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A high magnification macro of the common white and gold daisy in senescence characterised by the curled petals and rounded hemispherical heart (compared to the flatter disc shape of its youth). The golden heart is only some 12 mm (half inch) in diameter.
The high magnification was achieved using the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens with the EF 25 II Extension Tube.
The dome of the church with a diameter of 10 meters is divided into 8 segments, with round dormer windows with a luxurious gilded molding that frames the dormer windows. Each segment of the dome has an image of one of the eight Archangels.
Artist Oleksiy Petrovich Antropov (1716-1795).
In 1752–1755, he worked in Kyiv on the frescoes of St. Andrew's Church - he painted the cathedral, dome, several icons of the iconostasis ("Last Supper", "Annunciation", "Assumption of the Virgin", "Apostle Andrew the First-Called") and images in the altar.
Баня (купол) церкви діаметром 10 метрів поділена на 8 сегментів, з круглими вікнами-люкарнами з розкішним позолоченим ліпленням, яке обрамовує вікна-люкарни. У кожному сегменті купола образ одного з восьми архангелів.
Художник Олексій Петрович Антропов (1716-1795).
У 1752– 1755 працював у Києві над розписами Андріївської церкви - розписав катедру, купол, декілька ікон іконостасу («Тайна Вечеря», «Благовіщення», «Успіння Богородиці», «Апостол Андрій Первозванний») та образів у вівтарі.
These flowers grow about five inches in diameter and were growing wild in the Yosemite valley amongst shrubs and grass....it was an amazing discovery, and the closer I got to them, the more amazed in their intricacy I was...so I thought I would get my Canon Macro out and see if I could share with you what I found and still find so fascinating.....the hidden side to Nature I find so profound and quite inspiring.
About the whale.
Skyscraper (the Bruges Whale)
SIZE: 38' high, 38' wide (fin to fin), 12' diameter
SCOPE: Public Art, Installation
STATUS: Completed
www.studiokca.com/projects/skyscraper-the-bruges-whale/:
"Skyscraper is a physical example of why we need to change how we use and dispose of plastic in the world today" -Lesley Chang, Principal, STUDIOKCA
DESCRIPTION:
5 tons of plastic waste pulled out of the Pacific Ocean, turned into a 4 story tall whale for the 2018 Bruges Triennial - a reminder of the 150,000,000 tons of plastic waste still swimming in our waters
The organizers of the 2018 Bruges Triennial, approached us to create an artpiece interpreting the idea of the “liquid city”, a concept that defines the city as an ever changing set of consumer transactions, whose identity is in flux as cities grow more and more connected through globalization.
Our first thought led us to thinking about the biggest liquid city on the planet (the ocean), how it connects us all, and how the waste produced and consumed in our cities, specifically plastic waste, ends up in the ocean.
SO, we proposed collecting as much plastic waste out of the oceans that we could in 4 months, and shaping that waste into Skyscraper, an almost 4 story tall whale pushing out of one of Bruges' main canals, and arching over historic Jan Van Eyck Square at the city's center.
Skyscraper was selected along with 14 other installations proposed by a select group of international artists and architects to be brought to life for the event!
Scientists estimate there are 150 million tons of plastic trash in the ocean right now, with an estimated 8 million tons added every year. That means, pound for pound, there is more plastic waste from our cities swimming in the ocean than there are whales. A whale, breaching from the water, is the first "skyscraper of the sea", and as the largest mammal in the water, it felt like the right form for our piece to take in order to show the scope and scale of the problem.
Working with the Hawaii Wildlife Fund and the Surfrider Foundation Kaui Chapter, we were able to pull over 5 tons of plastic to create Skyscraper.
For a video of the process see:
Skyscraper_the making of by StudioKCA
13.1.2020, Paulet Island
Paulet Island is a circular island about 1.5 km (0.93 mi) in diameter, lying 4.5 km (2.8 mi) south-east of Dundee Island, off the north-eastern end of the Antarctic Peninsula. Because of its large penguin colony, it is a popular destination for sightseeing tours.
The island is composed of lava flows capped by a cinder cone with a small summit crater. Geothermal heat keeps parts of the island ice-free, and the youthful morphology of the volcano suggests that it was last active within the last 1,000 years. The island is part of the James Ross Island Volcanic Group
Paulet Island was discovered by a British expedition (1839–1843) under James Clark Ross and named by him for Captain the Right Honorable Lord George Paulet, Royal Navy.
In 1903 during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition led by Otto Nordenskiöld his ship Antarctic was crushed and sunk by the ice off the coast of the island. A stone hut built in February 1903 by shipwreck survivors, together with the grave of an expedition member, and the cairn built on the highest point of the island to draw the attention of rescuers, have been designated a Historic Site or Monument (HSM 41), following a proposal by Argentina and the United Kingdom to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting. The shipwrecked crew of the Endurance original plan was to travel to the island and use stores there that were left by the above Swedish Expedition but the ice pack that they were stranded on eventually drifted too far east.
