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The world is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper (W.B Yeats) !!
Amsterdam - Hoogte Kadijk
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I would like this pic to be sharper, but what the heck , I adore her smile :)
One of my favorite stories, that I read many times - Llama Llama Red Pajama, by Anna Dewdney
I've been a bird nerd for many years now, but for the life of me Sharp-Shinned vs. Cooper's still makes me foam at the mouth. From this moment onward I'm creating my own species (we seem to be living in an era of personal reality creating anyway). Which do you prefer, Coopshinned or Sharper's? Joking aside, anyone got any tricks to reliably tell them apart??
Brown Acres - Jackson County - Southern Oregon
Lately I’ve been having a good clear out of old images on my system. Like most I’ll rate my images as I process them. But, in the past, even those with a zero rating rarely got expunged, hence i have a lot of clutter.
However there’s always potentially a worthy image that was missed. For example this image, taken @ 11 years ago near Crummock Water, in the Lake District, never received any stars from me; it was a little soft, probably because of poor technique and the lens used at the time.
But having now run it through modern processing facilities the image has come up quite well, and a lot sharper (though not noticeable at the resolution I post at!).
So don’t be too hasty to get rid of your clutter; you never know how future tools might bring life to an old, previously neglected, image.
An old axe undergoing some blade rehab. Up close even what appears sharp is pretty ragged. As the old saying goes the most dangerous axe is a dull axe.
Shame this is not sharper but beggars can't be choosers. Apparently it's a ichneumon wasp on the flower and another kind of insect in flight ( I.D. please if anyone knows)
6:52 Impermanence
This is Cochrane where we've lived for the past 5 years.
The Rockies started to form out of marshland 120 million years ago and all the time weather and glaciers erode them - they are changing always.
It's believed native Canadians used this area as a summer camp for at least 4000 years - every time I look out of the window I understand why they called them the Shining Mountains, and if you squint a little I think you can imagine this land as it was then. The hamlet of Cochrane became a village in 1903 after a ranch was established in 1881. Now we're nearly 23,000 people and still growing. I love where I live and I hope that's permanent :) Though, who knows?
Oh, and this is my first attempt at stitching a panorama in LR, the images looked a lot sharper before they were merged.
Laughing Kookaburra captured this giant earthworm in my Gold Coast hinterland garden this morning. The event took about half an hour from the seizure to the worm's post mortem final extraction from the ground. I only occasionally see evidence of these one metre worms in the garden but kookaburras have a sharper eye for them than I do.
sharper on black
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Sharper moon images are out there but photographers working on a budget will be pleased to know that the lens for this shot was purchased on ebay a few years back for less than $50. A 500mm "Five Star" lens that may have other branding. This is a film era long lens not a telephoto, so an awkward 14" long. It does have a tripod mount so that helps and a T mount. It came with a 2x Vivitar tele converter...so 1000mm. This does require manual shooting but I recomend this all the time anyway.
Sharper than a motherfucker
We gettin' money like a motherfucker
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-Sister´s time-
A side view of the same dried thistle in my "studio", previously shown shot from the top (see comment below) - I guess a bit tidier as well as "sharper" this time.
Autumn mornings are here again. Unfortunately the only place for me to see this is by leaning out of the bedroom window. Still better than not being able to see it at all.
I have been comparing the shots from this LF1 and the LX7 and although they are very similar cameras the LX7 defiantly seems sharper.
Hemyock, Devon, UK.
This one is a tiny bit further away than the one I posted yesterday, and its focus is sharper. I'm still not sure which I like best.
Neotinea ustulata (burnt orchid, Brandknabenkraut), Antanges, Waadt, Switzerland. My first published orchid picture 2017. This time using a proper macro lens. The difference in sharpness is evident!
Snowy Owl
Sharper than 1st posting
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I wish this shot had been sharper but I am still fairly pleased with it. It was taken handheld on a boat that was really rocking on the waters below the cliffs of Raasay . We had to cross the Raasay sound to find the birds and what a joy it was to see these magnificent raptors for the first time . Good that they are back in British skies after been extinct for almost a century . It was a good job I was using digital took over 120 shots and only three were usable not a good ratio
The UK’s largest bird of prey, the white-tailed eagle is sometimes known as the 'sea eagle', and preys on fish, mammals and small birds. It was persecuted to extinction in the UK, but reintroduced from Norway during the 1970s. Today, around 150 pairs now nest in Scotland. Both parents tend to the one or two chicks that hatch each year.
A massive and impressive bird of prey, the white-tailed eagle has broader wings than the golden eagle, with which it shares its home. Its wingspan is about eight feet. Adults have a white, wedge-shaped tail and a pale head with a yellow bill. They are more likely to be found near the coast than the golden eagle.
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"Silence is the sharper sword. after all.
- Samuel Johnson
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More Midnight Order previews - I picked up FOE's Rapier (available in different sizes, all included) and it comes with a matching dagger so it should fit all body types. Voidrip's outfit is really unique and I added an Asteroidbox corset to it for added style interest.
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⦿ DURA - U139 Hair - ALL COLORS
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⦿ FOE - x [SOVEREIGN'S GRACE Rapier & SOVEREIGN'S SPITE Dagger] 1.0 (Several sizes included, with extensive colour hud)
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⦿ FOE - x [RUTTLEDGE'S LIVERY CHAIN] 1.0 (comes in several styles for a wide range of fits with extensive colour hud)
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⦿ HARU - Moka eyes pack A
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⦿ LeLUTKA - Camden Head 4.0 (shape, skins, effects all included).
⦿ Stray Dog - Raph Skin EvoX - MEDIUM (NF) (shown on Lelutka Camden, shape and extras included)
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⦿ OZZY - Forsaken Bracelet - FATPACK
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⦿ STUN - Anim Pack 208 Lucien 3
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The property was destroyed in the 2020 wildfires. I don't know if this cabin was destroyed as well.
Quantum Fold III – Missed opportunity? - Chapter 3/8
K’hall studied the display, his jaw tightening as the cloaked figures continued their silent surveillance.
He tapped the comm panel. “Avhal, prepare the wide-range perimeter neurostatic pulse. We take them alive if possible.” His eyes remained fixed on the screen. “Wait until the one inside the dwelling emerges.”
“Understood,” Avhal replied.
The room fell quiet. Minutes crawled past. The lone figure at the edge of the woods never moved, maintaining its watch while its companion remained hidden inside the cabin.
Adrienne leaned forward uneasily. “It’s been in there a long time. Is there any chance that creature can access the underground bunker?”
“I do not believe so,” Bext replied. She adjusted the sensor filters again, trying to cut through the interference.
“My readings still place it within the structure itself. However,” she added with a frown, “I cannot determine what it is doing.”
The silence deepened.
Everyone stared at the display, waiting.
Then the heat signature on the woods suddenly shifted position.
“It’s moving,” K’hall said quietly.
On the screen, the second figure in the woods straightened as if it had received some silent signal.
Avhal’s voice crackled over the comm again, sharper this time.
“We have additional visitors moving through the woods.”
Everyone turned back to the display.
The image zoomed out from the lone cloaked figure standing watch at the tree line as two enormous heat signatures materialized behind it.
The watcher barely had time to react. It spun and bolted from its hiding place, but the massive shapes closed the distance in an instant. One seized the figure, and together they dragged the struggling creature into the darkness.
Shrieks erupted through the speakers. Wild howls answered from deeper within the forest.
Then all three heat signatures vanished.
K’hall, Bext, Adrienne, and Kayla stared at the screen in stunned disbelief.
Kayla slowly exhaled. “Well...” she said. “Scratch that one.”
The howls echoed again across the valley.
Suddenly, the second cloaked figure burst from the cabin.
It emerged in an uncoordinated run, frantic and disoriented, whipping its head from side to side as it searched desperately for an escape route.
“Avhal, activate the stun pulse,” K’hall ordered. “Let’s not allow this one to get taken as well.”
“Activating.”
The creature sprinted across the clearing in a strange loping gait, arms churning through the dirt as it raced toward the road.
There was a flash as the neurostatic pulse struck.
The creature's body locked rigid mid-stride. Momentum carried it forward. It pitched through the air, tumbling end over end before crashing hard onto the dirt road, where it lay motionless.
“Direct hit,” Avhal reported. “Target is down.”
K’hall rose from his chair.
“It’s down,” he said. “Let’s retrieve it before it recovers.”
