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For Dave C. and other Flickr Friends, the *soul* of this picture is that I took it from my front porch, but I didn't label it or title that way, because I zoomed in on a distant neighborhood. For an inexpensive Nikon, my camera has an incredible zoom lens.
For "Strikingly Different | one image, two similar but different subj" there are several tree silhouettes, all trees, but different kinds of trees.
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This is especially for Our Daily Challenge group, topic of YELLOW beginning today, December 10, 2019, but also lots of other Yellow groups, and a few yellow & blue groups and one album of mine.
This is a rainting, which is a word I coined.
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Lightlings only live about 1/2 an hour on Earth, so this pair is bewildered by their role here. Perhaps it is solely to provide a laugh.
Lightlings exist only in Raintings, but Raintings can exist without Lightlings. Raintings and Lightlings can now be found in the "Urban Dictionary"
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For ABCs and 123s ~ This is number 8 (eight)
The skinnier of the two evergreen trees looks pretty unhealthy. It is doing OK, but was in a bad fire last year. If you look through the fence and see some pale gray lines, they go to nearby electricity pylons and carry monstrous amounts of volts? voltage? I don't know the correct term. They were not really the subject of this particular image.
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For Dave C. and other Flickr friends, I think the *soul* of this photo is the fun I had sliding it in addition to the sliding that comes with the territory of Raintings. I said Mrs. and Mr., which seems a bit awkward compared to the usual Mr. and Mrs., but the Lightling on the left seemed like the more feminine one. That's it; Lightlings are fun, Raintings are fun and having Flickr friends is fun. It's all good, all fun!
A friend thought this may have been vehicle lights in front of mine, but I explained it more in my reply to her, but also up here.
... besides me in my truck and rain (sometimes faux rain) on my windshield; though I have photographed many vehicle lights in front of me and/or hundreds of neon signs, scads of times, this was not a vehicle. It was the back side of a Burger King drive-up menu board. I wasn't in the drive-up line, but in a tiny parking lot next to it. They tend to frown on you taking pictures in the real line, as people just want their food..... I was merely hungry for some cool images. This was a Rainting, and when anthropomorphic creatures appear in my Raintings, I call them Lightlings.
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ABOUT RAINTINGS
Rainting is a word I coined describing a painterly effect, achieved by photographing the subject through glass that is being rained on, like a windshield or other. It achieves an oftentimes pretty or soft flowing effect, and sometimes other-worldly. It is usually creative, fun, and fluid, seldom harsh in my opinion. I have an album of them on Flickr. Rainting is already in "The Urban Dictionary" but I would like it to also be in a more sophisticated/educational type of dictionary. I started a public Flickr group of Raintings on New Year's Day 2020.
The more collegiate type of dictionaries say that the word has to actually be used by people before they're likely to publish it. So if you like the word and my idea, say it loud and say it clear and take a few Raintings and post them to my new group. Using my word and trying my new group are not inclusive of one another.
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This particular image has what I call a Faux Rainting effect. It wasn't actually raining; just a spray bottle of water on my truck window. I'll put it in my new Raintings group, but eventually I'll try to label the ones that didn't actually use *real* rain. The majority will be real rain, as that is what I used to take my beginning "Raintings" when hadn't yet thought of a name for what I described above. And that is why I rhymed my word of Rainting with Painting. My State of Oregon USA is known for lots of rain; so I shouldn't have to resort to Faux Rainting too often (grin).
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ABOUT LIGHTLINGS
Lightling is an even newer word I coined to name the odd little sort of anthropomorphic characters that sometimes appear in my images when doing a Rainting. They come in many sizes, shapes and colors and often times have what appear to be various facial expressions. In school we may have learned that a square is a rectangle, but a rectangle is not a square. Well Raintings can exist without Lightlings in the scene, but Lightlings cannot exist without a Rainting.
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Began to had notes on August 2022 and made a mistake. Wanted to delete them and don't know how at the point; so just ignore them, OK?
I thought this was so pretty!
For Dave C. and other Flickr friends, the *soul* of this was simply how pretty I thought the scene was.
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Specifically chosen for the Our Daily Challenge group theme of turn or turning, but of course I'm hoping some of you others will also enjoy it.
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For Dave C., the *soul* is not only is the covered bridge itself quite lovely and interesting, but the view *through* the other side is remarkable.
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This is just one small portion of the extremely long Willamette River in Oregon. This section is in Lane County, Oregon USA. With the rain that we get in Oregon, I expect the gravel bar will soon be under water.
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Carson lives in Brownsville, the third oldest town in Oregon. The map location is the general area, but is not precise, for Carson's privacy.
