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@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2025-12-22 20:55:25

Belated #MonochromeMonday / #MountainMonday: A moody winter day in the Ammergau Alps. A view down the snowed-in river bed of the Linder with the Notkarspitze summit catching the last light in the distance...

B&W photo of a moody winter landscape with dense forest on both sides of an empty snowed-in riverbed leading into the distance. Large mountains in the background, with one of the summits catching the last light. The mountains closer are all cut off by low hanging dark clouds descending into the valley.
@hikingdude@mastodon.social
2025-12-14 08:58:20

Good morning! For this #silentSunday I want to share this #foggy path with you.
I was on my way down and when I entered the fog, temperature really dropped. Actually I didn't want to stop or slow down in order to avoid cooling out.
But at this spot I had to take a quick break for…

This image portrays a tranquil winter scene in a forest. Tall, leafless trees stand on either side of a narrow, snow-covered path that winds its way through the woods. The ground is blanketed in a layer of fresh snow, creating a serene and peaceful atmosphere. A light mist or fog fills the forest, softening the outlines of the trees and adding a sense of mystery and calm. The bare branches of the trees reach upward, their dark trunks contrasting sharply with the white snow. The path, partially…
@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-17 06:45:12

A plant that looks like a fungus,
lives like a parasite,
and clones itself in the dark
—Balanophora may be one of evolution’s strangest experiments.
At the foot of moss-covered trees in the mountains of Taiwan and mainland Japan,
as well as within the subtropical forests of Okinawa,
an unusual organism emerges from the forest floor.
It is often mistaken for a mushroom,
yet it is actually a rare flowering plant that produces some of the smallest…

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2026-01-18 19:13:37

Frozen forest
(From tonight's evening walk in the local woods...)
#SilentSunday #MonochromeMonday #LandscapePhotography

B&W photo of a small dark footpath in the dense forest leading into the distance. The ground is frozen and snowfree, but all the tree branches are covered in a layer of frost, as if dipped in thick white paint.
@boris@cosocial.ca
2026-01-05 17:30:12

Yes. A personal search engine, visualizer, and interface builder.
“look, the way grok is integrated into X is gross and stupid and bad, but i do believe having an LLM familiar help you navigate the dark forest of the internet is going to be the future — ideally this is on your device or through a trusted and secure host, but it will be immensely helpful”

dame (@dame.is)
look, the way grok is integrated into X is gross and stupid and bad, but i do believe having an LLM familiar help you navigate the dark forest of the internet is going to be the future — ideally this is on your device or through a trusted and secure host, but it will be immensely helpful

@trochee@dair-community.social
2026-02-16 00:22:50

In the end, the Guide concluded that Sol-3 was another datapoint in resolving the Fermi Paradox, revising the Drake Equation L down further.
Ford's notes read "mostly harmless" but Arthur found a Dick's Burgers napkin in a glovebox, with a scribbled note saying "the self-fulfilling DFPC is a particularly nasty bug."
"What's DFPC?", Arthur asked.
"Dark Forest Pareidolaic Collapse", said Zaphod.
"We see faces in t…

@yaxu@post.lurk.org
2025-12-04 17:19:25

What do people think about the "dark forest theory of the internet" ? ystrickler.com/dftrevisited/

The internet is dying on the outside but growing on the inside
Dark Forests rule everything around us. Signal chats to plan wars? Check. Private group chats where rival athletes discuss injuries? Check. Communications increasingly monitored by states and authorities? Check. A decrease in posting on social media? Check again. In 2019 I wrote that the internet was becoming dangerous and people

@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems
2025-12-05 17:39:14

I don't get people with their "Friday evening out" or "night life" ideas. I mean, what's there to live when it's dark outside? You can live when it's daylight and you can go to a forest or something, but when it's dark, all you can do is either work or sleep.

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-01-17 00:30:00

Gloom & Bloom IV ☁️🌺
黑暗绽放 IV ☁️ 🌺
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Lucky SHD 400
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Lucky SHD 400 (6x6) English: This black-and-white photograph captures an urban scene under a clear sky. In the foreground, there are trees with dense foliage, and a pedestrian staircase leading up to an elevated walkway or bridge. The staircase is flanked by a tall streetlight. The bridge extends horizontally across the image, supported by pillars. The overall atmosphere is calm, with a focus on the architectural elements and the contrast between the sky and the structures. Chinese (中文): 这张黑白照片…
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) English: This black-and-white photograph captures a daytime scene at a sports field or park. A row of empty bleacher seats is visible in the foreground, aligned along a chain-link fence. The fence is illuminated by day light, casting dramatic shadows and highlights. The background is dark, with silhouettes of trees and foliage, creating a stark contrast between the lit area and the shadows. Chinese (中文): 这张黑白照片拍摄于日间的运动场或公园。前景是一排空荡的看台座椅，沿着铁丝网围栏排列。围栏被明亮的日光照亮，投射出戏剧性的阴影和高光…
Lucky SHD 400 (6x6) English: This black-and-white image features a close-up of a white fire hydrant sign, which is shaped like a hydrant with an arch above it. The sign is positioned in front of a row of trees, creating a sense of depth. The trees are tall and slender, with their trunks and branches forming a rhythmic pattern. The background includes a paved path and neatly trimmed bushes, adding to the orderly and serene atmosphere of the scene. Chinese (中文): 这张黑白照片特写了一块白色消防栓标志，标志形状像消防栓，上方有拱形…
Lucky SHD 400 (6x6) English: This black-and-white image depicts a serene park or forest path. Tall, slender trees line both sides of the path, their trunks and branches creating a natural corridor. Two people are walking along the path in the distance, adding a sense of scale and life to the scene. The sunlight filters through the leaves, casting dappled light and shadow on the ground, enhancing the peaceful and tranquil atmosphere. Chinese (中文): 这张黑白照片展示了宁静的公园或森林小径。两侧是高大苗条的树木，树干和枝条形成天然走廊。远处有两个…
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2025-12-11 08:42:24

