Created for the Kreative People "Howling at the Moon" Contest #33: www.flickr.com/groups/1752359@N21/discuss/72157646972805214/

Created for the Kreative People Treat This Challenge #54: www.flickr.com/groups/1752359@N21/discuss/72157649229282431/

Source Image by Abstractartangel: www.flickr.com/photos/abstractartangel77/15588457198

Mountain image from a picture of a Poster.

All other images and textures used are my own.

Created for the Kreative People Contest Music .

Partly created using 'Dream' by 'WOMBO' with two of my own photos of marching bands as the 'strong' input images. All other photos and textures are my own. Topaz and Photoshop used to finish.

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Created from 4 frames in Autostitch.

created thoughtfully by KHWD, to celebrate guy fawkes night, spot robert catesby in the crowd, bonfire night celebrations (maybe)

theme Firework night UK 5/11/24

Created with Dream Wombo

Abstract Fluid v2

Created for the Art Museion Contest 17: "Waterfronts and Harbours"

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Photos and textures used are my own.

Created for the Kreative People Group Contest Collages Unlimited.

All my own photos except for the gnomes which were created in NighCafe

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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 Midjourney

Created for the Texture for Layers Challenge #1: Sunflowers

Original photo from Telzey

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

Created for Macro Mondays theme: Numbers and Letters.

HMM everyone!

Created for the TMI challenge "In the Style of ... the HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL"

I shot the landscape in northern California and the sky in southern California (we do get an occasional stormy day).

created by KHWD

inspired by my image WITW 754

flic.kr/p/2prPTgv

see more in my doubles album, the same images in both COLOUR & B&W / Monochrome /maybe AI

www.flickr.com/photos/keefhwebdesigns/albums/721777203247...

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 Dream by Wombo.

Prompts: Huge pink and white peony rose hybrid

Style: Abstract Fluid

Wombo does a really beautiful job creating Peonies and Roses. These hybrids look more like Peonies, but I was pleased anyway.

These were used as the input images for the Peony Squirrel images.

Thank you all for taking some time to look closer and for your faves, comments and invitations!

Created for Macro Mondays theme gold or silver

Urban Bokeh City Night Streetshot from Berlin

Created for Vivid Imagination's Extreme Color Creations challenge.

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

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

Created for Textures for Layers Challenge #17: Victorian Doghouse

come on by and check out the fun!

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larger view here

Created for the Magnificent Manipulated Masterpieces

140th MMM FLOWER Challenge

~ Gratitude Challenge! ~ The Award Tree ~

Thank you to MAMJODH for beautiful starter image.

Created for Treat This #12 in the Kreative People group:

www.flickr.com/groups/1752359@N21/discuss/72157637891385143/

Thanks to skagitenee for the source images which you can see in the first comment box below or here:

www.flickr.com/photos/skagitrenee/10970133983/

and

www.flickr.com/photos/skagitrenee/10969974806/

Created for Textures for Layers Challenge #16: Classic Chevy

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easier to read viewed large, here

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∎ Created with Midjourney, further edited with Topaz Photo AI 2.4.0

Created for Kreative People TT135

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

Thanks to brillianthues

for the source image

www.flickr.com/photos/brillianthues/27342329741/in/dateta...

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 by dji camera

Created with Dream Wombo

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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 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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Photo shop and Nature ARTISTS:

Multi Group Contest/ Gallery Directory

New contests on the 1st and 15th

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

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 Hypothetical ward's

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

Created for Award Tree's "Red and White Fudge" challenge.

Created with an 885nm IR filter.

created by dji camera

Created for Kreative People TT134

www.flickr.com/groups/1752359@N21/discuss/72157668894306455

Thanks to love-tt-shoot for the source images

www.flickr.com/photos/64551251@N00/27183236571/in/photost...

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

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

Gimp,Gmic und etwas PS Elements

Copyright©ArtundUnart 2016

20160528

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 by dji camera

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

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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 Photoshop contest week 880

www.flickr.com/groups/photoshopcontest/discuss/7215772191...

Thanks to Don for the Starter image - Photo by Anna Urlapova from Pexels

www.flickr.com/photos/communitiesinbloom/51953201279/

Editors : Fotor, Picasa

Created for Macro Mondays of 26 June 2017, theme 'Broken'

What a luck, daughter dropped an Ikea glass.

Me: 'Don't throw it away, I will take a picture of it"

Daughter: 'Are you crazy dad?'

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 City Macros Challenge - February 2017 - Worlds Of Thrylium Challenge .

"Detalle del Templo".

Images and textures of my own.

"Thank you all my kind Flickrs Friends. Your comments and invitations are much motivating and appreciated".

Querétaro-México.

© All rights reserved.

Created for Avenue Magazine January 2009 - Theme *Light*

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∎ Created with Midjourny, further edited with Topaz Photo AI

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“And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been, full of work that has never been done, full of tasks, claims, and demands;

and let us see that we learn to take it without letting fall too much of what it has to bestow upon those who demand of it necessary, serious, and great things.”

Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1892-1910

∎ Source: www.goodreads.com

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∎ Rainer Maria Rilke

Created for : Challenge 191 Ancient Greece

Credit for the Parthenon

la testata magazine

manipulated with Photofunia

Created for the Award Tree Group Contest Art Tools and Materials (January 2020)

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