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A British Shorthair Cat sprawled out sleeping. Taken with the Fujifilm GFX 100s camera and Fujifilm GF 80mm f/1.7 R WR lens.
Woodmere Cemetery on Detroit’s lower west is a
sprawling and beautiful place with many wonderful monuments that are incredible works of art in their own right. The first time I went there I was blown away at the beauty of it all. I had never seen such a place and was totally taken with it. I have returned on a number of occasions and have sadly been noticing a change taking place… It first started with seeing a few of the mausoleums having their stained glass windows boarded up. I took this to be just vandals throwing rocks. Or possibly thieves taking the beautiful glass to have or pawn… Most recently I was there on New Year’s Day 2013 and noticed a huge change. Many of the mausoleums had their bronze doors missing and many more windows were gone. Some internal vaults were even missing the bronze fasteners that hold the stone vault cover in place… I cannot understand how anyone could steal these doors from the tombs of the dead… Truly, nothing is sacred anymore! I can’t imagine it being easy to sell or fence something of this nature, and yet, there must be a business that makes money from it because it is happening. It saddens me greatly to see these lovely works of art being dismantled and hawked for a quick buck… A pox on these lowly grave robbers! May they someday slowly rot with no memorial to them except the hungry sneer of the jackals and buzzards standing over their carcass…
I took my portable actinic trap up to Ashridge woods last night and in three hours i caught:-
Sprawler (2),
Feathered thorn (11),
November moth agg. (12),
Spruce carpet (2),
Red-green carpet (3),
Mottled umber (1).
31 moths at the end of October is quite reasonable, i suppose, but i STILL couldn't get a Merveille du jour!
I shall keep these two females and try to obtain eggs to rear next year.
Men participate in the fifth annual SoCal Fitness Classic, the final stop of Summer Series as they strive for superiority and to be crowned the fittest team of summer!
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Horseshoe Thicket on Walthamstow Marshes. These willow trees don't seem to stay upright for long. The area is usually under a few inches of water in winter and early spring but is still relatively dry so far.
Assam sprawled on the floor, enjoying a nap, confident that no other cat would bother her (she was the alpha cat from the day we got her (the middle of November of 1999 at age 1 or a bit more) to the day she died in Yubari in May of 2017 - no other cat would seriously challenge her other than Nobuo, and they eventually worked out an armed truce).
Named after the position I found myself in about 10 minutes after this shot... Straight across a footpath... Why do I insist on walking around in the dark and carrying all 5 of my torches in my bag, instead of keeping at least one out to find my way!!!
Trying to make the best of a bad job. Just could't find my way with the comp or colour last night and this shot was too green and yellow. So decided to try out a bit of faffery with it and made a sepia layer and set it to 80% opacity then did a vignette over that too. Ended up I quite liked it. I've given up caring what people think about PS and SOOC. I figure if an image that was going into the waste bin can be rescued then why the hell not. Still believe that we should't be superimposing the light work in. That should always done in shot.
Anyway rant over!!
A sprawling station with intriguing corners, a neat depot filled with railcars and coaches and a large yard. Lines from Brno and Budweis join to head toward Prague under 25kv AC as far as Kutna Hora with diesel branches to Humpolec and Pardubice.
the public areas were under renovation when I visited and, despite much evidence of traffic not a lot moved for the couple of morning hours I spent. Sadly the only way out was in a modernised railcar rather than behind a loco but the journey north is beautiful.
Spain's real estate bubble burst in 2008 and left many empty lots like the one in the pic, as well as entire ghost (unfinished) towns.
Some of these towns are now starting to see communities grown in them but in my opinion bringing soul to "inorganic" spaces is not an easy task. This article tells the story of Valdeluz, a Madrid suburb:
www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/business/spain-ghost-town-fina...
On the flip side, photographer Markel Redondo documented this ghost town phenomenon first in 2010-2012 and again in 2018. His work can be seen here and proves there are still many completely abandoned urban developments scattered around the country:
markelredondo.com/Projects/Sand-Castles-II/1
Madrid, Spain.
There is a large park in development a short bike ride from my home. It has been renamed Parc Frédéric-Back last year in memory of this great animation film maker and environmentalist. Like a lot of parks in our town, and likely elsewhere in North-America, it is gradually being laid out in the heart of an old quarry later turned dump yard and covered with landfill.
