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Kåkbrinken is the name of this small street in Stockholm Old Town (Gamla stan). The name is first attested in 1477. 'Brink' is not a word really used today, but mostly survives in names. It means a short slope. 'Kåk' is used today, it is slang for 'house' - and Kåken ('the kåk') actually means prison. But that was not what it meant back in the 15th century, then it meant pillory. This street was named after the pillory found on the square at one end of this street. But it is safe to say that most Swedes today would not know that is the case! (I myself, and I've studied history, found out when I read up on the name.)

oops, I meant ... pond !

We're miles apart

But safe from dreams

You're running from

Beyond the dawn

We'll always need

One of their own

To lead

(Shine your light over me)

Shine your light over me

(All of my fears are gone)

All of my fears are gone, baby, gone, gone

(And it don't bother me)

And it don't bother me, don't bother me, no

(If it's not meant to be)

Too far to run

Fall on your knees

To find a love

You're light to me

My only sun

You'll always shine

For me

(Shine your light over me)

Shine your light over me

(All of my fears are gone)

All of my fears are gone, baby, gone, gone

(And it don't bother me)

Don't bother me, don't bother me, no

If it's not meant to be

(Shine your light over me)

Shine your light over me

(All of my fears are gone)

All of my fears are gone, baby, gone, gone

(And it don't bother me)

It don't bother me, don't bother me, no

If it's not meant to be

I had to lose to understand

Strung out from all this

Pour out a thousand tears

I never knew a kinder man

A mile apart, leave and be free

A mile apart, leave and be free

A mile apart, leave and be free

A mile apart, leave and be free

A mile apart, leave and be free

A mile apart, leave and be free

A mile apart, leave and be free

A mile apart, leave and be free

Tune-Listen

With every sunrise, there is a direction that is meant just for you.

All I want is to fly with you

All I want is to fall with you

So just give me all of you

It feels impossible (it's not impossible)

Is it impossible?

Say that it's possible

How do we rewrite the stars?

Say you were made to be mine?

Nothing can keep us apart

'Cause you are the one I was meant to find

It's up to you

And it's up to me

No one can say what we get to be

And why don't we rewrite the stars?

Changing the world to be ours

♫♪

I used to work with painting on glass, china, paper... I meant a creative job was always important to me.

In this new phase I feel the necessity of find some details to add to my photos. I'm discovering how amused is work with Photoshop, despite of doing only some things with it until now. So, sorry for the montages with questionable taste.

I was in the forests on an adventure trail and found this chap coiled on this branch......:-) in a zoo of course...

I meant the forests of the Zoooooo ....Heeeee :o) .... see it - LARGE

Single Exposure . No Flash- Single RAW, tuned thru ACR, layering thru duplication and coverting to 2 exposures + blur . worked only on the light. Colors are natural

All my dear Flickr friends.

Now it's time for me to say goodbye.

My body is not doing so well anymore and my time is spent trying to rebuild my health.

I also have a son, seriously ill with cancer, and I want to be together as much as possible, with him and his family.

It's hard to describe how much all the friends on Flickr have meant over the years. All the warmth, encouragement, inspiration has been a daily joy. A big thank you to everyone. The Flickr community is unbeatable.

I wish you all the best and great luck in the future.

No matter how you slice it, if a warrior kills a moth with a sword it is a misappropriation of resources.

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Dreaming about Providence

And whether mice or men have second tries

Maybe we've been livin' with our eyes half open

Maybe we're bent and broken, broken

We were meant to live for so much more

Have we lost ourselves?

Somewhere we live inside

Somewhere we live inside

We were meant to live for so much more

Have we lost ourselves?

Somewhere we live inside

Meant to visit since a while

Taken at Rockmead :

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Model: Maximus Morningstar

One the corniest songs I know ... dedicated to the man who thinks it's ridiculous. That's just the way I roll.

