View allAll Photos Tagged Visuals
Desert Wildflowers. Death Valley National Park, California. March 29, 2016. © Copyright 2016 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
A carpet of desert spring flowers, Death Valley National Park
My alternative title for this photograph might have been "What's Underfoot." We were a bit too later for this year's (near?) superbloom in parts of southern Death Valley National Park, but we still found plenty of flowers during out late March visit. Many desert plants are opportunistic, holding off on their blooms in dry years and then going exuberantly wild in wetter years. This wasn't one of the truly wet seasons, though it was wetter than the recent drought years might have suggested, and in many places the flowers responded.
I made this photograph in one of those Death Valley locations that might seem both very special and not at all special, depending on your orientation to the place. We drove out on a long road that traverses a high valley. By comparison to, say, the high peaks of the Sierra, the terrain seems unremarkable, with vast stretches of undifferentiated desert vegetation leading to dry and rocky ridges. But the vast space is special, in and of itself, and there turns out to be more to look at and experience than might first be apparent. I knew from previous visits that thick wildflowers were a possibility, and I knew that if we just pulled off the road and looked that we would find them. At one of these stops I simply took my camera and walked off a bit and found a dense carpet of plants and flowers, taking full advantage of this brief period of sunlight and a bit of moisture.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, "California's Fall Color: A Photographer's Guide to Autumn in the Sierra" is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
Blog | About | Flickr | Twitter | Facebook | Google+ | LinkedIn | Email
All media © Copyright G Dan Mitchell and others as indicated. Any use requires advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.
More from this Visual Disturbances series here
___
Subject Two: Zoe Seabrook, Short-sightedness + Weak Astigmatism - Right Eye: Unknown Prescription
I'm entering this in a call for visual journals by the Brooklyn Sketchbook Library to be put in a time capsule for 50 years (!). I've decided the theme will be birds, with the Emily Dickinson quote in mind, "I hope you love birds too. It's economical. It saves going to heaven."
#landcarlos1 #sx50carlos1 #2014carlos1 #piedadecarlos1 #instagram
UM LINDO VISUAL...
- Este jogo de sombras e luz, que adoro, me faz lembrar de uma colega de trabalho... a Beatriz. Ela também adora fotos, mas não é muito fã de sair...
- No chão o que se encontra no céu...
A BEAUTIFUL LOOK...
- This play of shadows and light, which I love, reminds me of a coworker... Beatriz. She also loves photos, but she's not much of a fan...
- On the ground what is in the sky...
Timnit Gebru wants to replace the U.S. Census (which costs $1B/year to implement) by simply analyzing the cars seen in Google Street View images.
After processing 22 million observed cars, she found some fascinating things, like the predictive power of "the sedan/truck ratio" for political party. Republicans sure like trucks! More findings in the comments below.
From the AI in Fintech Forum today at Stanford ICME.
For those who never saw the Visual Graphix releases from the 90`s....You can watch vol.2,4 & 5 here...Be sure to check the Brighton sections...
Vol.2 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQmto0PqB68
Cliente: Visual Wave
Foto: Diego Castanha
Model: Leonardo Agra
Beauty: Joaquim Júnior
Produção: Patricia Cox
Notice that a couple horses in the photo have on horse masks, a unique visual art form created by Native American artists. Masks were usually used for parades or ceremonies, not for battle, because they limited a horse’s range of vision. The art still thrives today. I got to see some truly outstanding examples of horse masks at a recent exhibition called “A Song for the Horse Nation” at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. Here are a few examples:
www.flickr.com/photos/57440551@N03/6709834503/in/set-7215...
www.flickr.com/photos/57440551@N03/6709845369/in/set-7215...
www.flickr.com/photos/57440551@N03/6709858013/in/set-7215...
Printed on the back of the stereoview is the following text, which is clearly aimed at youngsters:
“Long ago, when the Sioux Indians were wild people, the boys had many games. Some were with the bow and arrow, or wrestling, or swimming, or racing. Sometimes they had fights with mud balls. What would your mother say to this kind of game? One of the queerest sports was a war upon the nests of wild bees. They played the bees were Indian enemies. They painted their faces as their fathers did when ready for the warpath. Then with a warwhoop they rushed at the nest. If the bees stung them they pretended not to care. One of the best games of all was racing. Some of the Indian ponies are very swift. The boys learned to ride them with no saddle but with a blanket thrown over their backs. They did not guide the ponies with reins, but by their legs and the swaying of their bodies.
