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I love the faces and human forms in this chaotic collection of haunted waterfalls. This has got to be the most challenging waterfall I've attempted to capture. I've been here once before, and botched the job so bad, I never showed the photos to anyone. It's a small miracle I was able to get this shot working. It's a big wide flow that requires at least a 2 shot pano, and the conditions were essentially like being in a shower. It was raining this time and the mist from the falls was just insane. I was completely drenched walking back to my truck, and my camera might as well have been dropped in a bathtub. My technique was to wipe the lens for the two second timer right up to the moment the shutter opened for each shot.
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When you completely botch a shot, you can either discard it or embrace it and run with it. At least as long as there is something to run with.
And taken at the same time, but with a very different result: www.flickr.com/photos/dameboudicca/51569196105
I think I have seen this scene in a hundred movies but I just couldn't resist grabbing one for myself. :) It was taken on the 7th day of a ten day trip and already I was running on empty. I had originally intended to hike the area but I only really had time for a drive by shooting session. This is the entrance to the John Wayne Trail and there was even a sign saying so. I had done a long foreground to background composition but I botched the dof. :/ That's ok I'm going back in 3 weeks to exact my revenge, Hope you like it. Thanks. :)
And thank you for taking the time to take a look at my photos and as always, your views, comments, faves, and support are greatly appreciated!! Have a great weekend my friends :)
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Independence Pass, Colorado; elevation 12,095 ft (3,687 m)
(re-edit of an old botched-up post, which has now been deleted)
“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, "This is what it is to be happy.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
In love with this set from Velour. So fun to play around with! "Plastic Doll" set can be found @ Tres Chic Event. This set comes with surgical markings, bruises (2 versions), and lip stick options. Syringe and nose bandage with and without blood provided as well.
Eye bruise shown by TF-Brawler set.
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Went out to shoot the Neowise comet, but came back with a lighthouse shot!
Last Thursday I had a Neowise shoot scheduled, but my plans were derailed by bad weather (cloudy and windy conditions). Postponed for next day (Friday last week) as weather forecast was reassuring. Upon arrival to the spot (Cape Roca, about 30 kms from Lisbon) I was dismayed as the conditions were exactly the same as in the previous day: cloudy (as can be seen from this shot) and extremely windy (impossible to use the tripod), making the comet shoot a mirage.
This Cape Roca’s lighthouse shot, proves I was there! It’s an handheld shot that I find interesting due to its original perspective. Taken from close to Bear Beach (northwards of the lighthouse) it provides a striking image of the amazing terrain that drops abruptly to the sea. The golden hour light enveloped the whole image and created a soft and beautiful mood.
Hope you’ll enjoy the remains of my botched expedition to chase a comet… Have a wonderful day, dear flickr friends!
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Cape Roca, Colares, Portugal
© All rights reserved Rui Baptista. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
First bird photo of 2020... off my balcony... chilly today but not too bad... three Jays in the trees, a Blackbird... I'll take the Laughing Dove... a good omen, yes?
I was hoping that the first bird I could get for 2020 would be the male Palestinian Sunbird we have around here. There is a pair that flits about around our building... I have seen the male last week with my bins and he is incredible with his iridescent feathers... I photographed him maybe three or four months ago also and because he is all black, I botched the exposure... I'm going to get that photo soon... I can feel it... :-)
In the mean time, I'm happy with this attractive Laughing Dove... took this without the 2xTC that I use out in the field...
This was taken a few years ago, and I was never really happy with the result. I was still new to LE photography and kind of botched the shoot. I figured a new edit might bring it to life, somewhat. Enjoy!
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Paragon who Sits: CloettaSenap
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On a Sundial
~Hilaire Belloc~
IN SOFT deluding lies let fools delight.
A Shadow marks our days; which end in Night.
ON ANOTHER
How slow the Shadow creeps: but when 'tis past
How fast the Shadows fall. How fast! How fast!
ON ANOTHER
Loss, and Possession, Death and Life are one.
There falls no shadow where there shines no sun.
ON ANOTHER
Stealthy the silent hours advance, and still;
And each may wound you, and the last shall kill.
ON ANOTHER
Here in a lonely glade, forgotten, I
Mark the tremendous process of the sky.
So does your inmost soul, forgotten, mark
The Dawn, the Noon, the coming of the Dark.
ON ANOTHER
I that still point to one enduring star
Abandoned am, as all the Constant are.
ON ANOTHER
Save on the rare occasions when the Sun
Is shining, I am only here for fun.
