Hi guys and gals!

I'm super excited to let you all know that today, after 2 months of tweaking and testing, I've finally released my Presets package for Lightroom!

I invite you all to download and try it out, and I hope that it'll save you plenty of time during your post processing journey.

In this image I used the Shadow Dancer Lightroom Preset to create the colours that you see there. I couldn't think of a more suitable image to formally release with this one other than a nifty hot air balloon floating into the sky.

Anyway let us know how you go with the use of those presets and as always your valuable feedback is important to me.

Peace to you all, stay hip and stay awesome!

The main building of the Botanical Garden in Munich.

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Pose..

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Stocks used

Work made with stock images and images of mine.

Stocks used:

15 different photos

Using my new gray filter

Aluminium foil ball - Macro Mondays Single Use

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

– Margaret Mead –

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

– Desmond Tutu –

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

– Dale Carnegie –

♫ TUNE ♫

This song was made to celebrate the power of speaking out in order to promote a more just world.

pose used: Black Cats poses - Cane dancer (male) FATPACK

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Not belonging is a terrible feeling. It feels awkward and it hurts, as if you were wearing someone else's shoe

We used my car as a blind that morning and found some nice even shade light and waited for this fella to calm down. Although this was a distant shot, I really like the swag he showed in this unique pose.

I'm using:

Hair: Doux.

Earrings: Voz.

Drink: ChicChica.

ᐕ Scandalize : Narafox Set@vanity event.

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I used my own # 10 Sunny Evening Watercolour Texture here.

You can find it here: www.deviantart.com/creationsbyirene

The Monarch butterflies have returned to my garden, collecting nectar from the Asclepias and Milkweed, soon I hope to see tiny eggs laid on the underside of the Milkweed leaves :)

Thank you for your visits, favs and comments !

Lens used: Tamron SP AF 90mm F2.8 Macro

Used on this photo is a bodysuit and matching gloves from BELLE EPOQUE called Lorea (this round of Kinky), Marilyn hair from Doux, *AvaWay* BEATRITH Pearl Necklace and anklets. The couch, table, candlesticks and lamp are all from Nutmeg and to be found in there store.

Pose: The pose I used in this shot is my free interpretation of Valhalla Sweet Surrender - Bento Couple Pose (I deleted the female pose and used only the male one). The original pose out now for 66L for G.O.A.T. 66 can be found in their store @ Valhalla Store. You can see the original pose here ---> Naiike Pani

Hair: No Match - NO LOUDER @ UBER

Outfit: Galvanized - Saint jersey @ ManCave

FashionNatic - Sebastian pants

Tattoo: Vegas Tattoo - Sind 342 Tattoo @ UBER

♫♥♫Billy Raffoul - I'm Not A Saint♥♫

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Photo taken at Faded - Lana

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Woah, ah, mercy, mercy me

Ah, things ain't what they used to be (ain't what they used to be)

Where did all the blue skies go?

Poison is the wind that blows

From the north and south and east

Woah mercy, mercy me, yeah

Ah, things ain't what they used to be (ain't what they used to be)

Oil wasted on the ocean and upon our seas

Fish full of mercury

Oh Jesus, yeah, mercy, mercy me, ah

Ah, things ain't what they used to be (ain't what they used to be)

Radiation underground and in the sky

Animals and birds who live nearby are dying

Hey, mercy, mercy me, oh

Hey, things ain't what they used to be

What about this overcrowded land?

How much more abuse from man can she stand?

Oh, na, na, na

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Hey, ooh, woo

- Written by: Marvin Gaye

L'autostrada di Venezia.....

Venice's freeway...

Ventriloquists used to be burned as witches...tough crowd I guess

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYWTMlUSW-I

Hotdog - Ventriloquist Dummy

NOMAD Ventriloquist Dummy RARE

Ventriloquist Doll by Abramelin Wolfe

Finnstill is wearing

[Phunk] Mesh Men's Tails Tuxedo

Thank you to Finnstill for sitting for me

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The Renaissance castle of Fontaine-Henry was built by the family d'Harcourt and it took nearly a hundred years to finish it (hence it's mainly a Renaissance building, finished in 1560, but it has some details that are in the Gothic style known as Flamboyant). There was actually a fortress built here already in the 11th century and in the beginning of the 13th century this was replaced by a castle (which might explain why it next to the current castle stands a very medieval chapel).

