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Prusik Peak in early morning fog as seen from Leprechaun Lake. Enchantments, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington, USA.
On October 15th, 2005 I went backpacking for three days into the Enchantments, a beautiful area of lakes and mountains in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. After 10 miles of hauling my camera and backpacking gear I arrived in the plateau of the Enchantments in a storm. The wind was blowing so hard that I spent an hour looking for a campsite that was somewhat sheltered. I couldn't sleep because the noise of the wind in the trees and on the rocks and since I was worried that my tent will break down.
The next morning the wind was gone. And fog had transformed the already beautiful landscape into a magical place. The bright yellow of the larches' needles covered the ground and was swimming in the lakes. It was completely silent. I did not meet anybody for the next two days. I was in a state of wonder. And graetful for being able to be in such a beautiful place and being able to photograph it!
Shot on Fuji Velvia 50 slide film using a Canon Eos-1. Scanned on Minolta Dimage Elite II Scanner. Minimal editing in Photoshop to adjust levels.
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Jasper was explaining to me how he uses Fourier Transforms to figure out the trajectory of his ball and understand the periodicity of the ball bouncing and blah, blah blah. He even wrote it all out on the whiteboard for me, but I'm still a little hazy on the whole thing. Its humbling to have such a smarty pants for a dog.
Seasons slowly transform from one to the other right in front of our eyes..sometimes subtlety, others blatantly... finding gratitude in whatever form it arrives ...
Featuring new items from Nutmeg, Vespertine, THOR, and Hive.
From Nutmeg the Readers Nook set out now at Kustom 9...pictured:
Nutmeg. Reader's Nook Ladders (static and couples poses included)
Nutmeg. Reader's Nook Slipper Chair Adult and PG
Nutmeg. Reader's Nook Slipper Chair w/Throw
Nutmeg. Reader's Nook Books
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Additional Nutmeg items that can be found at the mainstore (LM above)
Nutmeg. Sojourn Tray Bonus Item
Nutmeg. French Cafe Table / 1
Nutmeg. French Cafe Bonus Plant
Nutmeg. French Cafe Plant
Nutmeg. Chesterfield Sofa Black
Nutmeg. Sojourn Lamp / Long
Plushies from vespertine!! Wearable and plush deco! Find these at Kustom 9:
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New from THOR also at Kustom 9 is the new Pumpkin Spice Gacha set. Pictured from the set:
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..::THOR::.. Ceramic Pot
..::THOR::.. Memories DIY Shutter
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New from Hive, two must haves for fall....and what's even better...they are GROUP GIFTS!!...wear your Hive group tag and get on over there!
hive // falling leaves
hive // pumpkin patch wagon . group gift
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Revival has a Camp bed set out now at TLC. Pictured from that set....super unique way to use a wheelbarrow...
.:revival:. wheelbarrow fire pit
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Interlaken, Brienzersee lake, Canton of Bern, Switzerland
Another long exposure in daylight that transforms water in silk.
04-May-2022: about turism: my perplexities towards a future with more and more bans and more and more over-taxes.
Lake Bohinj and the much more famous Lake Bled are close (less than 20 km) but the second has a mass tourism now rooted, while the first is expanding its tourist reception in recent years, coming out (unfortunately) from the shadow of Bled, that was a lightning rod for peaceful and symbiotic nature lovers.
I am totally against mass tourism because it transforms a relaxing resort into an area where it is difficult even to access it.
Around Lake Bled, even at a certain distance, there are only paid parking lots, which come to cost 6 euros per hour (about the most decentralized and in May...) that, certainly, leave perplexed about the "tourist selection" that "they" would like to implement (high-end tourism) and, in general, certainly drive away the tourist in search of nature and not restaurants, bars, concrete lake-front and crowd baths.
The naturalist tourist should not feel like a tourist in Nature, which is a single great asset of humanity and that only administratively is divided between various Countries, while in Bled, as in Rimini or Cortina d'Ampezzo, they make you feel not only tourist, but also guest, sometimes unwanted if you spend little.
