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Original started as a micro spaceship, I felt it needed some minifigs to help bring it to life and to play with the sense of scale.
The "Trapped Nerve" series continues:
A mix of painkillers, pain and strong coffee is causing "unusual" sleep patterns.
Trouble sleeping at night then falling asleep in the only position I have found that eases the pain (sitting at the dining table).
My coffee consumption has increased during the day as "daytime sleeping" is tempting but just makes the nights worse; (It doesn't always succeed - lost an hour this morning when I should have been doing the laundry).
The trapped nerve series:
PENTAX K-5 II s • 100 ISO • Pentax DA* 50-135mm F2.8 SDM
Kenko Pz-AF UniPlus Tube 25
Metz Flash 48 AF-1 Digital with Ray-Flash ring adapter
Topaz Labs Texture Effects
Sporting the effects of 9 years of storage, 67 026 'Diamond Jubilee' presents a sorry sight at Crewe ETD. Sold to Transport for Wales in 2024, the loco tops a line of stored class 90s, all of which have uncertain futures.
When I took this shot I had no idea of how the light looked until I uploaded it to my computer. I took 2 similar shots and both had this effect of the coloured light flares. I liked this coloured effect; it's like a special effect from heaven, even if it was caused by my camera! Usually one gets these coloured dot flares, but this was more unusual and totally un-intentional.
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The colours really were like this. No special effects ;-)
The red colour might be some kinf of algae:
Watermelon snow, also called snow algae, pink snow, red snow, or blood snow, is Chlamydomonas nivalis, a species of green algae containing a secondary red carotenoid pigment (astaxanthin) in addition to chlorophyll. Unlike most species of fresh-water algae, it is cryophilic (cold-loving) and thrives in freezing water.[1] Its specific epithet, nivalis, is from Latin and refers to snow.
This type of snow is common during the summer in alpine and coastal polar regions worldwide, such as the Sierra Nevada of California. Here, at altitudes of 10,000 to 12,000 feet (3,000–3,600 m), the temperature is cold throughout the year, and so the snow has lingered from winter storms. Compressing the snow by stepping on it or making snowballs leaves it looking red. Walking on watermelon snow often results in getting bright red soles and pinkish pant cuffs. (source: Wikipedia)
Or maybe it has something to to with iron oxide, like at the Blood Falls:
Blood Falls
This eerie and mysterious blood-red waterfall is located in remote Antarctica. The red color is partially the result of saltwater tainted with iron oxide, but the real mystery of these falls is what lives in the water. Water samples contain almost no oxygen, but at least 17 different types of alien-like microbes have been identified slithering around in the blood-like water. Scientists surmise that they survive via a metabolic process never observed in nature that utilizes sulfate as a respiratory catalyst with ferric ions, metabolizing trace levels of ancient organic matter trapped underneath Antarctica's vast glaciers. (source: www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/photos/the... )
I've even heard stories about red desert dust..
Does anyone know?
There is no editing at all here, just a crop (SOOC = Straight Out Of Camera). That incandescent spot is from the sun (don't ask me how or why - I'm no scientist), and god knows where the coloured spots come from. I love them all though, even that comet flying in at the top.
I got up early this morning to take this, as the air was so still. I used manual settings to get the exposure right, and I was very glad to use a low ISO, for a change.
I'm getting a lot of satisfaction from taking these shots. I think this one is so beautiful. It reminds me of Kubrick's 2001 Space Odyssey. I especially love the boundary layer to the bubble, and how the corona flare breaks through it, almost like a sun rising behind a planet.
There's nothing remotely artificial about this shot either. That dark background is simply the shade of my hedge - very dark because it's underexposed compared to the outrageous brightness of the bubble. This is not a studio shot - all natural!
If anyone wants to try this, please please please be CAREFUL OF YOUR EYES. I'm no expert here, but I imagine you could burn your retina by staring at these flares through a viewfinder.
And if anyone can explain to me how these effects happen, what they are etc, then I'd be pleased to know.