Hi guys and gals!

I'm super excited to let you all know that today, after 2 months of tweaking and testing, I've finally released my Presets package for Lightroom!

I invite you all to download and try it out, and I hope that it'll save you plenty of time during your post processing journey.

In this image I used the Shadow Dancer Lightroom Preset to create the colours that you see there. I couldn't think of a more suitable image to formally release with this one other than a nifty hot air balloon floating into the sky.

Anyway let us know how you go with the use of those presets and as always your valuable feedback is important to me.

Peace to you all, stay hip and stay awesome!

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Lézard des murailles un mâle

(Podarcis muralis)

at the TOP with all her jewels and bridal clothes,

He is very excited, even swells his throat, seems to emit sounds, he chases a female, right in front of him...!,/

au TOP avec tous ses bijoux et son habit nuptial,

il est très excité, gonfle même sa gorge, semble émettre de sons, il chasse une femelle, juste devant lui.. !

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I am really excited and honored to receive this award as Best Portrait Blogger 2020.. I was just for being nominated among so many talented bloggers that I admire ♥

I know it sounds like a cliché but I'm really proud of it.. Thank you all! ♥♥♥

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I get pretty excited with anticipation when I see her in the chute because I know its going to be good every time, this ain't her first rodeo. I'm not on the right side of the buck but I felt I had to showcase her anyway. It is like she's going to buck herself right off the screen.

My favourite, catchy tune right now called "First Rodeo"

Love to dance to this song even when I'm by myself. The words could have been written about me back in the day. lol

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9ItjGhVhoM

(the cows like it in the cow barn too, their heads bob up and down to it)

From a ferry sailing through the Norwegian fjords

I got a bit over excited yesterday when at least 6 Crossbills landed in my birch trees, they left and came back 3 times but the light was very poor unfortunately. This is the third time in my entire time here since 1997 that I've had them in my garden. I also badly filmed them for a few minutes and caught their lovely call.

In the field of excited sighs

Inside natures open thighs

Grows a beauty, oh so sweet

That my fingers they do meet

That my fingers they caress

Natures defences, i undress

Allowing my sun to now cover

My sweet, wild growing lover

That fills the field with excited sighs

That opens wide, it's waiting thighs

Waiting for my love, to descend

cover it with sunshine, that will never end

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excited ladies at a wedding in Palermo

I was pretty excited to find out that Be My Mannequin? Pose Store was coming to Chronicles & Legends: Deep Blue Sea! Knowing BMM?'s (Be My Mannequin?) attention to detail and how the poses are always so natural and versatile, I knew these MER poses were going to be amazing!

BMM? is there with a two singles poses and a couples pose with two tentacle props! Additionally, there is a FATPACK containing all sets of poses and the props for 10% OFF. The fatpack can ONLY be found at the event!

Now the really epic thing about these poses are that they are not only for mers, but for humans as well! That's right! As seen in the picture, all the poses will pose your human legs or mer tails!

Now while this set of Be My Mannequin?'s poses were meant for the Cynefin tails (Nemissa and Lorelei), they are also confirmed to work with: Cove's Tidal Tail, I Monster, Yabusake Betta, and GA.EG & Gaeline Creations. Your best bet is to DEMO the poses at the event!

In my picture, Vin (the red merman) is posed with one of the singles poses: Euphoria. Its intended to be a loop-the-loop with you being posed upside down! I simply adjusted for the picture!

Then there is Ana (the green mermaid) posed with the other singles pose: Exploring. Its a stunning swimming pose that would also double as a great flying pose!

I (the startled human) am posed with the couples pose of the set: No Escape. I'm using the 'Escaping Left' which was perfect for displaying the shocked reaction I was needing! Not shown in the picture is the other half of the pose: 'Escaping Right' and the two detailed tentacle props that wrap around your leg/tail! You can even transfer them to your friends!

You can see the rezzed out DEMO of the tentacle props at the Be My Mannequin? main store! There, you can also participate in a HUNT where you can find an additional singles pose for mers and humans called Sunning! More details can be found at the main store!

Chronicles & Legends is drawing to a close and will be ending on February 5th. However there is still time to go and DEMO these poses and snatch up the FATPACK: Unseen World before its too late!

