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This is Jenny's contribution from the beautiful sky on the morning we left Coonabarabran, New South Wales for the coast. It was a fabulous sunrise, taken on her phone but as per the old saying, it did herald a change in weather as a cold wet front swept in from the west. I didn't take a shot here but stopped down the road a bit for an attempted slightly different view. We were in the middle of nowhere of course and the spot I pulled over in had a bikie (motor bike rider) sleeping beside his bike in the roadside grass (not happy Jan), the colour dropped out of the scene in less than the ninety seconds we took to reposition - of course and lastly, my shot managed to have a set of powerlines through the most colourful part. Portent indeed, the trash bin for that shot.
Thankfully, although this was our longest drive of the trip, some 500 kilometres it was mostly on quiet country highways and some easy freeways leading towards Newcastle and the Central Coast. And one other blessing, we rarely leave quite this early to avoid kangaroos and the like but we saw none that day and little roadkill and in fact, while we have seen two mobs of emus, luckily so far, no incursions nor sightings of live kangaroos. Our wide brown land without a sighting of a kangaroo! Sometimes it happens that way.
By the way, if you look closely at this country scene, it is why we love our driving holidays in Australia, there is nothing quite like the sight, sound and smell of early mornings on country roads in our great country. I haven't really started my shots from the trip yet and will probably wait until we get home. It will give me something to do and keep me out of mischief!
well there's been a few shots of the sunrise in Auckland already on Flickr today, here's my contribution - was a beaut morning, the ship was a very slow beast so managed to take out the tiny bit of blur from the exposure.
There was even a seal bobbing around, never seen one in the gulf before and bit to far out for my 10-22mm but so good to watch this seen unfold in total peace with this chap.
(not HDR), colours were quite strong this morning
FG @ 1.6sces f8, sky 1/10 @ f8, DRI,-currently replacing my crap filters even though I did use my 3stop GND on this (not quite enough though)!
Mitt bidrag till veckans fotosöndag/My contribution to this week Photosunday/Fotosöndag on the theme Drömmar /Dreams
My contribution to the theme Photo Sunday with the theme behind. A blue sky behind the ice crystal that is behind the balcony window and I behind the camera.
Mitt bidrag till temat Fotosöndag med temat bakom. En blå himmel bakom iskristallen som är bakom altanfönstret och jag bakom kameran.
My contribution to Photo Sunday theme street lighting. Many decorative lights are on, only the street lights are off.
My contribution for this week theme "yellow", for the swedish group photosunday/fotosöndag.
Mitt bidrag på veckans tema "gult", fotosöndag.
This is my contribution to this weeks Macro Monday's theme of intended contact. It was created when getting 2 water drops to collide.
For this I used a small cocktail glass to create a reservoir with yellow food colourant then 2 drops were dropped from a height of around 10 inches one after another. The photo was taken in manual mode, F14 at 250/sec. To freeze the drops after contact I used 2 trigger flashes on 1/32 power. The actual collision size is less than an inch - HMM
Our contribution for TLC/The Garden with the theme "Darkest Fantasies". The Armchair is inspired by the works of HR Giger and comes in a PG and an Adult version. The LI is 7 with the dimensions 1.6 x 1.5 x 1.2 meters.
The Chair holds 10 Single and 11 Couple Animations. The Adult version holds also 12 Adult Animations.
TLC - Darkest Fantasies openes 7th October 2016.
Landmark: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Remarkable/232/184/23
Webpage: www.liaisoncollaborative.com
Happisburgh Lighthouse, Norfolk, UK
I didn't feel I could visit Happisburgh without taking a shot of the Lighthouse....esp. as the car park is so close to it. I gather that sometimes there is Rapeseed in the field and even if not you can get the tractor trails in the crop fields. Alas in February it's a pretty landscape and the best I could do for a leading line was the strip of worn path to the right of the frame. The clouds that would lead to some pretty spectacular skies were just starting to form and catch the blue hour light. I took the 'normal '3 bracketed images for the main scene but then had to take another three for the light itself and hand blended them.
