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Old Man of Storr, Isle of Skye, April, 2015.

Ein Aussichtspunkt bei der Wanderung durch die Edmundsklamm in der Böhmischen Schweiz.

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It was a dull day when I took this so I've had a play in the Nik Collection namely HDR Efex Pro 2. Hope you like the result!

A little fun with the detail extractor.

#pelicns #florida #best_birds_planet #planet_birds #birdbrilliance #birdphotography #nature #wildlifephotography #birdextreme #bestbirdshots #discovertheworld #nature_perfection #wildlifeperfection #gregorymountainpacks #canon #gitzo #leofotousa #markins #manfrotto #TKpanel #luminarneo #adobe_LR_PS #nikcollection #topaz #dxo #capture_1 #rrs

Macro Mondays: B&W

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Un contre-jour en noir et blanc

#osprey #florida #best_birds_planet #planet_birds #birdbrilliance #birdphotography #nature #wildlifephotography #birdextreme #bestbirdshots #discovertheworld #nature_perfection #wildlifeperfection #gregorymountainpacks #sony #gitzo #leofotousa #markins #manfrotto #TKpanel #luminarneo #adobe_LR_PS #nikcollection #topaz #dxo #capture_1 #rrs

Botanischer Garten Braunschweig GER

#west_palm_beach #florida #best_birds_planet #planet_birds #birdbrilliance #birdphotography #nature #wildlifephotography #birdextreme #bestbirdshots #discovertheworld #nature_perfection #wildlifeperfection #gregorymountainpacks #canon #gitzo #leofotousa #markins #manfrotto #TKpanel #luminarneo #adobe_LR_PS #nikcollection #topaz #dxo #capture_1 #rrs #cityscape #waterscape #landscape

"Mirror is my best friend, because when I cry it never laughs." Charlie Chaplin

A clematis mirrored in my iPhone (which I subsequently dropped and shattered...but, hey, I kind of like the picture though I will probably never try that effect again!)

2020-05-14 15-05-44 (B,Radius8,Smoothing3)

Vorharz/Niedersachsen GER

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We walked passed this church and graveyard earlier on, and when I saw the gate, I knew what I had to do! Definitely got my square brain on.

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Nikon Z6, Nikkor 24-70mm f/4 S,

Exposure X7, Colour Efex Pro 4, Silver Efex Pro 3

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(Was zum ...) Ich bin NICHT der Schäfer!

...und himmelt mich nicht so an! :))

Diese Schafe formierten sich wirklich erst so, als ich näher kam... Keine Fotomontage, Ehrenwort! :)

…and don't make sheep's eyes at me! :))

These sheep formed up as I came closer… Not a composite photograph, I promise! :)

Tools: Aperture, Color Efex Pro 4.

playing with Nik Collection

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Hiding behind a curtain in a suspect's apartment, and then your feet will give you away? Not for Tintin and Snowy. They just placed toy statues of themselves behind the curtain to fool the villain, got the evidence, and escaped from the scene before he even realised what was going on ;-)

I've noticed that there was some ambiguity, or confusion about what a silhouette is, and what is not, for MM's theme "Silhouettes". Some pictures were not accepted, because they show shadows instead of silhouettes. However, I've also noticed that several pictures in the - very beautiful - example gallery www.flickr.com/photos/130205975@N03/galleries/72157684149... show shadows. And while the moderator warned that she did not consider every capture in the gallery as a silhouette, she did not point out which captures, and why. Which may have lead to misunderstandings, at least for some of us, because in the theme's description shadows were not specifically excluded from the theme, either.

In this capture (and my previous, "official" MM one) the subjects were placed very close to the curtain, and very close to the window, the interior is featureless (except for the texture of the curtain), and the edges match the outline of the subject(s) exactly. So in my understanding I have created both a shadow, and a silhouette. There may even be a little confusion regarding what a silhouette is when it comes to different languages, because, for instance, in German the term Schattenriss (Schatten = shadow) is described as a silhouette as well, and even includes the word shadow; and in English the term for this specific art technique is only "silhouette" (it's the same in French, Italian, Spanish...).

El espectáculo natural de las Tres Cimas de Lavaredo es algo que no se puede explicar con palabras: es un paisaje sobrecogedor que te deja sin habla; una hermosa desolación.

Cuando me encontraba allí, recuerdo que se me pasó por la cabeza que ese sitio, o muy parecido, era lo que había en mi imaginación cuando, leyendo por primera vez "El Señor de los Anillos", se describía el territorio de Mordor y el Monte del Destino.

Petite planète florale

#traditions #florida #nature #discovertheworld #sunset #waterscape #landscape #nature_perfection #gregorymountainpacks #canon #gitzo #leofotousa #markins #manfrotto #TKpanel #luminarneo #adobe_LR_PS #nikcollection #topaz #dxo #capture_1 #rrs

#white_pelican #florida #best_birds_planet #planet_birds #birdbrilliance #birdphotography #nature #wildlifephotography #birdextreme #bestbirdshots #discovertheworld #nature_perfection #wildlifeperfection #gregorymountainpacks #canon #gitzo #leofotousa #markins #manfrotto #TKpanel #luminarneo #adobe_LR_PS #nikcollection #topaz #dxo #capture_1 #rrs

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#sunrise #florida #sunset #waterscape #landscape #best_birds_planet #planet_birds #birdbrilliance #birdphotography #nature #wildlifephotography #birdextreme #bestbirdshots #discovertheworld #nature_perfection #wildlifeperfection #gregorymountainpacks #canon #gitzo #leofotousa #markins #manfrotto #TKpanel #luminarneo #adobe_LR_PS #nikcollection #topaz #dxo #capture_1 #rrs

Original image "Edie Gamma burn" by Senna Coronet found

here