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In remembrance of September 11, 2001. Thank you to all those who gave their lives, health, and time to save us you are all remembered and this work is dedicated to you.
Now that we have finally ended the war in Afghanistan let's hope that we can continue living and debating rather than using violence because war never really resolves anything. We need to debate with empathy, respect, positivity, patience, compromise, trust, truth, appreciation, facing the problem head-on together, staying calm, defining the problem, and finding common areas of agreement in order to help us reach the goal of compatibility. If both sides have the will to solve the problem a solution can be found. It takes time, effort, goodwill, and resolve, and a great deal of diplomacy and love, but peace is possible, let's make peace our goal!
We need to come together as families, villages, counties, states, countries, and most importantly globally.
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy.” They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.
John Lennon
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Often seen in pairs, this handsome couple unbelievably flew down in front of me to drink from a water pocket in a tree root. They were soon aware of my presence and quickly returned to the safety of the tree tops.
This large and distinctively-coloured pigeon is a familiar sight to many New Zealanders. This is because the New Zealand pigeon (or kereru) has a widespread distribution through the country, being present in extensive tracts of native forest, and rural and urban habitats, including most cities. As well as allowing close approach, it often roosts conspicuously, such as on powerlines or on the tops of trees. The distinctive sound of its wing beats in flight also draws attention. Kereru also frequently feature on works of art, such as paintings and sculptures. However, even though it is widespread, like many forest birds its abundance is severely compromised by introduced mammals, particularly possums, stoats and ship rats. Only where these pests are not present (predator-free islands) or are controlled to low levels do kereru populations thrive. Courtesy: nzbirdsonline.org.nz/
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The Cleits on St Kields were used to store the dried meats for long periods as there were no fridges or freezers back in the day. The Soay sheep were left behind when the inhabitants of St kilda evacuated the islands in 1930.
After an arduous winter with horrendous continuous storms which prevented any visiting vessels from docking for around six months.
The Soay sheep have long since reverted to a wild state, they are not maintained or tended in any way, though they are tagged and numbers studied.
This from the Web:
A cleit is a stone storage hut or bothy, uniquely found on the isles and stacs of St Kilda; whilst many are still to be found, they are slowly falling into disrepair. There are known to be 1,260 cleitean on Hirta and a further 170 on the other St Kilda-group islands.
The outlying island of Boreray has the Cleitean MacPhàidein, a "cleit village" of three small bothies, which were used on a regular basis during fowling expeditions from Hirta. As a result of a smallpox outbreak on Hirta in 1727, three men and eight boys were marooned on Stac an Armin, near to Boreray, until the following May.
On St Kilda, which is treeless, the islanders used the wind passing through the cleits to preserve some of their food instead of using salt or smoking. The Cleitean were used to dry and to store a wide variety of foodstuffs.These included:
cured fish
bird eggs (The eggs were collected from the spring-time nests of Guillemot, Razorbill, and Fulmar birds by St Kilda men scaling the cliffs. The eggs were buried in St Kilda peat ash.)
feathers fishing gear grains such as wheat, barley and oats,
hay lamb manure peat potatoes ropes seabird carcasses
"The wind beats down upon the walls, lifting the thatch, prefiguring a storm. Crabs, fieldmice, Horniegolachs, creeping and crawling things seek shelter in the cleits, abandoned cottages and kirk."
Norman Bissett, Leaving St Kilda, 1999
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Cleit on Hirta
Typically the cleitean are found on hilly ground and therefore are typically laid out along the direction of the slope, with their front ends looking uphill and their rounded rear ends looking downhill. On St Kilda, the drystone walls are distinctive for their lack of coursing and seemingly random stone placement - this was deliberate, to ensure that the wind could pass through and thus help to preserve food stores kept there. Occasionally the entrance is found in a side wall. Examples also exist of cleitean built perpendicularly to the direction of the slope, with the entrance in one of the narrower ends.
In order to be able to withstand any downward thrust, the end facing downhill is normally built in the shape of an apse with a strong support. Entrances are very rarely placed in the apsidal end, in order not to compromise its strength.
In his book on St Kilda, David Quine says of the cleitean, "They come in many shapes and sizes, but all have dry stone walls to allow the wind to whistle through, and great stone slabs for roofs, capped with turf to absorb the water."
