Hopefully, the visit of the American Lady Butterfly signals the beginning of a bountiful butterfly season. Backyard butterfly - Morgan County, Alabama - 2015. (BTW - i.d. input is appreciated)

HMM everyone!!

For the Macro Mondays theme "Beatles/Beetles" I wanted to illustrate their song 'Sun King'.

Here comes the sun king

Here comes the sun king

Everybody's laughing

Everybody's happy

Here comes the sun king

Quando paramucho mi amore de felice carazón

Mundo paparazzi mi amore chica ferdi para sol

Questo obrigado tanto mucho que canite carousel

"Sun King" is a song written primarily by John Lennon, but credited to Lennon–McCartney and recorded by the Beatles for their 1969 album Abbey Road.

If you want to read more about "SUN KING" or what ARE they saying at the end of the song?, here a link: beatlesong.info/mg/sun_king_deciphered.html

Thanks you, Michael Farrell for your input ;-)

created with a photo and Procreate for use as AI input

Created with Dream Wombo

Prompts: Ultra realistic beautiful white heron standing in shallow clear tidewater pool, low tide rocky, foggy atmosphere, distant lighthouse, stormy sky, volumetric lighting, maximum texture, octane render

Style: VFXv2

An input texture was used to control the colors.

I don't know why my mind is locked onto beaches and lighthouses. Maybe it is the approach of warm weather which always brings the promise of a trip to the coast.

Thanks for visiting and your comments are always appreciated!

1951 Peugeot 203 A (1949-1952) Berline

^)(^ SORRY: I have to "slow down" (probably fewer photos, fewer input in groups, fewer comments and slower responses, etc.) for the next coming weeks, because we renovate our house ♫♪

I am very sorry about possible inconveniences ...

Created with Dream Wombo and my texture used as the input image

This photo is on the front page of Nat Geo right now. photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-t.... Thanks everyone for all the encouraging comments on my photos. I really appreciate the input of the Flickr community.

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Thank you my friend Daksita for helping me out with this picture. Your help and input were extremely helpful to complete this picture.

This Picture is Taken at: Luanes's

➥ Taxi to Luanes's: Le Monde Perdu

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While this will be a work in progress, I'm sharing my favorite all time Flickr groups. No Rules/No Limits. They truly care about showcasing your images and your input. They get it. Please take time to visit these groups:

㋡ flickr ○● DEPOT ㋡

!*Only Your Best*!

~Attention Worthy - No. 30/60 Limit~

Your Best of the Best

Your Best Photography

Your Best Shot for Today

1925 Citroën 10CV B12 Conduite Interieure 4 Places

^)(^ SORRY: I have to "slow down" (probably fewer photos, fewer input in groups, fewer comments and slower responses, etc.) for the next coming weeks, because we renovate our house ♫♪

I am very sorry about possible inconveniences ...

Running out of shots to post due to the atrocious wet weather we are having at the moment! so posting the colour version of an earlier post..Thanks for all your input and comments ! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

Thank you all for your input on which version for me to keep.

Explored ... #99 on Sunday, July 12, 2009 - Thank you every one for your input.

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From the archives - Last visit to Sanchi near Bhopal, India

Thank you for taking the time to visit, comment, fave or invite. I really appreciate them all.

I am still experimenting with AI in combination with my own photos. In this one the woman was created in DDG and then used as the input image for Wombo to create two photos which were merged. Elements from my own photos were included and everything was further manipulated in both Topaz and Photoshop.

All rights reserved. This photo is not authorized for use on your blogs, pin boards, websites or use in any other way. You may NOT download this image without written permission from lemon~art.

What3Words

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Created with Dream Wombo and a texture as the input

I don't have nice weather right now, it's raining/snowing. So I decided to take pictures indoors and try focus stacking. This is my Pentax with street photography outfit, the lens is one of the cheapest and lightest and with an extremely good illumination quality, at just 122 g (4.3 oz.). I used 21 images here to really get everything sharp from front to back, even though I was already working with an aperture of 11. It needed a bit of love input on the details, but I think it was worth it. What do you think?

Ich habe gerade nicht so schönes Wetter, heist es regnet/ schneit. Also habe ich mich entschlossen drinnen zu Fotografieren und zwar Fokus Stacking zu probieren. Das ist meine Pentax mit Straßenfotografie Outfit, die linse ist einer der günstigsten und leichtesten und dabei mit einer extrem guten Ablichtungs Qualität, bei gerade mal 122 g (4.3 oz.). Ich habe hier 21 Bilder verwendet um wirklich von vorne bis hinten alles scharf zu bekommen obwohl ich schon mit einer Blende von 11 gearbeitet habe. Es brauchte ein bisschen Liebe in den Details, aber es hat sich gelohnt, was meint Ihr?

I believe this individual may be an adult female, but welcome any input.

Inputting numbers into the scanner is key. HMM!!!

1965 SIMCA Berline Tricorps, 4-portes 1000 S

^)(^ SORRY: I have to "slow down" (probably fewer photos, fewer input in groups, fewer comments and slower responses, etc.) for the next coming weeks, because we renovate our house ♫♪

I am very sorry about possible inconveniences ...

