In 1944 Bill Milward was one of the soldiers involved in the D Day landings. He drove a DUKW across France and the Continent. My daughter-in-law Clare noticed he had a model of a DUKW and she thought it would be lovely to arrange a ride for him in one similar to what he drove during the D Day Landings. This culminated today when Bill was driven through the streets of Ashbourne with lots of people waving at him along the way. This DUKW had been made out of the remains of two others by a farmer.
Until recently Bill walked regularly but a bad knee meant arrangements had to be made for him to be lifted into the vehicle.
Two television stations and local radio interviewed him, the local newspapers advertised the event.
Just a few shots I managed to get fighting through the crowds!
Bill is a lovely old gentleman who will never forget the day with the DUKW and the reception he got from the town.

Canon 650D, 18-55 lens.

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I had run out of photo projects so I decided to do some work with the Nik Collection HDR Efex Pro 2. I reprocessed some old images from my Lightroom catalog and thought I rather liked what I saw. I know we frequently make negative comments about photos that are "overcooked". But what if overcooking is you goal. It's not for everyone to be sure but I thought it was fun to create images that look like they want to jump right off the wall. I doubt there is serious artistic merit in this work but your comments would be appreciated. Go easy on me, I'm only having fun.

#1 This is a street scene from Cartagena, Columbia. The original photo was pretty intense but the HDR sent it over the top.

#2 I called this one "Hollywood Alps". One or two days each year the skies of Los Angeles are super clear. This was one of those days. Canon 5D Mark II (since retired) with a 70-300 mm 20 year old lens.

#3 Hong Kong 2018 I think this is where a lot of the current protests are taking place. Camera was a Panasonic GX8 with a 12-60 mm lens.

#4 Windstar ship in the Adriatic 2017. This was a twilight shot approaching our cruise ship at Dubrovnik. I'm not posting the original but this is a significant improvement.

You are going to have to hit the download to get the intensity. Photos are out of order from the text.

Humm, why don't grade and HS text have storytelling photos like yours...

By way of education of me and others... EXIF on #1.... 1/1000 s. f=9, ISO 1000, no flash, Lens 2.8 100mm
So if we write those settings on a 3x5 card with a small print of one of your photos and label it Bees we will be able to have a good try at quality photos.

Itsnoelb, Consider that setting Plagiarism is a form of flattery and is an educational webinar in one line... We can only hope that our photos with camera settings turn out almost as good as yours.