I had to post this. Sorry! At least he was holding still!!! LOL!
I think he's yelling,"Hey! A little privacy"!!
I'll be gone for a couple of days. Catch up with you all when I get back.
the ground and the clouds above both look like ramps drawing you deep into the scene. Also note all the fruit still on the vines. That's because many vineyards lost the crops this year due to the wildfires/smoke compromising the grapes. So no harvest.....
Or what I should be saying; for those who are willing to compromise safety for coverage.
Perched on top of a rockface overlooking the Columbia River in Lyle, WA, we were treated to a breathtaking view of the Columbia River Gorge, and what better way to appreciate a view than by including a train in it!
Though breathtaking, to get a good view of the train, you must go as far out as you can along the ridge; nothing stops you from falling to the river. They say you feel most alive when you are closest to death. So, to exercise safety and get this wonderful feeling of ardelaine, a six-pack of Bud Light was purchased at the Lyle market. Unfortunately, for some reason, the R'bauers didn't quite agree with this tactic. I wonder why?
Passing us is BNSF's Z from Chicago to Portland with BNSF 7613 & 7792 up front and 6734 on the rear.
7613-7792- 6734(r) BNSF Z CHCPTL8 20 Lyle 23-4-25
I made a number of images of this view from The Roaches looking towards Danebridge. I was really stretching the capabilities of my kit to the limit on this one. The wind was extremely blustery and this was the only image where I found the sharpness to be acceptable. Perhaps I should have uprated to ISO200 or gone for a larger aperture with shallower depth of field. I should have chosen both options, but the light was fleeting and the window of opportunity very narrow. In the end I risked the compromise of 1/30th at f11 and hoped that my tripod stood firm and that my longer lens remained stable enough between the gusts.
My girlfriend and me want to print this picture on a canvas in our living room. She likes it the most in colour. I really like in in B&W. I came up with this solution..
Stone pillars in the left colonade of the Basilica di San Pietro, Rome, Italy.
I like the continuous line of pillars on the left and the way they are highlighted by the sun. I wish I had noticed this effect through the viewfinder and taken a pace to the left to produce the same effect on the righthand side rather than having the gap after the first pillar.... mental note.... take a bit longer to look at the scene. To be fair though I was under pressure to take the shot before the people moved too far into the frame. I guess life is full of compromises!!
I am pretty excited about this one, and am 99% sure of the ID.
I was watching the normal crew gathered at my feeder when this guy came in to check things out. It was so huge compared to the Pine Siskins, which really are quite tiny. I had no idea as to what it was, but just snapped away. It only took a couple of steps on the perch, hopped up to the feeder and took off. It only lasted about 5 seconds tops.
I managed to get a couple of shots that were noticeably sharper than this, but yellow on the belly did not show up well, plus the background had the corner of a shed running through half of the frame which was a huge distraction.
The wee bits of red on the top of it's head does not show up very well in this one, but of the 8 or 10 shots I got in total, this was the best compromise. I thought I heard a new call the other night. I hope that this guy decides to hang around and that I get another chance at it, as I think it is a wonderful looking bird, and one I have ever only seen once before years ago (but an adult) I thought I saw what was likely one of it's parents in a tree out front recently, but was long gone by the time I grabbed my camera. So I will be on the lookout for these guys.
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For years I've had to keep my office doors closed during the day while I worked, because this stinker, to get my attention, would climb behind my desk where all the cords are.
I finally wised up and blocked the opening with some storage boxes, which has left just enough space for Finley to lay off the floor, directly under my desk, which has a glass top.
It's our 'compromise', lol.
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This is a circa 2002 Westland Giftware porcelain "Beehive Bovine" figurine. Her broken left horn is nearby, repairable with a spot of super glue.
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the most beautiful villages in Italy
La prima notizia di Pitigliano appare in una bolla inviata da papa Niccolò II al preposto della cattedrale di Sovana nel 1061, dove viene già indicato come luogo di competenza della famiglia dei conti Aldobrandeschi. Nel 1293 Anastasia, figlia della contessa Margherita Aldobrandeschi, sposò Romano Orsini portando in dote la contea di Sovana e la sede della contea fu trasferita proprio a Pitigliano. Gli Orsini governarono queste terre per secoli, difendendole dai continui tentativi di sottomissione da parte di Siena e Orvieto prima, e della Firenze medicea poi. Fu solo nel 1574 che Niccolò IV Orsini cedette la fortezza ai Medici e nel 1604 Pitigliano fu annessa al granducato di Toscana, ceduta dal conte Gian Antonio Orsini per saldare i propri debiti.
