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created by KHWD
inspired by my image WITW 754
see more in my doubles album, the same images in both COLOUR & B&W / Monochrome /maybe AI
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The Erewash Canal at Sandiacre—where industrial heritage meets tranquil waters. Barges here have quite the story to tell.
🚢 Historical Role of Barges at Sandiacre
- Coal Transport: Originally, barges were vital for moving coal from Derbyshire’s pits to the River Trent for onward trade to Nottingham and Leicester.
- Industrial Goods: They also carried pottery, textiles, iron, and even bombshells during WWII from Stanton Ironworks.
- Commercial Decline: With the rise of railways in the 19th century, barge traffic dwindled. By 1952, the last commercial narrowboat operation ended.
🏡 Sandiacre’s Canal Scene Today
- Sandiacre Lock Cottages: These restored lock keeper’s cottages and stables are a charming nod to the canal’s working past.
- Padmore Moorings: A popular spot for pleasure craft and narrowboats, offering moorings and access to local amenities.
- Preservation Efforts: The Erewash Canal Preservation & Development Association (ECP&DA) was formed in 1968 to save the canal from closure. Their work led to its upgrade to ‘cruiseway’ status in the 1980s.
🌿 Leisure and Wildlife
- Boating: While commercial barges are long gone, leisure boating thrives. The canal is quieter than others, making it ideal for peaceful cruising.
- Fishing & Nature: Anglers enjoy catching roach, bream, chub, and perch. The surrounding area is rich in wildlife, with kingfishers, herons, and even water voles spotted nearby.
📏 Barge Dimensions
- Max Length: 80 ft 4 in
- Max Width: 13 ft 5 in
- Draught: 4 ft
- Headroom: 7 ft 4 in
These specs allow for broad-beam barges, though most modern traffic is narrowboats.
Image created January 25, 2022.
Zoom in twice for the full effect.
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Music Link: "Zenlike Creature" - Ozric Tentacles. From their album "Technicians of the Sacred". Pardon the cheesy video but this version had the best audio.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihQ2n7c-drU
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© 2022, Richard S Warner. All Rights Reserved. This image may not be used or copied or posted to another website in any form whatsoever without express permission of the creator of this work.
Created for the Vivid Art Group Contest Vivid Nature
A honey bee feeding from the nectar at the base of the passion flower.
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All photos and textures used are my own.
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Created for the 23nd Weekly Contest on Man Ray!
The lone fork felt decidedly out of place amongst his more rounded colleagues..
I was inspired to create these images by the so-called "conspiracy theorists". (German Schwurbler) On various Telegram channels, theories circulate that insects are being bred to secretly vaccinate people. 😂
midjourney prompt:
a cyberpunk Aedes aegypti, extreme photorealistic --ar 3:2 --v 5
upscaled on 200% with Photoshop
Created for Artistic Manipulation Group:
CHEF dsm8954 calls this challenge “Tag, You’re it” and wants us to use graffiti (plus other elements) to emphasize the contrast between real world and artistically created ingredients. (Read carefully and don't skip the footnotes! Lots of details here to absorb.)
➤ Your image must use a color SOOC* image of a surface, such as a wall, train car, barn, bridge, old box truck, etc.
➤ You must use self-created**, hand-drawn-looking graffiti on this surface (graphic drawings and/or typography).
➤ The subject of the graffiti must relate to LOVE.
➤ Your image must contain at least one non-human creature (bird, ape, giant grasshopper, alien, etc.) that is part of the overall scene, outside of the graffiti. (Cartoon characters are allowed if not copyrighted material.)
➤ No added textures outside of the graffiti.
Could little Ollie the Opossum actually 'fall' for a graffiti princess? No pun intended....
Created in Bryce a 3D program - no post manipulation or camera
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Created for The Hypothetical Awards Face It! Challenge: www.flickr.com/groups/1179479@N25/discuss/72157646472570887/
Based on another mosaic from the Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Loch Haven Park, Orlando, FL.
Created for the Magnificent Manipulated Masterpieces
156th MMM UNDER THE SEA THEME Challenge
and
The Award Tree’s Challenge # 215.0 July 2022 ~ Wet Work ~
[Main image my own / koala with goggles from icon-library.com /
processed with DDG, framed in FilterForge]
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Naturally created ice sculptures originating in the Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon wash up and are scattered across the black sand of Diamond Beach on the southern coast of Iceland.
*re-edit
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Created for Kreative People ~ Treat This # 209
Thanks to Brillianthues for starter image.
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∎ Created with Stable Diffusion, further edited with Topaz Photo AI
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∎ The Rauhnächte are a centuries-old ritual from the Celtic and Germanic tradition that accompanies us to this day. Between December 24th and January 6th, it is important to use the "time outside of time" - for reflection, letting go and a fresh start.
∎ The Raunächte refer to the time between Christmas Eve and January 6th. There are numerous customs in many cultures for these 12 nights between the years. This is what lies behind the millennia-old rituals.
∎ Raunacht
Created for the Kreative People Treat This Challenge #32: www.flickr.com/groups/1752359@N21/discuss/72157644032714030/
Source Image by Abstractartangel: www.flickr.com/photos/abstractartangel77/14074196304/
Deep Waters and Spring #5 Textures by Painted Works by KB: www.flickr.com/photos/vintagefindings/7035866749 and www.flickr.com/photos/vintagefindings/12598315533/in/phot...
All other images and textures used are my own.
Created for the Kreative People Contest "Wheels"
Thank you for your visit, comment or fave. All are much appreciated. Thank you also to all who invite my photos to their groups.
All photos, textures and brushes used are my own.
All rights reserved. This photo is not authorized for use on your blogs, pin boards, websites or use in any other way.
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∎ Created with Midjourney, further edited with Topaz Photo AI
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Created for the "PANO-Vision" Group's first annual contest "Kick Out the Winter Blues".
www.flickr.com/groups/2892788@N23/discuss/72157689531935342/
Pano-Sabotage shots collaged with some straight "SOOC" imagery, then mirrored and layered in panels and edge treatments.
The iPhone 6 doesn't do night shots very well but in this case the lights on the trees and the reflections on the marble and in the windows provided just enough for this image to be useful.
Image created Jan 4, 2018
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© Richard S Warner ( Visionheart ) - 2018. All Rights Reserved. This image is not for use in any form without explicit, express, written permission.
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Created for Treat This # 299 ~ Kreative People
Thank you to Abstractartangel for starter fractal.
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∎ Created with Midjourney, further edited with Topaz Photo AI
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Created for Kreative People's Treat This 320 - July15-21, 2023
www.flickr.com/groups/1752359@N21/discuss/72157721919015109/ Created in DDG Text 2 Dream using Mike's source below.
Prompt: The most beautiful princess wearing glasses (+ modifiers).
Filters: Topaz Gigapixel Ai, Topaz Studio, Topaz Sharpen Ai and Photoshop Beta 2023. Some hand painting.
Thanks for your visit, faves, and kind comments.
Created for Kreative People ~ Treat This # 313
Thanks to Catness Grace for starter image.
Background partially created in DDG and modified in Photoshop Beta23 .
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