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Taken at the top of the spinnaker tower in Portsmouth, UK
I liked the distortions and the refelections of the glass in front of the peoples faces.
Now for something a bit different, a seldom well never take selfies, or photos of myself but heres one :)
plus a bit of distorted reality
I've got stacks of CD's in my office, and every once in a while the the lights overhead with reflect of them to produce interesting rainbows. Haven't really been able to capture one at its best, but these certainly can be colorful!
Taken in the bathroom mirror; no digital filters, just some re-leveling. I swear, I am not actually disfigured.
The following photos are from a photo shoot at the Jinshanling section of the Great Wall of China. For me, it was my eighth visit to the wall (and seventh different section). This particular visit was memorable, though, as my good friend Doug (whose shots, coincidentally, are MUCH better than mine: www.flickr.com/photos/mcmillen & www.flickr.com/photos/mcmillend) came to visit China for the first time. This particular day trip happened to be on his birthday and, hopefully, it was memorable for all.
Personal notes aside, the Jinshanling section is in Luanping County, 125 km northeast of Beijing. It connects with the Simatai section in the east. The Mutianyu section is a little ways to the west (along with the Jiankou section, which is still my favorite). This section is on the border of Beijing (politically treated as an independent city that reports directly to the government, as are Shanghai, Tianjin, and Chongqing) and Hebei province. I believe Jinshanling is actually in Hebei, but I’m not 100% sure.
The section is 10.5 km long and to hike it from end-to-end (which we did) takes about 4 hours at a snail’s (or, in my case, old man’s) pace. That being said, if I can hike this, then I imagine most anyone can with very little difficulty.
The Jinshanling section was originally built in 1368 (around the same time as the majority of nearby sections) and was restored in the 1560s. Most of the structures you see here were built in 1569 (though a few say 1551 in their annotations). It underwent further renovation/restoration in the 1980s so, in reality, visiting the Great Wall is visiting someone’s idea of how it was. The farther along the section you hike, the less noticeable the restoration and you get a more “natural” feel as you near Simatai.
An interesting (pop) cultural note: The Chinese, as most know, are very nationalistic. Some would say that what the Chinese love most is…being Chinese. Every morning at sunrise and sundown in Tiananmen Square, there is a show guard that marches the national flag out for raising and lowering, during which the national anthem is played. (I’ve been down to Tiananmen for the raising and have to admit that it’s pretty cool.)
More pertinent to these photos is that on CCTV (the state-owned tv channels) every morning they play the national anthem with all sorts of patriotic themes/symbols of China, one of which is the Great Wall. The shot of the wall that they use is the East Square Terrace of the Jinshanling section.
At any rate, I hope you enjoy these shots. If you have any questions, comments, or interest in them, please feel free to contact me.
Edited Hubble Space Telescope image of a galaxy cluster with merging galaxies. Color/processing variant.
Original caption: At first glance, it may seem as though this image was taken through a faulty lens, but the mind-bending distortions visible in this Hubble Wide Field Camera 3 impressive image are actually caused by a cosmic phenomenon. The bright object at the centre of the frame is the galaxy cluster SDSS J1336-0331. The enormous gravitational influence of the cluster warps the very shape and fabric of its environment (the spacetime around it) creating an effect known as strong gravitational lensing. Through this the light from background galaxies in the line of sight to the observer are bent into fantastic arcs. This effect is very useful for studying distant background galaxies. Moreover SDSS J1336-0331 is interesting in itself: the cluster was part of a study of star formation within 42 of the Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs — the brightest galaxies within their host clusters, as the name would suggest). Typically located in the centres of their clusters, BCGs are among the most massive and luminous galaxies in the Universe. They are generally huge elliptical galaxies and are likely to host active galactic nuclei (AGN) in their cores. The study found evidence to suggest that BCGs are fueled by cold gas from the galaxy. It also showed that star formation in older BCGs no longer significantly contributes to the galaxy’s growth; instead, the stellar growth occurs through mergers, the collision of two galaxies. Violent, gas-rich major mergers can trigger intense bursts of star formation in their aftermath.
A Volkswagen Beetle's rear drivers side wheel arch, taken at the summer Beach buggin' event held on Southsea Common on 14th August 2011.
Comedy
Distorted View
Tim Henson could not be at the ceremony so nobody likes onions podcaster picked up the award for Tim
The way I see myself changes depending on what's going on in my life.
Some days I feel bigger than I am. Some days I feel smaller than I am.
Here is the original photo. This is how others really see me.
day 58, 272
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Sometimes we just see our life as distorted as these lights.
But, like here. it's all a focus thing.
If we apply the correct focus -here and in our life- things will look a lot better.
Taken today with my Sony α NEX-5 with an autofocus that was refusing to focus these moving lights :)
I don't know why, bur even though this one is wrong, I just love it.
As my wife was about to leave for work, she sent me a text to check out the moon. I'm glad she did as there was a ring around the moon this evening. Unfortunately I was not able to get much detail of the moon due to the clouds. For this shot, I did some editing on Photoshop to add some distortion and effect.