Lightsmith
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lightsmith
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The lagoon was of course not blue. the blue of the sky is false colour obtained from the exchange of the red and blue channels of an infrared picture. The photo was taken in Geelong at the Aboriginal Craft & Cultural Interpretation Centre – Narana Creations. They have a beautiful walk and lots of artwork to buy. It’s a great chance to learn a little more about Australia’s real history. If it sounds like a plug then I guess it is although only by someone who’s been there once and was very impressed. It’s my first infrared lake so I’m happy with the results.
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Jingle Bells Jingle Bells, / Santa’s lost his sleigh, / And where on earth has Santa gone, / In aussie-land today? Snow? In Geelong? In December? / Well, that’s the glory of Infrared!
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Just in case people claim they weren’t warned – now you can make sure that they were.
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sometimes it’s whiter
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An old paper mill in infrared. A glorious scene made somehow even more unreal yet almost heavenly by infrared.
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Bathed in fire, baptised in horror, / a new breed of death is born of the old, / A Mother resigned to her savage fate, / An alien child is death incarnate. (See also with text version) The adventurous reader may be aware of the creature featured in the ‘Alien’ series of films. Few, however, are aware of the real-life personae of this theatrical invention. But here now, for the first time on this planet, I present the history and lineage of the real-life creature that is called “Morboae”. Morboae (pl) are natives of the planet Narcisyum in the as-yet undiscovered galaxy of Gorton. Undiscovered, I should add, by earth – but well known and well avoided by other civilized worlds. Morboae are the correct name for the creature that is birthed in this image. In presenting the history of the Morboae, it is essential to give – albeit sparingly – some account of it’s parentage – the Lithegoths. This is especially so since the birth of the species Morboae marked the end of the species Lithegoths. Evolution is a cruel and heartless director of fortunes. The Lithegoths were a relatively docile species of almost dinosaur-like physique. The Lithegoths bore a startling resemblance (to you humans) to the grotesque offspring of a Coelophysis and a duck. Though carnivorous, they were not voracious in their pursuit and killing of other creatures. They hunted and ate for survival, and when not hungry were quite approachable by almost any other creature. In contrary to both Coelophysis and ducks, however, they bore live young, and reared them with a love and tenderness almost unheard of anywhere in the known galaxy. It is sad, therefore, due to some unforseen and certainly uncalled for stroke of evolution, that these relatively peaceful creatures would suddenly, and in as little as the equivalent of 2 earth years, give birth to – and be devoured by – their own offspring – the Morboae. As Narcisyum was unsettled (though occasionally visited by biological observation teams) there is no known cause of the sudden mutation of the young Lithegoths. All that is known is that instead of the Lithegoth young being born through the female birth canal, suddenly – and violently – the Morboae burst straight from the stomach and – with a ferocity which is almost beyond even today’s jaded belief – they immediately lauched themselves into their parents (Lithegoths) faces and devoured them. So was born the race that was to be known as the Morboae – the devourers. Within 2 earth years, there were no Lithegoths alive and the Morboae roamed the planet. The Morboae reproduction cycle was completely different to their Lithegoth parentage. They utilized an three-stage reproduction cycle – begining with egg-like incubators (called Truks). These hatched into a mobility-oriented creature (the Placusii) which then used live animal incubation to produce the final stage of Morboae life form. Contrary to popular belief they retained at least the attributes of male and female, with both being sexually active. Eggs, therefore, could be found anywhere and everywhere. Unlike the Lithegoth, the final-cycle Morboae are voracious in their hunting and killing. Any creature they manage to catch is torn to pieces in a matter of seconds (including the Maxidontal Arionis – the toughest of the Hamilbest octoped pack beasts). The hosting creature in the third reproductive phase could be virtually anything above 23 drilums (about 25 kilograms). As a consequence, in less than 5 years the entire animal population was dead other than Morboae. This is where the story should end. A dead planet, a dead-end in evolution. This is where story should end. But it does not. Because Morboae in the egg-phase can live for many millions of earth years. And planets are no so isolated as human beings seem to think. Morboae could have escaped Narcisyum by many means – the unlucky botanist, the occasional tourist and so forth. But in reality, they escaped that planet and have now taken over most of Gorton (the galaxy) because of greed. Greed, you see, is not purely a human trait. A group of interstellar profiteers discovered that the Morboae made exceptionally fine eating. It was hailed as the gourmet discovery of the era. Morboae eggs were shipped far and wide across the galaxy and consumed in all of the best houses and star liners that could afford the prices. As it is written in the Contrata Do Riortae – “Life shall find a way”. (tr Treos) The Morboae reproductive cycle infected many transports, sending many cargo transfer ships into uncontrolled crashes on to populated, and barren planets. And so, even now, the Morboae lives on. The dead end of evolution spews forth into the universe until everything is consumed. This is the history and lineage of the Morboae as told by the History Records of the United Biological Defence Corporation.
