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Wombo blend using the source

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White-Headed Buffalo Weaver, Dinemellia dinemelli, native to the dry brush and savanna of eastern Africa. San Diego Zoo's Africa Rocks aviary. Conservation status: least concern

This little one is doing some reno on the old homestead which just happens to be my garden.

Big difference from previous photo taken on Sept 28, 2020

#sliderssunday

Spot the two birds :)

For a change, this is a new (outside!) photo, taken just a few days ago at the wonderful Britzer Garten, one of Berlin's biggest and most beautiful public parks (please check my album for more "Britz bliss", if you like).

For better dynamic range, I've used exposure bracketing (three images), pre-processed the images in DXO PhotoLab (sharpness and DeepPrime denoising only), from which I directly went into HDR Efex Pro to combine the images. I'm trying to get away from the annual Adobe subscription, and combining images from an exposure bracketing series in HDR Efex instead of Lightroom is one step into that direction. Unfortunately, whenever I think I can finally leave Adobe behind for good they come up with improvements such as the new "supersize" function (now also available in LR), a ton of new presets for LR, and other interesting stuff (and I'm still used to the LR/PS workflow, and the layers in PS). Well, maybe I'll be ready next year ;)

Extra sliding was done in Color Efex, where I added some "Brilliance and Warmth" and a tiny bit of "Contrast Color Range".

Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone, stay safe and have a nice week ahead!

outer-outer mission st.

daly city, california

Cill Chriosd Manse House, Nr Broardford, Isle of Skye

I'll give you a break from Valencia for a while!

Back to March and my trip up to Skye. I met up with Skyeweasel and although the weather/tides meant Elgol was pretty pointless she was kind enough to show me a few locations I'd not shot before on the Broadford to Elgol road.

I'd seen this old manse house on a map and aerial photo and had it in mind to try to find but Louise took me straight there and we must have spent 90mins at least trying different povs and portrait v Landscape orientations. The snow on the mountains added a different feel. Several areas of rock existed to create leading lines and this was one of them.

Have to say I really enjoyed this location so once again my sincere thanks to Louise for her help and guidance on the day. Check out her channel if you haven't already www.flickr.com/photos/95388056@N02

© All rights reserved Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.

HFF

What do you all think?

Do you guys want another review?

Self-protrait

Workers on a rooftop in Fès.

This house looked so sad for a very long time. The area at the front was overgrown and full to bursting with three cornered leeks.

It took the new owners a bit of time, but it's now looking lovely. You can just see the Welcome sign I took a photo of on the left hand wall - www.flickr.com/photos/44506883@N04/50176710771/in/album-7...

Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites.

'twas great fun watching a pair shore up their nest in anticipation of little ones this morning.

Northern VA

Its getting fairly busy here for me & I'm sure many here can understand the huss & fuss at this time of the year :) I will be ending my post for 2009 sometime next week as I will be going on a holiday until next year! In another words, I HAD ENOUGH! lol! Yeah pls get jealous & suck on it! :P

Anyway, found another gem in my archive :)) Didn't know why this has been hidden in my pants all along. I bet it has been waiting all this moment to come out lol! Have an awesome friday & weekend! Happy Xmas shopping!

View LARGE On Black to be mooned! :P

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About

The Sunset at Moonta Bay in Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

The Shot

Standard 3 exposure shot (+2..0..-2 EV) with tripod using Sigma DC HSM 10-20mm lens

Photomatix

- Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option

Photoshop

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'curves' to increase the contrast

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (reds) to decrease the harshness

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (yellows) to tone down the sunset

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'level' to enhance the jetty

- Applied very slight noise reduction at selective area

- Used slight 'unsharp mask' (as always) on the background layer

You

All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are (as always) welcome

Music

Otis Redding - Sitting on the Dock of the Bay

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captured in the abandoned GBS Ltd. (2015)

Abandoned house in Delaware, Ohio

7DWF-B&W

Minolta 24mm Rokkor X 2.8- shot at f4

A Blue Tit making preparations for a new family

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I always had difficulties to shot trees, especially in the forest, I find the result boring or messy and I really admired some photographers that can bring back masterpieces from the forest.

So I quite often try to take a picture that I like in the forest but mostly throw away everything after, but for once even I am quite happy with the result, there is still a lot of room for improvement but I feel OK to share it with you.

I hope that you will like it.

A Network Rail test train passes Capenwray on the Little North Western line between Settle Junction and Carnforth working 1Q17, the 09:42 Leicester LIP – Darlington on 10 May 2026.

Looking to connect with others who share a passion for railway photography? Visit the 1Z10 website

Some of my old 1/72 were pretty rushed and all getting a good revisit. Much improved Mig-29 and now working on some camo versions.

Grey heron, partially back lit, working on home improvements.

Thank you for stopping by to look at my images. Any comments and faves are always appreciated. Have a great day!

