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I've finally processed the rest of the Devil's Lake monochrome images I photographed back in April. I've uploaded several here, and the rest are in this set.
Formed by the glaciers 15,000 years ago, when they filled in both ends of a great river valley, Devil's Lake has always occupied a unique place in the Baraboo hills, its still waters surrounded by brooding 500-foot quartzite bluffs. The Indians called it Spirit Lake, and that seems a more accurate description than the modern name. Devil's Lake is one of Wisconsin's busiest state parks, and it tends to get overrun in the midsummer tourist season. But catch it in the off-season, and its brooding presence comes through. It does seem to be presided over by spirits. Black and white seems the best way to capture its haunted mystery photographically on days like this.
Kequing Little Devil, Genshin Impact Photographer: A.Z.Production Cosplay Photography (instagram.com/azproductioncosp) Cosplayer: Mirana (www.instagram.com/mirana_cos)
Death Valley National Park California
Crystallized salts compose the jagged formations of this forbidding landscape.
Deposited by ancient salt lakes and shaped by winds and rain, the crystals are forever changing.
Listen carefully.On a warm day you may hear a metallic cracking sound as the salt pinnacles expand and contract.
Some of the nasties - Devil's Club towering over the route down the Bulson valley.
Taken May 2014 on a trip to Velella Peak and Mount Quimper.
Kangkung Devil, Take-2: this one is shot without flash to show the texture of the Kangkung leaves. Sri Lanka, June 2011.
Tasmanian Devil - Sarcophilus harrisii
The Tasmanian Devil is the second largest carnivorous marsupial in the world, second only to the Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger, which though considered recently extinct (early 1900s), a very slight possibility of their existence still remains and there are thousands of unconfirmed but reliable sightings since the death of the 'last' Thylacine in 1936 cannot be ignored.
Unfortunately, the Devil too faces extinction. In 1996, the first example of Devil Facial Tumour disease was found on a female devil on the east side of the island. Within 14 years, the 100% fatal cancer has killed more than 95% of the wild Tasmanian Devil population. Because of the Devils aggressive nature towards each other, they will often (particularly when competing for food around a carcass) nip or bite each other. The cancer cells are grafted on to the other devils jaw by the diseased devil during this behaviour, and because of thousands of years of developing on a small, confined island, the genetics are so similar, almost identical, like twins, that the immune system does not realise that the cancer cells are alien. The tumour grows without defiance, and kills the devil within less than a year.
A natural geographical boundary of mountains and rough terrain still remains, however, which acts as a natural fence between the diseased Devils on the east side of the island and the disease free devils on the west side. However, the effectiveness of the geographical fence can not be the only thing that must be depended on to save the devils. Zoos and sanctuaries all over Tasmania and the Mainland have taken in a population of devils for captive breeding programs, to ensure a population fit to restart the species when reintroduced into the Tasmanian wilds. So far there are about 600 in captivity, but at least 1000 will be needed before any hope of a successful reintroduction can even be hoped for.
A little known fact about the Tasmanian Devil is that for it's size it has the strongest jaws of any animal. When feeding together devils will consume the entire animal, sometimes only leaving a small bit of fur behind. In a Tasmanian Devil feeding scrum the gory sound of bones cracking becomes very regular.
Also, despite what some might say, the Tasmanian Devil is very capable of hunting. It will more often scavenge, as it is far easier for it, but they do have an ability to hunt that is not given enought credit to, however slightly limited it is.
Melbourne, Australia, early 1982. His name was Marty, his girlfriend was named Matilda. Pretty much the same as the cartoon except his didn't spin or eat dynamite (not while I was watching, anyway),
With original tissue liner albeit the worse for wear after many, many, well-enjoyed halloweens past. The eyes are quite diabolical. I have heard some dealers and collectors say many collectors look for the "gentleman" or "dapper" looking devils with the mischievous smiles because the ones that are scarier like this one creep them out.
A member of Clampers' Devil Mountain Brigade prepares for the Danville, CA 4th of July parade. These guys always end the parade firing their shotguns into the air many times. Seemed odd to see a gentleman strolling down the main street casually carrying a shotgun and a lage satchel of ammo on his hip.
Details: Handheld, horizon tilt to get a more dynamic feel to the shot, selective coloration, increased highlights and shadows
The sun glistens over Devil's Castle in the Wasatch National Forest east of Alta, Utah.
Photo by Daniel M. Reck. Purchase at 500px Art.
The brightly colored pieces of cloth that you find
hanging in some of the trees along the Tower Trail
and elsewhere in the Monument are referred to as
prayer cloths, prayer bundles, prayer ribbons, prayer
ties, and prayer flags. They are physical, symbolic
representations of prayers and are here by American
Indian people as part of their religious ceremonies.