Wikipedia
The white peacock, is a species of butterfly found in the southeastern United States, Central America, and throughout much of South America. The males of the species display a unique territorial behavior, in which they stake out a territory typically 15 meters in diameter that contains larval host plants.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anartia_jatrophae
Butterfly needles flowers are depicted as daisy-like due to the larger white petals and the very small yellow flowers which are located at the end of the branches.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidens_alba
Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Woodruff_National_Wildlife_Refuge
………No macro lens needed for this monster measuring in at around 8 or 9 inches in diameter - see leaves for scale! (see other shot) Happy Sunday & ‘stay safe’. Alan:-)……
For the interested I’m growing my Shutterstock catalogue regularly here, now sold 56 images :- www.shutterstock.com/g/Alan+Foster?rid=223484589&utm_...
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©Alan Foster. All rights reserved. Do not use without permission.……
The 15-meter-diameter work was thought of as a World War II shipwreck that would transform into a spaceship evoking the city's transformation in the Bassins afloat district, which is finally emerging from the ground. It was built in the workshops of Métalobil, specialized in original creations, in Nantes. It was designed by Suzanne Treister, a renowned London artist. The steel sculpture incorporates materials from the wreck of the Garonne. On her website, Suzanne Treister explains her approach: "In 2013, I was struck by the presence of many WWII ships still submerged in the Garonne, some of which are exposed on the surface of the water. I felt the closeness of the Second World War in the psychology of the city, as if memories were just under the surface of the water like these warships, ready to emerge. I thought of turning one of these wrecks into something else, like an alchemical operation, to embody the physical process of city change. So I had the idea to transform it into a spaceship. ”
L’œuvre de 15 mètres de diamètre a été pensée comme une épave de navire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale qui se transformerait en un vaisseau spatial évoquant la mutation de la ville dans le quartier des Bassins à flot, qui finit de sortir de terre. Elle a été construite dans les ateliers de Métalobil, spécialisé dans les créations originales, à Nantes. Elle a été conçue par Suzanne Treister, une artiste londonienne réputée. La sculpture en acier intègre des matériaux de récupération d'une épave de la Garonne. Sur son site, Suzanne Treister explique sa démarche: «En 2013, j'ai été frappée par la présence de nombreux navires de la Seconde Guerre mondiale encore immergés dans la Garonne et dont certains affleurent à la surface de l’eau. J’ai ressenti la proximité la seconde guerre mondiale dans la psychologie de la ville, comme si les souvenirs étaient juste sous la surface de l'eau tels ces bateaux de guerre, prêts à émerger. J'ai songé à transformer l’une de ces épaves en quelque chose d'autre, comme dans une opération alchimique, pour incarner le processus physique des changements de la ville. J'ai donc eu l'idée de la transformer en vaisseau spatial.»
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This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the butterfly, which is 12mm, the flowers, the larger of the petals which are 10mm and their centres which are 4mm. The flower centres are raised cups and are imported from France. The border flower sequins are only 3mm in diameter. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
This vase-shaped water tower is 42.5 m high and 26 m in diameter at the top. It was built in 1980 on one of the highest points in the region (around 90 m above sea level).
Azimuth 268.1°, 34.4 km away (21.4 mi), height 42.5 m (139 ft).
Address: Zonneveld, Zavelstraat, 9550 Sint-Lievens-Esse (Herzele)
The spire of the church of St. Martinus in Sint-Martens-Bodegem, designed by Lodewijk van Bodeghem (1470-1540), is believed to have been erected in 1645. Its lightning rod reaches a height of 52.5 meters. The tower clock, by Petrus Meganck, was installed in 1722. The Gothic church dates from the late 15th or early 16th century.It became a protected monument in 1938.
Azimuth 268.5°, 11.6 km away (7.2 mi), height 52.5 m (172 ft).
Address: Kerkberg, 1700 Sint-Martens-Bodegem (Dilbeek)
Photo taken in 2011 from the top of the Brusilia Residence.
FR : Château d'eau de St-Lievens-Esse et église St-Martin à Bodeghem-Saint-Martin
Ce château d'eau en forme de vase mesure 42,5 m de haut et 26 m de diamètre au sommet. Il fut construit en 1980 sur l'un des points les plus élevés de la région (environ 90 m au-dessus du niveau de la mer).
Azimut 268.1°, distance 34.4 km, hauteur 42.5 m.
Adresse : Zonneveld, Zavelstraat, 9550 Sint-Lievens-Esse (Herzele)
La flèche de l'église St-Martin à Bodeghem-Saint-Martin, conçue par Lodewijk van Bodeghem (1470-1540) , aurait été érigée en 1645. Son paratonnerre atteint une hauteur de 52,5 mètres. L'horloge de la tour, œuvre de Petrus Meganck, a été installée en 1722. L'église, de structure gothique, date de la fin du 15e ou du début du 16e siècle. Elle est devenue un monument protégé en 1938.
Azimut 268.5°, distance 11.6 km, hauteur 52.5 m.
Adresse : Kerkberg, 1700 Sint-Martens-Bodegem (Dilbeek)
Photo prise en 2011 du haut de la Résidence Brusilia.
NL: Watertoren in Sint-Lievens-Esse en St-Martinuskerk in Sint-Martens-Bodegem
Deze vaasvormige watertoren is 42,5 m hoog en heeft een diameter van 26 m aan de bovenkant. Het werd in 1980 gebouwd op een van de hoogste punten in de omgeving (ongeveer 90 m boven de zeespiegel).
