Wow ! What a great project...

Wow ! What a great project...
I was searching for a (non-clickbait) link to the NY Public Library book-train when I found this site. Not just a good photos link but a fascinating BTS story too.
http://undergroundnewyorkpubliclibrary.com/

I am moved sometimes by great #grateartwednesday pictures. I see some awesome images on the Grate Art Wednesday page. I think Gary Posner and David Washington would agree though that it's pretty cool when you get literally moved by the actual grates themselves...

I am moved sometimes by great #grateartwednesday  pictures. I see some awesome images on the Grate Art Wednesday page. I think Gary Posner and David Washington would agree though that it's pretty cool when you get literally moved by the actual grates themselves...
Also, who else feels like grabbing a hotdog for lunch ?

#wordlessonwednesday

#wordlessonwednesday

From a family reunion last weekend. This is Cody. (see link)

From a family reunion last weekend. This is Cody. (see link)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfdYq2ILkCU

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I've thought about renting cameras or lenses or other fancy equipment for a photoshoot before. This was the first time I ever thought about renting shoes though.

I've thought about renting cameras or lenses or other fancy equipment for a photoshoot before. This was the first time I ever thought about renting shoes though.

Originally shared by ted kelly

WPP2016 - Week 39 - Unsharp or Blur
Shucks, since almost none of my pictures are sharp, this should be right up my alley. But what to do, what to do ? I had to wait for the right idea to strike my fancy. It took me a gazillion tries to get this one, so the whole day is just a blur in my memory. I do however have plenty of pictures to spare.
+Ken Fowkes, Alen Ianni , Tim Kennedy , Robyn King , Rob Masters , Bernhard Rembold , Byron Sheldrick , Francesco Scaglioni , Alicia Smith , Grandma Snyder , Navin Upendran and Mary Wardell

#WPP2016
#WPP2016-Wk-39-Unsharp--or--Blur

WPP2016 - Week 39 - Unsharp or Blur

WPP2016 - Week 39 - Unsharp or Blur
Shucks, since almost none of my pictures are sharp, this should be right up my alley. But what to do, what to do ? I had to wait for the right idea to strike my fancy. It took me a gazillion tries to get this one, so the whole day is just a blur in my memory. I do however have plenty of pictures to spare.
+Ken Fowkes, Alen Ianni , Tim Kennedy , Robyn King , Rob Masters , Bernhard Rembold , Byron Sheldrick , Francesco Scaglioni , Alicia Smith , Grandma Snyder , Navin Upendran and Mary Wardell

#WPP2016
#WPP2016-Wk-39-Unsharp--or--Blur

Who knows what the little round button on the floor is for ?

Who knows what the little round button on the floor is for ?
Why, it's for #circleshapesmonday  of course...
Circle Shapes Monday

They just don't make them like this anymore. RustySunday #rustysunday Gary Posner

They just don't make them like this anymore. RustySunday  #rustysunday  Gary Posner

#sacredsunday Hats off to Saint Veronica - the original "street" photographer and photojournalist. She is the Patron Saint of photographers, and is memorialized on the sixth Station of the Cross She famously took the only known picture of Jesus.

#sacredsunday Hats off to Saint Veronica - the original "street" photographer and photojournalist. She is the Patron Saint of photographers, and is memorialized on the sixth Station of the Cross She famously took the only known picture of Jesus.
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1953

Local Truck and Tractor Show - This one sounded as good as it looked.

Local Truck and Tractor Show - This one sounded as good as it looked.

If you want some coolness on a hot and muggy day~ nothing is cooler that the bowling alley. That is, until Captain "Show-off" Kirk beams your pins up.

If you want some coolness on a hot and muggy day~ nothing is cooler that the bowling alley. That is, until Captain "Show-off" Kirk beams your pins up.
(A little sparkle and color added via GIMP)

Bowling with Scotty ?

Bowling with Scotty ?
#AlienAbductionFriday
Alex Lapidus
Heiko Mahr
Janice Hackney
Jetski
Alien Abduction Friday

#wordlessonwednesday

#wordlessonwednesday

oops - I forgot to share this here ???

oops - I forgot to share this here ???

Originally shared by ted kelly

WPP2016 - Week 37 - Celebration
I give up. Here's my best shot.
On a lighter note: Now I feel like celebrating !
+Ken Fowkes, Alen Ianni , Tim Kennedy , Robyn King , Rob Masters , Bernhard Rembold , Byron Sheldrick , Francesco Scaglioni , Alicia Smith , Grandma Snyder , Navin Upendran and Mary Wardell

#WPP2016
#WPP2016-Wk-37-Celebration

Up~Down~ whatever...

Up~Down~ whatever...

