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Color theory strips my bee mates made for me. LOVE how they came together!

Turned into chaos theory.

World Arthritis Day has been celebrated 1996 by ARI (Arthritis Rheumatism International) first. It is being celebrated each year on October 12th.

 

Now, people with arthritis from around the world join together to make their voices heard on this day. You can join in and raise this voice also!

 

The aims of World Arthritis Day are:

 

To raise awareness of arthritis in all its forms among the medical community, people with arthritis and the general public

To influence public policy by making decision-makers aware of the burden of arthritis and the steps which can be taken to ease it

To ensure all people with arthritis and their caregivers are aware of the vast support network available to them.

More info here: www.worldarthritisday.org/eular.php

Arthritis cant kill you but it can take your life..

 

A great explanation for what life is like living with a chronic illness is

The Spoon Theory by Christine Miserandino. It really brought it home to me.

This one's for you Clodders.

Scanned this Adobe Illustrator project for the March Scavenger hunt.

Epic north rim Grand Canyon sunset with a summer thunderstorm breaking!

 

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Celebrating Dr. E's LAw of Moving Dimensions ^& Dynamic Dimensions Theory dx4/dt=ic which derives from Homer's Odyssey! "Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted; moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home; but do what he might he could not save his men, for they perished through their own sheer folly in eating the cattle of the Sun-god Hyperion; so the god prevented them from ever reaching home. Tell me, too, about all these things, O daughter of Jove, from whatsoever source you may know them." --Homer's Odyssey! herosodysseyphysics.wordpress.com

 

Drove 60 miles down a rocky dirt road for these shots and camped overnight to shoot this Torweap / Tuweep sunrise! Toroweap, a Paiute terms,"dry or barren valley." And it was! I slept five feet from the edge all night, as I was shooting night shots of a dead tree on the edge, with the canyon and silvered river down below.

 

New blog celebrating my philosophy of photography with tips, insights, and tutorials!

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Nikon D810 & Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens Photos of Tuweep Toroweap Overlook Grand Canyon Arizona! Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Landscape & Nature Photography for Los Angeles Gallery Show !

 

Will be busy printing and framing in nice large, matted formats and frames and museum glass! Five of these photos will be printed on 40" x 60" floating wall mounted metal sheets! I think I know which--will share photos of the photos hanging on the walls!

 

And I am mounting some on plexiglass/acryllic--front mounting them! Some I am printing on lossy fuji-crystal archival paper too, and then front mounting 40"x60" versions to plexiglass--will send photos!

 

The secret to HDR photography is that you want people to say, "Woe dude--that's unreal!" And not, "Dude--that's not real!" "Unreal" is the word they use when they're trying to figure out the photo--what makes it cool--is it a photo? Is it painted? How'd it come to be--how'd you bend the light that way? "That's not real," is what they say if you have the saturation/HDR/ etc. turned up too high. :)

 

Some (almost) final edits for my Los Angeles Gallery Show! Printing them on metallic paper at 13" x 19" and mounting and framing them on a 4mm 18x24 white mat and 2" dark wood frame. Also printing some 40" x 70" whihc is over three feet by five feet! Wish you all could come (and hang out with the goddesses)!

 

Let me know your favs.!

 

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I booked a major photography show at a major LA gallery in December! Will also be giving some lectures on the story--the Hero's Odyssey Mythology--behind the photography!

 

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Preparing for some gallery shows this fall to celebrate 300,000,000 views! Printing a few dozen photographs in ~ 30"x40" formats and mounting/framing. Here are some close-to-final edits. HDR photography 7 exposures shot at 1EV and combined in photomatix: 36 megapixel Nikon D800E with the awesome Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens. 45SURF Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography!

 

Epic Scenic HDR Landscapes Shot with Nikon D800E: Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography!

 

Shot with the Nikon Nikkor wide-angle 14-24 mm 2.8 lens!

 

Seven exposures @ 1EV finished in photomatix.

 

Enjoy the Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography, and all the best on a hero's odyssey of your own making!

 

These were shot with Nikon's best D810 with the 14-24mm wide-angle Nikkor lens. 7 exposures were taken at 1 EV intervals, and combined in photomatix to bring out the shadows and highlights.