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After posting Alien Birth I thought I should add something more attractive. So, in keeping with the ‘Alien’ theme, here is ‘Alien Beauty’. I’m no horticulturist, to me these are the yellow flowers of weeds with a black centre. But in infrared they become wonderful daisy-like beauties that might well have bloomed on some lovely, but alien, world. (the sideways thing happened again – reloading image while you’re watching!)
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These two just struck me. I did a colour conversion of the IR to get the blue sky.
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so high above me they tower. With such beauty. I do love my trees….
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well, ok, it’s clouds actually. But sooooo beautiful. The joys of being short – I’m always looking up and up and up …...
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There’s serenity here I think.
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Come with me and you’ll be / In a world of pure imagination / Take a look and you’ll see / Into your imagination We’ll begin with a spin / Trav’ling in the world of my creation / What we’ll see will defy / Explanation If you want to view paradise / Simply look around and view it / Anything you want to, do it / Want to change the world, there’s nothing to it There is no life I know / To compare with pure imagination / Living there, you’ll be free / If you truly wish to be If you want to view paradise / Simply look around and view it / Anything you want to, do it / Want to change the world, there’s nothing to it There is no life I know / To compare with pure imagination / Living there, you’ll be free / If you truly wish to be Lyrics from the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. / Well, this one you can’t eat. Sorry.
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The world may be decending into a new dark age but St Mary of the Angels stands like a castle against it. It’s protective spire looks over all of Geelong like the lance of a great knight. See also Larger size available on request.
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I shot upwards into the sky, / with my magic IR eye, / what I saw I give to you, / this dreamy falsely coloured view.
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Looking up – one of my favourite things. I shot three pics with the old infrared camera and gave each a different treatment. Just for fun. And because I like the results. Variation 1 / Variation 2 / Variation 3
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I am – or so I think, / Or at least, I think that it is so, / But is it so that I think I am, / Or I am thinking it is so?
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False colour (swapped the Red and Blue channels) is about all that was done to this infrared picture of a palm tree. It’s huge yet suddenly I feel like one of the little people in a giant’s daisy field. Look closely and you’lll see a street light. I could have removed it but it’s a nice reminder that things are not as they seem.
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On one side, graves. On the other, heavenly trees.
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“Then Aragorn cried: ‘Ye! utuvienyes! I have found it! Lo! here is a scion of the Eldest of Trees!” “And Aragorn planted the new tree in the court by the fountain, and swiftly and gladly it began to grow” The Lord of the Rings – The Return of the King Be sure to check out AlienVisitor’s fantastic image that uses this tree!
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In infrared horse picture
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Now King Midas, he didst die, / And the Angels did attend, / And despatched unto the sky, / Our kindly kingly friend. And as they bore him ever high, / Their virtues he extold, / And as his words touched the sky, / It turned forever gold. /
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Everyone likes a sticky beak. I reckon this might be a great card for many occasions : Now I’m not one to gossip, but I’ve hear you’re having a special birthday…. / Now I’m not one to gossip, but someone told me you’re getting married….again! / Now I’m not one to gossip, but a little bird told me you haven’t been feeling well….. There’s a myriad of uses for this smart-alec bird. :-)
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The sun sets on this old house, in more ways than one. I believe it shall soon be no more, it’s life given for a a new housing estate. No-one lives there now, but soon there’ll be hundreds of little blocks with little houses and not-so-little morgages!
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the white ghosts sit high in the trees and shriek their curses upon us. / “Fools and two legs”, they cry like banshees, / and we look up and shade our eyes, / keen to view these noisy things / that break the silence of the forest. / But too late for the forest is awake.
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