On a beautiful fall afternoon in late 2012, I drove my Corvette from my home in Vallejo to Lake Solano in northern California to take pictures. Along the way, I had to pull over when I spotted this scene... the angle of the sunlight hitting the side of the mountain created beautiful contrasts and highlights in the trees. It was magical!

Unfortunately, there were some serious lens flare issues with the series of photos that I took. While revisting them tonight, I decided to see if I could use that to my advantage by adding sunbeams and then a bird... how do you think it turned out?

I orginally named this "Californian Paradise"... but liked the new title better.

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Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

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These showy wildflowers appear in spring near the edges of forests and along roadsides, generally in the mid-north region of the province. I tweaked the image in Photoshop Elements 15, then added an effect from Topaz Studio to render (I hope) a more painterly look. Happy Sliders Sunday! HSS!

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When twilight sets its last fires on the walls of the High Places of History, the mirages of the past are revealed which still haunt the site. A strange vibration then seems to inhabit the sky

Quand le crépuscule accroche ses derniers feux aux murailles des hauts-lieux de l'Histoire, se révèlent parfois les mirages du passé qui hante encore l'endroit. Le ciel peut alors sembler habité d'une vibration étrange.

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For Sliders Sunday, I thought it would be great fun to create my own lily cultivar without getting my hands dirty! I played with the hues quite a bit and increased the saturation a tad in Topaz Studio. Happy Sliders Sunday! HSS!

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A peony with a little slide here and little slide there in Topaz Studio. The colours remind me of sherbert! Happy Sliders Sunday! HSS!

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Harvest Mice of Mare Island's salt marsh best beware of what is in the air! After all, what you can't see can hurt you...

This is another image that I shot in 2012 along the salt flats on Mare Island in northern California. The highlighted weeds and seeds floating in the air first captured my attention. The Mare Island straight (i.e, water) and a mountain range can be seen in the distance. The background is washed out by the sunlight hitting the haze. And, yes, I’m still having fun with creating composites. In this one, I added the owl to complete the scene.

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Something a little different here! I suppose that total lockdown makes one a little bonkers, what can I say?

This is my first attempt at using Deep Dream Generator. I've been really inspired by the great photo art that some of you have created with DDG and thought I'd give it a whirl. After all, it's Slider's Sunday, a day to go hogwild with processing!

Happy Slider's Sunday! HSS!

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I've loved snapdragons my whole life and found some in a park's garden this summer. I can't tell you what I did, but I had great fun in creating this! Edited with effects in Topaz Studio for Sliders Sunday. Happy Sliders Sunday! HSS!

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If you look closely, you'll find a few ants going about their business. Incidentally, the background was a clump of low-growing evergreen bushes.

Edited with an added effect in Topaz Studio.

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From my archives: It was wonderful to find this Monarch in a natural setting. It's posed on a wildflower called Meadow Blazingstar which Monarchs are quite fond of. For Sliders Sunday, I processed this in Photoshop Elements 15 and then adjusted colours in Topaz Studio. Happy Sliders Sunday! HSS!

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I had no idea that a crab spider was in this frame until I saw it on my monitor! What immediately came to my mind was the old rhyme, "Spider Spider on the Wall!" Happy Slider's Sunday! HSS!

Editing and effects in Topaz Studio.

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The roses remind me the time with my grandmother in her garden, and I can still smell her roses...

«A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. - Leo Buscaglia»

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A peony was falling apart, but yet, I thought it's form was quite beautiful. Should we all age so gracefully!!! Edited and effects in Topaz Studio for Sliders Sunday! HSS!

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♫ Fly on ♫ - Cold Play

What the Last Evening Will Be Like

by Edward Hirsch

Night is endless here, silence infinite.

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COVID Global Deaths & Map - 1.8x "Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else." Fred Rogers

A tribute to Charlie Parker's "ornithology"

Un hommage à "Ornithology" de Charlie Parker

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Imaginary landscape

Paysage imaginaire

Processed in Topaz, texture from Jai Johnson.

A little bunch of flowers, then a little slide here, a little slide there. Hopefully I got this to look more like a painting than anything. I really enjoy impressionism so this is something along those lines (I hope). HSS! Happy Sliders Sunday!

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Roses with yellow center

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Posted for Sliders Sunday - Post Processed to the MAX!

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I vividly remember this particular day of trying to capture the Black Swallowtail that was zooming around in a meadow. You can just imagine me running around, trying not to fall in the lumpy terrain! (It was great fun)!

My goal with this slide was to try and mesh impressionism and vividness together using Topaz Studio. I hope you like the results. Happy Sliders Sunday! HSS!

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I couldn't think of a clever caption, so I decided to stick with what this flower is, a lily. it's an impressionistic approach via a slide here and a slide there! Effects are from Topaz Studio. Happy Sliders Sunday! HSS!

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I thought it would be great fun to increase vibrancy and add some effects to a group of tulips. The blooms were already bold, but I wanted them bolder! Happy Sliders Sunday! HSS!

Editing and effects were done in Topaz Studio.

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Spanish artist (Imaginarius – International Street Theatre Festival of Santa Maria da Feira)

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