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PHOTO NOTE: I took this shot with the Nikon D850 at David Walsh’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart on November 2, 2019. This tunnel reminded me of a time machine. I converted the RAW file to monochrome and then added colour toning.
Happy New Year. Live in Hope!
REFLECTION
Vortex
1: something that resembles a whirlpool
“the hellish vortex of battle”
— Time
From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
"For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind." – Hebrew prophet Hosea 8:7.
Is the future determined or truly open? Are human actions taking us towards some pre-determined goal, or merely creating the appearance of agency? The Greeks had a term for this goal orientation of history or what some scientists today call the “arrow of time”: “Telos” . This is where the philosophical term "teleology" comes from. In fact one of the very earliest Western philosophers, the Priest of Apollo known as Parmenides plato.stanford.edu/entries/parmenides/, believed that in the whole context of the Cosmos (i.e. everything that is or Eternity) nothing really changes.
In relation to the conservation of energy this is absolutely true. We merely live in a world of appearances that is constantly passing away. Forms change, but as Plato would have us believe, that doesn’t amount to a hill of beans when all is said and done. And yet sentient life is so precious that EACH INDIVIDUAL SOUL IS WORTH THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE. [As I type this I’m listening to Coldplay’s latest album, The Music of the Spheres – a very Greek idea – and specifically the song, “My Universe”.]
The world of Spirit was before and will remain long after this material universe has passed into oblivion. Now this is a double-edged sword: It is at once our hope and a challenge. The ancient prophets always took the side of Parmenides, that this world is somehow merely a station on the way to greater things.
“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also… Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing? Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you more valuable than they are? And which of you by worrying can add even one hour to his life? Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers of the field grow; they do not work or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these! And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, won’t he clothe you even more, you people of little faith? So then, don’t worry saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ For the unconverted pursue these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. So then, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.” – Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 6:19-21; 25-34.
The day will come when we truly KNOW (gnosis) in fullness (pleroma), but for many this will then be too late to make our lives on earth actually mean something. The one thing that is certain about the future of the material world is death and destruction. The fundamental Law of Entropy in Physics shows us that. So the only way that a life here and now can meaningfully shape our future is when we stop living for the now and start living for our Eternal Future.
At the dawn of this New Year I’d like to recommend two books whose authors are worlds apart, and yet converge on the same fundamental idea: HOPE.
* Peter Kingsley, “In the Dark Places of Wisdom” (Golden Sufi Publishing, 1999).
* Jürgen Moltmann, “In the End – The Beginning: The Life of Hope” (Fortress Press, 2004).
At 95 years old, Moltmann of Tübingen, Germany, may well hold title to the world’s greatest living Christian theologian. And this book is one whose time has come right now.
No, not a vortex, but this is made with a spiral: A big plastic multicolored slinky, wrapped into a circle.
[C7 0899] Alt Tags: Canon Rebel T7i EOS 800D
Vortex Of Tensions.
Восприятие диагностических маний важные дискуссии обширные настроения обильные энергии творческие симптомы,
inspirations graves formulation de guerres intérieures controverses folie problèmes débilitants intense yeux de grandiosity poète,
Ruhelosigkeit Phantasie beschleunigte Nerven kognitive Gedanken ändern sich bedrohlich irrationale Unterschiede,
ποιητικοί κίνδυνοι αναπνευστικές ροές μετριέται ευελιξία εκφράσεις φράσεις αντιπαραθέσεις ιδέες συγκλίνουσες ελευθερίες,
depresivni ograničavajući rizici cikličnim emocijama bolni ograničavajući pogledi brze ritmičke ivice drobljenje želje,
éalaithe paiteolaíocha díospóireachtaí eagla breithniú breithiúnais chliniciúla gcodarsnacht nathanna mothúcháin mothúcháin meabhrach,
inconsistentes marés concentração mental expansivo sendo períodos mórbidos irracional modos severos períodos enlouquecidos enfurecidos,
偏った高み複雑な発作心理的な贅沢な画家長期的な狂気の狂気笑い絶望的な芸術的な言葉.