Azimut 268.1°, 34.4 km ver, 42.5 m hoog.
Adres: Zonneveld, Zavelstraat, 9550 Sint-Lievens-Esse (Herzele)
De spits van de Sint-Martinuskerk in Sint-Martens-Bodegem, ontworpen door Lodewijk van Bodeghem (1470-1540), werd opgericht in 1645. Zijn bliksemafleider bereikt een hoogte van 52,5 meter. Het torenuurwerk van Petrus Meganck werd in 1722 geïnstalleerd. De gotische kerk dateert uit de late 15e of vroege 16e eeuw. Het werd een beschermd monument in 1938.
Azimut 268.5°, 11.6 km ver, 52.5 m hoog.
Adres: Kerkberg, 1700 Sint-Martens-Bodegem (Dilbeek)
Foto genomen in 2011 vanaf de top van de Brusilia Residentie.
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Reproduction prohibited without my written consent.
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#283 in Explore on May 1, 2024.
Arenga engleri, or the Formosa palm, Taiwan sugar palm, dwarf sugar palm, or Taiwan arenga palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. The plant rarely grows more than 10 ft. tall, with a stem diameter of 6in. and a spread of 16 ft. The palm is native to Taiwan as well as Japan's Ryukyu Islands. The fruit of the palm is known to cause a severe allergic reaction.
Skyscraper (the Bruges Whale)
SIZE: 38' high, 38' wide (fin to fin), 12' diameter
SCOPE: Public Art, Installation
STATUS: Completed
www.studiokca.com/projects/skyscraper-the-bruges-whale/:
"Skyscraper is a physical example of why we need to change how we use and dispose of plastic in the world today" -Lesley Chang, Principal, STUDIOKCA
DESCRIPTION:
5 tons of plastic waste pulled out of the Pacific Ocean, turned into a 4 story tall whale for the 2018 Bruges Triennial - a reminder of the 150,000,000 tons of plastic waste still swimming in our waters
The organizers of the 2018 Bruges Triennial, approached us to create an artpiece interpreting the idea of the “liquid city”, a concept that defines the city as an ever changing set of consumer transactions, whose identity is in flux as cities grow more and more connected through globalization.
Our first thought led us to thinking about the biggest liquid city on the planet (the ocean), how it connects us all, and how the waste produced and consumed in our cities, specifically plastic waste, ends up in the ocean.
SO, we proposed collecting as much plastic waste out of the oceans that we could in 4 months, and shaping that waste into Skyscraper, an almost 4 story tall whale pushing out of one of Bruges' main canals, and arching over historic Jan Van Eyck Square at the city's center.
Skyscraper was selected along with 14 other installations proposed by a select group of international artists and architects to be brought to life for the event!
Scientists estimate there are 150 million tons of plastic trash in the ocean right now, with an estimated 8 million tons added every year. That means, pound for pound, there is more plastic waste from our cities swimming in the ocean than there are whales. A whale, breaching from the water, is the first "skyscraper of the sea", and as the largest mammal in the water, it felt like the right form for our piece to take in order to show the scope and scale of the problem.
Working with the Hawaii Wildlife Fund and the Surfrider Foundation Kaui Chapter, we were able to pull over 5 tons of plastic to create Skyscraper.
For a video of the process see:
Skyscraper_the making of by StudioKCA
„Three small metal balls, each 3 mm in diameter, arranged on the countertop of the kitchen, illuminated by the small LED flashlight - the photo studio is ready.
And since I can't decide which one I like best again, I'll just show you the best five in this week. Five different perspectives in the ‚Balls Of Art Werk‘…“
(Photo 1/5)
„Drei kleine Metallkügelchen, jeweils 3 mm im Durchmesser, angeordnet auf der Arbeitsplatte der Küche, von der kleinen LED-Taschenlampe beleuchtet - fertig ist das Fotostudio.
Und da ich mich mal wieder nicht entscheiden kann welches mir am besten gefällt, zeige ich ich einfach mal in dieser Woche die besten fünf. Fünf unterschiedliche Perspektiven in der ‚Balls Of Art Woche‘…“
(Foto 1/5)
„I would like to take this opportunity to thank all followers, all new followers, and all those who just stop by. I say thank you for all previous and for all the new fav's and comments. 🙏“
„Ich danke an dieser Stelle allen Followern, allen neuen Followern, und all jenen die einfach so mal vorbeischauen. Ich sage Danke für alle bisherigen und für Sie all die neu hinzukommenden Fav‘s und Kommentare. 🙏“
My personal challenge for 2022 - I'll try - and do my very best...
Meine persönliche Herausforderung für 2022 - ich werd's versuchen - und mein Bestes geben…
ENG: The engagement ring is the name given to the architectural jewel in the district court of Tiergarten in Berlin. With a diameter of about 10 meters it is a highlight for every visitor!
The criminal court Moabit in the neo-baroque Still from 1906 in the Turmstraße is the largest contiguous court complex in criminal cases in Europe and accommodates beside the district court Tiergarten, the criminal and execution chambers of the regional court Berlin also the public prosecutor's office Berlin. The district attorney's office is housed in an annex. Far more than 1,500 people work in the criminal court.
