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📷 Hrvatski:
Ponedjeljak u crno-bijelom tonu.
Snimao jutros u luci Čižići na otoku Krku – more mirno, brodovi u tišini, ali nebo priča drugu priču. Tmurno i teško, kao predah pred tjedan pun kiše i vjetra...
📷 English:
A black and white Monday.
Captured this morning in Čižići harbour on the island of Krk – the sea is calm, the boats silent, yet the sky tells a different story. Heavy and ominous, like a prelude to a stormy week ahead...
📷 Français :
Un lundi en noir et blanc.
Pris ce matin au port de Čižići, sur l’île de Krk – la mer est calme, les bateaux silencieux, mais le ciel raconte une autre histoire. Sombre et menaçant, prélude à une semaine de tempête...
📷 Deutsch:
Ein Montag in Schwarz-Weiß.
Heute Morgen im Hafen von Čižići auf der Insel Krk aufgenommen – das Meer ruhig, die Boote still, doch der Himmel erzählt eine andere Geschichte. Schwer und düster, als Vorbote einer stürmischen Woche...
📷 Español:
Un lunes en blanco y negro.
Tomada esta mañana en el puerto de Čižići, en la isla de Krk – el mar tranquilo, los barcos en silencio, pero el cielo cuenta otra historia. Oscuro y amenazante, como el preludio de una semana de tormentas...
📷 Italiano:
Un lunedì in bianco e nero.
Scattata stamattina al porto di Čižići, sull'isola di Krk – il mare è calmo, le barche silenziose, ma il cielo racconta un’altra storia. Cupo e minaccioso, preludio a una settimana di maltempo...
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Planet Clingon? Yes, that's right. Because, as has been recently discovered, there's a sister species of the Klingons. I assume the differences between the Klingons and the Clingons are pretty similar to those between the Vulcans and the Romulans. This means that the Clingons are peaceful, polite, kind, and generally super nice, extremely relaxed people. What you see is a solar storm rising behind their home world. Solar "storm" in the Clingon solar system means a warm, gentle, slightly fuzzy breeze because, well, everything in the Clingon world is a little fuzzy. A favourite chill-out activity of theirs is smoking "pod", a very healthy and nutritious plant that, as a most welcome side effect, gives you sunny, bright (and somewhat fuzzy) vibes. Peace, folks!
Late in the game with this "lucky last shot". Nothing I'd tried before had worked out. With almost every MM theme, I try to make my subject look "different" so you won't recognize at once what it is. But when this is exactly the task, I go "What? How do I do that? And what could I possibly photograph?!?" As usual :) This is a single shot of a cling foil/film roll, taken with the Laowa 50mm Ultra 2x macro at a magnification somewhere between 1.5:1 and 1.25:1. Processed in DXO PL7, Analog and Color Efex Pro.
Happy Macro Monday, Everyone!
#MacroMondays
#Party
Happy 17th Birthday, Macro Mondays :)
I joined Macro Mondays on 26 September 2016, and I'm a happy member ever since. A wonderful group that has taught me new photo techniques, lures me out of my comfort zone, saves me from the Winter blues, and kept me sane during those weird, time- and endless days of the pandemic. I also admire how the moderators manage to come up with new themes every week. Thank you, MMs!
And for "Party", it's Blingbert aka Bertie again. Of course, it had to be him ;) He got all excited when he heard what MM's Birthday theme would be about. "Let me come along!", he begged, "you know I love parties! Will there be Karaoke?" "I hope not", I answered. "Don't worry, Silke", Bertie said, "you don't have to sing, I'll do it!!!" He always knows how to talk me around. Bertie got even more excited. "I will sing an aria! How about something from The Valkyrie?" "What?!? No, you won't!", I yelled. "It's a party, Bertie, parties are about people having fun together. Fun. If you sing something from The Valkyrie the party will be over before it begins." Bertie looked seriously abashed. And I felt sorry for being so harsh on him. "Come on, I know you love Classical music. So let's take the 'Classic', and add 'Rock'. How about that?" "There's something like 'Classic Rock'"? He eyed me suspiciously. So what is more "Classic" in Rock music than the archetype of all things Rock? Rock 'n' Roll, of course. And when I played the YouTube video of Wanda Jackson's "Let's Have A Party" to him, he positively turned nuts. "Yessss! That's it! Why have I never heard this before? It will be a blast! And from now on, my second name is Wanda!"
