While I was down at the estuary and Mini Marina last Sunday I found these delightful stairs going up to a very posh house.

Although I don't like stairs without risers I think I could manage these, especially as they have a good handrail and safety bars too.

Much better viewed large.

Thank you for your favourites. :O)

A very attractive house with a double staircase entryway. Posh or what?!!

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Good night my friends!

For those who appreciate Satie's music:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=H99QJYeqC_E

Simon and Garfunkle "The Sound of silence":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hUy9ePyo6Q

I read music!

mood

coming back to cosplay for a sec

Outside of Washington DC's Union Station you can always see long lines of taxis waiting for fares. Back in my college days, I drove a taxi so I can understand how hard these cabbies work. They put in very long hours doing what can sometimes be a dangerous and thankless job. The next time you ride in a taxi, please tip your driver generously. They really deserve it!

EXPLORED on March 23, 2016 #359

Thanks for looking, everybody!

Waiting for Cattle by Irene Becker © All rights reserved

Panmadina, cattle underpass, Kaduna Zaria expressway, Nigeria.

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Trego, WI as this former Milwaukee Road SW-1 earns its keep for master shortline operator Greg Vreeland.

Thanks for all your faves and comments everyone!

I really appreciate them!

I translated my website to English. Check it out!

www.wimvanbezouwphotography.nl

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Contender for Macro Mondays theme 'Egg' and 52 in 2024 Challenge category 31. Egg.

Please spare a thought for the poor guy behind the camera, who was forced to eat a whole bag of Mini Eggs to produce this image.

Stack of 50

This particular egg was 2 1/8 inches before it was broken, and it's turned so it's not completely side on, the image is exactly 3 in wide at the point the egg touches the ground, according to my calipers anyway 😊

Submission for Zooby Contest

Full details here

Featuring Zooby Animesh Baby, Zooby Animesh newborn, Amitie -In the country Backdrop , Focus Poses -Cutest in the Pumkin Patch, Doux Hair

iPhoneography for today! =D

Thanks for all the comments and faves, Flickr Friends!

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Here's a tasty treat

Protein for a fledgling wren

Something good to eat

and for the people of Paris. What unthinkable acts of terrorism there. So very sad, so very sorry.

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A homework assignment for a photo/writing class that I'm currently taking. We had to create an image to compliment (not illustrate) a poem written by someone else. I made this photo to go with the following poem:

Perpetual Spring by Amy Gerstler

Gardens are also good places

to sulk. You pass beds of

spiky voodoo lilies

and trip over the roots

of a sweet gum tree,

in search of medieval

plants whose leaves,

when they drop off

turn into birds

if they fall on land,

and into colored carp if they

plop into water.

Suddenly the archetypal

human desire for peace

wells up in you. The lion

and the lamb cuddling up.

The snake and the snail, kissing,

Even the prick of the thistle,

Queen of weeds, revives

your secret belief

in perpetual spring,

your faith that for every hurt

there's a leaf to cure it.

For 123 Pictures in 2023 #1 "Once u[on a time" -

Once upon a time there were three bowls of posole. One was very hot, one was too mild, and one was just right. So I ate all three.

Posole is a stew of pork, chile, and corn kernels that have been soaked in an alkaline solution (this would be the actual posole). The name is an Aztec word for this type of corn, and the dish's origins go back to the Aztec empire. Now it is commonly served in the American Southwest, particularly New Mexico, where this recipe comes from. For me it is a New Years Day tradition. The ingredients are pork tenderloin, onion, canned hominy (the modern version of posole kernels), three types of red chile, cumin, oregano, and chicken stock.

There is no foot too small that it

cannot leave an imprint in this world.

Looking close... on Friday! - Shoe Sole

(photo by Freya, edit by me)

Thanks for views, faves and comments!

this icon pack is for my Bí í í í í

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used to be in love with someone and gave up

but they intentionally hurt me over and over again ...

Not ones I'd normally see, as they're in a shop that's been refurbished.

Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites.

Edit for Pebbles <3 www.flickr.com/photos/toesintothesand

I hope you enjoy

Thanks to irisb477's beautiful texture

www.flickr.com/photos/emeraldrose/3009331611/

For my offering for Super Saturated Sunday today I thought I would take an innocuous, unprepossessing photograph (of which I have a vast collection) and quickly turn it into some lurid faux Modern Art that might vaguely emulate the kind you see for sale in galleries for tens of thousands of pounds.

This is a picture of bubbles in the frozen water in a broken mug in my garden taken at the end of December. (For a more normal version of another image taken at the same time see flic.kr/p/2kpGhPy ).

It was developed and processed in Affinity Photo, but the fancy stuff done using Nik Color Efex. The bulk of the effect was due to solarisation combined with a bi-colour filter to create more of a colour gradient across the image, a technique I have used often for this sort of overcooked colour from nothing approach.

A total stack of eight or nine filters was used (it was playtime after all) with some contribution from things like glows and soft focus, selective contrast and graduated ND filter effects. (If you’d like the preset I made from this do ask :) ).

So that was the first twenty minutes dealt with so what should I do with the rest?

Well, I decided to extend the gallery metaphor and make the work look a bit as if it had been hung on a wall. I combined broad frame with directional drop shadow and embossing and then used the Lighting filter to add three spotlights pointing downward as if had been lit from above. I also used the same filter to add a textured, impasto element to the painting and give it some relief.

So there we are. You know where to send those five-figure cheques, don’t you?

I’ll add a link to the in-camera original so you can see where we came from.

Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you are wearing your sunglasses. Happy Sliders Sunday!! :)

For best view left click on the photo and see it better.

Thank you for your kind views, comments, awards and faves.