ON ANOTHER
I am a sundial, and I make a botch
Of what is done far better by a watch.
ON ANOTHER
I am a sundial, turned the wrong way round.
I cost my foolish mistress fifty pound.
ON A SUNDIAL
Creep, shadow, creep: my ageing hours tell.
I cannot stop you, so you may as well.
ON ANOTHER
I am a Sundial. Ordinary words
Cannot express my thoughts on Birds.
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Leo doing what Leo does best....
textures thanks to Pareeerica for 'grungette' and Skeletalmess for 'botched painting'.
Ya gotta do it. It's just a matter of time before this botched, clean unit starts to look like the rest. And that is filthy dirty. So loaded with nothing but time on my hands to burn I headed for Dale to bang this gem under a blue dome at not one mile an hour under track speed.
Patience and Planning. The two ingredients that made this shot.
I've wanted this shot for 2 years now, but conditions must become optimal on multiple levels for it to fire.
The coast must have no fog. Do you know how rare that is, on the coast, late at night, during summer?
The tide must be one of the lowest of the year. Complete negative low tide. Small swell is also a big factor.
And finally, the Milky Way alignment window is very specific, so you must have your calculations precise or you will botch your attempt.
Everything came together last month and I called my good friend Josh Crites with the good news regarding weather. We drove down at 2:30am and scored until 4am. The bonus cherry on top was it was the first time we both had scored Shark Fin with no other photographers around. We shot the classic dead center cave comp first, then with 15 minutes left in our window to shoot we scooted towards the water and to the left, trying to get the entire Fin in the frame. This is the first cave shot of the Milky Way I've seen this far out and with so much Fin visible.
The green light to the right was a fishing boat throwing light from around the northern rim of the cove.
This shot is a blend.
Sky - 14 shots stacked.
14mm
f/2.2, 15 seconds, 8000iso
Cave foreground:
2 shots stacked
Main image: F/4, 10 minutes, iso 1250
Secondary image with me pointing at milky taken by Josh.
F/2, 20 seconds, 5000 iso
I have been shooting RAW full time for roughly 9 years now, and editing them offer so much more flexibility than straight JPEG files off of the camera. In addition to shooting RAW for that long, I have been doing flash work for close to 7 now, and in that time, I have lost count on shots that I have botched in some capacity that I chalk up to learning experiences. However, there are a select few, a few photos that have fallen into a list that no matter how many successful trips since attempting, stay in my mind for my failures, photos that are painful lessons and make you hate this hobby and crush the desire to want to shoot anytime soon after.
Almost 5 years ago, when I was working in Lansing still, it was not often that I carried my night equipment to work, so there were opportunities that I missed, but for some reason on this day, I brought them to work, and at the time I was thrilled I had when I saw that L501 came out of the tunnel with BCOL 4642 leading. I got all my work done and had some free time at the end of the night when they were leaving Flint, and I made the decision to risk it at the Lansing Coal Tower, which for me at that time, going to at night was anything but something I enjoyed. As a result of this hesitance, I elected to delay my set up to limit my time there, which I grossly underestimated. With limited time to set up and plan accordingly, lights were not set up properly, no testing took place, and the shot was, at the time, deemed a painful failure that made the infamous list. The photo stayed on a memory card that was replaced with a faster card and resided in my bag ever since.
Fast forward to a few days ago, while dumping my active card, I noticed a wonderfully lit rainbow above my house after a brief thundershower, and in a moment of haste, I grabbed a backup card in my bag, the card that held this shot, and it was discovered this existed while looking through it. With fresh eyes, 5 additional years of editing experiencing, and some odd optimism that I could save it, success came to fruition. While it did take more work than what I like to do, the flexibility of RAW files came through, and took a photo that spent so long on the list of painful lessons was successfully removed and is now one I can call good enough.
