The Surreal and the Sublime...In The Dark

Welcome to Day 4 of In The Dark! Just between you and me, I was a little worried back there at Day 2 that I'd run out of material. 5 days worth of themed material, how hard could it be?! But thank you to the glorious and bountiful internet, one great find lead to another, and before you know it I had a whole chunk 'o goodness to share with you. Let us begin with the Surreal, and work our way through to Sublime. (Ok that's a lie, all of these images are both!)

This stunning image is the work of Chuck Anderson over at NOPATTERN, and it literally stopped me in my tracks. I've never wanted to frolic through a creepy, deserted car park quite as much as I want to right now.

Next is the truly surreal and utterly compelling work of Tim Simmons. This man knows how to take photos in the dark! He's spent 25 years perfecting it, and goodness me has it paid off! Long exposures and an incredible understanding (and manipulation) of illumination transforms familiar settings into unsettling, alien landscapes. Innocuous carports, walls, trees and boulders all take on a slightly menacing edge, but the allure of Tim's work leaves you wanting more.

And now onto something a little less surreal but undoubtedly sublime...sparkly light blobs! There are whole Flickr groups dedicated to these little glittery blobs of goodness, and for good reason...they're pretty! I'm absolutely enamoured with futureancient's Nocturne set.

Ah light blobs, how I love you so. Sublime!

Meanwhile, I'm thinking I might venture out this Saturday evening, perhaps snag myself a nice little vantage point overlooking the Sydney CBD and watch all the lights turn out for Earth Hour! I might even take the board games with me, and a few candles for practicalities sake! Mode of transport? Glamourous Sydney buses of course!

There's only 2 days to go (or 3 for all you northern hemisphere folk!) - have you made plans yet? If you're stuck for ideas, I threw together a little list of Fifteen Fool-Proof Earth Hour Activities last week; it's right after my environmental rant, just scroll straight past that! Who knows, you might just be inspired! (I'm still secretly hoping someone does either #3 or #8 and tells me all about it! Pretty please?!)

Oh, and remember how I mentioned last Friday that 1,858 cities, towns and municipalities across 81 countries were committed to this year's Earth Hour? There's been a slight increase in numbers...2,712 cities, towns and municipalities in 83 countries! Incredible! It's going to be a great night!