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This "pinwheel" block is called Counterspun. I could see doing each blade in a different fabric, or varying them more, for a really fun quilt.
Abandoned prison facility, one second wide open exposure. 2 minutes before this I heard a blood curdling screech, above my head flew from its perch a full grown Hawk or some other bird of prey out an open window. I stood my ground because i wanted this shot and dont plan on coming back to C block.
Rolleicord, Fuji Acros
The Question Block from Super Mario Bros. for Nintendo. It's the same all around except the bottom and also completely hollow. Made for the GamerLUG display for Brickworld Chicago 2017.
A Montana Rail Link Engineer signs the Block Register at Sappington, Montana. MRL's Harrison Branch (6th Subdivision) is Block Register Territory. Trains or maintenance-of-way crews must sign this register book prior to occupying the track. If no one else is registered, they fill out the required information to gain sole occupancy of the main track. If someone is already registered, they must contact that person and reach an understanding that the limits will be occupied jointly, and both must operate at restricted speed.
For the SMQG Sept. Block Lottery. blogged duringquiettime.com/2013/08/confetti-star-block-free-patt...
Part of: Augen Borgen - Borrowing Eyes
Merge:
DMC-G2 - P1420194 9.7.2012 Weidenhütte Steinhofgründe
DMC-G2 - P1520712 22.11.2012 Bark, Pötzleinsdorfer Park
An old fabric/wallpaper printing block we bought last week, comprising a heavy wooden block with the design built up in metal shapes. Makes a rather lovely print, as you can see here
Beresford Contracting Foden Alpha tipper NX06DAU.
This former Plasmor & Translift brick and block lorry was a surprise find on a quiet Peak District back road.
Well yeah, this is one block up from Main Street Ventura close to where I do my laundry and about three block away from Ventura High School in a pretty rough neighborhood (not! :-))
Music: Morcheeba - Otherwise right click and open in new window/tab
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All my public photos are free for personal use
In case your interested here's a sample of my convoluted workflow:
1. +2,0,-2 RAW (sometimes JPEG) files loaded into Photomatix and processed using the detail enhancer.
2. Base Photomatix Settings:
Main:
> Strength - 85 or less
> Saturation - 65
> Light smoothing - High (The further right, the more realistic)
> Luminosity - 0 (adjust based on the picture)
Tabs:
Tone
> White point - 2% (adjust up/down based on picture)
> Black point - .5% (adjust up/down based on picture)
> Gamma - 1.00 (adjust up/down based on picture)
Color
> Temp - 0
> Highlights - 3
> Shadows - 0
Micro
> Contrast - 10
> Smoothing - 15
S/H
> Highlights - 18 (adjust up/down based on picture)
> Shadows - 18
> Clipping - 18
The light smoothing is the most powerful adjustment, so play with that setting first then adjust the others until you get the right look,
If your sky is a dull gray increase the S/H tab, “Highlights” up a bit
If you have to much light “halos” increase your “Luminosity” and the “White Point” settings.
3. Save as a TIFF file.
4. Open in "The Gimp" and re-size (save as____.tiff)
5. Make a layer copy.
6. Do an auto "levels" and see what it does, if it's cool I'll merge it down if not I'll play around with the setting and opacity then merge.
7. Make another layer copy.
8. Use the "local contrast enhance" script at about 50%, then adjust the opacity to fine tune it, then merge it down.
9. Make another layer copy.
10. Use the "vivid color" script and play with the opacity to fine tune it, then merge it down.
11. Save (still as a tiff) and close the picture.
12. Open in Photoshop (I have and old version and only use it to run the Topaz plug-ins)
13. Run the Topaz Adjust plug-in filter and see what the various presets do.............
14. Run the Topaz Denoise filter.
15. Save (still a tiff)
16. Open the original file (unaltered JPEG or RAW) in "The Gimp"
17. Re-size this to match the modified tiff file (don't worry about keeping the aspect ratio)
18. Drag the modified tiff file in as a layer (it will completely hide the unmodified version) then merge it down, this will recover the lost EXIF information.
19. Use the "smart eg sharpen" script at default settings (it makes it own layer copy) then play with the opacity to fine tune it, then merge it down.
20. Do a "save as" as a jpeg, and it's ready for Flickr!
Nice clean SP Tunnel Motor 8340 leads an array of power blocking Scott St. in Franklin Park IL. in February 1991.
Day 13 - A Pile of Things
Today, it's a pile of blocks ... we're having a new garage built and the old one will be demolished.
m lovingly refers to this quilt as "clown vomit." he says that every time he looks at it he thinks of this shirt: www.threadless.com/submission/44125/The_Morning_After.
perhaps this quilt isn't his most favorite?
i'm really enjoying watching it grow...it sure is eating up a lot of my scraps! i've finished 12 blocks + i have about 24 more to go, if i can eke that many out of the scraps.
One of my blocks in the new book by C&T Publishing, Modern Blocks.
So easy to combine with other size star blocks!
A mix from One Block Over bee and ones I've sewn. Time to add some lighter X parts and darker backgrounds, I think.
I'd never seen baby seagulls before, but there were dozens of nesting seagulls around the North Lighthouse. These siblings were both pleading piteously to their Mom(?) for something to eat--sometimes in unison. I shoulda captured it on video, but I'm definitely more of a still photo kinda guy. I watched them for some time, hoping to catch a feeding, but it never came I guess Mom was teaching them patience (HA! As if ANY seagull evidenced even a trace of that trait!). This northern end of the island was quite beautiful, as it's been kept undeveloped (save for the lighthouse) as a wildlife preserve. The other end of the island was plenty beautiful as well, and where I spent the majority of my time. There is where one finds Mohegan Bluffs Beach, photos of which will eventually find their way into my stream.