 

Rather large HDR (high dynamic range) photo--you can see great detail both near and far! View the detail at full size!

 

The Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens rocks!

 

High Dynamic Range (HDR) photos rock in capturing the full dynamic range of the scene!

 

All the best on your epic hero's odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!

 

Toroweap / Tuweep in the Grand Canyon, Arizona is Beautiful!

 

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Nikon D810 Sunrise Photos of Toroweap (Tuweep) Overlook Grand Canyon Arizona! Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Landscape & Nature Photography for Los Angeles Gallery Show !

 

All the best on your epic hero's odyssey!

 

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Zion National Park Fine Art Landscapes: Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Landscape and Nature Photography!

 

Hiking the Zion Narrows and the Zion Subway! Shooting Paradise Cove and Archangel Falls! The Zion National Park autumn is most beautiful!

 

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Greetings flickr fans! Many more uploads soon! I have been busy writing, traveling, and shooting! I finished my books on the Tao of Epic Landscape Photography and the Golden Number Ratio Principle! I oft incorporate the golden ratio in my landscape compositions, and you'll also see it in the design and proportion of the 45surf clothes and surfboard and gun logos (More golden ratio information at my facebook page facebook.com/goldennumberratio). Message me on facebook for free review copies of my books here: facebook.com/mcgucken ! :)

 

I'm working on a book on photographing epic goddesses too! What should I title it? :)

 

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Full titles: The Tao of Epic Landscape Photography: Exalt Fine Art with the Yin-Yang Wisdom of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching.

 

And: The Golden Number Ratio Principle: Why the Fibonacci Numbers Exalt Beauty and How to Create PHI Compositions in Art, Design, & Photography: An Artistic and Scientific Introduction to the Golden Mean !

 

I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them! :)

 

Enjoy the epic landscape and goddess and photography and note the golden ratio overlays in some of the photos, as well as the golden ratio in the Birth of Venus painting by Botticelli!

 

I've been on the road shooting landscapes in Zion, Yosemite, the Eastern Sierras, Big Sur, and more!

 

Many of you have seen my physics formula dx4/dt=ic for Light Time Dimesnion Theory on a lot of the 45surf clothing and in the fine art landscape logos. I finally finished the first book of many on the foundations of photography's best friend--light:

Light Time Dimension Theory: The Foundational Physics Unifying Einstein's Relativity and Quantum Mechanics.

 

All the best on your epic hero's odyssey!

 

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Was so fortunate to be able to photograph the epic Zion glow this year in the Narows aod Zion National Park!

I met Yogi in Berlin and we did an interview for Bricktopia. I took some pictures of his Big Bang Theory living room.

Check out the interview (it's in German) - and be sure to be a fan of Bricktopia on Facebook!

 

The article with more pics: bricktopia.de/interview-mit-yogi/

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Epic Poetry inspires all my photography: geni.us/9K0Ki Epic Poetry for Epic Landscape Photography: Exalt Fine Art Nature Photography with the Poetic Wisdom of John Muir, Emerson, Thoreau, Homer's Iliad, Milton's Paradise Lost & Dante's Inferno Odyssey

 

Exalt your photography with Golden Ratio Compositions!

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Golden Ratio Compositions & Secret Sacred Geometry for Photography, Fine Art, & Landscape Photographers: How to Exalt Art with Leonardo da Vinci's, Michelangelo's!

 

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Ralph Waldo Emerson. The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship.

It’s that time of year when we get the fall color changes. It’s also the time of year my neighbors and coworkers beef up the mobbing, harassment and baiting. It's as predictable as the fall colors. You see; I take a vacation (holiday) this time of year, every year; to spend time with my family in the Midwest. The locals want to get their licks in before I depart their humble hospitality. This is not speculation, nor a theory; it’s based on facts year after year (remember super duper military training). So, while I’m enjoying this beautiful meadow, exchanging niceties in a foreign language with guest, also enjoying the same; my neighbors and coworkers are conspiring, how to push my buttons.

