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One of El Valle de la Luna’s most breathtaking features is its varied pallet, ranging from clear beige tones to sections of red and dark purple. This natural phenomenon is due to the great variance in mineral content between each individual mountain, creating colourful compositions and impressive optical illusions on the eroded hillsides.
It all depends upon the timing. I should know, I am a drummer. There were so many times I would be stopped at the beginning of a song and told it's too fast or it is too slow.
Then upon some study I found out that almost, or the majority of songs were in the same speed. Very little differences.
Happy Whatever day it is.
Happy Macro Monday.
Halloween.
A sweet downfall.
NATIONAL CANDY CORN DAY
National Candy Corn Day is observed annually on October 30th.
You either love it or hate it, there’s little variance between the two. Candy Corn, some describe it as waxy and sickeningly sweet, and others just can’t seem to get enough of this seasonal treat. Whether handed out in small packets at Halloween or served in heaping bowls on grandma’s table, Candy Corn is an icon of the season, and you know that Autumn is here when it starts showing up.
Candy Corn was created by George Renninger of Wunderle Candy Company in the late 1800s. He created this sweet treat to represent the bright colors of corn kernels. Originally, Candy Corn was yellow, orange and white, but it has become popular in other colors as well.
Personally I don't think the cultivated come anywhere close to the exquisite variances of colour exhibited in the wild version.
A slight variance from last week's image posted - also taken on Saturday 9th January 2021.
Took this further shot en route home, when noticing these sheep moving around frenetically and digging in the snow trying to find grazing. Clearly they had been searching extensively judging by all the tracks!
Very much hope you are all still keeping safe and well too!
Another focus stacked image. This was created using only 7 of the 10 shots the camera was set for, as wind had caused blur in three of the shots. It still looks pretty good, so I am thinking that I could have chosen a larger variance in the amount the focus would change from shot to shot. Not all of it is in focus and I am fine with that as there is enough in focus to show how the flower head is made up and how the stem and leaves are hairy.
I really liked the simplicity of this one and especially the soft light. Clover has to be among my very favorite wildflowers (except for the patches in my lawn that seem to be growing larger every year.) So many different versions with their sizes and colours and to me quite lovely at pretty much any stage of flowering or seed production.
Taken July 25th. Canon R6 and Canon 100mm Macro USM
Panterbaars. The humpback grouper is a medium-sized fish which grows up to 70 cm. Its particular body shape makes this grouper quite impossible to mix up with other fishes. Its body is compressed laterally and is relatively high. This stocky and strange visual effect is accented by its concave profile and its elongated snout which gives it a humpbacked appearance.
The young have a white background with round black spots and are continuously swimming head down. The adults have a body colouration with variances of grey and beige with darker blotches variable in size on the body. Small black spots cover the whole body. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
© Jeff R. Clow
Fall color comes early toTut-Shi Lake in the Yukon Territory - about 60 miles north of Skagway, Alaska.
Taken with a Nikon D300 coupled with a Nikkor 18-200mm VR lens. I shot in RAW format and then ran the single exposure through Photomatix software to re-capture the variances of color and light that were present at the scene.
Somewhere in Hamilton. I like Hamilton a great deal. Such a wide difference across the city.
Love all the waterfalls. The harbours and the mountain view.
Happy Window Wednesday
Europe, Portugal, Leiria district, Costa de Prata, Nazaré, Beach, Sand, Waves, Wavelets, Atlantico (slightly cut from L & T)
Shot from a breakwater near the harbour of Nazaré.
The beach - sand, pebbles, waves in ever-changing patterns. Always astounding how only a few elementary forces shape this endless variance.... in which scale is not always easy to determine.
This is # 16 of the adventures in chaos set.
These are burrowing owl owlets. They've just started coming out of their burrow in the last few days. There's quite a size variance. Their mother is kept exceedingly busy feeding them by herself.
Since Saturday morning, with a cumulative 8-hours of watching by two observers, the male has not been seen. He's very distinctive vs. the female, since she's much darker.
I suspect that another raptor took him. Others theorize that he was poisoned, but I think it would be unlikely for him to be poisoned and not his mate and/or brood, since he was the main provider up until his disappearance. Watching other raptor nests in the past, I've seen evidence of raptor attack. It's a vicious world. Fingers crossed that Mom and babies survive.
