Bits And Pieces
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This is what a visitor sees when exits from the other side of the upper Antelope Canyon. I've made this photo for the second time after seven years and the result is almost the same; but this time I was more prepared to capture its stunning textures details; then I underexposed a little in order to capture all blue and purple hues that the sensor was able to register, maintaining the strong light coming from the outside. The result is something that I printed on a metal surface like aluminium in a vertical, supersaturated composition.
Looking a little bit tacky here but this Robin is over two years old now which is a good age for a Robin. Always hanging around in the same area in one of my nature reserves I often go to visit. Ever since I first spotted this as a juvenile there has always been a dark patch below the right eye that is still there to this day. My little friend here has become very tame and always so very photogenic and hopefully will be around a bit longer yet. In the 1400's when the Robin was named the colour orange had not been classified and this is why we say that the Robin has a red breast and not orange. America has an eagle so it's about time the UK had the Robin as its national bird !!!!!!
Small Skipper | Thymelicus sylvestris | Hesperiidaee On Orange Hawk Bit | Pilosella aurantiaca | Asteraceae
Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro
f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2020.
A bit of refreshment for my Flickr friends in the Northern Hemisphere.
The falling rain don't seem to bother this duck...taken at the Fitzroy Gardens.
Hope you like this oldie but goodie..." Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head " by BJ Thomas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sySlY1XKlhM
Many thanks for your visit, comments, invites and faves..it is always appreciated..
Peaceful Sunday
Having a few corners left over from the fun I had with my plastic cubes, I found myself seeing what more I could make of the images. One in particular was very colorful so I started with that one. I duplicated it a bit and that started to look interesting, I then added the yellow from the corner I cut off and that gave a bit of light to the dark. With some nice color going, I was off to look for a bit of texture which led me to a camping trip folder and a window from the side of a wooden building in Maryland. Turns out I really like that shot and went ahead and processed it too. A stone stairway from a monument at Gettysburg Battlefield also caught my eye so I gave it a try and liked it. Many, many times I head down this path and the image just doesn't work so I go find another. Just as many times the whole thing gets shelved and I go do something else. Every so often, as the piece gets developed, I like what I see as was the case here with The Onlookers. All in all, I used four images and included a collage in the first comment.
Happy Slider Sunday - HSS
An old favorite spiffed up a bit. This was one of the first photos I was halfway happy with when I ventured away from 35mm to digital. Unfortunately I had the camera set for low resolution and there isn't much of a file to work with. I don't normally do much alteration to my photos, besides bright/contrast and a little color correction. What you see is what you get for the most part, but I'm fooling around with a few oldies to improve my rather mediocre Photoshop skills.
It's a good thing foil came up as a theme for Macro Mondays because now I have a reason for keeping a bag of multicolored foil bits! Perhaps they'll make it into ice cubes some day but for now it's a foil abstract.
The image area measures about 1.5 inches X 1.5 inches.
Nikon 55mm f/2.8 NIKKOR Micro, 9 image photo stack shot at f/11.
Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus). This wood pigeon was trying to keep cool by oscillating his throat. However, he just looked a bit deranged to me!
Knowing a bit more about photography makes it easier to understand how and why some oil paintings, say the impressionist, abstract or even watercolour paintings, came into being.
"A beautiful closeup of delicate orchid blossoms and a kaleidoscope of background colors. Great depth and soft light."
A review by Flickr friend/Connoisseur Gertrud Klopp
This male bufflehead had been diving recently, and had the evidence in drops all over. At Commonwealth Lake.
Texture from Inky Papers 2 - available with 20% launch discount until Tuesday - texture-shop.co.uk/product/inky-papers-2/ use code INKY2LAUNCH
A bit of Sliders Sunday fun with a dose of detail/contrast boosting and a pinch of desaturation to make this shot of the backside of Durdle Door pop a little. The stairs I posted a week or so ago can be seen here on the very right side of the shot.
I'm still mostly off Flickr, visiting irregularly and not commenting much myself so I'll leave commenting off on this one as well. BTW, I found out why, when comments are turned off, some people can still leave comments. Apparently if you post to groups the other members of those groups are still able to comment. Who knew...
HSS
I'm a little bit shy
I’m a little bit right on time
And I know that you don't operate the same
Are you feeling alright?
Cause I really can't tell sometimes
I wanna know what's going on inside your brain
Just come a little bit closer
Cause I don't know if I know you yet
Yeah, there seems to be something new everyday
Why do I really wanna hold you?
Why do I want you so bad?
Yeah, you're beautiful but something's in my way
Also known as the Golden Browed Bulbul, this is an endemic bird of South India and Sri Lanka. The bird is bright yellow and easy to identify in the bush and canopy where they are sighted. Apparently, this subspecies of the bird we shot in the Malabar region / Western Coast is a bit paler than the subspecies on the other coast - though I haven't seen it yet.
The birds are of the same size as other bulbuls - maybe 20 cms - and are found in small groups. We sighted several around fruiting trees such as wild berries, Figs and they were quite loud during the time. The calls were a tad easy to remember and just like other bulbuls they were noisy. This is the start of their breeding season and hence I think they were out more than usual.
Many thanks in advance for your views, feedback and faves.
Feeling a bit off lately but i just had to add a picture this week..i truly hate to fall silent here. I do hope that the picture is liked and hope to get my head a bit more clear again soon as well..
A bit quieter and much smaller version of the Main Square but with as much beauty and charm the Mały Rynek, or Small Square, is another spot to enjoy.
Located right behind Saint Mary's Basilica this is a great spot to hear the Trumpeter play without the crowds of the Main Square.