The Song

"It might take a year,

it might take a day,

but what’s meant to be

will always find it’s way..."

― ♥

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Oh so quietly... ♫ Birdy - Quietly Yours ✨

White sails and off shore lights

We were passing ships in the night

Now I’m tracing shadows on your back

Like I dreamt so many times

Oh for so long I’ve been waiting

For so long, for a love like this

And I was so sure baby

I’d lost you for a minute but

I’ve always been yours

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All the poses used in my pictures are made from scratch by me

No AI

I had meant to post this after I posted the tree walker photo - now you see why this heron was so willing to walk along the top of the tree.

I placed that first photo in the first comment.

These were taken just before sunset - the birds were facing into the setting sun.

Meant to post this yesterday...:))

Male Cardinal eating grape jelly meant for the Baltimore Orioles.

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The gate is meant to close the driveway to the farm and the gate is open :-) actually has nothing to do with the tulip field, but I thought it was nice to take a picture of it.

Thanks for all the nice comments, it is much appreciated

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"Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring." - Truman Capote

"I like it when you cry

You can see how much you care

Addiction fills the streets

Well these streets are still home to me

If this was easy, what a way we degrade

Temptation and angels, we are meant to fade

I don't believe in fate

And I don't believe in God

But I do believe in love

And I believe in what we have"

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“Boats in the harbour are safe but that is not what they are meant for.” – Zig Ziglar

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Your love, lifting me higher

Than I've ever been lifted before

So keep it it up

Quench my desire

And I'll be at your side

Forevermore

You know your love (your love keeps lifting me)

Keep on lifting me (love keeps lifting me)

Higher (lifting me)

Higher and higher (higher)

I said your love (your love keeps lifting me)

Keep on (love keeps lifting me)

Lifting me (lifting me)

Higher and higher (higher)

Listen

Now, once I was downhearted

Disappointment was my closest friend

But then you came and it soon departed

And you know, he never

Showed his face again

That's why your love (your love keeps lifting me)

Keep on lifting me (love keeps lifting me)

Higher (lifting me)

Higher and higher (higher)

I said your love (your love keeps lifting me)

Keep on (love keeps lifting me)

Lifting me (lifting me)

Higher and higher (higher), alright

I'm so glad I finally found you

Yes, that one in a million, girl

And now with my loving arms around you

Honey, I can stand up

And face the world

“Poetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding.”

― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

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BLOOD OF EDEN – PETER GABRIEL & SINEAD O'CONNOR

... And when you left the fields of yellow

faded in the winds of time

the golden ears of corn bowed down

finally beyond all reason or rhyme

But now my heart has risen up

the fields are red adorned with flowers

the bluest mountains reach towards the heavens

the promise of Spring is surely ours

I thought there would never be anyone else

to replace you in my field of dreams

but gentle words flow like a river

and settle within me or so it seems

I want to believe in the everafter

when our souls will meet again

but for now I must seek the quantum of solace

in the absence of the gentlest rain

The silent tears roll down the years

and bathe me in a rosy glow

the sunshine warms me; holds me closely

I feel immense that all I know

Is carefully parcelled; tied with ribbon

red velvet bow soft to the touch

a secret gift to be opened slowly

unwrapped; unveiled and loved so much

Inspiration is my succour

that piques my salient desires

I know that you will understand me

be happy someone tends these fires

the burning embers that you left me

now ashes crumble in the dirt

dust is dust that once was earthbound

in Heaven there is no more hurt

My heart sings out the freedom of nature

like a bird on the wing I soar so high

above the mountains through the clouds

swooping towards an open sky

I reach the stars just as the night falls

and cloaks the earth in silent reverie

sweet dreams my love; I know you're smiling

your generosity sets me free

Love is freedom to be ourselves

no matter what direction we take

the ones who love us are happy for us

and theirs is the love we do not forsake

Be still my beating heart; be silent

only when the end is nigh

for I am alive and my joie de vie

my joy of life cannot be denied ...

