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🇫🇷 Lourd comme une goutte
En hiver, dans la 🌳chênaie🌳, les grands arbres et les sous-bois sont silencieux et ils semblent s'être ôtés de leur sève pour résister à l'hiver. Mais, à hauteur de nos semelles, on voit une vie lilliputienne émerger entre les feuilles mortes ; il s'agit des mousses qui fructifient et profitent de l'humidité ambiante, hivernale, pour revivre de nouveau, à rebours des autres.
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en Heavy as a drop
In winter, in the 🌳oak grove🌳, the tall trees and undergrowth are silent and they seem to have stripped themselves of their sap to withstand the winter. However, at the height of our soles, we can see a Lilliputian life emerging between the dead leaves; these are the mosses that fruit and take advantage of the ambient, wintry humidity to live again, in contrast to the others.
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Milieu naturel, écosystème : 🌳hêtraie-chênaie🌳
Natural environment, ecosystem: 🌳 beech-oak forest🌳
Lieu / Location : Forêt de Fontainebleau / Seine-et-Marne / France
web site : pascalechevest.com
This crystal brings a tiny bit of credibility to “paper snowflakes” you make by folding a piece of paper and cutting out shapes. Why? The side-branches of this snowflake have grown so close together they have fused, creating inner triangles like the kind you’d see in a paper snowflake.
Another highly symmetrical snowflake with plenty to admire. While it’s not uncommon for adjacent side-branches to fuse together, this is the only example I have come across where the feature occurs symmetrically across the entire crystal not once, but twice. Very stable conditions would have been required to create a snowflake like this, and even then a fair amount of luck would be in order. Around this crystal there were many other snowflakes that did not exhibit the same level of symmetry.
For a snowflake like this, the symmetry is prominent within the inner details too. Bubbles and ridges are mimicked on all six sides, with the exception being a few lines towards the center. Markings normally associated with a sectored plate can be seen, but only surrounding one branch. The details in the very center are also asymmetrical, which leads me to believe the “early life” of this snowflake wasn’t quite as balanced. It grew to become a shining specimen of natural crystal despite its early issues, sort of like a snowflake “rags to riches” story. Am I taking this description too far? Yep.
While this snowflake was photographed quite some time ago (finally edited today), we’ve had a huge snowfall today and it looks like more snow is on the way through the overnight. The next snowflake I’ll be working on is something I’ve never seen before. Stay tuned! :)
There is plenty of mysterious features and untold beauty in these Lilliputian sculptures that blanket the winter landscape by the trillions, if not more. To learn more about the science and photography techniques of these tiny gems, be sure to check out Sky Crystals: www.skycrystals.ca/
I'm starting to have a problem finding places for all my toys...
CWD562: Giants and lilliputians. Check it out on Black.
This week Maxine asked us to --and I quote-- "embody our favorite bedtime story". One of my favorites has got to be Gulliver's Travels. My grandma used to read it to me every night and I remember feeling amazed at his adventures. I wanted to be a giant too! So I got to re-enact the memorable scene where the Lilliputians tie Gulliver down after he washes ashore. - Logan
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This theme was so fun! It could've been very easy for me to do a Disney-inspired photo since I have a lot of Prince dolls but I really wanted to do something original and different.
And HUGE thanks to my friend XShowtimeSynergyX for editing this! <3
On the front (west) side of Dance Hall Rock, a groove runs for about 20 feet. It's a foot or two deep. It looks like it would be a fun slot canyon if you were six inches tall. Fractal.
Looking down at a small part from above.
Remember the long combes tunnelling into summer
Cumulus tossed into towers and keeps above,
The trampled cliff paths sweet with gorse and bracken
Around each known, each named, particular cove,
And by this touchstone from the years of promise
Happisburgh cracks in dry impersonal pieces -
The reeds, the marram grass, a north wind whipping
The anonymous flat sea margins, the huts, some caravans,
And over it all the sky enormously drifting
In endless thin layers of cloud: undesired
Featureless landscape where the intruding figures
Loom up too large and loud.
At first when sea meant only the brown flood
Of Bristol Channel, the flats of opal mud
Whitened with dizzying gulls when neap tides came,
Rough dogs, wild tumbling boys, far bathers' cries
And sheltered ladies safe to ask the time -
Through the diminishing glass of childish eyes
The shore was all and only wind and sun
And furious scrunch of sand on wooden spades,
Around the lighthouse bunkered in the dunes
No footsteps save one's own.