Pond grasses on the surface of Lake Martha, along with shore refections, early evening after a Brighton Lakes trail hike. That circular cluster of grass looks like a maelstrom, and the granite rocks look like they are being fed into it, with the stringers of grass emerging out the other end. Of course, the process could just as easily be moving in the opposite direction. : )

Utah, USA.

RAW edited in View NX2, additional adjustments to sharpness, clarity, local tone mapping and desaturation added in Corel Paintshop Pro.

Explored May 26, 2022

(Image taken with an Analog film camera).

(Press "L" or click on the image for a large view).

Black & White Film: Rollei Retro 400s @ISO 200

Camera: Canon A2 (1992)

Lens: Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L (1993)

Aditional: tripod and timer.

Developer: Xtol 1:1 @78°f for 17 minutes,

Copy negative with a DSLR, macro bellows & enlarger lens.

Shooting Data recorded, then input with AnalogExif.

(Location: Lake Ashby Park, New Smyrna Beach, Florida).

From a roll of film I bought at the flea market

Image ©Philip Krayna, all rights reserved. This image is not in the public domain. Please contact me for permission to download, license, reproduce, or otherwise use this image, or to just say "hello". I value your input and comments.

My loyalty remains with Flickr, however you can also see me more often on Instagram. Follow me: @dyslexsyk

Beautiful Blue Tit at Severn Valley Country Park.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my photos. If you choose to Fave my photos or leave comments, I am truly grateful for your input. Thank you very much 😊

Explored June 11, 2022

(Image taken with an Analog film camera).

A long term project will guide you and help you grow.

(Press "L" or click on the image for a large view).

Black & White Film: Arista Edu 100 @ISO 100.

Camera: Canon A2 (1992)

Lens: Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM (2000)

Developer: Xtol 1:1 @78°f for 12 minutes,

Scanner: Plustek 8100 @3,600dpi. with SilverFast 8.

Editors: ACR / Silver Efex Pro 2 / ACDSee Photo Editor 11

(Location: Hillsborough River State Park, Thonotosassa, Florida).

Thanks for your comments, faves and views, really appreciated!

Created with Dream Wombo with an input image

Hi Everyone! This is the photo I ended up choosing to submit to the Birmingham Magazine's Cutest Pet Contest. Thanks everyone for your input! If you have a few seconds - please go vote for Josie. I have provided the link below. You will have to 'like' Birmingham Magazine on Facebook first to vote for Josie. Once you like Birmingham Magazine, their is a post for the cutest pet contest finalists for this week. Find Josie, and like it! THANKS SO MUCH!

p.s. if she wins this week, she might even end up on the cover of August's issue!

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Here's another from my recent travels. Thanks for the opinions on my previous post! I'm grateful for the input. Chip

Due to more strict enforcement of their rules, Flickr has asked me and many others to take down info such as links to personal websites and workshop information. However, it is still allowed to have such information in one's Flickr Profile.

Created with Dream Wombo using a texture as the input. Post processing with JixiPix Impresso Pro.

What3Words

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MacroMondays theme "Plugs&Sockets".

The instrumental cabel jack, plugged in the guitar amplifier.

i have been updating all of my work to redo the watermark and some for better processing and add to newer groups.

i am not very good responding to awards alone and usually find them superfluous however i am utterly grateful for your visit and input !

Nudibranch ( Glossodoris of sorts) with a glorious gorgonian fan in the background

Possibly a Doriprismatica atromarginata? Nudibranch? .... Thx Jean-Marie for your input :)

GBR FNQ

www.cruisingtheedge.com/pelican-island-inside-100-magic-m...

Created with Dream Wombo and my texture as the input.

About a minute after I took this picture...

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...two early-rising kids walked into the frame. At first I was kind of upset that I lost the pristine image I had been waiting for since before dawn, but then when I saw it I kind of liked the two figures on the crest of the dune. I'm not sure which image is better, I would appreciate any input.

Taken in the Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, USA.

Male Reed Bunting at Severn Valley Country Park.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my photos. If you choose to Fave my photos or leave comments, I am truly grateful for your input. Thank you very much 😊

Created with rough Procreate sketch, rendered in Wombo, textured with Distressed FX Plus and iColorama. Used for an input image for some Wombo creations.

Birds with nesting material, shot 3 of 4...

Blackbirds have character. They will fearlessly attack raptors to drive them away from their breeding territory. It is estimated that males spend a quarter of their daylight hours in territorial defence. They build intricate nests in cattail marsh or similar wetland habitat. The Cornell site has a great description of their nest-building, prefaced by commenting that the female chooses the nest site, "with some input from the male."

(Wow. Sounds like he offers suggestions, but she has ultimate veto powers. Just like our species.)