As tourism increases, so do the bans, because unfortunately mass tourism includes many people who don't know anything about Nature and generally only go to very touristy places to make themselves of...people, sowing dirt and ignorance wherever they move.
The imposition of prohibitions/bans to limit the "damage from mass tourism" affects everyone indiscriminately, including locals and naturalists who have always had a symbiotic relationship with these places, thus making them become inhospitable, at least to those seeking pure contact with nature itself.
Of course this happens all over the world, but it should be condemned.
We already pay State taxes for the maintenance of the slice of Nature that falls within our administration, tourist surcharges, exploiting market laws that should be verified and contained, are for the most part unconstitutional, as well as several prohibitions that deprive access and use of public property.
With the money that the tourist municipalities pocket they could very well implement a targeted prevention (controls by foresters, cameras, ad hoc fences for areas subject to micro-pollution...) rather than closing everything and then de-empowering themself on the maintenance of roads and areas (more and more numerous), thus going to save further, starting from the basic taxes that we pay to also have access to given areas.
I can understand that you tax parking at high altitude to maintain the roads, but the amount of the payment should be directly proportional to the expenses that must be incurred to ensure accessibility, not by putting prices at random and with increases of 200% from one year to the next.
I have always appreciated the fact that Slovenia, thanks also that it is not densely inhabited and has a modest tourism (except precisely Bled, Postojna Caves and the Coast), guarantees a wide accessibility and use of its territories and I hope it can continue, limiting the prohibitions and parking lots everywhere.
The imposing geology of the Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland.
The Giant's Causeway, located in County Antrim, on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven and eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres thick in places.
A reflecting pool-fountain transforms to skating ring in winter time, probably the best idea anybody had in City Hall. The reflecting/ skating pool was part of original design in 1962 (Viljo Revell). In recent years some ideas to 'improve' or transform the public square were not too successful. The best idea in years was to install the now iconic 'Toronto' sign, which was only supposed to be temporary. Of course, that was not original idea, Hollywood may have been first (1923).
891. Toronto. 2021- Dec 17; P1190999; Upload Dec 27, 2021. Lmx -ZS100
The exact same location and very slightly different composition as a previous image, this time a few hours later in the day. The first one was taken just before dawn, this one at mid morning.
It goes to show just how transformative light is when it comes to landscape photography.
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Bingley becomes a winter wonderland..unless you were stuck in the traffic for hours. The snow has broken many branches off the still-leaf-covered-trees. A morning walk of great sanity to avoid the news.
La icónica torre del reloj rojo en el V & A Waterfront es una parte importante del antiguo puerto de Ciudad del Cabo. Fue construido en 1882 y sirvió como la Oficina del Capitán del Puerto original. Es un edificio de estilo gótico victoriano de tres pisos, con un reloj importado de Edimburgo y rodeado de ventanas góticas puntiagudas. La planta superior alberga el mecanismo de reloj original. En el segundo piso hay una sala de espejos decorativos donde el capitán tenía una vista completa del puerto. La planta baja alberga un antiguo mecanismo de mareógrafo que se utilizó para verificar los niveles de marea.
Este hito histórico fue declarado monumento nacional en 1978. Las paredes rojas de la Torre del Reloj hoy son del mismo color que en la década de 1800. Fue restaurado a su color original y estado de funcionamiento y transformado en un complejo comercial y de oficinas a finales de la década de 1990. Desde entonces, la torre se ha convertido en un importante punto focal en el diseño urbano de Waterfront. Una serie de museos, galerías de arte, restaurantes, el Robben Island Gateway y otras tiendas interesantes lo rodean. La Torre del Reloj es accesible a través del puente giratorio personalizado construido en 1997.
created by KHWD, original taken in Woolaton Park Nottingham
Transforming a deer photograph into a Van Gogh-style masterpiece using AI is a fascinating blend of nature and artistry! Here’s how you can do it:
Capturing the Deer
- Lighting & Composition: Opt for soft, natural light, preferably during golden hour, to highlight the texture of the deer’s fur.
