Posts: Bob Yankle | Ugly Hedgehog

Sep 15, 2022 11:13:19 #

Water Environments

I am completely at home in the water or on the water. I have been a WSI (Water Safety Instructor - basically a swimming teacher), a Waterfront Director and Waterfront Director Trainer, with some mad skills in swimming, canoeing, rowing, sailing, snorkeling and scuba diving.

I retired from the U.S. Navy after a 20 year career - LOTS of water. For exercise, I swam 2 kilometers per day, and have participated in the 2.4 mile Open Ocean Swim portion of the Iron Man Competition, finishing near-last, but going the distance.

As a kid, I would play outside in the rain, splashing in puddles. If there is water nearby, in any form, I want to be there. And although I am not into selfies, you may even see me in my favorite environment somewhere below.

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Sep 14, 2022 13:48:09 #

That view of the Eiffel Tower opens a lot of eyes about how large it really is.

Sep 14, 2022 12:03:30 #

StanMac wrote:

All great street shots, Bob. These look like some sort of printing technique - lithographs maybe? What App did you use in Post Processing?

Stan

Stan, please scroll up through this thread.. I told how I did it earlier.

Sep 14, 2022 07:46:10 #

Magical Visions

Putting the Manfrotto tripod-mounted Canon 70-200mm L series lens (Canon 7D MKII) through its paces at Plantmasters Nursery in Suttons Bay, northern Michigan.. It was one of the very few times I lugged that heavy rig around on a photo shoot, but the results were certainly worth the effort!

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Sep 13, 2022 20:23:50 #

A Horse, a Horse, My Kingdom for a Horse

Banastre Tarleton reenactor and horse.

Horseman from the Battle at Guilford Courthose, Greensboro, NC

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Sep 13, 2022 12:07:08 #

Choose 1

Nr. 2 by a wide margin.

Sep 13, 2022 11:52:38 #

The most repeated effect was to bring the original image into Topaz Simplify, Line and Ink, [Black Line Only], then use blending mode to give subjects a slight black outline, but retaining most of the color.. Secondly I made selections of the main subjects to increase color, saturation and contrast, then reversed the selection to darken, desaturate and lower contrast to background. Lastly, I applied a Grunge texture from Smart Photo Editor Studio, blended at just enough opacity to suggest a hint of discoloration.

Sep 13, 2022 07:28:43 #

It's the very thing to do.

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Sep 12, 2022 10:46:04 #

Effort versus Ease

jrvinson45 wrote:

I hear that. I took one step off the curb at a loc... (show quote)

I call that black treatment the Barebones Effect.

Sep 12, 2022 10:09:22 #

A Horse, a Horse, My Kingdom for a Horse

Red Sky At Night wrote:

I’m curious where you are getting your photos? The picture of the palomino mare is my horse and that is my photo. It hangs in the entryway of my home.

I apologize profusely Red Sky At Night. I may have downloaded your image from UHH years ago and it was probably in my archives. I may have mistook it for horse photos my sister sends me from Michigan. If you want, I will contact Admin and ask him to remove it from my thread. I had no intention of hijacking your images. Again, I apologize.

Sep 12, 2022 07:30:15 #