Later - in a numinous hour - the lapis bay,
The scent of briar and garlic from lush inland lanes
Blown seaward, the rock pools drinking up the Atlantic sky,
The halcyon daylight sucked down into caves -
Then it was we, not I (but it was plural I),
Sharing the timeless spiral of a day
That was all of light and water, air and fire;
And far below though still on the same shore
The rest were only lilliputian men
Speaking a stranger's language yet unknown:
Learning it is the hard thing. Happisburgh is a teacher
Pounding the grammar, rewarding with a poem:
For here beyond the caravans a village grows
In farms and elms and sheep-pens and a vigilant tower
Where Happisburgh church that great ark of light
Is filled with years of prayers, of griefs and fears
And homeliness, loving memorials no less
Of Kosikot and Cartref than of these generations
Whose tombstone lockers lie awash in grass;
For this is a father's house where children come
And share their equalness: sameness not difference is the stem
For uncounted variations. And each is known by name.
(By kind permission of Peterloo Poets.)
Lilliputian UP GP15-1 1712, at one time painted in Jenks Blue for the Missouri Pacific, was smashed between a CNW SD45R rebuild and a SD40-2 in Clinton back in 1996.
The smell of Clinton could be tolerated when the motive power was presentable. I don't think I could visit the yard today without gagging at not only the smell of the town but also the lack of variety of today's Union Pacific.
alice in wonderland syndrome, also known as todd's syndrome or lilliputian hallucinations, is a disorienting neurological condition that affects human perception. Sufferers may experience micropsia, macropsia, or size distortion of other sensory modalities
killing two birds with one stone: revisiting classics #10
coming soon: hop-o'-my-thumb
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What you see is underneath an elevated highway, which had small sections of the lower roads blocked off. I felt like I was in “Gulliver‘s Travels.” It seems like I was a giant amongst the Lilliputians. My only regret was not doing a scale photo so you could see what the this interesting world looked like compared to me.
After taking photos for about a half hour the artist himself showed up and even though I barely speak Chinese and he barely spoke English we were still able to communicate a bit. He gave me the two figures made of twisted wires that you see in his hands. One is a scale of sorts, and the other a scooter. I guess he noticed I had my Vespa with me and he gave me that.
After taking a few more photos I decided to give him some money for the twisted wire art that he gave me, thanked him for his amazing artwork and went on my way.
大里溪橋下小人國, Taiwan
...and he weighs about 17,000 lbs.
Happy Miniature Tilt-Shift Sunday to all!
SeaWorld, San Diego, California
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Tilt-Shift Photography or Fake Tilt-Shift Photography is a creative and unique type of photography in which the camera is manipulated so that a life-sized location or subject looks like a miniature-scale model. Imagine yourself as Gulliver looking down at the Lilliputians. It's pretty much like it.
To add good miniature effect to your photographs, shoot subjects from a high angle (especially from the air). It creates the illusion of looking down at a miniature model.
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PK members, join in the competition in PK Fake Tilt-Shift Challenge #2
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I wrote in late November about the last photograph I took in Mesa Verde - in a post called "A luminous goodbye." I also mentioned in that post that I was headed to Stanford to interview for a job. How prescient that title was, as I accepted that job and I'll be leaving the city of Chicago come the summertime. The intervening six months will surely bring many new Chicago photographs to the blog, as will the months afterwards - but eventually my contributions to this blog will take a turn for the Californian. I hope you will all still follow me.
In the depths of winter the sun's declination effect makes for *very* long sunrises and sunsets. This is to say that the sun's arc above the horizon is so low that it takes a much longer time for that precious "golden" hour to end - compare this to the summer where the sun sets at a nearly perpendicular angle to the horizon. I scurried about the 25th floor and the floors above to take as many photographs as I could as the sun completed its long descent. I think with today's news, a sunset image is appropriate.
Here is a view of Chicago of which I have *never* seen a photograph. Once upon a time, the 25th floor of the Tribune Tower was an observation deck, open to the public. Nowadays you need to know someone who knows someone to get here. I felt extremely privileged to get a chance to do some photography from this vantage point, and I hope I did it justice. The pavilion is out amongst the flying buttresses of the great tower and affords a sweeping view from the very heart of the mag mile. Although the Gothic stonework was higher than I could extend my tripod, I managed to hang my camera out over the edge and snap a few images. The city really deserves more places like this that everybody can visit - there is something really breathtaking about seeing the place from a new angle, especially with sunset streaming in from the west side and the river in its winter coat of ice. This one is going straight into the Gotham set as well.
