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“I’m a Palaeontologist. I’m carrying out research on mass extinction, and why body mass changed so drastically in it’s wake. We’re just scientists that never grew up; we still play with dinosaurs.”
The lotus effect refers to the very high water repellency (superhydrophobicity) exhibited by the leaves of the lotus flower (Nelumbo). Dirt particles are picked up by water droplets due to a complex micro- and nanoscopic architecture of the surface, which minimizes adhesion.
Here you can see the effect on an Alchemilla which is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the Rosaceae, and a popular garden herb with the common name Lady's mantle.
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Hier ein schönes Beispiel für den Lotuseffekt (damit ist die geringe Benetzbarkeit einer Oberfläche bezeichnet, wie sie bei der Lotospflanze beobachtet werden kann). Wasser perlt in Tropfen ab und nimmt dabei auch alle Schmutzpartikel auf der Oberfläche mit. Verantwortlich dafür ist eine komplexe mikro- und nanoskopische Architektur der Oberfläche, die die Haftung von Schmutzpartikeln minimiert.
Neben der Lotusblume weisen auch andere Pflanzen, wie beispielsweise die Kapuzinerkresse (Tropaeolum), Schilfrohr (Phragmites), Weißkohl (Brassica oleracea convar. capitata var. alba), Wassersalat (Pistia stratiotes), Frauenmantel (Alchemilla) oder die Akelei (Aquilegia) diese Eigenart auf.
Die Selbstreinigungsfähigkeit wasserabweisender mikro-nanostrukturierter Oberflächen wurde in den 1970er Jahren entdeckt und seit Mitte der 1990er Jahre in biomimetisch-technische Produkte übertragen.
Hier handelt es sich um einen Frauenmantel (Alchemilla), eine Pflanzengattung der Familie der Rosengewächse (Rosaceae), die in Europa, Asien und Afrika verbreitet ist und vorwiegend in den Gebirgen wächst.
Der deutsche Name „Frauenmantel“ bezieht sich übrigens auf die Ähnlichkeit der gefältelten Blätter mit mittelalterlichen Mariendarstellungen.
Sebastian... boy is he gonna break some hearts one day or what?!? hehe
High Key Effect...
Flickr is such a wonderful place... you get to learn all these processing techniques! :)
I'm slowly getting back... thanks for being patient... :)
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My monitor must have been really bright, because on my PC, you can't see his jacket anymore... but here at my work PC, you can still see it... Oh well, first try... :)
It's a learning process...
Garrus' ME2 visor re-imaganined as a ring.
Made is silver via Shapeways then hand painted by me.
If you want to try your hand at this painting project:
Jacobaea vulgaris, Ragwort.
Although the plant is often unwanted by landowners because of its toxic effect for cattle and horses, and because it is considered a weed by many, it provides a great deal of nectar for pollinators.
In the United Kingdom, where the plant is native, ragwort provides a home and food source to at least 77 insect species. Thirty of these species of invertebrate use ragwort exclusively as their food source and there are another 22 species where ragwort forms a significant part of their diet.
Furthermore, English Nature identifies a further 117 species that use ragwort as a nectar source whilst travelling between feeding and breeding sites, or between metapopulations.
These consist mainly of solitary bees, hoverflies, moths, and butterflies such as the small copper butterfly (Lycaena phlaeas). Pollen is collected by solitary bees
The most common of those species that are totally reliant on ragwort for their survival is the cinnabar moth. The cinnabar is a United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan Species, its status described as "common and widespread, but rapidly declining".
This gives yet more evidence of ragworts important role in maintaining the country's biodiversity and a vitally important component of the native flora.
I shot this photograph while exploring around Lily Lake in Colorado. I was visiting a friend, and we decided to get out of the city for an afternoon. We spent several hours looking around the area. We explored trails, examined lichens, smelled pine needles, and took in the vistas.
I used the Orton effect to enhance the colors and dreamy atmosphere in the colors in the sky and reflected in the water. The Orton effect allows the colors to bleed through hard edges, allowing darker colors to subtly bleed into the sky around the edges and allowing light colors to blend into the darker colors of the mountains and trees. The haze in the sky was from persistent wildfires at the time in the area, about October 2020.
Full frame campera. f9.0. ISO 250. 24mm. 1/80s.
Ci sono delle volte, che davanti a certe situazioni, ti senti pietrificato ma una piccola parte di te ha ancora la forza di reagire.
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Green Boat ~ Orton Effect - my first attempt at the technique known as the Orton Effect - feedback welcome
A watercolor version with no texture added. True, there's no texture - but I like the clear, bright colors of a simple watercolor. Digitally painted.
Since playing Andromeda I've been feeling nostalgic and been going back and playing Original Trilogy
Spent so many days in so many forests to sight the Greater Flame-back and behold the Beauty alighting on my neighbor's rooftop for a leisurely peck or two !
An optical effect formed by water droplets in the air, as seen from an airplane. Exactly how they form is not yet fully understood.
(Topaz Glow Painting Effect)
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