You've seen "Blingbert Wanda" before (please see the first comment). For "Party", I retried my other idea for the (artificial) "Bird" theme: Bertie in front of a spinning fidget spinner. Back then, the backdrop had been far too busy. In my first attempt, I had used the camera's in-built "Live ND" filter, and didn't like either the colours, light, or the way the motion blur looked. So this time, I used a real ND filter, a Vario ND filter. It's also somewhat of a filter overkill because I wondered if I could combine the star filter with the ND filter because party = bling. I'm happy to say it worked, and this time, I also managed to get a nice-looking motion blur of the fidget spinner.
Setup: I glued the fidget spinner to a black tile with modeling clay. Next, I put Bertie Wanda on/halfway into a small glass Christmas bauble filled with tiny, shiny confetti stars. I used modeling clay once again to fixate the bauble on a small plastic box to get the right height. At one point, I also knocked the tile over when I rotated the fidget spinner, so the tile knocked Bertie on the bauble over, and all those tiny confetti stars got tossed onto the table, onto the carpet, everywhere... The joys of macro photography ;)
Size info: Bertie Wanda is 4,5 cm long, and the entire width of the frame is about 6 cm.
HMM, Everyone!
"The world is big and I want to get a good look at it before it gets dark." John Muir
The world seems very big from the vantage point of Hurricane Ridge on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington.
7DWF, Saturdays: Landscapes
Babelsberg Palace in Potsdam was built between 1835–1849 as summer residence for Prince Wilhelm (the later Emperor Wilhelm I.) and his wife Augusta (of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach). It was designed in the Gothic revival style. Since 1990 the palace and park are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin".
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babelsberg_Palace
Again (see album, please), I've used Alfred Grupstra's "Coolblue" LR preset as a starting point for the processing, but then still tweaked the settings. Since the processing added quite a lot of grain (not very pretty especially for the sky), I then smoothed out the sky with Nik's Dfine - several times.
I wonder: Can I add this to Sliders Sunday's group pool tomorrow when I've already uploaded it today?
Thank you very much for your comments and faves ;-) They are much aprecciated !!!
Das im gleichnamigen Park gelegene Schloss Babelsberg wurde als Sommerresidenz für Prinz Wilhelm (den späteren Kaiser Wilhelm I.) und seine aus dem Haus Sachsen-Weimar stammende Frau Augusta von Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Ludwig Persius und Johann Heinrich Strack zwischen 1835 und 1849 im Stil der englischen Gotik errichtet. Park und Schloss sind seit 1990 Teil des UNESCO Welterbes "Schlösser und Parks von Potsdam und Berlin".
Quelle: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Babelsberg
Lieben Dank für Eure Kommentare und Favs ;-)!
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El castillo de Villamayor de Monjardin (Navarra).
The Cat Empire - The Car Song - Live at the Chapel
Muchas gracias por vuestra visita y comentario, cuidaros...tod@s...
The River Esk, sometimes called the Cumbrian Esk, is a river in Cumbria, England. It flows for approximately 25 km (15.5 miles) from its source in the Scafells range of mountains to its estuary at Ravenglass. The valley it flows through is known as Eskdale. It is one of two Rivers Esk in Cumbria, and not to be confused with the Border Esk which flows into Cumbria from Scotland.
Blick von der Fußgängerbrücke auf die neue Autobahnbrücke der Nordumgehung in Bad Oeynhausen-Dehme. Ein stimmungsvoller Sonnenuntergang in HDR mit Snapseed auf Vintage-Optik getrimmt.
3 exposure HDR merged in Lightroom.
Samyang 12mm manual focus lens.
Thank you very much for your views, kind comments and faves.
Haystacks, or Hay Stacks, is a hill in England's Lake District, situated at the south-eastern end of the Buttermere Valley. Although not of any great elevation (597 m, 1,959 ft), Haystacks has become one of the most popular fells in the area. This fame is partly due to the writings of Alfred Wainwright, who espoused its attractions and chose it as the place where he wanted his ashes scattered.[1][2] Its large, undulating summit contains many rock formations, tarns and hidden recesses
Haystacks viewed from Gatesgarth on the path up Warnscale Beck
The cardinal is the state bird of NC and is ubiquitous in my garden. Though I see them often, I never tire of their beauty and their ability to be a bright spot in every setting in which I see them.
Trees reflect into the waters of a river that runs through the Atchafalaya Basin. This basin in Louisiana is the largest river swamp in the nation - yep, bigger even than the Everglades!
#silderssunday
Sitting pretty, flying high...
