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Nikon FE2 - AI Nikkor 24mm 1:2.8 - Eastman Double-X @ ASA-200
Cinestill Df96 (Stock) 5:00 @ 27C
Scanner: Nikon Coolscan V ED + Nikon Scan 4
Editor: Adobe Photoshop CC
Fortunately just a few sheep or I could have been late for work! The young lady shepherd on her quad bike had them moving quickly past me and wasn't using her sheep dogs which were on the back of the bike. The sheep caught the light as they crested the hill on this frosty winter morning.
Edit: I must dedicate this to Schrek the Sheep who died today, 6/6/11. He made world news when he was found hiding in a cave for 6 years and had a huge fleece. He also was shorn on an iceberg of the coast from our city. He was 17 years old or about 90 in human years.
Nos.37606 & 37611 power away from Parton with 6M22 en route to Sellafield in pleasant low evening sun.
Tanya's block for her Star Studded Rainbow Quilt. I used the Maine pattern from Carol Doak's 50 Paper Pieced Stars book. I choose this pattern because it seemed to echo the feel of her starter block without being an exact copy.
As many of you may have noticed, I love the water. Put me near the coast and I could happily take photos all day long. I never get tired of the way the water moves along beach, and was fascinated by this scene on Block Island
Enjoy!
This giant snow slug blocked the way to my next camp. I could have (sort of) easily driven around / through it, but I would have had to drive off road and that's something I try to avoid.
Map location is an approximation.
White Mountains, Inyo National Forest.
Victoria asked for this specific style of block and provided the grey fabric. She said that there were no limits on what fabrics we could use. It's a wonderful way to use up small but precious pieces of fabric. She gave us the option of adding something to the center if we wanted and I noticed a definite pink/birdy theme in my fabrics. The appliqued bird is from here. (It's the fifth time I've used this bird in a bee block...I'm kind of in love!)
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Except for shopping, which is a biggy, every Block Island activity is represented in this image! See my additional Block Island scenes at flic.kr/s/aHsmHkWEph
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All building blocks in nature have one thing in common, math. Science utilizes math to explain the universe (Mathematical Universe Hypothesis), to model protein structures, and to even claim that our universe is just a computer simulation (Simulation Hypothesis). What will 2025 bring?
AP - A blockage caused progress to be stopped on the tracks yesterday. A stop sign was knocked over, likely the result of a vehicle collision. Damage was minimal to the sign post, and crews were in later that day to hoist the stop sign back into place. The mirror is expected to make a full recovery.
The only witness, a local warehouse that was sitting nearby at the time, declined to speak to reporters. Officials suspect driver error while backing out of the parking lot bordering the tracks. The investigation is ongoing.
Taken for the Active Assignment Weekly! group. This week's assignment: Freelancer!.
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
Square in square fun. Pattern and blogged here wombatquilts.com/2013/04/03/square-in-square-fun-wip-wedn...
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.
Unused image from a shoot/ review for Blocks Magazine (Issue 25).
I loved working with 10252 Volkswagen Beetle, really lent itself to being shot on location at sunset- and Mother Nature delivered right when it mattered most!
A7s w/ adapted Nikon 85mm at f/8 or f/11 (can't remember and there's no exif)
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
INVITES ARE GREAT, BUT PLEASE IN MODERATION
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!
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.