We went looking for Dall Sheep and found some along the Seward Highway. It was late in the day sun-wise (but only 4 PM) and the tide was rushing in so I took this shot looking down the Seward Highway towards the end of Turnagain Arm, well past the peninsula of land jutting out from the left and extending far to the right in the image. The tidal variance on the Turnagain Arm is quite spectacular, similar to the Bay of Fundy on the East coast of Canada. Here it's beginning to cover the wet glacial till, a flour-like mixture, which has been deadly to those who wade out and get stuck in it.
Taken 15 November 2020 on the Seward Highway, outside Anchorage, Alaska.
“In LOVE all the contradictions of existence
merge themselves and are lost.
Only in love are unity and duality not at variance.
Love must be one and two at the same time.
Only love is motion and rest in one."
~Rabindranath Tagore~
sun so much variance and depth in shades. They have pretty well gone for the season now and are always missed~~~
This image reminds me of some that you get with edge-detecting artistic filters, but the curious thing is that it is created just using ‘statistical’ stacking and blend modes, with a little general tonal adjustment.
Five captures were stacked in Affinity Photo though you can do the same in Photoshop. My initial objective in taking the images was to get rid of the pedestrians that were wandering around. If you stack a number of images using the Median function then provided the pedestrians are moving about you can usually get rid of them without any selections and painting. The median function works by taking the most common value for a particular pixel in the stacked images and using that in the result.
But then my brain aroused itself from its usual torpor (concerning!) and asked ‘what if I just….’ (extremely worrying!). So I tried some of the other stacking functions, some of which gave interesting results.
This image is a combination of a Median stack, with no pedestrians, and Variance stacks which had dark ghosts of the people wandering about, blended together a number of times using various blend modes. Some of the ghosts appeared twice in different places :)
But what you really want to know is where the images were taken (I realise that I’m kidding myself). This is the Bridge of Sighs in Oxford. It joins two parts of Hertford College across New College Lane. It’s named after the famous Venice bridge. Cambridge also has a Bridge of Sighs so I am sure there was a bit of rivalry going on as there often is between these two universities.
I was a bit disappointed to discover that this particular bridge was relatively new, constructed in the 20th century (around 1914 - the Cambridge one predates it by almost 90 years).
As it’s heavily processed I thought I would post it for Sliders Sunday.
Thanks for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Easter and happy Sliders Sunday :)
This is a construction site in Ljubljana, Slovenia that intrigued me with its variance of colours and contrasting lines.
"100x:2020", "Image 6/100".
Back to practicing with the big lens.
Taken with the Sigma 50-500mm f/4.5-6.3DG OS HSM Lens. Pentax K3m11.
"Australia has four species of miners, belonging to the genus Manorina, all of which are technically miners.
There's quite a lot of variance between them: from the bell miners that live along creeks and have a pretty tinkling, to the rare black-eared miner, and the yellow-throated miner with it interbreeds.
The bad guy of our story is the fourth member of the family: the noisy miner, Manorina melanocephala, now found regularly in urban Sydney and Melbourne.
Often confused for the introduced Indian mynah bird, the noisy miner is increasing its range and its density".
Bloodroot. Luminescent white flowers emerging from collages of dead leaves.
Tapered petals of roughly eight, translucent-veined.
In less-petaled specimens, divergent petals much like a pinwheel; in lusher examples, layers like lotuses.
Daisy-like, but not quite; too white, of too-pointy petals, with too wily a variance in expression, opening sundial-like, then reverting to bud at night. And instead of friendly arm-like leaves waving in the breeze, a cloak of earthly green, which it rises from, then sheds to its feet.
Remember this: Bloodroot, surreally white, ghosts out in broad daylight, haunting the roadside.
Take it as a warning, if you wish; it is arguably most terrifying to encounter a ghost during the daytime. Ghosts are supposed to emerge at night, not in broad daylight; we almost never see a ghost in full visage. Hence the shock of spotting a bloodroot.
You are brave, though. You shake off this shock. You pluck one free of its earthly cloak and ask; “Why do you haunt here at this hour?”
You watch as its stem bleeds on your fingers, all too eager to tell. You consider that perhaps it haunts during the day because it has so much to say; a flower that picks you more than you it.
The blood from its roots looks much like your own. Speaks to you of your blood, your roots. You suddenly sense that you are much like this flower, a sort of ghost haunting the roadside; you are being of previous incarnations, a culmination of generations upon generations, the fruit of a grapevine of genetic code whispering diaphanous incantations, barely audible, a haunting tone vibrating your bones….even more, you are a being of blood that will one day cease to flow, lead you to become a true ghost.
