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Newport, Rhode Island gained a reputation as a playground for the rich and is home to some of the most impressive mansions from America's gilded age, but the area has always been home to a working maritime industry, as well, with a rich nautical history. Castle Hill Light is small at only 34', and far from opulent, but it performs its duty with the steadfast resolve of a New England waterman, regardless of the conditions.
Remotely located at the end of Ocean Drive, this granite guardian is an active navigation aid for all vessels entering the East Passage of Narragansett Bay between Conanicut Island (seen in the background) and Aquidneck Island.
Recognition:
Merit Image - JAN 2022 Professional Photographers of San Diego County (PPSDC) - Illustrative Category
The second piece I don't mind after some experimentation with illustrative effects in Photoshop. This one created from an original photo of mine of Paige Royal taken at a Canon event.
..Well messing about to create a kind of HDR look..:-)
Thanks for the end of year gift of Explore..:-)
The holidays bring to most people happyness, joy, and most of all, family. Often we suffer brokenness when one or more of these elements are missing as with the loss of a loved one such as family. Social networking sites such as this offer an exciting new relationships and destinations. However, we may not ever afford in person. So reach out and hug someone in need of these missing elements before it’s too late. XOXO!
Bandera amarilla. Visión de un paisaje costero humanizado, pero lleno todavía de una gran fuerza natural, ilustrativa de toda la riqueza que nos rodea.
Yellow flag. A vision of a humanized coastal landscape, yet still full of great natural force, illustrative of all the richness that surrounds us.
Leaves.
I posted a shot for Sliders Sunday last week. It was one of a set of variations on the theme all based on one original picture.
I didn’t have time to publish the rest at the time so I’ll do it now, in case it interests anyone.
The fun for me is in creating these different endpoints and seeing which ones work and which don’t. It’s always interesting to hear which you prefer too as that often surprises me.
The original image is linked in the first comment. I did about ten variants in all but I’ll only share the ones that I like for some reason or the other.
I absolutely love this one for the graphic illustrative look. I especially like the sedum flowers up in the top left, and the surreal twirliness of the small leaf veins.
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the images (and don’t get too bored!)
[This one was made using Topaz Studio 2 starting from the Melting preset and then tweaked and processed from there.]
This picture is illustrative, because it shows the line of normal ascent route. As a part of Loška stena, Vrh Krnice is a high and demanding goal. The normal route starts left below, just at the junction of Bavščica and Koritnica. Then it goes up all the way till the tree line and further across the slopes to the right. The upper climb again requires good orientation and choosing the right passages. Unfortunately, I never did that route :(
A semi-profile shot of this pheasant-tailed jacana (hydrophasianus chirurgus) provides a decent view of the bird's extended tail feathers from which it gets the first part of its name. Photographed in the margins of Parakrama Samudra Reservoir, in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. More at "Colin Pacitti Wildlife Photography & Fishing Travels" - www.colin-pacitti.com.
Serie di foto illustrative :)
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Finger painting I did in iPad ‘Notes’ with a little post editing.
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"Gibson Mill". This got a Second Place in last nights St Helens Camera Club Illustrative PDI Section.
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"I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.”
― Charlotte Brontë
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Procamera, Snapseed, Stackables App, Superimpose, Mextures
Beautiful and sensuous Vanessa with a light canvas texture applied illustrative style captured by Adrian of www.luminouslight.com
CLICK TO ZOOM IN to see CANVAS TEXTURE DETAILS!
Illustrative style photo art image on canvas texture of the gorgeous beauty Sylvia captured and artistically enhanced by Adrian of www.luminouslight.com
CLICK ON THE IMAGE ONCE or TWICE: to zoom in and see the extreme detail of the canvas texture applied in Photoshop. The rendering texture techniques applied look similar to hand drawing with pencil, conte or charcoal stick (mixed media black and white).
Beauty and elegance in an illustrative pencil style on textured canvas from a photo filter conversion with manual adjusted artistic touches in refinement, captured and designed by Adrian of www.luminouslight.com
This image of a well-preserved unnamed elliptical crater in Terra Sabaea, is illustrative of the complexity of ejecta deposits forming as a by-product of the impact process that shapes much of the surface of Mars.
Here we see a portion of the western ejecta deposits emanating from a 10-kilometer impact crater that occurs within the wall of a larger, 60-kilometer-wide crater. In the central part is a lobe-shaped portion of the ejecta blanket from the smaller crater. The crater is elliptical not because of an angled (oblique) impact, but because it occurred on the steep slopes of the wall of a larger crater. This caused it to be truncated along the slope and elongated perpendicular to the slope. As a result, any impact melt from the smaller crater would have preferentially deposited down slope and towards the floor of the larger crater (towards the west).