- Background: Consider framing the deer against a dramatic landscape—perhaps misty woods or a sunlit field—to enrich the final aesthetic.
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Montescaglioso’s Medieval castle. Transformed into a Palazzo, it later became an academic center and an important spot for writers and artists. Beginning with the 12th Century, the most well-off families in the city constructed their abode along the most important boulevard (today it is Corso Repubblica, where the most predominant activities are concentrated: commerce, artisanry, Government, and the most important churches and monasteries).
At the same time, the inhabited areas began to extend outside the fortified center to the area surrounding Porta Maggiore and Piazza Roma, where stands the Church of Saint Roch of Montpelier (proclaimed Patron Saint of the city in 1684). Then, 19th-Century Italian Unification led to a mass migration to the Americas, and to the phenomenon of the Brigandage and rebellion of the south against the new Italian State. After the Second World War, the Agrarian Reform rearranged agricultural property plots, favoring the development of small and medium peasant property holdings, and thus forming a foundation for significant economic development in the years ahead.
Excerpt from collectiveartsontario.com/blogs/news/introducing-series-25:
At Collective Arts, we believe a creative world is a better world, and we’re on a mission to bring inspiration, collaboration and creativity into the everyday. That’s why we’ve dedicated space on every one of our beverages for art, transforming our beer lineup into an ever-changing art gallery that rotates two times a year.
Today, it’s our pleasure to announce Series 25. Starting today, new cans with art from around the world will begin appearing in our Hamilton and Toronto spacaes, at your local LCBO, The Beer Store and bottle shops. Prepare to be obsessed with amazing works of art from the likes of Elyse Martin, Alexandre Osmoze Brakha, Niels de Jong, Trasher and many more.
Hot weather this summer has transformed a juicy English landscape into somewhat surreal scorched land. This shot was taken on Little Solsbury Hill. The hill plateaued at 625 feet (191 m) overlooking village of Batheaston and the surrounding area with spectacular views of the city of Bath from the east. The hill is the site of an Iron Age hill fort, is maintained by the National Trust, and is within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This is the first time I visited the place scouting for a different location to shoot the August Supermoon on the following day. The flat top of the hill dominated by various species of dried thistle plants and dry grass making it looks like Mediterranean arid landscape thanks to incredibly dry and hot weather this during last few weeks. The setting sun enhanced this feeling even more. Little Solsbury Hill, Batheaston near Bath, BANES, England, UK.
Macro Mondays
{BAM 17 of 52}
Theme: Transformation
I normally don't wear this much make-up but when I do I can honestly say I feel transformed. lol
Happy Macro Monday everyone! Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
By the way my eyebrows are having a bad day lol
Après avoir exposé à Anvers et à Venise, en 1999, l'entreprise a déménagé dans une nouvelle maison connue sous le nom de Kanaal, située à Wijnegem, à vingt minutes à l'est d'Anvers. Construit à l'origine en 1857, le vaste site était un ancien complexe de distillerie et de maltage. L'architecture existante comprenait des entrepôts en briques et des silos à grains en béton situés le long des rives du canal Albert.
Le développement initial du Kanaal comprenait l'installation des bureaux et des studios de l'entreprise. Cela a été rapidement suivi par l'acquisition d'installations artistiques permanentes, telles que celle d'Anish Kapoor, Au bord du monde. Un plan a été conçu pour faire de Kanaal un centre culturel et résidentiel, un processus qui a commencé au début des années 2000.
Les plans de transformation du site se sont appuyés sur le caractère et l'histoire des bâtiments d'origine pour donner à l'ensemble du quartier un nouveau souffle authentique. C'est un trait central de beaucoup de nos projets. Dick Vervoordt a mené un plan ambitieux pour combiner les efforts de trois équipes d'architectes - Bogdan & Van Broeck, Coussée & Goris, Stéphane Beel - avec le paysagiste Michel Desvigne. La qualité de vie était une priorité absolue et les plans ont été conçus pour adapter la conception de l'intérieur vers l'extérieur, convertissant les anciens bâtiments en nouveaux espaces de vie et de travail.
