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Originally consecrated on September 10, 1751, it occupied the eastern block of the Grand palace, crowned, at the request of Elizabeth Petrovna, with five gilded domes, "as per our faith". This originally was the Palace Church. Today it functions as the Royal Church Museum.
This is the road pass between Glen Lyon and Loch Tay, passing by Ben Lawers in the Highlands. It was warm down in the glen, but the road was impassable. I wish I had know this before I reached this point. This is the 'after' shot. After a 30 point turn to get the car turned around. I wish I'd taken a 'before' shot, but beforehand I didn't think there'd be an after, so I didn't bother...
It sums things up nicely really, the total block that sums up my experience with Flickr this year. Work is very intense but I've taken on more responsibility, as well as publishing a magazine and setting up my own company running events. And performing in a band with commitments there coming thick and fast.
This means I can't keep up with Flickr, and I miss the people and the talent on show. But, knowing how nice those people are, it makes me feel guilty to drop in and post something every now and again, and play no part other than that. I want to comment, to see people's pictures more, have a laugh... I can't seem to manage that and so when I go onto Flickr, I am disappointed, knowing how much I enjoyed the crowd of talented, lovely people I am missing out on.
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This giant snow slug blocked the way to my next camp. I could have (sort of) easily driven around / through it, but I would have had to drive off road and that's something I try to avoid.
Map location is an approximation.
White Mountains, Inyo National Forest.
E adivinhem??Foto da saga dos atrasados é claro!rsss
Já vou começar dizendo que amei demais isso de color bloking e que odiei a foto!
Nesse tipo de foto as unhas saem horrorosas,parecem que não tem formato!Então não julguem as pobrezinhas rssss
Nos comentários tem fotos padrão das duas unhas,só postei a outra pq eu queria provar que isso era um color bloking mostrando as duas mãos kkkkk
Só sei que amei,e farei vaaarias outras vezes!
Os lindinhos usados foram o Sombra e Agua Fresca e o Vinho Charme da Avon.
Ambos estão com uma camada!Mto amor!Só passei TC pq fiquei com medo das bolinhas,pq né,Avon...
Mas elas não apareceram e a marca tá de parabéns!
This was shot for Macro Mondays, spiky, but I changed the colors, so it no longer qualifies.
Happy Sliders Sunday!
SUNSET - Key West Harbor - Thanksgiving Sunset '24
Schooner Appledore - black skimmers - Autumn light
Key West, Florida U.S.A. - The Florida Keys - 11/28/24
--------Key West: Far from Normal - Close to Perfect-------
*[left-click for a closer-look - Thanksgiving - from Mallory Square]
The pretty America 2.0, the Adirondack III, the Western Union, the Appledore, the Jolly Rover II and many other tall ships are credited with helping to keep Key West's maritime traditions alive for years
to come. Always a joy to see skimming across Key West Harbor.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_keys
"Margaritaville" - Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4XtBiWgXLE
"It's Five-Oclock Somewhere" - Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPCjC543llU
RIP Jimmy Buffett - Passed 9/1/23
VP534 (LK04CUH) is seen on the 460 at Cricklewood Broadway having been told to terminate here, we see the blinds between "North Acton" and Park Royal ASDA, these buses will be truely missed by many if not all enthusiasts!
An old fabric/wallpaper printing block we bought last week, comprising a heavy wooden block with the design built up in metal shapes. Makes a rather lovely print, as you can see here
Milwaukee Road westbound freight #261 to the West Coast passes the station and Shermer Road. Downtown Northbrook, originally known as "Shermerville", looks as it did when we lived there. I barely remember the two-tone grey wooden depot that was on the left before The Road replaced it with an unadorned but comfortable concrete block structure as seen here. Since then Metra has constructed a far more attractive structure. Those who viewed the movies "Breakfast Club" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" would have seen "Shermer High School" just down Shermer Road about a mile to the left. It was actually (and still is!) Glenbrook North High School, constructed not long before my family moved to adjacent Northfield. Another vague memory is going to Glenbrook North for a fireworks display on July Fourth, probably when I was about three or four. All I can remember was absolute terror; the fireworks made made me apoplectic and I'm sure I ruined the evening for everyone else. I still hate fireworks and have gone to Canada during the "glorious Fourth" at least once; if the border opens soon enough I'm sure I'll head 165 miles up the road to Thunder Bay this year!