Windmills and lighthouses are some of my favourite subjects to shoot....particularly in blue hour when you get the natural light but the beam is still shining.
This isn't what I would call a 'keeper' by a long way but I decided to post it anyway as I might never get to shoot it again.
Happisburgh Lighthouse is the oldest working light in East Anglia, and the only independently run lighthouse in Great Britain.
Built in 1790, originally one of a pair – the tower is 85ft tall and the lantern is 134ft above sea level. The ‘low light’ which was discontinued in 1883 was 20ft lower and the pair formed leading lights marking safe passage around the southern end of the treacherous Haisborough Sands.
Today the lighthouse is painted white with three red bands, and has a light characteristic of Fl (3) W 30s (3 white flashes, repeated every 30secs) with a range of 18 miles.
Saved as a working light by the local community, it is maintained and operated entirely by voluntary contributions. Ref. happisburgh.org.uk/lighthouse/
© All rights reserved Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
possible MM contribution for 2/4/20, theme "yellow"
I haven't been doing much recently so I'll start this by wishing anyone reading this well and hope you are all taking care of yourselves and those around you.
I even had to "make" a "lightbox" for this!!
Caravaggio arrived in Malta in 1607, fleeing Rome following a murder. There, he sought refuge in the Order of the Knights of St. John, hoping for protection and immunity. He gained the favor of Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt and was knighted, but his stay was brief and turbulent. During his stay, he created important works such as the "Beheading of St. John the Baptist" and "Saint Jerome Writing," both of which are housed in St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta. Due to a dispute with another Knight, he was expelled from the Order and left Malta, taking refuge in Caravaggio's stay in Messina was marked by intense artistic activity, but also by turbulent events, such as the wounding of a schoolteacher and his subsequent flight from the city. The two works that remain in Messina testify to Caravaggio's unparalleled talent and his contribution to art history, even during a turbulent period in his life.
Our contribution for the new round of TLC The Garden: The Beatle Chair Comes in Rust (displayed) or in Metal and has a Texture Changer for the Leather parts (Red (displayed here), Army, Black and White). The chair has 7 LI and 18 single- and 9 couple animations.
TLC : Endless Summer starts 7th August.
SURL: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Remarkable/151/169/22
Webpage: www.liaisoncollaborative.com/
My contribution for this weeks Macro Mondays. My favourite thread for presents got to be my object for today sitting on its reel.
Contribution to MM challenge for 22/7/19, theme: "Gone Fishing"
Another challenge involving food!! At least this time it's healthy. Or at least it was until I cooked it in a ton of butter and and drowned my salad with olive oil!
Being introduced to the totality of reality is not without consequences for one’s relationship with it. If we do not perceive its meaning, reality does not move us to the point of becoming interesting to us. This is the origin of nihilism, of that position that ends in boredom, because nothing arouses my interest. We thought that reality could go on being attractive even without a meaning, reduced to mere appearances, and that young people could be interested in transmitting mere notions and data, without communicating a theory about meaning. But this did not happen. With the reduction of reality to its immediate aspect, to appearances, a new form of nihilism has appeared, a weak, jovial, cheerful one, in which desire is not awakened, curiosity is not awakened. Now, only he who manages to arouse the self from this feebleness will be able to make a contribution to the dramatic situation in which we find ourselves.
-Disarming Beauty ESSAYS ON FAITH, TRUTH, AND FREEDOM, JULIÁN CARRÓN Foreword by Javier Prades
My contribution for this week's theme «gift»; for the Swedish photo group Fotosondag.
Mitt bidrag till Fotosöndag och veckans tema «gåva».