The Moabit Criminal Court is one of the most important buildings of the Wilhelminian era in terms of architectural history. With its castle-like dimensions, impressive design and magnificent staircase, the courthouse caused a sensation.
The complex of the listed Criminal Court is supplemented to the east by the star-shaped remand prison, which was built in 1875 and is thus the oldest part of the entire complex. This is connected with secret passages to the courtrooms.
Even more interesting information on the district court can be found here on the German page. www.berlin.de/gerichte/amtsgericht-tiergarten/das-gericht
GER: Der Verlobungsring, so wird das architektonische Kleinod im Amtsgericht Tiergarten in Berlin genannt. Mit einem Durchmesser von etwa 10 Metern ist es ein Highlight für jeden Besucher!
Das Kriminalgericht Moabit im neobarocken Still von 1906 in der Turmstraße ist der größte zusammenhängende Gerichtskomplex in Strafsachen in Europa und beherbergt neben dem Amtsgericht Tiergarten, den Straf- und Strafvollstreckungskammern des Landgerichts Berlin auch die Staatsanwaltschaft Berlin. Die Amtsanwaltschaft ist in einem Nebengebäude untergebracht. Weit mehr als 1.500 Menschen arbeiten im Kriminalgericht.
Das Kriminalgericht Moabit gehört zu den architekturgeschichtlich bedeutendsten Bauten der wilhelminischen Ära. Mit seinen schlossähnlichen Ausmaßen, der imposanten Gestaltung und der prachtvollen Treppenhalle erregte das Gerichtsgebäude großes Aufsehen.
Der Komplex des denkmalgeschützten Kriminalgerichts wird im Osten ergänzt durch das sternförmige Untersuchungsgefängnis, das im Jahre 1875 errichtet wurde und damit der älteste Teil der Gesamtanlage ist. Dieser ist mit Geheimgängen zu den Gerichtssälen verbunden.
Noch mehr interessante Informationen zum Amtsgericht findet ihr hier auf der deutschsprachigen Seite. (Siehe oben im englischen Text.
Laguna Cuicocha 3,400 m a caldera in which a crater lake has formed. Diameter 3 km. at the foot of Cotacachis 5,000m. The Cotacachis is dormant. It makes the soil of the Otavalo valley fertile.
The drainless crater lake within the caldera contains four lava domes of volcanite that form 2 steep, forested islands. An older lava dome forms part of the eastern rim. The lake, max. 200 m deep, is highly alkaline, with little life.
The caldera was formed by a massive steam eruption 3,100 years ago, which caused a pyroclastic flow of five cubic kilometers of material to cover the surrounding area with up to 20 cm of volcanic ash.
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Die Laguna Cuicocha auf 3.400 m, eine Caldera, in der sich ein Kratersee gebildet hat. Durchmesser 3 km. Am Fuße des Cotacachis (5.000 m). Der Cotacachi ist ruhend. Er macht den Boden des Otavalo-Tals fruchtbar.
Der abflusslose Kratersee innerhalb der Caldera enthält vier Lavadome aus Vulkanit, die zwei steile, bewaldete Inseln bilden. Ein älterer Lavadom bildet einen Teil des östlichen Randes. Der See, maximal 200 m tief, ist stark alkalisch und weist wenig Leben auf.
Die Caldera entstand vor 3.100 Jahren durch eine massive Dampferuption, die einen pyroklastischen Strom von fünf Kubikkilometern Material verursachte, der die Umgebung mit bis zu 20 cm Vulkanasche bedeckte.
Planetary Nebula in Norma
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Magnitude: +12.6
Diameter: 0.32 light years.
Distance: 4,900 light years.
Apparent size: 1.1 arc min
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Further details are on my blog site: cosmicfocus.wordpress.com/2021/07/03/pn-shapley-1/
This is the same flower as yesterday's center close up.
For that image I was 1 1/2 feet away from the flower. Here I had to back up and shoot 4 feet away due to 1) the large, 8-inch diameter of the flower, 2) also due to my 105mm telephoto macro lens and 3) using a crop sensor camera (Nikon D500).
This variety is Hibiscus Moscheutos. Another name of this perennial is Rose Mallow, growing well in cold climates as well as warm, from Minnesota to Florida!
Measuring the inner diameter of any round shape is not so easy with a normal ruler if you wish to be perfect. An Inside Micrometer is type of ruler and everyday use precise tool for the perfectionists . Used to measure the Diameter of a round shapes inner side. When you need the perfect reading of a round shaped thing. This is a must to use.
Created for the Theme " Rule"
This a Swiss five franc piece. The man depicted is William Tell, the mythical hero who shot an apple off of the head of his son with a crossbow. The "apple" in my photo is a pink peppercorn. The 5-franc piece has a diameter of 31.45 mm.
