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The main field of galaxies in the Coma-Virgo Galaxy Cluster, centred on the Markarian’s Chain line of galaxies, including bright ellipticals Messier 84, 86 and 87. At upper right is the star 6 Comae flanked by the spirals M98, M99 and M100. At lower left is the group of M58, M59 and M60, with M89 and M90 above them at left of centre. M88 and M91 are above those at upper left. Numerous NGC galaxies populate the field. The collection contains a variety of galaxy types: giant elliptical as well as spirals, both edge-on and face-on.
This is a stack of 14 x 3-minute exposures, with the William Optics RedCat 51mm astrograph at f/5, and with the Canon EOS Ra at ISO 1250, on the Astro-Physics Mach1 mount, tracking but not guided. The field is 8° x 5°. Taken May 13, 2020 from home on a very clear moonless night. Despite the scope being out for a while before I started shooting, its focus shifted slightly during the hour of exposures as the night cooled, making the last exposures a little soft. All stacked and median combined in Photoshop CC as there were satellite trails in many frames.
This has been done for a long time, but I always thought it unfinished. However, I can't really decide what else to add, so I might as well post it.
This is a bit more constructive and less improvisational than the rest of my work. Kind of like a combination of Rothko and Mondrian.
Medium: acrylic on canvas
To view a video of the Gradient Sun go to: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/8103212817
Looking at a particularly beautiful image of the sun helps show how the lines between science and art can sometimes blur. But there is more to the connection between the two disciplines: science and art techniques are often quite similar, indeed one may inform the other or be improved based on lessons from the other arena. One such case is a technique known as a "gradient filter" – recognizable to many people as an option available on a photo-editing program. Gradients are, in fact, a mathematical description that highlights the places of greatest physical change in space. A gradient filter, in turn, enhances places of contrast, making them all the more obviously different, a useful tool when adjusting photos. Scientists, too, use gradient filters to enhance contrast, using them to accentuate fine structures that might otherwise be lost in the background noise. On the sun, for example, scientists wish to study a phenomenon known as coronal loops, which are giant arcs of solar material constrained to travel along that particular path by the magnetic fields in the sun's atmosphere. Observations of the loops, which can be more or less tangled and complex during different phases of the sun's 11-year activity cycle, can help researchers understand what's happening with the sun's complex magnetic fields, fields that can also power great eruptions on the sun such as solar flares or coronal mass ejections.
The still here shows an unfiltered image from the sun next to one that has been processed using a gradient filter. Note how the coronal loops are sharp and defined, making them all the more easy to study. On the other hand, gradients also make great art.
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Not the image I had in mind, in fact, it was facing the opposite direction, but sometimes you just have to go with the conditions you're given. The plan was to photograph The Beehive, a mountain on the eastern side of Mount Desert Island near Sand Beach, as light caught the peak and reflected in the lagoon below. The image was there to be made, but for whatever reason, I didn't feel it was as strong as it could be. Maybe it was the lack of clouds in the sky or lack of water for the reflection, but I just wasn't feeling it. In any case, the light behind me, and particularly the gradient of color, was too good to pass up. I quickly found a composition, choosing a low angle to add depth and show some of the character of the area, all while the color intensified... and just before another photographer stepped in frame in the gap between the hillside and grasses in the distance.
Estou na fase dos gradientes...
Acho que vai rolar post sobre essa mani <3
Só digo uma coisa: nesse sanduíche de cores que na verdade foram 5 esmaltes tem o lançamento da Dany Vianna que são os Purple Potio e o Kelly Green!
Thoughts on this version ... I added in some contrast to the clear sky in this version. First time really attempting this so feedback appreciated for ways to possible improve. Original mono processed shot below.
Oregon Coast (Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area)
Maybe an hour after sunset the sky was still light in the west. There was a storm approaching which made part of the sky very dark. I was hoping to catch lightening in the distance when it started getting closer. I took a couple photos and then fled.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
North Point Park just opened a couple of years ago, and it's a great place to do some evening and night photography, mostly because it's close to the Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, which is quite photogenic. I decided to get a shot looking away from the bridge toward the Museum of Science, and here it is. That's Boston on the left across the water and Cambridge on the right.
(Taken during a Flickr meetup with the folks from the Boston, Massachusetts, Flickr group. I'm new to the Boston area, so thanks to Greg for organizing this! It was a lot colder than it looks, by the way.)
Flickr Explore #6 for 17 March 2009
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Modéstia parte acho que de todas as unhas que eu fiz na vida essa foi a mais linda!
Usei:
Quase para sempre - Avon
Sweet Dream - Capricho
Estilosa - Lorrac
Branco para carimbo - Blant
Plaquinha M57-1
Extra brilho - Argento (não mancha o carimbo)
Ficou lindo demais!
A foto num tá aquelas coisas porque o dia tá super escuro hoje, mas pessoalmente tá muito lindo! Espero que vcs gostem tanto quanto eu.
Beeijos
Vertical panorama of the sunset at Sandy Point in Maryland, the photo still does not do the sunset justice!
I wonder if anyone else feels that urge to wind up their drop spindle in the prettiest gradient possible while spinning, or if that's just me being weird...
The Last train of the day, headed up by the NNR's 4MT attacks the climb over the coast road on it's way West to Weybourne on a moody January afternoon.
Primeiro vou contar que essas unhas causaram mais do que minha zebra tropical!!! TODO MUNDO fica olhando, a caixa do supermercado, as colegas do serviço, até minha sogra falou delas. Uma mina do trampo quer q eu faça igual nas unhas dela, só que em azul, pra combinar com o vestido da formatura!! Opa será minha chance de ganhar dinheiro com isso?? Ahahaha
Agora como eu fiz:
1. Passei uma camada de Coral Chic da Colorama
2. Com uma esponja de cozinha cortada(parte amarela) apliquei com batidinhas o Laranja Cítrico da Colorama, da metade pra ponta da unha, deixando a "raiz" com o Coral Chic aparecendo
3. Com outro pedaço de esponja, passei(dando as batidinhas) o Atrevida, da Colorama, mais na ponta da unha, deixando o laranja e o coral à mostra
4. Passei mais uma camada de Coral Chic por cima de tudo.
5. Passei o Raio de Sol da Biguniverso por cima pq eu sou DragQueen e adoro um glitter, ok?
E ficou lindo assim!!
Fica como opção de unhas diferentes pras alérgicas, como usei praticamente só esmaltes Colorama. É só não passar a ultima camada "Priscilla a Rainha do Deserto" de breeeelho q eu passei!
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Música: Girl You ll Be A Woman Soon
Ipanema beach - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Ah seja como for, seja por onde for, partir!
Largar por aí fora, pelas ondas, pelo perigo, pelo mar.
Ir para Longe, ir para Fora, para a Distância Abstracta,
Indefinidamente, pelas noites misteriosas e fundas,
Levado, como a poeira, plos ventos, plos vendavais!
Ir, ir, ir, ir de vez!
Todo o meu sangue raiva por asas!
Todo o meu corpo atira-se prà frente!
Galgo pla minha imaginação fora em torrentes!
Atropelo-me, rujo, precipito-me!...
Estoiram em espuma as minhas ânsias
E a minha carne é uma onda dando de encontro a rochedos!
Trecho da Ode Marítima de Álvaro de Campos