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With aid of darker backgrounds...

Last post by PietFrancke « Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:47 am
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by minniev » Mon Aug 10, 2020 6:56 pm

Let me chime in on really loving that monochrome version too!

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Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:47 am
Clover Season

Last post by St3v3Murray « Sat Mar 28, 2020 8:12 am
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by minniev » Tue Apr 09, 2019 3:40 pm

Still trying to learn how to use this darned macro lens. It has so much fiddling...All comments appreciated.

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Sat Mar 28, 2020 8:12 am
Dead Weeds in Winter

Last post by St3v3Murray « Sun Mar 15, 2020 12:00 am
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by minniev » Mon Feb 11, 2019 1:01 pm
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Yeah, I'll try to take a picture of almost anything. All comments appreciated, including about whether I need to crop/de-center.
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Sun Mar 15, 2020 12:00 am
Just a Flower

Last post by St3v3Murray « Sat Mar 14, 2020 11:51 pm
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by minniev » Mon Feb 11, 2019 1:19 am
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some more play with light..and softness

Love the flower and the light. If you don't mind that there's lack of detail, it works. If you do mind,...
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Last post by St3v3Murray
Sat Mar 14, 2020 11:51 pm
Ball Moss at Dawn, Swamp Study

Last post by St3v3Murray « Fri Mar 13, 2020 3:34 am
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by minniev » Sun Feb 03, 2019 8:08 pm

I don't know for sure that this is ball moss but cannot find a better way to describe it even if it's not. They are little balls smaller than a golf...

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Last post by St3v3Murray
Fri Mar 13, 2020 3:34 am
In The Yard

Last post by minniev « Thu Mar 12, 2020 2:34 pm
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by minniev » Tue Mar 10, 2020 7:13 pm

What might I do with this besides the texture I added? Simple subjects right now, no travel on the horizon.

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Thu Mar 12, 2020 2:34 pm
Azalea Art #2

Last post by minniev « Wed Mar 04, 2020 6:30 pm
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by minniev » Wed Mar 04, 2020 3:51 pm

Another azalea, with brushwork and textures and stuff.

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Wed Mar 04, 2020 6:30 pm
Azalea Art

Last post by St3v3Murray « Wed Feb 26, 2020 9:17 pm
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by minniev » Tue Feb 25, 2020 1:34 pm

This could go in Artistic but I put it here because it is just mainly flowers. The azaleas at the racetrack were early bloomers, but the surroundings...

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Wed Feb 26, 2020 9:17 pm
Bead Tree

Last post by minniev « Tue Feb 25, 2020 1:30 pm
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by minniev » Sun Feb 23, 2020 1:01 pm

This is a slightly fanciful interpretation of a tree along the Mardi Gras parade route midway through the season. My goal was to render the plastic...

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Tue Feb 25, 2020 1:30 pm
A Spoonful of Daisies

Last post by minniev « Wed Jun 05, 2019 5:26 pm
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by minniev » Tue Jun 04, 2019 11:27 am

Another wilted arrangement in my kitchen. Constrained creative processing on my poor old laptop is possible now, thankfully, with the recent...

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Wed Jun 05, 2019 5:26 pm
Series Inspired by Ernst - The Garlic Patch

Last post by minniev « Tue Jun 04, 2019 12:13 pm
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by minniev » Mon May 20, 2019 3:16 pm
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I am always blown away by Ernst's beautiful Calla Lily images.Though I know there's no way I can approach those in sheer beauty of either subject,...
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Tue Jun 04, 2019 12:13 pm
Wild Something

Last post by minniev « Wed Apr 17, 2019 1:25 pm
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by minniev » Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:02 pm

I am still seeing how far I can get with photos before they turn into photographic art. This one's on the border. Something that grows in the swamp,...

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Wed Apr 17, 2019 1:25 pm
Parasol

Last post by St3v3Murray « Wed Nov 28, 2018 6:00 pm
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by minniev » Thu Sep 13, 2018 7:40 pm

Shot this wet morning in my forest.

Practicing my editing on the iPad for heating/cloning to get a big OOF piece of grass outa there. A totally...

