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The numerous forrest fires in British Columbia have led to a smokey sky in Vancouver this evening with a orange hue in the setting sun seen from our back deck. Some Photoshop processing here using Topaz studios which creates a ghostly feel.
Many thanks to this lovely couple who were disturbed from doing the romatic sunset thing by me asking them to pose for this shot. I think it was worth it ;)
This week the inspo from the Inner Circle is to create gift tags in Photoshop and print them to use in a still life, on the wall moodboard or gift them to a friend or family.
Digital assets from Frostbound collection at Design Cuts.
"In the 1970s, canola was created through traditional plant cross-breeding by removing two things found in the rapeseed plant: glucosinolates and erucic acid. Erucic acid was removed because it was believed to be inedible or toxic in high doses. The newly developed plant was renamed "canola" – a combination of "Canadian" and "Oil" (or ola) to make this difference apparent." From the link below.
www.thekitchn.com/whats-the-difference-between-canola-and...
I absolutely love the time of year when the fields turn bright yellow with the Canola flowers. The day before yesterday was the first day I had been out when I saw any fields with the crop fully in bloom. I have to admit that I don't like the smell of Canola, but the colour is so spectacular and pretty. In this shot, the sky is beginning to darken, ready to rain a little later.
These two old, wooden barns were part of a CPR Demonstration Farm. I have added a previously posted photo in a comment box below, showing the whole farm.
"The home, the barn, everything seen in this yard once served a rather unique and special purpose. Operating as a fully functioning “demonstration farm”, near Vulcan Alberta, and tied to the Canadian Pacific Railway, it was a show piece of sorts a century ago, promoting the region’s agricultural potential. Prospective settlers would be told where to acquire land and of course similar farm buildings, what crops to grow and how to do it efficiently, what equipment to purchase, what techniques to use and so on.
The CPR had a vested interest, of course, in the success of this endeavour. They’d profit both on the sale of these kit farms and then again, many-fold, on the resultant business brought to the railway through the moving of inbound materials needed by all those new settlers; and outbound agricultural products the area would produce. And the transporting of people in and out, all the stuff needed for new towns that would spring up, and any industry established there, they too all moved by railway. It was win-win for the CPR!" From bigdoer website.
www.bigdoer.com/27596/exploring-history/cpr-demonstration...
The day before yesterday, 1 July 2017, was a great day, spent with friend, Pam. I picked her up just after 8:00 am and did a long drive in Southern Alberta. We saw our target bird - a Common Nighthawk, and all sorts of other things including plants and old barns. It took a round trip of 414 km to get the Nighthawks, but it was so worth it! Much further than I normally drive. Towards the end of our day, the rain arrived, accompanied by lightning streaks. This couldn't have been timed more perfectly, to wash off a lot of the dust that covered my car after 12 hours of driving hot, dusty roads! So welcome! We have another hot day today and the forecast is for very hot days for at least the next week. So far, the forecast is 33C for Friday, 35C for Saturday and 31C for Sunday.
It was such a thrill to see a Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor (a rather strange looking bird), as I had always wanted to see one actually lying on a fence post or wooden railing. People get such amazing photos of them like that, and that is what I was determined to find this summer. Last year, I had driven to this area in Southern Alberta, hoping to find one, but had been out of luck. Though I ended up with the one in the photo I posted yesterday, lying on a hard, metal railing that lacked character, I'm still happy as can be. Not only did friend Pam and I see this one, but there were three other Nighthawks there, too. Two of the others were also on a metal rail, but the fourth was on a fence post - not the best angle, but it was still nice to see a fence post perch. How close we came to missing them. I said I wanted to just check the first part of a small side road first, before continuing on the road we were on - and there they were! I had seen a nighthawk on maybe five different occasions over the years, but most were in flight and one was perched very high up in a tree. For Pam, this was the first time she had ever seen one, and she was so happy to see this lifer.
"On warm summer evenings, Common Nighthawks roam the skies over treetops, grasslands, and cities. Their sharp, electric peent call is often the first clue they’re overhead. In the dim half-light, these long-winged birds fly in graceful loops, flashing white patches out past the bend of each wing as they chase insects. These fairly common but declining birds make no nest. Their young are so well camouflaged that they’re hard to find, and even the adults seem to vanish as soon as they land." From AllABoutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Nighthawk/id
I was so tired after driving such a long distance and it was a hot day - the temperature got up to 30C. I so rarely do such a long drive, and I've barely driven all winter and spring. It felt so good to actually get out on a long drive like this, and we saw all sorts of interesting things that we just had to stop and photograph - of course!
Every single time I go out with my camera for a drive, I never forget to be SO thankful to live in a country where I have the freedom and safety to go where I want, and to see such beauty. Thank you, Alberta and Albertans - and Happy 150th Birthday, Canada! Such a young country.
Created for the Magik Troll Artistry Group's August Challenge ~ Create A Kaleidoscope challenge.
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Kings Cross Station architecture, London UK.
©Kings Davis 2021
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Created with Midjourney AI engine. PP work in Topaz Studio Beautiful Light filters.
Prompt: watercolor illustration, high quality, in the style of Pino Daeni luxurious textures, clear details with pen outline, spring wild flowers in a ceramic white pitcher yellow, pink, white, colors on soft pearl grey background --ar 8:10 --stylize 50
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created for: Kreative People challeng 98
Original photo by: Lemon~art
branches by :Correio Braziliense
texture by JoesSistah...
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Created for the Artistic Manipulation Group's Mixmaster Challenge #74.
CHEF Tim Noonan wants us to take inspiration from the zodiac!
➤ The focus of your image will be your zodiac animal, either from the Western** or Chinese*** zodiac (one OR the other, not both in the same entry).
➤ The mood must be dusk or dawn (could be sunset or sunrise).
➤ Include an urban structure (bridge, tower, dam, etc.).
➤ And an everyday, man-made object (bottle, toy, shoe, etc.).
➤ NO PEOPLE
Credits: sunset, buildings and beer via Pixabay.com; monkey on tree from purchased stock. (The monkey is my Chinese zodiac animal.)
Created with Dream Wombo and my photo of a spider as the input
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Created for Artistic Manipulation Group's Mixmaster Challenge #9.
The ingredients are ...
~ Something old ...
~ Something Sioux*** ...
~ Something wearable ...
~ Something blue ...
~ BUT the same object or design element may not be used to meet more than one of the above criteria.
Inuit portrait courtesy of Tom Brandt via The Commons.