Created for "The Award Tree" group's challenge "Music Works".

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Beethoven't ninth and final symphony is one of the greatest pieces of Western music in all of history. The composition and concept behind it is beyond "Olympian", as it has often been described. Certainly it is one of the most powerful, hair-raising and rapture inducing musical pieces I have ever encountered. If you have the chance to see it performed live with a full symphony orchestra and large choir, I HIGHLY recommend it. Doing so years ago left me utterly speechless.

I chose to do this for the contest because the opening lines of the Choral, the final moment, "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne !"

( Oh friends, not these sounds ! ) came to mind when looking at Classical paintings of battles. Then when I saw the portrait of Beethoven himself the whole project crystallized. The title is a call to end all wars and to bring about the unity of the human race - beyond nations - "Alle menschen werden bruder". This is hardly a call without relevance today.

I used images from a free download site.

www.google.com/search?channel=mac_bm&q=classical+pain...

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Music Link: "Ninth Symphony - Chorale" Opus 125 ( 1822-24 ) - Ludwig van Beethoven. Conducted in this video by Leonard Bernstein at a 1989 performance in Berlin to celebrate the removal of the Berlin Wall. Each conductor brings their own interpretation to the podium and thankfully Bernstein had the great sensitivity NOT to rush this symphony as so many others have done. The opening movement requires a stately grandeur to it that's best brought out by letting those gargantuan opening chord sequences in D Minor breathe and expand in consciousness to their fullest extant before careening ahead to the next ones. There are newer and sharper videos but Bernstein's nailed it for me for his impeccable and passionate interpretation.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IInG5nY_wrU

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© This Collage - Richard S Warner ( Visionheart ) - 2019. All Rights Reserved. This collaged image is not for use in any form without explicit, express, written permission. The three images used are public domain and no monies will be made from this piece.

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created in PS Elements, using St. Patrick's Day brushes by Obsidian Dawn.

Created using Adobe Photoshop/Firefly

Created with Ultra Fractal

Created in DDG Text 2 Dream using its new "Artistic" Ai model.

Filters: PSE21 and Topaz Studio.

Some hand painting.

Thanks for your visit, faves, and kind comments.

Created for Down Under Challenge 2024 July "White Elephant"

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Thanks to Denice for starter image

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Created using Stable Diffusion (SDXL)

Created with Midjourney AI

Created with DAZ3D Studio

Created using Dall-E

Create.Destroy.Conquer

to bad about the trees.

Created using Bing Ai / DALL-E 3

Created with Midjourney AI 5.1

Prompt: “ A full body shot of a young girl playing with a dog in a field with trees,1950 wet plate photography, pinhole camera, dramatic light, suspenseful and misty atmosphere, foggy, atmospheric lighting, dark and moody, eerie, gritty, murky, gloomy, ominous, apocalyptic, monotone –v 5.1 “

A film grain overlay was added in Photoshop.

Created with RNI Films app. Preset 'Kodak Ultramax 400 v.2'

Create with Mandelbulb 3D

created for:Photoshop Contest week 693

Original photo by; cherylholt

Boys by; Dreamstime

Created with RNI Films app. Preset 'Agfa Optima 200 v.3 Faded'

Created in Deep Dream Generator

First Monday Group exhibition

Wymondham Cross by Dave Balcombe

www.flickr.com/photos/138971468@N06

First Monday are a small group of photographers we meet monthly in Wymondham, Norfolk for a meal and to chat about our photography. We offer each otehr an honest appraisal and plenty of encouragement and we hope you enjoy this, our fourth exhibition, which feaures a variety of work and different styles.

Created for: Surrealart challenge "Dress the naked"

Original ~ Auguste Raynaud ~ with apologies

created for: Surrealart challenge " unusual houses"

Created for the Digitalmania challenge where this week we are taking inspiration from the work of Justyna Kopania.

The background is a blend of several images (one courtesy of JoesSistah) the rest my own, and the elongated figures are brushes (Midnightstouch).

Thank you for looking.

© Willie Kers 2018

Created for Kreative People's Treat This #78

Thanks to Skagitrenee for the awesome images shown below

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Created for Saturday Self-Challenge

Thanks to Mike ~ jus tt for fun for rocking horse soldier.

My own textures

I hope this is good enough for this week's SSC - I hated everything that I photographed this week, so decided to create this instead. To me, Christmas is all about MAGIC, and this is as close as I could get to recreating the magic that I felt as a child. I hope you all have a great Christmas and enjoy with family and friends. ;0))

Created with RNI Films app. Preset 'Ilford Delta 100 Faded'

Created by Andrew Edward.

Captured in Jamaica Street, on the McKeown Rice Exhibition Space, which was designed and curated by Baltic Creative and Castle Fine Arts Foundry.

Created with Dream Wombo

Created for The Rainbow Works October 2015 Texture Challenge

Textures by Elné

Created for the Kreative People Treat This #16: www.flickr.com/groups/1752359@N21/discuss/72157639024659103/

Glass Beads Source Image by SkagitRenee: www.flickr.com/photos/skagitrenee/11554948326/

Created for

We're here visiting Alphabet Potatoes

ODT: Smoke/Fire

Created for DigitalMontage Challenge 10 - TIME

Clock~ My Own

Large Crow ~pngimg

Flying Crows~Google

Clouds ~GFX

Other Elements ~Freebies

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Created in MidJourney AI

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

art created from my photos

There is a great blueberry farm near me where anyone can pick their own.

The first summer I heard about it, I went on the last day they were open for the season and got only a handful of tiny berries. So I set my online calendar for each summer now and pick berries several times. I ended up with more than 25 bags (1/2 lb/each) of huge berries in my freezer in 2016 and my husband and I have been enjoying them with cereal, yogurt, in muffins and waffles.

Alan created this piece of pink Jasper to have that vintage/antique vibe, size 8, number 992 and now available

Created for Kreative People's Treat This 69

Source image courtesy of lensletter SOURCE

Created with Mandelbulb 3d.

Created for KreativePeople TT214 challenge.

Wooden fence with thanks from Mike.

1 SciFi images purchased from Renderosity.

Dragon was a lovely gift from a dear friend.

Psychedelic effects on wings from this Dream, mine.

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Prompt: create a digital fine art, ultra-realistic, from the referenced image, of a country home taken in autumn with several trees in the background, and leaves on the lawn, with several pumpkins scattered around with the scene lit with natural daylight. no noise, no grain, horizontal aspect ratio

This digital fine art was created using OpenAI Sora AI and Photoshop

Created in Dream by Wombo Ai.

Filters: PS Beta 2023 v.25.0, Topaz Studio.

Photoshop Beta has introduced a new filter group called Parametric. This work utilizes the sphere model.

I love it already !!! A sample of another of the models:

www.google.com/search?q=photoshop+beta+parametric+test&am...

Some hand painting.

Thanks for your visit, faves, and kind comments.

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

Created with Leonardo AI

Pic by Adrian

Created and textured in Topaz Studio

Created for the Aspiring Metalsmiths Group April Challenge, which is to create a piece of wearable art based on a favourite artist or style of art.

Inspired by the work of Canadian artist Lawren Harris, one of the founding members of the Group of Seven. I love the flowing lines and serenity in his abstract landscapes.

Sterling silver, recycled copper, dyed agate.