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Grand Place
Brussels, Belgium
04-22-26
European cities are so interesting, compared to American cities, especially compared to the urban/suburban sprawl that is LaLaLand.
Carefully preserved town squares, dating back centuries, and sometimes reinvented over hundreds of years to look "older" than some of the buildings really are.
Large blocks of multistory businesses and residences, sometimes architecturally "boring" with massive buildings so close together it looks like the whole block is one structure!
Old, new, bombed out and rebuilt, planned, unplanned, and always interesting. There are massive city parks and areas with large triumphal arches where kings and civic leaders once marched to celebrate their greatness.
My favorite times are those when the city is it's own reminder of it's history, without the throngs of people who usually create it's vibrancy. Without the people, the city is not lifeless and dead. It's merely awaiting the day's normal dependency, when it will be filled with shopkeepers, tourists, laborers, businesspeople, and those aforementioned kings and civic leaders.
As a photographer, I enjoy seeing the "bones" of the city. As a human being, I enjoy the hustle and the bustle of the crowd living and working within. (to a point, 😁😉)
Between the shots taken here at Grand Place in the heart of Brussels, Belgium, I waited not for tourists to get out of the way, but for the busy trash trucks and delivery vehicles so familiar to the "life" of any city early in the morning, to flee the frame.
It's late afternoon, straight into the sun for me, so more than challenging conditions. But the little owls were active and learning to fly, taking short up-and-down spurts and circles. This one just looks like they're comparing notes on how it's done. Or remarking at one of their siblings' efforts in the air. From the clutch of nine, a couple of months ago.
Day 152 - Huge Things
Compared to the little cherry tomato, the regular sized one looks pretty huge :))
I would like to say this was an intentional inclusion of the man and his dog but in honesty I didn't see him until after taking the shot. I was slightly annoyed but when I compared it to the shot without I preferred this one.
A close encounter of the bewitching kind!
I wish this were better, altho it is just Really good luck that I got it at all, cos it's not easy to get anything close-up well with a raynox on the end of this 200mm lens, especially something buzzing and moving...I think I was all ready to photo something else when I got this amazzzing photobomber... isn't that how it goes though... ;-)
Water. Drip. Splash.
I've been away from my main computer for a week! Eek! There are some new things I want to learn; for example, when you see the comparison of this image, you'll see that I still can't get that damn angler lure in. And there's no library for "girl with angler lure on forehead". Wut?!
Well... I guess I'll have to learn how to train my own libraries. ;-)
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This picture is rendered using an open-source AI Stable Diffusion platform called ComfyUI. Using custom-built workflows, I take an image in SL and then have it redrawn. Giving it that illustrated look while staying as close to the original outfit as possible.
Would you be interested in having your SL photo redrawn with this style or something similar to something you've seen me post? Well check out Robo Sparkles Photo Studios or send me an IM inworld (Arcadia Foxtail)
compare with flic.kr/p/2oLYsRi the wings light up and turn very blue, when the light hits it just right
Peaso compare tengo coño .... y esa postura le costó lo suyo ... llevaba los botines del Fary y es que es un "profesioná" del escenario
At Starbucks - Morning Coffee Run Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Shot through the windshield in drive-through lane.
I have forgotten the name of the tall pink flowers...
The small crimson flowers on the left are salvia, I think.
Comparing two post processing editors. This is in Apple's new Photos editor.
IMG_2097
Compared to the similar black-bellied tanager, this species looks duller.
Asociacion para La Conservacion de Aves y La Biodiversidad Koepcke's Hermit, Peru
Speed River, Guelph, ON
American black ducks closely resemble female mallards. They appear black from a distance but their artfully colored feathers are mostly dark brown with a fine tan border. Mallard females have lighter brown body feathers with four alternating, oblong rings of medium brown and tan on each feather.
American black ducks are found only in eastern North America and they are a year-round resident in Ontario. Their population is estimated at 400,000 birds compared to mallards with nearly world-wide distribution and an estimated population of 30 million individuals.
The 25th of April Bridge is a suspension bridge connecting the city of Lisbon, capital of Portugal, to the municipality of Almada on the left (south) bank of the Tagus river. It was inaugurated on August 6, 1966. It is often compared to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, US, because they are both suspension bridges of similar color. It was built by the American Bridge Company which constructed the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, but not the Golden Gate. With a total length of 2,277 metres (7,470 ft), it is the 38th largest suspension bridge in the world.
Two weeks ago this drove was plastered in mud and completely waterlogged and now after all the sunshine and showers everything has just shot up..I had to mow our lawn twice this week ..This isn't our lawn by the way! All across the moor the Rape flowers have taken over from the nearby arable fields up on the slopes of the Polden hills..They have seeded themselves where once there was frothy billows of white Cow parsley alongside our rhynes..This shocking shade of yellow, although some think bright and cheery, is a retina-bashing assault compared to our native softer colours.
Of course Charlie, my small brown chum, is not bothered by any of this and is more concerned with trying to navigate himself through the long grass...can you see him?