Originally shared by ted kelly

Horizontal check - but which way is up ?
WPP2016 - Week 38 - Horizontal or vertical

+Ken Fowkes, Alen Ianni , Tim Kennedy , Robyn King , Rob Masters , Bernhard Rembold , Byron Sheldrick , Francesco Scaglioni , Alicia Smith , Grandma Snyder , Navin Upendran and Mary Wardell

#WPP2016
#WPP2016-Wk-38-Horizontal-or-vertical

Horizontal check - but which way is up ?

Horizontal check - but which way is up ?
WPP2016 - Week 38 - Horizontal or vertical

+Ken Fowkes, Alen Ianni , Tim Kennedy , Robyn King , Rob Masters , Bernhard Rembold , Byron Sheldrick , Francesco Scaglioni , Alicia Smith , Grandma Snyder , Navin Upendran and Mary Wardell

#WPP2016
#WPP2016-Wk-38-Horizontal-or-vertical

I just couldn't find anything to celebrate.

I just couldn't find anything to celebrate.
Thanks Miami Dolphins...

Originally shared by ted kelly

WPP2016 - Week 37 - Celebration
I give up. Here's my best shot.
On a lighter note: Now I feel like celebrating !
+Ken Fowkes, Alen Ianni , Tim Kennedy , Robyn King , Rob Masters , Bernhard Rembold , Byron Sheldrick , Francesco Scaglioni , Alicia Smith , Grandma Snyder , Navin Upendran and Mary Wardell

#WPP2016
#WPP2016-Wk-37-Celebration

WPP2016 - Week 37 - Celebration

WPP2016 - Week 37 - Celebration
I give up. Here's my best shot.
On a lighter note: Now I feel like celebrating !
+Ken Fowkes, Alen Ianni , Tim Kennedy , Robyn King , Rob Masters , Bernhard Rembold , Byron Sheldrick , Francesco Scaglioni , Alicia Smith , Grandma Snyder , Navin Upendran and Mary Wardell

#WPP2016
#WPP2016-Wk-37-Celebration

Wiki Loves Monuments is an annual international photo competition where participants capture cultural heritage monuments and upload their photographs to Wikipedia.

Wiki Loves Monuments is an annual international photo competition where participants capture cultural heritage monuments and upload their photographs to Wikipedia.
Did I mention the CA$H prizes ?
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_in_the_United_States

I don't usually go looking for #circleshapesmonday shots but when I do...

I don't usually go looking for #circleshapesmonday  shots but when I do...
Stay circled my friends @ Circle Shapes Monday

I went to Sparta Tenn. for the Upper Cumberland Air Show today. My take away observations:

I went to Sparta Tenn. for the Upper Cumberland Air Show today. My take away observations:
Ask nicely and sometimes they let you park right by the gate instead of a mile away. So, no waiting in a line for the shuttle bus !
It's always a nice surprise when the gate person says, "Oh no, don't bother walking all the way over there to buy a ticket. Here's a spare wristband and you just go right in".
Action photography is really hard. This was good practice though.
Folks around here clean up after themselves. Also, it you leave your homemade beanbag on a garbage can for forty five minutes they don't steal it, toss it in the can or on the ground. It's still there when you go back by. (I use it to steady the camera)
They let you bring in bags, chairs (in bags), cameras (in bags), blankets and coolers and stuff - right out to the flightline.
Finally, it was way cool when one of them flew his plane through a ribbon stretched across the runway about eight feet up. The pilot really worked it too. A couple of very low, very fast and very close passes to get our attention and he came on the PA over the radio and said he was going to cut the ribbon NOW. Well, I was expecting low and fast but what was just, well, unexpected ? He came in upside down.

When four women working together at a Tempe photography shop noticed how much harder it was for women to be regarded as the artist behind a photograph rather than the subject, they decided to do something about it.

When four women working together at a Tempe photography shop noticed how much harder it was for women to be regarded as the artist behind a photograph rather than the subject, they decided to do something about it.
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2016/09/15/arizona-women-team-up-change-focus-photography/90096738/

Happy #goaturday !

Happy #goaturday  !
https://weather.com/series/health-minute/video/could-goat-yoga-be-the-next-fitness-craze

I was prop hunting at the Dollar Tree today and picked up a wide angle lens for my phone. It works better than I expected. Just don't try to use the flash.

I was prop hunting at the Dollar Tree today and picked up a wide angle lens for my phone. It works better than I expected. Just don't try to use the flash.

Who said there ain't no such thing ?

Who said there ain't no such thing ?
(as a free lunch, that is)
#tanstaafl  
Oh, and check out the address - lol

I haven't shared a #stairsthursday picture in ages and ages. So I decided to just get my toes wet and take a dam shot already...

