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Hydrangea, Shasta Daisy and Gladiolas
Wasn't cropped nicer and put in groups and sets until March 2024
Happy Sliders' Sunday!
Ever have a horribly stressful day? Of course. Too many of us have plenty of them, regardless of an abundance of blessings. Today was one of those days for me, ranging from overflowing toilets to online scammers and more. So, when I got a break after six hours of crap, I grabbed my X-T2 and a recently purchased (used and beat-up) Fuji 35mm 1.4 lens. Walking outside, I took a generic pic of an empty pot in our yard. The pic is nothing to brag about, but it was therapy. We all take photos for enjoyment, and sometimes the process can help offset the stress we face. When I returned to the house a few moments later, I had a fresher attitude towards all the chaos, and I thank photography for making this happen.
HFF
2 pictures more in the future than this one, I put the red-leaved trees closer up and asked for ID. The ID was Nandina domestica. Thanks to moccasinlanding and Plantaholic Sheila.
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The map is only approximate. Generally, I don't like to put private homes exactly located. However, Flickr has it wrong anyway. It is not Glenwood area.
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There are three versions of this tonight. All 3 had some color reflected from my dashboard in my truck, added from a different picture. You can make out what it is on the bottom right. This version has a Oil Paint 7 technique on the composite.
It may not look like it but approx. the 1/4th of image in the top left, though painterly, was a real and colorful sunset.
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Not only do they remind me of a little flower garden, but one in which the sprinklers have been left on.
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ABOUT RAINTINGS
Rainting is a word I coined describing a painterly effect, achieved by photographing the subject through glass that is being rained on, like a windshield or other. It achieves an oftentimes pretty or soft flowing effect, and sometimes other-worldly. It is usually creative, fun, and fluid, seldom harsh in my opinion. I have an album of them on Flickr. Rainting is already in "The Urban Dictionary" but I would like it to also be in a more sophisticated/educational type of dictionary. I started a public Flickr group of Raintings on New Year's Day 2020.
The more collegiate type of dictionaries say that the word has to actually be used by people before they're likely to publish it. So if you like the word and my idea, say it loud and say it clear and take a few Raintings and post them to my new group. There are no comments required, although most people like to receive them. Using my word and trying my new group are not inclusive of one another.
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ABOUT RAINTINGS
Rainting is a word I coined describing a painterly effect, achieved by photographing the subject through glass that is being rained on, like a windshield or other. It achieves an oftentimes pretty or soft flowing effect, and sometimes other-worldly. It is usually creative, fun, and fluid, seldom harsh in my opinion. I have an album of them on Flickr. Rainting is already in "The Urban Dictionary" but I would like it to also be in a more sophisticated/educational type of dictionary. I started a public Flickr group of Raintings on New Year's Day 2020.
The more collegiate type of dictionaries say that the word has to actually be used by people before they're likely to publish it. So if you like the word and my idea, say it loud and say it clear and take a few Raintings and post them to my new group. Using my word and trying my new group are not inclusive of one another.
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Oh, and for a bonus, 2 large windows and a small part of a sidewalk.
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For Dave C. and other Flickr friends, I think the *soul* of this photo is the fun I had sliding it in addition to the sliding that comes with the territory of Raintings. I said Mrs. and Mr., which seems a bit awkward compared to the usual Mr. and Mrs., but the Lightling on the left seemed like the more feminine one. That's it; Lightlings are fun, Raintings are fun and having Flickr friends is fun. It's all good, all fun!
A friend thought this may have been vehicle lights in front of mine, but I explained it more in my reply to her, but also up here.
... besides me in my truck and rain (sometimes faux rain) on my windshield; though I have photographed many vehicle lights in front of me and/or hundreds of neon signs, scads of times, this was not a vehicle. It was the back side of a Burger King drive-up menu board. I wasn't in the drive-up line, but in a tiny parking lot next to it. They tend to frown on you taking pictures in the real line, as people just want their food..... I was merely hungry for some cool images. This was a Rainting, and when anthropomorphic creatures appear in my Raintings, I call them Lightlings.
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ABOUT RAINTINGS
Rainting is a word I coined describing a painterly effect, achieved by photographing the subject through glass that is being rained on, like a windshield or other. It achieves an oftentimes pretty or soft flowing effect, and sometimes other-worldly. It is usually creative, fun, and fluid, seldom harsh in my opinion. I have an album of them on Flickr. Rainting is already in "The Urban Dictionary" but I would like it to also be in a more sophisticated/educational type of dictionary. I started a public Flickr group of Raintings on New Year's Day 2020.