Compare to Samyang comp 4, moon just out of frame, No flare, compare colour. No auto lens correction, just some manual vignette adjustment in Lightroom. Daylight white balance.
Okay, now for my reason why I love flickr so much.
I'll try to make a long story short as possible. Back in mid-June before I had to leave for Oregon unexpectedly I had my annual mammogram. While in Oregon I received a call from my doctor that my mammogram showed a spot and I need to get another mammogram and an ultrasound immediately. Holy Crap! Okay, so here I am in Oregon my father is dying and now this. So I made arrangements to go to a local hospital and get my second mammogram and ultrasound done there (I would have to pay out of pocket w/no insurance coverage); however, in the meantime my father passes away and I'm dealing with that. So one week later I go to have my mammogram in Oregon only to find out my physician in Hilo did not send the proper documents even though I signed all the release papers and the womens center sent my doctor two written requests. So hell, I can't get my follow up because the office that said it should not wait - screwed up the paperwork so I could not get it done. Go figure! The Oregon hospital refused my appointment without the previous films to compare! Okay, so now I have to wait until I return to Hawaii which I knew at that time it would be weeks as I was planning my fathers funeral, dealing with all the paperwork and details, packing up his belongings, etc.
This is where flickr comes in. Although I did not have my own computer there, whenever I could get my hands on one I would go to flickr and check out my friends photos that would put a smile on my face. As soon as I landed back in Hawaii I had 4 days of waiting until my appointment - I spent as much of those days online in flickr as my computer would allow - I had so many computer problems until 7 pm this evening, it was difficult but it kept my mind off the situation facing me.
Good news to report - I am fine and do not need a biopsy (this year). I went through this last year and needed a biopsy - absolutely the scariest time of my entire life but thank goodnes it was negative. My mother had it, her mother had it - so...
Anyway, that's why I love flickr - it's therapeutic in so many ways you cannot imagine!
This is an excellent picture of Jupiter taken with the Hubble space telescope in 2020. The icy moon Europa is visible on the left. Double-click on the image to really see all the details.
I've often watched Jupiter and its 4 Galilean moons with my 40x power Bushnell telescope. At this low magnification it's only visible as a small yellowish disc (about what Europa looks like here). And the 4 moons are visible only as dots of light.
They move around Jupiter much faster than our moon. Io: 1.76 Earth days. Europa: 3.55 Earth days. Ganymede: 7.15 Earth days. Callisto: 16.69 Earth days.
There is a website now that can tell you exactly where each of those moons is on any given day. In the past I used to keep track of them in a notebook...
And the turbulent bands of clouds are caused by the planet's rapid rotation around itself (in about 10 hours, compared to 24 hours for our planet). The fastest rotation in our solar system. Despite the fact that Jupiter's diameter is about 11 times the diameter of Earth.
Little snail I spotted underneath a fallen tree trunk.
I'm quite happy with the detail and noise rendition of the D7500, it's a clear step up compared to my previous D3300. I would have never been able to shot cleanly in this low light, ISO 6400 condition and get a decent result!
This one was interesting because I did a lot more touching up in photoshop because I liked the base render so much but it had a lot of strange flaws. So I decided to go with it and use photoshop's tools and generative fill to extend the background and make the poster.
And then to top it off, I added a bit of graininess and a warm filter to the rendering to give it a more poster feel.
Would you be interested in having your SL photo redrawn with this style or something similar to something you've seen me post? Well check out Robo Sparkles Photo Studios or send me an IM inworld (Arcadia Foxtail)
Whatever Shousuke told Shunsuke he's not impressed by it.
(Ahhhh how cute is Shou's profile??? That little nose!!! D: <3)
Target: NGC1499 The California Nebula in the Hubble pallet
The California Nebula is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus. Its name comes from its resemblance to the outline of the US State of California (in this composition on it's side). It is almost 2.5° long on the sky compared with the the moon at 1/2°. It lies at a distance of about 1,000 light years from Earth. While evaluating individual images that were stacked, I found I had captured a 200km diameter asteroid 13 Egeria. It's located to the left and down from the brightest star, above and between the close by 2 bright
Gear:
• Mount: ZWO AM5
• Main Cam: ZWO ASI294MM Pro @ gain 120 and -10C
• Guide Cam: ZWO ASI120MM Mini with Askar OAG
• Telescope: Askar 103APO w/.8x reducer - 560mm f/5.4
• Filter: Antlia EDGE Antlia SHO 4.5nm
Acquisition:
• 4 Panel Mosaic
• Roughly 4.5 hours integration each panel
• Sessions: 29, 30, and 31-Dec-2024
• Moon: n/a
• Location: Houston Backyard ~ Bortle 8/9
• Location: Austin Backyard ~ Bortle 8/9
Pixinsight Processing - SHO MOSAIC
• Assemble Panels
• Image Solver
• Mosaic by Coordinates
• Trim Mosaic Tile
• Photometric Mosaic (average)
• Crop, Auto ABE, Image Solver
• BXT, SXT
• Stars Only
• NB to RGB Stars Combination script with star stretch
• Starless
• Revert image back to having stars
• Stretch using HT_Stretch_Unlinked pixel math script
• LRGB Combination into SHO pallet
• Invert, SCNR to fix magenta stars
• Narrowband Normalization SHO
• NXT
• HT to set black point, Curves for color balance, Saturation
Photoshop Processing
• Starless
• Levels color balancing
• ACR highlights, black point, clarity, color mixer, noise reduction
• Stars
• Curves, Dust and Scratches to reduce stars
• Watermark
Compared to full frame 136 mm and f/1,92. So it works similar to a 135 mm f/1.8 lens on a full frame body.