Description:
The large nebula just lower left of center is known as The Tadpoles. It is an emission nebula and a star forming region located in the constellation Auriga. It is named for the two bright streams of gas that when zoomed in resemble tadpoles. The nebula is four million years old, and is approximately 12,000 light-years from Earth. Its diameter is about 100 light-years, and each tadpole is about 10 light-years long. At the center of the nebula is an open cluster (NGC1893) that shapes the nebula and drives the Sulphur-2, Hydrogen-alpha, and Oxygen-3 (SHO) emissions.
The smaller nebula just above and right of center is known as the Spider Nebula (SH2-234).
This image records the SHO emissions using a 3-nanometer narrowband filter set. The stars are rendered in naturally colored RGB.
This image is a single, un-mosiaced frame that was captured in a Bortle 6 suburban sky. Transparency as reported by Astrospheric was below average.
Equipment
ZWO ASI6200MM-P/EFW 2" x 7 (SHO)
TeleVue NP101is/NPR-2073 (4" f/4.3)
Losmandy G11
Software:
Captured in NINA
Processed in PixInsight
Integration:
SII: 16 x 600s = 240
Ha: 16 x 600s = 2:40
OIII: 16 x 600s = 2:40
RGB: 20 x 30s each filter
Total: 8:30
Macro Monday: #Brew
Diameter of the Yin & Yang: 4,5 cm / 1,7 inches
Old idea revisited (I had made a Yin & Yang for "Seeds" with black and white sesame seeds way back in April 2017). Actually I wanted to do a Mandala sort of thing, but didn't have the time to make even a simple one, and I'm not sure if it would have worked at all with tea and ground coffee. Here, obviously, the coffee beans represent the "Yang", containing caffeine, a beverage we usually drink first thing in the morning to wake us up, or after lunch / dinner (food coma!), or, more generally, for that extra "kick" of energy. And, opposed to that, or also complementing it, the "Yin" of herbal tea / infusion (the green is Tulsi, the orange is Rooibos with some other herbs), with a soothing, relaxing, warming, cosy and comforting effect. Not the traditional concept of Yin and Yang, because both "opposing" parts here are Yin, and the coffee Yang is the element that sort of stirs up that harmony, but then this is what coffee does, doesn't it? My first idea was to make a funny face with a slice of lemon, mint leaves and fresh ginger, because that is my "brew" of choice all day long, but wasn't sure if fresh ingredients are allowed. So here you go, not the most original thing for "Brew", but I think it turned out nice enough.
I used an eggcup to shape the tea circle. Put the camera on the tripod "head first" . So no cardboard box stacking this time, but in-camera focus stacking :-) Quickly processed in Luminar 3: foliage filter for the Tulsi-Yin, increased saturation of the orange tones for the Rooibos-Yin, all over detail enhancement (small) and microstructure, and structure enhancement on the coffee-bean-Yang. Back to PS, copied the layer, then back to Luminar, where I applied the Luminar look "Color Intensify Bold", back to PS, where I blended that layer with the first Luminar layer with "soft light" and 50 percent opacity. Merged the layers, and applied two strokes as a layer style to make an image border, added a new layer, selected the inside area of the border, and filled the stroke (2 px), added my signature. Done with the Strange Brew :-)
Please press "Z". A Happy Macro Monday, Everyone!
Nicht die originellste Idee für "Brew", weil ich 2017 für "Seeds" schon mal was Ähnliches gemacht hatte. Aber die Zeit war mal wieder knapp und dieses etwas unübliche Yin und Yang (unüblich, weil hier der Kreis zu gleichen Teilen aus Tee-Yin besteht und das Yang nur durch die beiden Kaffebohnen repräsentiert wird) war recht schnell gemacht und funktioniert als Foto auch ganz gut. Tee-Yin: beruhigend, entspannend, wärmend, so wie hier die beiden koffeinfreien Kräutertees Tulsi (grün) und Rotbusch (orange); Kaffee-Yang, na klar, belebend, anregend, manchmal auch aufregend, wenn er mal wieder zu stark war ;-) Eigentlich schwebte mir ein Mandala vor, aber das wäre für die Kürze der Zeit doch zu kompliziert gewesen.
In Luminar 3 bearbeitet: Grünverbesserung beim Tulsi, Verstärkung der Orangesättigung beim Rotbusch, Struktur bei den Kaffeebohnen und beim ganzen Bild Microstruktur und Detailverbesserung (klein). Zurück zu PS, die Ebene kopiert, diese dann in Luminar geöffnet, dort den Luminar-Look "Color Intensiy Bold" angewendet, zurück zu PS, die letzte Ebene mit weichem Licht und 50 Prozent Deckkraft überblendet, die Ebenen zusammengefügt und den Rahmen hinzugefügt (zwei Konturen; und eine innere Kontur auf einer neuen Ebene mit Auswahl, Bearbeiten, Kontur füllen [2 Px]). Fertig ist das seltsame Gebräu :-)
Former pavilion built by the United States for Expo 67 in Montreal, this geodesic dome was designed by architect Buckminster Fuller and was 250 feet in diameter.
This was the year of my arrival in Canada, Centennial Year, a very exciting time for the country.
From an old colour slide...the Nikon was the camera used to convert the slide to digital format.
Topaz edit
Laguna Cuicocha 3,400 m a caldera in which a crater lake has formed. Diameter 3 km. at the foot of Cotacachis 5,000m. The Cotacachis is dormant. It makes the soil of the Otavalo valley fertile.
