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Trying to improve upon some of my images from the past, looking for that 'extra' one can 'do' in post processing and having fun at the same time...b.mikic
“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.”
― John Keats, Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne
Falls of Shin is a waterfall on the River Shin, in northern Scotland, near the villages of Bonar Bridge and Lairg.
Falls of Shin had a popular visitor centre, managed as part of Balnagown Estates, a company owned by former Harrods boss Mohamed Al-Fayed. This included a restaurant, a branch of Harrods, and a waxwork model of Al-Fayed. The visitor centre was destroyed by a fire in May 2013. Balnagown Estates have since been working with the Kyle of Sutherland Development Trust to develop a new visitor attraction. In May 2017, the new visitor centre opened following the successful construction carried out by William Gray Construction. The opening event was dubbed "Celebra-Shin". The café is currently operated by Mac & Wild- a company created by Andy Waugh and Calum MacKinnon with 2 restaurants in London and Falls of Shin being their third.
The Falls of Shin were dynamited to improve the salmon access.
Aside from the Salmon Viewing Platform, the site also comprises a Mini Golf Course, Woodland Walks and a large Children's Playpark.
My newest assignment was to go to Naturally Naughty Studios and create three boudoir photographs. All of them are to be different backgrounds or stages and different hair, clothing, makeup, etc.
I submit to you Part Three of the assignment.
Check out Part One here.
You can catch Part Two of the assignment here.
Thanks again to my Flickr Sensei for taking the time to give me tips and lessons to improve my Second Life photography skills.
Improved version of earlier (way down in time) upload
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A well photographed waterfall from our day trip to North Wales. I'm trying to improve my landscape technique at the moment after a day out with our friend and accomplished landscape photographer John Starkey. The weather forecast was completely wrong, so we didn't manage to do as much as we'd hoped, but the walk through the woods to this little waterfall was lovely.
We were enjoying the tranquillity of the location until someone on the adjacent estate started blasting away with a shotgun at regular intervals, oh well....
Photo by Andy
Some studies of monotypes to improve my skills. Sorry for the bad lighting, but the size (A3) was too big for the scanner. So I shot the works very primitively. My bad.
For Poppy
Vanguard, 2 Riflemen, and a female Scout. Comment your favs. Ik they're similar but I think they look much better than some of the originals. Share your Rebel armies too!
A monochrome version of an older shot of our cat Mini, when she got too close to the camera one day. I was taking 'close ups' of flowers when her face suddenly appeared, and gave me quite a fright!!!
I'm trying to improve my post-processing skills. Unfortunately for me, Mini had been rolling on the ground just before taking this so I've had to take a lot of 'specks' out. Plus the b&w conversion, in silver efex. I don't think I've ever had a file with so many layers before. All thoughts are welcome!
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Endeavoring to improve this image along with showing what can be done with the Fuji-X cameras. I re-shot this photo using the averaging meter putting high lights in zone 7 [+2 exposure] and processed as a in camera jpeg where I softened the highlights & shadows by -1, then softened the clarity in camera raw for the final low key image..
🌟Improved image uploaded 13/09/2024 👌
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I have not had the best of luck with Fall in Arkansas. On our first year here, an early frost stole many trees of their foliage at the beginning of September. So Fall colors were lackluster at best. This time fall was a bit trickier; I kept an eye out for any early frost warning, and nothing showed up in my search. We made our first trip of the year to the Richland Creek Wilderness area and saw that fall colors were barely breaking through. In my naivety, I thought a week or so from now, we will have the perfect fall colors and planned a trip through Ozarks National Forest to the Talimena scenic drive in the Ouachita mountains. I am still not sure what happened, but almost all fall colors were gone by the time we went on the planned trip.
While on our earlier trip to Richland Creek, we came across this patch of the road with decent fall colors on both sides of the road. Usually, I would pass on a scene like this when I am driving, but something made me get out and take the image. It turns out this was the best fall colors photo I would take this fall. Well, at least it is improving each year.
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First of all, a thousand apologies for being sooo inactive, my flickr was suspended due to the new rules and I had to wait almost a week for the problem to be solved.
Second, I've had to delete almost all of my photos from old to some new (in this case, the ones I felt didn't meet the “safe” standard).