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If roses are meant to be red

And violets to be blue

Why isn't my heart meant for you

My hands longing to touch you

But I can barely breathe

Starry eyes that make me melt

Right in front of me

Lost in this world

I even get lost in this song

And when the lights go down

That is where I'll be found

This music's irresistible

Your voice makes my skin crawl

Innocent and pure

I guess you heard it all before

Mister Inaccessible

Will this ever change

One thing that remains the same

You're still a picture in a frame

Lost in this world

I even get lost in this song

And when the lights go down

That is where I'll be found

I get lost in this world

I get lost in your eyes

And when the lights go down

That's where I'll be found

Yeah yeah

I get lost in this world

I get lost in your eyes

And when the lights go down

Am I the only one

Sorry the last image wasn't meant to be upkaoded totally by mistake haha. Anyways. Here is my Instragram account I just made another one for those who followed me there I apologize for demetaing the previous one. Too much shenanigans. Have a great day y'all.

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i took a gagillion photos for my duet with aimee. and i couldn't believe it when these three bubbles lined up perfectly and did NOT pop on the grass. wow. it was meant to be for sure!!!!!!!!! ;-)

Some days are just meant to be the best days! Does it have to be Friday? Nope.. or Saturday? Nope. But honestly the best days of my life are hanging with my friends that are positive, happy, and cheerful.

Only Edit to this photo is my name on it and a bit if Vignette

Thank- you for the Best Day Miles

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I had a dream so big and loud

I jumped so high I touched the clouds

Wo-o-o-o-o-oh, wo-o-o-o-o-oh

I stretched my hands out to the sky

We danced with monsters through the night

Wo-o-o-o-o-oh, wo-o-o-o-o-oh

I'm never gonna look back

Woah, never gonna give it up

No, please don't wake me now

This is gonna be the best day of my life

My li-i-i-i-i-ife

This is gonna be the best day of my life

My li-i-i-i-i-ife

I howled at the moon with friends

And then the sun came crashing in

Wo-o-o-o-o-oh, wo-o-o-o-o-oh

But all the possibilities

No limits just epiphanies

Wo-o-o-o-o-oh, wo-o-o-o-o-oh

I'm never gonna look back

Woah, never gonna give it up

No, just don't wake me now

This is gonna be the best day of my life

My li-i-i-i-i-ife

This is gonna be the best day of my life

My li-i-i-i-i-ife

I hear it calling outside my window

I feel it in my soul (soul)

The stars were burning so bright

The sun was out 'til midnight

I say we lose control (control)

This is gonna be the best day of my life

My li-i-i-i-i-ife

This is gonna be the best day of my life

My li-i-i-i-i-ife

This is gonna be, this is gonna be, this is gonna be

The best day of my life

Everything is looking up, everybody up now

This is gonna be the best day of my life

My li-i-i-i-i-ife

When playing meant being outdoors in shorts, having friends with whom to share the first experiences… when playing meant coming home hungry, tired and with a red face from running and the sun…

When no one was alone....

Sunflowers are meant to brighten our days. They’re yellow, happy looking and anxious to bring a smile to your face. Having a few in your garden is a must but seeing fields full of them by local farmers can make your day a whole lot better. Smiles can become contagious. Thanks for viewing my work. Stay safe and be kind. Gratitude and Kindness grow amongst all the Sunflowers growing everywhere. Why else would so many people want to live in the country admiring all that yellow beauty. Sunny days and Sunflowers bring miles of smiles.

but there were so many better options.

