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Caught for Sliders Sunday with the help of Deep Dream Generator and Snapseed. HSS everyone!
And for Smile on Saturday theme: Fish. HSoS everyone!
"If the moon smiled, she would resemble you.
You leave the same impression Of something beautiful,
but annihilating. "
~Sylvia Plath
happy mother's day!
♥
happy sliderssunday!
#sliderssunday
Explored 23 May, 2021
You might wonder about the title. Well, what you see in the photo is the river Spree taking one of its many bends across Berlin, and this particular area that you can see on the opposite river bank is also called "Spree-Bogen", "Spree bend". This area used to be the home of the Meierei C. Bolle (dairy farm C. Bolle) that was founded in 1879 during one of Berlins particularly strong periods of growth. The two glass towers belong to an U-shaped building ensemble that was the (rented!) seat of our Federal Ministry of the Interior from 1999 - 2015.
This is one of the images that needed time to "develop". I've tried several different processing approaches over the past months, and I was never really happy with any of the results, because I always found the sky too blue, the image too bright, the clouds not nice enough... I once even replaced the sky in Luminar, but didn't like that, either. So back to the original sky, and just the other day, when I gave it another go, I finally stumbled upon the solution. In a first new version I had processed the image in HDR Efex, kind of liked it, but still found the image too bright. Just for fun, and for comparison purposes, I decided to also process the image in Aurora HDR, tried a few of my favourite presets that I use as starting point in Aurora, and... Bingo! In the "Dramatic" preset collection, there's a preset called "Sleepy Drama" which desaturates the blue tones and adds a darker look to any image – and that did it, at least for me. I still tweaked the preset's settings to my liking, and, in Color Efex, added some Brilliance and Warmth. I hope you like the image :)
Happy Sliders Sunday, stay safe and healthy, and take care!
Bolle reiste jüngst zu Pfingsten...
Blick auf das Spree-Bogen-Areal, gelegen an einem von sehr vielen Spreebögen durch Berlin. Auf diesem Areal wurde 1879, während einer besonders starken Wachstumsphase Berlins, die Meierei C. Bolle erbaut, deren Gründer Carl Bolle allerdings nichts mit dem bekannten (und so lustig wie hintergründig makabren) Bolle-Lied zu tun hat, dessen gesamten Text (bitte alle Strophen lesen, es lohnt sich) Ihr hier finden könnt: STRG/CTRL+ de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolle_reiste_jüngst_zu_Pfingsten. Es passt nur gerade so schön zu Pfingsten ;)
Die beiden Glastürme sind Teil des U-förmig gestalteten Spree-Bogen-Gebäudes, das von 1999 bis 2015 das Bundesministerium des Innern beherbergte (zur Miete!). Diese Bild hat sprichwörtlich Zeit zum Entwickeln gebraucht, ich habe über die Monate immer mal wieder diverse Ansätze ausprobiert, aber es hatte bislang nie richtig "Klick" gemacht, immer war mir der Himmel zu blau, das Bild zu hell, die Wolken nicht schön genug... Einmal habe ich sogar in Luminar den Himmel ausgetauscht, was mir aber auch nicht gefallen hat und sowieso nur eine Notlösung sein sollte, weshalb ich schlussendlich doch beim Original-Himmel geblieben bin.
Kürzlich habe ich dann noch einmal einen Anlauf in HDR Efex gestartet, was mir schon recht gut gefiel, mir aber immer noch zu hell war. Nur aus Spaß und auch zum direkten Vergleich habe ich mich dann noch durch meine Lieblings-Presets in Aurora HDR geklickt. Meistens nehme ich in Aurora eines der "Dramatic"- oder "Artistic"-Presets als Ausgangspunkt für die weitere Bearbeitung. Hier war es das "Sleepy Drama", das – endlich – den Knoten löste. Für den "sleepy" Look werden die Blautöne entsättigt und für das "Drama" wird die Tonwertkurve in Richtung Tiefen korrigiert. Ich habe dann noch eigene Anpassungen vorgenommen und abschließend in Color Efex etwas "Brilliance and Warmth" hinzugefügt. Mit dem Ergebnis bin ich recht zufrieden, zufrieden genug jdf., um es Euch zu zeigen. Ich hoffe, das Bild gefällt Euch auch :)
Ich wünsche Euch schöne Pfingsten, passt weiter gut auf Euch auf und bleibt gesund!
“A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes
of an unforgiving nightmare
to the jeweled vision of a life started anew.”
