The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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Before you scroll away from this feisty beauty, be assured that this is no ordinary cat. This is a Scottish Wildcat (aka the Highland Tiger!) and this shot was taken mid hiss. This breed of cat is absolutely feral and doesnt tolerate patting, stroking or general nearness to him. He's called McTavish and whilst I respectfully keep my distance, I admire him from afar...
Sadly at risk of extinction in Scotland... Photographed with love at British Wildlife Centre
Havinng a splashing time celebrating my umpteenth bath day in the company of my eldest granddaughter, back in 2004. Of course there were no masks in those "happy days".
Tip of the day :
In order to achieve this astonishing effect, you’ll need an olympic-size bathtub with loads of suds (or snow if you're into¹ snow bathing) and you’ll also need a beautiful granddaughter! Now if you happen to be a beautiful granddaughter, then you may be looking for a granddad but, not to worry, they’re two a penny² these days.
The picture was taken by her father who was 'filling the gap', so to speak! I just titivated it a bit and called it mine; so it's not exactly a selfie but every bit as good as. It is therefore signed Kittymax & Son, he took the photo and I salvaged it but don't tell him I said that for heaven's sake!
Zoom right in, on full screen, but don't fall in!
Scroll down the page a little to see the original, patriotic version: Red, White ans Blue! Perhaps a little too patriotic; hence the B&W.
Take great care and many, many thanks for calling,
Colin ...
¹ to be into something = aimer faire quelque chose
² to be two (or ten) a penny = courir les rues
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© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved
Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Colour re-edit of a shot from March 2017 simply because I have no new work to share. Hope you like it!
Studying the Ancient Scrolls
Dark of night
Quest of Knowledge...
You want to predict the future?
Read the history of the past...
It seems we never learn...
~*DD
(The Library, Heart of Avilion)
Late afternoon sun lighting up the cream-painted scrolled feet on the benches lining the walls of the rotunda.
Hello
Having indicated I wasn’t going to title this shot my good Flickr friend Ela came up with a solution.
If you scroll down to her comment, she has kindly also put in a link to a performance by Sting and Rufus Wainwright.....
I am grateful for your input Ela. Thank you very much.
Thanks for visiting.
Have a good day out there.....
"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?" -Albert Einstein
Scroll of my daughter's Violin. HMM!
© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved
Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland, captured in January 2025.
Doom scrolling perhaps - which is so much easier to do when almost everything going on is doom-worthy. Honestly... what a world we are in! January has been a long year so far!
Take care amidst the insanity. Share joy. Spread love and compassion. Oppose tyranny.
Reflection of a violin scroll
Macro Mondays - theme: "Reflection", but also referring to the themes of the last two weeks (which I sadly forewent): "Musical Instrument" and "Spiral". The entire image, including negative space, measures under 7cm across.
PENTAX K-1ii
SMC Pentax 85mm f:2.8 Soft (at f:22)
Extension tube No.2
Processed in the camera with high contrast B&W and increased dynamic range.
HMM!
When the times of war comes... not only your willpower can solve things and finish your enemies, you need... more POWER! RAW PURE POWER, by sealing a contract with a ONI-Demon you will be granted powers that you couldn't even imaginate, seal your pact today with this Demon Pact Scroll!
A fully mesh scroll with crysp and precise demon-letters that goes behind your avatar in a arc, or straight pattern, it is fully modifiable so you can change its color... unlink the scroll pages to attach or add it in whenever other object you want!
"the letters are animated with a really crysp and gorgeous gradient effect"
Walbeobachtung nahe Hermanus
Unser kleines Schiff rast durch und über die aufgewühlte See. Bei diesem Seegang ein vernünftiges Bild bzw. Film zu erstellen scheint mir in diesem Moment unvorstellbar.
Mit einer Hand hältst du dich irgendwo fest, mit der anderen Fotoapparat oder Kamera, welche ja auch irgendwie bedient werden müssen und mit den Augen schaust du aufs Wasser wo auch nach einiger Zeit auch schon die Wale( 20-30 Meter entfernt) neben unserem Boot auf- und abtauchen. Taucht einer auf und hast du zufällig Halt gefunden und drückst auf den Auslöser - ist er auch schon wieder weg
OMG - na ja - ich habe trotzdem ne Menge Bilder (sogar ein paar akzeptable) gemacht und (zu-) viele nachfolgend gepostet.
Wenn's zu viel wird einfach weiterblättern.
Es war schon ein kleines , stressiges aber absolut interessantes Abenteuer mit ein paar blauen Flecken und klatschnass trotz Schutzkleidung.
Whale watching near Hermanus
Our small ship races through and across the choppy sea. Taking a decent picture or film in this swell seems unimaginable to me at this moment.
With one hand you hold on to something, with the other camera or camera, which also have to be operated somehow and with your eyes you look at the water where after a while the whales (20-30 meters away) appear and disappear next to our boat. If one appears and you happen to have found your footing and press the shutter release - it's already gone again
OMG - well - I still took a lot of pictures (even a few acceptable ones) and posted (too) many of them below.
