Sometimes I see potential in a photo for these effects. Sometimes I just go willy nilly and see what happens. Sometimes I just put the photo in the trash and start over.

This is done using a layer mask and blur effect in Photoshop Elements.

Happy Slider Sunday

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Website: Maria Sciandra • Abstracts + Streets of Mexico

Art made from my spray adhesive for arts+crafts.

For:

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One day, while at the inauguration of a photographic exhibition, I was going out to take the air, a blind person crossed in front of the gallery. At that moment I became aware of something very obvious: blind people cannot see photographs. For several years, I created several collections that were called "Photographs to see and touch." This is one of them. With a cutter, I scratched the emulsion on the outline of the objects that made up the photograph, as if drawing on it, creating small scratched lines that formed a relief. In this way the photograph could be looked at, but it was also possible to touch it with the fingers and feel the reliefs of the drawing. Over time I started to use metallic photographic paper, a high quality paper in the image, but that scratches very easily. I discovered that if the photograph was scratched with the cutter, with a very sharp point and very delicately, you could get stripes of different colors by tearing the three color layers of the emulsion. With Fuji Professional Lux Color Metallic Photo Paper, stripes, oranges, reds, yellows and browns colors were obtained. On the contrary, with Fuji Professional Lux Chrome Metallic Photo Paper, blue, cyan, violet and greenish colors were obtained. To get the white stripes... easy... I scratched harder, piercing the emulsion and showing the base paper of the photo, in this case, metallic paper. Subsequently, I used photographic anilines to color and intensify the colors obtained. For this photo I used Fuji Velvia 50 Professional color reversal film and Fuji Professional Lux Color metallic paper. Scan: Epson Perfection V-700 Photo.

Location: Stairs of the underpass, Sitges-Barcelona railway line. Hort Gran Street, Sitges.

Awards:

VII Photographic Exhibition MAN RAY.

Planeta Award for Photography. Editorial Planeta.

Expo-Arte, Category: Photography.

I Photographic Contest Bahía del Pajar, San Bartolomé de Tirajana

XIV Pere Caner Photography Contests.

5th Narcís Giralt Photography Contest.

XIV Ajuntament de Cullera Photography Contests (Valencia).

III National Contest City of Cieza (Murcia).

XVIIth Photography Contests Escola Belles Arts, Sant Joan Les Fonts.

VI Fernando Villalón Foundation Photography Contest.

XII City of Dénia Photographic Contest (Alacant).

Situations

Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams (2005)

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Situación número uno: es la que acaba de empezar, pero evidentemente es demasiado tarde.

Situación número dos: es la única oportunidad para ti, pero está controlada por los habitantes del odio.

Situación número tres: es la que nadie ve, demasiado a menudo és descartada como destino.

Situación número cuatro: la que te dejó con ganas de más... te tentó con su cebo.

"I think I'd better think it out again!" says the Rufous hummingbird

Title from a song in the musical, "Oliver."

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It's interesting how chats and mutual situations bloom into friendship and collabs. She's been instrumental in pushing my own boundaries in pictures as well as helping me out in learning new things, most recently in the L'Homme Editorial Here

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Low light at Christmas time- how I loved this light situation!

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Hello awesome Flickr People !!

Today is a blue day at Color My Word Daily and the theme at Looking close on Friday is…. something that I truly love….. yes you guessed it : EGG !!

I know, I did numerous pictures of eggs here on this Photostream (note to myself: maybe i should put them all in one album ??) but eggs are very inspiring.

Not only you can put them in many situations and positions, eggs will always be able to get back on their feet (or will they ??? Do they even have feet ???). If you dont like pictures of eggs, you can always eat them and you will have plenty of energy for your day !

So eggs rocks !

Have a beautiful day my friends !! See you later !!

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments / favs/ general support / happy thoughts!! Stay safe and healthy!! And see you soon on Flickr!!

