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... and stand in awe... Listen to the secret song of the life of the world, and let it sink in the deepest of your soul...
I was exploring the wild dunes during one of my sunrise sessions in Rosolina Mare (see my What a meaningful world... for information about that peculiar location). This was sort of a discovery for me - a whole new world I had previously seen only through the work of several of my Flickr friends, mainly from Northern Europe.
It has been an exciting experience... The place could have been two light-years far from the nearest touristic beach - yet it was just a stroll! The sun was wrestling his way between the clouds. The world was bathed in a soft, golden light and the grasses were full of glittering raindrops left by a thunderstorm the evening before. And as I was enjoying (and capturing as well) the silent miracle of the sunrise my soul was singing.
I have obtained this picture by blending an exposure bracketing [-1.7/0/+1.7 EV] by luminosity masks in the Gimp (EXIF data, as usual, refer to the "normal exposition" shot).
As I uploaded a full colour sister shot some time ago (see Beach Morning Glory, taken some ten minutes before this), since the beginning I have intended to explore that wonderful sky and some interesting textures in monochrome (Nik Silver Efex Pro 2).
The processing of this bracketing has been rather long and tormented, since it was plagued by many ghosts created by the grasses curving at the gentle breeze. Although I have done my best to get rid of the most intrusive ghosts (gasp, this sounds like one of those youtubers blablaing about some mindsucking videogame :-(... ), I am well aware of the imperfections due to this issue. Even so, I must confess that I love so much this particular scene that at last I could not avoid uploading it :-)
The pier at Pier Park in Panama City Beach Florida.
Processing:
- Three shots of varying exposures (EV -2,0,2).
- Adjusted temp of all three photos and lens corrections in Lightroom.
- Used Define 2.0 from Nik Collection to remove noise from the three images.
- Created HDR from the three photos of varying exposures using default selection in EasyHDR.
- In Lightroom, lighting adjustments were made.
- Being unsatisfied with the remaining ghosting in the sky from the HDR process, I loaded the HDR image and a single exposure image of the sky into Photoshop. Used Topaz Remask to remove the sky from the HDR image and used the sky from one of the single exposure images.
- Finally back in Lightroom, I carried out some remaining lighting adjustments.
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#sliderssunday
A sunny slider for Sliders Sunday, photographed two years ago at my favourite Park in Berlin, the Britzer Garten. Unlike the years before, we had managed (by pure chance, of course) to be there when the water lilies were blooming. Britzer Garden is a huge park in Berlin's southwestern district of Neukölln that was opened in 1985 when West Berlin hosted the "BUGA", the Bundesgartenschau (Germany's biennial "Federal Horticulture Show"). The park's wooden "main bridge" with its characteristic triangular pillars is also called "Rhizomatische Brücke" because its design is modelled on the branched root system (rhizome) of the surrounding trees.
Happy Sliders Sunday, everyone, and have a nice week ahead!
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The Hargreaves Warehouse in Church, near Accrington, was a large building on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal built in 1836 by Hargreaves Bros to receive cotton from Liverpool. Now known as the Hargreaves Warehouse, it is a historic, Grade II-listed building situated at a right-angle turn in the canal. Despite plans for conversion and a significant fire in 2022, which led to demolition, the building's historical presence in the Church Canalside Conservation Area remains significant.
A fire in August 2022 led to the building's demolition.
While the original warehouse no longer stands, the area retains its historical context as part of the Church Canalside Conservation Area
Rydal Beck is a scenic stream in the Lake District, Cumbria, that flows approximately four miles from the slopes of Fairfield down to the River Rothay near Rydal village. It is famous for its series of picturesque waterfalls and its deep historical connection to the Romantic poets.
Levers Water is a mountain lake (or tarn) near the Old Man of Coniston in the Lake District, formed in a glacier-carved hollow. The name combines "levers," possibly from the surrounding coppermine valley, and "water," a term used for mountain lakes or tarns in the area. It is a popular destination for hikers seeking peaceful views or a stop for lunch before continuing their climb, which can include nearby peaks like Swirl How.
Summit of Swirl How visible in the distance.
Allen Widrigkeiten zum Trotz
... :)
Tools: Aperture, Analog Efex Pro 2, Color Efex Pro 4, Pixelmator.
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"I've looked at clouds from both sides now from up and down and still somehow it's cloud's illusions I recall I really don't know clouds at all" ~Joni Mitchell~
The view from Pigeon Point in Beaufort, SC on a beautiful summer day.
#MacroMondays
#Glass
Spaceman Spiff and the Great Time Fraud
Imagine you were a space traveller like Spaceman Spiff, and you finally found an alien civilization that has mastered time travel. These aliens can effortlessly travel to and fro in time without experiencing weird side effects, time paradoxes, or imposing dangerous changes to various timelines. And on top of that they are not only welcoming, but happily offer you to replace your old, (t)rusty spaceship (a bit battered from your space adventures, and you are also running out of spare parts) with one of their time-travelling ships. Would you say "No!" to this offer? Not if you are Spaceman Spiff whose alter ego Calvin deems himself to be the actual genius inventor of time travel ("Who are these aliens anyway, right, Hobbes? Hobbes?! Stop that eye-rolling! Hobbes?!?"). Spiff didn't even mind the fact that said time-travelling ship wasn't of the latest generation (let alone the previous generation or the generation before...). And so it happened that after a few lightyears away from planet time travel, on their way to new adventures through time and space, Hobbes (Calvin aka Spiff was too much occupied with bathing in the glory of having wangled this gem of a ship off these slightly dumb aliens) all of a sudden noticed that something was wrong with the mission timer. Its time didn't match the time his trusty (and thanks to multi-band 6 always accurate) G-Shock GW-M5610U-1 displayed. Could it be possible that the time-travelling ship's mission timer gained time? Oh dear, he should tell Calvi...Spiff! They had to find a way to replace the faulty mission-timer or they'd never make it back to their own timeline!
Well. Did Spiff and his long-suffering "No 1" Hobbes find a way back to the year 1997 to find a brand new Swatch Scuba Irony 200 "Hydrospace"? I'm afraid I don't know but actually, I'm quite confident because my very own Scuba Hydrospace (the only Swatch I have kept) that I have recently woken up from a long slumber with a new battery does not only still work after all these years, but it's still pretty accurate as well. Transferred to Spaceman Spiff's unfortunate situation this probably means that he and his loyal companion Hobbes will eventually travel back to their own timeline and maybe even back to the exact day they left Earth – provided Spiff aka Calvin lets Hobbes steer the course for once ;)
So I hope there is enough glass (the Scuba's domed crystal) in the image to suit the theme. The final image is made from 15 focus-stacking images combined in Helicon Focus.
Width of the frame: 3,7 cm / 1,45 inches
HMM, Everyone, and have a great week ahead!
Thirlmere Infinity Pool is a popular, natural plunge pool on Fisherplace Gill in the Lake District, known for its stunning views over Thirlmere reservoir and the surrounding fells. The spot has become a social media sensation, but visitors should be aware of safety precautions due to the steep terrain and cold water.
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A stormy evening with the clouds literally passing between the buildings. The sun popped out between the clouds at sunset time which provided rich colors and an eerie look.
Hi Guys! I've not been here while I'm trying to get my business off the ground. I've had some progress and several snags. That's life. I've really missed you guys, and I love processing so I took a break from "business pushing" to process a photo. I've missed you guys. I really won't have much time at all until after the new year, at least. I plan to be pretty busy during the holiday season. So I wanted to say hello and let you know I'm always thinking of you guys.
#sliderssunday
"The ICC Berlin – a spaceship for the future"
Another one from last September's open day at West Berlin's "spaceship", the now-closed former congress centre ICC. This huge light sculpture is the ICC's "heart", spanning several floors. It was created in 1979 by Frank Oehring and is called "The Brain". The Brain, while "just" a sculpture itself, is part of the ICC's control and guidance system and symbolizes the ICC's control centre. Oehring says, The Brain "is the symbol for this control centre, from which the entire building services are controlled. Connected to the light sculpture are electronic nerve cords that run through the entire building. The idea behind the light sculpture is that mental activity flows through the building, also symbolised in light."