Please do not touch, take, or disturb these prayer
cloths in any way. It is considered culturally
insensitive to photograph these items and we request
that you do not do so.
---- the Devil is a talented dancer, but also its prey .... is not far behind .... ----
---- il Diavolo è un valente ballerino, ma anche la sua preda .... non è da meno .... ----
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This is at the same time a long and short report , about the traditional sacred and profane feast with pagan roots, called "u Ballu di Diavuli" (The Dance of the Devils) that I made this year on the afternoon of Easter in the Sicilian village of Prizzi (in the province of Palermo); this feast, which has medieval origins, is the representation of the eternal struggle of Evil (two Devils and Death) against the Good (Christ and the Virgin Mary). Devils wears a wool suit in red (the color of the fire of hell ...), also wearing a flashy iron mask with a big mouth adorned with big teeth and a lolling tongue, the mask is surmounted by two horns while the back is covered with a fleece of a goat that covers shoulders and back (a Devil has a black fleece, the other Devil a white fleece), and Devils shake pieces of iron chains which are agitated bumping against the masks; the Death wears a wool suit of yellow ocher, wearing a leather mask always yellow, which looks like a skull, from his mouth come out long teeth, it holds in its hands an "instrument of death" very similar to a medieval crossbow. The feast begins on Easter morning, Death along with the two devils (which have become even four, to involve as many passers-by) roam the streets of the town of Prizzi, engaging with the passers jokes and cajoling, passers are invited to dance with them at the sound of the well-paced band music. Often the two devils "capture the spirit" of a passer, which to be able to see his liberated soul .... must issue a small donation symbolic .... Nevertheless, the name of the Sicilian feast "the Dance of the Devils" originates from a very special time of the event, when the two statues of the Risen Christ and the Virgin Mary are in front each other of them to meet (U 'Ncontru): it is here, between the two statues, the two Devils and the Death staged a bustle of dancing, jumping, coaxing ... with the aim of preventing this meeting, but they will be slain by the swords of the Angels (Angels to guard the Risen Christ), so the Mother and her Son can meet, in a blaze of joy of the devotees, with the Good that has defeated the well forces of Evil ...
These are made to the same scale as the imps shown a little further on; the figures would be about 15 cm tall if they were standing erect. The body was made for another reason, then it occurred to me that it bore some resemblance to one of Signorelli's flying devils at Orvieto. The wings, also modelled on the frescoes, are made separately then glued on. The original clay models for these figures would be about 40 cm tall, if standing erect, so these reproductions are quite detailed.
Normally, when I get or find freebies, i create a look, and then, as a last production step in SL (after theres editing the pictures and writting and uploading and... pheww), I choose a nice place to take my pictures at... well, this one was the other way round... i found this super cool Sim, the Devils Moon, and tried to create a look to fit in. perfect ocasion to show off the new Sn@tch freebie!
Normalmente, quando eu recebo ou acho freebies, eu crio um look, e daí, no último passo no SL (depois vem editar as imagens e escrever e fazer upload e... ufa), eu escolho um lugal legal pra tirar minhas fotos... bem, dessa vez foi o contrário, eu achei um Sim super legal, o Devils Moon e tentei criar um look que combinasse. Ocasião perfeita pra mostrar meu freebie da Sn@tch!
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Top: **CKSD** Flirt Halter Wavy (Group Gift), $0L subscribe-o-matic
hair/Cabelo: *TRUTH* Phoenix [Noir], $50L
Bracelets/Pulseiras: [RN]FreeWristband(Rusty), $1L + [RN]Feather Bangle, $0L @ On the Raven's Nest
Eyes/Olhos: [RN]Rainbow eye, $0L Lucky Chair Item @ On the Raven's Nest
Pants/Calças: (A&K) Black Leather, $10L (outside the main store/fora da loja principal)
Skin: Isabelle Dec, $0L @ Damiani
Shoes/Sapatos: BM Satin Pump Aqua, $0L group gift /presente de grupo @ Baby Monkey
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hair/Cabelo: *TRUTH* Gypsy [Noir], $50L
Pants/Calças: *~PureStyle~*capripants(red), $15L
Coat/casaco: :::Sn@tch Harlot Coat:::, $0L
Shoes/Sapatos: BM Satin Pump Black, $0L group gift /presente de grupo @ Baby Monkey
Belt/Cinto: Ladies Spiked Hipster Belt - A&K, $45L
Pants/Calças: (A&K) Black Leather, $10L (outside the main store/fora da loja principal)
Photos @ Devils Moon
links @ freesecond.blogspot.com