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I took this shot from out of our third floor apartment window… just happened to catch a headless man passing by…
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... enjoying some post processing work. This takes long hours ... which I hate... but trying to learn, nevertheless.
Its me in this picture.
W0W! My pic came 3rd! Thanks for the votes, much appreciated!
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Make It Interesting ~ Challenge #2 (Sand)
Starter image with thanks to Someone10x
When Monster in my Pocket rebooted in 2006, a few of their designs were suspect - for example, "Monkey Man" was clearly meant to stand in for Hanuman, but not offend hindus (so why include him at all?).
So, is this Dullahan?
Is this Ichabod Crane's Headless Horseman (based on Dullahan)?
Is this something else?
Who knows, but he's cool! Even with the gloppy paint, he's quite the gentleman.
The concept of headless men living in Africa has existed since antiquity, with the oldest known proper reference coming from Herodotus. You have to understand, this isn't an example of "lol, ancient people were stupid," but rather the fact that Ethiopia was very, very far away. And even if you were a far-traveling soldier or merchant, all you have to do is see one elephant or giraffe, and you can believe anything! In this case, early "reports" stated that Ethiopia was home to all sorts of strange kinds of humans - people with no heads, but faces in their chests. The above, but with their eyes on their shoulders. Cynocephali, men with dog heads. Sciapods, one-legged people. Anthropophagi, who ate flesh, and the list goes on. Headless Men were often called Blemmyes, named for the Blemmy Kingdom that actually existed until roughly the 3rd Century AD. They were also called Acephali, and in more modern timems, they have been confused with the Anthropophagi due to a misreading of Shakespeare.
After Herodotus, both Mela and Pliny the Elder went into greater detail about the Blemmyes, which codified them all the way into the Medieval period and the Age of Discovery. You can find Blemmyae in medieval art surprisingly often, even on a cathedral. In fact, even Sir Walter Raleigh believed in the creatures, though he failed in finding any, and belief in the Headless Men of Africa (or India, Mongolia, or the Americas) continued in some common from until well into the Age of Enlightenment.
The construction of the Cattedrale di San Giorgio began in the early 12th century, when the city was taken by Matilda of Tuscany (aka "Matilde di Canossa"). When the new cathedral was consecrated in 1135 it was not completed at all. It was - and still is - located in the center of the city.
The lower part of the facade is Romanesque was probably built in the first half of the 11th century. The building process was continued a century later in Gothic style.
A "renovation" of the Ferrara Cathedral done in the early 18th century resulted in a demolition. Only the facade and the outer walls survived. The the medieval interior and the apses, that once existed are lost.
The portal is attributed to Master Niccolò (aka "Nicholaus"), who (or his workshop) worked as well in Verona (San Zeno) and Piacenza (Cathedral).
Some more details of the Romanesque facade.
To the left is a wolf, dressed as a monk, holding a book. The wolf may be an alumnus of the wolf-schools, that occasionally could be found in medieval times (eg. in Saint-Ursanne and Freiburg). One of his collegues lives in Verona.
To the right a headless man holding a dog. Mythical headless men were rumored, in antiquity and later, to inhabit very remote parts of the world. They are known as akephaloi or Blemmyes.
Plaza del Mayor is full of people (buskers) dressed up in costumes. There were a few headless men wandering around there yesterday morning... no headless women!
Day 132 of 365
"Mr. Driftwood"
My friendly neighbor recently lent me a driftwood jewelry display......thing. My first thought was to begin designing jewelry.....but that seemed too time-consuming. My second thought was to use it in place of a human head. Here we are!! Getting the light to match was the easy part. All I had to do was to hold up the wood in the same spot as the "model," and the light would match. The more difficult issue was the fact that I have both a neck AND a head. How to create a headless collar? So, I inflated a balloon, stuck it inside the shirt and jacket, and held it up to the light. In post, I simply replaced the headless collar for the one with the head. Finally, I dropped in the branch, created a collar shadow, and Bob's yer Uncle! Oh, the lighting! There is a large diffused umbrella at camera-left, and the suit is just inside the rear edge. There is also a gridded striplight at camera-right, used to fill in the shadows on the lower half of the body. Thanks for going out on a limb and checking this out!!
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Sometimes, the creation of a new Blemmyae goes... wrong. And the result may not be very pretty.
This is one of the four EXCLUSIVE Gorewads that come with orders of Hell Turtle or the other upcoming Universe of Violence "Boss" figure!
I took a couple of shots of this guy and in retrospect I should have gone portrait - but when you've had a few beers and enough of zombies and this dude rocks up with such a wicked costume - mistakes happen.
I've promised to send him this picture, but lost his card. So if you know this man please can you put us in touch so I can het him a copy. For me, this was far n away the best outfit I saw on White Night as he made it - I just wish I'd captured it better.
The Aḍhāī Din kā Jhonpṛā, Ajmer. Possibly named after the time it took to build, or a pre-Islamic festival held in the city.
It's a kind of magic, or maybe just an illusion ...
Most likely it's me playing around in PS with features I don't know how to use.
This is my contribution to the TwPhCh "Mystery" this week.
I have been out in the cold to take pictures a couple of times this week, but didn't have anything mysterious enough for this weeks competition. Must have looked like the Michelin man with all those clothes :)
Have tried to learn some new features in PS today and came up with this picture.
Still a long way to go, but you got to start somewhere.