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Let's face it now, it isn't everyday we see a genuine example of anti gravity anywhere let alone in agarden is it now? Yet here we have it along with the evidence, and not just any garden - it's in our garden! I know, it's incredible, but its not for sale so don't even go there.
The only other example I can think of is those UFO things that keep turning up on people's phones, but as folks don't believe in those, that makes this little baby unique does it not.
I'll tell you something else, it's totally silent, doesn't make a sound and you can pass your hands all around and underneath it like one of those stage magicians - it doesn't seem to mind. Nor, does it limit itself to any one flowerbed, oh no it moves with it's whims not just the sun, hot border in the morning, vegetable patch in the afternoon - it even followed me into the house one day!
A couple of days after taking this very photo, my wife and I had to pop to the garden centre (we were looking for something inter dimensional) and this little baby kept pace with us for an entire kilometre. It was only as we turned out of our road and my wife put the pedal to the metal that we thought we had lost it - I say 'thought' because when we pulled into the car park at the garden centre about 10 miles away there it was! I don't think anyone else saw it for it was hovering about 50 feet in the air directly over the compost bags, as it did so it slowly rotated and as the sun caught its petals it appeared to change colour - just like one of those bona fide UFOs that don't exist, and when we got home an hour later, there it was, sunning itself next to the garlic. I know, I know, it's incredible, but it isn't for sale so don't even go there....
Indian ink, ball-point pen & colored pencil on paper
Very old piece (c. 1990), sort of finished in 2016
Music:
"Safi" by RACHID TAHA, in 'Tekitoi' (2004)
The Church of St. Francis, an example of Sicilian Baroque, the original building was in Arab-Norman style with three naves and twelve altars, in addition to the main one.
In 1680, Msgr. Francesco Maria Grifeo (then bishop of the diocese ), he decided to turn it into baroque style, the two side aisles were demolished, and the nave was raised and covered with a barrel vault.
He was then reopened for worship in 1703, to be closed again following the earthquake of Belize in 1968, during which the church and the adjoining convent suffered significant damage. In 1977 the restoration works were started.
A sculpture by Thomas Bayliss Huxley-Jones, completed in 1947, and located outside Provost Skene's House, just off Broad Street, in Aberdeen.
Huxley-Jones was born at Staffordshire and studied at the Wolverhampton School of Art from 1924 to 1929 and then, until 1933, at the Royal College of Art in London where his tutors included both Gilbert Ledward and Henry Moore. After graduating, Huxley-Jones held the post of head of sculpture at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen.
Working in bronze, ivory and terracotta, Huxley-Jones exhibited statuettes and reliefs at the Royal Academy, at the Royal Scottish Academy, at the New English Art Club, with the Society of Scottish Artists and the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.[ Huxley-Jones received a large number of public commissions for his sculptures, which were often elegant compositions with a smooth surface and a simple profile.
These public works include the statue of Helios at BBC Television Centre in London and the 1963 Joy of Life Fountain in London's Hyde Park, He also created Mother and Child for Chelmsford's Central Park Memorial Gardens which won an award from the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1966 and was renovated in 2009.
Huxley-Jones was married to the artist Gwynneth Holt and lived at Chelmsford in Essex and died at near there, at Broomfield. Aberdeen and Wolverhampton art galleries hold examples of his work. Letters to Huxley-Jones from the architect Graham Richards Dawbarn are preserved at the Essex Record Office.
Victoria and Albert Museum:
Examples of the works of Art in the Museum – South Kensington Museum – Published in 2 Volumes in 1881 – Book 1
Sometime ago I posted some of the illustrations from the above book and I hoped that would be able to find them physically in the museum and photograph them. I took the second set of 15 illustrations from this book and went on the V & A website; Search the Collections. My results were based upon the following criteria:
(1) Items I couldn’t find anywhere
(2) Items that were in storage
(3) Items I did locate and photograph.
So I will be posting them, along with their locations in the museum, against the original plate and photograph from storage (where possible). The original price and any further information I might find.
One thing I didn’t count on, was that internal renovations would alter the interior of the building so drastically. I have found it very difficult to pin some of these locations down but in the main they have been found which now completes Volume 1.