And yes, that is a very steep roof. Steep and high. When it was built it aimed to be the highest roof in France (not the highest building, mind you, the highest roof). It's a beautiful castle, but that is a little bit weird!

The castle is still owned by people who are direct descendants of the family who first started building this castle - though the surname has sometimes changed and the current owners carry the name d’Oilliamson - since it a few times was inherited by women. The house is still privately owned, but the interior can be visited on guided tours (no photography allowed, though).

Using texture and painting on a photo of dusk from last evenings sunset. This was shot just after a storm came through leaving a layer of fog in the meadow.

Thanks to Ellen for use of her texture: www.flickr.com/photos/41904174@N06/29185443352/in/datepos...

pose used: Black Cats Poses - Zero Gravity FATPACK

exclusive for Mainframe Event, starts 20th of January and goes to 13th of February. Here you have the LM: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mainframe/146/66/25

pose used: Black Cats poses - Ishii FATPACK

This is the exclusive for The Darkness Event, starts 05th and goes to 28th of December.

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This used to be the Jumeirah Hotel Frankfurt until this April. It was the first Jumeirah on the European continent. Obviously, not as successful as it needed to be.

In the back of this image the IG Farben Haus, the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Ginnheimer Spargel (TV tower) all line up in front of the slopes of the Taunus.

Use of this image on websites, blogs or other media is prohibited unless you have my specific and written permission. ©2010 Dawn Grace

cherry blossoms silhoette by Dawn Grace. Please do not steal my photos. These pictures are here to represent my work as a professional tattoo artist, and most of these designs were drawn specifically for each client.

That said, i cannot email you pictures of my clients' custom work so that you can take it to another artist to have it done. It's not fair to the people who pay to get tattooed by me.

Tattooing is a personal decision, and should you decide to get tattooed, put thought into what you want and find an artist who is willing and able to draw and tattoo exactly what you desire.

Do not leave comments about my clients' bodies ("she's sexy" or "damn, she's fat ",or choice of subject matter. )

Such comments are annoying and will be deleted immediately.

I used the white bow of the mighty ship as a large reflection screen to illuminate the shadows of the buidlings in the front.

used a 3 stops NiSi soft GND filter and stopped down a lot for the sunburst effect.

Thanks everyone for visiting my stream :-)

Topaz Studio

Texture with thanks to Alan- sunsetsailor

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Please, don't fave and run, you will get yourself blocked.

I always feel compelled to rescue on or two of these when the opportunity arises….Bettie than plastic perhaps, but still mad!

Pose used: [VSM] Seelie / Unseelie Set 02

available at *** CHRONICLES & LEGENDS *** event

TAXI

Mainstore: TAXI

Pose Used : Black Cats Creations- Hairtopus FATPACK

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Single Use

using a standard 35mm lens with a couple of macro rings, depth of field became razor thin as I had to get up close and personal

Created for Things That Fly - KP June 2022 Contest

Entered in

Explore Worthy, Contest 127 - SUMMERTIME (2022 Art)

Own flower image | Birds from Lynne Anzelc (oscraps.com)

Processed with Topaz Studio 2

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Pose used is - Ana poses- Berlin 5

Sim Location: Yasminia

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(The blue pillows are part of wedding preparations which were going on when we visited.)

The mosaics behind the altar is perhaps one of the most famous from late antiquity / early medieval there is - dating from the 5th century. It depicts Jesus in the middle in golden robes with the Torah in his hand. St Paul is to the left of him, and St Peter to the right. The twins Cosma and Damiano are standing behind them, one on each side (though it is impossible to tell who's who - they are depicted as identical twins). To the far right is St Theodore - and to the far left the founder of the church pope Felix IV, holding a model of the church. Felix is actually a reconstruction (but generally thought to be well done) since a later pope replaced him with a portrait of pope Gregory the Great(!). Felix was restored in the 17th century.

