Shortly after our military acknowledged that there are UFO's - I spotted this amazing creature hovering above the forest surrounding my cabin. He was electrically charged, and snapped and sizzled - but emitted no sounds that I could construe as a language. We locked eyes, and then in a flash he was gone.

(For Slider's Sunday Group.) HSS!

Created on my iPad for the Handheld Art Challenge When Autumn Falls, and, The Award Tree Challenge 176 - Autumn Artistry

iPad applications used for layers, blending, and textures: PicsArt and Pixlr.

Textures used are my own and those found in PicArt and Pixlr

I used Photoshop Elements 13 for Mac for minor tweaks.

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I was playing with the colours to see what would happen.

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Epica - Nemo

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFPSZPeXR-U

If your want to get into metalish music try Epica :)

I love her voice

Explored : 291 on Friday, September 27, 2013

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This photo is dedicated to a girl I meet on the gray hound six years ago. I forget her name, but she was a year or two older than me. I recall I found her really interesting and cool until she told me that she was Crystal the water goddess. She was writing a story with her friends and everyone had their own identities. At the time I was judgmental and I thought basically people who diverged from the norm were strange and therefore I had an right to make fun of them. I didn't do it to her face, but I told my friends at the time about her stories. And, we were making jokes about how lame Crystal the Water Goddess was. And, now I am reflecting on my reaction to when a stranger opening themselves to me telling me about their imagination . And, I reacted like a horribly and I hope now that I am more of an open person when it comes to people exposing their-selves to me that I'll listen to what they have to say without judging them. Plus having an imagination is awesome :)

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It works better large on black - white background pollutes the eyes.

Constructive critiques welcome.

I Love the Concerts of the Symphony Orchestra of my city.

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Fruit for you! Please,

used: Pixabay - Photoshop - Filter Forge

This is a composite image. I useed a different background. The original image of the eagle was captured with a dark blue sky and no clouds.

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The great musician

Fort William H. Seward, also known as Chilkoot Barracks and Haines Mission, is a site at Port Chilkoot in Haines Borough, Alaska, about 0.5 miles from the city of Haines. It was the last of a series of 11 military posts established in Alaska during the gold rush era, and was Alaska's only military facility between 1925 and 1940. It provided a policing presence for miners moving into the gold mining areas in the Alaskan interior, and a military presence during negotiations over the nearby international border with Canada. The fort is named for William H. Seward, the United States Secretary of State who oversaw the Alaska purchase.

Here you see one of the original buildings on the fort. Standing high above the town of Haines - many of the historic and weather beaten buildings, are badly in need of repair. It takes a lot of money to get them restored and habitable.

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For Sliders Sunday, I took the delicate meadow rue to Topaz Studio 2 and applied an impressionism filter (Monet to be exact). Happy Sliders Sunday! HSS!

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Litle big econ

We have a huge flock of Lapland Longspurs, and another huge flock of Junco's, and they are all feeding together like chickens in a barnyard.

We also have a couple of Spruce Hens, a few Varied Thrush, some Repoles, and numerous black capped and boreal chickadees. A pair of huge Ravens show up a couple of times each day, and they chase off all of the smaller birds, until they get bored and take flight. - and then the little birds return, fluttering to the ground like autumn leaves.

We have gone way over our birdseed budget - but with a couple of feet of snow still on the ground - we feel a need to help our feathered friends, as they make their way to their breeding grounds.

I beg you....,

used Filter Forge, Pixabay, Photoshop

The folks in this cabin have endured a very tough winter. Temperatures down to 45 F. degrees below zero - and more snow than usual. From the looks of their roof - most of the heat from the woodstove is lost due to lack of insulation. But they are doing just fine, and looking forward to spring.

**(Explored March 14, 2018 Highest # 21)

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What do you see?

Town Hall, Sydney

June, 2022

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Even though this image is highly manipulated and abstracted, there are still hints to the original photo including concrete blocks, corrugated metal, rust, and even a stencil ("Safety Guard Steel Co") on the door from the original photo.

Original photo: "Grime Scene" - taken in Millvale, PA can be seen here:

www.flickr.com/photos/cj_proartz/15104833516

Another abstracted version can be viewed here:

www.flickr.com/photos/cj_proartz/15946692594

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Posted to the Feb 2015 challenge: "Vivid Colors" at Art Museion (www.flickr.com/groups/artmuseion)

Chosen as the cover image on the Art Week Gallery Theme Group 5/20/21

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Dragonfly fantasy,

used Filter Forge, Photoshop

Light in the night,

used Photoshop, Pixabay, Filter Forge

Sphere-filtered abstract sidewalk sculpture simply because I was feeling like an orange-y upload.

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This slider was used for Smile on Saturday theme: Needles or Spines. Original picture taken through glass was dull and lackluster. Sliders brought out the beauty of this fish. See original:

www.flickr.com/photos/dionepsoc/54112711959/in/album-7217...

Taken at the Audubon Aquarium in New Orleans (new upload).

"Lionfish have fleshy tentacles above their eyes and below the mouth; fan-like pectoral fins; long, separated dorsal spines; 13 dorsal spines; 10-11 dorsal soft rays; 3 anal spines; and 6-7 anal soft rays."

Lionfish are considered an invasive species in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean where they have no known predators. Unlike the Pacific Ocean where their enemies are sharks, tiger grouper, eels, cornetfish, and scorpionfish.

They are carnivorous and eat native herbivore fish which in turn leads to algae on coral reefs growing unabated.

"Their venomous spines can deliver a painful sting that can last for days. The sting can cause sweating, respiratory distress, and even paralysis."

Moral of the story: Don't mess with a Lionfish!

But Happy Smile on Saturday!

Theme: Needles or Spines

Hopefully the wind behaves...

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Bison,

used: Own photo, Filter Forge, Photoshop

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Lovely sounds,

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