Pitigliano and its area were inhabited in Etruscan times but the first extant written mention of it dates only to 1061. In the early 13th century it belonged to the Aldobrandeschi family and by the middle of the century it had become the capital of the surrounding county.
In 1293 the county passed to the Orsini family, signalling the start of 150 years of on-again/off-again wars with Siena, at the end of which, in 1455, a compromise of sorts was reached: Siena acknowledged the status of county to Pitigliano, which in exchange placed herself under the sovereignty of Siena.
From then onwards the history of Pitigliano resorbs into the gradually wider ambit first of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1562) then of the united Kingdom of Italy.
WARNING: If you are headed to shoot the Horsetail Falls this year during the next couple of weeks, please read the following:
1) Due to the recent beetle infestation, at least a third of the pine trees on the valley floor are now dead or dying. When you combine these compromised trees with a flooded, soggy valley floor and high winds, you are asking for trouble. I was already concerned about the trees as I began scouting for some alternate locations this year when suddenly the wind picked up. Sure enough, just 20 minutes into my scouting on the North side a huge pine tree came crashing down right where I had been exploring a few minutes before. That's a sound that stays with you. If you were up there and saw someone leaping through the snow drifts like an overweight gazelle with two nikons flying in all directions...yes, that was me. This year, you do NOT want to be shooting right after a heavy rainstorm with a high wind blowing. Keep an eye on those trees!
2) The recent snow and rain storms have really taken their toll on the Yosemite roads, especially the stretch from Cooks Meadow into the Yosemite Lodge. If you are in a hurry and hit those potholes at 35 mph or faster, count on doing some serious damage to your wheels and/or front end. Not sure when the road crews will get a chance to fix those holes with all of the weather we have been getting lately.
3) Rockslides have been common on both the 140 and 41 this year. I have almost run into rocks in the roadway several times already this year. It would be best to take your time up there and watch for rocks on those corners, especially on the 140.
(We return you now to your regularly scheduled photo caption)
Completely forgetting that it was a three day weekend for some folks, I headed up to Yosemite last Saturday in a light rain with hopes of photographing a record amount of water in Horsetail Fall. Yosemite had just endured another deluge earlier in the week making it three times this year that a flood warning had been issued for the valley. With a snow level of 8000 feet and heavy rain just a day before my trip, I was pretty sure I would see some serious water coming down Horsetail.
As I pulled into the valley, waterfalls that I had only seen flowing once or twice before....or not all...were thundering down on both sides of the valley. Along highway 41, impromptu falls were bubbling everywhere, often throwing water across the roadway. As I came through the tunnel I almost slammed on the brakes as Bridal Veil was about 3 times larger than any time I had seen it before. It was HUGE! After shooting Bridal Veil for a bit, I headed quickly over to the North Side which was already beginning to get crowded as hundreds of photographers were already parked and camped out waiting for a show that was still two hours away.
As for the Horsetail Fall, it was definitely flowing well but not at the flood stage that I had seen on the webcam the day before. Apparently the creek that feeds horsetail isn't really all that long and once the heavy rains let up, the creek drained fairly rapidly. Ribbon Falls, Sentinel Falls, Cascade Falls and several others that aren't flowing well during the winter were still roaring, but Horsetail had already returned to its normal size. Even though it was rather early in the season for Horsetail to light up, we were still treated to a nice orange glow before all of the light disappeared. We never quite got to the brilliant reds that can show up on clear day later in February, but it was still very impressive, especially the mist that kept billowing up while we shot. I'll probably try to make at least one more trip up this Winter, perhaps after Presidents Day Weekend, but when/if I do, you can bet I will be keeping an eye on those trees.
If you are headed to Yosemite in the next couple of weeks to photograph the Horsetail Fall and you would like to know what, where, when and how, please feel free to read my blog article at:
theresonantlandscape.com/looking-fire-horsetail-fall/
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A smart male Adonis Blue from a trip to Ballard Down in the summer. I found this (and more Adonis Blues, Common Blues and Brown Argus') in a dense patch of long grass so was always struggling to get a really clear background - as you can see. He was also such a furry little blighter that going too low on the f-stop would have meant parts of the butterfly were out of focus.
