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Example of use of TOPAZ AI SHARPEN
A Chiffchaff taking off
Un pouillot veloce qui s'envole
It's impossible to recover a movement blur with a sharpening filter : a sharpening filter will only add noise in this case but it will never recover details.
TOPAZ AI SHARPEN includes a new function called STABILIZE that is different from a simple sharpening filter. It tries to find a movement on the photo and to cancel it. That's why sometimes there are small artifacts on the opposite side of the movement, but it is really easy to deal with them with GIMP or photoshop.
To conclude : this tool deserves a try as it is free for 30 days.
It is very usefull for animals in movement (birds in flight, animals running ...), but it can manage movement of the photographer too.
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The Yonghe Temple Palace of Peace and Harmony, also known as the Yonghe Lamasery, or popularly as the Lama Temple, is a temple and monastery of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism located on 12 Yonghegong Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. The building and artwork of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles. This building is one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in China proper. The current abbot is Lama Hu Xuefeng. Building work on the Yonghe Temple started in 1694 during the Qing dynasty on the site where originally stood an official residence for court eunuchs of the Ming dynasty. After the Chinese Civil War ended in 1949, the temple was declared a national monument and closed for the following 32 years. It is said to have survived the Cultural Revolution due to the intervention of Premier Zhou Enlai. Reopened to the public in 1981, it is today both a functioning temple and highly popular tourist attraction in the city. 1681
The Church was built in 1799 on the former Caminho dos Pinheiros, today Rua da Consolação, with the help of alms from devotees to Our Lady of Consolation and with the endorsement of the diocesan bishop Mateus de Abreu Pereira were able to begin its construction, with the technique of taipa, quite common at the time. The oldest record of its construction is a document transcribed by Jacinto Ribeiro, in which it attributes the idealization of the temple to the faithful Luiz da Silva and his brothers. Located in a boggy and marshy region there is another document proving the Church's ancient existence: on November 23, 1803, an office was registered that showed the need for drinking water for the residents of the neighborhood "Nossa Senhora da Consolação". In view of the custom of baptizing the district with religious names, mainly related to sanctuaries, the Church, besides already existing, corresponded to an important piece for the functioning of the region. And, in the year 1810, a plant in the city of São Paulo contained the chapel.
Europe, Portugal, Algarve, Sotavento, Faro, Rua de Moagem, Silo building, Façade, Pigeons (uncut)
Shown here is the ornamented front façade of the brutalist silo building from the previous shot. I’m not sure if it still operates as a dance & music venue. But it does function as an impromptu dovecot.
This is number 28 of the Faro album and 102 of Gloriously dilapidated.
Le Cisne Branco est un voilier brésilien exerçant des fonctions diplomatiques et de relations publiques. Sa mission est de représenter le pays dans les événements nautiques nationaux et internationaux. Il est également utilisé comme navire-école.
Il a été commandé par la Marine pour les célébrations du 500e anniversaire de la Découverte du Brésil et a permis de participer à la traversée commémorative de l'Atlantique avec un voilier.
Il a été construit aux Pays-Bas et a un navire jumeau, le Stad Amsterdam, naviguant sous le pavillon des Pays-Bas.
Il a subi un accident en Équateur lorsqu'il est entré en collision avec un pont à Guayaquil en raison du fort courant.
The Cisne Branco is a Brazilian sailboat performing diplomatic and public relations functions. Its mission is to represent the country in national and international nautical events. She is also used as a school ship.
It was commissioned by the Navy for the celebrations of the 500th anniversary of the Discovery of Brazil and allowed participating in the commemorative crossing of the Atlantic with a sailboat.
She was built in the Netherlands and has a sister vessel, the Stad Amsterdam, sailing under the flag of the Netherlands.
She had an accident in Ecuador when she collided with a bridge in Guayaquil due to the strong current there.