The surrounding area has been poetically renamed “environmental complex” but underground pipes will be required for another generation before all gazes emitted from the refuse have left the soil. In order to open the park, the pipe’s valves have been covered with truncated painted spheres that are sprawled around throughout the first section to be open to the public. As most of the park lays lower than the neighboring borrows level, a little hill has been created so pedestrians and cyclist can have a larger horizon and see outside the quarry’s site.
I’ve been photographing the process of this redevelopment since a couple of years from the path around the site but have failed to find a way to capture the curious view of all these round things around the hill that satisfies me.
When I got to the top of the hill before sundown Friday, I noted a young woman with a camera on a tripod pointing over the vegetation towards a series of these spheres. I thought for a second she may have found a better view point than I did. As I walked her way, I noted that I could see a still of her face in her digital SLR’s back LCD monitor. I soon found out Shena was shooting for a very different purpose than I initially imagined.
She is originally from Minnesota and came to Montreal to study at the Circus School a few years ago. After she graduated, she went on tour for two years with the crew of Montréal based Cirque Éloize’s “Saloon” production. Although it is a much smaller circus than the famed (and now turned mega corporation) Cirque du soleil, its productions are quite interesting.
Shena’s act was a Cyr wheel number. If you’re not sure what this is, you will find a link to this multi-talented artist’s web page in the first comment box. She told me she also does lasso tricks.
It turned out that she just had her hair cut and was doing her own portrait with a professional grade camera so she could update her public image. She stands as her own agent.
When I asked if I could attempt to do a portrait of her myself and explained that it would be part of a stranger portrait gallery shared on Flickr, she told she also used to have a page herself. It’s still actually still online. She was definitively serious about it for some time. You will find a link to it below as well.
Interestingly, this was the second time I approached a photographer with a tripod in a park. The other one, Bob August, the stranger # 80 of my first 100 series, is also on Flickr.
Both encounters were memorable and provided interesting portraits.
I’d like to thank Shena for posing and wish her success in finding her next engagement.
Il y a un grand parc en développement à un court trajet en vélo de mon domicile. Il a été rebaptisé Parc Frédéric-Back l'année dernière en l’honneur de ce grand cinéaste d'animation et environnementaliste. Comme beaucoup de parcs de notre ville, et probablement d'ailleurs en Amérique du Nord, il est en voie d’aménagement au cœur d'une ancienne carrière plus tard transformée en site d’enfouissement des déchets finalement partiellement couverte de remblais.
La zone environnante a été poétiquement rebaptisée "complexe environnemental" mais des tuyaux souterrains seront nécessaires pour une autre génération avant que tous les rejets gazeux émis par les déchets aient quitté le sol. Afin d'ouvrir le parc, les vannes de cette tuyauterie ont été recouvertes de sphères tronquées peintes qui sont disposées tout au long de la première section ayant été ouverte au public. Comme la majeure partie du parc se trouve plus bas que le niveau des quartiers voisins, une petite colline a été créée pour que les piétons et les cyclistes puissent avoir un plus grand horizon et voir à l'extérieur du site de la carrière.
J'ai photographié le processus de ce réaménagement depuis quelques années à partir du sentier multifonctionnel en périphérie du site. Je n'ai cependant pas réussi à trouver un moyen qui me satisfait de représenter le curieux spectacle de toutes ces choses rondes autour de la colline.
Quand je suis arrivé à son sommet vendredi, j'ai noté une jeune femme avec une caméra sur un trépied pointant par-dessus la végétation vers une série de ces sphères. Je me suis dit une seconde qu'elle aurait pu trouver un meilleur point de vue que moi. En marchant, j'ai remarqué que je pouvais voir une image de son visage sur l'écran LCD arrière de son reflex numérique. J'ai vite découvert que Shena photographiait dans un but très différent de ce que j'avais imaginé au départ.
Elle est originaire du Minnesota et est venue à Montréal pour étudier à l'École du cirque il y a quelques années. Après l'obtention de son diplôme, elle est partie en tournée pendant deux ans, avec l'équipe de la production «Saloon» du Cirque Éloize, basé à Montréal. Bien qu'il s'agisse d'un cirque beaucoup plus petit que le célèbre Cirque du soleil (maintenant devenu une méga corporation), ses productions sont généralement intéressantes.
