Birddogman
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I have three entries. Absent the stories that go along with them, here they are again:
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*** Mini Challenge 677 *** Abstracts
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I have three entries. Absent the stories that go along with them, here they are again:
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Greg
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digitcallous
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Very cleverly done, David.
Kit
Kit
digitcallous
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Lord of the Rings?
Kit
Kit
digitcallous
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All very original, Greg!
Kit
Kit
abiquiuense
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Yep. Saw that.Thank you David and it is in Erik's eye you will find me with camera in hand.Another nice one. Two unique contributions. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. (Without checking; "Ezti[?]")
abiquiuense
Regards,
David
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abiquiuense
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Great! I've relabled your heading, for my notes.???
I have three entries. Absent the stories that go along with them, here they are again:
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Greg
abiquiuense
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Sometimes I reserve Sundays for reflection. Time to place one foot out the door.
"Aconitum," or, Monk's Hood.
You are at liberty to abstract it; artfully.
Catch yous later,
abiquiuense
"Aconitum," or, Monk's Hood.
You are at liberty to abstract it; artfully.
Catch yous later,
abiquiuense
Birddogman
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Thanks!
Birddogman
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OK
travelfoodphoto
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An interesting idea for a challenge, David.
I did my share of artsy/abstract images during my semi-hippie days as a disgruntled combat vet living in southern Germany long ago. Since these are very old, all I have is photos of old prints and some of the images from those days might not meet DPReview's family friendly rules. In my defense, I was young and it was a different place and time; and a very different culture among the ex-pat veterans who were utterly fearless and felt they had absolutely nothing to lose. "What the **** are they gonna do - send me to Vietnam???" was a common theme.
I don't think there should be a rules problem at all with this one; and I kinda like it because it transposes the ragged, rough street sign espousing revolution in French with soft smoothness and life. This was done long before digital by a double exposure with my old 6x6cm Rollei.
Entries:
I must admit that I'm not much into abstracts these days - mostly use my photographs to tell stories or have a viewer feel what I feel when I'm doing something. So, these more recent efforts are very likely not worthy of being included in this challenge.
Wildflower:
Just in case anyone is interested, this was done by combing the wildflower image with a texture palate that consisted of three combined images of the three levels of my little brook: (1) the surface with sun reflections and shadows of overhead trees; (2) the leaves in the flowing water itself; and (3) the rocks on the bottom of the brook. This is the three-level texture image that was added to the flower (neither an entry nor an exhibit):
Emma Noir - my granddaughter (now a Marine Corps vet) during her high school class play:
Exhibits:
Leaf litter on the forest floor
Lone wildflower in huge meadow:
Precursor of fall:
My beloved Maggie ascending a trail in my woods to the light just before she died:
Wood texture:
Sunset over the Hartman farm:
Maggie and Chase afield for pheasants in the Pennsylvania Dutch uplands on a perfect fall day:
I guess that I've wasted your time enough for now.
Greg
Greg,
Maggie "into the light" is just too beautiful!
TFP
Birddogman
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You are very kind. She was a big part of my soul. Still is.
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Thank you very much!Ya.
Yep. From here also. ................................................................................ Yas, sir. Here too.
If it has stripes, it's probably a skunk. And, that green streak is prolly the dude from the midWest who "works" in El Conresso, or the green flash. I loved you canyon sequence. Absolutely jealous.
Ya, it evokes introspection.
For me it's always exhibits, sorry.
KB
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DNSJR
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thank you David, glad you enjoyed it
Thank you David.Very nice, David. I stayed looking for an entire minute. Thank you for your entry. Keep them coming.
David
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Regards,
David
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened - Anatole France.
Thank you Kit.
