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The old farmer got hisself one o' them new-fangled "eye-phones." But shucks, the durned thing didn't help his eyes at all; he still needed his specs to even see what the heck time it was!!
Smile On Saturday: "Capture The Time" theme
HSoS
This week's theme for Mosaic Montage Monday was Gaussian Blur. Is it a riddle? Is it a puzzle? I dunno, it looks like it's going right. HMMM!
A heavily processed photo from Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park in Iowa. The image was blurred, a light leak added, a film noise overlay added along with color-grading and a vignette to finish the slider.
Developed using darktable 3.6.0. Final post-processing done in Photoshop.
What lies behind us and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Another one of the very occasional effort to edit JPEGs taken with iPhones or the older point and shoot cameras. This one was a panorama taken with an iPhone 5s and required significant work in removing noise and wide angle distortion, along with a few other tricks including a subtle Orton effect.
What you see on the left is the often experienced marine layer that has entirely engulfed the Pacific Ocean—see my other photos taken from the same vantage point where the ocean can be seen in its full splendor.
Thank you very much for your kind comments and faves.
— salvador dali
almost like the last upload, almost. yes, blurry intentionally. i like them that way every so often. ;)
Image created from photographs, Feb 11, 2022.
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I shot this composition before my picture yesterday and if I am honest I kind of prefer it. Although you don't see as much of the house it feels like it is more complete scene on Dartmoor. My initial thoughts about was to try and capture the house in the moors but didn't really have a wide enough lens on me at the time, when I go back I shall make sure it is in my kit.
I am probably going to make this image available as a print DM me if interested.
Looking around this scene for compositions I can across a row of rocks that I thought would look good as a foreground element leading the eye to the two lovely water falls in the background. Setting my camera as low to the floor as possible.
After what seems like forever I am happy to say that I managed to get out yesterday afternoon for a bit of a hike around Venford Reservior. I've never been here before but I have seen many images, so it's been on my list for a very long time.
Compositionaly, I found it very awkward due to many fallen trees blocking the composition so it took my a while to come up with this one. Nothing to fancy, just my 10-18mm, a tripod and a 4th of a sec shutter speed.
New light floods a field in Swan Valley, Idaho. This was a project image used during my Santa Fe Workshop. I used Gaussian Glow described here to soften and image and increase mid tone contrast.
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A friends family member, at a wedding reception, in Surrey.
The depth of field effect is a high-pass selective Gaussian blur (GIMP), with partial deletion of the blurred layer.
Black and white, shot with a Nikon D7000 and a Nikkor AFS DX 18-200mm F/3.5-5.6G lens, with lighting from a ceiling-bounced Nikon SB-600, and processed in GIMP and Photoscape.
** This is a re-upload and re-edited image to enter into a photo competition.
I was surprised to find the Blue Bells still out in bloom and stumbling across this small meadow I had to take the picture. There is a small moss covered rock in the picture (I should have been close if I am honest) in a sea of blue and the evening sun shining through the branches.
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His name is Reiki, he is a young baby...
and it's not a toy, it's a real donkey.
I took this picture in Braives, Belgium.
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I wrote the following poem in 2003, it's only available in French.
Une Première et Unique Fois
Par Ben Heine
Qu'il est divin d'aborder quelqu'un,
Les premiers jeux sont un festin,
Aucune gêne ne nous tiraille, ni restreinte.
Les gestes se veulent sincères, sans feinte.
Bien vite, une complicité s'installe,
Le plaisir nouveau est partagé,
La découverte se veut totale.
Tout cela d'abord sans crainte ni pitié.
Le rapport se veut paisible,
Les dialogues s'éternisent,
Une confiance naive s'organise.
Nous abordons les sujets sensibles.
Mais que dérape l'un ou l'autre,
Et on est entièrement déchirés,
Car une chance s'écroule. Navrés.
On devient pauvre.
Et puis, on se dit "à la prochaine",
Mais, en fait, tout est perdu.
On aimerait pardonner sans peine,
Car ça sent le "déjà vu".
This is the last shot from my trip to Venford falls, and just so it happens the first shot(s) I took that day. I must say it's a massive area that I need to fully explore and I plan to go back as one of the first places I visit when I pass my drivers test.
