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"Can toa Gali reach the greatest depths she's ever faced to reach Akida and learn just how mighty the sea can be?"
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The second redesigned creature to follow Uxar, Lord of the Forest. I'm thinking I'll make this a series, where I reimagine each G2 creature into more respectable masters of elements. Rather than taming them, each toa must find a way to gain the respect of the mighty creatures so that they earn their right to learn deeper secrets of their elemental powers.
My minor self-implemented rules are that I'll reuse some elements from the original sets, but most importantly the head. Each time I'll try to come up with a different head design using the creature headpiece so that the creatures look individual, but remain recognizable.
I have ideas for Ikir and Ketar at the moment, but we'll see what I'll do with Terak and Melum.
There was mist, and hanging roots from banyan trees, palm fronds, tall grasses...it looked and felt very primitive and other worldly!
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Long exposure dawn photo featuring the Washington Monument as seen from the Tidal Basin in Washington DC, USA. Variant of this photo digitally manipulated with a vintage marbled texture.
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Primordial man knew by himself that God is; fallen man does not know it; he must learn it.
Primordial man was always aware of God; fallen man, while having learned that God is, must force himself to be aware of it always.
Primordial man loved God more than the world; fallen man loves the world more than God, he must therefore practice renunciation.
Primordial man saw God everywhere, he had the sense of archetypes and of essences and was not enclosed in the alternative "flesh or spirit"; fallen man sees God nowhere, he sees only the world as such, not as the manifestation of God.
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Frithjof Schuon: Roots of the Human Condition
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A "Gnome-be-gone" trundles out from the primordial ooze and sludge, leaving a trail of muddy footprints.
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The ferns are uncurling. In the Middle Ages they were planted to ward off evil spirits... they do have a certain magic to them and generally grow in the deepest, dampest regions of our garden :-).
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"Can toa Gali reach the greatest depths she's ever faced to reach Akida and learn just how mighty the sea can be?"
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The second redesigned creature to follow Uxar, Lord of the Forest. I'm thinking I'll make this a series, where I reimagine each G2 creature into more respectable masters of elements. Rather than taming them, each toa must find a way to gain the respect of the mighty creatures so that they earn their right to learn deeper secrets of their elemental powers.
My minor self-implemented rules are that I'll reuse some elements from the original sets, but most importantly the head. Each time I'll try to come up with a different head design using the creature headpiece so that the creatures look individual, but remain recognizable.
I have ideas for Ikir and Ketar at the moment, but we'll see what I'll do with Terak and Melum.
@odawara, kanagawa, dec/2011
Ricoh GXR
Ricoh GXR Mount A12
Voigtlander Nokton 35mm F1.2 VM + ND400
Adobe Photoshop / Lightroom
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６秒間の夕暮れ
My comments will delay..
The left side of Talisker Bay on Skye isle during a stormy and windy August evening. It was not an unforgettable sunset but being there alone, with the noise of the wind and the sea as my only companions, it was an almost primordial experience!
A way to avoid the natural kitsch which is a waterfall - getting it the other way round ...
pxp in efd
lith on prw118 (se5 + omega) + selenium
A symbiote that has been destroyed and reborn numerous times and has given up taking familiar, humanoid form. This large centipede actively seeks out a body that is powerful enough to contain its erratic chaos.
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This MOC is an entry in Brickly’s #OctoberInBricks contest! I am entering this in “Best Large MOC.”
Stage # 11 Guarrinza >> Candanchú (1/3)
Tranquility is the key in the lives of horses and cows grazing in the Bal de Aguas Tuertas, away from the men and the highways, lost in the mountain wilderness.
It was a day of wonders.
A wonderful weather, a climb along a wonderful valley, an altitude pasture that we can't forget, a wonderful mountain lake, a steep descent to Candanchú, and crossing one of our former ski destinations... walking on mountain trekking boots instead of sky boots!
Day trip: 22.60 Km, total time 10:25h, moving time 7:17h, total ascent: 868 m, total descent: 692 m
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To know a little more about this project please see the first comment in the photo
www.flickr.com/photos/henrique_silva/6035816955/in/set-72...
The whole collection of published photos:
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Technical Info:
Camera: Canon PowerShot G11
Lens: 6.1-30.5 mm
Focal Length: 15.673 mm
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/7,1
Exposure bias: 0 EV
Exposure Program:
Metering Mode: Pattern
Flash: no flash
GPS
Coordinates: 42°48'40.47" N 0°36'51.47" W
Altitude: 1660.8 m
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A baby fern frond unfurling its tender young curls. When not all soft and babyish, this cycad fern is the prickly sort dating back times when it was dinosaur food.
