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The same view of the last picture as we saw it. Although it was a massive kick that wasn't converted it went wide rather than falling short. I cannot begin to think about kicking that far away!
My humble (2nd) attempt at capturing the planet Saturn.
This time, I decided not to use my 2x Barlow, and simply use my camera at prime focus, which resulted in little to no Chromatic aberration this time! Instead, I used Drizzle to enlarge my final picture.
This was taken with a Sky-watcher Skymax 102 and an ASI 120MC-S, mounted on a Star Adventurer Pro.
Software: Firecapture, PIPP, Autostakkert and Registax.
An immature Bald Eagle makes an attempt to deprive an adult of its prey. Photographed on the Susquehana River in Maryland.
OLD SCHOOL - gotta love those old bikes (or copies). Original capture outside of a coffee shop this morning. Was captured with an iPhone with all processing on the iPhone - "Slide" in Snapseed and Instagram.
For - Happy Slider Sunday - HSS!
An attempt at over-processing a picture - on purpose.
Just needing to paint, so out of my imagination I did these. Sadly my daffodils didn't bloom this year. Wonder what happened?
For this theme I was at a loss as to display men of sticks. My attempts of using matches just went up in smoke.
The plan to take shots of road signs depicting people grew out of all proportions when I realised these stick men (and women, children & animals) were less sticks than logs!
Then I thought of using my artist manakin and have it hold toothpicks as weapons but this idea seemed very belligerent, so I dis-armed it.
Then it hit me, my manakin was made of wood, so if I put them on a diet, they may be made of sticks. So I took a photo of one marching, put him on a strict PS diet and hey presto. A squad of marching stick men.
124 Pictures in 2024, theme # 104 Stick Men
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So I decided to keep practicing and I made something a bit more simple this time round. And I have been in Francie obsession mode lately so I wanted to make something for her.
This is a what I believe is called a sack dress? It has no darts which I think looks a little strange but I thought it best to follow the design. Although I did decide to line rather than hem as I wanted to make it a bit easier for me and make something nice and fray free for francie.
I decided to use the reverse side of the fabric as the pattern and colour was a bit overwhelming. But I do love the native Australian gum pattern. I also added a belt and a flower at the shoulder to make it a bit more interesting.
I think it turned out quite well but there are a few things I definitely need to work on. One is lining up the shoulder seams correctly and the other is doing curved stitching using the sewing machine.
I would also love to get some lighter weight fabric for lining the outfits.
Attempting to avoid people, we are looking out across a field of beans as the Big Lad heads west.
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Terra Cotta, KS
Dense cloud cover thwarted my attempt at Firefall on Monday, but warm, wet winter weather in the Sierras made for some dramatic swirling clouds around Half Dome as fog along the Merced River ebbed and flowed.
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I was a little surprised by The Evening Standard's crusade for the poor in London in their recent week-long series of articles on those who don't live in Notting Hill or Knightsbridge. It was probably just an attempt to gather a bit of support for the Tories by blaming everything wrong in the world on the Labour Government now that the General Election is on the horizon.
Now, reporting the poverty that still exists in London (and the rest of the UK of course) is very important and it is a good thing that somebody is doing it. What I object to is the utter ignorance of this poverty in the paper for the other 51 weeks of the year, and the attempt to turn this poverty into a political issue to use to the advantage of a political party. That's not going to breed positive results is it?
The opening paragraph on day one of the Standard's campaign was:
"London is a shameful tale of two cities. In the richest capital in Europe almost half our children live below the poverty line. These families are cut off from the life most Londoners take for granted. They are the dispossessed.
The Evening Standard will shine a light on their plight. With the general election imminent, we demand action."
As the only citywide newspaper in London you'd think that the poverty that exists here wouldn't come as such a surprise to the staff of the Standard. Yet reading the paper you realise that its target audience live in another world of minor Royals, book launches, West End theatres, disputes with architects, and restaurants where the price of a meal for two, with wine, would feed the dispossessed for 6 months.
You probably won't be surprised to learn that the Evening Standard is owned by a Russian billionaire and it's editor is an ex Etonion who went to Oxford, lives in Notting Hill and "has never let up his devotion to the privileged social scene". Average Londoners then. The absence of any criticism for London's multi-millionaire Conservative Mayor was also noticeable by it's absence.
I believe that the only thing the Standard had in mind with its light shining plight is to stoke up right wing fury (check out the comments on any of the articles to see how successful they were in this) and boost support for their equally rich Conservative friends in the election in May. Be careful what you wish for.
Created for Angie's Animal Antics Challenge No 12 – Christmas
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created for: Kreative Peoples challenge 54
Original photo by: Abstractartangel
texture by Pareeerica
cat photo is the web
Okay partner, what do you think? This pouch is small - only 4 inches across. The bottom corners are boxed so it can stand on it's own but I put my hand in the picture to show the scale. The back is more AH owls and inside is lime green. I'm just not sure if it's "you" enough.....
One more week and I finish my last semester (5th year)! I finally got my portfolio finished and printed, looks awesome, I'll post a sample later on. I want to thank everyone for the wonderful and encouraging words that were left on my last post, I will definitely comment back when I finish next week, so exited. This pic is a little sample and first attempt on infrared pictures, hope you like! : D
Work and the pandemic derailed my two photo projects in 2021. I am still picking up the camera from time to time but the discipline necessary for a hobby has gone by the wayside of professional obligations and personal survival in these extraordinary days. I might be able to complete the 100x. Here are some more images of extraordinary light conditions
This is my first attempt to shoot food from above, I got a Speedlite Flash borrowed and was experimenting with it.
Since I never use flash to shoot food and I don't own a tripod that has an horizontal arm It's very difficult for me to shoot from above, but I kinda liked the result... Maybe it's time I bought a dedicated flash for myself.
at the monochrome photo.
Huge challenge - the light was so.... photographer unfriendly to put it midly, my camera couldn't cope with the light conditions - so Huge thanks to my collegue Paul from the Abergavenny Camera Club for saving the evening for me and lending me his camera.
Gethin Liddington’s Goodkatz playing yesterday at the Black Mountain Jazz Club at Melville Theater in Abergavenny