En 2017, la galerie anversoise déménage dans un nouvel espace au Kanaal, ouvrant par une rétrospective monumentale de Kazuo Shiraga.
Le premier programme de la galerie comprenait une spécialité dans l'art d'après-guerre et contemporain avec un accent particulier sur l'art d'Europe, du Japon et de Corée, en particulier l'art des mouvements ZERO et Gutai. L'accent mis sur Dansaekhwa a suivi, alors que le programme de la galerie et sa participation à des foires d'art mondiales ont pris de l'importance et que sa liste d'artistes s'est élargie.
After exhibiting in Antwerp and Venice, in 1999 the company moved to a new house known as Kanaal, located in Wijnegem, twenty minutes east of Antwerp. Originally built in 1857, the sprawling site was a former distillery and malting complex. The existing architecture included brick warehouses and concrete grain silos located along the banks of the Albert Canal.
The initial development of the Kanaal included the installation of corporate offices and studios. This was quickly followed by the acquisition of permanent art installations, such as Anish Kapoor's At the Edge of the World. A plan has been devised to make Kanaal a cultural and residential center, a process that began in the early 2000s.
The site's transformation plans have built on the character and history of the original buildings to give the whole area an authentic new lease of life. This is a central feature of many of our projects. Dick Vervoordt led an ambitious plan to combine the efforts of three teams of architects - Bogdan & Van Broeck, Coussée & Goris, Stéphane Beel - with landscaper Michel Desvigne. Quality of life was a top priority and plans were made to adapt the design from the inside out, converting old buildings into new living and working spaces.
In 2017, the Antwerp gallery moved to a new space at Kanaal, opening with a monumental retrospective of Kazuo Shiraga.
The gallery's first program included a specialty in post-war and contemporary art with a particular focus on art from Europe, Japan and Korea, particularly art from the ZERO and Gutai movements. The focus on Dansaekhwa followed, as the gallery's program and its participation in global art fairs grew in importance and its roster of artists grew.
Super-Padd has almost recovered from the accident.
He was on his way to Mummy Marian's house when he collided with the sliding door on landing. He was unconscious for a while and suffered from paw problems.
He now wants to meet Paddy, Daddy Jesse and all the other bears who live in Australia.
Peter told Super-Padd about the secret magical portal in Mummy Marian's garden and also told him when you go through the portal you are in Australia.
But..because S-Padd is too big, he cannot go through the portal.
Peter asked for help from the fairy-mother.
She came immediately with fairy-dust.
Peter took Super-Padd to the agreed place in the garden after sunset.....
SUPER-PADD:
I do find it a bit scary Peter.
I don't know what's happening.
PETER:
Have faith in the Fairy Mother....look...there she is already!!!!
FAIRY-MOTHER:
I don't have much time Peter and Super-Padd. So if you stay still, I'll do the spell and sprinkle fairy-dust all over you Super-Padd. Then you can go through the gate.
It takes a few seconds to transform.
If there are any problems, you can send me an app.
Here we go....
Fairy Mother does the spell...sprinkles fairydust all over Super-Padd.
After that, she disappeared.
The fairy-dust circles around Super-Padd. Fog forms...a thud....and....
PETER:
Huh....Super Padd....where are you???????
SUPER-PADD: (replies in a small voice)
Here Peter!!!
Boy are you big! What happened to you?????
Be continued
90 seconds to contemplate how photography has completely changed how I see the world, and especially how I see this city.
Sort of a sequel to this photo.
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Landscape Photography for me has now been transformed by having Alf, Alf is my van / MPV double purpose vehicle to get out with my family and to be on location like this video to grab light and photography on location. An exciting time in my photography and to get out and meet people all over the country!
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When she transformed into a butterfly,
the caterpillars spoke not of her beauty,
but of her weirdness.
