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Sunrise on Crete.

Captured by Canon PowerShot SX50 HS on Stalida beach, Crete, Greece. Aug 2014.

The tide went out and the winter sun sparkled on the ripples of sand

Shot from a friend's Fujifilm GFX100. The quality was really something else altogether!

 

Marina Bay, Singapore

 

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MCI Building/Old Hill Street Police Station, Singapore

 

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Captured by Canon SX50 in Thailand. Dec 2015.

Scintillating Christmas magic

Fujisan Alleyway

 

This narrow alleyway is located right next to Fuji-san View (Old Town Shimoyoshida Street), the popular street that faces Mt Fuji that everyone loves to pose at. Still, it's probably a safer spot as opposed to standing in the middle of a busy street.

 

We were here for sunrise when we met @sao.flower and her kid taking photos for Instagram, and they were kind enough to pose for us, so we had an impromptu family portraiture session too!

 

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Single exposure and cropped, Pro Neg Standard, 45-100mm lens. HnY circular polariser from Photosphere Singapore.

 

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Lone fruit of Cocos nucifera L.

Captured by Canon SX50 in Thailand. Dec 2015.

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This scintillating image showcases the globular cluster NGC 6540 in the constellation Sagittarius, which was captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys. These two instruments have slightly different fields of view — which determines how large an area of sky each instrument captures. This composite image shows the star-studded area of sky that was captured in both instruments’ field of view.

 

NGC 6540 is a globular cluster, a stable, tightly bound multitude of stars. The populations of these clusters can range from tens of thousands to millions of stars, all of which are trapped in a closely-packed group by their mutual gravitational attraction.

 

The brightest stars in this image are adorned with prominent cross-shaped patterns of light known as diffraction spikes. These astronomical embellishments are a type of imaging artefact, meaning that they are caused by the structure of Hubble rather than the stars themselves. The path taken by the starlight as it enters the telescope is slightly disturbed by its internal structure, causing bright objects to be surrounded by spikes of light.

 

Hubble peered into the heart of NGC 6540 to help astronomers measure the ages, shapes, and structures of globular clusters towards the centre of the Milky Way. The gas and dust shrouding the centre of our galaxy block some of the light from these clusters, as well as subtly changing the colours of their stars. Globular clusters contain insights into the earliest history of the Milky Way, and so studying them can help astronomers understand how our galaxy has evolved.

 

Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Cohen; CC BY 4.0

 

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, during the annual Chinese New Year light-up.

 

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There must be many angels in the hospice, helping people with their transitions. The silence is scintillating.

 

So far I've been unable to learn the name of the artist but I will post it here when I learn it.

A drop of water in tomato... :)

Captured by Canon PowerShot SX50 HS in Tomsk (Western Siberia, Russia). Aug 2015

A quick peep inside a geode --

Geodes are spherical to subspherical rock structures with an internal cavity lined with mineral materials. They have a durable outer wall that is more resistant to weathering than the surrounding bedrock. This allows the geode to survive intact when the surrounding bedrock weathers away. The mineral lining the cavity is often a scintillating druse of tiny quartz crystals underlain by multiple bands of translucent gray and white agate. Many are lined with more spectacular treasures.

 

Rich purple amethyst, perfect white calcite crystals, and colorful banded agate are other common linings. Rare geodes can be filled with beautiful blue gem silica, pink rhodochrosite, spectacular opal with vivid play-of-color or other rare materials. Geodes range in size from under one centimeter to several meters in length. From the outside most geodes look like common rocks, but when they are opened the sight can be breathtaking.

This Australian Emerald female greeted me this morning and made my day :)

Skypeak HDB Estate, Bukit Batok, Singapore

 

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Boon Keng, Singapore

 

The longest HDB flat in Singapore!

 

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Firefly Field by TOER.

