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The cloudy nightsky is uplit by the orange light from several greenhouses. The lightspiral is me, waving a flashlight around.
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I was fogged out again this morning on Monte Sano so it’s back to the archives for one you haven’t seen — from July 5th. Thunderstorms were building just north of the mountain so, as they grew, and the Sun was rising, the leading edge lit up at the top. It was a really cool effect to watch.
From the overlook at Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7200 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
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Spirals
For how long have people depicted spiral designs in their art and architecture, and why does the image have such a provocative effect?
From magnetic fields to vast galaxies swirling in space, spirals can be seen in every aspect in nature. We see them in the physical forces which shape the Earth - the tides of the ocean, the winds in the atmosphere - and within life itself. Plants and the horns and shells of animals grow in spiral formations and some animals, especially aquatic species, possess a twisting locomotion.
The spiral phenomenon within natural forms can be explained through mathematics - the pattern is a result of complex sequences, equations and algorithms which nature utilises in her designs of the Universe. But mathematics alone cannot justify the lure of the spiral to the human mind.
Some of the oldest examples of human art are depictions of spirals, painted or carved into rock, often found in burial sites. Later, the Romans and Greeks used spirals as designs for vases and the columns in temples. The Celtic and Norse people were well known for the mysterious and repetitive designs found on their jewellery, clothing, weapons, objects of worship and everyday items. The Celts even painted spirals on their bodies with blue dye to intimidate enemies during battle. They also created forms of animals and plants twisting into impossible spirals, sometimes interlocking with other elements of the picture.
The spiral has left no human culture untouched. It is an important feature in some Australian Aboriginal works, where it is often drawn as a coiled snake. The Islamic tradition prohibits depictions of people or animals, so spirals feature as an important element in the mathematically-governed Islamic designs. Spirals also feature in oriental and Indian clothing and pottery.
Today, the spiral still runs deep within our culture. It forms the logos of a large number of companies, and has come to symbolise magic, dreams, desires and, most importantly, eternity.
It is perhaps this never-ending quality of the spiral which intrigues and draws us so greatly. When a spiral is drawn or made using paper and then turned, it creates the illusion that it is twisting forever away or towards us. The repetitive animation of a twisting spiral also evokes deep relaxation and calm, which accounts for the spiral's close association with the art of hypnotism. In some cases, people even create spirals themselves in order to ease the constantly active mind. If a person is left to "doodle" on a piece of paper in a relaxed state, it is very likely that they will draw spirals and swirls as their subconscious mind controls the pen.
As a representative of the eternal forces of nature, or simply as an attractive and interesting pattern, spirals shall always remain within the cultures of man. For as long as they surround us in every aspect of nature, the spiral will imprint itself within our unconscious psyche, and shall be reflected in our arts for all time.
Written by Megan Balanck
www.ancientspiral.com/spirals.htm
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No post processing. Straight from the camera. Just a touch of contrast to lighten it up slightly. Timed exposure and zoom in for soft effect.
Our Sis told us about this trend....and its TRUE!!!! Be sure to check out the vid with sound....couldn't resist (also couldn't figure out how to get a video on here...so the effect isn't full yet! :P )
Some Subject Zero shots. This has be one of my favorite characters... No "coldfish" Liara please! ;)
ENB: Return to Darkness, 8x, 4K textures (Jack), Timestop.
With it’s pantograph contact with the wire crackling and sparking due to the freezing conditions, 88009 “Diana” reaches Shap Summit on 4 January 2022 at the head of 4S43, DRS’ 0540 Daventry – Mossend.
This is the effect on Camiella after her scuba dive! :)
Scuba diving can be dangerous, this is Camiella's portrait after she almost had an encounter with a shark at the Caribbean last Winter, luckily she survived with no injuries. :)
fyi:
The lunar influence on human behavior has been termed 'The Lunar Effect' or 'The Transylvania Effect'. The influence of the full moon remains one of the most common explanations for a wide range of bizarre events from deaths to violence in a psychiatric setting.
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night wish images (x2) blened and manipulated btw pixlr and gimp
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Mass Effect: Andromeda
Hattiwatti's cinematic tools; hotsampling via SRWE (~76MP); bicubic smother resampling; reshade 4.0.2
Shot in the Upper Antelope Canyon, AZ
During the monsoons, rainwater washes down from the basin above these canyons picking up speed and sand. Over millions of years these flash floods have eroded the hard Navajo sandstone and left behind these beautiful, smooth wavy lines.
People can't help but stop in their stride and gaze upwards at the wonder that is Antelope Canyon. The twig above the lady's head was washed into the canyon during the last flash flood.
The above pic hardly does justice to the place (and the fact that my camera boosted the ISO to 3200 doesn't help either). Hopefully my tripod stabilized long exposures will turn out better...
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My roommate inspired to make this watercolor of a jar. I used watercolors and salt to get the cool effect in the shadow. It now sits on her windowsill matted on a piece of brown cardboard!
Park Place at the corner of Burrard and Dunsmuir Streets in Vancouver, Canada. The first of three painterly renditions.
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Spamming on the with the shots while I progress further through the game.
