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Showing posts with label landscape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label landscape. Show all posts
Recent Photos (Mix - June 2015 to January 2016)
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| Warsaw, photo by Ben Heine (more photos) |
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| Forest Melody, photo by Ben Heine (more photos) |
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| Tranquil, photo by Ben Heine (more photos) |
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| Theo, photo by Ben Heine (more photos) |
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| Horizon, photo by Ben Heine (more photos) |
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| Forest in Chevetogne, photo by Ben Heine (more photos) |
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| Han sur Lesse, photo by Ben Heine (more photos) |
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| The Sea, photo by Ben Heine (more photos) |
A celestial scenery captured during my travel from Brussels to Rome.
I travelled there to talk about my work at "Creative Pro Show".
I travelled there to talk about my work at "Creative Pro Show".
Everywhere we go, there is a line to follow! Civilization is the destination. I took this photo near Sousse, in Tunisia.
Here is an interesting review I received for this picture on my deviantART account from Kalistina. I'm sharing it here below because I think it's a good analysis:
One of my favorite visual impressions in physical reality is the disappearance of the ground-sky interface. I first discovered it in the Alps, were clouds frequently come in direct contact with the permanently snow-covered summits of the highest mountains. It can get very hard to tell where the earth stops and where the sky begins.
This photo initially triggers a similar effect. The sky seems to stop at the character’s feet... or even below. Of course, after a few instants the brain manages to get past the illusion, to unlock the physical reality that was captured in this photograph, to realize that it’s actually dealing with a beach-sea-city-sky continuum. But this first impression remains. There’s a city in the sky and the character’s looking its way.
“Faith in Destiny”. Now that’s an interesting title. Though most people use “fate” and “destiny” interchangeably, they actually designate two nearly opposite concepts - “fate” is the inexorable result of what happened before the present, whereas “destiny” is the anticipation of a future given the current situation. “Fate” introduces the concept of fatality; “destiny” deals with destinations, goals. Fate binds people, whereas destiny projects them.
As for “faith”, it’s the opposite of “knowledge” - it’s the belief in something that is impossible to prove (it is by definition irrational). Typically, one’s faith is aimed toward their gods - something that transcends them, that likely determines them by defining their fate. Greek tragedy comes to mind.
Here, though, we’re dealing with destiny - something that people set for their own sake. Having faith in destiny, unlike having faith in fate, means irrationally believing in one’s own ability to set oneself a destination and to advance toward it. I think it’s a very humanist kind of faith.
Back to the photo. In the horizon (which, remember, didn’t look like a horizon at first), we see a city. It’s the only non-natural element in the setting. This is the character’s destination. It’s the place he want’s to go to. He’s going toward civilization, leaving the cradle of nature. That doesn’t mean he’s giving up on nature, it just means he wants to interact with mankind.
Now, a frequent belief in occidental religions is the concept of heaven - the place good people go to when they die (whereas bad people go to hell). Morality ultimately relies on the believer’s faith in the existence of hell to motivate him to be a good person. In most of these occidental religions, heaven is also the place god(s) live in, and it’s usually either in the sky or above it.
As discussed earlier, the city initially appears to be sitting in the middle of the sky. I’m going to go ahead and say this city is the character’s heaven. It’s not situated in the actual sky, though - we’re literally dealing with a case of heaven on earth here. The destination isn’t an eternal afterlife with fellow deceased, but a present life with the actual, present humankind.
In other words, civilization is bliss.
Here is an interesting review I received for this picture on my deviantART account from Kalistina. I'm sharing it here below because I think it's a good analysis:
One of my favorite visual impressions in physical reality is the disappearance of the ground-sky interface. I first discovered it in the Alps, were clouds frequently come in direct contact with the permanently snow-covered summits of the highest mountains. It can get very hard to tell where the earth stops and where the sky begins.
This photo initially triggers a similar effect. The sky seems to stop at the character’s feet... or even below. Of course, after a few instants the brain manages to get past the illusion, to unlock the physical reality that was captured in this photograph, to realize that it’s actually dealing with a beach-sea-city-sky continuum. But this first impression remains. There’s a city in the sky and the character’s looking its way.
“Faith in Destiny”. Now that’s an interesting title. Though most people use “fate” and “destiny” interchangeably, they actually designate two nearly opposite concepts - “fate” is the inexorable result of what happened before the present, whereas “destiny” is the anticipation of a future given the current situation. “Fate” introduces the concept of fatality; “destiny” deals with destinations, goals. Fate binds people, whereas destiny projects them.