This is just a spontaneous fun shot, duly over-processed for Sliders Sunday. It was one of those "Should I take the camera out or not?" moments where I also briefly worried that I might look silly photographing random doves (it was a crowded place, after all). Still, I also thought they looked funny and cute sitting up there on the roof of a subway station entrance, lined up "like organ pipes", as we say in German. I also didn't notice the plane when I photographed the doves but it was a nice surprise when I loaded the image into Lightroom (only to forget about it for another year), and it's a nice extra.
I enhanced the plane in LR with an extra mask and then went into Color Efex. I used the following filters: Brilliance and Warmth and Skylight to bring back the warmth of that sunny June day (the SOOC Raw file was a little on the cool side), Detail Extractor, Reflector Efex ("Soft Gold") to brighten the lower part of the image, and Tonal Contrast (setting "fine", opacity 35 %). I also blew the image up in Topaz Gigapixel because quite a bit of the image was lost by cropping (of the distracting lower part because I couldn't zoom in any further on the doves) and straightening (because I had to shoot straight up).
HSS, Everyone!
#MacroMondays
#Eraser
Old (I don't know how old), used, and pretty much-worn eraser that came to the rescue when I couldn't make anything interesting out of the fun eraser that looks like a little monster and the two new erasers which I'd bought for the theme. They look pretty but uninteresting in a photo. So I went on a desk treasure hunt and found the eraser you can see in the image. It's a round eraser, eggshell-white (now with a greyish hue from year-long use) that has a nice texture and is adorned with tiny (1 mm/0,039 inches in diameter) round dents all around. When I looked at the eraser through the viewfinder, I found the lettering "ELL" on its surface, obviously the only remains of what must have been the Faber-Castell Logo that consists of two juggling knights, below the knights is the brand name in capital letters, and below the brand name is the proud mention of the company's founding year "since 1761" in italic letters.
German writing implement manufacturer Faber-Castell produces about 2 billion wooden pencils annually, making it the world's largest lead and colour pencils manufacturer. The company also produces high-quality writing instruments, leather goods, and artist and office supplies. It was founded in Stein (Bavaria) by Kaspar Faber and is a family-run business in the eighth generation.
But enough on stationery companies. The final image is a focus stacking made of 15 photos. The in-camera stacking yielded a nice-looking result so I skipped Helicon Focus this time. To add some colour punch, I used my makeshift colour filters (red candy box lid from the left, green bottle from the right, handheld torch from above which I've shone through a blue tealight holder).
HMM, Everyone, and have a nice autumn/spring week ahead!
#brown_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
Rotehornpark
Magdeburg / Germany
See where this picture was taken. [?]
Here you can see the large panorama and the original size of the panorama
(3HDR Aufnahmen = 3 x 3 Fotos = 9 Bilder = 1 Panorama)
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
The Coniston Old Man is an 802-meter (2,632.6 ft) high fell in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, named from the Old Norse for "High Stone". It's known for its popular walking routes, which can lead past former slate quarries and offer extensive views from the summit. The climb features historic mining areas, with various paths and features like Low Water and Boulder Valley to explore
Views of the Pacific Ocean from Crescent City, CA
"The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever."
Jacques Cousteau
You can actually find it right here in the Lake District! The water is undeniably turquoise and absolutely exquisite. In the sunshine, it would rival the prettiest turquoise water we’ve seen anywhere in the world.
Coniston Coppermines Secret Turquoise Waterfall In Coniston's realm, where copper mines gleam, Lies a secret turquoise waterfall's dream. Amongst rugged landscapes, a hidden delight, Nature's treasure, veiled in soft light. Through winding paths, its waters cascade, In whispers and murmurs, a serenade.
#MacroMondays
#Wrinkled
My subject for "Wrinkled" is crinkled, creased, and folded: Bouillon crinkle wire used in jewellery making, (Christmas) decorating, DIY projects, and floristry. I bought it for only one use: photography. I've also already photographed it before for another MM theme, "Wire", back in October 2019 (please see the first comment).
Since I had photographed the bouillon wire against a black background last time, I wanted something lighter and more colourful for my photo for "Wrinkled". Once again, I used the light blue glitter foam sheet (dull side up) as background, and for extra colour, I placed a green glass bottle in front of one of my go-to LED lamps (from the right), and equipped the left LED lamp with the semi-translucent yellow bottle cap for the Rumpelstiltskin "turn silver into gold" trick. The other light source was the natural light LED photo lamp from above and photographed the wire with the Laowa Ultra macro lens to get as close as possible, both for extra magnification and a very shallow depth of field.
HMM, Everyone, and have a nice week ahead!
#bald_eagle #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