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We were meant to live for so much more.. ♪♪

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Explored November 30, 2021

Actually this was meant for the first Sunday of Advent – yesterday –, but I didn't get around to upload it (and neither to take my MM shot), so this is an unusual Monday contribution, not a macro, but actually a Monday slider. It's also another photo from Hot Pixel Universe, a universe only the LX100 can make visible. You may wonder about the starry sky above the Deutsche Dom (New Church), because stars are usually difficult to see in a brightly illuminated city because of light pollution. Unless you shoot with an LX100, of course ;)

If I remember correctly, long exposure noise reduction had been activated in the camera when I took this photo at the 2018 Festival of Lights. I don't know if that caused the hot pixels, or if the LX100's sensor gets particularly warm during long exposures. The hot pixels are only visible against a totally black sky, not against a blue hour sky, for instance, and especially enhancing the clarity in LR brings them out clearly.

The hot pixels aren't really a big issue, because it's easy to remove them in post. But here I actually liked them, because I think that they add such a festive look to this beautifully illuminated scene, so I decided to leave them in the image. Or rather: I added them back to the photo from an older, already processed version of this shot, because when I re-processed this image just the other day in DXO PhotoLab 5, the amazing DeepPRIME denoising technology detected the hot pixels and removed them. I hope you like Hot Pixel Universe :)

Wishing you a happy time of Advent, dear Flickr friends. Take care and stay safe!

Eigentlich wollte ich dieses Foto gestern zum 1. Advent hochladen, bin aber leider nicht dazu gekommen. Ihr fragt Euch jetzt wahrscheinlich, woher das Sternenmeer kommt, mitten in der Stadt, die zum Festival of Lights sogar noch heller beleuchtet ist als sonst. Nun, es handelt sich hierbei um ein ganz besonderes Universum, das Hot-Pixel-Universum, das nur die LX100 sichtbar machen kann ;)

Wenn ich mich recht erinnere, war damals die Langzeitrauschunterdrückung in der Kamera aktiviert. Ob mir das nun die vielen "Sterne" beschert hat oder der Sensor der LX100 bei Langzeitbelichtungen außergewöhnlich warm wird, kann ich nicht sagen. Ich weiß nur, dass ich sie auch bei einigen anderen Nachtfotos vom Festival of Lights hatte, aber immer nur bei bereits völlig schwarzem Himmel, nie z.B. zur Blauen Stunde, und erst das Verstärken der Klarheit in LR hebt die kleinen Pünktchen so richtig hervor.

Das Entfernen wäre auch keine große Sache, tatsächlich erkennt mittlerweile die Entrauschungstechnologie DeepPRIME in DXO PhotLab 5 diesen Bildfehler so zuverlässig, dass mir das Programm jetzt, als ich das Foto noch einmal neu bearbeitet habe, die Pixel fast sämtlichst entfernt hat. Da sie mir hier aber so gut gefallen haben, weil sie dem Foto so ein weihnachtliches, festliches Strahlen verleihen, habe ich mir die Sternlein aus einer bereits 2018 bearbeiteten Version des Fotos einfach zurückgeholt :) Ich hoffe, Euch gefällt meine kleine "Deutscher Dom unter Sternenmeer"-Spielerei :)

Ich wünsche Euch eine trotz allem schöne Adventszeit. Passt gut auf Euch auf!

Taken in October 2020 on a K&F Concept workshop. An exceptionally low tide at New Brighton of 0.6m meant we could make the mile or so walk out to the wreck of the SS Denham.

We were blessed with superb conditions with some wonderful cloud cover with breaks in between. As the light faded we turned our attention to the wind farm in Liverpool Bay. Thoroughly enjoyable and I think we all managed to forget about Covid for a few hours.

Goals Lost, Dreams Broken, Lost I was in uncertainty.

Flooded by thoughts of the past I was, waiting for the end, nearing me.

~

Soon after as I waited, a glimmer of hope I saw.

Beautiful, enticing, and graceful it was, I stood staring at it in awe.

~

Zeal for my life it was, for which I yearn.

Underneath the glimmer awaited, a lesson to be learned.

~

Life was never as I surmised it to be.

For I realized as I started on my journey, the glimmer I saw, was never

meant for me...