You won't regret adding these fantastic poses to your collection!

ALSO! You can check out Vin and Ana's amazing Flickrs in People in Photo!

Vin is the creator of Be My Mannequin? Pose Store and Ana is the creator of Pariah, a dark/alternative body modification store!

A rich purple color winding out of a soft but clean white. No Photoshop. This is the actual purple color. Amazing what nature can offer.

Yeah, I get excited about seeing quail. I rarely see them in a photo--worthy location as they mostly are scurrying across the road or under the nearest bush. It was so nice to see this male perched on the fence as we drove out of San Joaquin NWR on Sunday. Thank you Mr. Quail.

Claudia 9.164.76 had been mighty excited when she was told Dr. Snuggles had selected her to come along as transladroid to this planet they were just passing by.

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But gosh she was happy to be back, it was so confusing a planet.

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Wood duck

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Colossus in neon by Jeff Johnson, Live Worms Gallery, North Beach, San Francisco, October 2006.

While I've seen my share of ruby-crowned kinglets, not many share with me their crown ... for which they're named. I think that he was excited to see us. :-)

© Debbie Tubridy Photography

Excited to have snow!

A Tufted Titmouse watches with great anticipation as some peanuts are placed out after heavy rains over the past days.

A little Pine Warbler rapidly downs some tiny berries.

This cormorant got excited when it nailed this good sized fish.

wish all a honey and good week !!

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These Terns were loving chasing the waves and catching eels too.

Ridiculously excited to see for myself yesterday evening something I've only ever seen in other people's photos before! A bee roosting by clamping its' jaws onto a plant! Thanks to Ed and afterforty‽ for the ID help. It seems this is a Sharp-tailed Bee - Coelioxys sp.

In my previous article, like many photographer, I was very excited about the release of the new R6 and R5 because they offered tremendous advances.

www.flickr.com/photos/garivalden/50209737163/in/dateposted/

I bought the R6, the Canon RF 100-500mm and sold everything to buy again a 5D mark III

Why? Because the Canon R6 is also that:

1) Delivery of the RF – EF Adapter Ring offered by Canon has arrived 60 days after purchase. Fortunately, my nice store went out of its way to lend me one.

Many customers have suffered this and it is scandalous on the part of Canon not to have integrated the ring in the original box.

2) Prepare to pay (and I'm not even talking about new RF lenses)

- a very fast and robust SD card to enjoy the burst like the Sony Tough SD

- Resistant, I used Lightroom 6 box. To read new raw CR3s, you need Lightroom Classic

- To make the photos look like a Canon Picture Style you need a quality color profile, thank you to Damien Bernal for your recommendations

www.colorfidelity.com/

The choice of an L Bracket is complicated with this screen, Tom Migot has devoted several videos to it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA25FyekVKY

The R6 is with High ISO but if you want a very clean result, Denoise by Topaze is the best Tool , So, one question: Why have I never needed it before?

www.flickr.com/photos/garivalden/51296276233

This photo at 12800 iso will be almost unusable on 5D Mark III but never forget that the easiest and most beautiful thing is to take pictures when there is ... light

- The second battery is essential. It is difficult to say how many pictures you can take with one battery but I advise you to double your battery park as well as the charging time.

For years, I shot without ever thinking about the drums with a second in the bag never used.

3) The ergonomics of the R6 disappointed me and brought nothing

- The grip is worse than before. However, I have small hands and the handle seems too small to me. Those with large hands have their little finger in the air and some props even sell a base to add.

I wore for years a 5d Mark III with a 300mm 2.8mm IS II sometimes by the tips of two fingers to tell if the whole thing was balanced.

- The SD card door opens only by friction. There is still a small slot to slide a nail with difficulty, but the 5d Mark III and IV opened more easily with one hand.

The adjustable screen has never been useful to me because its tilt to the left of the device is not practical and even less with the L bracket

Touch has never been useful to me, in the field physical buttons are more practical

4 / A user experience that sometimes disappoints:

- Eye tracking stalls when it is too complicated in the foliage. Does the ultimate portrait of your dreams with a subject against a pretty background require this technology?