From the 16th century onward sellers of antiques also made a home for themselves on the square, when it was known as ‘Forum Antiquum’ (the Old Market), though the locals liked to call it ‘Tandeta’ (the ‘tacky market’) or - in a rhyming pun related to the grisly meats on display - even ‘Wendeta’ (Vendetta).
Serving as an intermediate point between the nobility of the Main Square and the impoverished denizens living near the city walls, Mały Rynek also housed a soup kitchen for the poor and the 13th-century School of the Virgin Mary, which predated the founding of the square.
Maly Rynek, Kraków, Poland
This is from my archives. It is a previously unposted image. A long exposure sunset shot at Iluka Beach. One of my favourite little coves along the coast here in Perth. Every sunset is different. Aways changing. I did a bit of light painting on the rocks in the foreground to give some detail.
#sliderssunday
Spot the two birds :)
For a change, this is a new (outside!) photo, taken just a few days ago at the wonderful Britzer Garten, one of Berlin's biggest and most beautiful public parks (please check my album for more "Britz bliss", if you like).
For better dynamic range, I've used exposure bracketing (three images), pre-processed the images in DXO PhotoLab (sharpness and DeepPrime denoising only), from which I directly went into HDR Efex Pro to combine the images. I'm trying to get away from the annual Adobe subscription, and combining images from an exposure bracketing series in HDR Efex instead of Lightroom is one step into that direction. Unfortunately, whenever I think I can finally leave Adobe behind for good they come up with improvements such as the new "supersize" function (now also available in LR), a ton of new presets for LR, and other interesting stuff (and I'm still used to the LR/PS workflow, and the layers in PS). Well, maybe I'll be ready next year ;)
Extra sliding was done in Color Efex, where I added some "Brilliance and Warmth" and a tiny bit of "Contrast Color Range".
Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone, stay safe and have a nice week ahead!
C R E D I T S
My List is going to be bit long today, wish you all a wonderful Day and I will struggle to an other hard Day, a busy Week but Weekend is coming soon and i will calm down a bit .
My Look
Head
Lelutka - Korina 3.3 @ Mainstore
Head Applier
Glam Affair - Kora [ Lelutka ] 006 ( Shape is included ) @ Uber
Outfit
Dead Dollz - Gardenia Set @ FaMESHed
Hair Base
Tableau Vivant - Lelutka HB 06 @ Mainstore
Hair
Tableau Vivant - Pearl Hair @ Mainstore
Pose
DECORATION
Bedroom Set
Fancy Decor - Blague Set @ Uber
• Fancy Decor: Blague Bed
• Fancy Decor: Blague Endtable
• Fancy Decor: Blague Lamp
Other Decoration Items
• dust bunny . sweet dreams . alarm clock . gold
• dust bunny . sweet dreams . morning tray
• dust bunny . wood beaded curtain
• dust bunny . potted dragon tree
• Bazar - Toronto-Bedroom motivation poster
• AF Monogram Luggage Bag
Think I will have a "Bit of Something on Blue week" (bound to be fairly minimal so no offence if you decide to pop back when it's all over :-)
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Pentax K-5
Super-Takumar 55mm f1.8
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she had bits of soul
in everything. from
her laugh to her
tears and in a world
of plastic smiles
and corrugated
feelings,
you couldn't help
but feel it.
- JmStorm
Bit of an odd one his. A lone tree, a bit knackered, lonely and cold out in the snow. I may be way off with this one, but I just find there is something in the composition. Perhaps, a bit weirdly, but in my own way I love it. So I'm putting it out here.
"The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't."
Henry Ward Beecher
I'm sure everyone has had that sort of a day....just feeling a bit obstinate. Apparently insects exhibit those feelings, too.
Would have gone out today, it was fine enough, but other things got in the way. So took a photo of some ribbon I found, while sorting out something else. It looked OK, but I decided to play around with it a bit.
Today is : National Garlic Day - nationaldaycalendar.com/national-garlic-day-april-19/
And for Some Other News it's : National Hanging Out Day - nationaldaycalendar.com/national-hanging-out-day-april-19/
I would have done, but didn't have anything to hang out. 😂
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites.
Credit @ Dimi's in RFL in Home&Garden Expo 2020 Hope4
Backdrop : DiMi's - Tuscany (Rez - 120 LI) *Rezzing by Rezzar
Credit @ Little branch
LB_WildShingleOak{Animated}*4Seasons
LB_WildGrass.v1{4Seasons}*Animated
Credit @ GOOSE
GOOSE - Echo chair BROWN
GOOSE - Echo table BROWN
GOOSE - Echo chair GREEN
GOOSE - Echo table GREEN
GOOSE - Lavendel pot light
Credit @ Refuge "Sweets Shop Gacha"
1. Refuge - Sweets Shop Counter Pink RARE
5. Refuge - Sweets Shop Ice Cream Machine Pink
8. Refuge - Sweets Shop Cupcake Single Blue
11. Refuge - Sweets Shop Cupcake Box Blue
6. Refuge - Sweets Shop Ice Cream Machine Blue
9. Refuge - Sweets Shop Neon Sign Blue
3. Refuge - Sweets Shop Marquee Sign Pink
13. Refuge - Sweets Shop Sundae A
Winter Trees
Bit of a cloud? Understatement? Not really -- as this cloud stretched across the horizon, and this was just a bit of it.
Something a bit different today. Two different types of Robin to compare in almost identical pose.
The European robin, known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in the British Isles, is a small insectivorous passerine bird, specifically a chat, that was formerly classified as a member of the thrush family but is now considered to be an Old World flycatcher.