As for “faith”, it’s the opposite of “knowledge” - it’s the belief in something that is impossible to prove (it is by definition irrational). Typically, one’s faith is aimed toward their gods - something that transcends them, that likely determines them by defining their fate. Greek tragedy comes to mind.
Here, though, we’re dealing with destiny - something that people set for their own sake. Having faith in destiny, unlike having faith in fate, means irrationally believing in one’s own ability to set oneself a destination and to advance toward it. I think it’s a very humanist kind of faith.
Back to the photo. In the horizon (which, remember, didn’t look like a horizon at first), we see a city. It’s the only non-natural element in the setting. This is the character’s destination. It’s the place he want’s to go to. He’s going toward civilization, leaving the cradle of nature. That doesn’t mean he’s giving up on nature, it just means he wants to interact with mankind.
Now, a frequent belief in occidental religions is the concept of heaven - the place good people go to when they die (whereas bad people go to hell). Morality ultimately relies on the believer’s faith in the existence of hell to motivate him to be a good person. In most of these occidental religions, heaven is also the place god(s) live in, and it’s usually either in the sky or above it.
As discussed earlier, the city initially appears to be sitting in the middle of the sky. I’m going to go ahead and say this city is the character’s heaven. It’s not situated in the actual sky, though - we’re literally dealing with a case of heaven on earth here. The destination isn’t an eternal afterlife with fellow deceased, but a present life with the actual, present humankind.
In other words, civilization is bliss.
Blue Dimension
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A lovely landscape I captured in Naxos, Greece . I first thought
this was a small toilet block, but not at all. It's a magic door. :)
this was a small toilet block, but not at all. It's a magic door. :)
I took this photo in Athens, Greece, with the Acropolis just behind me... Mount Lycabettus is a Cretaceous limestone hill in Athens, Greece. At 277 meters (908 feet) above sea level, the hill (also known as Lycabettos or Lykabettos) is the highest point in the city that surrounds it. Pine trees cover its base, and at its peak are the 19th century Chapel of St. George, a theatre, and a restaurant.
(The above photo has been shot with the Samsung NX10)
I've captured this moment near Thenon in France
The above photo has been shot with the Samsung NX10,
which has been provided to me by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
.
Carpe Diem
A poem by Peter S. Quinn
O beautiful you in garden's heart
From point where tomorrow shall start
Playfully giving and receiving
In all this of going amending
Lasting futures impending
When flowers seeds are reviving
The love that comes into night
And sets out its feelings on flight
Where garden roses are true:
In each their approval and lore --
When love gives to become more
Of all that is to renew
Morning's Kiss
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I've taken this photo in Fontalirant, near Thenon in France.
The above picture has been shot with the Samsung NX10, which
has been provided to me by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
© 2010 - Ben Heine
.
I've taken this photo in Fontalirant, near Thenon in France.
The above picture has been shot with the Samsung NX10, which
has been provided to me by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
© 2010 - Ben Heine
.
I've taken this photo in Fontalirant during
a foggy morning, near Thenon in France
The above photo has been shot with the Samsung NX10, which
has been provided to me by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
© 2010 - Ben Heine
Early Morning
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I've taken this photo very early in the morning near
St.-Léon-sur-Vézère, in the South West of France
.
The Sky Said So
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That one near Angoulême in France
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The Speed Effect
This is a landscape I took from a TGV
(fast train) in the South of France.
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All the above photos have been shot with the Samsung NX10,
which has been provided to me by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
© 2010 - Ben Heine
.
I've taken this photo very early in the morning near
St.-Léon-sur-Vézère, in the South West of France
.
The Sky Said So
.
That one near Angoulême in France
.
The Speed Effect
.
This is a landscape I took from a TGV
(fast train) in the South of France.
.
All the above photos have been shot with the Samsung NX10,
which has been provided to me by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
© 2010 - Ben Heine
Dry River
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I recently took this photo in Robertville near Malmedy in Belgium
The above photo has been shot with the Samsung NX10, which
has been provided to me by Samsung Digital Imaging Co., Ltd.
© 2010 - Ben Heine
.
I recently took this photo in Robertville near Malmedy in Belgium
The above photo has been shot with the Samsung NX10, which
has been provided to me by Samsung Digital Imaging Co., Ltd.
© 2010 - Ben Heine
.
I took this photo a few days ago in Lessive near Rochefort, Belgium
The above photo has been shot with the Samsung NX10, which
has been provided to me by Samsung Digital Imaging Co., Ltd.
© 2010 - Ben Heine
.
I took this photo a few days ago in Lessive near Rochefort, Belgium
The above photo has been shot with the Samsung NX10, which
has been provided to me by Samsung Digital Imaging Co., Ltd.
© 2010 - Ben Heine
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