- In billebaude if you take your camera back, it will sometimes take a while before everything turns on again. Several times I had to turn off the R6 completely because the autofocus didn't know where it was.

- You see a beautiful sunset, you take your R6, you put your eye in the viewfinder and there… disappointment. Why not keep looking in our good old DSLR?

5) The rendering of R5 and R6 is often very different in appearance compared to DSLR.

More so if you mount a native RF lens.

Is it the technology or the level of detail that wants this? The shots often appear to be very artificially separated, and natural colors like grass are sometimes strange. I know you can change everything in PP, but all of this bothers me and takes me away from the pictorial and cinematographic universe.

My daughter came home from school with a drastically different school photo than I saw for a decade, I got it, the canon photographer (my daughter had asked a few years ago ;-) had bought an R6 or R5 and the schoolyard became a bit strange as « Gattaca ».... Advantage for Eye AF, it’s tea time for him ;-)

6) Let's talk about goals.

The photos of a Canon hybrid with an RF lens that I have seen in recent months made me want to buy a Canon EF 85mm f1.2 II 1 month after the R6. I'm not sure that was the goal. from Canon that we buy back the EF lenses that we had sold second-hand.

www.flickr.com/photos/garivalden/50806574161

Canon did not lose everything because, to get Canon cash back, I exchanged my Canon EF 300MM 2.8 is II before the summer of 2021 for an RF 100-500mm ...

Why did I do this?

Fear of obsolescence and maybe a follow-up helped by an abundant marketing hype which made me give in and go against my convictions of never buying a zoom because the rendering really has nothing to do with a focal length fixed premium… I sold it 1 month later.

The bottom line of this financially not very pleasant operation is that, as in many areas, if we have the feeling that things will not be in our best interest, it is better to abstain ;-)

What will I miss most about the Canon R6

Focusing in low light, your 85mm 1.2 will get a facelift

Staggering stabilization from 100-500mm net to 1/50 th to 500mm

The focus on the eye, clearly the majority of wedding, sports and animal photographers will never want to go back, I understand them, this is a decisive advantage over the competition

And especially the advantage of having the collimators close to the edge unlike the DSLR

The burst and the endless sorting it generates, the swiveling screen, the touchscreen, the wifi, the gps, I will miss less.

I don't think I’ll buy again this excellent 300mm 2.8 IS II.

I still got the magical 135 mm F2 and 85mm 1.2 , my next wildlife Canon Lens will be a prime EF, surely excellent, not too big (price too) because I take my equipment everywhere, repairable I don't know ...

www.flickr.com/photos/garivalden/47688762631

Every day, especially since the digital and the Internet, our so-called user-friendly world becomes unnecessarily more complicated and deliberately consumerist.

The R5 and R6 are good cameras and Canon has really caught up to the competition but it's not my direction.

The 5D Mark III is 2012, a century after 1912, my favorite year, in which I have been preparing a photo for a very long time.

What if Canon EF finally became a way of life.

Gari Valden

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I am very excited to blog for LUSH! Since 2009, Lush offers a variety of poses for Photographer, blogger and occasions. The pose in this picture is from the Lush Poses - Sinful Sway - Female bento pose pack. It includes 17 static bento poses, stand and pose balls. You will find this at the Lush mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sorriesa/49/207/1229

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I was excited to see the first butterfly visit my backyard, a black swallowtail. They are tricky to photograph, as their wings never stop fluttering. He or she was tending to the Blue Boa agastache plant on my deck. The windy conditions made it tricky to get a decent photo.

Last Saturday, Northern Ireland had it's first snowfall this Winter.... I was so excited when I looked out that morning and saw these zonking great snowflakes falling... by 10am it was like a blizzard... naturally, I headed off to my favourite place... Parkanaur Forest Park!

The deer were huddled in a corner and there was no way I could get near them, so I settled for taking shots of the trees :) My Canon was going to get destroyed by the elements and instead I used my mobile phone, my new Samsung Galaxy S5... not bad actually, cos you can still make out the massive snowflakes falling in front of the trees!

I apologise for not being around on Flickr over the past month or so, life has been tough, and it's been a pretty rough year, but 2016 is just round the corner and it can only get better!