Within this deposit, we can see fine-scale morphological features in the form of a dense network of small ridges and pits. These crater-related pitted materials are consistent with volatile-rich impact melt-bearing deposits seen in some of the best-preserved craters on Mars (e.g., Zumba, Zunil, etc.). These deposits formed immediately after the impact event, and their discernible presence relate to the preservation state of the crater. This image is an attempt to visualize the complex formation and emplacement history of these enigmatic deposits formed by this elliptical crater and to understand its degradation history.
The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.
She is standing on a small bench and jumping as high as she could. In flip-flops. One 430EZ on a stand behind my left shoulder. Wind was blowing quite hard, so I had to watch it closely so it wouldn't blow over. It is right out of camera range so that I could keep the light at one stop over ambient. NOTE: this is not a composite.
Photoshop? LOL... Yeah...
Vignetting, textures, color saturation/desaturation, and several other tweaks to make it more illustrative.
Wishing everyone Happy Holidays from Simone Associates Inc. :)
www.billsimonephotography.com/
Photo was composited together from several images, some shot on location and some in the studio. For more information, visit Bill's Blog after 12/22
P.S. Thanks everyone for your comments! Bill's ecstatic that you like it :)
Beauty and sensuality with Dane Halo with illustrative edge effect from Topaz Studio captured by Adrian of www.luminouslight.com
Beauty and spontaneity in expression with glamour girl Jessica, rendered in a photo art illustrative style (hair is stylized with Topaz AI Remix, captured by Adrian of www.luminouslight.com
An illustrative moment of the 798 artist's colony in Beijing. The site is a reused ammunition plant from the war, and it has a gritty nature to it. It's odd to see the jet-set art crew hanging around in the same place as people using horses and carts to move construction materials. Horse and buggy and bluetooth headsets on the same street!
Illustrative skills as relentlessly inquiring Justice at
www.oyez.org/cases/1986/86-281
in Ray v. United States
Argued on Apr 28, 1987
Decided on May 18, 1987
Citation at 481 US 736 (1987)
Sensual elegance of the beautiful boudoir model Jennifer with an illustrative style effect captured by Adrian of www.luminouslight.com
It rolls off me like water on a ducks back...I so live by that code....and well here it is shown in living color..... too cool...
Beauty and enthusiasm with a delightful young lady with bokeh backdrop captured by Adrian of www.luminouslight.com
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Alyssa Wainio as Winter Goddess in vintage dress, rendered as photo art with an illustrative canvas texture and pencil drawing simulated rendering quality (half length image) captured and designed by Adrian of www.luminouslight.com
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ZOOM IN TO SEE CANVAS TEXTURE!
A capture on the edge of Featherbed Nature Reserve with almost illustrative processing at the edge of the ocean on the West Knysna head. These walkways are new and have been rebuilt since the devestating fire but above what remains are the charcoaled trees destroyed forever. The Reserve remains closed at the moment
The Great Fire of Knysna began on June 7 2017. It was a sunny Wednesday, a beautiful day that would be destroyed by evening. The first fires began in the rural area of Elandskraal, inland and far away from town itself. Though invisible, the smell of smoke was in the air.
30km away, on the other side of town, on the way to Plettenberg Bay, trees caught alight too. The West Head, along the ocean, became ablaze. The fire jumped the ocean to land on the East Head. By evening, 26 fires were raging. Knysna was not only cut off from the world but in hell as smoke gathered in the bowl that is the centre of town surround by hills.
The wind was the biggest enemy, gusting up to 120km/h, throwing burning branches hundreds of metres. These fiery catapults flew across the Salt River Valley and they landed on houses in many different places. However, those near valleys of alien pine trees faced almost certain disaster, the grooves in the earth funneling a furious wind that turned fire into a monstrous river of flame that broke on Knysna Heights.
Imagine 2000C heat, double that of a normal building fire, incinerating buildings and collapsing the soil structure of a town whose economy is based on its visitors love for nature. It would take 2 weeks and the greatest mobilisation of firefighters in South Africa’s history to get the fire under control. Even then, out in the bush, it smoldered and flared for weeks more.
22,000 hectares and over 1000 houses in the Garden Route were destroyed, most in Knysna, many uninsured. The homeless have yet to be counted but the unemployed are estimated at 2500. Animals have been greatly affected.
This is the one feeling that is more consistent for me than any other. It surpasses happiness, sadness, and most other emotions. It is a constant force in my life. It can be good. It can be bad. It is what pushes me to be more. It is what holds me back from being more. It is what we make it.
