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The same boat being used for shade by these fishermen.

I am experimenting with the pictures today.

So, here is the Original version

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...r/DSC00218.jpg

Edited picture of the same

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...n_on_Shore.jpg

This is actually a very tiny coonch (some 2-3 cms long). I zoomed and took this picture. The crust was very fragile, more like the shell of a very tiny snail. There are very big size coonch as well with harder shell.

Original picture

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...r/DSC00260.jpg

Edited picture

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...gar/Coonch.jpg

Great pictures, Maddie. My favorites are the one of the man floating on the round boat and of the shell. They're very well composed. I like both best in the pre-edited version.

I love the man in boat, both edited and unedited versions, the conch shell is simple and beautiful, I think I like the coloring of the unedited version better.

I went to an orchid show and here are some of my photos-

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...s/favorite.jpg

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...otos/best3.jpg

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...otos/best2.jpg

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...hotos/best.jpg

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...s/poodle-1.jpg

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...20photos/5.jpg

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...20photos/4.jpg

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...20photos/9.jpg

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...0photos/29.jpg

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...0photos/15.jpg

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...0photos/41.jpg

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...0photos/35.jpg

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...0photos/34.jpg

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...0photos/33.jpg

Maddie & AdoreroDio: Great pictures from both of you. Keep up the good work.

/Claes

Here are a few photos I took recently.

This was taken from just outside my home at 6:30 AM:
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z.../myrtle002.jpg

On the way down to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina:
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z.../myrtle006.jpg

Just outside the condo at Myrtle Beach:
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z.../myrtle015.jpg

My three true loves: Nature, Coke, and the USA. ;)

Adoereo - Very nice pictures. I can't wait for the spring flowers to bloom. I've seen crocuses bloom around here and the daffodils and tulips are sprouting. :)

Dori - I love that first picture very much. Of course I always stand at attention and salute the flag. :)

Wow they are great pics Maddie and AD!

wow amazing thread

I'll post mine as soon as possible

:D

Some more pictures

Taj

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Sagar/Taj.jpg

Sunset (the evening on Saturday)

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...gar/Sunset.jpg

Flowers

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...r/DSC00232.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...ougenvilia.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...gar/Flower.jpg

Our feet (me and my friend), when we were sitting at the river bank. I showed this picture to some of my colleagues, and a few were laughing at it, as in -- I should have taken of the hands seperately, then one side of the face and then the other side; in the end I should have joined all the pieces and made one picture :rolleyes:. Well, all I wanted to capture in the picture was the casualness. I don't know if it's there or not.

Anyhow, heres the picture

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...Sagar/Feet.jpg


Sky (original)

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...r/DSC00277.jpg

Sky (edited)

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...r/Sky_blue.jpg

Waterfall (original)

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...r/DSC00287.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...r/DSC00288.jpg

Waterfall (edited)

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Waterfall.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...Waterfall2.jpg

Hope you like them :D

Adoreo, loved the flowers :D.

Nice Sunrise shot, Dori :nod: .

You know maddie, I took a picture once, but it was in a black hole, you don't have things like that in a black hole, and those pictures are awesome.

The desaturated look of the waterfall works best, the sepia tones are nice too, but add a bit of artificial ageing, like a few scratches, and it'll be even better.

Oh, and the Taj Mahal looks like it is sinking, but that's only because the horizon is just a little bit off. It gives me a strange feeling of movement though, like something is about to happen. Hmmmm, I better not think too much on this and just enjoy these pics.

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Here are a few photos I took recently.

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Dori, I'm disappointed... where are my favourite orange shorts? :D

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Nice Sunrise shot, Dori :nod: .

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Thanks. :) I am fortunate enough to experience sunrises like that from time to time, though that particular sunrise was the most stunning, I think. Your photos are quite good, I must add.

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Dori, I'm disappointed... where are my favourite orange shorts? :D

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Well, most pictures of me are not taken by me. ;)

they are lovely Maddie!!!!!!!!

Very nice Maddie. What software are you using to edit the pictures? I've been thinking of getting one.

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Very nice Maddie. What software are you using to edit the pictures? I've been thinking of getting one.

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Even though the question was not directed towards myself, I feel oblidged to answer anyway. When I edit pictures (I do so rarely), I use The GIMP. Best of all, it's free! See the following links for more information:

Wikipedia Article ~ GIMP
Official GIMP Website

Sadly, as far as I know, unless you run Linux rather than Windows (or perhaps with Windows), I'm afraid you might not be able to use it. So if you ever decide to convert to Linux (if you haven't already), then it will probably come with it anyways (as it did with my distribution).

All in all, the easy way out would be to buy Adobe Photoshop.

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You know maddie, I took a picture once, but it was in a black hole, you don't have things like that in a black hole, and those pictures are awesome.

