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The secret side of me, I never let you see.
I keep it caged but I can't control it.
So stay away from me, the beast is ugly.
I feel the rage and I just can't hold it. [...]
I must confess that I feel like a monster
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Emas at the Yushima Seidō, with a big basin of water in front of them.
An ema is a wooden plaque on which you write your wishes and prayers. The name is written with the kanji for 'picture' [e = 絵] and 'horse' [ma = 馬], reflecting an ancient belief that horses could bring wishes to the kami, the gods. But emas are not only used at Shinto shrines, they are often seen at Buddhist temples too - a practice that dates back at least to the Kamakura period (that is 1185-1333). And in this case, a Confucian temple.
The name of the place (湯島聖堂 with Japanese kanji) actually just means 'the sacred hall in Yushima'. It was built in this spot in 1690 (there was an earlier temple, founded in 1639, built in what is now Ueno Park, but the shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi moved it here). The temple was closely associated with the Shōhei-zaka Gakumonjo school of Neo-Confucianism, state-run from 1797 to the Meiji restoration of 1871. After 1871 the temple has shared its grounds with several educational institutions (and the Ministry of Education, and the Tokyo National Museum) - currently you can find parts of the Tokyo Medical and Dental University in the vicinity, and the school's emblem of a plum blossom is said to derive from the temple. Students praying for success in their exams come to visit here.
Mirrors hanging from the ceiling reflecting light into inner windows at the new Flinders University building at Tonsley Park.
"The more an object is polished or brilliant, the less you see its own color and the more it becomes a mirror reflecting the color of its surroundings."
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Sunset at Steetley,north Hartlepool.
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An eastbound Union Pacific freight train makes its way through Winfield, Illinois over the partially frozen DuPage River. Taken during our 4th snowfall of the season.
An older image I was playing with in Lightroom and some small tweaks in CS3. There is a lot to still learn, it scares me to think just how much...
A superb reflection of a downtown, Vancouver building looked especially enticing. The strong white structure and its reflection, against the perfectly, uninterrupted blue sky was appetizing. It had me thinking of how to top this banana split with a cherry. However, rather than putting it on top, the bottom of the image favoured this appealing thought.
Mount Shuksan and the sun are reflected in Picture Lake. A pall of wildfire smoke impacted the clarity of the image, but it was a lovely day nonetheless.
losing someone makes you take a step back and reflect ~ days ago my rl cousin became one of God's angels...we grew up together, partied together and even though time drifted us apart I still feel and will always feel this togetherness as cousins do. I wish her peace in her new journey as she is now painfree...♥
Sometimes we’re able to plan a specific photograph, and leave almost no room for coincidences or misfortune. Also, sometimes we just explore some locations and see whatever the day and the light gives us (probably my favorite!). But there are times where you just happened to be at (or very nearby) a location that you want to shoot for some time and you just have to accept the given circumstances at the time. This is the type a lot of hobbyists like myself have to deal with every now and then, and so it was the case at this quite beautiful spot at Zierikzee. On a time window of only half an hour I was trying to make the most of this ‘golden hour’ that never came. The sun was going down behind the tower, just on the right side, but I didn’t even see a glimpse of it. So the result was a nice moody sky, but a very dark subject. Then rain started pouring down and I had to look quickly for a shelter. But after a few minutes, the rain stopped and suddenly some beautiful reflected light from the clouds behind me appeared on the city gate. I was amazed by the difference it made to the scenery and although the wind was blowing significantly, I was able to get a nice reflection by using a 6-stop nd filter. So at the very last minute I luckily came away with a decent photograph. Eventually I was a bit late for the sports tournament I participated in, and where I had to be in the first place. But hey, you’re a photographer or you’re not!
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In recent weeks I have been working on a project called Reflected Petals. This has involved taking a top-down image of a flower and then using mirror distortions to create a symmetric design. If the starting image has plenty of detail and some colour contrast you get some really interesting results.
I’ll eventually get around to sharing the outcomes of the project here on Flickr (though I have already published pictures like this over the years).
Ironically this particular image is not part of the main project, but something I did last night when I was bored and desperately trying to think of something to do for Sliders Sunday today. I should have really been going to bed…
Normally I would use the Distort > Mirror filter in Affinity, but here I used the Chromebook running an Android app called Mirrorlab. This program is great fun to play with (if you like that sort of thing), but you soon drift far away from visual reality…
This image is based on a picture of an ox-eye daisy that I published here seven months ago. The quickest way to get a suitable starting image on to the Chromebook last night was to download it from Flickr. I’ll publish a link to the in-camera image as usual in my first comment.
I like this result because of all the woven petals - that’s not an effect you would get in Affinity. Like a lot of these distorted images, most of the beauty comes from the original flower, and the repetition and distortion encourage you to look more closely at what nature has already achieved.
I hope you enjoy it anyway. Normal, undistorted service will resume tomorrow :)
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image! Happy Sliders Sunday :)