España - Ciudad Real - Ruidera - Laguna del Rey
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ENGLISH:
The Lagunas de Ruidera Natural Park is a protected natural area and one of the largest wetlands of importance located in the Spanish autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. The natural park is made up of a group of 16 river lagoons or pools along the Guadiana Viejo valley, as a continuation of the Pinilla River by its southeastern inflow, and by its northeastern inflow along the Arroyo Alarconcillo; separated and connected to each other by barriers of tufaceous or travertine formation. The difference in height between them makes the water flow through streams, waterfalls and falls, from one lagoon to another. Although man-made, the Peñarroya reservoir is also part of the park, due to its contribution to the management of water resources. These river lagoons, from a hydrological-structural point of view, are classified within the hydrowetlands of discharge.
ESPAÑOL:
El parque natural de las Lagunas de Ruidera es un espacio natural protegido y una de los grandes humedales de importancia situado en la comunidad autónoma española de Castilla-La Mancha. Forman el parque natural un conjunto de 16 remansos o lagunas fluviales a lo largo del valle del Guadiana Viejo, como continuación del río Pinilla por su afluencia sureste, y por su afluencia noreste a lo largo del Arroyo Alarconcillo; separados y conectados entre sí por barreras de formación tobácea o travertino. La diferencia de altura entre ellos hace que el agua discurra por arroyos, cascadas y saltos, de una a otra laguna. Aunque obra humana, el embalse de Peñarroya se integra también en el parque, por su aportación a la gestión de los recursos hídricos. Estas lagunas fluviales, desde el punto de vista hidrológico-estructural, se clasifican dentro de los hidrohumedales de descarga.
My contribution to UWA Transformations 2017:
I invite you to a small wander in second life through spherical panoramas : UWA, Paris 1900, Ville de Cœur, Cerridwen Cauldron, La Digue du Braek, Winter Trace, Silas Merlin Island, Arctic Express, Devin 2 and CK Ballyhoo, Watercolor Wander at LEA12.
It features artwork by Elicio Ember, Silas Merlin and Ceakay Ballyhoo, and funny items by Pandora Wigglesworth (Curio Obscura).
Transformations 2017, Will be the last Art event organized by the University of Western Australia before the regions close at the end of July. The Event starts on May 1st.
Visit this location at University of Western Australia (UWA) in Second Life
My contribution for this week's theme «punctum»; for the Swedish photo group Fotosondag.
Mitt bidrag till Fotosöndag och sommarens tema «punctum».
Contribution to MM challenge for 7/9/20 - theme: "Footwear"
Steel toe DM. Often (even at the age of 50 something!) essential gig going footwear.
I've got a strange addiction to big crowds of people/strangers with one thing in common, whether it be the band or the team. One thing I'm not addicted to is having my toes stood on. Of course I could just move my ageing bones away from the crowd but where's the fun in that!
The six electric locomtives class El.15, purchased by NSB as the Norwegian traction contribution to the iron ore trains Kiruna - Narvik, were taken out of services shortly after 2000 and purchased by Hector Rail. For of the six are still in service. The 161.105, still in its coulour scheme of its former owner, hauling a short half loaded timber train 46138 Elverum (NO) - Kongsvinger (NO) - Karlstad (SE) - Skoghall at Högboda. I was standing on private land of a farmer who had not yet used his small boats in the 2018 summer season.
My contribution to World Cheetah Day.
©2019 Duncan Blackburn
Member of Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
Här kommer mitt bidrag till fotosöndags veckoutmaning - udda.
Tre udda saker i min bild (fast det finns säkert fler!). Odd one out (vet inte hur jag ska skriva den på svenska), udda nummer, och slutligen (och det viktigaste) udda sockor. Idag, söndag 21 mars, är det världsdagen för Downs syndrom. Ett sätt att visa sitt stöd är att ha udda sockor - rocka sockorna - under dagen. Tack till min familj som var modeller för mig och till detta underbara skäl.
Mer info här: www.svenskadownforeningen.se/rocka-sockorna/
Here comes my contribution to fotosöndag's weekly challenge - odd.
Three odd things in my picture (though there's probably more!). Odd one out, odd number and finally (and most importantly) odd socks. Today, Sunday 21st March, is World Down Syndrome day. One way of showing support is to wear odd socks - rock your socks - for the day. Thanks to my family for modelling for me and for this wonderful cause!