Assassin's Creed Unity

Hatti's Tools | Improvements Hack CT by Skall & Otis_Inf | ReShade | WBG | Camera Raw

a wetlands muskrat selected some new greenery from the opposite side of the pond to add to his shoreside home

Carden's Garage

Woolsey, Georgia

Kodak Ultramax film.

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I last stopped to photograph this small ruined building near Elphin back in 2014 ('Des Res'). It sits atop a small 'hill' with stunning views to Cul More and Suilven at left and right. The skies on this visit were particularly 'angry', rendering the mountains as almost black. I was pleased to see that perhaps this is not quite as abandoned as I thought; there was some additional, unexpected garden furniture added since my last visit.

For more information about Eye On Malaysia,

feel free to visit www.eyeonmalaysia.com.my =)

About The Shot:

This photo was captured during my outing with Buyie in Melaka recently for Persidangan Pengetua-pengetua Maahad Tahfiz Peringkat Kebangsaan

You can see what Buyie had captured here =)

Model Release:

Mr. Jihadi again =)

Location, Date & Time:

Melaka, Malaysia | 28 October 2009 | 7:25pm (+8GMT)

Canon EOS 500D + Kitlens + 580EX ii with diffuser:

ISO100, f/20, 30 sec at 18mm.

Flash fired manually at 1/1 from 5 different angle.

Photoshop CS3:

- Unsharpen Mask at amount 55% with 2.5px radius,

- "S" Curves adjustment,

- Noiseware filter to reduce noise using Night Scene setting,

- Frame and watermark editing.

You:

I really appreciate your kind visit and support =)

All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are welcome.

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© & ® 2009 annamir@putera.com | www.facebook.com/annamir

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New challenge for December - Inclement Weather

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Texture by TCP

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Thanks everyone! I've been with this Flickr Account since the 29th of December 2011. With this image as my 100th uploaded I just wanted to recap the 60 days of Dirks_Designs.

Over 25,000 visits! with my best day at 1,097 :D

Created a Group for Decal requests with 39 members (Not too shabby) Which you can check out here

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I'm truly grateful to everyone for supporting this hobby with so much positive feedback and great ideas for additional designs!

This image showcases the first decal I ever made for LEGO. I made it December 25 while figuring out what to do with myself for Christmas on deployment... away from family.

A new block paved driveway going in, and a very nice job was done.

A CSX West Olive coal train turns the corner toward Grand Rapids in Plymouth, Michigan with a much improved yellow nose scheme. I hated the all grey and blue/grey schemes, this was an improvement but far from what could have been considering all the classy schemes that disappeared into Family Lines and CSX. April 1990

Mid 1950's Simplex Automatic

Simplex was founded by Paul Treen (father of United States Congressman and Louisiana Governor David Conner Treen) in New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 1920s with an initial investment of $25.00 Treen had been a dealer in Harley-Davidson motorcycles and had pitched them the idea of making a lightweight motorcycle for young riders. When Harley-Davidson rejected the idea, Treen decided to enter the market himself and designed his Servi-Cycle. The Simplex Servi-Cycle was introduced in 1935.

Although Simplex Manufacturing Corporation produced motorcycles for over 20 years, the last Simplex Automatics looked almost the same as the company's original 1935 Simplex Servi-Cycle motorcycle. Paul Treen would often visit the factory's tool shop and work with the engineers on new ideas himself, resulting in continuous improvements to Simplex products instead of annual new model introductions.

The two-stroke engine had a rotary valve and an "overhung" crankshaft with only one main bearing. A kick-starter was added by 1953.

Western Auto sold Simplex motorcycles under the Wizard brand in the mid-1950s.

Simplex's minimalist philosophy was maintained throughout the company's history, whose designs changed little after 1935. By the 1950s Simplex's designs were primitive, leading to the end of Servi-Cycle and Automatic production in 1960. Simplex continued to make minibikes and karts using proprietary small engines until 1975, when Simplex went out of business. Treen had sold the company three years earlier, in 1972

Furious nest building going on at the Rookery on Ninth Street today.

The latest Ford GT running it's V-6 producing 660 hp.......should slice through the air with ease don't you think? No it's not the GT40, of 58 years ago, named so as 40 inches high was the minimum at LeMans, and this grandkid is 43 inches (for taller customers), and the engine isn't the hunking NASCAR fire breathing 427, but almost 60 years of improvements jack up the horse power with the smaller lighter engine......nicely. Not a car to leave for a couple hours in the K-Mart parking lot while you search through the Blue-Light Specials.......but what a rush to slam the pedal to the floor......and WhewwwHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

....In Abersoch...on the beach. :-)

Quite like the new flickr processing App...only downside so far are the framing options...bad...and being able to sign your name on a shot...Room for improvement l'd say.

Watching this space...

At Wet Willies, South Beach.

A Red-eyed Vireo returns to the nest with plant fiber that will be woven into the nest. It was fascinating to watch numerous trips in which the bird would return with a variety of natural materials to shore up the home front.

Shenandoah National Park

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