This has been my everyday watch for the past 14 years. It's had its fair share of dings and scratches. Though smart phones has since included telling time as its function, it hasn't replaced this timepiece on my wrist. HMM!
These old elevators were designed for function not so much for form or prettiness. Over time though their patina transforms them into a wonderful artistic looking form.
Summer 2025
These are the remains of the hamlet of Lodge overlooking Scar House Reservoir, Upper Nidderdale
The view from the ruins of the Methodist Chapel over Scar House Reservoir is a delight to see though when the chapel was functioning the view would have been over a green and fertile valley
Lodge was a small farming hamlet complete with Methodist Chapel originally founded as a monastic grange farm. Abandoned in the 1920's its historic legacy is faint but enduring.
In 1900 Lodge was a thriving community of small upland farms. It probably started life in the 13th century when a grange farm was built here. The farm and land belonged to the Cistercian Monastery of Byland Abbey. When the Abbey was dissolved in 1538 the land was sold to wealthy local landowners who over the next 350 years improved the farms and land.
Bradford Corporation, responsible for building Scar House Reservoir owned Lodge from 1904. The last residents left in 1929
At one time the droveway through Lodge was the main road connecting Scotland to Eastern England
Detail from the information board at Lodge
Each rhododendron bloom is a gathered colony of small, near-identical flowers—delicate, deliberate, and designed to draw in early summer’s pollinators. Their symmetry has both function and grace.
MLC Centre architecture cannot be overlooked. With elegantly contoured, stark white concrete, white quartz and glass, the façade presents itself as a handsomely moulded sculpture.
Harry Seidler AC QBE is a luminary of Australian architecture. Widely considered as the first architect to fully express the Bauhaus aesthetic here. The MLC Centre remains one of his most definitive works on the Sydney Skyline.
244m to antenna and 227m to roof. The MLC Centre was Sydney’s tallest building in Sydney from 1977 to 1992. It is currently the fifth tallest building behind the Meriton World Tower (230m), Deutsche Bank Place (240m), Citigroup Centre (243m) and Chifley Tower (244m). The tallest structure in Sydney is still the Sydney Tower at 309m.
An iPhone shot using the inbuilt HDR function, taken when Martin’s mother & sister visited from England & we had coffee at Waterford Castle. I have never been inside such luxurious loos before HWW!
Mostly rainy day here, a good time to go through the files trying to remember sunny trips.
This is part of the structure aboard the Caribbean Princess.
The Princess ships are beautiful. I don't know if these details have any function other than beautifully catching the sun and casting shadows!
In France we say: "La fonction fait la forme". Here, one could say: "The form generates the function".
Bureau d'architecture ELD.
Avec Corda I, sa toiture végétalisée à forte pente et sa façade vitrée volumétrique, la ville de Hasselt a accueilli son premier incubateur. Le projet, destiné à accueillir de jeunes entreprises et startups axées sur la technologie, la haute technologie, les TIC et les nouveaux médias, comprend 14 000 m² de bureaux et propose des installations communes telles que des salles de réunion, un café lounge, un restaurant et une réception centrale. . Le bâtiment a sept étages, des espaces de bureaux multi-locataires et flexibles et, à son point culminant, s'élève à trente mètres au-dessus du terrain environnant.
La conception du centre de services découle d'un plan directeur et d'un campus Corda développé pour l'ancien site de production Philips, transformant cette friche industrielle en un nouveau parc librement accessible
Corda Campus fonctionne désormais comme l'ultime accroche-regard, avec l'architecture et le paysage fusionnant en un seul. Ce projet est un succès à plusieurs niveaux et a attiré de nombreuses entreprises, accélérant à son tour la nécessité de compléter le plan directeur avec Corda II et Corda III.
ELD architectural office.
With Corda I, its steep green roof and its volumetric glazed facade, the city of Hasselt hosted its first incubator. The project, intended to accommodate young companies and start-ups focused on technology, high technology, ICT and new media, includes 14,000 m² of office space and offers common facilities such as meeting rooms, a café lounge, a restaurant and a central reception. . The building has seven floors, multi-tenant and flexible office space and, at its highest point, rises thirty meters above the surrounding land.