The drainless crater lake within the caldera contains four lava domes of volcanite that form 2 steep, forested islands. An older lava dome forms part of the eastern rim. The lake, max. 200 m deep, is highly alkaline, with little life.
The caldera was formed by a massive steam eruption 3,100 years ago, which caused a pyroclastic flow of five cubic kilometers of material to cover the surrounding area with up to 20 cm of volcanic ash.
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Die Laguna Cuicocha auf 3.400 m, eine Caldera, in der sich ein Kratersee gebildet hat. Durchmesser 3 km. Am Fuße des Cotacachis (5.000 m). Der Cotacachi ist ruhend. Er macht den Boden des Otavalo-Tals fruchtbar.
Der abflusslose Kratersee innerhalb der Caldera enthält vier Lavadome aus Vulkanit, die zwei steile, bewaldete Inseln bilden. Ein älterer Lavadom bildet einen Teil des östlichen Randes. Der See, maximal 200 m tief, ist stark alkalisch und weist wenig Leben auf.
Die Caldera entstand vor 3.100 Jahren durch eine massive Dampferuption, die einen pyroklastischen Strom von fünf Kubikkilometern Material verursachte, der die Umgebung mit bis zu 20 cm Vulkanasche bedeckte.
Largest specimen had a cap diameter of about 20cm. Unlike the parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera), which has snakeskin-like markings on the stipe (stem), the shaggy parasol is not good for eating; some may suffer no harm from consuming it, others may have a stomach upset.
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Laguna Cuicocha 3,400 m a caldera in which a crater lake has formed. Diameter 3 km. at the foot of Cotacachis 5,000m. The Cotacachis is dormant. It makes the soil of the Otavalo valley fertile.
The drainless crater lake within the caldera contains four lava domes of volcanite that form 2 steep, forested islands. An older lava dome forms part of the eastern rim. The lake, max. 200 m deep, is highly alkaline, with little life.
The caldera was formed by a massive steam eruption 3,100 years ago, which caused a pyroclastic flow of five cubic kilometers of material to cover the surrounding area with up to 20 cm of volcanic ash.
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Die Laguna Cuicocha auf 3.400 m, eine Caldera, in der sich ein Kratersee gebildet hat. Durchmesser 3 km. Am Fuße des Cotacachis (5.000 m). Der Cotacachi ist ruhend. Er macht den Boden des Otavalo-Tals fruchtbar.
Der abflusslose Kratersee innerhalb der Caldera enthält vier Lavadome aus Vulkanit, die zwei steile, bewaldete Inseln bilden. Ein älterer Lavadom bildet einen Teil des östlichen Randes. Der See, maximal 200 m tief, ist stark alkalisch und weist wenig Leben auf.
Die Caldera entstand vor 3.100 Jahren durch eine massive Dampferuption, die einen pyroklastischen Strom von fünf Kubikkilometern Material verursachte, der die Umgebung mit bis zu 20 cm Vulkanasche bedeckte.
#Macro Mondays
#Radiant
This pumpkin is 2" in diameter. Image has been cropped down to comply with the 3" rule for Macro Mondays.
Acrylic on Canvas. 16 inches Diameter. July 29, 2020.
Again I wanted to create something bright, energetic and joyful as opposed to the moodier pieces.
Arpeggios in music are strings of ascending and descending notes of a scale or the consecutive notes of a chord. Here the textured and pigment strokes reflect that spontaneous joy. It was Summer, the most joyful time of year for me.
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Diameter of crown: 7 cm
Diameter of seedpod from tip of one "antenna" to tip of the one opposite is 2.5cm.
So it only looks as if it exceeds the coin because of the POV, at a slight angle from above.
Red and Green
This is the outer bull and bullseye on a dartboard the outer bull measures 30mm 1 1/4 inches in diameter .HMM
Bronze age tumuli.
6m diameter
Tay valley, Perthshre
Whilst the tumuli will have sunk and sloached over the past 4,000 years or so, it remains integrated as part of the language of the landscape - seen here as the mound to the right. The view is down onto Loch tay and you can start to see the Cairgorms as you climb the hill to the delightful stone circle of the same Acharn name.
Messier 4
Diameter: 75 light years.
Distance: 7,200 light years.
149 x 25 seconds = 62 minutes.
Apparent size: 36 arc-minutes
(just over one Moon diameter).
2020-04-17
The diameter seems to be too big for a monolithic table. There is no evidence of a table. A dry stone dome would, once fallen, leave a significant 'cayrou' of stones. It is difficult to see where these stones went. There are more than a dozen large menhir sized stones within the circle. Nothing about these stones seems to present a surface for a giant dome. The caselle of the Lot creates a very large and stable conical roof by using a double wall principle with infill towards the apex. The larger dry stone baraccas of Minorca (some which may date back to the Neolithic) create stable walls via steps of decreasing width. Both of these techniques would have left vast piles of rubble. None of the large circle dolmens I visited had witness of this 'stone' giving the impression that the circle was designed to be open.
