Black & White Thread Volume VII
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Wrapping it up with another voluptuous Virga provided the perfect end note to Vol VI, Michael. What an amazing collection that turned out to be! Like the long-beaked bird skittering to a landing below, I had to take a moment to look back and appreciate the great splashes of beauty and whimsy this Black and White series has offered. And here we are ready for take off with Vol VII. As always, the door is open, the party is still going on, and everyone is most welcome.
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A great take-off for Volume VII Keelin, with your long beaked bird on the wings. And looking back on the former volume is indeed a great pleasure. I also check other volumes sometimes and they always make me happy with yours and Michaels contributions. Surreal, impressionistic, abstract or ‘just’ realistic, all of these can be found together with the humorous ones.
Your bird made me spelunking in my archive – to speak in your words – and I hope I found an appropriate one for company.
Bathing Pelican
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Saint Cloud is a celestial beauty, Michael. Your composition achieves a depth that pulls me in with its mix of light and dark.
As for every moon being a super one, I would agree, Hans. Your image is a splendid example. Even when there’s a celebration going on in one corner, a quiet little sliver of moon can still steal the show.
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There’s a Zen-like quality to your texture and contrast, Michael. It has a calming influence. This morning, inspired by your image and Hans’s just below it, I was thinking about the textures we see in clouds — how one can imagine the feel of those ridges, embossed bumps and lumps, and yet, as if they were no more substantial than a dream, one’s hand would easily glide through. Still, there’d be the cool pleasure of it.
And Hans, your Proof Of The Curvature Of Spacetime above is absolutely elegant. Might this one below be Proof Of Rips or Ripples?
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“I could not help feeling that they were evil things – mountains of madness whose farther slopes looked out over some accursed ultimate abyss. That seething , half-luminous cloud-background held ineffable suggestions of a vague, ethereal beyondness far more than terrestrially spatial; and gave appalling reminders of the utter remoteness, separateness, desolation, and aeon-long death of this untrodden and unfathomed austral world.”― H.P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness
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Your Christmas Shopping put me in a festive mood, Michael. Just the nudge I needed! And thanks to both you and Hans, for the kind comments above and the smiles brought on by your philosophical cleverness. I think I don’t know what to think about the one below.
Delighted, too, to see you here, Alec! The coupling of your well-crafted imagery with well-chosen writings is most enjoyable.
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Ah, a lot to enjoy at a new pace! I have to catch up after Grus flew south and left what seem to be strange curling contrails.
What an incredible Mamma formation, Michael. It seems to have a tender back ground lighting just emphasizing the contours of each lump. And then the Christmas Shopping started yet, while here in Holland we just had our own Sinterklaas. These holidays appear to be Open To Interpretation. One thing I am certain of: Open To Interpretation is on my list, Keelin.
I don’t want to spoil the party that we look forward for, but the words by H.P Lovecraft, introduced by Alec, tolled the bells, every word of them being a harbinger of an unspeakable horror yet to come from beyond.
Hovering For Prey
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@ Michael Super! I’d love to see that one in colour.
@ Keelin Those wisps have slightly helical tails, one of my all time favourite shapes.
@ Hans Ha! What have I unleashed?! In “The Call of Cthulhu“, Lovecraft describes the horror thus, “A monster of vaguely anthropoid outline, but with an octopus-like head whose face was a mass of feelers, a scaly, rubbery-looking body, prodigious claws on hind and fore feet, and long, narrow wings behind.“. You can almost see it’s gaping maw dripping with sticky ichor…..
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Hovering For Prey is like some wild creature from a dream, Hans. Fantastic in the true sense of the word. Hope he doesn’t come through Alec’s serene Sunroof and find that luscious heart Michael’s offered here. WOW.
I’ve been a bogged down with work these past few days, and so eager to resurface and rejoin the fun here.
Aquatic Dream -
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This little creature was also just passing by, Hans — and I believe he was searching for You! I imagine he might have emerged from that Aquatic Dream, made his way across the Welsh Marshes, and consulted the Butterfly along the way. Have you seen him over there? Somehow, it wouldn’t surprise me, seeing as your goat and the arctic explorer both found their way across the pond in previous posts.
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Alec your spectral war pig is great. It could have been in three threads. Correct me if I am wrong. The reflections in the contrail make it special.
Michael your Sleigh Ride is Magical.
No escape. Snow-crystals were to come from Keelin.
