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Post by tonyw on Apr 10, 2024 21:29:37 GMT
Horses pulling .... the baby buggy! With some PS AI help! Tony
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Post by tonyw on Apr 9, 2024 22:06:14 GMT
We were at 99.3% with few clouds overhead and it was quite eerie with the birds, which had been noisy, going silent for several minutes. Took a few photos of shadows which were a bit different than normal. The hotels in the 100% zone to the southeast of us certainly did very well out of it. Lots of stories about crazy prices.
Tony
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Post by tonyw on Apr 9, 2024 21:26:29 GMT
Passing by the railroad yard today which is always a good spot to find stationary graffiti. Not a lot to choose from today but here are a couple. Tony
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Post by tonyw on Apr 4, 2024 20:09:57 GMT
Pattern created on sidewalk by sun shining through tree leaves during partial solar eclipse in 2017. The small openings among the leaves act like a pinhole camera. Note the shape of the sun eclipsed by he moon. A very timely example - I'm in a location where next Monday's eclipse is going to be over 99% so will hopefully get to see it although the weather forecast isn't currently ideal! Tony.
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Post by tonyw on Apr 4, 2024 20:04:57 GMT
Great topic and accompanying article, Tony. Looking through the archives these two caught my eye. Should be a fun challenge. Excellent examples to get the theme started! Tony
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Post by tonyw on Apr 4, 2024 13:24:03 GMT
Somewhat related to last months Abstract Challenge I picked Patterns for this months B&W Challenge Once you start looking, patterns are everywhere and just require "a keen eye for symmetry, repetition, and texture" to quote from Pattern in Photography which gives some good examples and is worth a quick read. So for this month the challenge is to look for patterns that work well in black & white . They can be found in nature, architecture, around the home and often in places you might never have thought to take a photograph. So look around and show us what you see! Here are some examples from a look through my archives. The table top of an outdoor table: Cracked asphalt paving: Looking forward to seeing the black and white patterns you find. Tony
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Post by tonyw on Apr 3, 2024 23:38:31 GMT
I hate to see dead trees so had to bring some life back to it (thanks to generative fill) Tony
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Post by tonyw on Apr 3, 2024 19:59:38 GMT
April is when the male goldfinches change from their drab winter colour to bright yellow and black to attract females - this one is halfway there. And it's also the month when the grackles arrive in quantity and strut around bullying smaller birds while consuming vast quantities of bird food! Tony
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Post by tonyw on Apr 2, 2024 21:43:46 GMT
This is getting addictive! Continued by removing the tower thing in the foreground (with generative fill) took it into Topaz Studio 2 and applied an effect called misty (for some reason) which added some detail to the mountains. Finished up with a vignette and a Jodi layer style frame. Tony
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Post by tonyw on Apr 1, 2024 19:20:06 GMT
One more - similar approach as before but tried to brighten up the mountains and take out more blue - maybe a bit too bright considering it's moonlight! Did create more noise in the process but used Topaz Photo AI towards the end and that seemed to work. Tony
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Post by tonyw on Apr 1, 2024 16:07:26 GMT
Definitely tricky to get anything suitable out of this one. For my first attempt I cheated and took the moon out and worked on the rest using Lightroom. I found the white balance was way off once the exposure was corrected using a gradient. Noise reduction all done in Lightroom. Then put the moon back and just had to make it bigger Will have to give it another go with a different approach to see if I can improve the mountains. I guess the noise is a bit different than normal as, according to the metadata, it was shot at ISO 200 f9 1/125 sec much underexposed (except for the moon). Tony
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Post by tonyw on Mar 31, 2024 18:23:18 GMT
Old fences along a track leading to long abandoned but still maintained cemetery. Tony
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Post by tonyw on Mar 27, 2024 23:35:58 GMT
Had some fun with this one - even used the current Creative Effects Challenge for a 2 for 1 along with some generative fill! Tony
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Post by tonyw on Mar 25, 2024 20:59:03 GMT
This wrought iron fence likely dates back to the 1870's. Up until a few years back it was looking cared for but it is now definitely starting to show its age! Tony
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Post by tonyw on Mar 21, 2024 19:52:58 GMT
Played around with Photospiralysis and then a touch of neural filter and finished up here!: Tony
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