And third and last, I will be making posts a little less constant because my university scheduled me in the afternoon and I hardly have much time between jobs, projects and exams, because I have to redo my schedules and get used to it. However, after so many obstacles I am still encouraged and always committed to continue making my posts, always giving my best. I hope you can understand and that, despite this, you continue to trust me to be a blogger ♥️ Without further ado, I hope you all have a nice and excellent day, thanks for stopping to read.
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Borders separate / two areas that are connected. // In one area we / figure as subjects. // In the other / the frame is grabbed / by abstraction.
Assemblage - collage, wood, cloth, paper, paint.
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After their overnight run from Medley, FL, FEC train 336 switches onto the Cemex City Point lead at CP City Point in Cocoa, FL.
CP City Point was rebuilt from its original configuration a few months prior to this photo. Originally, it was just the single main and the City Point lead with some standard vaders. Now, as you can see, there's a whole new main being built and two tracks that turn west off of the main to head toward Orlando for Brightline.
It was rain rain rain everywhere in SG today. Was idling at home, a little disturbed and was bascially flickin away the whole morn, and just when the rain stopped ard noon, i quickly grabbed my gear, drove down to the gardens and thought perhaps i could probably have 2 hrs (the least) of macro shooitng, it started raining again!! Have to scurry for cover although my gear was well protected from my Matin Camo rain cover. It was a disappointing macro outing today which lasted only 25 mins!! Managed some decent shots to share with al on a wet wet sundayl! Happy Viewing!!! =(
Taken with D700 + 105 VR f 2.8 + Raynox 250 + R1, 20% cropped.
All comments,critique for me to improve are most welcome!!! =D
The last time I saw and captured this species (from a long distance, see below image) was in Spain 6 years ago....
Thousands here at this site ...Close-up !
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Updated improved image 20/06/2024
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Your 'Comments' do not always appear in 'Notifications' or Flickr mail, so, I am sorry for any delay in responding. Often your 'Comment' is only spotted 'On the Page' on the day, that I see it. (seen ONLY when replying to someone HAS 'Commented' on the image, and I see a notification)
The American White Ibis I posted yesterday was the end of my shot series of an Ibis altercation and the start of a series of birds in flight.
This Sandhill Crane shot is one of my first decent birds in flight shots. I've practiced and improved my BIF photography over the years and have a few good ones, some of which I'll post over the next few days.
This crane was photographed at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico.
This part of Ghent has recently been improved. I went with a friend for some golden hour and blue hour shots.
I combined a long exposure shot with a normal shot, to obtain sharp boats.
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For improved visibility on level crossings, NS are fitting the class SNG EMUs with a yellow front. For now, the blue and yellow fronts can be seen together - in this case literally, as the leading unit has the blue front (mostly obscured by the overhead line portal and, of course, the other EMU) and the trailing one is yellow. The pair are on their way on a local service from Amsterdam Centraal to Amersfoort Vathorst. Soest, 05-09-2021.
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I'm taking a little flickr break for the week....because this week is going to be really crazy with school and it's also the week of the play that I'm assisting in! See you all when I come back! explore #149 thanks!!!
if you get a chance.....while I'm gone I'd love it if you could answer these questions to help me improve:
-What is one thing that you like about my photography?
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-what is one thing I that would benefit me to learn?
-and any other comments you have!
Thanks!
Water tower in Dixon, California. They are in every town in the Central Valley. I was watching Alex Kilbee of The Photographic Eye on his YouTube channel and his video “3 Easy Exercises to Improve Photography Skills.” I drove out into the countryside with the dogs and two cameras, just shooting everyday things here. Got as legally close as I could to the water tower and took a shot in color and liked it. Then took a black and white shot with a blue filter and liked it better. Well, that’s all there is.
On a cold cold evening ... Arkon has what appears to be an allergy to fleas. He was at the vet a few weeks ago and we came home with a treatment. He has been a very itchy boy and mutilating himself whilst engaging in strange aggressive grooming and has had to wear a cone for far too long to stop him from this behaviour. His back is healed up, but the itching is slow to abate. So this evening we got steroids to help stop the itching. He has been slowly improving since the flea treatment. The steroids will hopefully clear up the itching very quickly.
I shared the video of my practice on Instagram, www.instagram.com/p/CX2XMO0BKcg/. I’m still a beginner but I’m improving a little bit at a time.
