Photography, Fiction, Travel, and Opinions.
During an August visit to Rend Lake, I saw several rocks with interesting textures, so I snapped a few photos. I should mention I processed these photos to accentuate the rocks' colors and features. The original RAW files are pretty bland (how I like my RAW files). For instance, here's one of the original files... Continue Reading →
A comment from oneowner had me detouring from wasting time with one thing to wasting time with another. Specifically — as the title of the post implies — processing a few old photos using current tools. In this case, photos of a train trestle originally snapped in 2012 and featured in this week's SmugMug Appreciation... Continue Reading →
Terraced Dreams The voting for Round 6 of the Title Writing Prompt Challenge closes at Noon, Tuesday, September 6th. If you are interested in reading the stories and voting, or if you've read the stories and have yet to vote, there's no time like the present. You can find the poll and stories links in... Continue Reading →
Endless Snake The stories for Round 6 went live late on Sunday evening. That means that by the next morning — when people woke up and frantically grabbed their phones to make sure they didn't miss anything unimportant — the links to the story posts were likely buried among tons of other links. Meaning, some... Continue Reading →
Endless Snake As a reminder, the voting for Round 5 of the Title Writing Prompt challenge closes at Noon, Tuesday, August 16th. That's in 5 days. If you are interested in reading the stories and voting, or if you've read the stories and have yet to vote, there's no time like the present. You can... Continue Reading →
Open Crossroads As a reminder, the voting for Round 5 of the Title Writing Prompt challenge closes at Noon, Tuesday, August 16th. That's in 10 days. If you are interested in reading the stories and voting, or if you've read the stories and have yet to vote, there's no time like the present. You can... Continue Reading →
No Match As a reminder, Round 4 of the Title Writing Prompt challenge closes at Noon, Tuesday, July 19th. If interested in reading the stories and voting, tomorrow and Sunday are good days to do so . . . 'cause you know Monday will be busy, and there's not enough time on Tuesday. You can... Continue Reading →
Organized Noodles As a reminder, Round 4 of the Title Writing Prompt challenge closes at Noon, Tuesday, July 19th. That's a week from today, so if you've been procrastinating, this is a gentle nudge to let you know tempus fugit. You can find the poll and stories links in THIS post if you have any... Continue Reading →
Frenzy The Round 4 stories went live this past Tuesday. As a reminder, Round 4 of the Title Writing Prompt challenge closes at Noon, Tuesday, July 19th. You can find the poll and stories links in THIS post. Now, then . . . . Photoshop Mix. As previously mentioned, the app was retired, but if... Continue Reading →
The SDS "Sloth" voting round has come to an end. Here's the updated logo . . . If you want to know more about the SDS challenge, THIS Post <<link explains it. If you want to read the Seven Deadly Sins stories submitted for the Sin of Sloth and see the results of the vote,... Continue Reading →
Just a quick post showing the results of a few minutes of playing around with Topaz Studio 2 and some plugins. In no particular order, I give you, Moon Artsified! All of these were from one single image, and it's me choosing some options and throwing some switches in Topaz Studio 2. Here's a gallery... Continue Reading →
The SDS "Pride" voting round has come to an end. Here's the updated logo . . . If you want to know more about the SDS challenge, THIS Post <<link explains it. If you want to read the Seven Deadly Sins stories submitted for the Sin of Pride and see the results of the vote,... Continue Reading →
This is a quick reminder that the voting for the SDS Challenge Pride Stories ends at Noon, January 6, 2022. We had a quick flurry of votes before it came to a screeching halt well short of our typical volume for this challenge . . . but, then, we still have seven days (six if... Continue Reading →
This is a quick reminder that the voting for the SDS Challenge Pride Stories is underway. If you are new to the SDS Challenge, a little background. Three writers will each write one story a month, going down the list of deadly sins. The stories can be anywhere from 666 words to 6,666 words in... Continue Reading →
Yes, I'm still around. For them wondering when the next SDS stories are going up, the estimate is the middle of the week . . . realistically, it'll likely be toward the end of the week. Meanwhile, some photos and variations thereof. All of the photos are from the Note 20 Ultra and other than... Continue Reading →
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