 

iLight Marina Bay 2022, Singapore

 

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"From the strangled breath

Of my bodies' corpse-like repose

I was reborn on wings of Death

And from that gasp arose

To alight on winds Tartarean

Across the gulfs of Erebos

In flight declined Hesperian

To the throne of Icelos

As Noctua I flew to seek

As dread and sacral bird

To pluck the eye with beak

And steal the sacral word

The true-sworn name of Daemon

The Secret hidden within the Lie

Unknown by priest of layman

And learned that name was I...

 

As naught is the aspect of the one

Who comes before me

Naught is the name of the one

Who resides within me

Adorn me with twain minded mask

Of Janus

Oh, Gatekeeper

Ceremented in paradox

Sable on shadow

I see you!

Radian in waves of darkness

Black static scintillations

Cascading abyss

Drown me in madness

Furoris divinales

Raise me from my flesh

As you awaken the Son of Pan

Within me

Sardonic Mask of Night

Beneath which is no-thing

Nous of the Void

Form-changer

Shade shifter

Syrinx Piper of Death's Silence

Ceremented in paradox

Shadow of Midnight."

Explore #65 on 15th January 2013. Thank you!

 

Sunset as seen from under the Benjamin Sheares bridge. Please do visit my other galleries too!

 

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Tanjong Pagar and Chinatown, Singapore

 

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This is NH 22,the picturesque road to Kinnaur, passes through scintillating landscapes and therefore a destination by itself.This shot taken in Jhakri on way to Sarahan lays open the hillscape through which NH22 progresses hugging the Sutlej river. Down and on the right is the Nathpa-Jakhri hydroelectric project,the largest in Asia. Favour large.

Intentional Camera Movement handheld,- my first Autumn walk proper this year. I just loved the gold and how the leaves seemed to scintillate in the sidelight, so thought I'd try to catch a sprinkle of the magic...

PART of my main "SHIFTING SEASONS" collection.

This one in subset "QUORUM" taken at same location.

 

[***Magic Forest signed 72res.P1220085]

at Tintern... Check it out on the map if you can!

 

Hope you have a Saturday filled with peace and tranquility...

On Day 2 of our quest to search for Rhodies, Jave, Alan, and I ventured just south of crescent city to Del Norte Redwoods State Park. As we began hiking, we were constantly scanning the forest for any patches of Rhododendrons blooming. Seemingly, we were late to the show in Del Norte as majority of the Rhododendron trees were past peak and had already lost their blooms. Further to our dismay, the dense morning fog did not reach this part of the forest. Hope seemed lost as it appeared we were hiking just to burn calories.

  

And then it happened. Some light patchy fog began to creep through the forest as the morning sun rose higher into the sky. There were two beams at first. Upon seeing the potential beginning of a light show, we all dropped our bags and grabbed our gear. As we setup, the light show exploded. Boom….light beams radiated in all directions as the once dull forest came alive scintillating with glowing warmth. Hands down the best light beams I have ever witnessed.

  

P.S. No pixels were harmed using radial blur to concoct imaginary light beams.

  

Canon 5D Mark II

EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II

  

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A frame from my timelapse of the Lahaina Noon/September Equinox solar phenomenon in Jurong West at midday on 23 September 2018! This is probably as close as you can get to having the sun directly centred in the frame for this composition, since there's only two times in the year where it'll be directly overhead, thus giving the world around you a very surreal atmosphere with extremely harsh but evenly-lit light, and yet with minimal shadows. Thank goodness for extremely clear skies!

 

Because of this special solar position, tall objects like lamp-posts and bollards will take on an almost 3D-rendered outlook to them, as shadows casted will be directly below any object since the sun is directly above. Buildings and other structures are evenly-lit with harsh sunlight on all sides, making them feel as if they've been 'greenscreened' into your surroundings.

 

Corrected for distortion and flare removal. Buildings and sun positions are untouched.

 

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The first of what would probably be a whole slew of New Zealand imagery. Just got back from my getaway but already missing the countryside, but my backlog will indeed keep me busy!

 

Haida 6-stops Nanopro, Nikon 14-24mm

 

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Captured by Samsung Digimax Pro815 in Tomsk (Western Siberia, Russia). Apr 2016.

Captured by Canon SX50 HS in Thailand. Mar 2014.

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