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!

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Thank you for taking the time to visit, comment, fave or invite. I really appreciate them all.

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Pose..

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Aluminium foil ball - Macro Mondays Single Use

Son passati già due anni, ma mi pare ieri...

ricordo perfettamente questa foto, la sua costruzione e a chi pensavo di dedicarla, un amico che ama i lampioni e che però da più di un anno non ritorna su Flickr.

Sorry, to me is very difficult to visit people that always only leave a fav without commenting...

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in northern Serengeti, Tanzania.

a large and handsome antelope found in herds of a few to over 20 in grassy areas where water is available nearby.

The Defassa subspecies is declining rapidly and is classified as Near Threatened

Kobus ellipsiprymnus subspecies defassa

waterbok

cobe à croissant

Wasserbock

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I used to work with painting on glass, china, paper... I meant a creative job was always important to me.

In this new phase I feel the necessity of find some details to add to my photos. I'm discovering how amused is work with Photoshop, despite of doing only some things with it until now. So, sorry for the montages with questionable taste.

Denver Botanic Gardens

Six images, focus stacked using Zerene Stacker

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.

Days That Used To Be_Neil Young

People say don't rock the boat, let things go their own way

Ideas that once seem so right, now have gotten hard to say

I wish that I could talk to you and you could talk to me

'Cause there very few of us left my friend

From the days that used to be

Seem like such a simple thing to follow one's own dream

But possessions and concession are not often what they seem

They drag you down and load you down in disguise of security

But we never had to make those deals

In the days that used to be

Talk to me, my long lost friend, tell me how you are

Are you happy with your circumstance, are you driving a new car

Does it get you where you want to go, with a seven year warranty

Or just another hundred thousand miles away

From the days that used to be

Songwriters: Neil Young

Picture taken @ IMAGOLand_For FOCUS MAGAZINE LANDSCAPES ARTICLE_ APRIL 2021 ISSUE

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Using a flash or focus assist illuminator on these photo shoots is an absolute No No! Rest assured a few harsh words were spoken by someone at the time!

Photo taken for Macro Mondays theme “single use”.

YOUTUBE

I wanna fall asleep forever

I wanna learn to disappear

Can you take away the mess, that’s been building in my chest

Drowning out the song I used to hear

Love’s a violent word, don’t you forget it

I ain’t saying that you ever could

I’ve seen my seasons change

I was crying out your name

Remember when we used to feel so good

So don’t forget to love me in damnation

For the living I have earned on love gone wrong

And we’ll open up old wounds in celebration

If we don’t bleed, it don’t feel like a song

You got your honest intuition

You got your cigarette smoke

And I’m all your oldest fears, the black mark on last year

But I got the hope you let me hold

So let them judge and shove us under

And let them do the devil’s work

Let them calculate the crimes in all our broken rhymes

But let us find the heaven following the hurt

So don’t forget to love me in damnation

For the living I have earned on love gone wrong

And we’ll open up old wounds in celebration

If we don’t bleed, it don’t feel like a song

My first attempt at using Poetry for my flickr image. I only did this so I could get into Loegan Magics Flickr group 'Images and Words' which requires original writings

LEAVE THE DUCKS ALONE

My dog, you are a pain

and a drain

you make me insane

When we leave the mooring

to go out exploring

you find it boring

Until you spot the duck

and then you act like a schmuck

you are such a bad mutt

Rachel Magic

Picture Taken @ Luane's World

I over-dyed this wool from T. The greens are so brilliant, I almost don't want to use them. I just want to keep looking at them stacked up with their edges all whispy...

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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

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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Taken at Noshinim's Neighborhood link below

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and Flickr

www.flickr.com/photos/tags/NoshsHoodChallenge3

Topaz Studio

Texture with thanks to Alan- sunsetsailor

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

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

Thanks everyone for visiting my stream :-)

Lincoln County-Washington State

bull African Buffalo in the north of the Serengeti in Tanzania;

Cape Buffalo or African Buffalo

syncerus caffer

kafferbuffel of Afrikaanse buffel

buffle d'Afrique ou buffle noir des savanes

Afrikanischer Büffel

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I used to live in the house on the right when I was very young. It was haunted... that or I was having a bad reaction to the Phenobarbital I was given for my seizures.

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

I use it almost every day. Adhesive tape to fix things that have come loose or should be held together. Very often I have already injured myself on this sharp edge. Luckily for this shot, I did not need to tear down anything, just provide the right light.

Fast jeden Tag benutze ich es. Klebeband, um Dinge zu befestigen, die sich gelöst haben oder zusammen gehalten werden sollen. Sehr oft habe ich mich an dieser scharfen Kante schon verletzt. Für diese Aufnahme brauchte ich zum Glück nichts abzureißen, sondern nur für das richtige Licht sorgen.

