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This curvy bloom was originally pale pink. Being that it is Slider's Sunday, I decided to try for something a little more punchy. After pulling all sorts of sliders, this is the result! The image was edited with effects in Topaz Studio.
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A corner of my home relaxing with one of my fur-babies
Captured using: SAMSUNG A226B smart phone
Created using: Topaz Labs, and Topaz Studio
#sliderssunday
The berlin cube cloudified and kaleidoscoped for Sliders Sunday. Composite made of two images taken there in mid July. The first image is a capture I took standing right next to the cube's facade and pointing the camera straight up. In Photoshop, I copied the layer with the original image, flipped the new layer horizontally, and cross-faded it with the first layer by using the blending mode "Overlay" at 75 % opacity. 100 % would have resulted in a punchier look on the right side, but I rather liked the softness and that it somehow looks as if the cube would slowly dissolve into or merge with the clouds. The next step was to replace the sky above the cube(s). For that I used a small part of the very first image I'd taken at the cube; I was just about to compose the image in the viewfinder when I noticed the bird, and decided to skip the composing part in favour of the bird ;-) (Birds, just like photographers, love the new berlin cube. There was a constant coming and going on the cube's roof, and it seems that, while not even all new tenants have moved in, yet, the cube's roof has already been occupied by the bird population that lives in the Hauptbahnhof area.) Next, I gently HDRified the finished composite in Aurora, then went into ON1 where I added some sunbeams to the upper sky part of the image, and added a soft glow for an extra airy look.
Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone, have a nice and safe new week ahead!
Kleine Spiegel-Spielerei vom "berlin cube" für den Sliders Sunday. Dieses Bild ist zusammengesetzt aus zwei verschiedenen Fotos, die ich dort Mitte Juli gemacht habe. Für Foto Nr. 1 hatte ich fast an der Fassade des Cubes gelehnt und die Kamera direkt nach oben gerichtet. Dieses Foto habe ich in Photoshop auf einer kopierten Ebene einfach horizontal gespiegelt und mit dem darunter liegenden Originalbild bei 75 % Deckkraft ineinanderkopiert. Danach habe ich den Himmel über "den Cubes" ersetzt, und zwar mit einem kleinen Teil des allerersten Fotos, das ich dort gemacht hatte. Ich war gerade dabei gewesen, eine gute Position zu finden, um den Cube möglichst sauber ausgerichtet fotografieren zu können, bemerkte dann aber den Vogel und beschloss, das saubere Ausrichten zugunsten des Vogels auf das nächste Foto zu verschieben ;-) Überhaupt ist der neue Cube schon sehr beliebt bei den Vögeln, die rund um den Berliner Hauptbahnhof leben. Während längst noch nicht alle Mieter in den Cube eingezogen sind, hat die Vogel-Gang vom Hauptbahnhof bereits das gesamte Dach in Beschlag genommen ;-) Bearbeitungstechnisch habe ich das fertig zusammengesetzte Bild erst in Aurora sanft HDRisiert und dann, in ON1, dem oberen Teil ein paar Sonnenstrahlen und zum Abschluss dem gesamten Foto ein leichtes Leuchten verpasst, um den luftig-leichten Look zu betonen.
Ich wünsche Euch einen guten Start in die neue Woche, bleibt gesund, liebe Flickr-Freunde :-)
By way of a respite from trains, this is a rework and reboot of a 6x6 medium format image taken just over 20 years ago.
I took it on Kodak E100S transparency film but, after scanning, preferred the punchier impact of the toned monochrome conversion. Cropped slightly from the top.
The location is Jury's Gap in Sussex.
Hasselblad 501CM
23rd March 1998
Taken during last week's snow. it was a very, very snowy day. Part of the fence got buried under the snow cleared from the road
I once followed a Lightroom tutorial and kept the result as a Preset. Every now and then it looks quite good on an image and makes a flat picture more punchy.
This was shot a little earlier from my last post, the sky was little more overcast, so i blended 3 images foreground, sky and rocks.
