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Magda in action at the Singing Ringing Tree near Burnley, UK.
Colour: Pink jacket and blue sky.
Light: An interesting shape well defined
Action: subject intent on taking an image
Light, colour and action. The holy trilogy of photography. How could I resist?
A great way to view my photostream on Flickr
A recent article in my blog explains how important light, colour and action are to creating an interesting image.
See my previous upload for a mono version.
See Magda's image here ( www.flickr.com/photos/9550033@N04/3567581498/ ) for a full explanation of this Panopticon.
Singing bowls are a type of bell, specifically classified as a standing bell. Rather than hanging inverted or attached to a handle, standing bells sit with the bottom surface resting. The sides and rim of singing bowls vibrate to produce sound. Singing bowls were traditionally used throughout Asia as part of Bön and Tantric Buddhist sadhana. Today they are employed worldwide both within and without these spiritual traditions, for meditation, trance-induction, relaxation, healthcare, personal well-being and religious practice. - Wikipedia
The two bowls pictured here are from Tibet.
Nikon D700 with the AF-S VR Micro-NIKKOR 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens.
I know the whole "wet sand reflection" thing is a little cliche, but it was calling out to me. Really.
This image is pretty dark. I keep my monitor calibrated for printing, which means this is probably even darker for me than for you. I'm curious to hear how it looks on monitors that are calibrated normally.
Met up with Chris Lazzery here on Saturday morning. I was not expecting clouds this nice. They did not light up in pre-sunrise glow, but there was enough haze (or smog) on the horizon shortly after to filter the light a nice color.
Varied Tit, Akiba Koen, Anjo, Aichi, Japan
Now, as autumn nears, I'm hoping that the small birds will return unlike a year ago when very few were seen autumn, winter and spring.
I didn't know if this picture would offend anyone. I thought it was sweet. The male alpaca sings to the female when he breeds her. If I have offended anyone I'll remove the picture. I've been living in the country too long so I'm really not sure if this is ok to show.
Here is another Merry Wife, this one playing the fiddle. She wasn't singing solo, I just happened to catch her in closeup singing with the rest of the group.
Dennis is singing and dancing to Gangnam Style. He looks like a drunk though, but who cares! Singing and dancing is too much fun!
Singing Catbird framed by twigs and branches. I like the shadow cast on its back. Kiwanis park, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 18 May 2018
Lonely Tree in Singing Sand Dune.The Singing Sand Dunes in Dunhuang, China, are the sand dunes that, when the wind blows, give out a singing or drumming sound[. They are part of the Kumtag Desert.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_Ringing_Tree_%28Panopticons%29
Panopticon: The Singing Ringing Tree, overlooking Burnley in the north west of England.
The Singing Ringing Tree is a wind powered sound sculpture resembling a tree set in the landscape of the Pennine mountain range overlooking Burnley, in Lancashire.
Completed in 2006, it is part of the series of four sculptures within the Panopticons arts and regeneration project created by the East Lancashire Environmental Arts Network (ELEAN). The project was set up to erect a series of 21st-century landmarks, or Panopticons (structures providing a comprehensive view), across East Lancashire as symbols of the renaissance of the area.
Designed by architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu of Tonkin Liu, the Singing Ringing Tree is a 3 metre tall construction comprising pipes of galvanised steel which harness the energy of the wind to produce a slightly discordant and penetrating choral sound covering a range of several octaves. Some of the pipes are primarily structural and aesthetic elements, while others have been cut across their width enabling the sound. The harmonic and singing qualities of the tree were produced by tuning the pipes according to their length by adding holes to the underside of each.
In 2007, the sculpture won (along with 13 other candidates) the National Award of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for architectural excellence.