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In this festive season I would like to wish you all Happy Holidays 
Super happy here with a dream vacation in the works, thanks to my generous mother who accumulated a whole lot of frequent flyer miles on her travels. Enough to go anywhere in the world, the further the better so I said let's go to New Zealand!
Unfortunately that didn't work out for the time I wanted to go in April-May with fall foliage in the Southern hemisphere, all because Easter gets in the way
So tremendously sad for a beautiful country that's become synonymous with Lord of the Rings, oh well... but I pitched the idea of Iceland which ranks further up on my bucket list of places to visit and bingo! Will be spending a couple weeks there in May 
At this point, any & all suggestions of places to visit in Iceland are greatly welcome. Especially from the viewpoint of a person who loves landscapes & long exposure waterfalls, I imagine this trip will be one for the ages ripe with scenes ripped straight of out fantasy. With plans to release my photos as stock if that gives you more incentive to help me out for places visit
Anyways, thank you very much for your continued support. Be it a simple fave, comment or premium stock download, every little bit keeps me motivated in pursuing the creative arts. I would like to return the favour by featuring a mix of deviations inspired from recent faves and photos from Iceland.
Cheers,
Nick
Super happy here with a dream vacation in the works, thanks to my generous mother who accumulated a whole lot of frequent flyer miles on her travels. Enough to go anywhere in the world, the further the better so I said let's go to New Zealand! Unfortunately that didn't work out for the time I wanted to go in April-May with fall foliage in the Southern hemisphere, all because Easter gets in the way
So tremendously sad for a beautiful country that's become synonymous with Lord of the Rings, oh well... but I pitched the idea of Iceland which ranks further up on my bucket list of places to visit and bingo! Will be spending a couple weeks there in May At this point, any & all suggestions of places to visit in Iceland are greatly welcome. Especially from the viewpoint of a person who loves landscapes & long exposure waterfalls, I imagine this trip will be one for the ages ripe with scenes ripped straight of out fantasy. With plans to release my photos as stock if that gives you more incentive to help me out for places visit
Anyways, thank you very much for your continued support. Be it a simple fave, comment or premium stock download, every little bit keeps me motivated in pursuing the creative arts. I would like to return the favour by featuring a mix of deviations inspired from recent faves and photos from Iceland.
Cheers,
Nick
The Voynich Manuscript and Nostradamus Connection
I have good reason to believe that Michel de Nostredame - aka Nostradamus - was personally connected with the Voynich Manuscript. Before I begin, I would like to acknowledge this theory goes against conventional wisdom. The radiocarbon dating of the manuscript's vellum places it between 1404 and 1438, and Nostradamus lived between 1503 and 1566. I am well aware of the apparent discrepancies. I do not necessarily challenge the validity of the radiocarbon dating for that matter. To the best of my knowledge, the radiocarbon dating was done on the vellum. That does not otherwise prove the age of the ink applied to the vellum, and by extension, when the Voynich Manuscript was actually written (except perhaps that it was some time after the radiocarbon dating of the vellum circa 1404-1438). Nothing at face value excludes the possibility that the vellum was recycled or left as blank pages for over a hundred years. I am basically keeping an open mind, and I invite you to do the same if we can
Heads Up
Soon I will be posting a journal which might appear strange to you. It pertains to personal research I've been doing into the Voynich Manuscript, and how I believe Nostradamus is connected with it. This upcoming journal is basically a transcript of my research paper. It is primarily meant for documentation purposes so I can leave my imprint of it across multiple online sources. Realizing it is more academic in nature, which might not attract much interest here on Deviant Art. But I suppose it still counts as literature, and who knows, it might inspire others to become more curious about the Voynich Manuscript 🧐 Feel free to comment (or not), but now that my research paper is finally published, I plan to take a break and crawl back out of this Voynich rabbit hole for a bit... perhaps refocus on my photography again 🙂 (plus a lot of other stuff to catch up, including sleep)
My Interview with Shoutout Colorado
For anyone interested in reading more about me, feel free to check this interview I had with Shoutout Colorado: https://shoutoutcolorado.com/meet-nicolas-raymond-photographer-visual-artist/
Google Bard and Plant Identification
As you might know, I like experimenting with AI. Starting out with image generation, even though I am less interested about that now in favor of revisiting my photography (and a growing obsession with deciphering the Voynich Manuscript I will not elaborate upon any further in this journal). I am however still using AI in other ways. For example, I am using Google Bard to help plan my photo trips as it can return maps, and pins dropped on that map to reveal places of interest I asked for in the first place (like waterfalls and historic landmarks). I've noticed Google Bard can also help to identify things like plants if you attach an image within your query. And that's what it tried to do right here, from a photo I captured in the Western Colorado Botanical Gardens in Grand Junction: Worth noting, I submitted this photo a few months ago on iNaturalist, hoping that another human could help me identify it. No luck there as far as I know, but I was drawn to this image, and wanted to
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I went to Iceland last summer, and boy could I have used your skills when I was there... Absolutely visit Gullfoss and the Black Ash Glacier! I can't wait to see your work