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sunset Masai Mara
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those beautiful acacia trees...
tree view
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View from Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
You shall be free indeed when your days are not
without a care nor your nights without a want and a
grief,
But rather when these things girdle your life and yet
you rise above them naked and unbound.
~Kahlil Gibran
lizard dreaming
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i need to get the id on this one... but doesn't he do a great pullup?
a lizard (of course)... according to Wakx, a changeable one.
at the Rainforest Discovery Centre in Sabah, Malaysia
www.leapspiral.org
Planet Nagoya! TTI terminal... (HDR)
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Welcome to the planet Nagoya!!
Now we are on the side where I used to live and work for about three and half years :-)) For those who is wondering what "TTI" stands for: "Toyota Technological Institute".
A little bit about how it was done. Using Nikon D80 with 18-200mm VR Nikkor lense I first took 23 NEF (RAW) files, then processed them with CaptureNX to make several different exposures. After that with the help of PTGui created a normal 360° panoramic image. With a simple trick I could use absolutely same control points and alignment parameters for all exposure sets of images, so final panoramas were almost 100% same. In order to avoid some tonal or contrast mismatches at the opposite edges of panorama as a result of HDR processing, I first created "planetoid" images with different exposures. And making the HDR and ToneMapping by Photomatix was a final step.
Final touch was done in CaptureNX as it has a unique tool called "control points" (it saves a lot of time), and also it allows saving the modified
Saturn After the Equinox
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The other side of Saturn's ring plane is now directly illuminated by the Sun. For the previous 15 years, the southern side of Saturn and its rings were directly illuminated, but since Saturn's equinox in August, the orientation has reversed. Pictured above last month, the robotic Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has captured the giant planet and its majestic rings soon after equinox. Imaged from nearly behind, Saturn and its moon Tethys each show a crescent phase to Cassini that is not visible from Earth. As the rings continue to point nearly toward the Sun, only a thin shadow of Saturn's rings is visible across the center of the planet. Close inspection of Saturn's rings, however, shows superposed bright features identified as spokes that are thought to be groups of very small electrically charged ice particles. Understanding the nature and dynamics of spokes is not fully understood and remains a topic of research.
Thorn
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War of the worlds, robot planet atmosphere destroyed.
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The Story continues:
The worst and most probable result occurs, a surface impact happens about a day after the collision.
A major fragment of asteroid impacts the planets atmosphere, turning the atmosphere into a high pressure inferno, with a shock wave that precedes the explosion of flames. Destroying everything that stands on the surface of the planet & then incinerates it.
Only things not on the surface will survive, what will they do now?
Index - Start - Next
Credits:
Planet texture is from a photo I took in the Perth City region (Western Australia).
The moon is from a composite of images from the Safety Bay Beach Rockingham.
The Stars are a process created from a photo and conditioning edges during post processing.
Post
War of the worlds, asteroid & moon collide near planet.
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Story:
The inhabitants of the planet, watched with a methodical calm, as a large asteroid collides with the all to close moon. The resulting clash sends pieces hurtling toward the doomed planet below.
They know that If even one of the medium sized fragments enters their atmosphere, it will destroy the protective layer of gasses around their planet.
If not WORSE.
Home - What happens next!
Credits:
Planet texture is from a photo I took in the Perth City region (Western Australia).
The brown rock is from the rockingham foreshore.
White rock is a shell from Safety Bay Rockingham Beach.
The Stars are a process created from a photo and conditioning edges during post processing.
Post Processing was with Photo Shop CS3.
War of the worlds,
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The Story continues:
As the search ships orbit above, I watched entities ships move down to the surface. An entity craft hovered over head as an alien landscape opened before me. A strange noise can be heard piercing everything around me and resonating against my chest. All at once the sound stops, leaving a heavy feeling to the air, I can still feel my chest hurting.
What has happened, what will it do now?
Index - Start - Prev - Next
Credits:
The foreground and sky are a shot taken near Mandurah.
The Birds where added to give a feel for scale, I don't remember where I shot them (Rockingham foreshore I think).
The post-processing is with Photo
Transparent Rotating Globe
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-- as part of a science display. The Chinese character in the background means "water".
Falling
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Alien Attack
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-- virtual creation of creatures from outer space attacking planet earth
When I'm with You ...
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Original Mattepainting
Globia the Glass Planet
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The Glass Planet seen through the eye of imagination.
The Golden Ratio ( 1 : 1.618 ) - Double Sided Mug
$25.99
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The perfect Ratio of 1:1.618 that occurs everywhere in Nature.
In this example I used the Corona (Latin for Crown) of a Stapelia schinzii var. schinzii flower (from Namibia, Africa), to illustrate Nature's divine Ratio. The Inner and Outer Corona, and Corolla Lobes (Petals) all conform to this exact Ratio.
The Golden Ratio (or Golden Mean) can be found in everything from human anatomy, to a nautilus shell, butterflies, insects, plants and flowers.
Architects used this formula (π / Phi) from the Parthenon to the Pyramids, and Renaissance Artists like Leonardo da Vinci used it for the Composition of the Mona Lisa.
The Golden Ratio ( 1 : 1.618 ) - Travel Mug
$29.99
Mug
Planet Explorer - Expedition Series - Travel Mug
The perfect Ratio of 1:1.618 that occurs everywhere in Nature.
In this example I used the Corona (Latin for Crown) of a Stapelia schinzii var. schinzii flower (from Namibia, Africa), to illustrate Nature's divine Ratio. The Inner and Outer Corona, and Corolla Lobes (Petals) all conform to this exact Ratio.
The Golden Ratio (or Golden Mean) can be found in everything from human anatomy, to a nautilus shell, butterflies, insects, plants and flowers.
Architects used this formula (π / Phi) from the Parthenon to the Pyramids, and Renaissance Artists like Leonardo da Vinci used it for the Composition of the Mona Lisa.
"It's a small World after all" - Travel Mug
$29.99
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Planet Explorer - Expedition Series - Travel Mug
A Stereographic 360° Panorama of the Succulent Garden Rockery at the "Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden" in Poortview, South Africa, Winter 2005.
Richtersveld - Travel Mug
$29.99
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Planet Explorer - Expedition Series - Travel Mug
The surreal sharp shale mountains of the Southern Richtersveld (Northern Cape, South Africa).
Richtersveld (Sci-Fi) - Mousepad
$22.99
Mousepad
The unworldly terrain of the Richtersveld can easily remind one of a SCI-FI movie.
This photograph shows the sharp spiky shale mountains of the Northern Richtersveld (this shot was taken early in the morning, and the moon was still visible in the sky).
Richtersveld Transfrontier National Park (an UNESCO World Heritage Site), Northern Cape, South Africa.
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