Eerie howls drifted through the fog-shrouded woods. Whatever had taken the first intruder was still out there.
“Wait, look!” Avhal shouted.
Everyone's attention snapped back to the display.
Two more enormous heat signatures emerged from the fog-shrouded woods.
They moved with startling speed.
Before anyone could react, the massive creatures reached the stunned creature sprawled on the road. One seized its arms while the other grabbed its legs.
“Avhal, fire the neurostatic pulse!” K’hall barked.
“Firing!”
There was a flash as the weapon discharged.
Nothing happened.
The towering forms were not affected.
For a moment, stunned silence filled the room as they watched enormous creatures dragged the limp figure into the darkness accompanied by loud shrieks. An answering chorus of eerie howls echoed through the forest. Within seconds, all three heat signatures vanished.
“That is impossible.” K’hall stared at the screen in disbelief His fist slammed onto the table with a sharp crack. “We had it.”
The missed opportunity hung heavily in the room.
He turned toward the comm.
“Avhal, run a full diagnostic on the pulse array. I want verification of output levels, frequency modulation, containment field stability, everything.”
“Diagnostics already in progress,” Avhal replied. “Preliminary readings show the pulse fired within normal operational parameters.”
K’hall growled. “Then those creatures possess a resistance we have never encountered before and vanished into thin air.”
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I wish this was a sharper image, but I didn't use a tripod. Instead, it was taken through my windshield as Mark was driving down the road. A lot of my pictures are taken from the car window because if Mark had to stop the car every time I wanted to take a picture it would take us forever to get to our destination. I still thought it came out to be a good picture despite having to take it through a dirty windshield and while the car was in motion.
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Its name could be Bombylius medius, TBC on iNaturalist.
I took several pictures of this cute Bee-fly, as it flew all around the Dandelion flower in search of nectar. Some might have been slightly sharper but I thought that this one was the cutest :) With its round, fluffy body, its long legs and extra long proboscis, this insect is among my favourite but I don't spot many of them in the garden, as they are extremely small, no bigger than a fly, only fluffier.
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Son nom est peut-être Bombylius medius. J'attends confirmation sur iNaturalist. Parmi les photos proposées sur ce site pour l'identification de cet insecte, j'ai eu la surprise de découvrir trois de mes anciens cliches mais le Bombyle que j'avais alors photographié était de couleur beige plus pale.
J'ai pris plusieurs photos de ce mignon petit insecte, alors qu'il volait tout autour du Pissenlit a la recherche de nectar. Certaines étaient peut-être légèrement plus nettes mais j'ai pensé que celle-ci était la plus mignonne :) Avec son petit corps tout rond au poils ébouriffés, ses longues pattes fines et sa super longue trompe, ce petit insecte fait partie de mes favoris mais je n'en détecte pas souvent dans le jardin, en raison de sa très petite taille. En effet, il n'est guère plus gros qu'une mouche, simplement plus velu :)
A new cut can be a simple thing.
Or it can be a declaration.
The Duchess has chosen the latter.
Short, chic, and sitting just beneath the cheekbones, her new French bob brings with it a different sort of confidence — sharper, lighter, and just mischievous enough to cause trouble.
Especially for His Grace.
This still was captured during the filming of the Duchess’s latest Second Life fashion story, in which one very deliberate haircut becomes a small act of elegant rebellion.
And when His Grace finally sees it?
Her Grace rather suspects his dignity may not survive the moment.
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It could be a a tad sharper but it was taken through the glass window of my 7th floor hotel room in Liverpool . It does however give an impression of the size of this extraordinary building . In fact the only way you can get a good shot of Liverpool Cathedral is from some distance away . If you are close it defeats even a super wide lens .
Liverpools Anglican cathedral is the largest cathedral in England and the fifth largest in the world . It is also the most recently built. The cathedral is based on a design by Giles Gilbert Scott, and was constructed between 1904 and 1978. The total external length of the building, including the Lady Chapel, is 207 yards (189 m) making it the longest cathedral in the world. I will post a shot or two of its interior at a later date.
One thing that is remarkable is that there are many photographs of the construction of the building in a museum. Unlike the medieval cathedrals in Europe you can actually see the faces of the builders of this church. It will have kept many Liverpool workers employed during the 74 years of its construction
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