The hidden faces,

Used: Filter Forge, Pixabay, Photoshop

I found a bunch of starlings today. They seemed to like me.

Day 171

Enterprise

Peafowl 34558708130_15a6212371_o_created_using Own photo, _Artensoft_Photo_Collage_Maker, Pixabay, Photoshop

The sound of music,

used Photoshop, Pixabay, Filter Forge

Digital Manipulation

My Textures (Free Textures by TCP)

~~~~~ My own photo digitally manipulated and painted

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__ Store front in Stockholm, Sweden

Gamla Stan = Old Town

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Uploaded on February 12, 2018

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When living and traveling in the extreme north, you often see sides of buildings spruced up with art work. I enjoy seeing the talent on display - and try to capture as many as I can before they either burn down or are painted over. This building is located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.

*(I chose to process this in HDR, in order to bring out the detail that might have been missed in the original shot.)

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Blue symphony,

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Brazilian Jasmine

Explored an interesting and gravity-defying place today.

Day 316

Explored. Peaked at #459.

Photographed at Jordan Lake in Moncure, NC

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Don't think many of you know that besides photography, sports cars are definitely my other passion in life :D I have been inspired by automotive photography for a very long time and always admire what other professional photographers can achieve. However it wasn't until last weekend that I decided to give it a go at creating a moving automotive shot & really... what could be better than being able to shoot and create an action image of my very own car! Since this is my first attempt, please feel free to criticise :D I'm sure I will lots more to learn & I can't wait to create more !

For those who are keen to do a similar image like this, there are a few ways to achieve this. The cool way is of coz to shoot it with a specialised rig attached to the car or shoot it from the back of a ute. Unfortunately I do not have the privilege of these so you guess it... the only one for me is through photoshop :P (which many professional photographers did too!)

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An moving action shot of Mercedes SLK280 (which I had since 2011)

The Shot

3 exposure shots (+2..0..-2 EV) of static car with background in RAW with tripod

3 exposure shots (+2..0..-2 EV) of only background without car in RAW with tripod

Camera :: Canon 5D Mark II

Lens :: Canon EF 16-35mm F/2.8L

Tripod :: Manfrotto 055XPROB with 498RC2 Head

Photomatix

- Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option

Photoshop

Background with road image

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- Added 1 layer mask effect of duplicated image with radial blur (zoom) for road action effect

- Added 2 layer mask effect of duplicated image with motion blur for moving trees effect

- Added 2 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (reds & yellows) to tone down selective area

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (cyans & greens) to darken the vegetations

Static car image

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- Added 2 layer mask effect of duplicated image with radial blur (spin) + free transform (warp) for spinning wheels effect

- Added 1 layer mask effect of duplicated image to remove background & just keep the car and shadow

Final image

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- Blended car image onto background image

- Added 2 layer mask effect of duplicated car image with 30% & 50% opacity for shadow on moving road

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'brightness' to darken the shadow

- Added 3 layer mask effect of 'curves' for selective contrast

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'photo filter' (warm) to enhance the image

- Cloned off my face at the driver seat (for my own preference & purpose of privacy lol! :P)

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This afternoon the 2021 Iditarod Race will begin. Sadly - due to Covid, it is has been drastically changed this year. (See article below)

In this image I was having a little early morning chat with a neighbor who is participating in this year race.

Sun, March 7, 2021, 2:06 AM•

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Forty-seven mushers and their teams of huskies were due to begin their trek into the Alaska wilderness on Sunday for the 49th annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, on a course drastically altered by the coronavirus pandemic.

The starting line of the 2021 event has been placed off-limits to the usual crowds of cheering spectators, and none are expected anywhere along the abbreviated route for this year's running of the world's most famous sled-dog race.

Access to the start area - a secluded spot at the edge of a frozen river in Willow, Alaska, about 75 miles north of Anchorage – has been confined to competitors and essential race personnel.

Canceled was the usual Saturday ceremonial kickoff to the race in Anchorage, a day of festivities that traditionally have packed Iditarod fans into the downtown district of Alaska's largest city.

And there will be no finish line in Nome, the Bering Sea town that has long served as the end point for a race course that roughly follows the path of the legendary diphtheria serum run to Nome by dog sled teams in 1925.

Instead, this year's race will run to an uninhabited checkpoint called Iditarod and an abandoned mining settlement named Flat, then turn around for a second leg sending mushers back to the starting line at the Deshka River in Willow.

The total distance is about 860 miles, roughly 100 miles shorter than the traditional route to Nome.

The coronavirus-altered route is designed to minimize contact with residents of the region. Even where the trail nears villages, the checkpoints are isolated with access restricted. The route skips all the native Athabascan villages along the Yukon River and all the Inupiat villages on the Bering Sea coast.

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The sculpture (by Zimbabwe sculptor Gregory Mutasa) was on display in one of the still ponds at RBG (Royal Botanical Gardens) and the large urn is part of a ground display. The idea of placing them into a more natural setting was for a want of something to do other than eat during the holidays.

Traveling in Keystone Canyon along the Richardson Highway here in Alaska, Doc and I stopped to photograph The famous "Bridal Falls". Having done so in the past - I turned my attention to the canyon wall just behind me and discovered a different, and some what tropical, looking vegetation sprouting from the face of the rocky surface. While other's busied their selves with capturing the falls - I was odd girl out, as I clicked away with my back to the main attraction. This is what I saw. . .

Another image inspired from recently reading Michael Crichton's book, "Micro".

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This is a re-worked image of a crepe jasmine that I posted some time ago. I had a bit of fun by adding a twirl and sphere, plus I saturated the colours. After all, it's Sliders Sunday! HSS!

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