Unused image from a shoot/ review for Blocks Magazine (Issue 25).
I loved working with 10252 Volkswagen Beetle, really lent itself to being shot on location at sunset- and Mother Nature delivered right when it mattered most!
A7s w/ adapted Nikon 85mm at f/8 or f/11 (can't remember and there's no exif)
The Question Block from Super Mario Bros. for Nintendo. It's the same all around except the bottom and also completely hollow. Made for the GamerLUG display for Brickworld Chicago 2017.
Well yeah, this is one block up from Main Street Ventura close to where I do my laundry and about three block away from Ventura High School in a pretty rough neighborhood (not! :-))
Music: Morcheeba - Otherwise right click and open in new window/tab
INVITES ARE GREAT, BUT PLEASE IN MODERATION
All my public photos are free for personal use
In case your interested here's a sample of my convoluted workflow:
1. +2,0,-2 RAW (sometimes JPEG) files loaded into Photomatix and processed using the detail enhancer.
2. Base Photomatix Settings:
Main:
> Strength - 85 or less
> Saturation - 65
> Light smoothing - High (The further right, the more realistic)
> Luminosity - 0 (adjust based on the picture)
Tabs:
Tone
> White point - 2% (adjust up/down based on picture)
> Black point - .5% (adjust up/down based on picture)
> Gamma - 1.00 (adjust up/down based on picture)
Color
> Temp - 0
> Highlights - 3
> Shadows - 0
Micro
> Contrast - 10
> Smoothing - 15
S/H
> Highlights - 18 (adjust up/down based on picture)
> Shadows - 18
> Clipping - 18
The light smoothing is the most powerful adjustment, so play with that setting first then adjust the others until you get the right look,
If your sky is a dull gray increase the S/H tab, “Highlights” up a bit
If you have to much light “halos” increase your “Luminosity” and the “White Point” settings.
3. Save as a TIFF file.
4. Open in "The Gimp" and re-size (save as____.tiff)
5. Make a layer copy.
6. Do an auto "levels" and see what it does, if it's cool I'll merge it down if not I'll play around with the setting and opacity then merge.
7. Make another layer copy.
8. Use the "local contrast enhance" script at about 50%, then adjust the opacity to fine tune it, then merge it down.
9. Make another layer copy.
10. Use the "vivid color" script and play with the opacity to fine tune it, then merge it down.
11. Save (still as a tiff) and close the picture.
12. Open in Photoshop (I have and old version and only use it to run the Topaz plug-ins)
13. Run the Topaz Adjust plug-in filter and see what the various presets do.............
14. Run the Topaz Denoise filter.
15. Save (still a tiff)
16. Open the original file (unaltered JPEG or RAW) in "The Gimp"
17. Re-size this to match the modified tiff file (don't worry about keeping the aspect ratio)
18. Drag the modified tiff file in as a layer (it will completely hide the unmodified version) then merge it down, this will recover the lost EXIF information.
19. Use the "smart eg sharpen" script at default settings (it makes it own layer copy) then play with the opacity to fine tune it, then merge it down.
20. Do a "save as" as a jpeg, and it's ready for Flickr!
m lovingly refers to this quilt as "clown vomit." he says that every time he looks at it he thinks of this shirt: www.threadless.com/submission/44125/The_Morning_After.
perhaps this quilt isn't his most favorite?
i'm really enjoying watching it grow...it sure is eating up a lot of my scraps! i've finished 12 blocks + i have about 24 more to go, if i can eke that many out of the scraps.
Last Friday, I had an appointment with my new dentist in Albia and as I stepped out of his office post-check-up, I heard a non-BNSF horn. Knowing that it was midday, I figured I'd lucked into the Iowa Southern working in town. I slipped a few blocks up and a few blocks over and there it was! I waited a few minutes for the crew to double their cut, and grab a shot I've wanted for many years. I'd have preferred their red and white geep, but I take what I'm given.
The wonkiness was intentional, but now it's kind of killing me! Oh well, other than that, I LOVED making this block and I'm happy with how it turned out. So fun - thank you, Cara!