[i]ENB - Return to Darkness, AA8x, 4K textures, Custom Fov, Timestop, Freecam.[/i]
The Butterfly Effect is simply:
If a butterfly flaps its wings in China, would it have an effect on the weather patterns in London? The obvious answer is no. But since every action has an effect on other probabilities... The result is infinite.
Seen @ Utrecht Botanic Gardens, Holland.
Brisbane based metal band Flynn Effect. Check them out at www.facebook.com/FlynnEffectMusic
Pentax Spotmatic SP II, Kodak Ultramax 400. Digital Effects by Jason Evans dark-horizons13.deviantart.com/
Boulder, Colorado. The iconic Flatirons dusted with snow and topped with a cloud. I took this while hiking the Mesa Trail. There are numerous trails in these hills. In my opinion they are far overused. You'll see many people sharing the trail with you.
The reason for the existence of Sugar Mill Gardens is complex. It is first and foremost, an historic site, where the ruins of the old sugar mill from the former Dunlawton Plantation stand. There is little to be endeared with in that, as it was once a place of slavery and drudgery, greed and a lifestyle built on the backs of others. By the same token, it was a necessary part of life and trade back in the day.
Slaves at one point joined forces with the Seminole Indians during a war between the Indians and settlers. After the second one, the Indians succeeded in burning the mill down. What is left is a shell and remnants of that attack, and a reminder to people that injustice doesn't go unpunished, and labor should be fair and paid for.
During the Civil War, troops from the Confederate army camped in the very spot you're looking at. Their leisure was short lived, and after the war, so was their way of life.
Fast forward about 80 years. The once vast Dunlawton Plantation would be only a memory, but making a profit off this land was still very much in the forefront. As Central Florida's tourism grew, small theme parks depicting the beauty of Florida began to emerge everywhere. Northerners came to see the alligator farm in St. Augustine, and the beach of Daytona was being used as a race track during the early years of NASCAR. Even the old plantation, now reduced to a mere 12 acres, was reinvented as Bongoland, named for Bongo, a baboon that was the caged mascot of the place. (Why a baboon is beyond me, as they are certainly not native to Florida!) Anyway, during this time, people would come and take a tram ride through the park, where some 25 large concrete sculptures of dinosaurs loomed large over the grounds. The ruins were still, there, and people would carve their initials into the coquina to mark their passage through the park and also the anals of time. Children (and adults) would unthinkingly climb on the dinosaurs to take snapshots of their adventures in the Sunshine State.
Bongoland was a fleeting thought in the history of this place, lasting only about four years. Larger and more interesting and more profitable places were springing up all over Florida, drawing attention away from tiny, Bongoland. No one has ever mentioned what happened to poor Bongo. He was probably another victim of the greed that caged him, probably sent to a zoo or something.
Years later, the land was given to the county, and the place was deemed historic, and therefore, worthy of a little maintenance and upkeep. Volunteer gardeners created much of what you see now, and the county, almost too late, began to protect the historic ruins, and the 5 remaining sculptures that hadn't been ravaged to their destruction. Donations are accepted, but no fee is charged to enter.
When I began to come here regularly, a cat named Tigger lived here. Tigger had lived on the premises for many years. His family had left him for the volunteers to take care of, and fortunately, there were those who loved him and fed him. When I met Tigger, I knew he needed more, and began seeing that he got it, taking donations myself from people here on Flickr, from vet care to more food, to flea prevention, but what Tigger really needed was a home. I had to fight for that a little, but I won him, and for the next four years, Tigger was my cat.
There were times when I'd see Tigger looking out the window at the bright, full moon, and I know he was remembering this place, and being the little ruler of it. He'd look at the moon, almost with longing, until I'd open a can of food and he realized he liked it much better without the hundreds of mosquito bites and fights with other cats, and going hungry because a raccoon stole his food and slopped up his water by washing the kibble in it!
Tigger passed away Christmas Eve of 2012, and it's still a little hard for me to go to this place. It's not the same without him there. So I take lots of photos and visit again in a year or two. It is both happy and sad for me to be here, but it's beauty and story, right down to a baboon and a little cat, need to be shared, so I go, and I tell it. Perhaps knowing a bit about Sugar Mill Gardens and the cause and effect of the place will make these photos feel just a little more alive and meaningful to you, too.
I really like this photo of this outfit as it really shows the effect the 8 layer petticoat has on the skirt that is being worn over it :-)
21 Years of Begins Here
Pier Band Room, Frankston
Australia
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original Ten has been bodyswapped and modded to be taller... perhaps exaggeratedly so, but that's the way i tend to visualise DT. new Ten is not modded at all... yet.
S!M is very confused...
ETA: this comic was definitely in the back of my mind:
This is a repeat of the Determination photo to illustrate the use of the fog-1 texture I made available. This version has fog-1 applied with screen, as well as the texture "Sandstorm II". I also added a linear gradient from white to black, blended with screen to add a more even fog mixture. Enjoy.
You can interpret anything from this picture, but if you understand this happens because of "Deforestation" then surely you are a "Nature Lover".
Happy T-Day everyone! May you find yourselves at a welcoming table and with plenty to eat...
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