I Am Sorry No Rudolph
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The poor lacerta looks like he passed through a wormhole Keelin. He did certainly not pass by the safe Bridge Michel provided.
Maybe the “megasonic warhead apocalyptic sleigh ride” did the same. I am still puzzled how you did that Alec. You distorted something very heavily. The roofs of the houses on other pictures seem to be there but rather squeezed.
Runes
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Lithic epicness!
A very minor correction if I may. I’m quite convinced that you were resolved to type “negasonic” rather than “megasonic“. Apocalypticists all concur that there is a vast difference between the two, the former being a doomsday weapon capable of producing total, instantantaneous and complete annihilation. The latter, however,is some kind of industrial cleaning procedure….
Whilst I am always very happy to share photo tips with others, on this occasion I am afraid that I will have to refrain from doing so. As many of you may know, I am conducting post post-doctoral research into petroglyphic image analysis at the Institute. We are in the process of developing many new techniques of which this is just one of many. As part of the terms and conditions of my employment, I am required not to pass on details of advanced blue sky processing techniques to interested third parties. I’m sure you will understand that I am very reticent to break the terms of my contract.
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Well I must truly apologize, Alec. What you consider a minor correction is one of enormous impact on the meaning of the text. Nevertheless a doomsday machine or an apocalyptic sleigh ride might both be associated with a wormhole through which your picture of Negasonic Apocalptic Warhead’s sleigh ride might have been taken. I am still impressed and curious about the distortions in spacetime that are clearly visible in the picture.
Could this typo be meant to unbalance you temporarily and tempt you to abandon just a mere glimpse of the secrets you are bound by contract to keep? If so, it was an obviously far to transparent attempt, which might be interpreted as an insult to your intelligence. Again I have to apologize sincerely!
How could I forget the embargo of a 100 years before interested researchers will be able to know the full, astounding truth about the findings of Dr. Corvidova, the very same one directing the institute where you are conducting your research. How could I dare to risk a legal conflict between you and this giant in petroglyphic science? It may have even have risked a conflict with yourself. I am so sorry….
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Beautiful sepia undulations Alec.
For some reason there seems to be some ambiguity in your text about this evulotion nonsense…?…
But your right, someone has to keep an eye on this matter.
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I admit it is a confusing image and message Alec. It sees and it is seen. Does this explain the number two? Maybe yes, maybe no. So many questions, so little answers. A lot of work has to be done to make sense of it all. Is there any? Sisiphus must not complain. His suffering under hard labour is just luxury compared to the suffering of the seeking uncertain mind. Ahhhhh…
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You introduce new dimensions of B&W with your duotone fossile skies Alec. I say, keep hammering on the strata of deep time.
We Can Dig Deep Under the Surface
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Alec, your sepia image of the moon is lovely beyond words.
And Hans, I love the layered look you’ve captured just above. And what does your delicate Veiled Cloud (further above) hide — or reveal? More mystery here! Perhaps your eye in the sky will tell all? As to the significance of 2, this reminds me of The Prisoner (TV series from decades past) whose main character spoke to a disembodied voice identified as #2, and asked repeatedly, Who is #1? Yes, we should keep digging deeper. Who knows what we will find?
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The prisoner: great series. Loved it. I remember that balloon catching the prisoner! All he could do to kill the time was kerplunk. By the way: where is Michael? I suppose he will pop-up soon? Unless……
I do suspect #1 might be the illustrious doctor who I will not name here because he also seems to have great influence on Alec. I suppose Alec wont be able to write or speak freely about it. Let’s not tempt him to breach his contract (probably written in his own blood), but ;et’s dig deeper.
Somehow I Feel He Is Watching The Village
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Love Ground and the slowness of the falling sky. And what a scenery shows the last one!
Celestial Petroglyphics?
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Indeed, Hans, there are such wonders to be found spelunking the skies…
Where The Deer And The Buffalo Play -
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Every time surprised about the diversity and different views of the sky…
Something practical. It is nice to see that since the new threads for Color, Sunsets, Halos and Contrails were introduced the number of contributions are also rising. For the B&W thread we used to end a volume and start a next volume after reaching post #100. So still some to go over here with B&W but I see two popular ones that will have to have a next volume. Perhaps a bit arbitrary, so if there are other opinions on this, please let know.
Meanwhile….
Fanning Out
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Open To Interpretation
Aquatic Dream
Friendly Figural #5
Dangerous Passage
Veiled Sunset
Surprise!
Let’s Have Pasta
Ground
Where The Deer And The Buffalo Play
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