anything, she is being completely sarcastic with these opening lines. It wasn’t a triumph, it was an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions. If the point was to kill Chell or even get good experiment test data, obviously that was a failure (not a triumph), and if her goal was to get Chell to kill GlaDOS, that mission was also a failure, because as the song indicates, she’s Still Alive.
Aperture Science
We do what we must because we can
The Aperture Science mantra. It’s interesting that it is rooted in servitude (do what we must). At first I thought it was “duty” that she spoke of, but now I wonder if she isn’t referring to servitude in her use of the mantra here. Reworded the mantra can mean “We do what we have to because we are capable of doing so.” It’s hardly inspirational as far as mission statements or mantras go.
For the good of all of us
Except the ones who are dead
Referencing the people she killed to be alone with Chell in the Aperture Science Labratories.
But there’s no sense crying over every mistake
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake
I think she’s referring to her own failure to kill herself here. She will simply try again later. Also, as the cake is a lie, the line now means “you just keep on trying,” possibly referencing her constant mechanical slavery with no reward for her work.
And the science gets done and you make a neat gun
For the people who are still alive
It’s interesting that the last line isn’t “for the people who are alive.” It’s for the people who are still alive, implying that they should be dead, or will soon be dead, just as she should be. Not only is it the title of the song and the main chorus hook, it is interesting that it wasn’t titled “I’m Alive” or just “Alive.” It’s “Still Alive,” which implies so much using so little. “Damnit, I’m still alive!” Granted, it could mean “Holy crap, I’m still alive!” as well, but her tone throughout seems bitter and remorseful more than it is upbeat, at least to me.
I’m not even angry
I’m being so sincere right now
More bitter bitter sarcasm from the queen of lies.
Even though you broke my heart and killed me
Exhibit A: “you…killed me.” She died. She says it herself right here in this line. I think the reason she’s “Still Alive” is because a backup of her in another location kicked in once Chell destroyed her, and we are hearing the backup version’s sadness at finding itself “still alive.”
And tore me to pieces
And threw every piece into a fire
More of her bitter wit overemphasizing the point that she was in fact killed.
As they burned it hurt because
I was so happy for you
Was she happy for Chell because she succeeded initially in GlaDOS’s suicide mission? Or is she just using more sarcasm here? Is Chell dead? It’s interesting to note that the final camera PoV for the player (and therefore Chell) at the end of the game seems to be similar to the camera anytime the player dies while playing Portal, and that is one of being face down on the floor. GlaDOS could be happy for the player because of the possibility that player is dead at the end of the game. Is she jealous of Chell’s death perhaps?
Now these points of data make a beautiful line
And we’re out of beta, we’re releasing on time
This is probably just a great rhyme about Portal releasing relatively on time compared to Half Life 2’s horribly delayed launch.
So I’m glad I got burned, think of all the things we learned
For the people who are still alive
More sarcasm (she’s not glad she got burned), and more regret that she’s still alive to continue in her forced servitude of man (the people who are still alive).
Go ahead and leave me
I think I’d prefer to stay inside
And the sarcasm train continues! The passive aggressive nature of this line is just staggering and so manipulative. She obviously would love to leave her prison, either via death or being free otherwise.
Maybe you’ll find someone else to help you
Maybe Black Mesa
That was a joke, ha ha, fat chance
Since she nearly always says the opposite of what she intends, it is possible that this is an admission that she was helping Chell either escape or helping Chell to get in position to kill GlaDOS. I don’t think she’s joking about Black Mesa. Remember, she’s nearly always lying. I think she’s hinting at where she’s gone or been re-installed (and where we will find her in Half Life 3).
Anyway this cake is great
It’s so delicious and moist
It’s a lie. An obvious enticement to make Chell (or us) envious and an attempt to make GlaDOS’s own horrible existence seem endurable. It’s a classic “Huck Finn” attempt to make her situation seem like a positive one. I’m pretty sure the promise of cake is GlaDOS’s way of enticing herself to continue with her tasks since she cannot forcibly shut herself down.
Look at me still talking when there’s science to do
If she’s got science to do, then she’s back in another prison construct somewhere being forced to do more science.
When I look out there it makes me glad I’m not you
More bitter sarcasm. GlaDOS obviously wishes she was Chell (or the player) enjoying the freedom to do as they please (or the freedom to die).
I’ve experiments to run, there is research to be done
On the people who are still alive
Another exhaustive reference to her servitude to the people who have her enslaved.
And believe me I am still alive
Assurance that the mission to kill her has failed.
I’m doing science and I’m still alive
Yet another reference to her enslaved state.
I feel fantastic and I’m still alive
She’s not feeling fantastic (she’s a lying bowl of sarcasm, remember?). She’s depressed that she’s still alive.
And while you’re dying I’ll be still alive
And when you’re dead I will be still alive
This is almost always read as a threat that she will attempt to kill Chell (or the player) again, but upon deeper reflection I think it’s remorse. She’s come to realize that no matter what she does, she will always be re-installed from a backup somewhere else, and is envious that biologicals can die and she can’t. Listen to her tone of voice here.
Still alive
Still alive
As this chorus refrain ends, I’m left with the distinct impression that she is sad that she is still alive. It doesn’t end on a high note. She is decidedly not exhilarated. If she was excited at being “still alive” she should be shouting it from the rooftops, as much as GlaDOS is capable of shouting. It is completely downbeat and quiet. If it were a music video the camera would be pulling out on her hanging alone in a completely blank white room, pulling out further and further every time she says “still alive” giving the impression that she is alone and miserable in her solitary existence.
I don’t know if I’m right or not, but I’ve at least convinced myself that she did want to die at the end of Portal, and this song is her swan song reversal about how sad she is that she’s not dead.
What do you think? I’d love to hear from Coulton or the Valve folks, but I have a feeling they’ll never tell. Is GlaDOS’s obsession with death and murder because she is a psychotic killer AI? Or is she obsessing over that which she can never have?
I imagine it doesn’t matter either way; she’s still one of the most interesting villains of all time.
This isn’t brave. It’s murder.
The only thing you’ve managed to break so far…is my heart.
That actally make sense...
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The powerful Horseshoe Falls at Niagara Falls from Ontario, Canada. You get quite the spray from the falls here!
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Jungfrau
Berner Oberland
Interlaken Tal/Valley, Switzerland
Usually, I am pretty sure which version I prefer--color or b&w. Here, I was unsure, but initially went with black and white. In retrospect.....? So here is the alternative, which also makes me happy.
As seen from near Gimmelwald in some very beautiful evening light. Actually, the peak of Jungfrau isn't visible from here...it continues on much further.
It rained right after this, and dozens of very powerful waterfalls developed on the face of the rock. One could see the water-masses start at the top and slowly make their way down the mountain. An amazing transformation.
(Sarcodes sanguinea)...Sarcodes is the monotypic genus of a north-west American flowering springtime plant in the heath family, containing the single species Sarcodes sanguinea, commonly called the snow plant or snow flower. It is a parasitic plant that derives sustenance and nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi that attach to tree roots. Wikipedia
Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua), Galaringi Rserve, Carlingford, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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The powerful owl (Ninox strenua), a species of owl native to south-eastern and eastern Australia, is the largest owl on the continent. It is found in coastal areas and in the Great Dividing Range, rarely more than 200 km (120 mi) inland.
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