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Created for: Treat This 308 ~ 15 January to 21 January 2023
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Wombo blend using the source
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White-Headed Buffalo Weaver, Dinemellia dinemelli, native to the dry brush and savanna of eastern Africa. San Diego Zoo's Africa Rocks aviary. Conservation status: least concern
Everything I said about the previous photograph applies here too. Shooting street scenes requires us being aware of more than just the subject in front of us. Here the light and shade, textures on the wall, and especially the colour, are the key elements. Here there's a nod to the late Canadian photographer Fred Herzog (1930-2019).
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Cill Chriosd Manse House, Nr Broardford, Isle of Skye
I'll give you a break from Valencia for a while!
Back to March and my trip up to Skye. I met up with Skyeweasel and although the weather/tides meant Elgol was pretty pointless she was kind enough to show me a few locations I'd not shot before on the Broadford to Elgol road.
I'd seen this old manse house on a map and aerial photo and had it in mind to try to find but Louise took me straight there and we must have spent 90mins at least trying different povs and portrait v Landscape orientations. The snow on the mountains added a different feel. Several areas of rock existed to create leading lines and this was one of them.
Have to say I really enjoyed this location so once again my sincere thanks to Louise for her help and guidance on the day. Check out her channel if you haven't already www.flickr.com/photos/95388056@N02
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In my view, the year 2025 may later be remembered as one of those fateful years that turned the course of history - comparable to 1914, though for different reasons. In 1914, a world still shaped by old monarchies, elites and ideals collided with the realities of industrial total war, and the shock triggered political, social, and economic change never seen in the history before.
The year 2025 has had its share of wars, catastrophes, and political instability. But in a dark sense, much of that feels familiar, bloody business as usual. The truly new element, the one with the potential to scale into a transformation of the 1914 magnitude, is the speed of artificial intelligence development. I have followed ChatGPT from the beginning, and what happened in 2025 felt unreal - not a linear improvement, as if years of progress were packed into months.
And the impact will land everywhere. In media, Deepfaked faces, voices, and "credible" footage can be produced at scale. In art and culture, it changes the way of creation itself. In warfare, it rewards speed, autonomy, and information advantage. And inevitably, states will try to harness this power, they do it always.
If this trajectory continues, we may look back on December 31, 2025 as a threshold. Those of us who watched that sunset were not simply ending a calendar year. We may have been witnessing the sunset of an older world - one that is still here, still familiar in many ways, but already beginning to recede before our eyes.
Highest Position - Explore #3 | 02.11.2008 (Thank you! :D)
Way to the start of the week once again! Monday blues as always but i'm trying s0o0o hard to be happy & smiley :D my colleague just told me i've a poker face.. can't tell whether i'm sad or happy LOL! Hope that's a good thing :P Nonetheless let's enjoy a great week ahead & catch u around!
View LARGE On Black to feel the sand ;)
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About
The Route to a Beautiful Sunset at West Beach
The Shot
Standard 3 exposure shot (+2..0..-2 EV) taken handheld using Sigma DC HSM 10-20mm lens
Photomatix
- Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option
Photoshop
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'curves' to increase the contrast
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (yellows & blues) to tone up part of the sky
- Applied slight dodging on the dark area of the sand dunes
- Used 'unsharp mask' (as always) on the background layer
You
All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are (as always) welcome
Music
Backstreet Boys - Shape of My Heart
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This house looked so sad for a very long time. The area at the front was overgrown and full to bursting with three cornered leeks.
It took the new owners a bit of time, but it's now looking lovely. You can just see the Welcome sign I took a photo of on the left hand wall - www.flickr.com/photos/44506883@N04/50176710771/in/album-7...
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Young red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) collecting hay. Grass was recently mowed with some hay remaining, and it's a great opportunity for some nest improvement.
Młoda wiewiórka (Sciurus vulgaris) zbierająca siano. Trawa zostałą niedawno skoszona i pozostało po tym nieco siana, co jest znakomitą okazją do ulepszenia gniazda.
'twas great fun watching a pair shore up their nest in anticipation of little ones this morning.
Northern VA
The Little Old Woman finally found a cobbler to add on to her shoe. Of course, now there is room for more children.
Created by blending elements from several Wombo images.
Thanks to Cindy Mc for the idea
Some of my old 1/72 were pretty rushed and all getting a good revisit. Much improved Mig-29 and now working on some camo versions.
a wetlands muskrat selected some new greenery from the opposite side of the pond to add to his shoreside home
I last stopped to photograph this small ruined building near Elphin back in 2014 ('Des Res'). It sits atop a small 'hill' with stunning views to Cul More and Suilven at left and right. The skies on this visit were particularly 'angry', rendering the mountains as almost black. I was pleased to see that perhaps this is not quite as abandoned as I thought; there was some additional, unexpected garden furniture added since my last visit.
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A CSX West Olive coal train turns the corner toward Grand Rapids in Plymouth, Michigan with a much improved yellow nose scheme. I hated the all grey and blue/grey schemes, this was an improvement but far from what could have been considering all the classy schemes that disappeared into Family Lines and CSX. April 1990
A Red-eyed Vireo returns to the nest with plant fiber that will be woven into the nest. It was fascinating to watch numerous trips in which the bird would return with a variety of natural materials to shore up the home front.
Shenandoah National Park
A pair of ratty two decade old AC400CWs still have appeal in their YN2 'bright future' scheme. The Y201 crew with the twin GEs has come out the lead on the west end of CSXT's yard and having cleared CP45 and received a signal from Keolis' Worcester Mainline dispatcher is starting east down Main 2 so they can then reinter the east end of their yard at CP42.
Meanwhile contractors have begun the work of pulling spikes and cutting the rail on the now out of service station track and main 1 as the big MBTA upgrade project gets underway. The end result will be a new full length high level center platform so two trains will be able serve the station at once. To learn more check out the MBTA's project site here: www.mbta.com/projects/worcester-union-station-improvements
The stunning circa 1911 Union Station built by the Boston and Albany but also serving the New Haven and Boston and Maine Railroads serves as a backdrop. The flags of the US and the Commonwealth fly proudly from the decorative towers which were part of the original station but came down in 1926 after only 15 years. However they rose again some 73 years later as part of the station's Phoenix-like restoration which was completed in 2000 after having been completely abandoned for a quarter century.
Worcester, Massachusetts
Monday March 21, 2022
Bald Eagle taking another offering home to the nest, maybe this one will pass its partner's approval.
Check out this picture to see what he brought 1st! www.flickr.com/photos/137525873@N08/51953549437/in/datepo...
Wo Lok Estate is the oldest existing public housing estate in Kwun Tong District, and the first public housing estate with seven-storeys blocks. The estate comprises 11 blocks of buildings of Old Slab type built from 1962 to 1966.
It was developed into 2 phases. Phase 1 included 8 seven-storey blocks built in 1962 and 1963, while Phase 2 included 3 blocks built in 1965 and 1966. In 2007, the government evaluated the condition of the buildings, and found them all structurally sound. However, structural repair and improvement works were carried out to sustain the buildings for the next 15 years.
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