However on looking back, trying to clear up the hard drive (unsuccessfully), I realise that he's such a beauty and they're such incredible little creatures that I might be able to live without the perfect background!
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The Art Nouveau is the style of natural harmony. Its committed goal is the establishment of the concord of the beauty and function without compromise. This is the last comprehensive European style enriching the European culture in the applied art, the fine art and construction design. The art of the Hungarian masters enriched the unique idiom of the Art Nouveau. Being a rich resource of the trasures of this style, the Hungarian Art Nouveau is a worthy competiror of the heritages of the French, German, Belgian and Aystrian Art Nouveau. The permanent exhibition consists of paintings, furniture, ornaments and interiors. It provides and authentic sight of the atmosphere of the civic life of the “peacetime” of Budapest for the visitors. A cafe of friendly atmosphere and shop of original silver jewelries and ceramic copies waith the visitors.
Opening hours 10-17, closed on Sunday.
1054 Budaoest, Honved u 3. Hungary
www.magyarszecessziohaza.hu or
guideme.hu/place/house-of-hungarian-art-nouveau/
The building, designed by Emil Vidor, reflects the influence of Belgian and French architecture. At the same time, the facade of the building also incorporates Hungarian patterns, like the Zsolnay ceramics patterns. Not long ago, the building was entirely renovated. Besides the private museum operating in the establishment and displaying furniture, porcelain, ironwork and paintings, visitors can sit into a lovely café, too.
In 1907 the periodical Hungarian Competition (Magyar Pályázat) presents a description of the building in the Architectonic Chronicle section (Építőművészeti Krónika) with the title: Mr. Bedő Béla's Honvéd Street Palace. The designer, Emil Vidor, took good care of the building’s interior space as well, in the spirit of Gesamtkunstwerk (all objects in the same style).
This powerful unity of the arts and crafts in 1903 was a groundbreaking event in Hungary. The Bedő House was built only six years after the Belgian Victor Horta made his first fully Art Nouveau house, and in the same time with the Scottish architect, Mackintosh's famous arts house.
Even a contemporary description mentions the planned use of specially designed murals, the richly applied stained and ground glass, and generally the special design furnishing of the whole building.
On PBS Masterpiece Theatre “Vienna Blood” prodution the location was used and the Dr’s apartment was within this fine building.
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I had to work for this one. Light rain was hitting my filters, patience was required for the waves as they were infrequent and the only way to get the entire composition in was to stitch 3 very wide focal length images together. This doesn't usually work due to the distortion of the image at such wide angles. I think it worked out though but I did have to opt for the square crop to hide some of the distortion. This little sea arch is on the coastline of the Moray Firth to the west of Portknockie in scotland.
These lovely old walls, were usually built by the local farming community, here in the old market towns, anyway - usually to keep the sheep controlled. The farmers used anything they could find, and dug small quarries wherever they needed to build walls. Our back garden is built over 2 or 3, which were discovered when the council required an archaeological survey before some building work. Very often you will find stone from different places, the odd red brick or three, even chunks of wood. When my son had access to his property denied, by someone who owned the lane on the other side of the garden wall, I did some research. She claimed he was "compromising the integrity of the beautiful old stone walls", but all the walls are cobbled together as I described, until more recently, when people with a little more money have moved into town, and are prepared to pay to create something new and fancy. The walls are more beautiful with age, and with all the different ingredients as well as when they start to crumble like this one...
OK - rant over for today!!
"Before us, enhanced by the rays of the setting sun, lay the vista of what seemed to us an enchanted city. Spires and domes, castles and cathedrals, mosques and temples, with their fluted columns and wonderfully carved friezes, were arrayed in a confusing panorama of form and color."
-- Frank Spencer, 1907
The fantastic pinnacles and columns of the Wheeler Geologic Area showcase the incredible artistic repertoire of rock, water, and time, La Garita Wilderness, Colorado.
