Created for Kreative people: April 2023 Contest: Reflections. Created for ~ The Award Tree ~ Challenge 223.0 Red Yellow Blue

Created for Shock of the New's "Rusted" challenge.

Created for Treat This 234 in the Kreative People Group www.flickr.com/groups/1752359@N21/discuss/72157711766961633/

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Created for the Glow Contest "Cold and Beautiful"

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Photos and textures used are my own.

Created for the Kreative People Treat This #9: www.flickr.com/groups/1752359@N21/discuss/72157637164685266/

Source Image by John Fox: www.flickr.com/photos/37700054@N08/10595776346/

Texture by Anna Lenabem: www.flickr.com/photos/42396059@N07/8241023720/in/photolis...

Created for the Texture for Layers Challenge #1: Sunflowers

Original photo from Telzey

Created for Macro Mondays theme: Numbers and Letters.

HMM everyone!

Created for Award Tree's Challenge "Scaped and Abstract"

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Created for the Dark Side of the Light "Special Halloween Challenge" and for the Vivid Group "Vivid Tricks challenge"

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Created by Palomma "Dove" Casanova. A tribute to her deceased sister.

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Created for the 31th Weekly Contest on Man Ray!

Created with Dream Wombo

Abstract Fluid v2

Created for Macro Mondays theme gold or silver

Created with Dream Wombo

Thanks for visiting!

Created with Midjourney, and processed with Photoshop, and Topaz. All rights reserved.

Created with Dream by Wombo

Prompts: Audubon style drawing of fantasy bird, ultra intricate realistic details

Styles: left to right: The City, Flora, Abstract Fluid

I guess I'm in a fowl mood today 😊

Thanks for flying by and taking a look!

Created with an 885nm IR filter.

created May 14th

for

New! Challenge 258.0 ~ Nature in Abstract ~ The Award Tree ~

And for Sliders Sunday

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Created with Dream Wombo

Created for the Magnificent Manipulated Masterpieces

158th MMM HALLOWEEN Challenge

Created for the Magnificent Manipulated Masterpieces

140th MMM FLOWER Challenge

~ Gratitude Challenge! ~ The Award Tree ~

Thank you to MAMJODH for beautiful starter image.

created by KHWD

inspired by my image WITW 754

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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.

Created with Apophysis

Created for

Kreative People group "SMILES Treat This " challenge #245

Thanks to SolanoSnapper for these source:

www.flickr.com/photos/solanosnapper/49779712842/

www.flickr.com/photos/solanosnapper/49779712442/

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Created for Vivid Imagination's Extreme Color Creations challenge.

Kingfisher photo by Challiyan via Wikimedia Commons. All else is mine.

created for

TMI CHALLENGE: Those Amazing Animals ... It Takes 2 to Tango

And for Sliders Sunday !

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Created for The Hypothetical ward's

THE 3rd annual " TAKE A WALK ON THE DARKSIDE CHALLENGE"

Created for Art week gallery on the theme "creative autumn"

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∎ Created with Stable Diffusion, further edited with Topaz Photo AI 2.4.2

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When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about!

Rumi

Created with

Flux1

created by dji camera

Created for TMI's September contest: "Flights of Fancy"

Created with Midjourney, processed with Photoshop, and Topaz. All rights reserved.

created by dji camera

Created with RNI Films app. Preset 'Kodachrome Generic v.4 Muted Faded'

Created for DUC22#9

Source Image, with thanks

Shadow Frames and PNG Images

Best viewed Large

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 with RNI Films app. Preset 'Kodachrome HC'

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Created with Midjourney, further edited with Topaz Photo AI 2.1.1 ∎About AI: ai-image-stereotypes | People are still smarter - I hope!

Created for Treat This # 214 ~ Kreative People

Thanks to Mike for source image.

Click the pic for detail

Created for Kreative People TT135

www.flickr.com/groups/1752359@N21/discuss/72157666640405404/

Thanks to brillianthues

for the source image

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Ich bedanke mich für das Interesse an meinen Bildern - Kommentare sind willkommen!

Thank you for your interest in my pictures - comments are welcome!

Variation of "Blick aus dem Küchenfenster" edit with Gmic and PS Elements

Copyright©ArtundUnart 2016

20160605

Created in InvokeAI - A Stable Diffusion Toolkit, processed with Photoshop and Lightroom.

Created for Photoshop Contest 892

Thanks to Skagitrenee for starter fractal.

Shadow Frames and PNG Images

Best viewed Large

Created for MMM, 122nd challenge - Halloween.

(Winner - 2nd Place)

Entered in Vivid Art, Challenge 16 - Vivid Fright.

(Winner - 4th Place)

All images, purchased.

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~ Thank you for visiting my photostream, for the invites, faves, awards and kind words. It's all much appreciated. ~

Created for Smile on Saturdays theme, combination of flora and fauna.

created by dji camera

Created for the 23nd Weekly Contest on Man Ray!

The lone fork felt decidedly out of place amongst his more rounded colleagues..

Created in DDG Text 2 Dream using its new "Artistic" Ai model.

Filters: PSE21 and Topaz Studio.

Thanks for your visit, faves, and kind comments.

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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