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The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" on the 27th of October is "spider and/or spiderweb". since it is the closest Friday to Halloween. As an arachnophobe this theme was not an easy one for me, for it is unusual for me to have anything spider themed in my possession. I don’t have spiders in either my miniatures or my Playmobil collection, nor do I think Royal Doulton make spider statues from fine china. Luckily for me, I have one spider item in my house that is not a real or preserved spider – neither of which I would knowingly or willingly have in the first place.
The spider I have chosen is a very striking example of Art Deco, and happens to appear on one of my favourite perfume bottles in my extensive collection. Only ten centimetres in height from tip to bottom, this is a Josef Schmidt crystal perfume bottle, was made in Czechoslovakia around 1930. Epitomising the clean and stylish lines of Art Deco, it has a clear prismbeveled stopper and a spider on web attributed to Turriet and Bardach etched into it. The web has been picked out in thin strips of black enamel. I can just picture this on some flapper’s highly polished dressing table, filled with some exotic French perfume surrounded by silver brushes and mirrors. Can’t you?
I do hope you like my choice of this week’s theme and that it makes you smile.
you and i we are many and we are few
we come together at times like these
we look up and down and all around
and what do we see
cross roads
we see north south east and west
we are all just trying to do our best
and yet which way will we go
no one knows.
i suggest we stand in the middle
i suggest we look at these cross roads
we are all in the middle of the cross
some will go north, some south, others east and the rest west
but know that whichever way you go your cross is right now
carry it well carry it with bravery carry it fearlessly
why some may say
who are you
i am you, i am us, i am they.
they must know that the cross has been given us as a gift
we opened it at Easter
we looked into it's core and we saw who bore it.
those who carried their cross are giving us a chance
they are examples of our fate
it's not too late.
carry it well and know that the one's who went before us
are cheering us on from the bleachers.
Marina Münter (vivresavie) exhibition at Berg by Nordan Art, Nordan om Jorden.
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Grand-Hornu is an old industrial coal mining complex and company town (cité ouvrière) in Hornu in Belgium. It was built by Henri De Gorge between 1810 and 1830. It is a unique example of functional town-planning. It is one of the four industrial sites which were listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2012
Salisbury Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England. The building is regarded as one of the leading examples of Early English Gothic architecture.Its main body was completed in 38 years, from 1220 to 1258.
The spire, built in 1320, at 404 feet has been the tallest church spire in the United Kingdom since 1561.The cathedral has the largest cloister and the largest cathedral close in Britain at 80 acres . It also holds the best surviving of the four original copies of Magna Carta. In 2008, the cathedral celebrated the 750th anniversary of its consecration.
Strange that this quiet cathedral town would be the site of chemical terrorism undertaken by Putins thugs that led to death of an innocent English woman and the serious injury of two the targets of this assassination attempt . It also put a whole city in fear of their lives for a period. The excuse that the two people from Russias secret service were just visiting Salisbury to see the cathedral is so absurd its laughable . Still the tourism excuse got used again in the United States the mob who stormed the capitol were apparently just interested visitors . Bare faced lying is very much in vogue it seems
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This spectacular rock outcrop is located roughly 40 kilometres southeast of Streaky Bay in South Australia. It is a fine example of a geological formation know as an inselberg, or steep-sided rock that rises abruptly from a surrounding plain. Other Australian inselbergs include Uluru and Kata Tjuta as well as Wave Rock near Hyden in Western Australia (see my image No.0480).
Murphy’s Haystacks are made up of pink granite originally laid down some 1.5 billion years ago deep beneath the earth’s surface. Over time erosion removed the softer surface layers, exposing the granite outcrop which was then weathered and sculpted into its present form somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 years ago.
Local legend has it that the outcrop acquired its name in the 19th century when a traveller, viewing the formations from a distance, mistook them for haystacks and commented on the farmer’s extraordinary ability to produce such large stacks of hay. Since the land was owned at the time by a Mr. Murphy, the rocks became known as Murphy’s Haystacks.