More of my photographs may be seen at:

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What I liked about traveling with my friend is that she is Fearless, whether it was driving one lane mountain roads or stopping and exploring a property! This little church caught our eye and it's for sale too! Wouldn't it make a neat house? I thought the windows were broken out but actually they are like a dark leaded glass and most of them were covered to protect them. In later research I did find out that this was the Ellisville Methodist Church and that it has been unused for 20 years, but I couldn't find any info on when it was built.

For Sliders Sunday

A quick fun snapshot taken at the Botanical Garden this spring. I walked around, noticed some motion on the surface of one of the ponds there, and saw this small shoal of small fish flocking together in a heart shape. They were being fed at that moment, I guess.

I had forgotten that the camera's aspect ratio was still set to 1:1 (there's a dial for the different aspect ratios on the fixed lens), so here 1:1 was more of an accident than actually intended (as was f14). Usually I won't use the preset 1:1 aspect ratio because the Lumix's 12.8 megapixels will be reduced to 10 megapixels then (it's got something to do with the LX100's "multi format sensor", apparently), but unlike with my OM-D, where I only ever use 4:3, and crop the image later in LR, if desired, I often switch between 4:3 and 16:9 on the Lumix.

Processed in LR and Luminar. The water had been very muddy and dull, so I thought that this needed some colour to jazz it up a little. I don't recall each step, as this is an image I've been working on from time to time. But as a finishing touch I used a slightly tweaked Luminar preset, one of Wim Arys' "Atomic Colours", Bismuth, if I remember correctly. Added a sky texture in ON1, too.

A Happy Sliders Sunday to you all!

Pray for Paris, pray for the world, pray for HUMANITY...

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ad victoriam - For victory

Hey everyone, here’s a vignette that’s been sitting on my desk for months and I finally found the motivation to finish it. It’s nothing too interesting but I had fun making the figures.

My mother always loved her garden and her flowers and plants. She had a green thumb.

This poppy is growing in our garden ...and I am waiting for the flowers to open in all their beauty.

MOTHER is the topic for Saturday, May 11, 2019 group our daily challenge

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Dolmen (Megalitic Era). Alentejo, Portugal

Thanks for texture. I hope you don't mind. It's for you.

For Sale at Amerhidl (Skoura oasis) ! (needs some work)

The oasis of Skoura's claim to fame is its long line of kasbahs along two seasonal rivers. Its appearance may be deceptive to many, being so long, it may recall images of a forest more than a huge oasis. Still it is even larger, most of the oasis runs north from the road.

The most impressive among the many attractive kasbahs is the Amerhidl, dating back to the 17th century. Its design and grand size made it fit to illustrate the back of the Moroccan 50 dirham note.

The best knee socks I own.

Hi guys...

Thank for your kindness over the last few months..

sadly Annie died last night...

she passed away peacfully with us by her side..

She made the brave decision not to try to fight the cancer

were of course heatbroken at her passing but happy that she wont have to suffer anymore...

She was a remarkable lady who took me into her family and treated me as if i were one of her own ...

Annie our beautiful kind hearted Mother, Grandmother and Greatgrandmother..

God bless her and god bless you all for your prayers and kind wishes...

Ive sat here for hours trying to think of words to say,but they just wont come..

Other than my life was better for knowing her and being part of her family

who never cease to amaze me with thier down to earth love,closeness ,honesty

and ability to find laughter even in the worst times..

I was going to say ill miss her but i wont because she will always be in my heart...

my love and thanks to your kind messages and mail...

much much love andrew xo

For May 12th“Me/CFS and Fibromyalgia

International Awareness Day“.

Auswahlfoto:

Für“Smile on Saturday“ am 07.05.2022.

Thema:“ Blue for you“- ME 2022“

Thanks for views,faves and comments:-)

Polaroid SX-70. PX 680 Beta Test Film.

I took this (and Suttree sat) for anniebee and davebias. My sincerest thanks for participating in The Next Movement.

for Collabor88...start!(APR. 8~)

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{yumyum} Bouquet of mimosa ♡

For more info on the instrument: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theorbo

...and for all lonely people a bit of luck and hope for the coming year.

Better seen larger. Press L and F11.

If you have enough time then you can look my video here (Part1) and

here (Part2)

My nickname at Youtube is Voligamo.

Sagres, Praia de Tonel, Elmarit 28mm.

Praia do Tonel is popular with surfers as it offers a brisk-westerly wind that often produces large Atlantic breakers. Also nice for sunbathing etc. because of the sheltered spots back towards the cliffs.

Dim the lights

Thanks for all your visits, comments and invites on my previous photos and for all the support and friendship in the past "Flickr year", much appreciated!

Created for Kreative People Treat This 317 ~June 01 - June 07.

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Created in DDG Text 2 Dream as a source for two works.

The prompt is the title.

I used xandra m's orchid photo below as the source.

www.flickr.com/photos/xandram/52932097143/in/dateposted/

Filters: PS Beta 23, Topaz Gigapixel Ai, Topaz Studio.

Thanks for your visit, faves, and kind comments.

The Kifune-Jinja Shrine 貴船神社 is over 1600 years old and is older than Kyoto itself. It enshrines the god of water and rain, and was visited in the past by Imperial envoys that came to pray for rain. Farmers and sake brewers have traditionally paid homage at this shrine.

Taken at the lantern-lined staircase to The Kifune-Jinja Shrine, Kyoto, Japan

I had been mulling this over for a while now, but today I scored a full weekend pass for SDCC, so I'm gonna need some money to spend there, so after a few years Desert Rose is for sale, my asking price may be a little high, I'm looking to get around $300 for her but I'd be way more flexable with any flickr folks and I'd ship her to you for free, she'll also be up on ebay.

These look ever so steep to me, but I did like the mug at the bottom. I wonder if it's for refreshments before going up, or once down!

Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites. :O)