The design of the service center stems from a master plan and a Corda campus developed for the former Philips production site, transforming this industrial wasteland into a new freely accessible park
Corda Campus now functions as the ultimate eye-catcher, with architecture and landscape merging into one. This project is a success on many levels and has attracted many companies, in turn accelerating the need to complete the master plan with Corda II and Corda III.
Swallowtail, southwest France this summer. I liked the way the insect and the leaf have the same shape and pattern
Any functioning battalion of troopers needs a strong support system. The MED makes up the backbone of the Blood Battalion. Combining the talents of pilots, engineers and medics to create the ultimate support division. Doing anything from on the front support to hangar maintenance, these guys do it all. If you need help of any kind, these are your best bet. The Blood Battalion couldn’t be what it is without them.
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Shell Haus, one of the main attractions for me in Berlin. Built in 1930-1931 for oil company Rhenia-Ossag, a Royal Dutch Shell subsidiary, the building has seen numerous ups and downs. While the location of this modernist gem is not central, I highly recommend visiting this beautiful building if possible.
Japanese anemone (Anemone hupehensis) / Herbst-Anemone
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UPDATE: I think I finally discovered the actual species. According to this excellent site, it looks like it's a Cotton Harlequin Bug (Tectocoris diophthalmus).
I've never seen one of these before and apparently it's a Harlequin Beetle. I can't find much information or even the botanical name for it, so I did a search for quotes that referred to harlequins.
Imagine my delight when I found a quote from Battlestar Galactica! Here's the quote in full from Wikiquote:
Hybrid: Two protons expelled at each coupling site creates the mode of force, the embryo becomes a fish though we don't enter until a plate, we're here to experience, evolve the little toe, atrophy, don't ask me how, I'll be dead in a thousand light years, thank you, thank you, genesis turns to its source, reduction occurs step wise though the essence is all one, end of line. FTL system check. Diagnostic functions within parameters repeats the harlequin, the agony exquisite, the colors run the path of ashes...
Ligging: Aalbeke (Kortrijk), West-Vlaanderen.
Gebouwd: voor 1694.
Type: staakmolen met gesloten voet.
Functie: korenmolen.
Toestand: maalvaardig.
Location: Aalbeke (Kortrijk), West Flanders.
Built: before 1694.
Type: post mill with closed base.
Function: flour mill.
Condition: grind possible.
Photoshop is an amazing tool. But sometimes even the wizardry of Adobe fails. In this case, it was photomerge pano function. So, I’ve tried my best to manually stitch the sequence of 5 images together. Look closely, and you will find multiple artifacts. But, hey, I’m happy with the final result. It also has left me with a much deeper appreciation of Photoshop can do when it’s working well.
It was a stunning view, watching the lights dancing across the mouth of Morfjorden. We won’t mention the point when I slipped into a rockpool, faceplanted the granite, and ended up with soaking wet soon-to-be-frozen pair of trousers. As that will not be mentioned, neither will “suffering for one’s art”.
I have to give a massive shout-out to Andy Stables, creator of the Glendale Aurora Alert App. An amazingly clever and helpful bloke.
This Viking boat replica gives tours around Stockholm city.
Viking ships functioned as the centerpiece of Scandinavian culture for centuries. Scandinavia is a region with easy access to coastal ports. Consequently, trade routes primarily operated via shipping, as inland trading was both hazardous and cumbersome. Viking kingdoms thus developed into coastal cities, all of which were deeply dependent on the North Sea for survival and development.
Control of the waterways was then of critical importance, and consequently the most advanced war ships were in high demand. In fact, because of their overwhelming importance, ships became a mainstay of the Viking pagan religion, as they evolved into symbols of power and prowess.
Wikipedia