If it gets too much just keep scrolling.
It was a bit of a stressful but absolute interesting adventure with a few bruises and soaking wet despite protective clothing.
#BackToSquareOne
Width of the scroll: 4,2 cm / 1,6 inches
Scrolled. Or screwed. Almost. Why? Because I almost managed to break my violin, the macro lens and the camera while taking this shot. What had happened? Well, in order to get the best shooting distance without piling box upon box and then my small table top tripod on top of it all, I mounted my camera on my small traveller tripod, camera pointing lens down to my violin's neck and scroll. So far, so good. I should mention, however, that, while the camera was mounted tightly and safely on the tripod, I had placed my violin on several cardboard boxes to get the right distance to the camera and the background. You know what was happening next, don't you? So I moved the violin, because the scroll wasn't quite centered, then thought "Why not move the tripod instead?," and... bang. Because the boxes moved as well. Next thing I know is that I still tried to catch the camera, but too late, the camera on tripod fell right onto my violin's neck. I heard a nasty sound. And thought "That's it." After a short moment of shock I thought, "OK, so you had a filter and the lens hood (which was still on the lens, but at a rather weird angle) attached, so the lens and camera are probably OK." They were. Phew. Then I took an anxious look at my violin. Still OK as well. Another phew. As it is, the lens hood (which is retractable, it's rather cool) had taken most of the impact, and all that actually happened was that the E-string broke. Huge phew. And the moral of this story? Don't place your stuff on cardboard boxes. Oh, and I forgot: this was lit from below and the side (right).
Needless to say I decided to stop taking more captures afterwards. It was late again anyway. Processed, as usual, in Luminar (develop filter, Accent-Al filter, detail enhancer, microstructure). Then on to Nik's Silver Efex for the black and white conversion. I started off with a preset this time, the "full spectrum inverted" (my translation, it's preset no. 018) which I still tweaked a little, then back to LR for finishing touches (colour preset "high contrast and details", yes, it works for b&w images as well 😉).
A Happy Macro Monday, Everyone!
Zur Schnecke gemacht
Fast. Fast wären nämlich meine Geige und mein Makroobjetiv bei dieser Aktion zu Bruch gegangen. Was war passiert? Um die nötige Distanz zum Motiv, der Schnecke meiner Geige, zu bekommen, hatte ich dieses Mal vernünftigerweise die Kamera gleich kopfüber am (nicht ausgefahrenen) kleinen Manfrotto Elements befestigt, anstatt wie sonst üblich einen Karton auf den anderen zu stapeln und zum Schluss das kleine Tischstativ obendrauf zu stellen. So weit, so gut, so sicher. Dafür kamen besagte Kartons aber als Unterlage für die Geige zum Einsatz, um genug Abstand zum Hintergrund zu haben und noch ein Stückchen näher an die Kamera zu kommen (das Makro hat 19 cm Mindestabstand). Es kam, wie es kommen musste, ich arrangierte die Schnecke noch ein wenig mittiger, verrückte dann das Stativ noch ein bisschen - und die Kartons verrückten sich dann wie von Zauberhand selbst, was das Stativ zum Umkippen brachte. Natürlich direkt auf den Hals meiner Geige. Krack. Ich dachte schon "Das war's", aber nach einer kurzen Schrecksekunde konnte ich feststellen, dass die (aus- und einfahrbare) Gegenlichtblende den Sturz abgefedert hatte. Uff. Nicht mal der Filter hatte was abbekommen. Die Geige auch nicht. Lediglich die E-Saite war gerissen. Glück gehabt. Danach habe ich die Kamera dann aber abgebaut und die Geige wieder sicher verstaut, Lust auf weitere Kopfüber-Makros hatte ich nicht mehr. Aber zum Glück war ein brauchbares Foto im Kasten, das ich dann in Luminar (vor-)entwickelt habe (regulärer Entwickeln-Filter, Accent-Al-Filter, Details und Microstruktur) und in Niks Silver Efex in SW umgewandelt habe. Hier habe ich als Startpunkt ausnahmsweise mal eine der Voreinstellungen (018, "vollständiges Spektrum invertiert") genommen und dann noch ein bisschen angepasst. In LR habe ich dann noch die Voreinstellung "Farbe - Hoher Kontrast / Details (ja, funktioniert auch bei SW-Bildern 😉) für mehr "Knackigkeit" verwendet. Ach ja, beleuchtet hatte ich das Ganze von rechts und von unten.
Ich wünsche Euch eine schöne Woche, liebe Flickr-Freunde!
please note: this is a cute picture, not an enb showcase! i’m a console peasant! please disregard the lowpoly bear!
elder scrolls 5: skyrim SE, xbox one, no-hud screenshot, edited with flickr
relevant mods: obsidian weathers and seasons by dr. megaloblast & arindel
Taken with camera on shoe and rapidly removed before the wave hit! Don't try this if your reflexes are slow as salt water is bad for cameras!
Seen while walking on Waikouaiti Beach at the northern end of our city which is the largest in area in NZ.