Let me know if its overcooked .. I'm trying to get a balance between a punchy image but with a natural look .. and its not easy LOL
Explored 30 Jan 2012
A visually striking vibrant market display of artificially dyed, dried Rose of Jericho plants (Anastatica hierochuntica), also known widely in Arabic as Kaf Maryam (Hand of Mary).
By eliminating any surrounding environmental context such as the storefront, floor, or sky, the image turns a real-world object into a semi-abstract pattern of texture and color.
The composition is split roughly in half by a subtle, horizontal shelf structure. The top half features a neatly stacked, uniform wall of vertical lines, while the bottom half introduces a slightly more chaotic, organic, and loose arrangement. This creates a compelling internal contrast within the frame.
The primary strength of the image lies in its rich, saturated color palette. The juxtaposition of complementary color clusters - like the bright oranges placed tightly against deep blues and purples - makes the image incredibly punchy and dynamic.
The shadows nestled deep within the curly crevices of the dried plants prevent the image from looking flat. The natural variation between the bright highlights on the outer edges and the deep pockets of shade creates a strong three-dimensional form for each individual plant ball.
Every individual plant ball mimics a miniature brain or a tightly coiled coral reef. The deep shadows hiding within the brittle, fibrous crevices provide a striking contrast to the highlighted outer edges, giving the entire flat frame a powerful, three-dimensional depth.
The photograph excels at tactile translation. The crisp sharpness across the frame highlights the brittle, rough, and fibrous details of the dried branches. As a viewer, you can almost feel the dry texture of the plant simply by looking at the image.
The true artistry of the image lies in its beautiful contradictions. It captures a clash between the natural and the artificial: the ancient, weathered, and dead desert wood is completely resurrected by an explosion of synthetic, electric dye.
Vibrant clusters of fiery orange dance directly against deep oceanic blues, while soft magentas melt into earthy yellows. The viewer can almost feel the dry, crisp, and brittle crunch of the branches just by looking at them. It is a stunning visual metaphor for the desert itself seemingly dead and dry, yet bursting with hidden, explosive vitality.
In arid desert conditions, the plant sheds its leaves and curls tightly into a dry, brown, protective ball. Once placed in a shallow bowl of water, its capillaries saturate, causing the branches to dramatically unroll and "bloom" open within hours.
Naturally, the dried balls are a plain gray-brown color. Local market vendors colorfully paint or dye them in shades of blue, pink, green, orange, and purple specifically to catch the eye of tourists looking for vibrant decor items.
A celebration of vibrant maximalism and organic geometry, transforming a simple market stall into a complex, living tapestry.
It feels less like a documentary photo of souvenirs and more like a rich, abstract canvas painted with nature's own textures.
Very changeable weather conditions this morning but when it all comes together it can produce a punchy image.
With the news 4M27 had DRS 88010 'Aurora' on the point in its 'Keeping it Cool' livery I tried a new angle as it fast approached Haydock Branch Junction and was rewarded.
* Pole @ 8m.
I found this nice view of the citadel of Briançon a long time ago, but I was always waiting for great lighting conditions to shoot it. This morning, the light was quite good, but a kind of haze reduced the contrast a lot... So I had to play with LightRoom and PS to get a more punchy image. I also repainted one of the houses, they all have nice pastel colors except one... Can you guess which one?
Lens: EF 100 f/2.8L IS macro (click to see all my photos with this lens)
100mm f/6.3 1/250s ISO 100
See the before/after versions on this site.
Chaque fois que je passais sur l'autoroute en allant chez IK..... , ce bâtiment me tapait dans l'oeil. Je me suis décidée à aller voir de plus près.
Just a little punchy processing to bring out the best in the world's largest pistachio nut! Making its solo appearance and perhaps it reminds you of Little Shop of Horrors? As seen just a bit north of Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Happy Slider Sunday a bit early this week.
Texture by Lenabem-Anna.
For the full story on the giant Pistachio see the link below:
www.roadsideamerica.com/story/19946
If you get the chance to stop by, the Pistachio Brittle is REALLY good.