 

Yosemite will remain Extremely Toxic until there is common sense and accountability. Why is that so hard to understand? Until then, you may want to leave your dignity at the gate.

 

What is happening in Yosemite is WRONG!

 

Yosemite’s current Superintendent is: Michael T Reynolds

 

Nominated Director National Parks Services is: David Vela

 

The Truth about Yosemite National Park: flic.kr/p/2hJ7Rye

 

• The truth about Yosemite 2016 to current: www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Yosemite-Chief-Retiring-Ami...

 

Thank you for your views, positive comments and visiting my photostream.

 

Fine Art Ballerina Photography! Nikon D810 Ballet Photos of Pretty Ballerina Dancing in Pointe Shoes at the Beach! Lights! Elliot McGucken Fine Art Ballet Photography!

 

Dancing for Dynamic Dimensions Theory dx4/dt=ic: The fourth dimension is expanding relative to the three spatial dimensions at the rate of c!

 

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Nikon D810 Epic Fine Art Ballerina Goddess Dancing Ballet! Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Ballet!

 

Marrying epic landscape, nature, and urban photography to ballet!

 

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Nikon D810 with the Nikon MB-D12 Multi Battery Power Pack / Grip for D800 and D810 Digital Cameras allows one to shoot at a high to catch the action FPS! Ballerina Dance Goddess Photos! Pretty, Tall Ballet Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess! Captured with the AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II from Nikon, and the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Nikon! Love them both!

 

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A pretty goddess straight out of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey!

 

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The 45EPIC landscapes and goddesses are straight out of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey!

 

I'm currently updating a translation with the Greek names for the gods and goddesses--will publish soon! :)

"RAGE--Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Zeus fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another. " --Homer's Iliad capturing the rage of the 45EPIC landscapes and seascapes! :)

 

Ludwig van Beethoven: "Music/poetry/art should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman." Pretty blue eyes!

Wearing ties from Knot Theory (www.knotheory.com)

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Quantum theory of observation - Thierry Dugnolle

 

Quantum physics for dummies

Fundamental principles and concepts

Examples of measurements

Entanglement

General theory of measurement

The forest of destinies

The appearance of relative classical worlds in the quantum Universe

Quantum entanglement is the fundamental concept to explain the reality of observation.

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Wave-particle duality

 

Is light a flow of particles or a wave phenomenon ? Light rays could be particle paths and they were regarded thus by Newton in his Optics. Light reflection in a mirror is then naturally interpreted with the hypothesis that particles of light, or photons, are like bouncing balls. Nevertheless Huygens argued that this phenomenon and others were better interpreted with the hypothesis that light rays are perpendicular lines to wave fronts.

 

Photography gives an evidence of the existence of particles of light, for traces left by light are always like impacts of particles.

 

But if light is made of particles how can we explain interference patterns such as those found by Young and Fresnel ? Interference is always interference between waves. It seems there can not be any interference with particles. An interference pattern is an experimental evidence that light is a wave phenomenon. It is confirmed by Maxwell's theory of electomagnetism, which defines light as an electromagnetic wave.

 

That light be made of particles is not contradicted by the existence of interference patterns. Here is what we can see if we look at how an interference pattern appears on a photographic plate (see photo - animated in original publication)

 

The wave phenomenon, interference, results from impacts of particles.

 

The superposition principle gives a very direct explanation of wave-particle duality. Any physical system is a particle or a system of particles, but these behave sometimes like waves because they can be in many places at the same time. The wave of a particle or of a system of particles determines its diffuse presence.

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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

 

seop.illc.uva.nl/entries/qt-entangle/

 

1. Quantum Entanglement

 

In 1935 and 1936, Schrödinger published a two-part article in the Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society in which he discussed and extended an argument by Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen. The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) argument was, in many ways, the culmination of Einstein’s critique of the orthodox Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics and was designed to show that the theory is incomplete. (See the entries on the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen argument in quantum theory and the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.)

 

In classical mechanics the state of a system is essentially a list of the system’s properties — more precisely, it is the specification of a set of parameters from which the list of properties can be reconstructed: the positions and momenta of all the particles comprising the system (or similar parameters in the case of fields).