For a contrasting view of the Haystacks shot from a different vantage point, see my image No.0188
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Placed about most towns, these utility boxes are generally ignored by everyone. As part of it's beautification program the city of San Luis Obispo commissioned local artists to paint mini murals on the utility boxes. I find them to be great examples of the artistic talent in town.
Another example of sky replacement with Luminar 4. This time the bird was reasonably well exposed, but the sky was a pretty boring, featureless blue. I found it a nice complementary backdrop.
....is a historic ksar (fortified village) along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakesh in Morocco. It is considered a great example of Moroccan earthen clay architecture and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987.
Countless films have been partly shot in the setting of Aït Benhaddou. The most famous are certainly "Game of thrones" or Ridley Scott's the "Gladiator" with Russel Crowe.
Fireworks are a class of low explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. The most common use of a firework is as part of a fireworks display. A fireworks event (also called a fireworks show or pyrotechnics) is a display of the effects produced by firework devices. Fireworks competitions are also regularly held at a number of places. Fireworks (devices) take many forms to produce the four primary effects: noise, light, smoke, and floating materials (confetti for example). They may be designed to burn with colored flames and sparks including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and silver. Displays are common throughout the world and are the focal point of many cultural and religious celebrations.
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Polyommatus es un género de mariposas diurnas de la familia Lycaenidae.
Son de tamaño pequeño unos 17 mm de envergadura.
Diferenciar las diferentes especies me resulta bastante dificil. Hay que fijarse por ejemplo en si las fimbrias son ajedreadas o no, tambien en la disposición de las máculas...
En este caso creo que es bellargus, pero si alguien mas fiable me corrige bienvenida la informacion.
Polyommatus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
They are small in size about 17 mm wingspan.
Differentiating the different species is quite difficult for me. You have to pay attention, for example, to whether the fimbriae are cheesy or not, also to the arrangement of the macules...
In this case I think it is bellargus, but if someone more reliable corrects me, I welcome the information.
Monogram is one of Robert Rauschenburg's finest examples of his "Combines",a hybrid of painting,sculpture,and assemblage.
Robert Rauschenburg (1925-2008)
Monogram (1955-1959)
-oil paper,fabric,printed reproductions, metal,wood,rubber,shoe-heel,tennis ball, on two conjoined canvases with oil on taxidermied Angora goat,with brass plaque and rubber tire on wood platform mounted on wood casters
This link explains the different meanings interpreted for the work.Sexual metaphor or a religious offering?An abstract or a joke?
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I re-edited this image to give what I think is a more "honest" interpretation of the photo - you can see it here: flic.kr/p/2qYsMrH
A few years ago I bought a Kodak Reflex 1A (the TLR, not the 35mm Retina Reflex) and did a few tests with it, but found the results universally disappointing. The Anastigmat lens it's equipped with is pretty sub-standard, IMO. It is grotesquely unsharp and loaded with aberration when used wide open (or close to it) and extremely prone to flare, as you can see in this example photo. But when stopped down to f11 or f16 it can make a reasonable image (I think this was shot at f11.5)
Kodak Tmax 400 shot at 200 ASA, developed in Adox XT-3, 1:1 for 9 minutes.
Note: after reviewing this recent roll of film shot with the Reflex 1A, I decided I had no further use for it and donated it to the local thrift shop. It wasn't worth the effort to re-roll film onto 620 spools.
Construit au XVIIIe siècle comme résidence de la famille Nicolaci, le palais Nicolaci di Villadorata (palais Nicolaci di Villadorata) de la ville de Noto est l'un des meilleurs exemples de l'architecture baroque sicilienne et comporte certains des plus beaux balcons de la ville. . L'extérieur présente une pléthore de sphinx, de chevaux ailés, d'hippograffes et d'autres bêtes mythiques, ainsi que deux grandes colonnes surmontées d'un grand balcon en fer forgé et de trois balcons plus petits de chaque côté.
Built in the 18th century as the residence of the Nicolaci family, the Nicolaci di Villadorata Palace (Nicolaci di Villadorata Palace) in the city of Noto is one of the best examples of Sicilian Baroque architecture and has some of the most beautiful balconies in the city. . . The exterior features a plethora of sphinxes, winged horses, hippograffs and other mythical beasts, as well as two large columns surmounted by a large wrought iron balcony and three smaller balconies on each side.