#ThrowbackThursday Platinum printing session at the now defunkt Oregon College of Art and Craft. The pictures are from an unforgettable winter hike in the Eagle Creek valley, just a few days prior (and 6 months before a wild fire consumed the entire valley)...
(Also see my prev. message for my new darkroom setup :)

A fully developed 13x18cm (5x7in) platinum print in a photo tray during final rinsing. The photo emulsion has been painted with a brush to produce a dark fuzzy border around the picture. The printed picture itself shows a wild canyon (Eagle Creek) with a narrow path leading along a steep, almost vertical snowy slope with foggy forest in the background.
A fully developed 13x18cm (5x7in) platinum print in a photo tray during final rinsing. The photo emulsion has been painted with a brush to produce a dark fuzzy border around the picture. The printed picture itself shows a typical PNW mountain creek (Eagle Creek) on a gravel bed in a foggy forest.
@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-12-31 05:41:35

Current situation... Could be worse. Could be tenting... Heavy rain watch for the next dozen or so hours... Have a great finish to your year! It was... a year, eh. Ok to put it behind us.

Sunset image to the west with ocean horizon and distant rocks to the left with lush green Aotearoa rain forest between our balcony and the sea and ominous dark grey rain cloud headed this way from the north west...
@yaxu@post.lurk.org
2025-12-06 11:21:00

I really want to be interested in this "dark forest theory of the internet" but just listened to their podcast about the economics of it and they just went on and on about using substack and discord as if that was somehow revelatory? I couldn't get the point of what they were saying at all. Then they talked about how charging for membership of their closed group didn't really make money but helped weed people out, with no consideration that some people don't have spare …

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2026-02-11 09:35:11

Latest 8x6" toned kallitype print, fresh from the tray (well, from the drying line)... 🤩
(Kallitype is quite challenging in terms of balancing achieving deep blacks vs detail, so this scene took quite some tweaking to retain the details in the band of dark shadowy forest, but I'm happy how it turned out...)
#AltProcess

Phone picture of a 8x10" piece of paper with a slightly smaller kallitype print of a high alpine mountain landscape. The picture shows the view of deep valley with a long smooth glacial ridge leading up to snow covered peaks. A band of forest is running down the slopes in the foreground, still mostly in the shade, but a small area near the edge which is catching the morning sun.
@hikingdude@mastodon.social
2026-01-05 18:47:57

Oh almost missed #MountainMonday !
I was out recently just for a bit of training. Luckily I also packed the camera "just in case ..." and saw this frosty / snowy scene.
For those who cannot walk the mountains and see such scenese themselfes.
#photography

A serene winter wonderland unfolds in this tranquil forest scene. Tall evergreens, their branches heavy with freshly fallen snow, stretch upward into a soft, overcast sky. The snow clings delicately to each needle and branch, creating a lacy, almost magical effect. The trees stand as silent sentinels, their dark green foliage peeking through the white blanket, adding depth and contrast to the otherwise monochrome landscape. In the foreground, a gentle slope of untouched snow stretches out, its…
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2026-02-13 13:00:12

Slowly getting into a rhythm to start the day with doing a print each morning, each time still tweaking either negatives, concentrations and/or durations of different processing stages to adjust tones/hues... A new adventure with some back and forth each time!
This print is of Langkofel / Sassolungo, one of my favourite mountain massifs, just such interesting features and so many dear memories, here seen from the east (around half and hour before sunset)...

iPhone photo of a 8x6" kallitype print of a photo of the Langkofel mountain massif with its talus fields and some scattered pine forest in the foreground. The sky is filled with layers of small clouds illuminated by the evening sun. The picture is surrounded by a thick dark brown border of the exposed hand-painted photo emulsion.
@hikingdude@mastodon.social
2025-11-27 18:35:57

Hey, this is my last photo from the hike last weekend. I didn't manage to capture the whole Vista so I tried to zoom in on some distant #mountains. In the mid you can see the #jochberg.
Usually you see epic photos from atop this mountain but not from the mountain itself.
And well, …

A breathtaking black-and-white landscape unfolds, showcasing a majestic mountain range under a vast, open sky. The mountains rise dramatically in the background, their rugged peaks partially covered in patches of snow, creating a striking contrast against the clear sky. The play of light and shadow on the mountains adds depth and texture, emphasizing their grandeur and timeless beauty. In the foreground, a dense forest of evergreen trees stretches out, their dark silhouettes providing a stark …
@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-01-28 02:06:59

Salt Marsh and Boulders at Odiorne Point State Park
#photo #photography #landscape #ocean

Dark boulders by the sea come in from the lower left, close-cropped brown grass from the right and past a channel, a strip of forest and a few buildings stticking up under a mostly blue sky.