We have had some sort of marine fog over the city for the last couple days so the light level can be very low... I would love to get these guys under better light but, for now that will do... These birds can be a bit difficult to isolate … The growth of Hawthorne trees and their fruits are unfortunately not perfectly synchronized with the bokeh requirements of the photographer.... Nevertheless, I like this image. I particularly like the position of the wings of the bird... sort of at the back of the body a bit like when you are bobbing for apples.... I got to run... as I am typing I see the light improving... perhaps the waxwings are waiting for me :)
ISO 2500 F5.6 1/400 s 840 mm
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After some nights spent to learn and practice new imaging techniques, I propose a version of my first attempt to Andromeda Galaxy, less harsh, more realistic and detailed and (I hope) nicer to see.
- OTA: William Optics Zenithstar 61 APO doublet + WO Flat61 field flattener
- Mount: SkyWatcher Star Adventurer GTI
- Camera: Nikon D800 unmodified
Stack of 34x120s. shots @3.200ISO + 10 dark + 10 flats, using Starry Sky Stacker (SSS) for Mac.;
Processing through Adobe Photoshop
Any comment and/or advice for improving is welcome
On the edge of Kingsmere Lake, Mackenzie King spent almost 50 years (1903 – 1950) improving and expanding his estate, which he bequeathed to all Canadians. From the moment we enter this picturesque estate through wooded paths, we can enjoy the beauty of the Mooreside Main House and gardens where he hosted several important statesmen such as Winston Churchill among others. The spirits lead us to King’s historical ruins:
The Abbey Ruins
The stones from the Abbey Ruins were pieced together from remnants of other buildings, including
- the Canadian Parliament Building destroyed from fire in 1916,
- the crest of a former speaker of the House of Commons at Westminster, England,
- the stones from the printing office owned by King’s maternal grandfather, and
- the temple-like front piece (“Greek temple on a hill” he says) – came from a bay window removed from a Sandy Hill house about to be demolished. His imagination turned the bay window into the Acropolis.
Mackenzie King Estate, Gatineau Park, Québec, Canada
Au bord du lac Kingsmere, Mackenzie-King passa près de 50 ans (de 1903 à 1950) à améliorer et à agrandir son domaine qu'il légua à tous les Canadiens. Dès que nous entrons dans ce domaine pittoresque par des chemins boisés, nous pouvons apprécier la beauté de la maison principale et des jardins de Mooreside où il a hébergé plusieurs hommes d'État importants, tel que Winston Churchill. Les esprits nous mènent aux ruines historiques de King:
Les ruines de l'abbaye
Les pierres des ruines de l’abbaye ont été reconstituées à partir de vestiges d’autres bâtiments, notamment
- le Parlement canadien détruit par un incendie en 1916,
- l'emblème d'un ancien président de la Chambre des communes à Westminster, en Angleterre,
- les pierres de l’imprimerie appartenant au grand-père maternel de King et
- le morceau de façade en forme de temple « temple grec sur une colline », dit-il) - venait d'une baie vitrée retirée d'une maison de Sandy Hill sur le point d'être démolie. Son imagination transforma la baie vitrée en Acropole.
Domaine Mackenzie-King, Parc de la Gatineau, Québec, Canada
Sweetly scented Lemon flowers blooming at Enid Haupt Conservatory of NYBG.
Improved Meyer Lemon
Citrus x meyeri
'Improved Meyer'
RUTACEAE
Running on track 2 due to track 1 being out of service for maintenance, a passenger test extra, with freshly rebuilt CTrail GE P40BH 6711 and five cars, makes its way south on a dismal afternoon in Wallingford. 6711 is former New Jersey Transit 4803 and Amtrak 820, which was built in July of 1993. The 12 Connecticut Department of Transportation P40s are being overhauled and repainted at Amtrak's Beech Grove Shops in Indiana.
Improving transparency.
Near Schwedenplatz, Vienna
Original title “Working Girl” was inappropriate. Looked back at all my photos that year and asked myself what I liked best, and why. This is the type photo for a core theme—images resolving contradictions. In this case, order and chaos, as the woman cleans the window of a clock shop with a perfectly horizontal squeegee stroke in a sea of bubbles. Love her contemplative expression, and the clutter of urban reflections superimposed on the orderly interior of a Viennese clock seller.
Explore “Street and Documentary” Takeover no.89, 24 July 2024