Random Photos

[Borek]

Evidently a Google scholar image search is required for this.

More like you need to be old enough to remember the Magic Eye craze of mid-nineties ;)

I just dug out my Turbo Pascal code written then for an article in Bajtek magazine and run it in DOSbox to make some new pictures.

 

[morrobay]

 

[DennisN]

A grocery store open early in the morning on Boxing Day.
(lucky for me, because I needed to buy things)

A wet Christmas light bulb:

 

[Ibix]

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I'd lost the trick of seeing those. Got there in the end though.

 

[Astranut]

Sunrise on the Winter Solstice (21st December 2022) Hartshead Pike Ashton -under -Lyne England.

 

[DennisN]

Sunrise on the Winter Solstice (21st December 2022) Hartshead Pike Ashton -under -Lyne England.
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It's a beautiful photo in itself, but I think it's extra cool that there aren't any modern world items visible in it. I like that a lot.

 

[morrobay]

Acrylic art by morrobay

 

[Astranut]

It's a beautiful photo in itself, but I think it's extra cool that there aren't any modern world items visible in it. I like that a lot.

Thank you Dennis. Modern day structures and people can often be a distraction in many photos.

 

[morrobay]

Cappuccino in the neighborhood. What a surprise and contrast in the surroundings:

 

[collinsmark]

That's pretty impressive.

I usually make myself several cappuccinos per day, but I've never been able to successfully do the cappuccino/latte art (e.g., the leaf shape on the top). I've tried many times, but consistently fail. Mine always seem to come out as a small animal or plant crying in pain.

 

[morrobay]

 

[morrobay]

 

[DennisN]

Aftermath of a firework explosion on New Year's Eve.
It's pretty fun that it looks a bit like a space photo.

 

[Rive]

This creek was dry for almost a year long.

Now, it's supposed to be frozen (with snow all around, and animal tracks), like on this old photo:

Well, still better than dry...

 

[StevieTNZ]

"At least in New Zealand, we have a functioning legislature."

 

[Borg]

"At least in New Zealand, we have a functioning legislature."

In the U.S., we have a slow-moving train wreck.

 

[morrobay]

Thai girlfriend

 

[morrobay]

She took her self then sent me to line. The only way it could be linked is with screen shot

 

[DennisN]

Simply gorgeous eye candy here:
(scroll down on the page for more photos)

Weather Photographer of the Year 2022 Photos
(Royal Meteorological Society)
https://www.rmets.org/weather-photographer-of-the-year/2022/frozen-zhenhuan-zhou

Examples:

"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" by Rossi Fang (source)
(I really liked this one)

"Departing Storm over Bembridge Lifeboat Station" by Jamie Russell (source)

 

[morrobay]

Beautiful ^^. Russians on Jomtien Beach and color along Jomtien beach Rd.

 

[morrobay]

Special effects: flashlight on foto Jomtien beach about 3 years ago, unfortunately - So far...

 

[nsaspook]

The joy of a child.

 

[morrobay]

Seafood lunch with my massage girl in Naklua

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Same photo rotated 180 degrees. Which one is right-side up?

 

[Ibix]

My vote's for the top one.

 

[Borg]

Yeah, headlights are brighter in that one and the shrub on the right of that image doesn't look great on the bottom.

 

[pinball1970]

Yes the weed in the water is suspended in the air in the second shot

 

[Ibix]

Interesting how we focus on different things. I don't think you could see the vehicle's roof in the reflection given the angle in the lower shot.

 

[pinball1970]

Same photo rotated 180 degrees. Which one is right-side up?

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Put us out of our misery @Ivan Seeking

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Put us out of our misery @Ivan Seeking

The solution to this problem is left as an exercise for the student.

I think you all mentioned everything I noticed.

 

[Astranut]

I quite like this one.

 

[pinball1970]

I quite like this one.

He had to screen grab this before he posted, it is a picture he took in Ashton Manchester. 31.1.2021 @ 14.49.
I bullied him into posting as I thought it was very nice.

 

[BillTre]

Cool Cassini picture:

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I met this guy recently. It walked up to me, so I told it to sit, which it did.

I was surprised and a bit impressed! Then I realized the guy controlling it was standing behind me. LOL!!!

 

[morrobay]

Chinese new year

 

[StevieTNZ]

The current Judges of New Zealand's Supreme Court (the Chief Justice third from the left):

 

[Andy Resnick]

Over winter break we took a trip to the Cleveland Museum of Art- in addition to Bellows' "Stag at Sharkey's", this is one of my favorite pieces:

For the longest time I assumed this was some hyperviolent deity (it's adorned with skulls and stomping on people!), but it's not. Quite the opposite, actually- from the catalog:

"Hevajra and Consort
An emanation of Akshobhya, the Cosmic Buddha of the East, Hevajra holds a skull bowl in his 16 hands. The rear pair of Hevajra's four legs is shown in a dynamic dance posture, while his front two legs are in a lunge, trampling the miserable personifications of ignorance and the false sense of ego. Also trampling them is the left foot of his consort Nairatmya, who has her other leg wrapped around his waist. The figures are explicitly shown in sexual union, indicative of the bliss that comes from conquering all impediments to enlightenment."

And of course the armory is a perennial favorite:

 

[morrobay]

Nice crowd in Jomtien today for cappuccino and beach.

 

[DennisN]

Another red admiral shot last summer:

Looking for fuel...

From above (annoying overexposure on the flower, but anyway...)

Spreading the wings...

And another shot from above...
I thought it was fun to see how tight the wings are held here, almost like a clam .

(lens used: Canon nFD 50mm f/1.4)

 

[DennisN]

Graffiti on a garage door in the city:

 

[jtbell]

Cleveland Museum of Art

I don't remember ever visiting it while I was growing up in NE Ohio, through college, although I've visited other institutions in the University Circle area. I'll put it on my list for next summer, when I'm planning to be in Cleveland for a convention.

 

[jtbell]

When I saw this today (oops, yesterday), I imagined a farmer looking through the rearview mirror of his pickup truck and wondering:

"Hey, where's my hay?"

There was nothing nearby that needed mulching, as far as I could see.

 

[chemisttree]

 

[Ibix]

"Hey, where's my hay?"

"My hay's bailed!"

 

[pinball1970]

"My hay's bailed!"

One of those bails killed the ELO violinist in a freak accident.

 

[gmax137]

One of those bails killed the ELO violinist in a freak accident.

I had to look that up:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-11195393

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

One of my girlfriends and I out for a ride one day.

 

[Andy Resnick]

Snow on pine needles: