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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...).
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"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!)
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Egunsenti Hendaian
Dunbak edo Bi bikiak
Sunrise Hendaia
Salida del sol en Hendaia (Dos hermanas)
Hendaia Lapurdi
Euskal Herria
"And I love the thought of coming home to you
Even if I know we can't make it
Yes, I love the thought of giving hope to you
Just a little ray of light shining through"
Simply Red - Fairground (Symphonica In Rosso)
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The showmen of my city, financially shaken by the Corona crisis, have been allowed to set up a selection of their stalls and rides on the squares of the city center.
This vintage swing carousel reminds me of my childhood :))
... some minutes before I took this image the sky was 'burning' beautifully, but I couldn't be there fast enough
Editing: Affinity Photo with Color Efex Pro 4 Filter (layer with 75% coverage), HDR Efex Pro 2 filter (layer with 40% coverage and a layer mask to exclude the sky), replacing two little-ish parts of the image (merging) ... and then some more addtional editing in Affinity Photo (gradation, saturation, selective color correction, selective sharpening ...).
I am not completely happy with the result, but at some point you have to let go ... and I am still learning and I love to experiment ;))
Happy Sliders Sunday : ))
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Die Schausteller meiner Stadt, die durch die Corona-Krise finanziell angeschlagen sind, haben die Erlaubnis erhalten, eine Auswahl ihrer Stände und Fahrgeschäfte auf den Plätzen des Stadtzentrums einzurichten.
Dieses Ketten-Karussell erinnert mich an meine Kindheit :)
Einige Minuten bevor ich dieses Bild aufnahm, 'brannte' der Himmel wunderschön, aber ich konnte nicht schnell genug dort sein
Einen schönen Rest-Sonntag euch allen :)
Homage to the vintage Autochrome and wet plate methods. This piece cannot be replicated as I ate the strawberry when I finished.
“Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.”
– Anon.
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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799) was a German physicist. As a scientist, he was the first to hold a professorship explicitly dedicated to experimental physics in Germany. He also was a satirist and Anglophile.
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Wild weather - par for he course in Iceland - the sea stacks at Vik in southern Iceland at sunrise. Rain coming in fast from the right hand side but the sun making a break through the clouds.
{Processed in LightRoom CC and Colour EFEX Pro 4 and noise reduction in Define2.} One of my favourite shots from the whole trip.
"I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude." Henry David Thoreau
Don't agree with this as a rule, but being alone in a place of quiet is a nice respite from the noise of this world!
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Tucked inside the medieval Portuguese castle of Montemor-o-Velho near Coimbra is a little church called Santa Maria da Alcacova. lnside this little church you will find a lovely old statue of the pregnant Madonna which radiates serenity and beauty - a gift to the world in these troubled times.
"For the spirit of Christmas fulfills the greatest hunger of mankind."
~ Loring A. Schuler