This guy pretty much had me wrapped around his little finger (toe). There will be more pictures coming of him.
Update posted August 15, 2007. Most of you know, but some of you don't realize that Legolas was the name of Cerulean before I adopted him. When I took this picture, I didn't yet own him (or allow him to own me). I changed his name to Cerulean. My granddaughter, Anna Leigh, calls him Roo Roo. He is a charmer.
BTW, that paw does look as if it has extra toes, but when I clipped his nails, I only came up with 4 in front and the dew claw.
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If you know where to look, there is even a single red tulip. I marked it with a note on my picture.
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This is artsy, done with hue & saturation, auto enhance, bright & contrast, stained glass technique and blinds technique. Best viewed large to see some of the little stained glass sections have little colors in them.
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About half of the left side is a Union 76 Station and on the far right is one of their signs. Also on the right, but not as far, is actually across, on South side of, Main St., and is a very tall sign for some of the businesses in the McKenzie Crossing Shopping Center. There are some varied taillights, street lights, traffic lights, etc.
This reminds me a little bit of the Fisher-Price Play Family Village from the 1970s.
For Dave C., I think the *soul* of this one is how much an artistic representation of something real in the last few days, reminded me of something that was real close to 50 years ago. The real one of a gas station and shopping center, just yesterday, and the completely artistic and fantasy type representation of that, and then the very real toy that was not exactly like either one of those, but kind of tied together my feelings about my little artsy image. Good warm feelings!
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Springfield, Lane County, Oregon USA
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I found this on an old charm bracelet. I'm guessing at least 20 years old, and more likely 30 to 40 years old. Although I can't hear any noise, it seems like it has a tiny clapper and that it is some sort of little bell. Does anyone recognize the symbol and the type of little charm? Oh, at widest point it is about 7/8th inch across. Thanks.
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On June 8, 2018 Flickr member
Hans Veuger identified it as a Sunbeam Rapier. Thank-you!
ID Please. Found in rural Lane County, Oregon USA, Possibly a Studebaker Lark of some kind, maybe Opel or Chrysler or I don't know... It is two-tone and has fins and looks 1950s to 1960s somewhere. Strangely fenced around, almost cage-like.
This shot was HDR and SOOC. I did not even consider trespassing. I took the shot from a distance. I just would like an ID for curiosity and because I like to put some accurate information with my photos, no other reasons. ;o)
Studebaker? Chrysler? Opel? WHAT? was part of my original title, but I after it was identified as a Sunbeam Rapier I changed it.
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This was a very real reflection of a building and bare trees with lovely blue sky and hint of clouds in distance. I enhanced it, cropped it, rotated it upside down, and embossed it and so on. Originally my feet were in one end of the puddle (not very deep).
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For the *Soul* of the photo, the soul is that I was willing to stand in a couple of inches of water to get a picture reflection, knowing that later on I would rotate it and enhance it some. I was willing to see art on the wet ground (by my parking spot) that most people never noticed.
For the "If These Walls Could Talk" they might say that lady is nuts. Last fall she was happy enough to photograph our vines and patterns, but now she stands in water and avoids some of the leaves and litter and photographs our reflection, only to go home and fix us up and turn us upside down so that we're right-side-up again. Aaaargh! Yep, that is what they would say!
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My thought on this matter is that a gate in one's mind is still very much a gate.
My photo has an oil paint 3 technique on it which is best noticeable by viewing it large or at least medium large. I tagged it as PAINTERLY and also put it in some other art and painting group/pools.
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The first type of fence is chain and pole. It, and the gorgeous tree are what drew me to stop, park my truck, walk across the street and take this picture. I thought the chain and pole was almost more of a barrier than a fence, but then again many fences are a sort of barrier. Meanwhile, in the very back, across the driveway is a chain link fence with vinyl slats.
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Well, maybe not exactly...
Although it is a real full moon and those are real power lines. BTW, it was a handheld shot and this is not a composite; the power lines and moon were shot at the same time.
On Monday, September 4, 2016 I heavily *slid* this exact image for Sliders Sunday group pool. If you're interested, please see approximately 9 comments down in the comment section for the comparison, and I also put both images in my Comparison & Resemblance (album).
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A high and impressive cliff of basalt just to the side of Salt Creek Falls supports the beautiful fence built of rock, metal & wood.
I didn't put this in any water or waterfall groups because it doesn't actually show any water. However, I did put it in my waterfalls set/album because it was part and parcel of my day at Salt Creek Falls, and of being able to view the waterfall. My criteria for my own albums/sets is more lax. LOL
For the If These Walls Could Talk group, I think they would tell of the long time where water has constantly flowed over or around them, beautifully so. It has been at least a century, and my guess is many, many centuries.