I haven't shared a #stairsthursday  picture in ages and ages. So I decided to just get my toes wet and take a dam shot already...
The Locks at Cordell Hull Dam for Stairs Thursday 
\O/ <---- me waving at Liz MC

#wordlessonwednesday

#wordlessonwednesday

It got a little windy and a lot of rainy so I pulled off the road today. I found a way to park and shoot out my (open) window and hoped for some lightning.

It got a little windy and a lot of rainy so I pulled off the road today. I found a way to park and shoot out my (open) window and hoped for some lightning.
No luck on the lightning but there were some sparks across the street. If only I'd been looking left instead of up...

This #circleshapesmonday picture is definitely not pointless.

This #circleshapesmonday  picture is definitely not pointless.
Circle Shapes Monday

This is a free series of lectures that I'm going through now. It's pretty heavy but really easy to follow. Lots of good stuff here !

This is a free series of lectures that I'm going through now. It's pretty heavy but really easy to follow. Lots of good stuff here !
https://sites.google.com/site/marclevoylectures/home

Reposting this because I'm a couple of lesson in now and it's really good. I'm weak in the math but still able to follow along easily. So far there have been bunches and bunches of "AHA !" moments and I'd strongly recommend all my "photo" folks to dig right in with me.

Reposting this because I'm a couple of lesson in now and it's really good. I'm weak in the math but still able to follow along easily. So far there have been bunches and bunches of "AHA !" moments and I'd strongly recommend all my "photo" folks to dig right in with me.
https://sites.google.com/site/marclevoylectures/home

Originally shared by ted kelly

Originally shared by ted kelly


Confucius says - Good kitty litter does not a good sand castle make..
Brother Theo says- it makes a darn nice zen garden though.
Princess Lizzie says - Daddy needs a good shrink.

I probably would have just run this through some app and been perfectly happy but my old laptop running Vista won't let me any more.
This is all done in GIMP with the Charcoal filter coming from G'MIC.

First, scoop up all the hidden treasure. Then add a nice fresh layer and shake it/smooth and rake it. Only then realize that all the fancy lines and stuff aren't showing up in the picture. Fix that with a lasso tool from GIMP and a gradient that's radient er, radial and then turn it into a charcoal sketch with G'MIC.
I added the text and fiddled with the perspective, trying for a cinematic effect and then brought the colors back with a copy of the original with the layer mode set to color. Finally, I boosted them a little and brought the contrast up a bit for a "graphic illustration" look.

Comments including critiques and marginally related topics are required. Thanks in advance. (examples below)
"I would have done it different", or "Life is like a big box of cat turds" or "that looks like tree rings, do you like ice cream" ?

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Confucius says - Good kitty litter does not a good sand castle make..
Brother Theo says- it makes a darn nice zen garden though.
Princess Lizzie says - Daddy needs a good shrink.

I probably would have just run this through some app and been perfectly happy but my old laptop running Vista won't let me any more.
This is all done in GIMP with the Charcoal filter coming from G'MIC.

First, scoop up all the hidden treasure. Then add a nice fresh layer and shake it/smooth and rake it. Only then realize that all the fancy lines and stuff aren't showing up in the picture. Fix that with a lasso tool from GIMP and a gradient that's radient er, radial and then turn it into a charcoal sketch with G'MIC.
I added the text and fiddled with the perspective, trying for a cinematic effect and then brought the colors back with a copy of the original with the layer mode set to color. Finally, I boosted them a little and brought the contrast up a bit for a "graphic illustration" look.

Comments including critiques and marginally related topics are required. Thanks in advance. (examples below)
"I would have done it different", or "Life is like a big box of cat turds" or "that looks like tree rings, do you like ice cream" ?

Confucius says - Good kitty litter does not a good sand castle make..

Confucius says - Good kitty litter does not a good sand castle make..
Brother Theo says- it makes a darn nice zen garden though.
Princess Lizzie says - Daddysan needs a good shrink.

My artistic choices are limited since my laptop runs Vista and now my favorite editors quit working. So this is all done in GIMP with the Charcoal filter coming from G'MIC.

First, scoop up all the hidden treasure. Then add a nice fresh layer and shake it/smooth and rake it. Only then realize that all the fancy lines and stuff aren't showing up in the picture. Fix that with a lasso tool from GIMP and a gradient that's radient er, radial and then turn it into a charcoal sketch with G'MIC.
I added the text and fiddled with the perspective, trying for a cinematic effect and then brought the colors back with a copy of the original with the layer mode set to color. Finally, I boosted them a little and brought the contrast up a bit for a "graphic illustration" look.

Comments including critiques and marginally related topics are required. Thanks in advance. (examples below)
"I would have done it different", or "Life is like a big box of cat turds" or "that looks like tree rings, do you like ice cream" ?