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feeding in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
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When I am nowhere, casually wandering about, I feel I am where I need to be.
~ Marty Rubin
From my archives - road trip to Eastern Washington and the Palouse.
No post-processing done to photo. Nikon NEF (RAW) files available. NPP Straight Photography at noPhotoShopping.com
On 21 August 2017, Big Ben's chimes were silenced for four years to allow essential restoration work to be carried out on the tower.
The aim of the renovation is to repair and conserve the tower, upgrading facilities as necessary, and ensuring the tower's integrity for future generations. The last significant renovation work to the tower was carried out during 1983–85.
The original cost of the project was estimated to be roughly £29 million, but this was then more than doubled, to reach about £80 million.
In a statement, UK authorities said: “The Elizabeth Tower conservation project is due to complete in the second quarter of 2022.
This heron had caught a few tiny fish, then came up with this big catfish. Likely won't have to eat for a while after this!
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From the same boats as in the previous picture, (in first comment box) now with a new experiment processing.
First, I treated the image with light, color, sharpness. Then a thin layer of filters from Topaz Impression, with low opacity. Flatten.
And on that picture I used Sevenstyle's Watercolor action.
It took me a while to first change PS from Swedish to English version to use Actions from the US, then to understand how Sevenstyles works.
This is an initial attempt.
I usually don´t share two pictures on the same day, but maybe it's fun to compare similar motives with two completely different processing.
Wish you all a wonderful day.
This image is a true oldie, it has been sleeping on my hard drive for almost exactly five years. Now that it's only a few days until Christmas, it "woke up" and demanded its place in the Flickr limelight, because even though it doesn't look particularly Christmassy (it had been pretty mild on that day, something like 12 °C), it is a Christmas image, because I've captured it on Christmas Eve 2016 from aboard a small cruising ship on our way to Vienna. There even is some cloud pareidolia to be found here, I see a weird duck and a (very human-like) eye looking upwards ;)
In post I've jazzed up the (very pastel) colours a little and did some subtle denoising, that's all. I don't know whether I will also take a special Christmas image this year, probably not. So I wish you all Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas already now. I wish you relaxed, happy days, stay safe and healthy, and take care! I'll be back for Macro Mondays' "Redux" in a week :)
Dieses Foto ist ein echter Oldie – und ein echtes Weihnachtsbild, auch wenn es nicht so aussieht. Aufgenommen habe ich das Foto (mit dem manuellen "Altglas" OM Zuiko Auto-S 50mm F/1.4) am 24.12.2016 zu Beginn einer Flusskreuzfahrt (meiner ersten und sehr wahrscheinlich auch letzten, Kreuzfahrten sind, glaube ich, nicht so meins) auf der Donau (laut Flickr in "Nideristaraich"). Es war sehr mild gewesen, so um die 12 °C, weshalb es auch keinen Schnee gab. Dafür hatten wir zum Heiligabend mal keine dichte Wolkendecke gehabt (wie sonst die gesamte Fahrt über), sondern diesen entspannten, stimmungsvollen Sonnenuntergang, bei dem es sogar ein wenig Wolkenpareidolie zu sehen gibt: Ich sehe hier eine etwas seltsame Ente und ein ziemlich menschlich aussehendes Auge, das nach oben blickt ;)
Bearbeitungstechnisch habe ich lediglich die Farben aufgepeppt und das Foto dezent entrauscht. Vermutlich ist dies auch schon mein Weihnachtsfoto für dieses Jahr, ich weiß noch nicht, ob ich noch ein extra Foto machen werde. Wir sehen uns aber auf jeden Fall nächsten Montag beim "Redux"-Thema für Macro Mondays wieder ;) In diesem Sinne: Habt trotz der angespannten Lage schöne, entspannte, friedvolle Weihnachten, passt weiter gut auf Euch auf und bleibt gesund :)
One of my huge peony buds covered in water drops after a morning shower. You can see the refraction of the hanger from a hanging flower basket in the big droplet...it kind of looks like a hook ;-) Please view large.
Have a great Saturday and awesome weekend, my friends!
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HISA - Rocky heights - rock 1
HISA - Rocky heights - rock 2
HISA - Rocky heights - rock 3
HISA - Rocky heights - rock 4
HISA - Rocky heights - Stone Pile w grass
Bloom Event: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Prism%20Events/128/120/23
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HISA - Greenery Shrubs
HISA - Flora wildflower grass - Mixed Greens
New from konoha:
Whitlock's Houstonia
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Scarlet Creative Stargazer Gazebo - Brick
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Jinx : Ickle Nelly Animesh
..::THOR::.. Toy Boat
Foxwood - Duckling
Foxwood - Hedgehoggie
[we're CLOSED] walkway short - light
LB_CherryTree.V3
LB_AspenSpringTree
Heart - Wild Flowers - Queen Ann's Lace
Skye Waterfall Falls
*HEXtraordinary* March Hare Fountain
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