This photo, which I took from the ICC's third floor, took me ages to process. Since the open day at the ICC was a one-of-a-kind event, the entire building was flooded with visitors, so I had to do a lot of people retouching because they were too distracting. I decided to leave a few of them in, though, to maintain a natural mood. I also used Luminar's "Magic Light" tool to repair the unattractive "light blobs" along the balustrade. The 7-14 mm lens is great but it sucks at light stars, and Magic Light helps to fix that by turning blobs into pleasing-looking light stars and so helps to smooth out one of the lens's biggest flaws.
Wishing you a happy weekend and see you on Sliders Sunday (which this image is for, too)!
Kaffeelot und Korkenzieher in feinstem, bläulichem Monochrom.
Wo ist der Kaiser?
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C & C Monochromy
Coffee scoop and corkscrew in finest, bluish monochrome.
Where is the emperor?
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Magnification 🔎: almost 1:1
Lightning 💡: One remote controlled Speedlite
Soundtrack 🎵: Gary Moore - A Different Beat
I wish you a happy (Macro|Monochrome) Monday and a great week.
Another frame from what may have been the most productive afternoon I've ever had with a camera.
A decayed cold front passing over Great Oyster Bay with Freycinet Peninsula and Schouten Island on the horizon. Tasmania.
Nikon Z6, Nikkor Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3. 1/640th sec at f/18, ISO 400 ~ 24mm
Interesting outcrops of rocks in the Black Hills National Forest require a lot of pulling off the road for pictures!
Looking East towards Bay Bridge over Union Square.
This iPhone 5s JPG needed a lot of post processing but is definitely worthy of the JPEG Revival album. But then, so many photos from this fabulous city are.
Most basic adjustments, sharpening and preliminary noise reduction were done in Lightroom. So were the lens corrections and transformations. Tonality and contrast were adjusted with Nik Color Efex Pro and additional noise reduction was done in Nik Dfine.
Thank you very much for your views, kind comments and faves.
St Benet's Abbey was a medieval monastery of the Order of Saint Benedict, also known as St Benet's at Holme or Hulme. It was situated on the River Bure within the Broads in Norfolk, England.[1] St Benet is a medieval English version of the name of St Benedict of Nursia, hailed as the founder of western monasticism. At the period of the Dissolution of the Monasteries the abbey's possessions were in effect seized by the crown and assigned to the diocese of Norwich. Though the monastery was supposed to continue as a community, within a few years at least the monks had dispersed. Today there remain only ruins. Wikipedia
Titre : Espoirs pour le Monde...
Il m'arrive souvent de faire "clic" sur un truc en passant, en me disant :
"Ça pourra toujours servir !!!"
Un bateau qui passait pour aller dans le golf du Morbihan pour la "grande parade".
Juste un peu d'espoirs pour tous, dans ce monde totalement détraqué par l’appât du fric ou du pouvoir !!!
Traitement Photoshop et "DXO NikCollection".
Merci de ne pas utiliser mes photos sans mon autorisation.
Thank you not use my photos without my permission.
Pour retrouver une sélection de mes photos :
To find a selection of my photos :
www.flickr.com/groups/1594868@N20/
Merci à tous les administrateurs de groupes pour leur multiples invitations.
Je suis désolé de ne pas avoir le temps de publier rapidement mais je respecte les règles de chaque groupe pour toute publication.
Thank hou to all administrators for their multiple group invitations.
I'm sorry I did not have time to publiciste quickly, but I respect the rules of each group for the entier publication.
It was a cold foggy start to the morning on Tuesday 18th Nov 2014 so I took the opportunity of a late start at work to grab an hour down by the River Dee in Chester to grab a few shots.
All the images where processed using Adobe Lightroom and Google Colour Efex Pro 4:
Nestled in the Hope Valley in the heart of the Peak District National Park, Edale marks the start and end of the Pennine Way.
Lose Hill, Back Tor and Mam Tor to the south.
Picture taken from base of Kinder Scout to the north
The Upper Esk Waterfalls are a series of beautiful, tiered cascades and pools in the stunning Eskdale Valley, Lake District, famous for wild swimming, especially around Lingcove Bridge, offering a majestic setting with rocky scrambles and deep, clear water, though visitors should be cautious of slippery rocks. Key spots include the impressive Upper Falls (requiring a scramble) and nearby areas like Tongue Pot, reachable via a walk alongside the River Esk from Dalegarth, with paths suitable for hiking to these spectacular, less-crowded gems.