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Photo of the day: December 2011

Keleko said:
I really like the painted effect you used here. Did you use Topaz Simplify for this? The curly stylizing of the details reminds me of what Simply can do.
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Thanks for the kind comment.

Yes I used Topaz simplify and a few others. I also used pixel blender oil paint to get the curling effect.
 
Windmills

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Phrasikleia said:
These nice comments really put the pressure on me to live up to them. :eek: Really, thank you all so much for the encouragement. VirtualRain, the "half a dozen other things" should probably include psychosis, stubbornness, OCD, imprudence, recklessness, and delusion. ;)
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LOL! :D

Going for juxtaposition with the photo above here (oops fail... I took too long and now there's another photo above :eek:)... Some architecture in the old town of Dubrovnik and moments before this, the place was just swarming with tourists... and suddenly it cleared leaving what I presume are just a few locals taking a break (I thought the Sepia like tones suited this shot)

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Phrasikleia said:
^^^ Beautiful start to the month, Reef! I like the curving shape of the channel that leads us into the frame.


As for me...I found Atlantis...


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Yes, this is a genuine photograph, not a composite or fantasy creation. I learned this evening that fog can behave just like waves in the ocean, rolling in and crashing against the shore. It moves more slowly than water, but the effects are very similar. In this shot, you can see the closest 'wave' is breaking at the top, sending down some white spray. The 'surf' around the little village is where the last wave crashed already.
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Another great shot! I'm running out of things to tell you, as each shot after shot is so incredible!

I love watching time lapses of the fog like that, it always looks so fluid, something you can't see in person.
 
Phrasikleia said:
I learned this evening that fog can behave just like waves in the ocean, rolling in and crashing against the shore. It moves more slowly than water, but the effects are very similar. In this shot, you can see the closest 'wave' is breaking at the top, sending down some white spray. The 'surf' around the little village is where the last wave crashed already.
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Amazing shot. A bit strange you only learned so recently about fog acting like waves considering the amount of time spent in Berkeley. Right across the bay, incoming around SF, the GG Bridge, the Marin Headlands, Half Moon Bay and a really neat one is coming over the hills while driving North on 280 near Burlingame.

I"m not sure how to find and achieve anything close to what you've done here it is superb but, it can be fun to watch the fog roll in like breakers.
 
MacRy said:
Seeing as it's December now and I can sanction the use of Xmas decorations in our house :)

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Gingerbread man figure in a local shop. Taken on my new Olympus EPL1 with the 14-42mm M.Zuiko kit lens F5.4, 1/50, ISO 800 at 38mm
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I absolutely adore this photo. Beautiful colours and focus. Thanks for sharing :)
 
Doylem said:
Spectacular...
When I uploaded this unremarkable shot to Alamy, I couldn't imagine anyone buying it... ever.

Sold this morning... :D

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I really need to start uploading there again...I have a bunch of shots that I can't imagine anyone ever buying! ;) I can see how this one of yours would be useful as stock, though; it's an excellent example of wall construction with field stones, and it's just a really attractive detail that would look nice alongside some sweeping vistas in a tourist guide.

mackmgg said:
Another great shot! I'm running out of things to tell you, as each shot after shot is so incredible!

I love watching time lapses of the fog like that, it always looks so fluid, something you can't see in person.
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Thanks, mackmgg. :) I appreciate hearing whatever you have to say. It's true, you can't quite see the full action of the fog in person, but you can see it move, and now I'm even getting better at predicting what it's going to do. I can see humps in it and know that it's a wave coming. I had a lot of fun on Wednesday evening (yet again) watching this one wave come in sideways along a scene I was shooting. It took about 10 minutes for it to pass me. Pretty cool to see.

H2Ockey said:
Amazing shot. A bit strange you only learned so recently about fog acting like waves considering the amount of time spent in Berkeley. Right across the bay, incoming around SF, the GG Bridge, the Marin Headlands, Half Moon Bay and a really neat one is coming over the hills while driving North on 280 near Burlingame.

I"m not sure how to find and achieve anything close to what you've done here it is superb but, it can be fun to watch the fog roll in like breakers.
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Yeah, I even lived right in San Francisco for about five years and never photographed fog there (though, then I was into painting, not photography). I definitely saw plenty of moving fog, especially along 280, where it comes pouring down over the hills and onto the highway. I never noticed waves, though; to me it just looked like a big flowing mass. And in Berkeley you can't really see it move at all because the city is covered in it. I suppose there might be some way to get above the fog in the Berkeley hills...if only I had the time and the transportation to do so. ::::sigh:::::
 
Today was my town's Christmas parade. I took pictures throughout the parade. I particularly liked this guy I saw warming up early in the cold morning before the parade started as he waited for the rest of his band.

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