I don't know if I'll get back on before Christmas, so if not, I want to wish all my Flickr friends a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I have loved seeing your work and reading your comments on mine, thank you for taking the time to check them out :)

Have a lovely safe and blessed Sunday!

What a pleasure to watch these hooded mergansers exhibit their courting behavior. I was at Gunners Lake in Germantown, Maryland, and there was a small flock of about 10 hoodies that weren't terribly far from shore. The males were doing their courtship dance around the hens and each other and I was so excited to both see them do this and capture it for my photo collection. Even better was to listen to the drakes make what I can only describe as a sort of low croaking sound when they had their heads thrown back as in the above photo.

Taken 27 November 2016.

As always, my photos are my own. Please do not use them elsewhere without my permission.

This is the only picture which I DID NOT do any color, brightness and etc adjust. Direct converted from RAW to Jpeg.

Extremely excited to have these birds back in our waters after what felt like an eternity. The proverbial hunt is now on for the perfect dive shot.

Very excited about Austin Psych Fest again this year (also called Levitation Fest). Last year was amazing!

www.austinpsychfest.com/

**All photos are copyrighted. Please don't use without permission**

Here I am, standing on the shoreline just after 3:30 in the morning, the horizon is already ablaze with colour, I’m excited. My tripod is already out and waiting for the camera as I rapidly change my lens under the illumination of my head torch, I’ll use my super EF16-35 f4L, I’m excited. I look for an early composition, these rock platforms look fantastic, leading lines galore carved out by millennia of sea erosion, I’m excited. It’s still low light, to keep that colour on the horizon I need a ND grad, I decide to use a medium 2 stop to lift the foreground darkness, I’m excited. I frame the image, check the settings, f11, calculate the shutter speed, back to ISO 100 and bulb, this is fun, I’m excited. The first photo taken with a 76 second exposure, I check the results but no pressure it’s still 40 minutes from sunrise, did I say I’m excited. The first photo of the morning, the day before the summer solstice, the time is 3:40.

Excited that my Walton image is on the shortlist for the IPF photoprize. It is great to know that the print will be displayed at the newly renovated House of Vans in London from May 4th-27th.

www.facebook.com/independentphotographyfestival/

Paul Turner Photography.

Excited to be back in Austin for a few days!! :) via Trey Ratcliff on FB at ift.tt/1v05hWZ Snapchat: treyratcliff ift.tt/1qx3iMJ Instagram: treyratcliff ift.tt/1c7s6Uy

This little Tufted Titmouse is fired up about something. Carried that green wild grape around forever. Our beautiful world, pass it on.

SCOUT: "Paddy! Paddy!" *Excited.* "Paddy come and look!"

PADDY: "What is it, Scout? Are you alright?"

SCOUT: "Of course I am alright. Paddy! Why would anything be wrong?"

PADDY: "Well, usually when you call me, Scout, it's because something is... well wrong... and you need help."

SCOUT: "Oh!" *Puts paw to mouth.* "Well, in this case I don't need help today, Paddy! I am excited!"

PADDY: "Why Scout? What did you find in this pumpkin patch?"

SCOUT: "I found a coach, Paddy!"

PADDY: "A coach?" *Surprised.*

SCOUT: "Yes Paddy!" *Nods emphatically.* "You know, a carriage."

PADDY: "Yes Scout, I know what a coach is." *Looks around.* "I don't see any coach."

SCOUT: "Then you aren't looking hard enough, Paddy! It's right here!" *Points excitedly towards a nice ripe pumpkin.*

PADDY: "That isn't a coach Scout!" *Shakes head.*

SCOUT: "Yes it is, Paddy!" *Nods head.*

PADDY: "No it's not!" *Shakes head more.* "It's a pumpkin!"

SCOUT: "It is a coach Paddy! Don't listen to him, my beautiful one!" *Strokes pumpkin's rind with paw lovingly.* "Or rather, it could be, Paddy, with a bit of magic! It is full of potential! It could be the best coach in the whole wide world, EVER!"

PADDY: "Do you mean like Cinderella's coach, Scout?"