La contribution de Shena était un numéro de roue Cyr. Si vous n'êtes pas sûr de ce que c'est, vous trouverez un lien vers la page Web de cet artiste aux multiples talents dans la première boîte de commentaires. Elle m'a dit qu'elle fait aussi des tours de lasso.
Il s'est avéré qu'elle venait tout juste de se faire couper les cheveux et faisait son propre portrait avec une caméra de qualité professionnelle afin d’offrir de faire une mise à jour de son image publique. Elle agit comme son propre agent.
Quand j'ai demandé si je pouvais moi aussi essayer de faire un portrait d'elle et lui ai expliqué qu’il ferait partie de ma galerie de portraits d’inconnus partagée sur Flickr, elle m'a dit qu'elle y avait aussi une page elle-même. Elle est toujours en ligne. Shena l’a alimenté sérieusement pendant quelque temps. Vous trouverez également un lien vers sa page ci-dessous.
Fait intéressant, c'est la deuxième fois que j'ai approché un photographe avec un trépied dans un parc. L'autre, Bob August, l'inconnu # 80 de ma première série de 100, est aussi sur Flickr.
Les deux rencontres ont été mémorables et ont fourni des portraits intéressants.
Je tiens à remercier Shena pour avoir posé et je lui souhaite de réussir à trouver son prochain engagement sans tarder.
This portrait is part of my second 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
The temples sprawl all around Cambodia. This is quite the holy spot for Buddhists who travel here from locations all around the world. You can tell what sect they are from based on their robes. I was able to sit with one for a few hours and we watched dozens of monks walk by and he could tell me exactly where each one was from based on the slight color variation in their robes and the way it was folded.
Also, if you all want to see some of the behind-the-scenes activity here and see the book-cover selection process for "A World in HDR", visit the Stuck In Customs Facebook Fan Page, where we have a discussion forum. Once you are in there, just click on "Discussions", and you can see the four images we were considering for the cover. Feel free to give your opinions in there... I put one of the other favorites here below! :)
That FB Fan Page is also a good place to have "General Discussions". The only bad thing about the blog is that each discussion is tied to a single post. That's great, and people always seem to have interesting ideas and experiences to share. But I wanted you to know that you are more than welcome to start up any discussion you wish inside the FB Fan Page Discussions area...
from the blog at www.stuckincustoms.com
Colombo is a huge, sprawling city, which can be visited any time of year due to its tropical climate. The traffic can feel somewhat overwhelming at first but it is organised and much more manageable when compared to other major cities of South and Southeast Asia. On a clear day, it’s difficult to miss the Lotus Tower dominating Colombo’s skyline.
Cover Artwork for republication of William Gibson's Neuromancer series. Generative city architecture.
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Livin' in the sprawl
Dead shopping malls rise
like mountains beyond mountains
And there's no end in sight....
I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights
12/11/2025; LED trap; Boughton Heath Allotment colony, Chester.
A couple of online mentions suggest that the ‘claws’ (or epiphyses) on the forelegs, which are distinctive in this species, are used in the grooming of the antennae, but I have no idea if this has actually been observed.
More details
www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/asteroscopus-sphinx/
species.nbnatlas.org/species/NHMSYS0000501413
Mottled Umber (2)
Satellite (1)
Sprawler (1)
Winter Moth (2)
Epiphyas postvittana (Light Brown Apple Moth) (1)
Part 2 of 3 : Basins, hygiene and spirituality
These architectural basins are certainly some of the most intriguing elements to this sprawling and fascinating prehistoric megasite. A fifth architectural example is visible below - a steep basin in the form of a lozenge.
Whilst history marks with invention, it can also move forward by assimilation and appropriation. Some small areas of these sculpted monoliths, for example sides to the large flat basin lower left, may show the marks of metal tools. For the most part, the metallic signature lines of history have either eroded away or were never present. These formations have not been dated. There are two fine dolmens at either side of the same vista and argumentation needs to see if any of the many basins on this site are contemporary to the late neolithic and how their function might be measured. At least one of the adjacent dolmens has smaller basins carved into its table and onto the side of a support.