LOOK
SKIN → Lexa - Becca Skin Lelutka EvoX (Pearl)
HAIR →FAGA - Rita Hairstyle
EYEBROW→ [Prolific] Lana Eyebrow HD
LASHES → REVOUL - CERTIFIED LASH LOVER COLLECTION / EVOX
EYELINER→: Dernier : "Eyeliner Set" Vol.2 (Lelutka Evo X BoM)
Earrings→ WRONG - EARRINGS
Bloody mouth →: Dernier : "Botched" (Evo X BoM) - Bloody Mouth
Black Eyes→: Dernier : "Botched" (Evo X BoM) - Black Eyes
NOSEBLEED →: Dernier : "Botched" (Evo X BoM) - nosebleed
Tattoo Staples→UNHOLY_ Fix Me BOM Tattoo Staples
Tattoo Wound→UNHOLY _ Fix Me BOM Tattoo Wound
GOOGLES→ amias - KIRAN shades
HARNESS → [-] NANAO / Min Harness (Legacy/Mait/Kupra)
TOP→ PLEX. "Euphoria" BRA // Red //
Pants→_CandyDoll_ Anee Leggings @The Epiphany
POSE→ B(u)Y ME: Stands 3- Posestand @Orsy Event
Animesh Eye → Guwopp x Tsun Tsun - Eye Monster
WINGS→[-] NANAO x .Tardfish. Maleficient Wings (Animesh)
On the Go - Keeping up with Bobcats on the move is challenging - even when they are fully comfortable. They have their own plans and it's up to me to keep up without getting in their way and getting whatever images I can. Two general observations I've noted when photographing Bobcats are: 1. They don't like being followed from directly behind, 2. They don't like being suddenly cut off or blocked directly from the front. I've learned to stay parallel to them at a respectful distance and match their pace (almost like photographers do at track meet finishes). This way I'm moving with them and not trailing or cutting them off. I also noted that Bobcats and other mammals can move surprisingly fast through one's field of view. I found that using the same shutter speed ranges of 1/1600-1/5000 that I use for raptor in flight work really well for freezing mammals up close in a trot. Lastly, manual mode with bounded auto-ISO and exposure compensation has been a life-saver with subjects moving quickly through mixed shade/sun situations. I used to shoot full manual and would constantly botch situations like this because I wouldn't be able to keep up with my settings.
Species: Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
Location: Northern California, CA, USA
Equipment: Canon EOS R5 + RF 100-500mm IS
Settings: 1/1600s, ISO: 1000
Hair: Vango - Glen Hair @ Alpha
Mesh head: LeLutka - Camden 4.0
Skin: outernaked - dani skin @ Alpha
Outfit: GRAAL - O'CONNEL SET @ Midnight Order
Furniture & Decor: Dirty Rat - The Botched Job @ Midnight Order
[nb!] - Twinkling Light Pavilion @ Ouh Lala Event
Backdrop: *ZEROICHI* - Hotel corner backdrop @ Cosmopolitan
'Tis almost time to go apple picking.
Don't mind my botched reins - I'm still learning how to draw them!
The New Palace (1763 - 1769) with its adjoining buildings forms the end of the Sanssouci palace park - an imposing counterpart to the small, intimate Sanssouci.
Frederick II himself called the New Palace a "fanfaronade", a show-off, a boast, because he only used the magnificent building as guest accommodation and a setting for lavish parties.
Interesting facts from the construction period:
The construction workers had to work quickly and put up with botched work. They also had to imitate the expensive brick in poor Prussia. The façade was painted red and then the joint lines were white painted on!
The New Palace - a prestige building, is the most impressive and largest building in the Sanssouci palace complex. With its pompous interior, long suites of rooms, lavishly decorated banqueting halls and galleries, the palace was fascinating even then - and still is today.
Das Neue Palais in Potsdam
Den Abschluss des Schlossparks von Sanssouci bilden das Neue Palais (1763 - 1769) mit seinen Nebenbauten - ein imposante Gegenstück zum kleinen, intimen Sanssouci.
Friedrich II. selbst nannte das Neue Palais eine "Fanfaronade", eine Angeberei, Prahlerei, weil er den Prachtbau nur als Gästeunterkunft und Rahmen für üppige Feste nutzte.
Interessantes aus der Bauzeit:
Die Bauarbeiter mussten schnell arbeiten, nahmen Pfusch am Bau hin. Außerdem mussten sie im armen Preußen den teuren Backstein imitieren. Die Fassade wurde also rot angestrichen und dann wurden die weißen Fugenlinien aufgemalt!
Das Neue Palais - ein Prestigebau, ist das beeindruckendste und größte Bauwerk der Schlossanlage Sanssouci. Innen pompös mit langen Zimmerfluchten, üppig verzierten Festsälen und Galerien faszinierte das Schloss schon damals – und tut es heute noch.
