Tuesday, 14 September 2010

science-

e v o l u t i o n.

adaptation&
is the change in the inherited traits of a population of organisms through successive generations.[3] This change results from interactions between processes which introduce variation into a population, and other processes which remove it. As a result, variants with particular traits become more, or less, common. A trait is a particular characteristic, anatomical, biochemical or behavioural, that is the result of gene–environment interaction.


I'm fascinated with all aspects of science. I can't get over how simple yet complex evolution is, it is simply keeping what is good and what works along the line, but how we manage to evolve, is what is unbelievable.

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY was introduced through the publication of Darwin's book 'On the Origin of Species' in 1859.

GOOD:
evolution is inheritance of traits, these are controlled by genes,




DEEP SEA CREATURES

They are different. They are interesting. They are good.


I went to an exhibition at the natural history museum over the summer holidays, it was all about deep sea creatures :



I am finding it quite hard to justify why deep sea creatures are 'good', only in the sense that I just find them so weird, and therefore so interesting to research.


I can consider the creatures themselves as 'good' due to their amazing survival instincts when up against extremely harsh conditions:
-hundreds of atmospheres of pressure -small amounts of oxygen -very little food -no sunlight -constant, extreme cold

If we lived there we wouldn't last more than a second.

Barometric pressure

These animals have evolved to survive the extreme pressure of the sub-photic zones. The pressure increases by about one atmosphere every ten meters. To cope with the pressure, many fish are rather small, usually not exceeding 25 cm in length. Also, scientists have discovered that the deeper these creatures live, the more gelatinous their flesh and more minimal their skeletal structure. These creatures have also eliminated all excess cavities that would collapse under the pressure, such as swim bladders[1].

Lack of light

The lack of light requires creatures to have special adaptations to find food, avoid predators, and find mates. Most animals have very large eyes with retinas constructed only of cones, which increases sensitivity. Many animals have also developed large feelers to replace peripheral vision. To be able to reproduce, many of these fish have evolved to be hermaphroditic, eliminating the need to find a mate. Many creatures have also developed very strong senses of smell to detect the chemicals released by mates.



To deal with lack of light, they have developed through evolution, amazing sense of smell, their eyes have large retinas and are constructed only from cones (this increases sensitivity), majority also have large feelers to.. feel around..

Lack of Resources

At this depth, there is not enough light for photosynthesis to occur and not enough oxygen to support a fish living at higher levels. To survive, these creatures have much slower metabolisms and therefore can survive using little oxygen. They can also go months without food. Most food comes from either organic material that falls from above or from eating other creatures that have derived their food through the process of chemosynthesis (the process of changing chemical energy into food energy). Because of the sparse distributions of creatures, there is always at least some oxygen and food. Also, instead of using energy to search for food, these creatures use particular adaptations to ambush prey.

At the depth these creatures are at, there is not enough light for photosynthesis to occur, these fish have adapted to survive with little oxygen due to lower metabolisms. They can also go months without food. That is where they find there oxygen.





piano

when classical, sounds so good
















music makes such a big difference, piano has to be my favourite

Monday, 13 September 2010

film trailers

They inspire to watch or not watch films, they are just as important as the quality of the film itself, sometimes I think they are actually better.

The work that is put into them, music, cinematography, choosing the right clips etc.. is vital, and can be so effective.
It's a chance to use music with impact, good photography and phrases/words that attack and hit the right spots.
The whole package of a film trailer is something I think is good.



















- first film trailer came out in November 1913, USA
- over 10 billion watched annually online
- consisted of various key scenes from the film being advertised, often augmented with large, descriptive text describing the story, and an underscore generally pulled from studio music libraries. Most trailers had some form of narration and those that did featured stentorian(greek loud voices) voices.
-In the early 1960s, the face of motion picture trailers changed. Textless, montage trailers and quick-editing became popular
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head down.

Okay so..

1. film trailers
2. people's faces () MUG SHOTS
3. piano - the softest type of classical
4. human immune system
5. evolution - briefly
6. poems
7. signatures
8. family photos - character&memory
9. SLEEP . SLEEP IS GOOD.


Wednesday, 8 September 2010

faces.

I am changing my like for 'portrait photography' into 'faces'. I like 'photographs' as a separate issue.

The genetic make up of someone is so complex, it creates us, and makes us who we are, our face is almost a extremely detailed symbol of us.

Saturday, 4 September 2010

david blaine - MAGIC

















Magic.
It is something I love to watch, some just seems impossible, whether it is actually real magic or tricks of the eye/slick movements etc, i don't know, all i know is that it looks amazing and I am left thinking, how?

Magic is the claimed art of altering things either by supernatural means or through knowledge of occult natural laws unknown to science.


I can't decide whether I think spiritually of magic, or whether it is simply an art, a sport, mastered by magicians in order to fool us. The acts I see, seem impossible to actually occur, but there seems never to be any explanation for it. I think this is what I like so much about magic, whilst each trick seems impossible, it appears easily doable. I am never bored with magic, well most magic.



Criticism accepted, some magic tricks are lame.

Inspired by the film 'The Prestige'


Even though it is a just a film, I can use it as a source of research into the background of magic. Behind the scenes, how some of the tricks really work, this proves that the act itself isn't real but the magic of it is creating an illusion.

Monday, 23 August 2010

animal kingdom


angora rabbit










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