Macro Monday "Book"

Not just about the famous brand, its about design work over the last decades and as it should be, its widely read and used as you can see!

Single Use

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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In Minnesota we are all very used to winter, and we all have that moment when we realize it is finally here and here to stay. Not many days after I took this photo, the North Shore received another 20" of fresh snow. It truly is a winter wonderland up there right now! Sometimes it feels like time just keeps flying by, we are near the end of another year and another year closer to the end. Sometimes when the seasons change it can feel easy to get lost in time or even lost in life. What is the meaning? What is the purpose? Another year is ending only to be replaced by another one coming. If we chose to look at life like this it can feel so shallow. We were made for more than to watch the sun rise and set day after day and with the years pass by. There is more to life than this. We are created for something more. We are called for something so much greater!

RKO_9097. Big enough for a great lunch!

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Used my Lensbaby56 for this one.

Situé sur une voie de migration littorale à proximité de l’océan et de la Loire, le lac de Grand-Lieu accueille 270 espèces d’oiseaux, ce qui en fait la deuxième réserve ornithologique française après la Camargue. Le Lac de Grand-Lieu est un site fragile qui forme un réservoir exceptionnel pour la biodiversité, C'est la 2ème réserve ornithologique de France après la Camargue qui abrite plus de 270 espèces d’oiseaux, 550 espèces de végétaux y sont recensées, plus de 50 espèces de mammifères sont présentes, ainsi que 30 espèces de poissons et 12 espèces de batraciens. De ce fait, il est protégé par de nombreux dispositifs environnementaux : il y a 2 réserves naturelles qui protègent le lac qui est inscrit au titre de la convention de Ramsar, comme l’une des plus belles zones humides d’Europe. Le lac est classé Natura 2000 (Site d’intérêt communautaire et Zone de Protection Spéciale), est classé, aussi, au titre de la Loi de 1930 sur 7500 ha, englobant le lac et ses rives (JO du 24 août 1982). La totalité du site inscrit couvre 32 ensembles bordant le lac, ZNIEFF de type I sur 6281 ha et bénéficie de l’application de la Loi Littoral. L’accès aux réserves du lac de Grand-Lieu est strictement interdit sans autorisation. La baignade, la pêche et toutes activités nautiques y sont donc interdites mais les affluents du lac et la base de loisirs de la Boulogne sont autant de terrains de jeux pour la pratique de ces activités. Pour observer le lac de Grand-Lieu, rendez-vous dans l’une des fenêtres ouvertes au public.

Located on a coastal migration route near the ocean and the Loire, Lake Grand-Lieu is home to 270 species of birds, making it the second largest ornithological reserve in France after the Camargue. The Lac de Grand-Lieu is a fragile site which forms an exceptional reservoir for biodiversity. It is the 2nd ornithological reserve in France after the Camargue which is home to more than 270 species of birds, 550 species of plants are listed there, more 50 species of mammals are present, as well as 30 species of fish and 12 species of batrachians. As a result, it is protected by many environmental devices: there are 2 nature reserves that protect the lake, which is listed under the Ramsar Convention as one of the most beautiful wetlands in Europe. The lake is classified Natura 2000 (Site of Community Interest and Special Protection Zone), is also classified under the Law of 1930 on 7500 ha, encompassing the lake and its shores (JO of August 24, 1982). The entire registered site covers 32 sets bordering the lake, ZNIEFF type I over 6281 ha and benefits from the application of the Coastal Law. Access to the Grand-Lieu lake reserves is strictly prohibited without authorization. Swimming, fishing and all nautical activities are therefore prohibited there, but the tributaries of the lake and the Boulogne leisure center are all playgrounds for the practice of these activities. To observe the lake of Grand-Lieu, go to one of the windows open to the public.

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bigger is better

Exposure: 1.6 sec

Aperture: f/5.6

Focal Length: 50 mm

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Sunrise at the Lindisfarne Nature Reserve looking at the pilgrims Way, a path across the reserve that the monks used to take to Holy Island. Bamburgh castle is in the background.

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Listening To Life they keep me from being distracted, I use a lot while on the computer.

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!

(Explore: Jul 31, 2008). A driveby shot enroute to Spokane from the Canadian border

Created for ~ Water Treatment! ~ The Award Tree ~

All images and textures used are my own exepct Hummingbird: PD.

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Last Snow......

A heavy snow fell early March 2019 covering everything with a thick layer of fresh fluffy white snow. We got up early and headed to the park where we found ourselves in a scene from the movie Narnia; snow was falling from the branches above every time the wind blew. at times it was as if it was still snowing... with so much snow falling from the heavy laden branches overhead.

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Used my mobile to take this shot as it covered more landscape than my Nikon.