Theme // Press L to zoom in and see in more details
• Skin - Nathan Skin. at Alpha from Brabos
• Hairbase / Eyes - Nathan Hairbase / Eyes. at Alpha from Brabos
• Beard - Petrov Facial Hair. at Man Cave from Brabos
• Belly & Materials - MaleBelly V1.0 - Legacy from Malediction
• Moles - Beauty Marks from Eterny
• Body Marks - Body Freckles from Addon+
• Head - Eon 3.1 from Lelutka
• Frown Lines & Forehead Marks - Expression Marks. from Brabos
• Deformers - Pectoral Deformer Kit from Botched
• Top - "Finlay" Tank from Off-Line
• Bot - Gus jeans from Legal Insanity
• Pose - Anim Pack Collection Bento 'Luiz' #134 from Stun Poses
• Backdrop - MK225 from Paleto
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Scene Credits:
Mazzaro - Edward, currently available at the January 2026 round of Alpha. maps.secondlife.com/second.../ACCESS%203/141/126/999
Dirty Rat - The Botched Job, currently available at the January 2026 round of Midnight Order. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Syndicate/128/128/61
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For Baz, the one and only Don of my heart.
This mature Bald Eagle tried to catch a fish in the water but I don't see a tail dangling, so a botched effort. You can see the water dribbling from its claws. It was also snowing for this shot, thank goodness not a lot but just enough to make it interesting.
Taken 19 February 2020 near Homer, Alaska.
Like clockwork, the Hugo Job gets going just minutes after the Belt Job cleared the diamond over the St. Paul Sub. Here they go by the pond near Kasota Avenue, I'm sure the algae is coming soon that will botch up the reflection here.
Dirty Rat - The Botched Job : crashed car, scattered money, tommy Gun, money bag and lam post background!
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Her name is Nina and she's an educational bird at the Raptor Trust in Millington, NJ. I popped her on a texture called Botched Painting by Shadowhouse Creations
Better large- click on the pic..
Exactly twenty years ago today, the Canadian National Railroad finalized their acquisition of Great Lakes Transportation and successfully absorbed its shortline subsidiaries, which included the fan favorite Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad. Changes made by the new owner were initially very minimal in the first decade following the purchase, however things quickly took a turn for the worse when a group of Illinois Central SD70s arrived on the property in the Spring of 2015 for the purpose of replacing the aging fleet of SD38s and Tunnel Motors in use at the time.
As the attractive orange EMDs were shipped off to other parts of the CN system, the chances of seeing a once common trio of all Bessemer painted power on an actual road train became increasingly slim. The handful of SD38 units that remained on the property were basically relegated to yard service at Conneaut for years, and the only remaining Tunnel Motor happened to be the 905, a wreck repair which had KCS yellow nose stripes clearly visible through its botched paint job.
Just when it seemed things would never get better, in a bizarre turn of events, BLE 878 mysteriously arrived back on Bessemer property in October of 2019 and was almost immediately set up with the the 867 and 905, the other orange motors being used out of Greenville at the time. The morning of October 9th happened to be the first occurrence in which all three units were used on the railroad's misc job for a Butler turn out of Greenville. The eclectic trio made for a great sight at the first photo location of the day as they banged across the diamond with NS's Meadville Line at XN Tower. This is the beginning of CTC coming out of the shops at Greenville and this line, commonly called the low line, will join with the actual mainline at Kelsey, just a few miles ahead.
Naturally something this nice could never last. Big DP equipped CN SD70M-2s now dominate the taconite trains between Conneaut and North Bessemer. The 878 is now the last orange unit on the property and usually handles mixed freight duties along with the Bessemer stenciled but Missabe painted 862. As frustrating as it is to see that the railroad is a shell of its former self, the fact that it is completely isolated from the rest of the CN system has undoubtedly helped slow the changing process. If a company like Genesee & Wyoming or Watco had taken control of the operation, there is almost no chance it would exist in its current form. Ancient CTC hardware still guides trains of taconite pellets and local freight across the railroad and that same sense of pride and commitment the Bessemer had to the steel industry can still be seen in the small group of railroaders that work on this far corner of the CN system.
Bought some tiny roses and decided... well... to put them in a tiny teacup. ;))
Added Shadowhouse Creations textures- Botched Painting and Square-151. Also Florabella action Vintage Haze.
The Jaguar E-type series III roadster in the great outdoors. Despite looking black on the indoor shots, it is actually a lovely shiny deep British Racing Green.
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This is shot number 1 out of 426 shots I took this morning. Almost all the rest have been deleted! Everything looked great through the viewfinder as I set the 1/18th scale model cars up in all sorts of forced perspective situations, but in every one of them, the focus was out by the smallest amount, just enough to have botched every single shot! Some I have salvaged for my own viewing, but at least I can go out on any another day and try again. These days happen now and then. Even on this shot, I did not nail the focus point as I wanted, but it still captures the beautiful shining paintwork reflecting the birch trees and surrounds in my street. I had to have one keeper!