They wanted her to change back
into what she had always been.
But she had wings.
-Dean Jackson
A few weeks ago Alex Currie, Valerie Kasinski, Elaina Trapani and I took a little road-trip to Taughannock falls.
Elaina gracefully modeled this set of wings and looked absolutely magical! I made the wings a few weeks prior, they are manually cut, painted, wired, and stitched together by hand.
His friends call him Bikeal.
And yes, I did say Lego tf #2😉
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Capitel proveniente de la Iglesia de San Martín de Frómista, se situaba en el lado interior derecho de la capilla mayor, el ábside central. Debido a la vandálica mutilación que sufrió, salvo parte del cimacio, fue llevado al Museo de Palencia y en su lugar se colocó otro, gracias a la fotografía publicada en 1901 por E. Serrano www.flickr.com/photos/rabiespierre/3668458995/ que pudo servir para hacer la reproducción que actualmente ocupa el original (ver fotografía de abajo).
La mutilación de las dos figuras principales de la cara frontal se explica por una moralidad puritana que condenaba la desnudez tan explícita en un lugar preeminente de la iglesia.
El tema parece ser que está inspirado en el sarcófago romano de La Orestiada que se hallaba en la cercana abadía de Husillos y que actualmente es sin duda el mejor sarcófago romano del Museo Arqueológico Nacional de Madid: www.arssummum.net/details.php?image_id=4537&mode=sear...
Tanto el desnudo de los personajes como la presencia de las serpientes y los pliegues curvados de las telas permiten afirmar que el maestro del capitel de Frómista conoció directamente el sarcófago. Sobre la cronología existen dos interpretaciones, basadas ambas en el testamento de doña Mayor, esposa de Sancho III de Navarra, en todo caso siglo XI.
Un artículo interesante sobre el capitel, una posible interpretación del mismo y el Sarcófago de Husillos es el que cita Dirk abajo www.romanicoaragones.com/Colaboraciones/Colaboraciones043...
Pero mucho más interesante y profundo es el artículo del profesor Francisco Prado-Vilar titulado "Saevum Facinus: Estilo, Genealogía y Sacrifico en el Arte Románico Español" publicado en la revista "Goya" Nº 324, editada por la Fundación Lázaro Galdeano (Julio- Sepiembre 2008).
www.ucm.es/centros/cont/descargas/documento11894.pdf
Para entender este capitel y el existente en Frómista es necesario un breve resumen sobre las ideas sostenidas por este autor:
Ajustándose a la genealogía formal nacida de la imaginería del sarcófago de Husillos, el capitel de Frómista se erige, a la vez, en la más fiel traducción de su mensaje iconográfico a un nuevo contexto cristiano. En efecto, sarcófago y capitel tienen como tema fundamental un crimen familiar y su castigo divino.
La iconografía de este capitel ha permanecido inescrutable durante tanto tiempo debido, en parte, a su precario estado de conservación pues la pieza original, hoy en el Museo Arqueológico Provincial de Palencia, fue mutilada en el curso de la restauración de la iglesia a comienzos del siglo XX. El hecho de que los dos desnudos aparezcan casi totalmente picados mientras las demás figuras quedaron casi intactas denuncia un acto consciente de censura, posiblemente motivado porque la visibilidad de sus genitales debió ser considerada obscena . Curiosamente, habiendo sobrevivido intactos desde el siglo XI, los desnudos no se libraron del fundamentalismo censor de un individuo posiblemente movido por el fervor católico militante que rodeó a la restauración de San Martín de Frómista, y que, "se caracterizó por una incoercible nostalgia por un medievo idealizado". . A la "recristianización" de la sociedad promovida por los poderes episcopales del momento, se sumaba la quot;recristianizacion" de la Edad Media, una actitud que sabemos, por noticias indirectas, que influyó en la restauración de la escultura de esta iglesia. En el Catálogo Monumental de la Provincia de Palencia, Rafael Navarro informaba que "...aunque retirados en la restauración algunos canecillos expresivos de la frecuente salacidad de la arquitectura antigua, los 315 existentes, todos distintos, dan una idea de la inspiración del tracista que imaginó el templo..."".