Excerpt from www.cambridge.ca/en/learn-about/resources/Old-Galt-Histor...:
The Dalgleish House (circa 1851) at 81 Water Street South: James Dalgleish, a stone mason, was one of the Galt’s first architect-builders. He constructed many of the best buildings in Galt and the neighbouring township. His own house, combining Georgian and Italianate features was considered an advanced example of building construction. The beautiful pattern on the exterior walls was formed by the expert use of gray, charcoal and pink granite.
Example of a larger, roof-mounted HVAC cooling tower with corrugated asbestos siding and louvers, Marley brand.
The H. H. Simon and Jude Church is a Roman Catholic church in the town Ootmarsum Twente in the Dutch municipality of Dinkelland. The church is dedicated to the Apostles Simon and Jude Thaddaeus.
The H.H. Simon en Judas of Ootmarsum is the only example of a church in Westphalian Romanogothic style in The Netherlands. It largely dates from the 13th century. The original Romanesque tower was replaced by a new facade and a small wooden tower in 1842.
This is what we saw during our Bicycle tours in the Netherlands, where we have cycled through the beautiful landscape.
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Not way too crazy about this one, but figured I should post something. I guess I'll post it as a failed post-processing example :)
Sorry about the lack of posting, I'm in the middle of my last exam.
Explored.. The one in this series that WAS :P Flickr is so stupid some times.
The State Historical Museum, Red Square, Moscow, Russia at night.
The State Historical Museum in Moscow The imposing building that stands to your right if you enter Red Square through the Resurrection Gate is the State Historical Museum. The museum was opened in 1894, to mark the coronation of Aleksander III, and was the result of a 20-year-long project to consolidate various archaeological and anthropological collections into a single museum that told the story of the history of Russia according to the latest scientific methodology.
The building, which prompts mixed aesthetic reactions, is undeniably impressive. A mass of jagged towers and cornices, it is a typical example of Russian Revivalism, the Eastern equivalent of the Neo-Gothic movement. It was built by architect Vladimir Sherwood (whose father was an English engineer, hence the very un-Russian surname) on the site of the old Pharmacy Building, which was the original home of the Moscow University.
(One good example of me losing out by not using some sort of grad filter. Towards the light which isn't good ).
Mellbreak at Crummock Water glows orange and mauve as the sun passes by the valley that holds Scale Force beyond the High Stile Range. This is from the Head of Buttermere. I can see where William Heaton Cooper got his fell colours from.!
This is the FAMOUS February 2008 ! Great for reflections.
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One of the nice things about Adobe Lightroom is the ability to organize images in various ways.
For example one can create a "smart" collection, assigning various conditions and parameters that would cause images to be included or excluded. When finished editing an image in Ps and saved with the PSD extension, I also save it in a TIFF version consisting of a single layer.
So I have chosen to create smart folders organized by date, such as Tiffs_2017-12, in which I found this image. All the TIFFs created in the month of December 2017 could be found in that smart folder unless they have been posted to Flickr.
I've done the same for PSDs. Opening this image's PSD in Ps reminded me of what I had done back in December.
Toward the end of last year I had been playing with photos shot with the camera and then sent to my phone for editing in the phone's apps. I had created various versions of this using Snapseed and Stackables.
I then exported each of those versions back to the computer where they got stacked as layers in Ps. By playing with blend modes and masks, and sliding opacity one can mix various aspects of each version.
Since I found this image again, I figured I should post to the Sliders Sunday group while waiting an hour for one of the world cup matches I am eagerly anticipating.
Germany - Mexico
If each team plays to their ability, this would be a fantastic game.
Maybe as much fun to watch as Portugal - Spain had been.
Meanwhile, have a great Sliders Sunday!
Here you can see how early car manufacturers used lead (instead of Bondo) to fill in roof joints. Notice how sanding (file) marks are still present in the lead. More importantly, just how thick the early paint jobs had to be to cover these scratches up.
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Fuji 4791 duplicating film.
