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Un petit bonjour à tous les ami(e)s de Flickr :-)
A quick hello to all Flickr friends :-)
Moi...aujourd'hui dans l'armée de l'air pour une période de réserve.
Me...today in the French Air Force for a period of reserve.
J'ai 57 ans - I am 57 years old
A re-creation of an impressionism painting by Renoir using Midjourney AI V5.1
Prompt: “ a painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ‘Doge's Palace in Venice’, impressionism, paint on canvas, energizing vitality with depth and balance, heavy use of brushes and palette knives, detailed, abstract impressionism, textured paint, one-of-a-kind, masterpiece, 3D paint on canvas, sharp focus, wide angle view, --v 5.1 --ar 18:9 --no frame, border, text, caption, signature “
Post-processing was primarily done with GIMP with G’MIC filters. First, I created a “Paint with Brush” layer and a “Gradient Sharpening” layer using the AI image. These new layers were blended into the original AI image. I then processed that compilation with the “Brushify” filter using a custom brush to embed the fine texturing. This resulting image was then processed with the “Texture Enhance” filter and another light “Gradient Sharpening” pass.
According to Venetian official statistics approximately 16 million people visited the province of Venice in 2011, with increases projected for 2012-13. Most if not all visitors, come to visit the central island Venezia in order to see and be in the heart of the city. Geographically the city center which includes St. Mark’s Basilica, St Mark’s Square, the Doge’s Palace, the Rialto Bridge, as well as the homes and businesses of Venetians exists on a land mass that is roughly six square miles. These six square miles are criss-crossed by the Grand and the not-so-grand canals which invite tourists to explore the nooks and crannies of a medieval powerhouse that still displays its heritage.
However, as a frame of reference, visitors should do the math. Public access to the six square miles of the central part of Venice is reduced by the areas occupied by private housing, businesses and by canals. Effectively the 80,000 to 100,000 daily visitors and the 40,000 to 60,000 local residents or business employers and employees are competing for approximately one to two square miles of open space. Regardless of the crowds it should be noted that while tourists may travel stem to stern in seemingly endless lines of gondolas, on Venice’s solid ground no car, bus or motor scooter challenges a visitor’s right to live long and prosper. In Venice the trucks, cars, and buses come with keels and rudders. All vie for space on and in the canals. Gondoliers weave their boats and passengers through the Grand Canal water traffic much like carriage driver guide their clip-clopping horse drawn carriages through any busy city’s tourist center. To paraphrase Shakespeare, in Venice all the water’s a stage,
San Marco / Venice / Veneto / Italy
Album of Italy: www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157626300...
Going back to images from my recent trip to Italy, this is a desk located inside Doge's palace in Venice. Its position in the room, heavy shadows, and lines created by the wood beams and floor planks really caught my eye. It was a very interesting tour.
The Bridge of Sighs (Italian: Ponte dei Sospiri, Venetian: Ponte de i Sospiri) is a bridge in Venice, Italy. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone, has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the New Prison (Prigioni Nuove) to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace.
The Doge's Palace is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the former Venetian Republic, opening as a museum in 1923.
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There were three eagles menacing this flock of America coots off shore of Penticton Beach. My first instinct for those coots is to get out of Dodge. There are plenty of other water sources in the area, why pick the one with a family of eagles. The eagles were at it every evening, like clockwork just after sunset - Doge City. This particular evening they came up empty despite many dives with talons down in amongst the flock. The coots were terrified the eagles coming at them from different directions.