~Shreenivasan Iyer

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Some people in our group had never heard the term "Golden Hour".

They learnt very quickly what it meant...

The evening light has come

It's obvious that they are meant to be together

They have been wondering

Where is he

Where is she

Was this it

And then suddenly the time was right

The Universe opened up

The light beamed its way down

They were both hit by it

Time flies when they are spending their precious time together

They like each other immensely

The chemistry is like electrified

It says ZAP if you go in between them

"May I have this dance, dear, may I have it forever?"

The answer is obvious

“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So, you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them, they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.”

― Stephen King, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

The rarest bird in the United States, the Whooping Crane!

In the early 1940’s the population bottomed out at just 21 in the wild and two in captivity. There are now over 800 with 37 wintering over in Indiana! This shot was taken near Muscatatuck NWR, Indiana.

From the archives and taken on 02 February, 2021.

Female

I was meant to be at Alan's kingfisher hide on the 26th but had to cancel all the young had died :( but the adults came back so rebooked for first week in July can hardly wait :)

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These peanuts were meant for the bluejays and Chippy. Rufus chases them away!

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Some people are just meant to be in your life for better and worse.

~~Raven~~ You have been a rock for a few good years now. I am so blessed to have you in my life. Thank you for letting me be there for you too in the good and bad times xo

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Anytime you need a friend

I will be here

You'll never be alone again

So don't you fear

Even if you're miles away

I'm by your side

So don't you ever be lonely

Love will make it alright

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Purple Rain

Prince

I never meant to cause you any sorrow

I never meant to cause you any pain

I only wanted to one time to see you laughing

I only wanted to see you

Laughing in the purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain

I only wanted to see you

Bathing in the purple rain

I never wanted to be your weekend lover

I only wanted to be some kind of friend (hey)

Baby, I could never steal you from another

It's such a shame our friendship had to end

Purple rain, purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain

I only wanted to see you

Underneath the purple rain

Honey, I know, I know

I know times are changing

It's time we all reach out

For something new, that means you too

You say you want a leader

But you can't seem to make up your mind

I think you better close it

And let me guide you to the purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain

If you know what I'm singing about up here

C'mon, raise your hand

Purple rain, purple rain

I only want to see you

Only want to see you

In the purple rain

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Songwriters: Prince Rogers Nelson

Purple Rain lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Lagos de Covadonga, Asturias, España.

Los lagos de Covadonga son dos pequeños lagos, el Enol y el Ercina, de origen glaciar situados en la parte asturiana del parque nacional de los Picos de Europa, en el macizo occidental de dicha cadena montañosa. Existe un tercer lago, el Bricial, que solo tiene agua durante el deshielo, pero también pertenece al conjunto

Se sitúan en el concejo de Cangas de Onís y se accede a ellos a través de una carretera de 14,5 km que nace en el Real Sitio de Covadonga para llegar en primer lugar al lago Enol, incluyendo también una pequeña carretera que les llevaría hasta el Lago Ercina. Su frecuente uso desde 1983 como final de etapa en la Vuelta ciclista a España ha popularizado internacionalmente el paraje.

La afluencia masiva de turistas, sobre todo aficionados al ciclismo, ha obligado a limitar el desarrollo de pruebas ciclistas en el entorno de Los Lagos. No obstante, la zona cuenta con una infraestructura turística.

La excesiva afluencia de visitas, en especial en temporada alta, también ha supuesto que el acceso en coche a los Lagos esté restringido, pudiendo acceder únicamente utilizando el transporte público habilitado para ello. Los vehículos particulares no pueden circular por la carretera de acceso a Los Lagos durante 6 meses al año, en temporada alta. En temporada baja, no hay restricciones de acceso con vehículo particular.

En las proximidades del lago Ercina, en Buferrera,​ hasta 1979 se explotaron minas de hierro, manganeso y mercurio. Las personas que visitan dicho paraje tienen a su disposición un aparcamiento "aparcamiento de Buferrera", un centro de visitantes , un refugio y dos bares restaurante para su disfrute.