POTA developer, 12 Minutes.
Just a reminder (with an apology) that we are still around, and will soon be back into the Spring swing of things after a much needed break from life in general (Dad, that is, not me) to help look after his Mum (thankfully along with several other caring siblings--she's 94!), also, he's heavily involved in the writing game now trying to hack out-
"Hey, watch it, dude."
-a historical fiction novel about his time on a farm in far away Toronto for a summer in 1975 when he was sixteen, where as an example of minor content, he saw the raising of the antenna on the CN Tower March 1 of that year and the final capping on April 2, and never shuts up about it--but maybe this will finally do that.
"Your friends will be happy to see that you are as kind to me as ever, Clancy."
Hey, I plugged your stupid book, now where's my treat?
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This is the proof that I AM doing all the cooking at home. And also a great example to show even the most perfect housewife makes mistake sometimes. :PPPP
Kashgar or Kashi (Uyghur: قەشقەر, ULY: Qeshqer, Chinese: 喀什 pinyin: Kāshí, Persian, Hindustani: کاشغر / कशगार) is an oasis city with approximately 350,000 residents in the western part of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.
The city is located in the western extreme of China — within both the Tarim Basin and the Taklamakan Desert — where it experiences an extreme desert climate.
Kashgar’s Old City has been called the best-preserved example of a traditional Islamic city to be found anywhere in Central Asia, but it is now being razed by the Chinese government which plans to replace the old buildings with new.
カシュガル旧市街、職人街近くの路地にて。
ちまきのようなものを売っている屋台に木漏れ日が降り注いでいた。
While Lender Texas seldom gets extreme weather, this concrete power line support system sets a good example for areas that have frequent storms that knock down wooden power poles.
This smaller Aster has a perfect example in front, the full bloom... FOR ALL THE LOVELY DETAIL, BEST View HERE On Black
Always keep a bit of mystery... you show all... loss of interest?
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Why not view the set as a slide-show?
Also I often upload more than one image at the same time, I see a tendency to only view the last uploaded...
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Another example of my mother's green thumb! This beautiful flower is in the mallow family, I think, but has the wonderful name of rock rose. The vivid pink color of the blooms is stunning. The flower also has a nice texture.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas in May 2021
The Church of St. Francis, an example of Sicilian Baroque, the original building was in Arab-Norman style with three naves and twelve altars, in addition to the main one.
In 1680, Msgr. Francesco Maria Grifeo (then bishop of the diocese ), he decided to turn it into baroque style, the two side aisles were demolished, and the nave was raised and covered with a barrel vault.
He was then reopened for worship in 1703, to be closed again following the earthquake of Belize in 1968, during which the church and the adjoining convent suffered significant damage. In 1977 the restoration works were started.
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One Canada
Design Team: University of Guelph, School of Environmental Design & Rural Development – Alex Feenstra, Megan Haralovich, Zhengyang Hua, Noah Tran, Haley White & Connor Winrow, Lead by Assistant Professor Afshin Ashari and Associate Professor Sean Kelly (Canada)
Description
The Indigenous Peoples in Canada are an inspirational example of resilience due to their ability to withstand adversity and persevere through generations of oppressive colonial policies. Historic injustices persist, including the effects of cultural genocide from the residential school system of Canada. Here we symbolize bridging the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples through gathering. Accomplished through the support of the seven grandfather teachings, represented by the seven rings of the installation, that originated with the Anishnabae Peoples, passed down through generations that ensures the survival of all Indigenous Peoples: Wisdom, Love, Respect, Bravery, Honesty, Humility, and Truth. Orange represents the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, and the reality that the support of non-Indigenous Peoples, as Indigenous Peoples assert rights to self-determination, will strengthen relations and begin to redress the historic wrongs. Orange is displayed in the ropes where the pattern pays homage to the creation of drums, where the ropes were weaved to honour culture. The installations flow towards the lifeguard stand reinforces the strengthening of the relationship and that the protection of Canada hinges on the unity between peoples. We aim to symbolize movement to a new relationship, one based on mutual respect that honours Indigenous treaties and rights. The road forward is long and nonlinear, but we commit to take the journey together.