I also have to say thanks to those of you who sent me your questions about cameras, HDR, etc to @thewindypixel. I think I answered those that I got. Mark, who has been contacting me as he has started to dabble a bit in HDR, asked in the comments section to yesterday's post what differences exist between the D5000 and the D90. I mentioned yesterday that the D90 affords you much greater control over the camera that does the D5000. I'll elaborate on just a few of the physical differences that I think eventually become important as you expand as a photographer. First I will say that I know a handful of people who have the D5000 and it is a sweet camera - it does just about everything you'd want for a Lilliputian price. This list is in no particular order, once you're done reading it, you'll realize that these differences aren't make-or-break for a beginner - the key is to get a camera that fits your needs/budget/skill and to get out there and take pictures - you make the photograph, the lens transmits the light and the camera is just a hunk of crap that records it.
1. The D90 includes an autofocus motor, making this camera compatible with older lenses. As the lens is the most important part of the equation - imagine the dismay on a user's face who just purchased a D5000 and wants to use their hand-me-down $2800 Nikon 28mm f/1.4 only to find out - you can't focus!!! Okay this is the number one reason - but the rest aren't in order :P.
2. D90 is more durable - we all should be careful with our toys, but you just never know. This translates into a higher guaranteed shutter count, i.e. not only is the body of the camera tougher - it's guts are tougher too. This also means that the camera uses the larger Nikon batteries which provide you with more shots per charge. Unfortunately, with both the D90 and D5000, Nikon has moved away from CF cards to the smaller SD card.
3. The viewfinder of the D90 is bigger, brighter and covers ~95% of the frame instead of a paltry ~75%. This is a big deal when you are composing.
4. The D90 can support a remote cable release and a battery grip - this is really key for HDR - keep your finger off the camera and your camera on a tripod for good HDR. Yes, the D5000 comes with a remote control release and I am *EXTREMELY* jealous of this as equivalent solutions for the D90, D300, D700, D3 etc cost hundreds of dollars. Then again, the D90 will allow you to plug in a wire release that is equally useful and also accepts things like interval timers, etc.
5. The pop-up flash on the D90 will allow you to wirelessly control Nikon flashes - this may not sound like a big deal, but people pay $200 per flash to do this wirelessly if they don't have it built in. Canon owners can only dream. UPDATE: I was wrong about this - the new Canon 7D will do wireless control - I am ignorant of its features, compatibility, etc. My mistake - thanks to Donald for pointing this out in the comments section.
...taken at ARoS, Aarhus Art Museum... the "Boy" by the Australian artist Ron Mueck...
Aarhus, Denmark...
Feb 10 2008
Attack Of/On The Clones
Another gorgeous day in Los Angeles in February. It actually reached 81 degrees yesterday! Anyway, I took a break from chores, errands, and studying to go to the park with all my clones. It turned out to be a bad idea, since the giant clone that escaped last week found us and she was totally pissed off. There were 3 casualties and 1 in critical condition. Oh the humanity.
2. Giants and lilliputians - Two weeks ago we learned how to do clones, this week lets mix it up by using those techniques to place your subject in a different setting taking advantage of scale.
" L'admiration change les proportions entre les hommes, fait de l'un un géant et de l'autre un lilliputien." Martine Le Coz
That's it! -" The admiration changes the proportions between men, makes one a giant and the other a lilliputian." Martine Le Coz
Lovely Legit Loquacious Lisa!
In person she is pretty and Lilliputian compared to me. Sigh!
I've waited years and in that time have suffered numerous missed opportunities to meet Lisa Lane in person.
It's not that she's Lackadaisical
You see.......
We live in different countries, so Covid restrictions associated with border crossings have been the major factor.
Not to Lampoon her, but, rarely do I meet someone whose sense of humor is closely in alignment with my own. That statement in itself is a joke. Ha ha ha..... Guess I get the Last Laugh.
Quiz......
How may "L's" are in this description?
Don't Lollygag - What is the answer?
Love
Nora
www.richardrogers.co.uk/work/all_projects/broadwick_house...
"....a pocket Pompidou Centre, or a Lilliputian Lloyd's Building."
Jonathon Glancey, The Guardian, 23rd April 2001.
Flowers construct the most charming geometries: circles like the sun,
ovals, cones, curlicues and a variety of triangular eccentricities, which
when viewed with the eye of a magnifying glass seem a Lilliputian
frieze of psychedelic silhouettes.
- Duane Michals, The Vanishing Act
Time to break out the little model train that runs beneath the Christmas tree. And setup the small houses in the village that the train will pass as it goes round and round. Easy for a young mind (or even an older one) to imagine oneself tucked away inside a tiny house, cozy and warm, safe from the cruelty of the real world. Even cozier as night descends on the tiny town. Scenes like this have been in my mind since childhood. It was fun to bring one to life. My first attempts around Thanksgiving were charming but ultimately failed on account of the lack of snowfall. I returned recently and captured this wonderful glow of light reflecting from the snow. I also found the key to success is working within the first half hour or so of sunset to capture the "blue time." Any delay and the sky turns inky black and the effect is lost.