A completely clear sky is not ideal for pictures.

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It's too bad you can't smell the sweetness of the iris blooms!

"Timeless Valentine" . . .

As time goes by from year to year,

One thing is surely true, my dear;

Though decades come and decades go,

Just seeing you sets me aglow.

Time shifts my body; I start to sag,

When I pass a mirror, it can make me gag.

My joints all ache; I can hardly move;

Still a smile from you, and I’m in the groove.

Getting older can be a pain,

But with you along, I can’t complain.

Despite the things that we go through,

I know I’ll never stop loving you.

Your loving heart turns life to play,

As we laugh at time from day to day.

So I write this poem, and I’ll hang my sign,

Saying, "Always Be My Valentine."

(Poem by; Karl and Joanna Fuchs)

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This rainbow was captured on the edge of my bathroom sink; I placed it on a black negative space for added contrast effect. The original background (sink) muted the colors of the rainbow.

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Lake Ontario - Toronto - Canada

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Uploaded on January 14, 2022

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One of three geese families in our backyard lake! The little ones are growing up fast.

He had a dream

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Graphical essay on "Perseus monumental head". Sculpture by Christophe Charbonnel.

Essai graphique autour de la "tête monumentale de Persée", sculpture de Christophe Charbonnel.

Best viewing in full screen and zoom in.

Meilleur en plein écran et (ou) en zoomant.

__________ Traveling in the American West

A compilation of old photos taken on different trips, in different years,

to Travel Virtually in this time of being confined at home,

... enjoying them again with these old photos that I edit now.

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Digitally Manipulated and Painted.

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Uploaded om April 20, 2020

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Rhino - Beware the Nature,

used: Photoshop, Filter Forge

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~~~~ The Ceiling illumination system - Detail

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Natural History Museum Los Angeles County

Los Angeles _ California _ U.S.A

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Photo digitally manipulated and converted to Black and White

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Uploaded on April 24, 2021

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Created for the Make It Interesting - Challenge 1-Lotus

Source image with thanks to Swami Stream

Red filters from Perfect Effects

Buddha from one of my photos

Lake from one of my photos

California - USA

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Uploaded on January 28, 2022

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For Sliders Sunday

Post Processed to the Max

Laguna Beach, California

Fiery Dancer,

Used . Filter Forge, Pixabay, Photoshop

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Lovely dreams,

used: Pixabay - photoshop - Filter Forge

Blue Pots,

used: Filter Forge, Photoshop

Oak trees in the woodlands tend not to be as colorful during the fall as the ornamental trees used in landscaping around communities. Nevertheless, it is a special time to be out in nature… especially around water. I shot a series of sunset photos after hiking down to a primitive campsite along the shoreline of Argyle Lake near Colchester, Illinois. This photo was taken looking down the lake towards the dam and spillway. I think it does a good job of conveying the peace and serenity of this setting.

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Shock of the New Challenge # 56.0

~ SOTN ~ B&W ~ Monochrome ~

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Flower experiment

Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Toronto

Digital manipulation

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Surrealisms on the water surface at Cootes Paradise (RBG)

It was a freezing, sunny day

but in the picture

the snow, quite dirty, turned out gray

and the shadows a light blue.

This just won't do...

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Grapes,

used: Filter Forge, Photoshop

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