The church Santi Cosma e Damiano was founded in 527 by Theodore the Great when he and his daughter Amalasuntha donated two buildings to pope Felix IV - the buildings being the Temple of Romulus and the Temple of Peace, built by emperor Vespasian. These buildings are the foundation for this church. Today it is hard to see how it is possible - standing in the church you can, through a window, look down into the Romulus temple. But this is due to the in the early 17th century the floor in the church was raised with some 7 metres and a new entrance was made - and left the temple of Romulus back at (the old) ground level. The same renovation also added new side chapels and a new ceiling.

Happy Wednesday Window

HWW!!

As seen from Max Starcke Park in Seguin, Texas.

The site lies in pecan bottoms used for thousands of years by the indigenous paleo-Indian hunter-gatherers, as evidenced by recent finds near the location. Over 1000 relics were discovered in a single day while moving soil during routine yard maintenance. An archaeological dig continues.

The Flores Crossing was a low rapids over a natural rock outcropping and gravel banks that created a ford across the Guadalupe River. In 1838 Flores established his ranch here on the south side of the river, across from Seguin. Being one of the larger operating ranches of the time, it was visited by German naturalist and geologist Ferdinand von Roemer in 1846. The beauty and clarity of the river and ford were described in his works, Die Kreidebildungen von Texas and ihre organischen Einschlüsse (1852).

The dam was named for Civil War veteran William Saffold. His father, Bird Saffold, came from Georgia and bought the property here in 1853 from Manuel N. Flores, a veteran of the battle of San Jacinto, and the brother-in-law of Juan Seguin, for whom the town is named.

In 1865, William Saffold built a home here on his extensive lands and became a successful businessman, operating a store near this location. He soon established a small mill, which was built in the style typical of this region, during the second half of the 19th century. From the second-story porch of his home, he could see the natural dam that he began to improve by adding boulders where possible. That way, dammed-up water rushed through the mill race with a stronger force to power his gristmill.

In the 1870s, the crossing below the dam was known as the Saffold Crossing, and it was used by several herds as part of the cattle drives heading north.

The dam was further improved after it was purchased by Henry Troell in the 1880s. Troell added more rock to further heighten the dam, raising the water level in order to provide sufficient power for a cotton gin. He added hydroelectric capabilities in 1895, which provided the first pumped water and electricity system to the city.[6] It was one of the first hydroelectric plants in Texas.

Troell later moved his mill operations, and in 1907, the City of Seguin, assisted by the efforts of Ferdinand C. Weinert, bought Troell's property to further develop the river's hydroelectricity.

The first house was build in the thirteenth century as a hunting lodge used by the counts and dukes of Gelre. The house was named 'Pauwenburcht' (Peacock Castle) because of the white peacocks they kept there. The dukes of Gelre used to wear the feathers on their helmets.

The present house was build in 1905 on the foundations of a house dating from the seventeenth century.

Staverden Castle is build on the foundations of a seventeenth century house.

At the backside of the house lies a small island in a pond. On the the island you can find the tomb of Eleonora. This Eleonora lived at Wildenborgh Castle, one of the eight castles of Vorden. She had a lover, who went on a crusade in the Holy Land. When he was away, another man wanted to gain her by force. When her lover returned home, he was killed by his rival. Eleonora wanted to escape this evil man and fled to Staverden, where a mighty knight lived, who gave her protection. She stayed there for the rest of her unhappy life, always dressed in black.

After her death she was buried on the island in the pond. On moonlit nights, the black lady is seen there, walking to and fro on the island, wringing her hands and lamenting about her lost love.

INVISIBLE STRINGS. .

Green was the color of the grass where I used to read at Centennial Park

I used to think I would meet somebody there

Teal was the color of your shirt when you were 16 at the yogurt shop

You used to work at to make a little money

Time

Curious time

Gave me no compasses

Gave me no signs

Were there clues I didn't see?