El capitel que puede verse hoy en el ábside de San Martín de Frómista es una copia que muestra un desnudo masculino y otro femenino, presumiblemente realizada por el escultor Santiago Toledo antes de la mutilación del original.
A complicar el misterio que envuelve a esta verdadera piedra Rosetta del arte románico, viene una fotografía del capitel tomada antes de su mutilación, que muestra uno de los desnudos completo, claramente masculino, pero, lamentablemente solo permite apreciar el otro de forma parcial.
Sin embargo, una simple comparación de la copia con la fotografía antigua sirve para constatar que la realización de aquella se vio mediatizada por la imaginación interpretativa del restaurador, quien acentuó sistemáticamente el bulto del relieve y procedió al acabado y repulido de detalles que permanecían ambiguos debido a los daños que afectaban al original en ciertas zonas. En lo que se refiere a la figura "femenina", uno tiene la impresión de que el restaurador se esmeró en hacer una fallida tentativa de "cirugía reconstructora" engrosando la zona genital e insertando una hendidura, cuyo resultado final tiene la apariencia de un extraño unicum dentro de la iconografía vaginal "medieval".
En realidad, la figura original era, con toda probabilidad, masculina, como la que está a su lado, pero había sido dañada su zona genital, faltándole el pene, al igual que le había sucedido al Orestes central del sarcófago de Husillos.
Además de la evidencia arqueológica que demuestra que los principales protagonistas del capitel son personajes masculinos, el análisis del proceso por el que a las figuras del friso de la Orestiada se les asignaron nuevos papeles en su marco temático cristiano no deja lugar a dudas de que en se representa a Caín matando a Abel. Caín adopta la pose heroica del Orestes homicida, mientras la asustada nodriza del sarcófago se transforma en Abel intentando esquivar el golpe. Más sorprendente es la transformación sufrida por la figura de Egisto, que invierte su posición en el capitel para incorporarse a las filas de las fuerzas demoníacas que emergen del inframundo para castigar a Caín. Esta metamorfosis vino sugerida muy probablemente por el bíblico clamor de la sangre de Abel, que denuncia el fratricidio e induce a Yaveh a maldecir a su asesino:
Entonces el Señor preguntó a Cain: "Dónde está tu hermano Abel?" "
No lo sé", respondió Caín, "¿Acaso yo soy el guardián de mi hermano?"
Y el Señor le dijo: ¿Qué has hecho? ¡Escucha! La sangre de tu hermano está gritando hacia mi desde la tierra". Por eso maldito serás de la tierra, que abrió sus fauces para recibir
de mano tuya la sangre de tu hermano. Cuando la labres, no te dará sus frutos y andarás por ella fugitivo y errante. (Génesis 4: 9-13).
Las Furias del sarcófago, que en la mitología clásica son seres encargados de vengar los crímenes familiares, resurgen en el capitel inalteradas en su función y su significado, como si su infatigable carrera persecutoria las hubiese llevado de la época mítica a la bíblica en un viaje ininterrumpido .
Al igual que en la tragedia griega, donde las Erinias someten a Orestes a una persecución incesante sin la maldición de Dios a Caín: "andarás fugitivo y errante en la tierra".
Ex Royal Air Force Mobile Radar hauling Scammell Crusader 6x4 t/u HWV844X looking great in the sunshine at the 2024 Halloween Run.
The new owner of this low mileage lorry has done great work on this one in under a year after it sat unused since de-mob from the RAF in the mid 1990's.
KLYTIE (Clytie) was an Okeanid-nymph loved by sun-god Helios. When he forsook her for the love of Leukothoe (Leucothea), she pined away and was transformed into the sun-gazing heliotrope flower.
Klytie was probably identified with Klymene (Clymene), the Okeanid mother of Phaethon by Helios. Both of their names mean "Famed One."
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