 

The dynamics of the theory specifies how properties change in terms of a law of evolution for the state. In a letter to Max Born, Wolfgang Pauli characterized this mode of description of physical systems as a ‘detached observer’ idealization (see The Born-Einstein Letters, Born, 1992; p. 218).

 

On the Copenhagen interpretation, such a description is not possible for quantum systems. Instead, the quantum state of a system should be understood as a catalogue of what an observer has done to the system and what has been observed, and the import of the state then lies in the probabilities that can be inferred (in terms of the theory) for the outcomes of possible future observations on the system.

 

Einstein rejected this view and proposed a series of arguments to show that the quantum state is simply an incomplete characterization of a quantum system. The missing parameters are sometimes referred to as ‘hidden parameters’ or ‘hidden variables.’

 

It should not be supposed that Einstein’s notion of a complete theory included the requirement that the theory should be deterministic. Rather, he required certain conditions of separability and locality for composite systems consisting of separated component systems: each component system separately should be characterized by its own properties (its own ‘being-thus,’ as Einstein put it — ‘So-sein’ in German), and it should be impossible to alter the properties of a distant system instantaneously (or the probabilities of these properties) by acting on a local system.

 

In later analyses, notably in Bell’s argument for the nonlocality of quantum correlations, it became apparent that these conditions, suitably formulated as probability constraints, are equivalent to the requirement that statistical correlations between separated systems should be reducible to probability distributions over common causes (deterministic or stochastic) in the sense of Reichenbach. (See the entries on Bell’s theorem and Reichenbach’s common cause principle.)

Frankfurt, Römer, Citizens' protest 27.04.2024

Strange but does anyone else love to learn about conspiracy theory's, killers, cults, religious groups. It's all just interesting to me anyone else?

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Chaos theory

 

Here am I floating 'round my tin can

Far above the moon

Planet Earth is blue

And there's nothing I can do

Visual representation of the creation of the universe. Note the 2001 A Space Odyssey influence.

I;ve caught and posted this several times... I like em though... he;s the only one putting out so many fucking wholecars.... Wish I coulda got better flikks

Fuck I caught 2 theory wholecars on one line today. Lucky day. They looked semi fresh .

04-09

 

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Trying to use up pieces from my stash. I made this quick and simple top from a pillowcase- there is a button up placket in the back. So glad that little girl is totally into it even though there is no pink.

 

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Outlining a Theory of General Creativity . .

. . on a 'Pataphysical projectory

 

Entropy ≥ Memory ● Creativity ²

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Study of the day:

 

"Les qualités et les étendues, les formes et les matières, les espèces et les parties ne sont pas premières ; elles sont emprisonnées dans les individus comme dans des cristaux. Et c’est le monde entier, comme dans une boule de cristal, qui se lit dans la profondeur mouvante des différences [...]. "

 

“Qualities and extents, forms and matters, species and parts are not first ; they are imprisoned in the individuals as in crystals. And it is the whole world, as in a crystal ball, which is read in the moving depth of the differences [...]. ”

 

( Gilles Deleuze - Différence and répétition )

 

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rectO-persO | E ≥ m.C² | co~errAnce | TiLt

   

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My physics equation dx4/dt=ic graces the swimsuits and bikinis, while the golden gun is designed in proportion with the golden ratio, and the photos are oft cropped in divine proportions!

 

Beautiful Golden Ratio Composition Photography Surf Goddesses! dx4/dt=ic Athletic Action Portraits of Swimsuit Bikini Models! Athena, Artemis, Helen, and Aphrodite! Athletic Fitness Models!

 

My Epic Gear Guide for Landscapes & Portraits!

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Einstein determined that the laws of physics are the same for all non-accelerating observers, and that the speed of light in a vacuum was independent of the motion of all observers. I was determined to prove this by the only means possible I could think of - standing liberatingly naked on top of the world ripping a tear in the fabric of time and space.

Unedited, single exposure lightpainting image created using cardboard, a pane of glass, fluid paint pouring, LBP blades and a couple of stencils.

Castel del Monte, Andria, Puglia, Italia.

 

Castel del Monte, Andria, Apulia, Italy.