More info can be found here: dsat.ca/wdsd/
Strobist info: One Godox AD200, in a gridded softbox, was placed directly over the "subjects". Triggered with a wireless remote.
My contribution for this week's theme «luminous»; for the Swedish photo group Fotosondag.
Mitt bidrag till Fotosöndag och veckans tema «lysande».
My contribution to the InnovaLUG vignette collab! I tried to go for a log path look.
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This is my contribution to the Smile on Saturday Group. The theme is: baubles (as in a ball-shaped Christmas decoration for hanging on a tree). So here you go: Happy Holidays to you all and Merry Christmas my Flickr friends! See you soon, with another picture !
And HSoS to all participants!
Thank you so much for your comments /favs and support! I’m humbled and grateful!!! I wish you all an amazing day !!
#baubles
#SmileonSaturday
Mitt bidrag till veckans Fotosöndag med tema /My contribution to this week on Photosunday with theme /Advent .
Advent och första december och min födelsedag idag hur mycket jag fyller år tänker jag inte avslöja . Advent and the first of December and my birthday today I don't intend to reveal how much my birthday is
Boeing 737-84P SE-RXA msn 35757/3192 Unicef Livery Norwegian Air Sweden Riga International Airport RIX/EVRA Latvia Riga(RIX) - Alicante(ALC)
Britannica. UNICEF was created in 1946 to provide relief to children in countries devastated by World War II. After 1950 the fund directed its efforts toward general programs for the improvement of children’s welfare, particularly in less-developed countries and in various emergency situations. The organization’s broader mission was reflected in the name it adopted in 1953, the United Nations Children’s Fund. UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1965. It is headquartered in New York City.
Acronym of: United Nations Children’s Fund
Formerly (1946–53): United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Areas Of Involvement: education health child
Related People: Audrey Hepburn Ève Curie Peter Ustinov Ferdinand Léopold Oyono Sheikh Hamidou Kane
UNICEF has concentrated much of its effort in areas in which relatively small expenditures can have a significant impact on the lives of the most disadvantaged children, such as the prevention and treatment of disease. In keeping with this strategy, UNICEF supports immunization programs for childhood diseases and programs to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS; it also provides funding for health services, educational facilities, and other welfare services. Since 1996 UNICEF programs have been guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), which affirms the right of all children to “the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and to facilities for the treatment of illness and rehabilitation of health.” UNICEF’s activities are financed by both government and private contributions.
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My contribution for this week's theme «water»; for the Swedish photo group Fotosondag.
Mitt bidrag till Fotosöndag och veckans tema «vatten».
My contribution for this week's theme "autumn photo", for the Swedish photo group Fotosondag.
Ny kamera. En Sony. Inte helt med på allt man kan göra med den, men en höstbild vore det väl skam om man inte fick till.
My photostream, admin contributions, and montage artwork have all suffered a bit lately while I have been making preparations for a much anticipated road trip. Once again I will be driving from California across Nevada and Utah to visit my daughter and grandson in Colorado. And this time I will be packing them up and driving some more to Lander, Wyoming where we will be accommodated in “The Bunkhouse” on a llama ranch. I will keep up whenever possible, but until I return toward the end of August my comments and participation in all my favorite groups may be a bit catch-as-catch-can. Apologies in advance!
More macro work today, the 365 theme this week has been colour and color, this is my first contribution to the theme. I tried to get the lighting just so to emphasize the texture of the chalk. I swear I learn something new every time I work on shooting and editing my images.
On a personal note, I am tooting my own horn but it has nothing to do with my 365 project. I have now signed into MyfitnessPal 500 days in a row! Getting into a routine has helped me with my physical and mental health.
Have a great Wednesday, getting ready to host Thanksgiving tomorrow so I won't be on much today or tomorrow.