"I like to turn things upside down, to watch pictures and situations from another perspective."

Quote - Ursus Wehrli

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness. – Oprah Winfrey

♫ Ne-Yo - Queen ♫

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*Drumknott's Queen

"Queen"

Circumstance and situation

Don't dull your shine

I could see the beauty in you

If I were blind

And I'm pleased to make your acquaintance

I'm not sure what your name is

But if I had to guess based on what I've seen

May I call you Queen?

May I call you Queen? Yeah

May I call you Queen?

May I call you Queen?

Don't you dare let them

Make you forget just who you are

Who you are

I can tell

That you control the moon and mend the stars

And you've conquered my heart

So I'm pleased to make your acquaintance

I'm not sure what your name is

But if I had to guess based on what I've seen

May I call you Queen?

May I call you Queen?

May I call you Queen?

May I call you Queen?

Oh, may I?

Oh, may I?

All I have is all I am

But all I want is to be your man

So with my everything, here I stand

Asking...

Can I call you Queen?

Can I call you Queen?

Can I call you Queen?

Can I call you Queen?

May I, oh may I?

Oh, may I, I?

BLACK CATS CREATIONS

presents

SOUND OF SILENCE

This set of 5 bento poses is simply amazing and can match every situation of life.

Each pose has its mirror companion

Included in the package poses and poseballs, so you can use them depending on your needs.

Hud with all poses

On these pictures, the poses are shown by an avatar wearing CRATERIA SET outfit which is also available at Black Cats Creations store.

A female grosbeak enjoying some grape jelly.

Arbatskaya (Russian: Арба́тская) is a station on the Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya line of the Moscow Metro. Along with Smolenskaya and Kievskaya, it was built in 1953 to replace an older, parallel section of track which has since become part of the Filyovskaya line. The old station had been damaged in a German bomb attack in 1941, so its replacement was much deeper and included larger stations that could double as shelters (especially in the event of nuclear attack). Although it was initially supposed to be closed permanently, the old section reopened five years later, creating the somewhat confusing situation of having two pairs of completely separate stations with the same names (Arbatskaya and Smolenskaya).

There seems to be a problem there... kiss or shoot ^^

da gibt es wohl ein Problem....küssen oder schiessen^^

Monarch balances on the spiny cone of a Teasel.

The rain was very close , but so was the sun that was to follow, so just turn your back, and wait for the show to start. What a situation is an old reggae track by Slim Smith, and is fine as i always seem to relish situations like these.

*Working Towards a Better World

"We cannot close ourselves off to information and ignore the fact that millions of people are out there suffering. I honestly want to help. I don't believe I feel differently from other people. I think we all want justice and equality, a chance for a life with meaning. All of us would like to believe that if we were in a bad situation someone would help us." - Angelina Jolie

Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

They build their mud nests on cliff faces, bridges, highway overpasses, culverts and under eaves. Their nests are communal, one next to the other. These were under the eaves of a park maintenance building, a challenging lighting situation.

Like a bull in a china shop - Behaving recklessly and clumsily in a situation where one is likely to cause damage.

I was surpised to see how comfortable this guy was to land right next to me.... I was crawling back (I was too close to the bird for the minimum focus distance of my lens) He did not start screaming and fly away as they so often do even when he realised I was laying there... perhaps he was so focus on the last meal of the day he wanted to handle the risk or did not really notice me or perhaps he just thought I was nothing to be afraid off. I think that we may have met ealier that day in a different area but in close by proximity of that zone. It is hard to be sure as all Great Blue Herons look alike. Anyway, I am sure we could have spent the night together, him sort of "hiding" in the trench created by the tidal movement and me just above sea level on dry land taking pictures. I did not take the risk to go down to his level as I did not want him to leave... so shooting from above a bit... something I rarely do but I really enjoy those situations where birds are completely at ease with the presence of the paparazzi.