 

Romànic, Gòtic, Musulmà

 

CATALÀ

El Castel del Monte és un edifici del segle XIII construït per Frederic II, a Pulla, a la ciutat d'Andria, prop de Santa Maria del Monte.

El seu origen se situa oficialment el 29 de gener de 1240, quan Frederic II Hohenstaufen va ordenar que es preparessin els materials i tot el necessari per construir un castell prop de l'església de Santa Maria de Monte (ja desapareguda). Aquesta data, però, no és acceptada per tots els estudiosos: segons alguns, de fet, la construcció del castell en aquell moment ja havia arribat a les teulades.

No queda clara l'atribució a un determinat arquitecte: alguns l'atribueixen a Richard Lentini, però molts sostenen que la construcció del disseny és del mateix Frederic II. Sembla que va ser construït sobre les ruïnes d'una fortalesa anterior, primer Llombarda i després Normanda. Probablement a la mort de Frederic II (que va tenir lloc a 1250) l'edifici encara no estava acabat.

Fou rarament utilitzat en celebracions, tot i així, el 1246 va haver-hi el casament de Violant, la filla il·legítima de Richard i Bianca Lancia amb el comte de Caserta Riccardo Caetani.

A partir del segle XVII va patir un llarg període d'abandonament, durant el qual el castell va ser espoliat de mobles i decoracions de marbre parietal (les restes encara són visibles, només per darrere dels capitells) i es va convertir així en una presó i en un refugi per als pastors, bandits i refugiats polítics. El 1876 el castell, en condicions de conservació summament precàries, va ser comprat finalment (per la suma de 25.000 £) per l'Estat italià, que en va preparar la restauració a partir de 1928. El 1936 va ser declarat monument nacional.

El 1996, la UNESCO l'ha inscrit a la llista de Patrimoni per la perfecció de les seves formes i per l'harmoniosa unió dels elements culturals del nord d'Europa i el món islàmic de clàssic, típic exemple d'arquitectura militar medieval.

Occasionally used as a hunting lodge under Manfred of Sicily, the castle become a state prison under the latter's victor, Charles I of Anjou: here Manfred's sons Henry, Azzo and Enzo were kept as prisoner after 1266, as well as other Hohenstaufen supporters[3]

The main wall is 25 m high and the eight bastions each 26 m. The sides of the main octagon are 16.5 m long and those of the octagonal towers each 3.1 m. The castle has a diameter of 56 m. Its main entrance faces east.

 

ENGLISH

Because of its relatively small size, it was once considered to be no more than a "hunting lodge", but scholars now believe it originally had a curtain wall and did serve as a citadel.[2] Frederick was responsible for the construction of many castles in Apulia, but Castel del Monte's geometric design was unique.The fortress is an octagonal prism with an octagonal tower at each corner. The towers were originally some 5 m higher than now, and they should perhaps include a third floor.[3] Both floors have eight rooms and an eight-sided courtyard occupies the castle's centre.[6] Each of the main rooms has vaulted ceilings. Three of the corner towers contain staircases. The castle has two entrances, an unobtrusive service entrance and an ornate main entrance. Frederick's main entrance featured elements from classical design, and may have been influenced by Frederick's interest in Greco-Roman architecture.

The octagonal plan is unusual in castle design. Historians have debated the purpose of the building and it has been suggested that it was intended as a hunting lodge.[7] Another theory is that the octagon is an intermediate symbol between a square (representing the earth) and a circle (representing the sky). Frederick II may have been inspired to build to this shape by either the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, which he had seen during the Sixth Crusade, or by the Palace Chapel of Aachen Cathedral.

In 1996 Castel del Monte was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, which described it as "a unique masterpiece of medieval military architecture”

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Tai Shui Hang, Hong Kong

[...] Nature hides her secrets because of her essential loftiness, but not by means of ruse [...]

-- Quote by Albert Einstein (German born American Physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity. Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921. 1879-1955)

 

Nikon D200, Sigma 70-300 f/4-5.6, 70mm - f/4 - 1/250s

 

Petrella Salto, Italy (August, 2014)

Fujinon 1:1.9 f=3.3 cm at f/1.9

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