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Samsung camera phone shot. This shot is similar to one I already posted on July 22, 2017, but not the same. This was a sharper image to begin with, and I cropped it differently, and I gave it a "posterized" effect. I like the warm glow of his fur, and beautiful colorization of the stones, and that the orange vintage toy scoop loader looks even more appropriately vintage.
Oh, I didn't mean his new toy is a Rainting, but this whole image is one. I couldn't figure out what to call his new toy? Ideas?
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ABOUT RAINTINGS
Rainting is a word I coined describing a painterly effect, achieved by photographing the subject through glass that is being rained on, like a windshield or other. It achieves an oftentimes pretty or soft flowing effect, and sometimes other-worldly. It is usually creative, fun, and fluid, seldom harsh in my opinion. I have an album of them on Flickr. Rainting is already in "The Urban Dictionary" but I would like it to also be in a more sophisticated/educational type of dictionary. I started a public Flickr group of Raintings on New Year's Day 2020.
The more collegiate type of dictionaries say that the word has to actually be used by people before they're likely to publish it. So if you like the word and my idea, say it loud and say it clear and take a few Raintings and post them to my new group. Using my word and trying my new group are not inclusive of one another.
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This picture is SOOC. I re-sized it, but not changing any dimensions, composition or colors, and I added my thin white border and copyright-initials. My actual image is right out of my camera. The rainting part of my image is explained above. The movement was purposeful. When I took the picture I thought it would be fun to intentionally move my camera. I love the way this one came out.
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ABOUT RAINTINGS
Rainting is a word I coined describing a painterly effect, achieved by photographing the subject through glass that is being rained on, like a windshield or other. It achieves an oftentimes pretty or soft flowing effect, and sometimes other-worldly. It is usually creative, fun, and fluid, seldom harsh in my opinion. I have an album of them on Flickr. Rainting is already in "The Urban Dictionary" but I would like it to also be in a more sophisticated/educational type of dictionary. I started a public Flickr group of Raintings on New Year's Day 2020.
The more collegiate type of dictionaries say that the word has to actually be used by people before they're likely to publish it. So if you like the word and my idea, say it loud and say it clear and take a few Raintings and post them to my new group. Using my word and trying my new group are not inclusive of one another.
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That orange fence is determined to be noticed in spite of being way in background.
More tags, group pools, albums, etc. later. I have a bunch of errands to run but wanted to get this up, particularly for Fence Friday type groups. ;o)
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La Grande Arche
The Hilton Hotel where we stayed for the first part of this Paris visit is in the building with the curved roof, on the right – the CNIT Building, which was the first constructed in the district (1958).
We arrived from Porto, via Orly Airport and coming in along the Bois de Boulogne, our transfer vehicle being driven by a singer of Sri Lankan background, with his own YouTube channel ... as happens in Paris, I guess!
I do not usually give free plugs to service providers, but 'Paris Disney Best Transfer' is highly recommended as a private shuttle service to/from airports and railway stations in Paris, as well as for trips with several people and luggage between places like Central Paris and Versailles.
For peace of mind I wouldn't arrive in Paris without them, simply to avoid all of the personal security issues (think scammers and pickpockets) that you can encounter on arrival in this city, when you are at your most distracted:
www.parisdisneybesttransfer.com/
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www.parisinsidersguide.com/la-defense-paris.html
Autumn in Europe 2025
Springfield, Lane County, Oregon USA
NOTE to Myself: When it is spring or almost spring and the trees start to leaf out, go back near 30th & Main St. and see if I can tell what kind of tree this is.
I went back 071617 and took a pic what I believe is the same tree and I think it is a maple tree or maybe sweet gum. See tree post on 072917.I'm going to put both pics in my Comparison & Resemblance (album).
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This was a regular photo that I "slid" and made painterly for Sliders Sunday and other artistic groups. HSS! To the right of the bridge and down below it, the greenish water is Fall Creek.
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For ABCs and 123s group numbers 1-12, this is number 5
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Because I did some photo-processing on this which included a screen shot of my own work during the process, it doesn't show up as a Samsung Camera Phone shot, but it was. I leave it to my viewers to decide if the fences got tired of all the chain links binding them and decided, after having too many nightcaps, to break free. Or did they just remain still as fences normally do, and I, as the artist, am the one who had too many nightcaps?
Hint: I don't drink (well maybe root beer floats or chocolate milkshakes).
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He perked right up when his owner came into view. Map locations are not precise because Flickr is kind of screwball and so am I, but they give a general idea. I was out shopping.
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I think these birds are not only handsome, but really cute too. However, I don't think the little creatures that see his beak descending upon them think he is so darn cute.
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