Grodkällan på Slengmyren, Arvidsjaur, Swedish Lapland; August 2024
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A large natural artesian spring (15m diameter, at least 3m deep) located in the middle of Slengmyran near the village Lomträsk.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the central amber star which is 8mm. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in. Star sequins are notorious for getting caught on clothes, which then bend the points.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
The Moon.........Hand held photo.
Here's a thought. The Moon has about the same size diameter as Australia or USA at our widest point coast to coast.
(Wikipedia)
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It orbits at an average distance of 384,400 km (238,900 mi), about 30 times the diameter of Earth. Tidal forces between Earth and the Moon have synchronized the Moon's orbital period (lunar month) with its rotation period (lunar day) at 29.5 Earth days, causing the same side of the Moon to always face Earth. The Moon's gravitational pull—and, to a lesser extent, the Sun's—are the main drivers of Earth's tides.
In geophysical terms, the Moon is a planetary-mass object or satellite planet. Its mass is 1.2% that of the Earth, and its diameter is 3,474 km (2,159 mi), roughly one-quarter of Earth's (about as wide as the United States from coast to coast). Within the Solar System, it is the largest and most massive satellite in relation to its parent planet, the fifth largest and most massive moon overall, and larger and more massive than all known dwarf planets. Its surface gravity is about one sixth of Earth's, about half of that of Mars, and the second highest among all Solar System moons, after Jupiter's moon Io. The body of the Moon is differentiated and terrestrial, with no significant hydrosphere, atmosphere, or magnetic field. It formed 4.51 billion years ago, not long after Earth's formation, out of the debris from a giant impact between Earth and a hypothesized Mars-sized body called Theia.
The lunar surface is covered in lunar dust and marked by mountains, impact craters, their ejecta, ray-like streaks, rilles and, mostly on the near side of the Moon, by dark maria ("seas"), which are plains of cooled lava. These maria were formed when molten lava flowed into ancient impact basins. The Moon is, except when passing through Earth's shadow during a lunar eclipse, always illuminated by the Sun, but from Earth the visible illumination shifts during its orbit, producing the lunar phases. The Moon is the brightest celestial object in Earth's night sky. This is mainly due to its large angular diameter, while the reflectance of the lunar surface is comparable to that of asphalt. The apparent size is nearly the same as that of the Sun, allowing it to cover the Sun completely during a total solar eclipse. From Earth about 59% of the lunar surface is visible over time due to cyclical shifts in perspective (libration), making parts of the far side of the Moon visible.
The Moon has been an important source of inspiration and knowledge for humans, having been crucial to cosmography, mythology, religion, art, time keeping, natural science, and spaceflight. The first human-made objects to fly to an extraterrestrial body were sent to the Moon, starting in 1959 with the flyby of the Soviet Union's Luna 1 and the intentional impact of Luna 2. In 1966, the first soft landing (by Luna 9) and orbital insertion (by Luna 10) followed. On July 20, 1969, humans for the first time stepped on an extraterrestrial body, landing on the Moon at Mare Tranquillitatis with the lander Eagle of the United States' Apollo 11 mission. Five more crews were sent between then and 1972, each with two men landing on the surface. The longest stay was 75 hours by the Apollo 17 crew. Since then, exploration of the Moon has continued robotically, and crewed missions are being planned to return beginning in the late 2020s.
Skyscraper (the Bruges Whale)
SIZE: 38' high, 38' wide (fin to fin), 12' diameter
SCOPE: Public Art, Installation
STATUS: Completed
www.studiokca.com/projects/skyscraper-the-bruges-whale/:
"Skyscraper is a physical example of why we need to change how we use and dispose of plastic in the world today" -Lesley Chang, Principal, STUDIOKCA
DESCRIPTION:
5 tons of plastic waste pulled out of the Pacific Ocean, turned into a 4 story tall whale for the 2018 Bruges Triennial - a reminder of the 150,000,000 tons of plastic waste still swimming in our waters
The organizers of the 2018 Bruges Triennial, approached us to create an artpiece interpreting the idea of the “liquid city”, a concept that defines the city as an ever changing set of consumer transactions, whose identity is in flux as cities grow more and more connected through globalization.
Our first thought led us to thinking about the biggest liquid city on the planet (the ocean), how it connects us all, and how the waste produced and consumed in our cities, specifically plastic waste, ends up in the ocean.
SO, we proposed collecting as much plastic waste out of the oceans that we could in 4 months, and shaping that waste into Skyscraper, an almost 4 story tall whale pushing out of one of Bruges' main canals, and arching over historic Jan Van Eyck Square at the city's center.
Skyscraper was selected along with 14 other installations proposed by a select group of international artists and architects to be brought to life for the event!
Scientists estimate there are 150 million tons of plastic trash in the ocean right now, with an estimated 8 million tons added every year. That means, pound for pound, there is more plastic waste from our cities swimming in the ocean than there are whales. A whale, breaching from the water, is the first "skyscraper of the sea", and as the largest mammal in the water, it felt like the right form for our piece to take in order to show the scope and scale of the problem.
Working with the Hawaii Wildlife Fund and the Surfrider Foundation Kaui Chapter, we were able to pull over 5 tons of plastic to create Skyscraper.