On your walk home, you watch the iridescent underpinning of life emerge.
Bloodroot, bloodroot. A flower that picks you.
...
(Quite evidently, I have a rather surreal relationship with bloodroot flowers.
I first encountered them in the spring of 2011 on a walk down the street. I took some photos of them; luminescent white blossoms, haloed by the distortion of my vintage lens and adapter.
The spring of 2011 was a particularly spiritual time for me – I was, for reasons I decline to describe, close to the other side – though I didn’t think much of the flowers at the time. And I more or less forgot about them until 2023-2024, when I read two botanical texts that mentioned them and belabored the luminescent white of their blossoms, imparting to them an almost transcendent quality.
Upon encountering these texts, I began contemplating my encounter with them back in 2011 and was taken by the resonance of a transcendence-coded flower appearing to me at a time in my life of transcendental textures. It came to me that these flowers could be compared to the ghosts I so often contemplated at that time – and so, in my personal index of botanical significations, bloodroot flowers are now Ghosts.)
A little hidden treasure in the rural heartland of NZ - a drive along a gravel road off SH1 (Peka Rd) leads to a carpark (entrance is $5 PP payable in an honesty box) and after a walk across farmland there is a steep walk down the white papa cliffs that flank the Rangitikei River.
Follow the river along to a stand of native bush quite high above the river. Inside, the bush is busy with Fantails and Tui's and spread through out are these large round boulders - very similar to the much visited and famous Moeraki boulders that are on the beach in the South Island.
Not easy to photograph - like so many forest scenes it is difficult to come up with compositions that make sense. Add to that the bright sunlight and the dark forest shadows giving a huge variance in dynamic range definitely made for an interesting challenge.
SONY ILCE-7RM3
SEL2470GM Lens @ 62MM
ISO 100 / f8 / 1/6s
(Bracketed Exposure -2 / 0 / 2+)
Lee Landscape Polariser
Lightroom CC
(c) Dominic Scott 2019
A look at M78.
Focussed mainly on the details and a natural colour with some subtle variances in the dust, reflection and emission areas.
Hope you enjoy.
Imaging telescope or lens: Astro-Physics RH 305
Imaging camera: FLI MicroLine 8300 CCD-camera FLI
Mount: Paramount-ME
Software: Pixinsight 1.8
Filters: Astrodon Red, Astrodon Green, Astrodon Blue, Astrodon Luminance
Resolution: 3312x2475
Dates: Nov. 27, 2017, Dec. 21, 2017, Dec. 23, 2017
Frames:
Astrodon Blue: 22x600" bin 1x1
Astrodon Green: 25x600" bin 1x1
Astrodon Luminance: 53x600" bin 1x1
Astrodon Red: 20x600" bin 1x1
Integration: 20.0 hours
Europe. The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Centre, Red apple, Vans (slightly cut from B)
The Red Apple (KCAP Architecten & Jan des Bouvrie) straight up. Apart from the verticalism, a prominent design feature of the Red Apple is the red aluminium 'misaligned with tonal variances' facade cladding.
Shot with the 7Artisans 7,5 mm fisheye lens. It's number 20 of its album here.
I find the 'greens' of summer uninspiring. A recent day-trip to the Bruce Peninsula did remind me of the more laid back way of life there, once you get off the beaten motorway to Tobermory. This wetland had subtle variances in those greens and the meander of the stream lead me through them....
When I visited the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center I drove to the end of their property which looks out onto the Turnagain Arm of the Cook Inlet. It was low tide and somewhat like the Bay of Fundy, there are huge tidal variances. Here I'm looking East towards the Seward Highway (which is hidden) and the extensive Chugach Mountain range, but only showing one peak, which is snow covered and with a cloud layer dividing the snow cap and treed slopes. A strong evening light cut through the overhead clouds and illuminated the far shore, showing the fall color to have mostly passed.
Taken 12 October 2020 at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center.
Slovenia (Greenwings Holiday)
This insect has some major colour variance that includes green, pink, purple, red, and brown. The pink colour is very rare. The phenomenon is called erythrism, and is comparable to albinism in humans.
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Design and Architecture on display at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.
Movie Trivia:
In the films The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, some scenes of the Capitol's tribute center were filmed here. Some scenes of the 2012 movie Flight were shot in the hotel as well. The atrium is also seen briefly in the 1986 movie Manhunter, and the 2023 film Ghosted. It was also used as the Time Variance Authority headquarters in the Disney+ series Loki.