Regards,
David
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edform
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I try hard, and I am disgraceful, but you're not exactly a delicate flower yourself!That is sick. Otravez de alcahuete. Children raised in cultures of poverty use a pelota, which when bounced sounds "gueca/hollow", and which ball is aimed so as to sail it into a hoop, constructed from a metal, wine barrel hoop, which could be nailed to a board on a ten foot pole, and which when it's a "free shot," accrues points ranging from two, all the way, to three. I advise you not to etymologize ball into a stem, which when it is affixed with a prefix, and a reflexive suffix signifies whole t'other meaning, ergo, giving rise to my question which went unanswered.Depending on who you read, it's either a place about 100miles north of the River Tyne or somewhere in Les Pays Bas. Your game sounds a bit more like Pelota, which, with all those dastardly Spainyards [sic] about , would make sense.That would be the river where golf was invented? Spain and England have made tsunamis of expressions. My best guess here, is intimated in the game called "chueco." Obtain skunk bush; shave, carefully mold an end into a curve, smoke over charcoals, until it doesn't spring back. Then, when ready, form a ball, and compete for a community party; looser buys. There is no clear link. This activity might be aztequense or mayonense.I never ever got the moody blues, but on the earlier question, in the UK the area on the east side from the river Tees up to the border with Scotland is collectively called The North East.Cool, but don't stop posting in the meantime. What NE? Isn't that a lot of water? Vermont is myNE. Never been there, but, from the autumn colors, that I see here, it's a rival to mySW.We're making a trip to the North East at the end of August; I'll take some representative photos while we're there.I have "Maps," the app. Nice view the rivers from the altitude of a C-130. Bring us a view from the grassroots.That's from a different set of works - big style Russian communist propaganda. The work I tried to poke fun at is Globetrotter in Time from a collection of 10 lithographs called Victory Over the Sun any of which I would happily hang at home, but all of which are pretentious tripe as representations of their titles - hence the pun about realism breaking free.Wanna hear a joke using the old Arabic word?It is indeed difficult to abandon a known factor, and thence, I think, enable creativity. I have a local artist to illustrate, in your honor.
He did no such thing! Sinverguenza y alcahuete. He got sicker than a dog.
The work is unfinished because the artist fell to his death while negotiating a free transform in Photoshop... :-D
BTW; awesome regionalisms. Something needs to be done about cross-cultural understanding. I think that I've pinpointed your barrio/borough.We'll after about 10 hours of work, mostly getting it wrong and having to start again, feeling sick as a chip was not unreasonable.
"Beat the Whites With the Red Wedge" is interesting in that it can compel a challenge.
My Barrio is Jarrow, on Tyne but sick as a chip is more like Sunderland on the River Wear.
go Now. (Music link at own risk, oooo tooob)
I find golf balls today, along the river, where myCamera captured that awesome double rainbow of mine. I found multiple pieces of wood, from "Edge; Colorado Plateau." I'm joshing you about my innocent golf "gossip." Of course.
My first real job, before college, involved building a nine-hole golf course, just down the road. Built a putting green, lake, hazards, the works, but, no one played after I left. Had it all to myself. I invited "the plebes," who had a blast, until the developer found us partying.
I saw a herd of bull elk there last winter. They were sparring on myGolfCourse, of course. I charge for droll.
"Wanna hear a joke using the old Arabic word?"
"SIC." Spelled in context?
Another culture of poverty engineered the age old question; "Wanna play some hoops?" We would view the games after Thanksgiving dinner, and race outside, in the snow, to play Basque (t) Ball. Kareem Abdul Jabaar was my favorite. I don't believe the Celtics /keltics/ existed yet. You might differ to my pendatism, in which case, we would need a referee.
BTW; we also used a hoop from Conestoga wagon axles. A different, line of reasoning ensues in deference to another, ethnically distinct culture of poverty.
And, so, I beg, a challenge composed of pics illustrating cultures of poverty. Mix them up.
On a seriously humorous note, this a.m., I read one of those, fifty item lists of how, yous folks, across myEasternmost ocean, identify any of our 350,000,000 co-citizens: pick one; Diet, costuming, social mores, architecture, or, language.
Question; how would you recognize me in a crowd, on The Tees, hmmmmm? Yes, you know I'm out there, somewhere. Ah, ha, ha, ha, . . . .
Later, gotta go close the thread, and get to work deciding which among my favorites, is the most favorite. You are in competition for the DM.
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