Possibly referred to as The Sandstones by the Ute people, the Wheeler Geologic Area is a remote, high-elevation site in the northeastern San Juan Mountains of Colorado. Prior to 1907 it was known to a limited number of settlers who ran sheep in the area. At the time, Spencer was the supervisor of the newly minted Rio Grande National Forest and was charged by the first Roosevelt administration with identifying areas that might qualify for National Monument status. In 1908, President Roosevelt proclaimed Wheeler National Monument, named for the captain who led the War Department's surveying team through the area on a journey through Colorado in 1874. However, it appears that Captain Wheeler never saw the formations that now bear his name.
The geologic parent material of this incredible formation is volcanic tuff, which is rock derived from consolidated ash deposits created from a volcanic eruption 28 million years ago. The La Garita Caldera, which created the tuff at Wheeler, is thought to be the second largest explosion Earth has sustained after the asteroid impact that extinguished the dinosaurs. For perspective, the La Garita Caldera explosion is estimated to have been approximately 5,000 times more powerful than the eruption of Mount Saint Helens in 1980. Ash from the event covered some 11,000 square miles (28,000 square kilometers) with an average thickness of 330 feet (100 m). Particles of ash ranged in size from < 2 mm to massive blocks of material, and these particles were compacted to differing degrees when the tuff was formed. This variation in particle size, mineral composition, and density is what has allowed water and the passage of time to sculpt such wondrous and awe-inspiring shapes.
Although physically spectacular, the Wheeler Monument is isolated and remote, and was visited by a grand total of 43 people by 1943. Lack of funds meant the government never developed the site. In 1950, Wheeler's monument status was removed and the area was formally designated a 'Geologic Area' and returned to the U.S. Forest Service to manage as part of the larger Rio Grande National Forest. It is now the center of the southern portion of the La Garita Wilderness. As we backpacked into the site, it struck me that the wilderness boundary is very oddly shaped to accommodate a high-clearance 4WD road that penetrates into the middle of it to allow vehicle access. The creative boundary allows the road to coexist with the letter of the Wilderness Act law. However, this solution represents a very clear loophole that allows a road to enter the heart of a wilderness area, contrary to the spirit of the law which specifies no roads and no operation of machines within wilderness. Life is full of compromises.
In his previous home, Flynn generally had 2-3 walks a day. When I adopted him, I stuck to the routine for a week or two but it was leaving me utterly exhausted (I had cancer a few years ago - my energy levels are better than they were but I still tire very easily). Despite multiple outings, Flynn was still being hyper at home, adding to the problem. I soon realised that either Flynn would have to adapt to less exercise, or, although it would break my heart, I'd need to find someone better equipped to keep up - perhaps a dog sports enthusiast.
I desperately wanted to make things work with Flynn & thankfully, we quickly found a good compromise. We generally go for one walk a day but I make sure Flynn gets a thorough mental & physical workout while we're out. I've stopped feeling continually cross-eyed with exhaustion & because Flynn's so intensely busy outside, he's far quieter in the house, in fact, he now spends most of the rest of the day snoozing. For a young, working-bred border collie, he's learned a good "off-switch"...
Flynn's quite happy with the changed routine but he's still a collie, which means he always leaps at the chance for extra walkies! He couldn't believe his luck when I waved the lead at him for a 2nd time today. We'd had our regular walk around lunchtime but the weather cleared in the afternoon & I thought it'd be nice to take some photos on the first day of spring. Flynn thoroughly approved :) It was a very pretty sunset, almost more like summer than spring... but the "haze" above Flynn here is his breath, a reminder we're not quite that late in the year yet!
I can see now how the child can grow old
and I can see just how the darkness takes it's hold
and I have seen how the compromise is made
and I can see how a light can loose his way
I've been living on a rainbow
I was living on a rainbow
Daughter wanted to look for Pokenmon. I wanted to take pics, so we compromised. I let her hunt while I took pics of the sunset.
Compromising my principles. When giving talks about wildlife photography, I plead "guilty" to overemphasizing the phrase "No Butt Shots!" However, after seeing this little Carolina Wren jumping off its perch away from the camera, I decided it was worth a post.
To be fair to myself, I also emphasize... "Look for unique images that are rarely seen."
With my compromised immune system, I'm one of those who sure appreciates it when masks are worn. Please think of others and protect them by wearing a mask.