For a video of the process see:
Skyscraper_the making of by StudioKCA
This one looks like a daisy to me but those flowers were only about an inch in diameter! Can this be Leucanthemum paludosum or Chrysanthemum paludosum?
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El Árbol del Tule (Spanish for The Tree of Tule) is a tree located in the church grounds in the town center of Santa María del Tule in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, approximately 9 km (6 mi) east of the city of Oaxaca on the road to Mitla. It is a Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum), or ahuehuete (meaning "old man of the water" in Nahuatl). It has the stoutest tree trunk in the world. In 2001, it was placed on a UNESCO tentative list of World Heritage Sites, but was removed from the list in 2013.
In 2005, its trunk had a circumference of 42.0 m (137.8 ft), equating to a diameter of 14.05 m (46.1 ft), an increase from a measurement of 11.42 m (37.5 ft) m in 1982. However, the trunk is heavily buttressed, giving a higher diameter reading than the true cross-sectional of the trunk represents; when this is taken into account, the diameter of the 'smoothed out' trunk is 9.38 m (30.8 ft).[2] This is slightly wider than the next most stout tree known, a giant sequoia with a 8.90 m (29.2 ft) diameter. (Wikipedia)
🇲🇽 El Arbol de Tule
El Árbol del Tule es el árbol con el diámetro de tronco más grande del mundo. Su edad real es desconocida, pero según estimaciones es de más de 2000 años. Es un ahuehuete (Taxodium huegelii C.Lawson 1851, conocida por su sinónimo Taxodium mucronatum Ten. 1853) con una circunferencia de copa de aproximadamente 58 metros y una altura de 42 metros. Con un tronco de diámetro de 14,5 metros, se estima que serían necesarias al menos 30 personas con las manos entrelazadas para poder abarcarlo y en su sombra caben aproximadamente 500 personas. Los lugareños le han encontrado diferentes formas al tronco como son de 'duende', 'cocodrilo', 'delfín', 'cabeza de venado', entre otras. Su volumen se calcula en unos 816,829 m³, con un peso de aproximadamente 636 toneladas, cuando en 1996 se inició el corte de la madera inerte se produjeron 10 toneladas. Se localiza en el atrio de la iglesia de Santa María del Tule en Oaxaca, México, aproximadamente a 12 km de la capital del estado, Oaxaca de Juárez, sobre la carretera a Mitla. (Wikipedia)
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This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year. In this case they are for a friend, who like me, elects red as her favourite colour, but also likes gold, white, black and silver accents for her tree.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the large flowers which are 8mm and the small red border sequins which are 3mm and very fiddly. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
Summer Painting Project 2021.
Acrylic on Canvas. 10" in Diameter.
The very best thing that came out of Lockdown for me was returning to painting after a 15 year hiatus. I started back at it in the Summer of 2020 and continued on with it in '21. I can only paint outdoors for a variety of reasons so this work is my "summer project". With a lot more time on my hands it was easy to jump outside on my balcony "studio", fitted with a giant drop sheet, some newspaper and plastic covered patio tables, and get right to it.
Most of the paintings shown here were done with at least one form of metallic paint - gold, silver and copper. Metallic greens, blues and purples also made their presences felt as well. These paints are ridiculously difficult to photograph. Silver goes white, gold just looks like flat yellow and copper comes out on camera as either orange or brown, depending what colour it's next to on the canvas. So these photographs are proxies, at best, representatives of the original source. They're close, but not the same as seeing the pieces in person.
Using metallic paints give the paintings an extra jolt and delight that sends them out of the realm of 'paint' in a sense - a definite goal I have in mind for these pieces. Another way of undermining 'safe' readings is to fashion them all on either perfect circles or on squares tilted "on the diamond", as I call it. Both undermine the traditional sense of solidity, gravity and earth-bound familiarity of rectilinear formats. While being unavoidable 'windows' into an imaginary world, they are also distinct objects existing in 3 dimensions as well. So the mind can toggle between object and metaphor, hopefully sometimes so quickly that they take on both aspects simultaneously.
This is another way of achieving my underlying artistic intent to provide each piece with more than one way of viewing it. Literally as you move around these pieces, because of the metallic paint sometimes reflecting fully and other times 'falling back' into the rest of the paints, you get different views appearing and disappearing. Hanging on a wall, as the daylight and evening lights change, slowly, so do the paintings. This gives voice, again, to my conviction that there is no single way to view anything. Nothing is singularly aspected.
So these paintings are morphing organisms that respond to what's happening in their light-universe and to how they're viewed by human eyes.
It's too bad none of these can be relayed in photographic form. Some come close. But these photographs, then, are petrified representatives of the living variations of their 'in-person' nature.
***** I want to thank Paul Ewing, Bramdass, Miranda Murray, Tim Noonan and Bill Smith for their continuous support and encouragement to get these things posted to Flickr.
- RSW
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NGC 6334 in Scorpius
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Diameter: 30 light years.
Distance: 3,300 light years.
Apparent size: 31.0 arc min
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Field of View: 77.4′ x 51.6′
Exposure: 72 min (120 sec x 36)
Image Date: 2021-05-31
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Telescope: SkyWatcher Esprit 120
840 mm f/l @ f/7
Imaging camera: ZWO ASI 071
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