The desaturated look of the waterfall works best, the sepia tones are nice too, but add a bit of artificial ageing, like a few scratches, and it'll be even better.

Oh, and the Taj Mahal looks like it is sinking, but that's only because the horizon is just a little bit off. It gives me a strange feeling of movement though, like something is about to happen. Hmmmm, I better not think too much on this and just enjoy these pics.

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Thanks, Aimus. The analysis is helpful :)

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Thanks. :) I am fortunate enough to experience sunrises like that from time to time, though that particular sunrise was the most stunning, I think. Your photos are quite good, I must add.

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The Sunrise picture was really beautiful :).

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they are lovely Maddie!!!!!!!!

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Thanks, Niamh :D.

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Very nice Maddie. What software are you using to edit the pictures? I've been thinking of getting one.

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I used Picasa for these pictures. I find it quite user friendly and above all its a free software :D

More great looking pictures, Maddie. I thought the one that turned out best with the editing was the one with the water and sky. It looked O.K. in colour, but the sepia made it really pop for some reason. I liked the top waterfall picture best in both the color and the sepia tones. All very enjoyable pictures. Hope to see more from you.

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More great looking pictures, Maddie. I thought the one that turned out best with the editing was the one with the water and sky. It looked O.K. in colour, but the sepia made it really pop for some reason. I liked the top waterfall picture best in both the color and the sepia tones. All very enjoyable pictures. Hope to see more from you.

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Thanks, Petrarch :D

I was doing all the editing just to see if any picture can be improved, so that I can keep the better version. I am glad you liked the pictures.

I said somewhere I'd post some red neurons, can't remember to who it was, but here they are:

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/f...9_troma_22.jpg

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/f...ified_tuji.jpg

I've played with the contrast a bit so it's clearer.

Wow Vheissu are those microscope pictures?

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Wow Vheissu are those microscope pictures?

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Yes, they are microscope pictures. It was so difficult to focus on that machine though, it took me forever! But I now have a rather nice collection neurons! :p


Maddie, I just saw your pics, they are gorgeous!!

beautiful pics, Maddie and these neurons look really cool, vheissu.

hubbers and me visited the wild boars again today. they've got babies. two of them were really tiny, but the were fit enough and ran of with the pasta we gave them to eat it on their own.

grrrrrrrrrr, photobucket is so slow! I'll load up more pics later

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h/HPIM4381.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h/HPIM4384.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h/HPIM4386.jpg

:mad: grrrr, stupid photobucket. still more to come.

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h/HPIM4390.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h/HPIM4392.jpg

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there are more baby boars on the previous page ^^^^

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h/HPIM4399.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h/HPIM4403.jpg

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My dad and I were taking a walk in the coulee while I was home for Easter and we came upon this tree. Dad got the great idea of taking a picture looking up into the middle of the tree and it was quite brilliant. It was his idea, but my version of it turned out better than his. :p

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1000449.jpg

And because I mention him so often in this photography thread, here is a picture of my dad getting ready to shoot up into the tree.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1000448.jpg

And one of the things we did for Easter was to take a trip to visit graves, an odd thing to do on an Easter afternoon but my youngest son had mentioned that he'd never seen the graves of any of his relatives so we took a little trip to where my dad grew up, about 45 minutes from where they currently live, to visit the graves of his parents and grandparents. His parents are buried in the city graveyard but his grandparents are buried in this great spartan graveyard in the middle of nowhere, nothing but prairie and buttes as far as the eye can see. This is the view to the south of where my great grandparents lie. The buttes are called Teepee buttes and someone has erected this wierd metal cross there, it made for a very striking view. Sam, my son, has decided that's where he wants to be buried.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1000476.jpg

Maddie, your pictures are awesome!

AdoreroDio, gorgeous shots of the orchids!

Dori, your sunrise photo is beautiful!

vheissu, the red neurons were totally unexpected -- what great pics!

Sleepy, I LOVE the pictures of the wild boars. Wish we had them here, they are sooooo cute! :)

Idril, Your pictures are so clear and well centered, and all of it (you are a great photographer)! The pic of your father was cute -- a photographer at rest. :p

Here's another sunrise shot:

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/GEDC1078.jpg

Nothing better than quickly scarfing my sister's camera and sprinting 100 meters or so to an ideal spot and taking pictures of the sunrise. Especially in the winter! :lol:

My friend took this yesterday, we spent a lot of time finding the location running around in the deserted bunkers outside copenhagen, we took hundreds of photo's, so I felt compelled to share. An awesome experience.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...va/Sunniva.jpg

Idril, it's nice to see your father! The picture with the buttes is striking indeed. I think your son has good taste.

