Woke up to a -18F temp, -46F windchill 40% humidity inside and THIS!

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Good morning to all. Didn't want another day to pass without a Daily so I managed to find one more image from the last trip to share.

Got news a couple of days ago that our travel trailer is ready for pickup, so we will be traveling to Knoxville next week to get it. Knoxville is just far enough away that we don't want to try to do it in one day, so we will go up one day and stay in a nearby hotel, then get an early start back  home the next.

I met a friend yesterday afternoon (the one I went to Kerrville with) for a couple of margaritas and to catch up on news. He is going to be heading to Colorado in a couple of weeks to their condo in Telluride to ski for a few weeks. It was good to catch up.

Here is one more shroom from the trip I mentioned. What caught my eye was the little fuzzy growth just to the right. Not sure what that was.

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Good morning all - start of another week. Only a couple more to go in this year... A chilly morning here with a temp of 30F. First time below freezing I think for this season.

Got home yesterday from a little trip to visit DW's sister and BIL. Small family gathering. Nephew tested positive for Covid so he couldn't come but fortunately he found out before the gathering. I didn't even take my cameras with me so no photos to share this morning. Hope all had a good weekend.

Sorry guys, busy making cookies. Have a great weekend! These will be tossed in powdered sugar. More info and another shot in the food thread. 

   

Good Morning all.

Here is another image taken recently. This was shot during a walk through "Amserdamse Bos" (Amsterdam's Forest). I didn't expect much from the shot when I captured it, but later, looking at the thumbnail in Lightroom, I suddenly realized that it had potential. I only added the lady from the hotel reception, after exchanging her white coat for a red one  .

   

Have a good day.

regards - Pete

Good day, everyone.

As you know my typical floral style involves the COI bathed in light, emerging from a dark background. I decided to try something different so I went to my archives for an image suitable for a higher-key type of processing, and found one from March 2017...

   

I hope all in the eastern half of the US are getting through the bad weather.

Good morning all.  Cool and rainy here this morning.

It's hump day and pretty soon this year will be over.

Here are probably the last three images from our little trip down to SE Georgia and NE Florida. It wasn't really a photo trip but I did get a few. We stopped by a National Wildlife Refuge on the way down - nothing much to see but a few gators and some Wood Storks. Here is a big gator chilling out on a log. I shot several mushrooms, and this one turned out OK. And I can't pass up a shot like the last one. Looks soft here but it is actually pretty sharp.

I'll check in later to see who has shown up.

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Today brings the first of two semi-final matches in the World Cup: Argentina (ranked #3) vs Croatia (#12). It's likely the last chance to win the World Cup for Argentina's Lional Messi, regarded by many as the best player ever. I suppose Argentian is favored, but Croatia has been playing very well. I'm thinking Argentina will win in a low scoring game. Game time is 11:00 a.m. PST on FOX.

The second semi-final is tomorrow at 11:00 a.m PST: France (#4) vs Morocco (#22). France is the favorite, but Morocco has overachieved by drawing with Croatia, beating Belgium (#2), and beating Canada (#41) in group play, then trouncing Spain (#7), and edging out Portugal (#9) in the knock-out stages. A Morocco win wouldn't surprise me. Tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. PST, on FOX.

The losers of these two semi-finals will play each other in a consolation match on Saturday to determine who gets 3rd and 4th. The winners meet in the Championship game on Sunday.

During a walk yesterday after an overnight rain, I spotted a nice pink rose...

   

Still struggling to understand why some of my images look over-saturated, I made three versions: one was clearly a bit garishr, one appeared to have relatively lifeless and pale colors. The one above is between these two in color intensity.

Hi Folks

I decided to start the Daily by adding a few more recent images. (As MFI and Dave have pointed out, it certainly seem quiet here on FF these days.)

We went to Bruges the weekend before last, and I took a few early morning shots. Here are three that I edited - they're now in the contemplation stage.

The first is one of the main streets. During the day one could hardly move down the street due to the number of people! I was expecting the decorative lights above the road to be lit all night, but they obviously switched them off at some time.

   

This next image is a shot of the "Our Lady of the Church Museum", one of the local tourist attractions. The lady here is actually someone I photographed in the hotel reception area the next morning, but it seemed like a good idea to add a lady. I think I may have gone a bit overboard on the colours! What do you think?

   

This last image is a shot of another famous Bruges scene. I'm not sure what it's called offhand, but it appears in most descriptions of photographic tours of the area. This image is a composite of three raw images.

   

C&C welcomed as usual.

regards - Pete

Hello to All,
Don't want to let this weekend go by without a daily.
I will be busy all day searching through photos, looking for ones that are good enough to include in the 20 images we have been asked to share for our local Photo club's Christmas party that is will be this Thursday.  So, far, I have a total of 8 that I will be sharing.  Since I have not taken many photos lately, the pickin's are slim.  

Here is one that I may include in my bundle.  The intensity of the colors was done on purpose. 
Have a blessed Sunday,

LORELL

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