Since everyone is busy at the same time and has a lot to do,

it is extremely important to travel away from

it all to reflect at a distance on our actual situation in the present and to interpret the secret laws

that rule our lives.

Dear contemporaries, my song wants to emphasize that the world needs

someone who lives on an island in a cave and watches and

listens

to the limits of existence, a spiritual spy,

an outpost in no man's land! The lone man on Salami's island by Hjalmar Gullberg © www.ludwigriml.com

Hummel gets nectar lavender is sufficiently pollinated....

During the holidays, Peter and Oleg visited some castles in Luxembourg. Peter (Prince Peter) is still looking for a castle for his sweet princess Rosie. www.flickr.com/photos/40262251@N03/ In the castle of Beaufort they also visited the torture chamber.

PETER:

Oleg?? That thing I'm sitting on won't turn around anymore

I can't go up and I can't go down.

What should I do now?

OLEG:

Sit still...give me your left paw and I'll pull you up

And so it happened

Peter and Oleg survived the torture chamber

J'ai hésité à poster cette photo de qualité moyenne (photo prise entre 40 et 50m et fortement croppée), mais la situation : un Guêpier et une femelle de Loriot côte à côte, tellement surprenante m'a incité à la publier.

I hesitated to post this photo of average quality (photo taken between 40 and 50m and strongly cropped), but the situation: a Bee-eater and a Golden Oriole female side by side, being so surprising incited me to publish it.

Vallon de Marcillac - Aveyron - Occitanie - France

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Smile on Saturday's theme: Get (to) the point

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A perfect way to experience Bryce National Park is by horseback riding. I had a few occasions to ride a horse before, but have never participated in a 1/2 day tour on PEEK-A-BOO LOOP TRAIL. The tour isn't an easy one, but I will never regret taking on this challenge. It was so exciting! The horses are well trained to travel along the outer ridge of the trail even when they go down the switchbacks to the bottom canyon. The inner edge of the trail is designated for hikers! Well, let me tell you: it is a thrill, and not for everyone! Fear is the factor! When you sit on a horseback, you are much higher, and therefore you feel frightened. There is quite a few horses in front of and behind you. If you scream, your horse stars to gallop, then the others follow yours. They are animals, right? Sometimes, the best thing to do on switchbacks is just to close your eyes and trust your horse! I mean it! I have done it twice!!! Remember it is an experience of a lifetime! For sure, I will remember the Bryce’s breathtaking beauty from horseback for ever,.... and my behind for years! :))

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I was walking Bobby a few nights ago and coming past this second hand car sales garage "Autohaus", between the overhead display panels and the metal fence was a huge web and in the centre there she was, the web glistening under the floodlight, I couldn't get home fast enough to get my machine and get back up there. I took about a 130 shots and this silhouette was one of the best that came out.

I dusted of the Tamron 70-200mm due to the height of the location plus the Tamron is great for blowing out backgrounds. Having an immediate and localised light source is a blessing when shooting these girls, usually I go to my usual canal side location thanks to the amber coloured over head strobe lights, but this was a way different situation and I was grateful for the change in scenery.

Friday tomorrow and I hope everyone's had a great week, so as always thank you! :)

PS: Zoom in ;)

A woman walked down to the shore of the green space with her dog, off leash. The dog proceeded to run out after this egret, causing it to relocate. She tried calling it back, but it would have nothing to do with her. She needs to use that leash, as required by law!!! First comment is moments before, as the dog charges...

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spinning my body, releasing the bullets and protecting my landing base.

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Mood ♫ Forest Blakk - If You Love Her ♫

It sounds like such a simple thing to say, but she literally comes into your life and makes everything better. Every situation. Every scar. Every moment. She teaches you to be a better human being, and makes you long to be a man worthy of.... well..... her.

She's the one who brings my heart to it's knees and my arms firmly around her... Protecting her. Cherishing her. Worshipping her.

I love you, Ena Logan.