When looking at the scene I loved the vibrance of the moss and grass along with the flowing rivers through out the scene. I tried a couple of compositiion but I couldn't get it all in with one frame so I opted for a pano.
I hoped you all enjoys these pics from Venford.
Do more than exist, live.
Do more than touch, feel.
Do more than look, observe.
Do more than read, absorb.
Do more than hear, listen.
Do more than listen, understand.
Do more than think, ponder.
Do more than talk, say something
- John H. Rhoades
One of the highlights of our trip to Kauai was a boat tour of the Napali Coast. Awesome and just plain fun.
I was introduced to beer by my "beer snob" college roommate. I have very high standards for beer.
Everyone in my family knows that the only beer in cans I allow is Boddingtons. I also allow Guinness in cans, but that is obviously a stout. *** PREVIOUS 2 SENTENCES EDITED FOR ACCURACY ***. Even in bottles, I shy away from cheap domestic beers.
I bought this can of "High Life" as a joke for an English friend.
I can only imagine the regret I would feel if I woke up next to this can in the morning and realized I may have drank this drivel.
I often get asked by my friends and family for advice about getting a camera, comparing similar camera’s. As an example the other day someone ask between a Nikon D5500 and D7500 to which my advice always remains the same. The best camera to have is the camera you have on you when you want to take a picture.
I don’t always take my DSLR out with me for walk, especially if I am enjoying a walk with friends and family. I save these occasions for enjoying the outdoors and photography takes a back seat. I still have my photo to grab that shot should I want it and I can always come back to it with my DSLR. This is one of those occasions, I was walking around Plymbridge Woods with a friend and I happened to enjoy the lovely autumn colours. Opting for a panorama because, for me, it gives the feeling of the river rushing past.
I shot this while the plant was shaded trying to avoid the hot spots and shadows created by shooting in the full sun. But, that meant I had to shoot at a higher iso than desired. The D610 has no problems with detail or color at that point but the level of noise is greater than I thought I would get when I originally bought this camera. I would love to take the same pic with the D780 to see what it could do. I shouldn't buy the hype. Or by it because of the hype. We will see. I went a little further in denoising than usual with this one adding gaussian blur to the background as well as nr from Nik Dfine. Easy to avoid treating the small area that is in focus here.
A Ming vase can be well-designed and well-made and is beautiful for that reason alone. I don't think this can be true for photography. Unless there is something a little incomplete and a little strange, it will simply look like a copy of something pretty. We won't take an interest in it. -- John Loengard, "Pictures Under Discussion"
Taken just down the road from yesterday's image. It was so quiet and peaceful standing there. I wanted to meander down that road and see what was ahead but the highway and family beckoned.
. . . I've been listening to Jill Scott allllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllll day. Her words/music/lyrics followed me home from work. So I was inspired a little bit.
I was also listening to alot of "stuff" I should not have been listening too while at work like . . . well, I won't say but luckily no one walked in on me unexpectedly. I must have variety to make it through the day . . .
Another shoot of Venford Brook just up from the falls. Stumbling around I was looking for a shot with the brook going through the image at the diaganal. I liked this because of the boulders creating interest.
It took me about eight months to decide how to post process this photo. It was truly spectacular scenery in person, at blue hour just when it was about to get very dark. It was also below freezing and super slippery which made the whole experience quite arduous. Yet the RAW long exposure simply did not capture the mood.
I played a lot with different layers and effects in Photoshop and this is the final result. That's how I remember it today.
Interesting note that the image is level. It is most of the trees that are leaning one way as a result of winds over time.
Samyang 12mm manual focus lens.
Thank you very much for all the views, kind comments and faves.
Perry, GA (Houston County) Copyright 2008 D. Nelson
Mennonite-Amish boy at the horse and buggy auction. He was an adorable sight - all dressed up in his Sunday best, all the while wearing wonderfully sturdy shoes, looking so small on this huge and strong-willed horse which he maneuvered quite well. I watched him in fascination for a long while.
Unfortunately, due to the distraction of a somewhat disabling nosebleed I didn't have the right frame of mind to ask him for a photo shoot, and also messed up all the photos of him taken as he passed back and forth.
Talking about a missed opportunity...