Trawling through the archives and I re-discovered this image. I probably dismissed it at the time for being too monochromatic. On reflection 5 years later I now prefer the simplicity of the limited colour palette.. Sometimes less is more...it just takes time to realise it.
Blue Blizzaes body wash macro made in response to the Macro Mondays May 17 theme, "Soap."
(Press L to view on black, L again to exit.)
$9 never bought so many laughs
i can't believe he carried that thing around for over an hour, never once setting it down. he exhausted himself trying to keep it away from drake.
i eventually sawed it in half. they went to separate corners of the yard for hours. they are now both passed out with each bone piece inches from their head, with one eye open.
Grays Creek is the basis for a large wetland area running through Calvert Cliff State Park in Lusby, Maryland. This is a capture of the plant life in the marshes along the boardwalk from civilization to the primitive beach area.
Sunrise at Sharpitor, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England; yesterday.
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Vishnou Anantashayin
présenté dans la salle de l'art khmer du musée Guimet avec les collections permanentes.
Cambodge, province de Siem Reap, district de Puok,
Angkor, Mebon occidental
Epoque angkorienne,
seconde moitié du 11è siècle
Bronze, dorure au mercure
Phnom Penh, Musée national du Cambodge,
versement Conservation d'Angkor
www.search.cambodiamuseum.info/index.php/searchcatalog/pa...
Ce bronze représente Vishnou allongé sur le serpent Ananta qui est étendu sur l'Océan. Il a été découvert en 1936 lors de fouilles du Mébon occidental.
Du nombril de cette statue sortait l'eau pour irriguer les terres lorsque le niveau du réservoir était suffisant.
Vishnou est un des dieux de la « trinité hindoue », avec Brahma et Shiva. Ananta est un serpent (nâga) de la mythologie indienne. Reposant sur les eaux primordiales, Ananta, le serpent cosmique, sert de couche à Vishnu lorsque celui-ci se repose après la dissolution (pralaya) d'un univers ancien, en attendant que Brahmâ renaisse de son nombril et crée un univers nouveau.
Ce trésor national du Cambodge a bénéficié en 2024 d’une campagne d’analyses scientifiques et de restauration en France (C2RMF, Arc' Antique), avec le mécénat d’ALIPH (Alliance internationale pour la protection du patrimoine).
www.laboratoire-arc-antique.fr/44/nos-actualites/le-vishn...
c2rmf.fr/actualite/le-projet-vishnu
Exposition "Bronzes royaux d’Angkor, un art du divin"
Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet, Paris
C’est au bronze que le musée Guimet consacre cette exposition...Clou de cette exposition : la statue du Vishnou couché du Mébon occidental.... Ce trésor national du Cambodge sera exposé avec ses fragments longtemps séparés, après avoir bénéficié en 2024 d’une campagne d’analyses scientifiques et de restauration en France, avec le mécénat d’ALIPH (Alliance internationale pour la protection du patrimoine). Il est présenté pour la première fois avec l'ensemble des fragments découverts. Il est accompagné de plus de 200 œuvres, incluant 126 prêts exceptionnels du musée national du Cambodge...
www.guimet.fr/fr/expositions/bronzes-royaux-dangkor-un-ar...
NDLR Je m'interroge fréquemment sur les choix d'éclairage adoptés par les commissaires des expositions temporaires du musée Guimet. Une fois de plus, je remarque que, dans la salle du sous-sol, de nombreux cartels demeurent difficilement lisibles, soit en raison d'un éclairage insuffisant, soit de leur positionnement trop bas. De même, l'éclairage de nombreuses sculptures laisse à désirer : trop directif et intense, il projette des ombres très marquées qui masquent les détails des œuvres. Cette atmosphère de mystère, injustifiée, nuit à l'appréciation de la qualité des sculptures exposées. Contrairement aux textiles, qui requièrent une faible luminosité pour leur conservation, il s'agit de bronzes dont la mise en valeur impose de la lumière. Il m'apparaît donc que l'institution privilégie sans raison, dans la salle du sous-sol, une semi-obscurité, ce qui n'est heureusement pas le cas ailleurs dans le musée. La direction du musée Guimet gagnerait à consulter plus régulièrement son public sur ces questions.
Another from my day trip on Sunday last. This scene is not from Iceland but from Ireland. I had only ever seen two images of this sea arch on Flickr so I decided it was time to go and see it for myself. An amazing bit of dramatic coastline, well worth the miles, wrong turns and steep decent! I have to run, its all go on the farm at the minute, but I'll be back before bedtime :-)