Tomatoes, what else can I say, just wanted to add some punchy color today.
Here's a link to the another shot I had to pick from, just in case you want more tomatoes.
Day 122/365:
Macro Monday - Leather
Nothing very exciting, just my car key fob. Low key because I've had a busy day and the light had gone by the time I got round to this. I went for a high contrast punchy look though as I felt it was more interesting. HMM
A pair of Nuthatch are now coming to feed very regularly. They're just all attitude and sit still for the briefest of moments.
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I have tried a new technique which I learned yesterday from the photostream of mobius faith. The image is converted to a black and white image, then overlaid with the original coloured version, adjusting the transparency. I put the two images alongside and this definitely was more punchy! Whether it would work for all landscapes I don't know.
Thanks for the technique, Terry! Hope you like it.
For mobius faith.
A menacing sky over a lone Hawthorne tree in the limestone pavement of the Yorkshire Dales. It’s easy to write grey overcast days off completely for photography. However with enough contrast and texture present in the clouds its quite easy to create punchy and dramatic mono shots. Sadly this is the last of my Yorkshire images, from here on it’s a return to shooting my treasured home island, ‘the rock’ 😍
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Which reminds me I need to go and take this head off to allow the bulb to develop!
I took several shots of this all from slightly different angles in the golden hour and was surprised by just how much of a difference there was in the background. This one has the chard as a bokeh another has the earth and it’s produced different effects ( obviously!)
The elephant garlic has a gentler taste than it’s punchy little relative and the whole bulb can be used in one hit without leaving you with no friends for days due to the pungent aroma that the traditional garlic does. I should probably look into how I harvest it as I’m sure I’ve read somewhere that you leave the bulb in and then pick off the new buds... better be off to find out then hadn’t I?!!
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We had a little two hour boat trip and went by some of the beautiful spots along the Algarve south coast.
The sea is a vibrant blue/ greenish and the rock formations are yellow/orange and together with the blue skies and the sunrise give a very punchy constrasty image.
When you look at a city as architecturally rich as Barcelona, it is easy to get overwhelmed by the grand historic facades and the sweeping skylines. But for me, the real fun starts when you isolate a tiny, surreal corner of the environment and turn it into something completely abstract.
I found this incredible view down by the harbour area (Port de Barcelona). There is something so satisfyingly tense about the composition here. You have this massive, heavy stone block building constructed from a rigid grid of square tiles, and then right on the precipice sits this colossal, smooth sphere. The way the curve of the ball barely kisses the sharp corner of the architecture creates this amazing visual frictionâit looks like it could roll off into space at any given second, yet it sits perfectly still.
By stripping out all the colour and blowing out the sky to a seamless, stark white, the scene completely loses its real-world context. It stops being a building by the water and becomes a high-contrast study in shape, form, and gravity. I deliberately went for a punchy, textured look on the stonework to contrast against the smooth, subtle gradient of the light wrapping around the metallic sphere.
Open for the Snowdrops, a nice place to visit.
What3words - careless.plantings.punchy
hoptonhall.co.uk
Excerpt from issuu.com/dtkownit/docs/field_guide_for_web:
GOUDIES LANE Nº 5
Artist: Jordan Warmington (@jordan_war)
Location: Goudies Lane (entrance through Queen Street North)
Medium: Mixed media mural
Jordan Warmington’s tattooing style, and use of flat and punchy colours, are clearly translated into this mural. Bold lines and a four-colour palette allow for a captivating piece that highlights a little something for everyone and creates a depth and sense of movement.
DOOR INVENTED
R I T C H I E
B A N I P A L
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$400 CDN + tax & shipping
16x24 inches
FUJIFLEX Professional Paper
$300 CDN + tax & shipping
8x12
FUJIFLEX Professional Paper
Digital/Lease:
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Very clean. Ultra Quality Assured.
Best viewed large
Using Lightroom, converted to BW, increased contrast, darkened the sky, made local adjustments to trees and river adding more contrast and texture, lowered exposure on tops of the mountains.