― Aberjhani
happy sliderssunday my friends!
Kissed by the setting Sun
For quite many a great Fun
Before the Sun decides to set
It shows its glowing Coronet
A last View on the Sun
And then this Day is done
Then Darkness falls on Earth
The Night comes in a Storm of Mirth
(caren)
[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)]
😄 HaPpY Sliders Sunday 😄
A mystic 🌞Sunset taken in a Wild Garden in West Wales (Ceredigion)
Tweaked Exposure, Contrast and Saturation, gave the Setting Sun a Face and framed it using the Flickr Photo Editor.
Created and uploaded for the Sliders Sunday Group
ƒ/2.8
5.6 mm
1/2000 Sec
ISO 200
Posted for Sliders Sunday - - Post Processed to the MAX!
HSS!
Edited with Snapseed and Ribbet
EXIF - canon lens ef-s 55-250mm ƒ/8.0 250.0 mm 1/50 200
Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains.
- Paulo Coelho
Edited with Topaz Studio 2
🎨 Happy Sliders Sunday HSS!
Thanks for your visit and taking the time to comment so I can visit your photos, too... very much appreciated! My apologies if I cannot reply to all the comments. Have a great day!
My attempt at the "Flickr Friday" theme "point".
HSS!
Shot with a Fuji "Fujinon-EFC II 64.5 mm F 6" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Mt grandmothers camera and really old family albums. I think there might be a daguerreotype in there !
Happy Sliders Sunday !
“Sunday is the perfect day to refuel your soul and to be grateful for each and every one of your blessings.”
HSS
The centre of a Gladiola taken in the macro mode and post processed with in-built camera filters and using the Windows Photo Editor to play with light, shadows and colours, finally added a vignette.
😄 HaPpY Sliders Sunday 😄
[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)]
uploaded for
for Sliders Sunday
ƒ/2.8
4.5 mm
1/60 Sec
ISO 320
These started out as normal items, little plates with chocolates on them. Couldn't make it look appetizing though so I went the other way.
This is the view from my son's house at Rocky Butte, where i am recuperating from sugery to breakup two kidney stones. Edited using Deep Dream Generator and Snapseed. HSS everyone!
Thanks for stopping by my gallery. I’m very pleased and really appreciate each and every view of my photo, comments, invitations and awards
A very warm Spring-like day, with a Winter storm approaching.
Island Beach State Park, NJ, USA
DSC_3898
Flickr Migration
Well, here we are on the other side of the downtime,
how did it go for you? After the 3 days I was just
happy to see I still have a photostream , ay! ;-)
happy sliderssunday and Memorial Day!
Fireweed in it's final stages, as the stalk becomes curly cues and white silk like fibers form. Processed to the max for Sliders Sunday.
HSS Everyone.
I'm in the act of tidying out my archive a bit these days, but as usual I'm not getting very far. Stumbled upon this older photo I took during a hike in the Zillertal alps (Austria).
Rather poor quality (this was the worst lens I've ever owned!), but I remember that day fondly, so I played around a bit with Analog Efex (especially adding blur / reducing edge definition) and Topaz Studio (especially Bliss - 30% opacitiy, and Hummingbird Wing - 50% oppacity, and some self created painterly effect)
... and yes, there was a thunderstorm coming in ; ))
Happy (Slider) Sunday to you !!
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Ruhe vor dem Sturm
Ich bin gerade dabei, mein Archiv ein wenig 'auszumisten', aber wie immer komme ich nicht sehr weit. Ich bin über dieses ältere Foto gestolpert, das ich bei einer Wanderung in den Zillertaler Alpen (Österreich) aufgenommen habe.
Die Qualität ist eher bescheiden (das war das schlechteste Objektiv, das ich je besessen habe!), aber ich erinnere mich gerne an diesen Tag, also habe ich ein bisschen in Analog Efex (hier vor allem Hinzufügen von Randunschärfe) und Topaz Studio (vor allem Bliss - 30% Deckkraft und Hummingbird Wing - 50% Deckkraft) herumgespielt.
Und ja, da zog tatsächlich ein Gewitter auf ; ))
Einen schönen Sonntag wünsche ich euch !!
Just a bit of fun with the sky from the other day. I have done something similar to this before, but some time ago.
This is the original photo:
www.flickr.com/photos/44506883@N04/31055242666/in/datepos...
Better viewed large.
Thank you for your favourites. :O)