Tag: photography
A Hindu God
I saw her standing by the side of the road four weeks ago as I rode past. I thought I was imagining it. But even for me, that would have been imagining things on a super-overdrive. She did actually have a framed picture of David Lynch. Usually I have seen women carrying a small statue or framed picture of one of the numerous gods to ask money for.
I roamed around and asked for her whereabouts. After four weeks, we finally met. She, and a few other women from the same village, does this for work. When they need a framed picture of a god, they go to a local framing shop and ask if there is one that the customer never came back to collect. For some reason, she chose this one of a white god this time, she said.
“Which god is he?” she asks me at the end of our meeting and chat as I walked her back to her bus stop.
“The one that has made some of the most beautiful things in the recent years, unlike the others,” I said.
[Photo and caption by Tanmay Saxena, found here via here. The photo was taken three weeks prior to Lynch’s death.]
Curious Alien
“Artvertisement” photo of a late 80’s Porche 911 Carrera by Scottish artist Chris Labrooy (ca. 2020, rotated). No damage was done as the engine was high and dry in the rear.
[via Daily Timewaster.]
Saiga Antelope
Sphinx Butt
Its tail is blocking the view. Sorry.
[Found here.]
Phantom Fluorite
Phantom Fluorite – Bergmännisch Glück Mine, Frohnau, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.
Beautiful sharp-colorzoned fluorite crystals up to 1.2 cm in size as an unique crystal cluster from the famous Bergmännisch Glueck Mine, Frohnau, Ore Mts., Saxony, Germany. Fotos were taken when backlit the piece. Slight power of light is a enough for illuminating this beauty.
Inside of the amber-yellow fluorite crystals there are sharp signed blue to purple colorzones visible. Very expressive coloration from a small find before the pieces with the blue phantoms were found. A few chalcopyrite crystals are also visible. The matieral is highly sought after among the locals and the fluorite collectors. Much better in person!
[Images and description from here, via Dancing-Wombat. ]
Ingravescent Hot Links
The Rose of Washington Square, The Frankie Carle Quartet (1947) Frankie Carle was nicknamed “The Wizard of the Keyboard” for his piano skills. Sunrise Serenade was Carle’s best-known composition, rising to No. 1 in the US in 1938 and selling more than one million copies.
“Say it” [via Bunkerville].
Visit Alcatraz [via Everlasting Blört].
The Flying Saucer [via Memo Of The Air].
Grammarian vs Errorist: The Showdown.
The Son Who Couldn’t Leave [via Nag on the Lake].
Unum saltum et siffletum et unum bumbulum. [h/t Bits & Pieces].
Pacific Palisades Fire updates here.
Also this.
[Top image: Early 1900s stereoscope photos, unknown origin, found here.]
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Doggo & Friend in the Booth
In the winter of 1943, a well-dressed man posed for several photos with his German Shepherd in a photo booth at New York City’s Grand Central Station.
[Found here.]
2024 Naval & Maritime Photo Contest Winners
[More photos with descriptions and credits at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2024/december/2024-naval-maritime-photo-contest ]
Nepheligenous Hot Links
Party Hard, Little Isidore & the Inquisitors (ca. 2012)Little Isidore is the alter ego of David Forman, a little known musician with a great resume; he fronts The Inquisitors, aka The Golden Inquisitors, aka The Mighty Inquisitors. Live stream December 2024 reunion show here: https://volume.com/t/gGilog/
The Tree People [via Mme. Jujujive].
Sharing the bounty [via Bunkerville].
Merry Xmas from Panzergruppe Süd.
“…no shops, no temptations, no waste time…”
A volumetric 3D display [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image: Raindrops on Weeds in a Broken Wall, Hollie Jane Wright photographer; via IDHMGO].
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Tacky Raccoons 