Other Noteworthy Facts About the AMM -
The Atlanta Marriott Marquis is a 47-story, 168.86 m (554.0 ft) Marriott hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is the 15th tallest skyscraper in the city. The building was designed by Atlanta architect John C. Portman Jr. with construction completed in 1985, and because of its bulging base, it is often referred to as the "Pregnant Building" or the "Coca Cola" building as it looks like a bottle of Coke from the side elevation.
One of the defining features of the Atlanta Marriott Marquis is its large atrium. It was the largest in the world upon its completion in 1985, at 470 feet (143 m) high. The atrium spans the entire height of the building and consists of two vertical chambers divided by elevator shafts and bridges. The record was later broken by the Burj Al Arab in Dubai.
Each day these birds put on such a display, it is hard not to pick up the camera and snap another few pics, I enjoy the challenge of their speed and the variance in the lighting situations
The size variance isn’t as great as it appears, although the aggressive hawk was definitely larger and more mature....could have been a female , and the smaller hawk a male, as RTHs exhibit sexual dimorphism
Valley of the Moon, La Paz, Bolivia.
Valley de la Luna (Moon Valley), isn’t actually a valley at all, but a maze of canyons and giant spires. The formations, composed mainly of clay and sandstone, were created by the persistent erosion of mountains by the area’s strong winds and rains. What remains is a serene setting, full of wonder and intrigue.
One of Valley de la Luna’s most breathtaking features is its varied pallet, ranging from clear beige tones to sections of red and dark purple. This natural phenomena is due to the great variance in mineral content between each individual mountain, creating colorful compositions and impressive optical illusions on the eroded hillsides.
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The birds come out of the dark and into the wide open spaces of the mouth of the river...so amazing to see. Click for an up close view
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Going for a dark and moody setup today. We pulled all of the tomatoes from the garden getting it ready for the dormant season. I perhaps went too intense on the colors but I wanted to show off the beauty of the color variance in the tomatoes.
I found this song sparrow poking around at the water's edge like some sort of sandpiper. Perhaps dreams of one day becoming a wading bird rather than a songbird.
The song sparrow has quite a wide range, extending from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska all the way east across Canada and the U.S. to Florida. Despite there being very little genetic variance, there are a lot of physical variations across their range. Those found in the Pacific Northwest are more darkly streaked, while those of the Desert Southwest are more pale. Those song sparrows of the Aleutian Islands are up to a third longer and weight almost twice as much as their counterparts on the East Coast of the U.S.
Pilot Knob State Park - Iowa
Out for a hike today in our local state park! These leaves by the pond captured my attention with their color variance.
A vista view of the ponds, lily pads and roaming deer, and I get mesmerized by the leaves . . . Sigh!
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There are many different colour variances for emerald tree boa's, particularly in younger snakes and also, according to their region. Newborns may be red or orange or a mix of red and orange or red, orange, and green.
Adults tend to be an emerald green with white spots and yellow infrared heat receptors lining its jaws.
©2017 Jon Hurd Wild Image
The last large piece I did, which I hope to post real soon, had a group of insects. This is just an afterthought. I will be doing a series of bugs transforming into a different kind with my own elements.
Insecta Variant 1
Acrylic on Panel
10" x 13", (15" x 18" framed)
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In THOUGHT, we express the concept of a vessel that carries an idea. A cocoon, incubating the living, breathing energy of our thoughts.
On the exterior, the THOUGHT is made of hundreds of translucent ping pong balls, dyed a multitude of colours. Suspended from the surrounding trees with aircraft cables, it floats in mid-air.
On the inside, a multitude of carefully arrayed points of light emanating movement. The light flickers and on and off at times, actively attracting attention; slowly dimming form light to dark other times, giving the sense of a breath, a life within. The colours range from white to burnt orange, varying in hue but keeping on the warmer, sunset-like side of the spectrum, gifting a warm, ember-like glow on the snowy ground and surrounding trees.
The other half of the installation, is a solitary, long, wood bench directly below the cloud. Here, the audience is invited to sit and reflect.
Here, the THINKER, can reflect, wonder and dream.
Dream, and engage. A sensor on the bench allows the thinker to communicate with the THOUGHT. The lights bursting through cone alive as the interaction takes place. The quickening, intensity and variance of the effect, solely left to the tinker of the THINKER.
What are you thinking?
What inspires you?
What is going on in your mind
…right now?
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