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**acoufap** · 06-10-2019, 07:54 AM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Six days since the last post on this fascinating thread. The image below is actually pine pollen floating on a pond (if I am allowed some alliteration) with super-saturation and few other PP tweaks. So I guess this is a scummy image.

Great!

**WPRESTO** · 06-10-2019, 10:42 AM

Originally posted by acoufap

Great!

Thank you

. It is sometimes fun to push the adjustments sliders all the way to their limits to see what it does to a so-so image,

**acoufap** · 06-10-2019, 11:24 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Thank you

. It is sometimes fun to push the adjustments sliders all the way to their limits to see what it does to a so-so image,

Yeah, I also do this more than sometimes. It‘s fun, doesn‘t cost anything except your time and is an important part of learning how to use the tools we get with the software.

**noelcmn** · 06-10-2019, 11:32 AM - **8 Likes**

Time for me to get away from the straight and narrow, and head towards abstractions

Boiling water

X-posted this one

And this one

Lucky to get this one, as I was firing away with the camera, shooting bubbles. This is one just bursting

And the bark of a Eucalyptus tree always provide material

And the wake of a duck too

Basie · 06-20-2019, 07:50 AM

With shots like these you may stray a bit

**noelcmn** · 06-21-2019, 04:36 AM - **1 Like**

Dankie! = Thank you!

Should I stray or should I go??

I particularly like this one- Ivy pulled of a wall, to reveal its footprinrts

Oddities on a corrugated roof

Colourful rubber bands

Stretched out

No idea what this is, but I was told it's a bit of ceiling that decided to exercise some rebellion

smf · 07-13-2019, 08:18 PM - **1 Like**

These creative blur images of daisies were captured with my K-S2 at shutter speeds of 1.3 seconds and 3 seconds. Processing was in Lightroom 4 and Viveza. I welcome any expressions of preference — by PM if you prefer not to comment in this thread. Best wishes!
(Cross-posted from Picture of The Week)

Basie · 07-14-2019, 01:46 AM - **3 Likes**

Detail of spider tunnel entrance on sand dune

**WPRESTO** · 07-14-2019, 03:59 AM

Originally posted by smf

These creative blur images of daisies were captured with my K-S2 at shutter speeds of 1.3 seconds and 3 seconds. Processing was in Lightroom 4 and Viveza. I welcome any expressions of preference — by PM if you prefer not to comment in this thread. Best wishes!
(Cross-posted from Picture of The Week)

I prefer the first image, which is the least abstract. It creates a "seen in passing" or "caught out of the corner of my eye" or a similar half-seen, half-remembered experience.

**jacamar** · 07-22-2019, 11:09 AM - **2 Likes**

Yarrow flower head

**robgski** · 07-27-2019, 01:21 PM - **1 Like**

kevinWE · 07-27-2019, 03:06 PM - **4 Likes**

Here's a couple from my K10D

Here's another from my Nikon N70 and Optima II 100 film.

**rjbrett** · 07-30-2019, 02:39 AM - **1 Like**

Was that saying something like "Exterminate! Exterminate!"

?

(Dalek in red?)

**robgski** · 07-30-2019, 03:10 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by rjbrett

Dalek in red?

I did not stick around long enough to find out, I jumped in the TARDIS and away I went.

**WPRESTO** · 07-30-2019, 06:29 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by noelcmn

Colourful rubber bands

It just struck my imagination that the rubber bands could almost pass for a miniature Chihuly work.

06-10-2019, 10:42 AM	#1367
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,138	Originally posted by acoufap Great! Thank you. It is sometimes fun to push the adjustments sliders all the way to their limits to see what it does to a so-so image,

06-10-2019, 11:24 AM - 1 Like	#1368
acoufap Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Munich, Germany Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,191	Originally posted by WPRESTO Thank you. It is sometimes fun to push the adjustments sliders all the way to their limits to see what it does to a so-so image, Yeah, I also do this more than sometimes. It‘s fun, doesn‘t cost anything except your time and is an important part of learning how to use the tools we get with the software.

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06-10-2019, 07:54 AM	#1366
acoufap Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Munich, Germany Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,191	Originally posted by WPRESTO Six days since the last post on this fascinating thread. The image below is actually pine pollen floating on a pond (if I am allowed some alliteration) with super-saturation and few other PP tweaks. So I guess this is a scummy image. Great!

06-10-2019, 11:32 AM - 8 Likes	#1369
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,228	Time for me to get away from the straight and narrow, and head towards abstractions Boiling water X-posted this one And this one Lucky to get this one, as I was firing away with the camera, shooting bubbles. This is one just bursting And the bark of a Eucalyptus tree always provide material And the wake of a duck too

06-20-2019, 07:50 AM	#1370
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06-21-2019, 04:36 AM - 1 Like	#1371
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,228	Dankie! = Thank you! Should I stray or should I go?? I particularly like this one- Ivy pulled of a wall, to reveal its footprinrts Oddities on a corrugated roof Colourful rubber bands Stretched out No idea what this is, but I was told it's a bit of ceiling that decided to exercise some rebellion

07-13-2019, 08:18 PM - 1 Like	#1372
smf Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Midland, MI Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,083	These creative blur images of daisies were captured with my K-S2 at shutter speeds of 1.3 seconds and 3 seconds. Processing was in Lightroom 4 and Viveza. I welcome any expressions of preference — by PM if you prefer not to comment in this thread. Best wishes! (Cross-posted from Picture of The Week)

07-14-2019, 01:46 AM - 3 Likes	#1373
Basie Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Windhoek, Namibia Photos: Gallery Posts: 991	Detail of spider tunnel entrance on sand dune

07-14-2019, 03:59 AM	#1374
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,138	Originally posted by smf These creative blur images of daisies were captured with my K-S2 at shutter speeds of 1.3 seconds and 3 seconds. Processing was in Lightroom 4 and Viveza. I welcome any expressions of preference — by PM if you prefer not to comment in this thread. Best wishes! (Cross-posted from Picture of The Week) I prefer the first image, which is the least abstract. It creates a "seen in passing" or "caught out of the corner of my eye" or a similar half-seen, half-remembered experience.

07-22-2019, 11:09 AM - 2 Likes	#1375
jacamar Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Toronto Photos: Albums Posts: 3,443	Yarrow flower head

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07-27-2019, 03:06 PM - 4 Likes	#1377
kevinWE Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 497	Here's a couple from my K10D Here's another from my Nikon N70 and Optima II 100 film.

07-30-2019, 02:39 AM - 1 Like	#1378
rjbrett Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Brisbane Posts: 895	Was that saying something like "Exterminate! Exterminate!" ? (Dalek in red?)

07-30-2019, 03:10 AM - 1 Like	#1379
robgski Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,817	Originally posted by rjbrett Dalek in red? I did not stick around long enough to find out, I jumped in the TARDIS and away I went.

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WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,138	Originally posted by noelcmn Colourful rubber bands It just struck my imagination that the rubber bands could almost pass for a miniature Chihuly work.

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