The lakes of Covadonga are two small lakes, Enol and Ercina, of glacial origin located in the Asturian part of the Picos de Europa national park, in the western massif of said mountain chain. There is a third lake, Bricial, which only has water during the thaw, but also belongs to the group

They are located in the municipality of Cangas de Onís and are accessed through a 14.5 km road that begins in the Royal Site of Covadonga to first reach Lake Enol, also including a small road that would take them to Lake Ercina. Its frequent use since 1983 as the end of the stage in the Cycling Tour of Spain has made the place internationally popular.

The massive influx of tourists, especially cycling fans, has forced the development of cycling events in the Los Lagos area to be limited. However, the area has a tourist infrastructure.

The excessive influx of visitors, especially in high season, has also meant that access by car to the Lakes is restricted, with access only possible using public transport enabled for this purpose. Private vehicles cannot circulate on the access road to Los Lagos for 6 months a year, during high season. In low season, there are no access restrictions with a private vehicle.

In the vicinity of Lake Ercina, in Buferrera, iron, manganese and mercury mines were exploited until 1979. People who visit this area have at their disposal a parking lot "Buferrera parking", a visitor center, a shelter and two restaurant bars for their enjoyment.

We had arrived well before sunrise in the dark, which meant trying to find our compositions before we could gauge where the sun would rise, so I took a number of test shots, which as a RAW looked very dark, so I didn't bother with them...however, the gloom of a British Christmas means that I need to pass the long, dark evenings, so decided to have a look, and with a bit of fiddling these wonderful dawn colours emerged. The glow comes from reflected light from the pre-sunrise sky, adding these rather strange tones to the red rocks and the canyon floor a few thousand feet below. I hope the fiddling was worth it and it doesn't look too weird!

Here's a bunch of squeaky-fresh, happy, sunshiny blue sky tulips for you :)

Well, they were fresh when I photographed them a few weeks ago, and they stayed fresh on my camera's memory card ;) And they are very happy to be here, indeed, because actually these are "HDR exposure bracketing tulips" which weren't meant for a Flickr appearance. One night I wanted to ckeck out how much better (or just different) a five image HDR would turn out compared to the three image HDRs I'd always taken so far. So I didn't bother to move the ironing board (which was in the frame, too) aside or get up and find something subtle, plain to put behind the tulips as an unobstrusive background.

The result: a nice tulip HDR, in fact so nice that I thought I'd share the tulips with you, but a rather busy living room background even at f/2.8. This, I guess, is one of those photographic situations where a full frame camera, compared to MFT, plays to its strenghts. But since the tulips were actually pretty well isolated against the background, it was really easy to mask the latter out, and use a different background. I opted for the "classic" black first, but found it boring (compared to achieving a dark background with photographic means).

So I flipped through my images, found a few nice cloud photos, and thought, "Why not something a little kitschy, a little funky for a change?," although the sunset sky I'd chosen first was a little too kitschy even for my taste ;) But the simple, minimalist "lots of blue sky and a single cloud" background you can see here actually looks rather nice, methinks (there's also an airplane with long vapour trails in the image, but it's hidden behind the tulips).

The image then kind of framed itself. How? Well, I hadn't deleted the layer with the black background, and had added the layer with the cloud image as a "middle layer" between the tulip layer and the background layer - and since the cloud image was taken with a 16 MP cam (the E-M5 II), while the tulip image has 20 MP, all of a sudden there was broad black frame around the tulips and sky. Which I also liked, somehow, but in the end decided to change the black to blue (because the black frame looked a little too harsh in the final image) and I've also slightly enlarged the cloud image, because I thought a not too broad "frame" (that is actually another background) would look better as well.