Steve.D.Hammond.
UCS Kennol Trofeu GT Endurance 4Hr Endurance - Portimão 2025.
Drivers: GOMEZ.A / GOMEZ.O
Team: VORTEX
Car: VORTEX 2
Vortex Eyes, will be available at the Arcade from Sept 1st, a set of 25 colors with 5 rare (Lelutka appliers and BoM Layers are included - BoM works with EVOX, AK ADVX and HDPRO). Good play !
It will be available as fatpack only at main store after the event
One of the most amazing (in person) sunsets I've seen in Newfoundland! Absolutely amazing colours set behind and over Kelly's Island in Conception Bay South. Note the swirl of the water around the near rock in the center foreground, creating what looks like a vortex...
Ahí va mi primer vórtex (o un intento de ello)... He seguido los pasos de este gran tutorial: cesarvegafoto.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/efecto-wortex-a-pa... Aunque sólo he utilizado Photoshop, no he recurrido al software Startax, quizá por ello me ha quedado algo chapucero...
Eso sí, me quedo con los startrail circumpolares, de los hechos en el lugar, con toma de múltiples imágenes, pues lo prefiero a hacerlo digitalmente como en este caso.
Pongo los EXIF correctos, que el objetivo no los transfiere al ser manual:
8mm
f/ 3,5
ISO 800
48 segundos
The theme for Monday December 25th - Member's Choice: Bokeh
Subject: Fiber optics LED-light lamp
#MacroMondays
Happy Macro Mondays and Merry Christmas!
Happy Gorgeous Green Thusrday!
I'm off to the Coast for the weekend ... see you all again on Monday :-)
Acrylics/mixed media on a 115x75cm/45x29.5 inch canvas
Sometimes when painting, I turn the canvas in different directions. When finished, it was hard to decide how I liked it best: horizontal or vertical. It is up to you now.... ;-)
Available at Carmel Art Gallery as of August 2nd maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/McFarren/102/211/23
UCS Kennol Trofeu GT Endurance 4Hr Endurance - Portimão 2025.
Drivers: AMROUCHE / BOILLOT
Team: VORTEX
Car: VORTEX 2
Sharing an IR image of the rain vortex in Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore. At 40m is the world's tallest indoor waterfall.
It's been a while since I shot IR and I recently learned there's a very big issue in post processing IR with ACR or Lightroom CC 2019 as the custom WB set in the Adobe DNG Profile editor can no longer be saved as custom preset nowadays. Still lucky the WB can still be tweaked in Canon's DPP.
IR Modified Canon EOS M ı Canon EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM ı 10mm ı 1/2s ı f/16 ı ISO 100
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UCS Kennol Trofeu GT Endurance 4Hr Endurance - Portimão 2025.
Drivers: AMROUCHE / BOILLOT
Team: VORTEX
Car: VORTEX 2
Tourbillon d'eau de mer
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Bassin de rétention du moulin à mer de Buguéles, Bretagne, France
On the morning before traveling to Theth, the national park i had the opportunitity to shoot the beautiful mosque of Shkodra, with the Cathedral in the backdrop. The sky was pretty dull and therefore i used a single shot of the milky way from the same night and created this Vortex effect with them. Later on i blended all the shots together in order to create a very interesting sky
I used approximately 200 star trail shots to create this sky, and also 4 other shots to blend the foreground in photoshop... It took me almost 12 hours just to stitch the shots of the stars and i ended up having a file of 68 gb, and than the rest was a game of selection and creativity
Hope you like it
Rilind H |Photography|
UCS Kennol Trofeu GT Endurance 4Hr Endurance - Portimão 2025.
Drivers: GOMEZ.A / GOMEZ.O
Team: VORTEX
Car: VORTEX 2
The infamous Vortex Tunnel on the first floor of Camera Obscura, an Aladdin's cave of optical illusions and a bevy of other tricks, puzzles, and experiences.
Trying to balance while walking through this spinning spiral of colour is no mean feat.