The more collegiate type of dictionaries say that the word has to actually be used by people before they're likely to publish it. So if you like the word and my idea, say it loud and say it clear and take a few Raintings and post them to my new group. Using my word and trying my new group are not inclusive of one another.
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This particular image has what I call a Faux Rainting effect. It wasn't actually raining; just a spray bottle of water on my truck window. I'll put it in my new Raintings group, but eventually I'll try to label the ones that didn't actually use *real* rain. The majority will be real rain, as that is what I used to take my beginning "Raintings" when hadn't yet thought of a name for what I described above. And that is why I rhymed my word of Rainting with Painting. My State of Oregon USA is known for lots of rain; so I shouldn't have to resort to Faux Rainting too often (grin).
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ABOUT LIGHTLINGS
Lightling is an even newer word I coined to name the odd little sort of anthropomorphic characters that sometimes appear in my images when doing a Rainting. They come in many sizes, shapes and colors and often times have what appear to be various facial expressions. In school we may have learned that a square is a rectangle, but a rectangle is not a square. Well Raintings can exist without Lightlings in the scene, but Lightlings cannot exist without a Rainting.
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Began to had notes on August 2022 and made a mistake. Wanted to delete them and don't know how at the point; so just ignore them, OK?
Best viewed at least a little bit large to enjoy the watercolor effect that I *slid* onto my regular photo.
I put the general idea of location on Flickr's map, but their maps are oftentimes screwball; so it is not precise.
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U1A1: Feedback
I took this photo last night in Chinatown, London. The subject is one of them Pedicab lads (don’t use them, they are known scammers), it’s not the best photo, but I thought it might look decent with the lights of bike and the lanterns in the background, just as a kind of travel photo (I’m trying to get used to just always having my camera with me and snapping away at things I see), but what concerns me are all the lights are blurred or giving off a “star” effect, from the lights on the bike to the lamps on the building. I shot this on a Sony a6400 with the kit lens set to auto, I used to use my Nikon 3300 on auto, but it never made the lights go like that.
I noticed most of the photos I took last night had this effect with the lights, I mostly used my 3300 on auto, only difference I can see is ISO is also set to auto on this Sony.
I did press “auto edit” in LR to brighten up the photo, but the light effect was there in camera.
I’m too inexperienced to know what is causing the lights to give the “star” effect.
Thanks for any help as always 👍
Anna Leigh recently turned 6 months old. Half a year. Wow! I took this picture just a few days before that. She is my only little grandchild, so far. I love her to pieces. :0)
I'm going to use the Notes function which Flickr has recently restored (thanks) to mark the east and west side of the bridge.
Then you get to look at my photo and guess which way the breeze was blowing.
:o)
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EXPLORE: Highest position: 420 on Thursday, October 5, 2017
Best Viewed Large to best see painterly effects.
Also, please let it load a few seconds more than you normally do for most images.
And it also looks a little old.
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NP :: Aliana And The 40 Scammers
Small little lesson for land renters if you didn’t know!
www.beautyandthedork.com/2015/07/aliana-and-40-scammers.html
Lightlings only live about 1/2 an hour on Earth, so this pair is bewildered by their role here. Perhaps it is solely to provide a laugh.
Lightlings exist only in Raintings, but Raintings can exist without Lightlings. Raintings and Lightlings can now be found in the "Urban Dictionary"
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That orange fence is determined to be noticed in spite of being way in background.
More tags, group pools, albums, etc. later. I have a bunch of errands to run but wanted to get this up, particularly for Fence Friday type groups. ;o)
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Well, maybe not exactly...
Although it is a real full moon and those are real power lines. BTW, it was a handheld shot and this is not a composite; the power lines and moon were shot at the same time.
On Monday, September 4, 2016 I heavily *slid* this exact image for Sliders Sunday group pool. If you're interested, please see approximately 9 comments down in the comment section for the comparison, and I also put both images in my Comparison & Resemblance (album).
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ABOUT RAINTINGS
Rainting is a word I coined describing a painterly effect, achieved by photographing the subject through glass that is being rained on, like a windshield or other. It achieves an oftentimes pretty or soft flowing effect, and sometimes other-worldly. It is usually creative, fun, and fluid, seldom harsh in my opinion. I have an album of them on Flickr. Rainting is already in "The Urban Dictionary" but I would like it to also be in a more sophisticated/educational type of dictionary. I started a public Flickr group of Raintings on New Year's Day 2020.
The more collegiate type of dictionaries say that the word has to actually be used by people before they're likely to publish it. So if you like the word and my idea, say it loud and say it clear and take a few Raintings and post them to my new group. Using my word and trying my new group are not inclusive of one another.