Anyway, according to Cornell: "Females build the nests by winding stringy plant material around several close, upright stems and weaving in a platform of coarse, wet vegetation. Around and over this she adds more wet leaves and decayed wood, plastering the inside with mud to make a cup. Finally, she lines the cup with fine, dry grasses. One nest picked apart by a naturalist in the 1930s had been made by weaving together 34 strips of willow bark and 142 cattail leaves, some 2 feet long. When finished the nest is 4 to 7 inches across and 3 to 7 inches deep."

Impressive!

This female posed for me with a bit of nesting material, allowing me to shift position and work around a partial screen of shrubbery. (Note: I can't say "shrubbery" without thinking of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.) Her mate was nearby, likewise watching. I knew approximately where the nest must be, but it was clear they didn't want to lead me to it, so I got the shot and then left them in peace.

Photographed along the Frenchman River near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2024 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

Created for Art Week Gallery Theme's Blues & Purples challenge with Dream Wombo and my texture as the input.

Thank you for taking your time to view, fave, comment and invite!

Created for Art Week Gallery theme with Wombo AI, DDG AI and own input.

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Florence Cathedral

Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici decided to have the dome painted with a representation of The Last Judgment. This enormous work, 3,600 metres² (38 750 ft²) of painted surface, was started in 1568 by Giorgio Vasari and Federico Zuccari and would last till 1579. The upper portion, near the lantern, representing The 24 Elders of Apoc. 4 was finished by Vasari before his death in 1574. Federico Zuccari and a number of collaborators, such as Domenico Cresti, finished the other portions: (from top to bottom) Choirs of Angels; Christ, Mary and Saints; Virtues, Gifts of the Holy Spirit and Beatitudes; and at the bottom of the cupola: Capital Sins and Hell. These frescoes are considered Zuccari's greatest work. But the quality of the work is uneven because of the input of different artists and the different techniques. Vasari had used true fresco, while Zuccari had painted in secco. During the restoration work, which ended in 1995, the entire pictorial cycle of The Last Judgment was photographed with specially designed equipment and all the information collected in a catalogue. All the restoration information along with reconstructed images of the frescos were stored and managed in the Thesaurus Florentinus computer system.

(Wiki)

Don't use this image on websites,blogs or other media, without my explicit permission. View On Black

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"In Greek mythology Procrustes a vagabond, wanderer of the bed was inappropriate in a general squeezed: Who was too long, everything got chopped off any surplus, who was too short, was stretched to the right length. Each of us has the task to fathom who he really is. No one else can answer the question for us.

Why do we feel afraid and just in front of us to enjoy ourselves and the beauty of our own divinity?"

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Source: John O'Donohue, "Echo der Seele"

|| Wikipedia: John O'Donohue ||

You all are so wonderful! Each of you share your lives here daily and it is so wonderful to get to be a part of it. Thank for your recent input on some of my pictures that was really needed and thank you always for stopping by with all your wonderful comments....wow you are all so very kind. I'm glad your my friends. :-)

Explore #134

Everything was about in the perfect timing as this very lucky snapshot of the moon, the clouds

formation, the position of the moon and the golden state warriors theme of the Coit tower, the Embarcadero center.

It is totally like a painting work, What do you think? Any input will be greatly appreciate it.

Thanks!

#colors #fullmoon #coitower #sanfrancisco #paintingwork #luckysnapshot #三藩市 #gowarriors

Serie: Light & Shadows.

(Image taken with an Analog film camera).

(Press "L" or click on the image for a large view).

Black & White Film: Rollei retro 400s @ISO 400

Camera: Canon AL-1 (1982), Canon FD 35-105mm F3.5-4.5

Developer: Xtol 1:1 @75°f for 17 minutes,

Scan: on Plustek 8100 @3,600dpi. with SilverFast 8.

Shooting Data recorded with: Film Shots

Exif data input with: AnalogExif.

(Location: Winter Park, Florida).

Thanks for your visit, comments, faves, and views.

For 2018, I wanted to renovate the Mosaic Montage Monday group to be a theme based group featuring current trends in lifestyle and design.

I follow several trend reports in various industries. As visual styles evolve and progress over time, there is always something new that inspires.

Or, if you are anything like me, you probably have tons of archives and/or extra photos that no one has ever seen. This is the perfect place to do something new with them. Be creative!

Whether it's a color, a layout or even a font, it's refreshing to see what's new. Cultural trends and contrasts are also fascinating.

I am looking for input on Member's Choice themes. If you are interested, go to the discussion board in the group and share your good ideas!

This week's theme is Ultra Violet, inspired by Pantone's Color of the Year for 2018.

Some keywords Pantone suggests for Ultra Violet are: Inventive, Original, Ingenuity, Creative, Non-Conforming, Magical, Intuitive, Enigmatic, Complex, Mysterious, Intriguing, Contemplative, Meditative, Mystical, Thoughtful, Healing, Visionary, Dramatic.

Somehow, the word Revealing comes to mind because Ultra Violet light can reveal invisible ink or make those colors on black light poster pop. The Pantone shade seems muted and it actually reminds me of the lettering on Ditto Papers. Remember the scent of a fresh Ditto?

Tune in to the group tomorrow to see next week's theme!

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