0 comment Monday, May 26, 2014 | admin
A few months ago, I made a post explaining how thinking about eternity gave me panic attacks.
I was comforted by Bill Brysons' idea of a "finite yet boundless" universe as opposed to the idea of the universe as an ever-expanding bubble.
I was inspired when I came across Markus Spiering's photo-set on Flickr, as he has featured photographs based around the concept of "Lift Infinity".
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There is certainly something interesting about a four sided mirrored box reflecting inwards, a new way of thinking about a finite, boundless form.
I was comforted by Bill Brysons' idea of a "finite yet boundless" universe as opposed to the idea of the universe as an ever-expanding bubble.
I was inspired when I came across Markus Spiering's photo-set on Flickr, as he has featured photographs based around the concept of "Lift Infinity".
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There is certainly something interesting about a four sided mirrored box reflecting inwards, a new way of thinking about a finite, boundless form.
Labels: Eternity, Flickr, Infinity, Lift, Markus Spiering, Photography
0 comment Wednesday, April 2, 2014 | admin
Over the past year, I have been becoming increasingly interested in soap bubbles, and it seems like I am not the only one.
In writing this blog, I have come across many artists using soap bubbles in their work and each artist finds something unique about the soap bubble that they focus upon.
Richard Heeks has been taking photographs of bubbles for years...
"While watching my nieces play with soap bubbles in the summer of 2008, I suddenly realized how beautiful these fragile spheres are, how they continually change the colors around them and how their surfaces reflect their surroundings. For weeks afterwards, I played with soap bubble photography, trying to understand these reflections and capture them with my camera."
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Unfortunately, I don't have permission to publish any of Richard Heeks photographs on this blog, but you can view some amazing bubble photographs on his profile at Red Bubble and Flickr.
I am particularly intrigued by this particular shot of a soap bubble, which looks like an alien planet landscape. Heeks has compared the refraction of light through the bubbles surface, to light passing through the Earths' atmosphere.
In writing this blog, I have come across many artists using soap bubbles in their work and each artist finds something unique about the soap bubble that they focus upon.
Richard Heeks has been taking photographs of bubbles for years...
"While watching my nieces play with soap bubbles in the summer of 2008, I suddenly realized how beautiful these fragile spheres are, how they continually change the colors around them and how their surfaces reflect their surroundings. For weeks afterwards, I played with soap bubble photography, trying to understand these reflections and capture them with my camera."
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Unfortunately, I don't have permission to publish any of Richard Heeks photographs on this blog, but you can view some amazing bubble photographs on his profile at Red Bubble and Flickr.
I am particularly intrigued by this particular shot of a soap bubble, which looks like an alien planet landscape. Heeks has compared the refraction of light through the bubbles surface, to light passing through the Earths' atmosphere.
Labels: Bubbles, Digital, Flickr, Macro, Micro, Photography, Red Bubble, Richard Heeks, Soap
0 comment Monday, March 24, 2014 | admin
Jupiter, with Ganymede & Lo by Damian Peach
The Milky Way at MangaiaOePan by Ttezel
Vela Supernova Remnant by Marco Lorenzi .
I have been following the Astronomy Photographer Of The Year competition with great interest. I'm amazed that technology has advanced so far, that even teenagers as young as 15 have the capabilities to photograph stars trailing around the North Star, and high quality pictures of our moon. source
The competition has now been opened as an exhibition at Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London and showcases all of the competition winners from 2011.
If you can't get to London, the BBC has provided a great slideshow with some commentary from the judges here and flickr has a dedicated group of entries.
Labels: Astronomy, Bbc, Damian Peach, Flickr, Ganymede, Jupiter, Lo, Marco Lorenzi, National Maritime Museum, Photography, Remnant, Royal Observatory Greenwich, Supernova, The Milky Way, Vela