Wanted a punchy black and white conversion, does it achieve my aim, your comments appreciated
I don't think you can go to Edinburgh and not visit St. Giles Cathedral. The blue ceiling is just stunning. I experimented a bit with my exposure as I wanted to have a bit of lens flare but not too much, I think its about right. Compositionally you are always going to be a bit limited and even more so as I had to include the stained glass window. This is straight from camera so even better.
Have a terrific weekend folks. :-)
Lesser Goldfinch seen at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden. The colors of the lesser goldfinch aren't quite as punchy as the American Goldfinch, but like seeing them accent the foliage with their yellow plumage
We had a little two hour boat trip and went by some of the beautiful spots along the Algarve south coast.
The sea is a vibrant blue/ greenish and the rock formations are yellow/orange and together with the blue skies and the sunrise give a very punchy constrasty image.
This wide, atmospheric landscape photograph captures the raw, volcanic geology of the upper reaches of the River Esk. Shot from an elevated perspective looking up the valley, the image features a series of rugged cascades carving through massive outcroppings of dark gray, fractured bedrock.
The river splits around a central rocky island, with a smaller, tumbling stream on the left and a punchier, white-water waterfall on the right, both emptying into a clear, deep mountain pool in the foreground. The surrounding landscape is classic Eskdale: steep valley slopes covered in a thick blanket of vibrant green bracken and grasses, with small tufts of purple heather clinging to the craggy banks. The muted, overcast lighting accentuates the dramatic, moody tones of the stone and highlights the wild, remote wilderness of one of the Lake District's most isolated valleys.
#RiverEsk #Eskdale #WesternFells #LakeDistrict #Cumbria #LakeDistrictPhotography #CumbriaLandscape #Fellside #ScafellCountry #MountainStreams #WildEngland #Landscape_Collection
I’ve got to admit, I’ve driven by this wonderful old abandoned house for many years. Indeed, I drove by it pretty much daily on the way to the “grind” for 23 years until I retired from regular employment in 2018. It’s conveniently right off the side of the road where it’s easy to pull over so I have no excuse for taking this long to get a photo of it other than “I’ve never gone by in good light with a camera in the car,” which is admittedly pretty weak. Enter my recently started journey in to infrared photography. With infrared, light that is harsh for standard visible light photography becomes exactly what the doctor ordered for “punchy” black and white images, which are perfect for old abandoned structures like this one.
For those interested in the technical aspect of the image, I captured it on a full spectrum modified camera using an 830 nanometer filter on the lens so no visible light was involved.
All the colors are gone in Michigan now, I'm afraid ... but fortunately, I still have quite a few images in my archive that I haven't processed and shared.
So, I'll be working on doing that over the next few weeks.
These are from Yankee Springs and Pickerel Lake.
Open for the Snowdrops, a nice place to visit.
What3words - careless.plantings.punchy
hoptonhall.co.uk
I don’t usually add tone to my images, especially when shooting with the Leica Q2 Monochrom, but this shot felt flat without a punchy title and a touch of tone. I also shared the untoned version in the next picture—curious which one do you prefer?
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In early Summer the foliage and vegetation in our woodlands can look incredible especially after rain. The fresh leaves produce wonderful vibrant and punchy greens which tend to fade away and darken down as Summer marches on. This image is taken at a secluded and hidden little valley which I like to think of as the Isle of Man’s very own rainforest. Obviously, that’s a bit of a descriptive stretch but it’s as close as we get here on our little island! This was a challenging shot to get right requiring 5 different blended images to manage the high dynamic range, depth of field and low light conditions. A little slice of paradise! 🌳🌿👌
Watch how I captured this image @ youtu.be/o60JsRevotw
I am currently trying out my monochrome JPEG settings. In fact, I am going to reserve this camera for JPEGs only. Of course, I have used a proper portrait lens, but the camera's 16MP engine seems to be particularly good at producing 'punchy' monochromes. Unflattering, naturally.