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Wed Nov 28, 2018 6:00 pm
Morning Light #2

Last post by St3v3Murray « Wed Nov 28, 2018 2:02 am
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by minniev » Mon Sep 10, 2018 7:07 pm

Part of the dawn series in Sallis the other day. Thanks to Frank for tutoring me on luminosity masks though I haven't a clue what I'm doing yet....

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Wed Nov 28, 2018 2:02 am
Cathedral

Last post by St3v3Murray « Thu Nov 01, 2018 5:17 am

by St3v3Murray » Thu Nov 01, 2018 5:17 am

Cathedral Grove is the best known of the old growth forests on Vancouver Island. I am never equipped to photograph or edit such giants. All you can...

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Thu Nov 01, 2018 5:17 am
Summerâ€™s End

Last post by minniev « Sun Sep 09, 2018 12:33 pm
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by minniev » Fri Aug 31, 2018 9:22 pm

Playing in mobile workflow, LRCC + Snapseed and Distressed FX for textures.

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Sun Sep 09, 2018 12:33 pm
Stump

Last post by Matt Quinn « Tue Aug 28, 2018 3:10 pm
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by Matt Quinn » Wed Jul 11, 2018 5:37 pm
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Where the limb broke off the cherry tree. Suggestions very welcome. Matt

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Tue Aug 28, 2018 3:10 pm
Echinacea with Grass Flower Spikes, Natural Light, HDR

Last post by Psjunkie « Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:38 am
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by Charles Haacker » Thu Jul 12, 2018 5:24 pm

These were juuuust starting to fade so I grabbed the camera. This is a spot on the dining table that has windows with translucent blinds on two...

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Last post by Psjunkie
Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:38 am
Ferns

Last post by PietFrancke « Tue Jun 26, 2018 4:58 pm
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by mikec » Mon Jun 25, 2018 9:41 pm

The masking to my eye looks good. But don't see to much in the picture. Maybe color would be better.

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Last post by PietFrancke
Tue Jun 26, 2018 4:58 pm
FINALLY! SPRING!

Last post by Matt Quinn « Mon Jun 18, 2018 11:29 pm
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by Charles Haacker » Sun Apr 29, 2018 8:57 pm

Ya shoulda seen me doing these. I have a poor man's macro, a couple of very inexpensive extension tubes, 10 and 16 mm. These were all made with my...

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Last post by Matt Quinn
Mon Jun 18, 2018 11:29 pm
Lauritzen Gardens Redux, Spring 2018

Last post by Charles Haacker « Mon Jun 18, 2018 10:45 pm
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by Charles Haacker » Mon May 14, 2018 3:03 pm

We go here so often we have a family membership. It's only an hour away in Omaha. I've been having a ball with my new Sony A6000, learning how to...

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Last post by Charles Haacker
Mon Jun 18, 2018 10:45 pm
Blackberries In Shade

Last post by Charles Haacker « Fri Jun 01, 2018 3:56 pm
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by minniev » Wed May 30, 2018 5:27 pm
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I've spent a lot of time this past 2 weeks on the farm, so I'm taking photos of just what's there, and seeing what I can make of interest with...
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Last post by Charles Haacker
Fri Jun 01, 2018 3:56 pm
Moving East

Last post by St3v3Murray « Mon Apr 30, 2018 3:19 pm
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by minniev » Sun Apr 29, 2018 4:30 pm
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Moving East. S-

I like this one even better. The mountains make an even more lavish background statement. These ancient trees have such character...
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Last post by St3v3Murray
Mon Apr 30, 2018 3:19 pm
Wild flower 2 Ways

Last post by minniev « Mon Apr 30, 2018 1:05 pm
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by minniev » Thu Apr 19, 2018 7:26 pm

Both are fairly significantly edited but following different routes. The first is true color. Both of them are shot and edited by an old lady with a...

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Mon Apr 30, 2018 1:05 pm
Methuselah

Last post by St3v3Murray « Sun Apr 29, 2018 11:34 pm
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by St3v3Murray » Sun Apr 29, 2018 10:23 pm

rich
Is it too much though? I don't mind rich but I don't want garish. S-

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Sun Apr 29, 2018 11:34 pm

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