Dori, I love sunrise pictures; I have very few sunrise pictures but many sunset pictures because I'm too lazy to ever be up before the sun.

Chava, thanks for sharing that lovely photo; I really like the composition and the muted colors. It looks like wandering around those bunkers would be a surreal experience.

vheissu: I really liked your red neurons. Have you got any more?

SleepyWitch: Lovely piglets (who needs a bulldozer when you have them around?).

Idril: You keep coming up with inventive shots.

Dori: Excellent sunrise shot, and you are right: One has to be quick getting to the right spot at the right time for those shots.

And last but not least, Chava: That is a remarkable shot. I'm sure there must be a lot of work behind it. Very impressive.

I have had very little time for photography lately (Just too much work and no fun :( ), but I have managed a few shots. Here we go:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0400.jpg
Early spring, and finally things are coming back to life again.
The light conditions were a bit unusual here. Diffused light seemed to come from all directions.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0401.jpg
Beavers at work along my route to work (I actually go cross county on my MTB to get there).

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0402.jpg
Still some work to do here.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0433.jpg
Wood Anemones. The first flowers we see in the spring.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...sG/Bild004.jpg
I actually don't know what these are called, but they turn up very early in the year too.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...sG/Bild006.jpg
A close up of the same.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...sG/Bild009.jpg
Close up of the first small Birch leafs. Notice the occupant on its opposite side?

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/DSC01016.jpg
The final part of my route to work (500m to the left of the red building in the background.
This was taken with my 2 Mp phone cam, btw).

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/DSC01020.jpg
Apple blossoms in Esklstunas old town. This place is a restaurant located by the river
(the landing is in fact on the river) in a 18th century building.
Picture taken with the phone cam.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/DSC01021.jpg
The place in the previous picture from another angle.
Picture taken with the phone cam.

Photo of John Taylor taken on mobile.

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f.../untitledj.jpg

Awesome photos everyone!! :D :thumbs_up :thumbs_up


I love these types of photos, like the one I'm about to post here:

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/n...IMG_0067-1.jpg

Hope my friend doesn't mind me posting this, as it's her in the photo :p

I took this on camp, we were walking somewhere and I saw the sunlight and I went off and took a photo of it shining through the trees, and then she began to walk in front of me so I took a photo of her and I think it's pretty cool :D And also it really suits her personality (most of the time)

A look at Prague:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...ser/kirche.jpghttp://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...isser/turm.jpghttp://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o.../OhneTitel.jpghttp://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...sser/hotel.jpghttp://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...sser/huser.jpghttp://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...isser/berg.jpg

Very nice Themis. Looks pretty.

I was at a wedding last year where the affair was held overlooking the New York harbor from the Brooklyn side. Here are soem pictures.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...Image024-2.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...Image019-3.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...Image020-2.jpg

Now what you're seeing in those pictures above is the downtown Manhattan skyline with the Manhattan Bridge in the fore with the Brooklyn Bridge behind.

Here are a couple of photos of the Empire State Building.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...Image021-3.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...Image025-3.jpg

Chava, your picture is stunning. Well done indeed.

Claes, beautiful work -- the flowers are gorgeous!

kelby and sprinks, cool pics!

Themis -- great shots of the incredible architecture of Prague (wish I could go there!)

Virgil, great shots of New York, another place I should love to visit some day. :)

Time for another round: I have been out and about a bit.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...IMG_0019-1.jpg
Bowling with a bunch of friends from work.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0036.jpg
Colourful, eh?

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0507.jpg
Sunset seen from a boat on lake Mälaren near Eskilstuna.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0516.jpg
Same sunset as above a couple of minutes later.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0525.jpg
And again....

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0569.jpg
Traffic jam due to a highway accident, close to my home.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0600.jpg
I have no idea what those are called in English, but a straigtht translation
from Swedish would be "Luitenants Heart".

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0601.jpg
A closer look.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0603.jpg
I have to admit that I dont know the name of those either... in any language.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...mabackyard.jpg
A composite panorama from our bedroom window, put together from 20 different shots.

/Claes

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http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0507.jpg
Sunset seen from a boat on lake Mälaren near Eskilstuna.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0516.jpg
Same sunset as above a couple of minutes later.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0525.jpg
And again....

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I love your sunsets Claes. Very nce. :thumbs_up

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I have no idea what those are called in English, but a straigtht translation
from Swedish would be "Luitenants Heart".

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0601.jpg
A closer look.

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I believe those are called Bleeding Hearts in English.

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I have to admit that I dont know the name of those either... in any language.

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Those look familiar too but I can't quite place the name.

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http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...mabackyard.jpg
A composite panorama from our bedroom window, put together from 20 different shots.

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20 different shots pasted together is quite a feat. Nice work.

Thanks for all that Claes. I enjoyed it. :)