My contribution to Macro Mondays' challenge, "Photographic equipment", on 25 November 2024. It's been a while since I used any of these, and not just because I no longer have a 72mm lens.
My contribution on this weeks theme 'odd' @ Fotosöndag is about an unique birding event that most Sweedes know about
The gathering of thousands of Common Cranes and people wathing them @ Lake Hornborga every spring & autumn is - in positive terms - a very unique phenomenon. The photo shows my son climbing in front of the lake, a symbol that birding can be a great family event! During the pandemic the number of people visiting the lake have been less, so social distancing were not a problem
The reasons why so many cranes makes a pitstop at this lake is a fascanating story, you can read about it at my photo Important Wetland
@ The outlook point "The Crane Dance", South side of Lake Hornborga, Bjurum, Sweden, 20/3, 2021
..mein diesjähriger Beitrag zum Thema: Pusteblume
..my contribution to the topic: 'dandelion' for this year.
The Occupy Wall Street movement became known not only for its gathering culture and the creative communication tools that developed around it. Because the authorities prohibited the use of technology, individual contributions were repeated with a slogan. Listeners expressed their responses through hand gestures.
De occupy Wallstreet beweging werd niet alleen bekend om haar cultuur van samenkomst en de creatieve communicatie middelen die zich eromheen ontwikkelde. Omdat de autoriteiten het gebruik van technologie verboden waren, werden de individuele bijdragen herhaald met een leuzenspreuk. Luisteraars gaven hun reacties door middel van handgebaren.
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My contribution for F unit Friday is this good looking FP7A from April of 1978. Tight quarters forced this nose heavy shot at the engine house, but it seems to accentuate the graceful lines of EMD's classic design. Schiller Park, for me, wasn't one of those places where I could linger and explore different viewing angles. I guess that for every three times I was there, one of those times I was asked to leave. (I was starting to get a complex!) Of course, I was trespassing, but it was a different world back then. More often than not, at most places, the employees would either ignore you or stop and talk trains. Yep, times have sure changed.
For my offering for Super Saturated Sunday today I thought I would take an innocuous, unprepossessing photograph (of which I have a vast collection) and quickly turn it into some lurid faux Modern Art that might vaguely emulate the kind you see for sale in galleries for tens of thousands of pounds.
This is a picture of bubbles in the frozen water in a broken mug in my garden taken at the end of December. (For a more normal version of another image taken at the same time see flic.kr/p/2kpGhPy ).
It was developed and processed in Affinity Photo, but the fancy stuff done using Nik Color Efex. The bulk of the effect was due to solarisation combined with a bi-colour filter to create more of a colour gradient across the image, a technique I have used often for this sort of overcooked colour from nothing approach.
A total stack of eight or nine filters was used (it was playtime after all) with some contribution from things like glows and soft focus, selective contrast and graduated ND filter effects. (If you’d like the preset I made from this do ask :) ).
So that was the first twenty minutes dealt with so what should I do with the rest?
Well, I decided to extend the gallery metaphor and make the work look a bit as if it had been hung on a wall. I combined broad frame with directional drop shadow and embossing and then used the Lighting filter to add three spotlights pointing downward as if had been lit from above. I also used the same filter to add a textured, impasto element to the painting and give it some relief.
So there we are. You know where to send those five-figure cheques, don’t you?
I’ll add a link to the in-camera original so you can see where we came from.
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you are wearing your sunglasses. Happy Sliders Sunday!! :)
Here is my contribution to the Super Flower Blood moon total
lunar eclipse on 5-15-2022.
We drove about an our east to the grassland plains of Colorado. We found just the rights windmill for a bit of foreground to go along with the different phases of the lunar eclipse. This is a composite of the moon phases starting at about 8:00pm and ending around 10:30pm. Luckily we had clearing skies and subsiding wind. It was a beautiful night under the moon.
Nikon D850 with Nikkor 300mmF4 PF lens. Various shutter speeds, apertures and ISO’s. Each moon and windmill are individual shots, combined by hand in Photoshop.