SCOUT: "Oh no, Paddy!" *Shakes head.* "Better than that, Paddy: Scoutarella's coach!" *Jumps up and down excitedly.*

PADDY: "Scoutarella?" *Alarmed.*

SCOUT: "Yes! That will be me!" *Pats chest with paw proudly.* "I shall be Scoutarella, and my magic pumpkin coach can drive me to the royal ball where I can dance in my very best tutu with Prince Peter, who also happens to be mijn beste vriend, and Princess Rosie, who also happens to be Prince Peter's princess! You can come too, Paddy, but no-one will dance with you."

PADDY: "Why not, Scout? I happen to be a very good dancer." *Disgruntled.*

SCOUT: "Well, for somebear who is ancient, from ye olden days when the world was black and white, you are a good dancer, but no-one dances like that any more!" *Giggles.* "Besides, somebear has to play a wicked stepsister!

PADDY: "Scout!"

SCOUT: "What?!?!"

PADDY: "Well it isn't going to be me, Scout!" *Folds paws akimbo across chest. "Besides, how many times must I tell you that it is rude to discuss my age in such a way! Anyway, as I keep saying, it wasn't the world that was black and white. It was the telly that was!"

SCOUT: "That's what you say, Paddy!" *Scoffs.* "Well... what's your magic like?"

PADDY: "My magic, Scout?" *Alarmed.*

SCOUT: "Yes Paddy! I need a faerie godbear to come and transform this pumpkin into my beautiful magical golden coach coach. That could be you... if your magic is good enough that is!" *Nods seriously.*

My Paddington Bear came to live with me in London when I was two years old (many, many years ago). He was hand made by my Great Aunt and he has a chocolate coloured felt hat, the brim of which had to be pinned up by a safety pin to stop it getting in his eyes. The collar of his mackintosh is made of the same felt. He wears wellington boots made from the same red leather used to make the toggles on his mackintosh.

He has travelled with me across the world and he and I have had many adventures together over the years. He is a very precious member of my small family.

Scout was a gift to Paddy from my friend. He is a Fair Trade Bear hand knitted in Africa. His name comes from the shop my friend found him in: Scout House. He tells me that life was very different where he came from, and Paddy is helping introduce him to many new experiences. Scout catches on quickly, and has proven to be a cheeky, but very lovable member of our closely knit family.

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Here are a few more pic of yesterday's jump. It was fabulous and I will describe it more once I have got over the post jump Party :-) Thank you for all your donations. I'm keeping the site open for another few months in case anyone else would like to donate.

www.justgiving.com/Diane-Noles

Soooo excited for this year's Levitation fest! Brian Wilson, Super Furry Animals, SunnO))), Boris, Courtney Barnett, and many amazing indie international bands are playing!

levitation-austin.com/schedule/

**All photos are copyrighted. Please don't use without permission**

We're super excited to show you our next couple of releases! First up, we have the Crown Pumpkins & Cocoa & Cinnamon Buns for our very first round of Fifty Linden Friday! Then we have the Tania Fall Side Table & Tania Rocking Chair coming soon for SALEM, both of which are Uni-HUD compatible.

See product details below for more information about each item, then check them out yourself at the corresponding location!

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➥ Crown Pumpkins

❣ Includes 3 versions

❣ 1 Land Impact Each

❣ Copy/Mod. Custom Materials Enabled.

➺ Available at moss&mink

➥ Cocoa & Cinnamon Buns

❣ 1 Land Impact

❣ Copy/Mod. Custom Materials Enabled.

➺ Available at moss&mink

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➥ Tania Fall Side Table

❣ 2 Land Impact

❣ Copy/Mod. Custom Materials Enabled.

♕ Uni-HUD compatible sections♕

» B - 4 Woods

» B - 4 Metals

➺ Available at SALEM

➥ Tania Rocking Chair

❣ 4 Land Impact

❣ 14 single sits

❣ Copy/Mod. Custom Materials Enabled.

♕ Uni-HUD compatible sections♕

» B - 4 Woods

» C1 - 24 Colors

» C2 - 24 Colors

» C3 - 24 Colors

» CP - 24 Patterns

➺ Available at SALEM

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