Fine art illustrative image of the beautiful ballerina Julia posing in style captured partly in silhouette and photo effects enhanced by Adrian of www.luminouslight.com
NEW VERSION: Glamour and beauty with the sensational Ivory Flame with "illustrative style filter applied" captured by Adrian of www.luminouslight.com
Illustrative style (similar to pencil drawing) photo art captured and image artistically enhanced by Adrian of www.luminouslight.com
The history of redlining in Baltimore, Maryland, is both significant and illustrative of the broader systemic racism that shaped urban development across the United States. Baltimore played a key role in the evolution of racially discriminatory housing policies. Here’s a detailed outline of that history:
I. Early Roots of Housing Segregation in Baltimore
A.
Nation’s First Racial Zoning Law (1910)
In 1910, Baltimore became the first U.S. city to pass a racial zoning ordinance, mandating that Black residents could not move onto blocks where whites were the majority and vice versa.
This ordinance was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1917 (Buchanan v. Warley), but the mindset and intent behind it continued in subtler forms.
B.
Restrictive Covenants (1920s–1940s)
Private contracts called restrictive covenants were widely used to prevent Black people and other minorities from buying or renting homes in white neighborhoods.
These covenants were supported by real estate boards and neighborhood associations, often promoted by the Baltimore Real Estate Board.
The Supreme Court declared such covenants unenforceable in 1948 (Shelley v. Kraemer), though they remained influential.
II. Federal Redlining and the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC)
A.
1930s HOLC “Residential Security Maps”
The Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) created maps of U.S. cities in the 1930s to assess the risk of mortgage lending. Baltimore’s map (1937) is a stark example.
Neighborhoods were color-coded:
Green (“Best”) – Wealthy, white, new suburbs.
Blue (“Still Desirable”)
Yellow (“Definitely Declining”)
Red (“Hazardous”) – Usually older, inner-city areas with Black or immigrant populations.
The red areas were denied access to mortgage loans—this is where the term “redlining” comes from.
B.
Impact on Baltimore
Virtually all Black neighborhoods in Baltimore were redlined.
Black families could not access federally backed home loans, driving disinvestment in those communities.
The map institutionalized racial segregation and underdevelopment.
III. Post-WWII Suburbanization and Segregation
A.
White Flight and Suburban Growth
Federal policies like the GI Bill and FHA loans enabled white families to move to suburban developments (like Levittown, MD, and others), while Black families were excluded.
Baltimore’s Black residents were confined to aging, overcrowded inner-city areas.
B.
Urban Renewal and Displacement
“Urban renewal” in the mid-20th century (especially in the 1950s–70s) demolished Black neighborhoods in the name of progress (e.g., highway construction, public housing).
Examples: Old West Baltimore was cut off by the construction of Highway 40 (the “Highway to Nowhere”), displacing thousands.
Public housing projects like Lexington Terrace and Murphy Homes became concentrated zones of poverty.
IV. Civil Rights Era and Legal Challenges
A.
Protests and Activism
Baltimore was active in the Civil Rights Movement. Activists fought against housing discrimination, school segregation, and employment inequality.
B.
Lawsuits and Policy Changes
In the 1970s and 1980s, lawsuits challenged discriminatory housing policies.
Example: The Thompson v. HUD case (filed in 1995) accused the federal government of continuing segregation through public housing policy. The court ruled that HUD had failed to affirmatively further fair housing.
V. Long-Term Consequences of Redlining
A.
Persistent Racial Wealth Gap
Redlining kept Black families from building generational wealth through homeownership.
Today, Black Baltimoreans are far less likely to own homes than white residents, and property values are often lower in formerly redlined neighborhoods.
B.
Health and Education Disparities
Redlined areas today correlate with poor health outcomes, underfunded schools, and environmental hazards.
Lack of investment has led to deteriorating infrastructure and social services in those communities.
C.
Modern-Day Segregation
Despite the end of formal redlining, racial segregation in Baltimore remains stark.
Neighborhoods often still reflect the 1937 HOLC map in terms of racial demographics, income, and opportunity.
VI. Current Efforts and Reckoning
A.
Mapping Inequality and Public Awareness
Projects like the “Mapping Inequality” initiative (University of Richmond) have digitized HOLC maps, helping visualize historical redlining’s legacy.
Baltimore organizations, universities, and city government have launched equity-based planning and housing justice initiatives.
B.
Equity and Reparative Policy
Proposals include affordable housing, reinvestment in marginalized neighborhoods, tenant protections, and reparative justice approaches.
In 2021, Baltimore acknowledged racial zoning and redlining’s role in creating inequality and pledged to address its effects.
Further Reading & Resources
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Baltimore native, has written extensively on housing discrimination and racial injustice.
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein includes detailed discussion of Baltimore’s role.
“Baltimore: A History of Race and Real Estate” – online archives and maps from Johns Hopkins University and Baltimore Heritage.
a fanzine of my illustrative work is out now! it's called 'A Quiet Stage' and was published by Atem Books, an independent publishing house based in Catalunya, Spain. so if you want to buy one then you can do so through Atem Book's website (link below). :)
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