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About half of the left side is a Union 76 Station and on the far right is one of their signs. Also on the right, but not as far, is actually across, on South side of, Main St., and is a very tall sign for some of the businesses in the McKenzie Crossing Shopping Center. There are some varied taillights, street lights, traffic lights, etc.
This reminds me a little bit of the Fisher-Price Play Family Village from the 1970s.
For Dave C., I think the *soul* of this one is how much an artistic representation of something real in the last few days, reminded me of something that was real close to 50 years ago. The real one of a gas station and shopping center, just yesterday, and the completely artistic and fantasy type representation of that, and then the very real toy that was not exactly like either one of those, but kind of tied together my feelings about my little artsy image. Good warm feelings!
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I thought this was so pretty!
For Dave C. and other Flickr friends, the *soul* of this was simply how pretty I thought the scene was.
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My real photo, but added some Oil Paint technique from a program.
Unfortunately the marked notes don't show on the enlarged image, but take at look at the general area as above, and then enlarge the photo and look approximately there.
Best Viewed Large to best see painterly effects. I marked an area or two. Look at this little area while image is enlarged and tiny evidence of autumn shows some impressionistic painterly look. It is all over the photo, but more apparent in this area.
Also, please let it load a few seconds more than you normally do for most images.
For Dave C., the *soul*l of this was taking some rather plain and ordinary in a hardware store, and making it creative, imaginary and artistic.
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For Dave C. and other Flickr Friends, the *soul* of this picture is that I took it from my front porch, but I didn't label it or title that way, because I zoomed in on a distant neighborhood. For an inexpensive Nikon, my camera has an incredible zoom lens.
For "Strikingly Different | one image, two similar but different subj" there are several tree silhouettes, all trees, but different kinds of trees.
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This is my friend's cat, the same one two pictures before this one, but I used an impressionistic technique on it. His blue eyes still come out very prominently and beautifully.
What's the difference between a piano and a fish?
You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish.
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The skinnier of the two evergreen trees looks pretty unhealthy. It is doing OK, but was in a bad fire last year. If you look through the fence and see some pale gray lines, they go to nearby electricity pylons and carry monstrous amounts of volts? voltage? I don't know the correct term. They were not really the subject of this particular image.
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Springfield, Lane County, Oregon USA
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There will be quite a few shots from this general spot, but only one with this DSCN number.
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This is especially for Our Daily Challenge group, topic of YELLOW beginning today, December 10, 2019, but also lots of other Yellow groups, and a few yellow & blue groups and one album of mine.
This is a rainting, which is a word I coined.
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For the Small Town America (pool), Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon is the 3rd oldest town in Oregon and the population is approx. 1,650.
ABOUT RAINTINGS
Rainting is a word I coined describing a painterly effect, achieved by photographing the subject through glass that is being rained on, like a windshield or other. It achieves an oftentimes pretty or soft flowing effect, and sometimes other-worldly. It is usually creative, fun, and fluid, seldom harsh in my opinion. I have an album of them on Flickr. Rainting is already in "The Urban Dictionary" but I would like it to also be in a more sophisticated/educational type of dictionary. I started a public Flickr group of Raintings on New Year's Day 2020.
The more collegiate type of dictionaries say that the word has to actually be used by people before they're likely to publish it. So if you like the word and my idea, say it loud and say it clear and take a few Raintings and post them to my new group. Using my word and trying my new group are not inclusive of one another.
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Springfield, Lane County, Oregon USA
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For ABCs and 123s ~ This is number 8 (eight)
Oh, I didn't mean his new toy is a Rainting, but this whole image is one. I couldn't figure out what to call his new toy? Ideas?
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ABOUT RAINTINGS
Rainting is a word I coined describing a painterly effect, achieved by photographing the subject through glass that is being rained on, like a windshield or other. It achieves an oftentimes pretty or soft flowing effect, and sometimes other-worldly. It is usually creative, fun, and fluid, seldom harsh in my opinion. I have an album of them on Flickr. Rainting is already in "The Urban Dictionary" but I would like it to also be in a more sophisticated/educational type of dictionary. I started a public Flickr group of Raintings on New Year's Day 2020.
The more collegiate type of dictionaries say that the word has to actually be used by people before they're likely to publish it. So if you like the word and my idea, say it loud and say it clear and take a few Raintings and post them to my new group. Using my word and trying my new group are not inclusive of one another.
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This picture is SOOC. I re-sized it, but not changing any dimensions, composition or colors, and I added my thin white border and copyright-initials. My actual image is right out of my camera. The rainting part of my image is explained above. The movement was purposeful. When I took the picture I thought it would be fun to intentionally move my camera. I love the way this one came out.
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