“In the picture are some grown-up Sioux Indians on their racing ponies. Can you see the feathers they wear? When the Indians were wild people, eagles’ feathers could be worn only by those who had done a certain brave deed. A war bonnet could be worn by a man who had won ten battles. A warrior might wear one with long, trailing plumes if he were a leader the Indians liked to follow. Other braves could wear feathers, but not eagles’ feathers or war bonnets.”
(Note: An inexpensive viewer can turn the side-by-side images on the computer screen into a 3-D image. The viewer is available from the following source:
This is a set of 5 over-sized postcards of some of my visual journal pages. Each glossy postcard represents a journal spread, and is 8.5" x 5.5". The printing quality is so good, you can read my writing and feel what I was feeling when I created the journal page. Keep it for yourself for art inspiration, or mail it. The back is blank, except for my information, so you can write a note and address it.
A ver, me puedo creer que lo que lleva en su mano derecha es lo que todos nos imaginamos cuando miramos con atencion a la estatua, pero lo que no me trago es... que lo que tiene en su mano izquierda, sea la otra parte que le falta! Eran grandes guerreros, y muchas cosas mas pero hasta ahí.
London Stands Up to Racism, London, March 19, 2016.
"ALL OUT FOR UN ANTI-RACISM DAY!
#M19
#RefugeesWelcome
#BlackLivesMatter
Speakers:
Diane Abbott MP
Claude Moraes MEP
Jean Lambert MEP
Jeremy Hardy, Comedian
Michael Rosen Children's novelist and poet
Gary Younge Journalist
Dave Ward CWU General Secretary
Christine Blower NUT General Secretary
Sally Hunt UCU General Secretary
Maurice Wren Chief Executive, The Refugee Council
Harish Patel National Equalities Officer, Unite The Union
Gloria Mills, Chair - TUC Race Relations Committee
Zita Holbourne Co-Chair, Black Activists Rising Against Cuts
Marilyn Reed Sarah Reed Campaign for Justice / Blaksox
Lee Jasper Movement Against Xenophobia
Malia Bouattia NUS Black Students Officer
Shakira Martin NUS VP Further Education
Shahrar Ali Deputy Leader, The Green Party
Yusuf Hassan VP Federation of Student Islamic Societies
Mohammed Kozbar Spokesperson,
Muslim Association of Britain
Maz Saleem Daughter of the Late Mohammed Saleem
Stephanie Lightfoot Bennett Co-Chair,
United Friends and Families
Gerry Gable Editor, Searchlight
Sam Fairbarn Secretary, People's Assembly Against Austerity
Lindsey German Convenor, Stop the War Coalition
Sabby Dhalu and Weyman Bennett, Organisers -
Stand up to racism
A racist offensive against refugees, migrants and Muslims is being pushed by some politicians and press. It is crucial we
respond to this by standing in solidarity against attempts to divide our communities. The appalling treatment of refugees across Europe and the staggering rise in anti-Muslim hate crimes must be challenged.
Let’s send a message that drives back the tide of racism, fascism, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and the scapegoating of migrants and refugees – we say refugees welcome here and yes to diversity!
Join the Europe-wide UN Anti-Racism Day Demonstration when tens of thousands march across Britain, with major mobilisations in London, Scotland and Wales joining thousands in cities across Europe and around the world to say no to racism.
Stand Up To Racism has led some of the biggest anti-racist
mobilisations in Britain of the last decade, including the UN Anti-racism day demonstrations of 2014 and 2015 and the 100,000 strong Refugees Welcome demonstration on 12th September 2015."
Source:
www.standuptoracism.org.uk/2016/02/un-anti-racism-day-dem...
As many of you, I am a very visual person, so these kind of images wake my senses up!!
Somehow, these colours feel good to my eyes.
Hope you like it too =)
Near Hawksbay beach, Karachi, Pakistan.
Best view large View On Black
analyse my DNA OR
Here some photo in the order of Interestingness
Thanks everyone for visit ..... Have a great day to all !!
Part of my dissertation study on food eateries of this particular laneway in Perth, which is filled with restaurants. Shot was taken from a pub opposite to another eatery. The openess of this outdoor area allows visual connection with the "street" and the people eating next door. It is all about the human scale and interaction :)
We all like to to people watch in my opinion, street photographers just like to capture such things :)
Hope this study leads to something next semester lol.
Thanks for the visit!