Parkes, NSW, Australia, September 2015.

Carlsbad, California

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This week's Big Excitement for me ! My first excursion with my newly delivered camera took me to our nearest field and it was being harvested. A combine harvester - Oh JOY ! You can see the dust it's kicking up over there on the right near the trees. The driver saw me taking photos and kindly drove down the field again and right past me, smiled and gave me a 'thumbs up'. Isn't it wonderful when people are so kind? Made my day ! (That may be my next upload).

The clouds were beautiful and I loved the lines the newly cut stubble made, so I painted this scene in Topaz Impression 2. I do hope you like it !

As always, thank you so much for your comments, faves or for just looking. Happy weekend to you all ... I hope you find similar kindness and friendliness in everyone you meet.

YOUR kindness has meant this image reached Explore number 79 on 13 August 2016 - thank you all so very much !

A beautifully calm sunrise over Skipwith Common.

© 2008 Gert van Duinen. All rights reserved.

View larger on black - My latest work in Darckr

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Technique: NT-HDR - my term for 'Natural Tone' High Dynamic Range.

Just an ordinary Tone-mapped mixture of 3 exposures.

In PS: a global contrast enhancement with a custom Curve layer and 15% saturation.

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Location: near Kathen-Siedlung, Emsland. Germany.

Exposure settings: 1/125s, f/8, ISO 50, Bias: -/+2 EV.

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Fields of Dandelion on both sidesof the road.

2018 one photo each day

52 weeks the 2018 Edition - Road within a landscape

HFF!

A large field of round bales of cornstalks which will be used for feed or bedding over the long winter to come.These have become increasingly popular in our area as an occasional alternative to hay.They have less nutrional value to hay,but if you are a little short on hay,they will work.We baby our cows,only the finest hay for them! LOL

Explore, 5/25/2009, Front Page

Gotland Sweden /Aug-17

Feld bei Maisbach / Nußloch

Brösarps backar

Taken along the Vitava river in the Czech Republic.

A travers champs

Topaz Impression 2

Nik Color Efex and texture overlay

Gotland Sweden /July-17

Shot handheld with 50mm lens. Shot this while hunting for flies and bugs for my macros... I like the somewhat golden tinge in the shot. This looks like a candidate for some fancy PP work/effects, but haven't been able to determine which one ;o)

Looks a bit better when viewed large. Wishing you all a great weekend!

My Flowers & Macro set.

Nikon D750

Cosina AF 19-35/3.5-4.5 MC

The view out over Worcestershire from Little Malvern Priory

Denver Botanic Gardens

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...Yes...definitely should have... :-(

A lower field of oats to the left and above the boundry on a higher field to the right some more oats, unseen,except in the distance !!

Taken nr Bentley,Hampshire.

Rainer Schund of Aft

Ayrshire, Scotland