I have split my analysis over more than one picture. This is the second part. The first part is attached to the photo below and covers issues of food production, 'alters' for sacrifice and rites and hygiene.
The spectrum for human ‘washing and hygiene’ style is wide. If we look at 'history', today, there are some people who shower twice a day. Contrast this with the French King Louis XIV who had just two baths in his whole life. These examples have been tweaked first by advertising and secondly by a fad from civilization, and whilst there will have been differences between clans in prehistory, hygiene will have kept within more reasonable boundaries than these examples. Cuts and wounds would be cleaned, hair brushed with combs (see below), teased with prongs, or cut with flint or copper. Mud will have been washed away from precious hand-made items and off legs, hands and faces.... Wanderers and hunting parties might get as dirty as they do today, and some decoratively beaded youths might spend more time than strictly necessary preening and grooming. Today, men look in mirrors and straighten their ties before leaving to sit on a train next to women who have painted their lips red and heightened the outlines of their eyes. Our cousin primates assign hours to look after each others fur - we simply carried on into our myriad of cultures and expressions. Neolithic people may have washed less than we do today, but that did not keep them away from the language and habits of appearance and health. There are times from prehistory and protohistory when a red ocre, oiled or powdered, was systematically spread onto the entire body. Before adding the earth pigments, the skin must be clean to assure the overall effect. Here, ticks, cuts, splinters, aches and fungi can all be monitored, and in so doing, improve the general well-being of the clan. We might expect one or two examples of clans that turn towards a speciality focus on spiritual health and well being. Hedonism does not have to be drunk, and it can be argued that the Epicurean 'clan', described from protohistoric writings, was an example of the range of ways of being available to prehistory.
There still seem to be too many basins for a simple neolithic community keen to stand over rising steam or baste in infusions of herb. The site is currently associated with a Medieval priory. Perhaps the basins were part of a pagan religion with the sacred hill appropriated in history? Spiritual communities attract visitors, which can help assure the exchange of basic goods. The hill in question is on-route towards the aged hills of the Massif Central, a geography which gives birth to the great rivers that navigate much of the length of the Pyrenees. The same Grandmont hill remains close to the sea breeze of the Mediterranean – so it may be understood as a focal point on a then ancient avenue of exchange and movement. The fire to heat stones, and the steam from the basins would mark out the hill from the distance, and rites of water would reward people arriving for a visit from potentially dissonant backgrounds. Here the flows helps to unify the prospects of visitors who arrive from afar, and avoids potential conflict of suspicion. Suddenly a range of basins and spiritual and practical functions makes sense.
Prehistory faded through the ages of copper, bronze and iron to settle as a patchwork oft described as Gaul, a post prehistoric identity that coalesced only as a reaction to the Roman invasion and an identity that existed, for the most part, as a mosaic. Were these architectural basins to date from this pre-Roman protohistoric period, issues of trade, passage, and spirituality might also have coalesced on this hill top. I will argue that the most coherent cultural dynamic for such a cluster may be the Chalcolithique (5,500 - 3,500 ybp) with the site having grown from smaller late neolithic basins.
The text continues on the adjacent photo marked 'Part 3'.
AJM 05/05/17
Information From: www.city.cleveland.oh.us/around_town/city_highlights/land...
One of the most controversial works of art displayed in the City of Cleveland is Oldenburg and van Bruggen’s Free Stamp. Located in Willard Park to the East of City Hall, this massive aluminum and planted steel sculpture is difficult to miss with its large red handle sprawling across the lawn and metal base sinking into the ground displaying the word “FREE” in backwards letters to passersby on Lakeside Avenue. Some people see the Free Stamp as an inspiring work of Pop Art that represents our liberty as American citizens and reflects our City’s industrial progress. Others view it as an eyesore that is inappropriate for a location at the heart of the City’s Civic Center. This debate has been going on since the piece was first commissioned in 1982 and still echoes throughout the City today.
Artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen designed the Free Stamp at the request of Standard Oil and admit that it was one of the most difficult works of art they have ever created. The controversy began soon after Standard Oil was awarded permission to tear down the old Standard Oil of Ohio (SOHIO) building located on Public Square. As construction of the new building began, SOHIO decided that it wanted a fresh work of art to display outside its doors, directly across from one of the City’s historical landmarks, the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. After seeing the “pad” of land with which they had to work, Oldenburg and van Bruggen, who are famous for making large replicas of common objects such as spoons, ice cream cones, and bowling pins, proposed the idea of creating an enormous stamp.
The original design for the sculpture was an upright, self-inking stamp, with a red handle which looked like a giant exclamation point. The first design allowed access so that people could actually walk around inside the stamp, but management at SOHIO soon agreed that such a structure would require a lot of maintenance. The design was then restructured to look like a hand stamp on an ink pad. The question was then raised as to what word would be placed on the stamp. The artists wanted a word that would serve as a statement, like a one-word poem, but could also be found on a real office stamp. The physical dimension of the work was also a consideration as the diameters of the Free Stamp left room for only 4 letters. Van Bruggen suggested the word “Free” to represent liberty and independence and to make a positive statement in the heart of the City.
Just as construction on a revised design began, SOHIO underwent a change in management. The new managers did not like the idea of placing a massive piece of pop art on Public Square, especially a 50-foot stamp. Several opponents of the Free Stamp feared that the message conveyed by the work would invite jokes about the condition of Downtown Cleveland, which during the 1980s was in need of revitalization. SOHIO gave Oldenburg and van Bruggen the opportunity to relocate the stamp, but the artists did not want to move it. The location at Public Square added to the artistic expression of the work in a way other locations could not.
Production of the Stamp was halted for several years and pieces of it were placed in storage in Indiana. As BP America assumed management of SOHIO, executives wondered why the company was paying so much to house a huge stamp. Interest was renewed in the work of art and Mayor George Voinovich invited Oldenburg and van Bruggen to Cleveland in hopes of selecting another site to display their work. Although the Cleveland Museum of Art was considered, the artists wanted their work to be seen in the heart of Downtown and set their sights on Willard Park for its proximity to Public Square and because of its location to Cleveland’s government offices.
Placing the Free Stamp in Willard Park immediately drew opposition from Council President, George Forbes, who did not support the idea of the City of Cleveland accepting a rejected work of art and displaying it right outside of City Hall. Once again, the artists had chosen their location as part of their artistic statement and were unwilling to compromise their artistic integrity. This time, they threatened to destroy the work entirely if the City did not want to display it.
Before the artists could act on their threat, Election Day 1989 had passed and newly elected Mayor, Michael R. White, and Council President, Jay Westbrook, expressed their interest in this unique work. BP America finally decided that it would donate the Free Stamp as a gift to the City and offered to maintain it in its new location. City Council accepted this generous gift and the Free Stamp was brought out of storage and redesigned to accommodate its new space.
The lawn at Willard Park inspired Oldenburg and van Bruggen to alter the position of the Free Stamp so that it would lie on its side, as if it had toppled over on someone’s desk. Van Bruggen felt that the new design reflected the Free Stamp’s history as it was “flung” from Public Square only to “land” in Willard Park. Production on the Free Stamp resumed and it was brought to Cleveland in pieces to be assembled in its current spot.
The Free Stamp was officially inaugurated on November 15, 1991. The Dedication reads:
Free Stamp
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen
1991- Planted Steel and Aluminum
Gift of BP America
To the City of Cleveland
Michael R. White- Mayor
Jay Westbrook- City Council President
Dedicated 11-15-1991
This was a cute little family walking through the parking lot of Texas Roadhouse. Look at the little geese! :)
Sprawling schiedea
Caryophyllaceae (Pink or Carnation family)
Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (found in diverse mesic forest in the northern and central Waiʻanae Mountains, Oʻahu. A single specimen was found in East Maui (Haleakalā), but is presumed extinct there)
IUCN: Critically Endangered
Oʻahu (Cultivated)
Flower
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Closeup of terminal leaves
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Schiedea is a Hawaiian endemic genus of 34 species--all of which are considered vulnerable, rare, or endangered, with a few extinct.
Etymology
The generic name Schiedea is named in honor of Christian J. Schiede (1798-1836), German-born physician who collected in Mexico.
The specific epithet hookeri is named in honor of Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), English botanist and first Director of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in England.