... but try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again. That's what takes a real hero ~ Story People

I'm not sad - but it's Sad Bokeh Friday so I photographed the rising sun through the dead branches of the almond tree in our garden. The tree isn't quite dead but it's dying I think ... which is sad.

I've wanted to use this quote for a while - I think it's funny in a bleak way and also quite true - so I chose it today because being out in the garden reminded me of the heroic feat of renewal each of us undertakes daily.

To make it look a little *sadder*, I adjusted colour in photoshop ... Even Sadder On Black

Postprocessing in CaptureOne and PhotoLine.

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Halcyon smyrnensis

HDRi + post processing ..

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original shot - (basic HDR tonemapping w/ plate replaced) - click on the image (opens on a new tab)

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--- edit: nov 04 2013 - car colour corrected (closer to the original) /

a more interesting sky added / some minor reflections fixed and tonal adjustments:

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A real experiment in PP this. This is a shot of water from a fine mister spray bottle, two images overlaid, and then 'warped' in Lightroom by applying the lens profile of a fisheye lens to distort and stretch the edges. No end result in mind when I started this was just playing around with some images than were initially just playing with sunlight through the spray.

Looking east along High Street from Carfax Tower, Oxford.

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"I want to write my words on the face of today.

And then they'll paint it

And oh as I fade away,

They'll all look at me and they'll say,

Hey look at him and where he is these days.

When life is hard, you have to change".

"Change" by Blind Melon

for VisionDrivenPhotography: this has heavy post-processing..... but it shows my vision (or style) for the photo

Last weekend I played around with some flashes, 2xYN560II and 2xSoligor42DA to be precise as well as with three sets of Lee gel samples. I will upload this week a few series of photos to illustrate what I have done.

All photos are SOOC, so no postprocessing except of the frame, no cropping and no photoshoping. It's just to show what you can achieve if you use the Lee gel samples together with some speedlights.

Enjoy! And many thanks in advance for leaving a comment or adding to your favorite.

The series of today's two photos is each made with only two flashes with orange gels pointing to the background (which is the floor in this case, number 1 without addintional light, number two with a third flash wearing a blue gel from the front.

postprocessed

YSSY SYDNEY KINGSFORD SMITH

N700 is the fastest trainset that makes the Tokaido Shinkansen run between Tokyo and Osaka. Notice the subtle differences in the nose area with the regular 700 series Shinkansen trainset.

Postprocessing of the previously posted picture, but coming back to it after a little while, I'm not sure it is an improvement.

I seem to go a little overboard with the curves when letting alone with Lightroom.

Postprocessed with Nikon Capture NX 2

:) with license

One day I arrived home & discovered my son & husband working together in the kitchen on this colorful lunch of peppers, onions and sausage to be served with pasta.

Postprocessing B&W

Postprocessing of the previously posted picture, but coming back to it after a little while, I'm not sure it is an improvement.

I seem to go a little overboard with the curves when letting alone with Lightroom.

Der Himmel über Berlin (1987) or Wings Of Desire is one of my all-time favourite movies. Directed by Wim Wenders, it is the story of an angel who watches and records the life of the humans, and gradually comes to the decision to become human so he can experience rather than observe life, even with all its pain and suffering. I first saw Wings of Desire about 20 years ago when it screened during the Festival Of Perth, and I was really touched by it; as I get older it means even more to me.

This is another photo of the angel at Fremantle Cemetery. Thanks to

Borealnz, and A Million To One, and Les brumes for their beautiful textures

Happy Monday Blues!

View on black

YSSY SYDNEY KINGSFORD SMITH

I have fallen to the dark side. I now post-process my photos. It was inevitable.

(Note: This was not taken by me, obviously, as I am in it. It was taken by a friend of mine named Chris Oaten.)

View On Black

Postprocessed with iPad.

I like playing with Luminar AI and my RAW photographs.

Photo & Postprocessing: Dumitru Radu

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Designer - Lucian Rusu

Hairstyling - Soso - Excentric

MUA - Roxana Armeana

Model - Roxana Armeana

Shot in the Studio4Fun/BoothPhoto booth at the dclic Photo and Video show. I was invited to use the mini studio for a few hours. I had the pleasure to work with Vincent Lamoureux.

Only 1 light was used, near the model, on the right. The barn doors were adjusted to limit the spill

Model is Maude from Mannequin Direct and we met at the show.

Strobe info: Aurora Mini200 with barn doors on the right at 60% power, aiming slightly down.

in the heart of the old port district. portland, maine.

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Mama snuggles down warming her beautiful eggs, July 3, 2021.

Ladies and gentlemen, the starting lineup for the foosball match of the century!

Strobist: Each frame was shot with a tightly snooted Vivitar 285HV over each player's head to look like a spotlight. The images were combined in PS using the Layers->Lighten mode.

Alter Friedhof; Bonn

Leica M2 Leica Summicron 50mm f/2.0 M; Fujifilm NEOPAN 100 ACROS negative scan (high resolution (ProScan 10T) with digital post processing

Another one that stands no more

Tuesday 7th April 2009

Thank you!!! Brad and I were stunned when we got home and read all your messages of support!! I am so lucky to have such kind and supportive friends! I am very grateful - more than I can express.

I will visit all your streams ASAP. I apologize that I'm taking longer than I expected to settle back into a routine and I'm so behind with everything!

I haven't had time to take photos since returning to Perth so I'm cheating by using photos I took in Adelaide: The window display of the the Antique Market, Grote Street, Adelaide for this week's Pretty Pink Tuesday theme: Spring, and Pretty Pinkisms theme: Happy Easter!

So HPPT everyone!!!

for t x diamond007

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posted earlier but little better PP here.

He is a pandit (priest) and was sitting on the Abu road station. Trains came and went but he was completely absorbed in reading his book (most prob it was some religious scripture).

This from my first few shots using 55-200 lens :)

Overlays

Canon Powershot SX60