And isn't it just so pretty to think

All along there was some

Invisible string

Tying you to me?

Bad was the blood of the song in the cab on your first trip to LA

You ate at my favorite spot for dinner

Bold was the waitress on our three-year trip getting lunch down by the Lakes

She said I looked like an American singer

Time

Mystical time

Cutting me open, then healing me fine

Were there clues I didn't see?

And isn't it just so pretty to think

All along there was some

Invisible string

Tying you to me?

A string that pulled me

Out of all the wrong arms right into that dive bar

Something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire

Chains around my demons

Wool to brave the seasons

One single thread of gold tied me to you

Cold was the steel of my axe to grind for the boys who broke my heart

Now I send their babies presents

Gold was the color of the leaves when I showed you around Centennial Park

Hell was the journey but it brought me heaven

Time

Wondrous time

Gave me the blues and then purple pink skies

And it's cool

Baby with me

And isn't it just so pretty to think

All along there was some

Invisible string

Tying you to me?

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Example of use of TOPAZ AI SHARPEN

A Chiffchaff taking off

Un pouillot veloce qui s'envole

It's impossible to recover a movement blur with a sharpening filter : a sharpening filter will only add noise in this case but it will never recover details.

TOPAZ AI SHARPEN includes a new function called STABILIZE that is different from a simple sharpening filter. It tries to find a movement on the photo and to cancel it. That's why sometimes there are small artifacts on the opposite side of the movement, but it is really easy to deal with them with GIMP or photoshop.

To conclude : this tool deserves a try as it is free for 30 days.

It is very usefull for animals in movement (birds in flight, animals running ...), but it can manage movement of the photographer too.

(DSC08870_DxO-TIFF_1-stabilize70-70-0-4f)

Used my Lensbaby56 for this one.

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At Frederiksborg Castle (Danish: Frederiksborg Slot), which is a royal castle built in a northern Renaissance style, for the Danish king Christian IV. The main building of the castle was built 1602-1620 (replacing an older structure). For a long time it served as a royal residence, but it was almost completely destroyed in a fire 1859 (which spared only the chapel and audience chamber). The castle was restored, using old plans and drawings to give it its proper look - with generous donations made by J.C. Jabosen (who made a fortune founding the Carlsberg brewery), to turn it into a National Museum, which it still is to this day.

So yes, this is a 19th century vision of how a Renaissance ceiling should look like.

I'm so used to being used

So I love when you call unexpected

'Cause I hate when the moment's expected

So I'ma care for you, you, you

I'ma care for you, you, you, you,

'Cause girl you're perfect

You're always worth it

And you deserve it

The way you work it

'Cause girl you earned it, yeah

Girl you earned it, yeah

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We used today to dive into the history of the Danish West Coast visiting the Tirpitz Museum in Blavand as well as the open air museum of Nymindegab. I can highly recommend both locations for people who love to learn more about the life of our ancestors in previous centuries. Nymindegab, Jylland, Denmark

Number Please this old telephone is in a Railroad and Telegraph Museum in North Carolina the local train station is not in use so it became a small museum, interesting place ran by a bunch of fellows who don't dust!

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Tomb from the church of Näshult, which predates the current church (the church is from 1735 - the burial from 1572). And the photo lies a bit - the stone is placed in the floor, not standing up, but I liked the effect from this angle.

The man buried here is Nils Persson from Holma, of the noble Silfversparre family (Silfversparre is a description of the coat of arms which later was used as a family name, so if you look at the stone you can see that coat of arms, but the name Silfversparre isn't actually mentioned). Nils Persson was first mentioned in 1529 and had several important functions in the higher echelons of society - though they are hard to translate to English so I won't try. He died October 19 1572, at six in the afternoon (according to the stone). Nils Persson had acquired a lot of land in his life-time and he seems to have been rather ruthless - and he had actually killed a man in 1551. He had at least three children, including a daughter - who was also accused of murder. She was later executed, but not for that, but for treachery towards the king. You can't help but get the feeling that if you were important enough, back in the day, you really could get away with murder...

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