Wishing you a Happy Weekend, stay safe, sane, and healthy :)

Wochenend-Tulpen

Es ist mal wieder Zeit für ein paar Blümchen. Quietschig-frische, fröhliche Schönwetter-Tulpen, mal etwas anders präsentiert. Eigentlich waren diese Tulpen, die ich vor ein paar Wochen fotografiert hatte, gar nicht für Flickr gedacht, handelt es sich doch um HDR-5er-Belichtungsreihe-Testtulpen. Ich wollte eines Abends mal ausprobieren, wie sehr sich eine Belichtungsreihe aus fünf Fotos von den HDRs mit drei Bildern, die ich bis dato immer gemacht hatte, unterscheidet – und da kamen die Tulpen auf dem Wohnzimmertisch gerade recht. Allerdings hatte ich das Bügelbrett nicht beiseite geräumt und es war mir auch nicht in den Sinn gekommen, einfach etwas Einfarbiges hinter die Vase zu stellen. Warum auch, es war ja bloß ein Test. Und so hatte ich dann zwar hübsche HDR-Tulpen, die doch irgendwie "Flickr-würdig" aussahen, aber einen recht unruhigen Wohnzimmer-Hintergrund, selbst bei Offenblende. Eine fotografische Situation, in der eine Vollformat-Kamera sicher ihre Stärken voll ausgespielt hätte, nur habe ich keine ;)

Allerdings waren die Tulpen gegen den Hintergrund doch so gut und klar abgegrenzt, dass es ein Leichtes war, sie freizustellen und den Hintergrund einfach zu ersetzen. Zunächst dachte ich an schlichtes Schwarz, fand das aber doch etwas langweilig (im Vergleich zu einem mit fotografischen Mitteln erzielten dunklen Hintergrund). Da fielen mir meine vielen Wolkenfotos ein und ich dachte "Warum nicht?". Der Sonnenuntergangs-Wolkenhimmel, den ich dann zuerst ausprobiert hatte, war mir dann doch zu kitschig, aber das Foto mit der einen Wolke vor blauem Himmel, das Ihr hier als Hintergrund seht (und auf dem sich eigentlich auch noch ein Flugzeug mit langen Kondensstreifen befindet, das hier aber von den Tulpen verdeckt wird) fand ich recht schick zusammen mit dem bunten Strauß.

Das Bild hat sich dann auch noch quasi selbst gerahmt. Wie das? Ganz einfach: Das Wolkenbild hatte ich mit einer 16-MP-Kamera (der E-M5 II) und die Tulpen mit der 20-MP E-M1 III aufgenommen. Und auf einmal hatte ich deshalb einen dicken Rahmen von der noch nicht gelöschten Ebene mit dem schwarzen Hintergrund um die freigestellten Tulpen und die Wolkenebene herum. Ich habe dann das Wolkenfoto noch etwas größer gezogen, um den "Rahmen", der ja eigentlich ein zweiter Hintergrund ist, etwas zu verkleinern, und das Schwarz durch ein weniger hartes, etwas dunkleres Blau ersetzt. Fertig war ein Foto, dass sich mehr oder weniger zufällig ergeben hat ;)

Ich wünsche Euch ein schönes WE, liebe Flickr-Freunde, passt weiter gut auf Euch auf und bleibt entspannt :)

I meant to find songs related to winter, and I found a song written by the Rolling Stones, which is not typical of their style! The tune is familiar, but I knew nothing about its history until I googled it. How interesting! I call it a winter surprise!

To mark the coldest day today, I guess some oldies but the goodies will make the perfect beginning of winter...

本來要找些冬天的歌曲的，沒想到找到不像滾石樂團的As Tears Go By，今年最冷的一天，就聽聽老歌吧~

As Tears Go By - The Rolling Stones

www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6PsahByRUU

Marianne Faithfull ~ As Tears Go By (1964)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjFNc4j4VZE

Peter, Paul and Mary - Blowing in the Wind

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld6fAO4idaI