We don't run, we don't compromise / We don't quit, we never do / We look for love to find it in the eyes / The eyes of you, the eyes of you / You are the road, that I've been riding on / You are the rock I melt with anger / You are the only one that keeps me going on / The eyes of you that sees right through (SongDogs)
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He has never known a world without paved roads and double yellow lines. The road to providing a safe, sustainable future for wildlife in a world dominated by humans is long and tortuous but is the road best taken. #WorldWildlifeDay #Bison
Virgin River Narrows, Zion NP, Utah. I have come up through the deep part below, around the second bend, equipment in day pack and daypack above head as the water deepened to my armpits. Each foot step a hope that there was still streambed vs a void. The rock has broken off from somewhere high above on the hard place, and the hard place is immovable. But the water must flow, and so it compromises a way between a rock and a hard place. I have been here before, navigating a course in the current, feeling like any decision I make would be the wrong one. And they were...so many were. Standing here, beyond my latest, I look back on a river of regrets.
The South Fountain of Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire. This is another 18th century Italian marble sculpture that was shipped to Britain in order to embellish the Manor that was built in the 1880s. Shown is Pluto (Hades), surrounded by his horses and tritons, abducting Proserpina, a daughter of Jupiter and Ceres, and pulling her down into the Underworld. The story ended in a compromise: Jupiter would have his daughter back for half of the year, Pluto for the other half, and thus summer and winter were created. Fuji X-E2 plus Helios 44M-7 at approx. F16.
Southwark Cathedral is a location I've had the pleasure of visiting and photographing several times over the years, but their recent late-night photography event provided an opportunity to capture the building in a way I hadn't seen before. As the two-hour session drew to a close and the remaining staff began to lock up, I had the cathedral almost entirely to myself, with only the light from the nave overhead to illuminate the central aisle and the occasional emergency light to prevent people from stumbling. As eerie as the scene was, it was riveting to photograph.
The final image is a stitch of two tiles, both of them a blend of nine bracketed exposures combined using luminosity masks in Photoshop. It was important to me to capture the magnificent 19th-century reconstruction of the nave's original Gothic ceiling, and even with a wide-angle lens I found that keeping the vertical lines straight meant compromising on how much of the ceiling I could include, so two shots -- taking in the aisle and then the ceiling -- were merged and the perspective then corrected. Using luminosity masks, I was able to apply my brighter exposures to the shadows and emphasise the light along the aisle, as well as darker exposures that allowed me to control the highlights along the ceiling. A high ISO compensated for the narrow aperture I used to ensure the foreground seats would be in focus as well as the altar, choir and stone screen in the distance; even then, the low light meant each exposure's shutter speed was between 10 and 30 seconds, and in the time it took to bracket 18 of these the cathedral's staff had switched off the lights above the choir, plunging the eastern side of the building into darkness.
Colour-grading the image mostly involved finding the right shades of yellow and orange to convey the glow inside the cathedral while avoiding an overload of warm tones. I applied Selective Colour and Hue/Saturation adjustments with a hint of cyan and green to offset the red and magenta across the ceiling, and a mixture of Colour Balance and Gradient Map adjustments to play up the soft blue tones in the shadows, which I felt helped to emphasise the cold evening atmosphere. Inside Nik Colour Efex Pro, I targeted the Pro Contrast and Tonal Contrast filters to the aisle to bring out the texture of the panelling along the wooden floor, while lowering the midtone and shadow contrast across the colder stone walls that had initially seemed quite harsh. Finally, using the Low Key filter, I gently darkened the edges of the frame to focus viewers' attention on the dramatic light along its centre.
The final adjustment was to remove a couple of leaves which had blown into the cathedral during what had been a very windy day. Although removing these takes away part of the memory of that blustery evening, I like how the outline of several branches from a tree outside the cathedral are still visible through the window to the right of the frame, and the memory of those silhouettes dancing in the wind while I captured this scene seems like a perfect reminder of an experience that was both spooky and captivating.
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A Republic Commando got sent to the Sith homeplanet of Korriban to spy on the Sith Warlords to find out their true intentions for the Galaxy. But before he could find out the truth, his position got compromised and he had to fight his way to safety!
Hey everyone! Better late than never, but here is a small build I made to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Star Wars The Old Republic! As a day 1 player of the game I felt like I just had to build something for this event :D It felt good building a simple 20 x 20 MOC again! I hope you all enjoy the MOC and happy holidays!