Compare this red-eyed vireo to yesterday's shot, where the red eye showed up so well in the sun. In the shade, that eye appears almost black!
New video! Comparing the affordable Zeiss 55mm f1.8 vs the more expensive Zeiss 50mm f1.4 on the Sony A7III: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQRP4O3ks40&t=1s
Edited with my Florence Lightroom Preset Pack: www.digitalfilmactions.com/lightroom-presets#/new-florenc...
Model: Hayley
Makeup: Lidija J
Nothing like being down by the ocean on a warm night with toes in the sand watching the final light of the day - nothing compares!
Cassini ended its 13-year mission at Saturn on 15 September 2017 when it plunged into the gas giant's atmosphere, but the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is still keeping an eye on the ringed planet.
This is a composite image taken by Hubble on 6 June 2018 showing a fully-illuminated Saturn and its rings, along with six of its 62 known moons. The visible moons are (from left to right) Dione, Enceladus, Tethys, Janus, Epimetheus and Mimas (click here for an annotated version). Dione is the largest moon in the picture, with a diameter of 1123 km, compared to the smallest, oddly-shaped Epimetheus with a diameter around 116 km.
During Cassini’s mission, Enceladus was identified as one of the most intriguing moons, with the discovery of water vapour jets spewing from the surface implying the existence of a subsurface ocean. Icy moons with subsurface oceans could potentially offer the conditions to harbour life, and understanding their origins and properties are essential for furthering our knowledge of the Solar System. ESA's JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (Juice), due to launch in 2022, aims to continue this theme by studying Jupiter's ocean-bearing moons: Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto.
The Hubble image shown here was taken shortly before Saturn's opposition on 27 June, when the Sun, Earth and Saturn were aligned so that the Sun fully illuminated Saturn as seen from Earth. Saturn's closest approach to Earth occurs around the same time as opposition, which makes it appear brighter and larger and allows the planet to be imaged in greater detail.
In this image the planet’s rings are seen near their maximum tilt towards Earth. Towards the end of Cassini’s mission, the spacecraft made multiple dives through the gap between Saturn and its rings, gathering spectacular data in this previously unchartered territory.
The image also shows a hexagonal atmospheric feature around the north pole, with the remnants of a storm, seen as a string of bright clouds. The hexagon-shaped cloud phenomenon is a stable and persistent feature first seen by the Voyager 1 space probe when it flew past Saturn 1981. In a study published just last week, scientists using Cassini data collected between 2013 and 2017, as the planet approached northern summer, identified a hexagonal vortex above the cloud structure, showing there is still much to learn about the dynamics of Saturn’s atmosphere.
The Hubble observations making up this image were performed as part of the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) project, which uses Hubble to observe the outer planets to understand the dynamics and evolution of their complex atmospheres. This was the first time that Saturn was imaged as part of OPAL. This image was first published on 26 July.
Credits: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (GSFC) and the OPAL Team, and J. DePasquale (STScI); CC BY 4.0
My new lego project and Idea -- "The Simpsons Quotes!"
Meet my new project and new minifigures Simpsons! In this project, every fan of the legendary TV series "The Simpsons" will be able to see the Lego photos and the most favorite quotes of the series "The Simpsons"... If you are not a fan of the series "The Simpsons" and do not know the characters of the series, in every picture you can read a summary of a particular hero. Also of course you can see the new Lego minifigures "The Simpsons". On facebook you can compare the original photo with my lego photo .
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The first picture you can see very soon....
Compare this to the Greetings from Germany: As different as the ways of living are (yes, people are actually living behind those dirty walls... quite normal in Bangkok) and as different as the countries are: People put exactly the same stuff outside of their windows: flag, satellite dish and electric cables. Amazing!
See more from Bangkok here
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God damn! Stripes are a bitch.
I don't know what else to say after finishing this picture
Ha!
This all started as an experiment with some new LORAs that focused on makeup and lips. As with all things, adding the new element meant I had to adjust and turn the controlnet nodes to pull the best image out.
apples with oranges.
This display won best produce in the District Exhibits at the Royal Easter Show this year. Every piece of fruit was lovingly polished and placed just so - it was so hard to resist reaching over and swapping a few around.
Compare this with my photo "Blue swirls" and others in my photostream (e.g., in my "Blur abstracts" set).
C. J.R. Devaney