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I cannot resist posting this one. It shows the pond "Steinbrücker Teich" on the outskirts of Darmstadt in the state of Hesse, Germany. The photo is the very first in the old album from my childhood days, and among the few somewhat presentable ones from my early "creations".
Camera: Kodak Instamatic.
Kodacolor 126 negative film.
Scanner: Epson Perfection V600 Photo (scanned from a print).
Edited with GIMP.
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Just occasionally I get tempted to join in, but I always resist. If you use other social media and photography is your thing, chances are you get adverts from editing software providers, regardless of the fact that you're already a paying customer, telling you all about the latest sky replacement tools and the facility to squeeze as many real life unicorns as you can sensibly into your images. I can't help but stop and read the comments sometimes, and am always intrigued by the ones who profess to be completely against editing of any type whatsoever. Among them I'll find the sage counsel of the genius who states there's no need at all, because they always take their photographs correctly in the first place. Do they never get dust spots on their sensors or specks on their lenses? They're obviously far cleverer than I am, so I don't ask them how they manage to avoid low light noise with the ISO rammed up to twenty gazillion, or how they pull back the shadows and drop the highlights, or how they reduce the saturation that cameras often seem to add of their own accord. I'm still not sure how they manage to get a shot looking reasonably in focus throughout the scene at longer focal lengths either. But it seems they can. I just can't be dealing with the plaudits from one side and the vaguely focussed vitriol from the other, as they accuse me of adding too many unicorns under my replacement sky. The conversation is often heated as responses get shorter and shorter, often just reduced to a couple of short words, one of which is unrepeatable. I often wonder whether the "Be Kind" movement needs to intervene at such moments. So I scroll past and look at other peoples' photos instead, with and without unicorns. I tend to prefer the ones without the unicorns, but that's just me. When Topaz put up an advert for their wares, the posturing gets even more intense, even over the utility suite programmes that are only there to enhance file sizes for heavy crops and reduce noise or sharpen blurs.
So yes I admit it. I've never been tempted by the replacement sky option, and I'm studiously avoiding the new "add unicorn" button in Photoshop, but I do edit my raw files. Call me Mr Manipulator if you like, but if such luminaries as Mads, Nigel, Gavin and all the rest of them do, then why on earth wouldn't I? And until cameras are able to see what the human eye does instead of averaging everything out, I don't think there's any other option when you shoot into those big dynamic range scenes. Mostly I blunder through, slowly accumulating half an idea of what I'm supposed to be doing, and gradually I'm getting the hang of how it all works - often with the help of those YouTube gurus who've unknowingly dragged me through the process. Maybe I've learned about two percent of what Photoshop does now. The other ninety-eight could take several lifetimes.
But here's the thing - this shot, taken at sunset on that blustery bluff above Hay on Wye has been barely touched. All I did was crop it to this aspect ratio and slightly twiddle the white balance before frowning briefly and concluding nothing further was needed. Not even a unicorn or two. Those hazy hilly layers before the setting sun spoke for themselves, or so I felt.
What about you? Unicorns or not unicorns? Nobody judges you here.
Impressionnante petite fleur bleue, les pieds dans la neige, les pétales perlées de pluie; elle résiste et reste belle dans le froid de ce sursaut d'hiver.....
Ancienne photo , prise en haute Savoie
Another one of my photos from the photo book UnPresidented, which was recently released and is available on Amazon!
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Just a few leaves on this oak tree are still there finishing winter season, resisting cold, wind, fungi attacks, and the rejection of its own father tree. Our world is full of people who resist adversity constantly too....in honor of them.
The colors and reflections appealed to me; the bird made taking this photo impossible to resist. Captured on December 25, of all days. (K1AA7315)
it makes a very poor doorstop ;-)
Alfred Hitchcock
HBW! Words Matter! Resist!!
camellia, 'Ballerina', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Je sais c'est lassant, je m'étais promis d'arrêter avec la Tour Eiffel, mais celle-ci était tentante.
Couldn't resist this shot the eve of our first real snowfall!
A little late in the day
for Fenced Friday . . .
and all has melted by now . . .
but still . . . I wanted this for my archives!
Happy Weekend everyone!
Every year I can't resist taking pictures of these flowers which are a tall Phlox. I have/ had pink ones too but I haven't seen them this year so maybe they have gone away. The yard is a constantly changing and evolving eco system. :)
"It's the photo you have to post each Spring.
Every year I decide not to take any more duckling photos - then I see one and this is what happens."
Mallard Duckling - Anas Platyrhynchos
Nunroyd Pond - Yeadon
As always I extend my sincere gratitude to all who are kind enough to comment and fave my photos or even stop by and just have a look. It is very much appreciated.
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NATURE🌹🐞
Also in Norway there is a lot of wonderful nature. Somewhere on the route from Fagernes to Gjøvik to visit a Flickr friend I saw this view I couldn't resist to stop🌞
In quest’epoca digitale un atto d’amore scritto su un pezzo di carta è ancora in grado di resistere 100 anni.. siete sicuri che i messaggi sui vostri telefonini saranno così longevi?
In this digital world a "I love you" written on a piece of paper can still resist 100 years .. are you sure that messages on your mobile phone will be so enduring?
Grand cormoran (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Taille approximative : 100 cm - Poids : 2 à 2,5kg
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We had rain again today (like almost every day this autumn) and as Tofu hates to get wet he sent most of the day on the sofa next to his polar bear friend Anton. I intend to post less cat photos in the near future and hadn't planned to post one today but the scene looked lovely and I couldn't resist.