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Three Day Weekend, February 17, 2022 ~ The Creative Arts Group of TheNewstalkers

  
By:  A. Macarthur  •  2 years ago  •  60 comments


Three Day Weekend, February 17, 2022 ~ The Creative Arts Group of TheNewstalkers
 

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A. Macarthur
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1  author  A. Macarthur    2 years ago

It's time!

 
 
 
shona1
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1.1  shona1  replied to  A. Macarthur @1    2 years ago

A/noon Mac..

Love the photo of the sunset..and the birds flying over head..

Hope all going well with you and Mrs Mac..

I am off for a walk along the beach...

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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1.1.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  shona1 @1.1    2 years ago

Thanks for the good wishes Shona, hope you are doing well yourself.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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1.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @1    2 years ago

Nice colours on that fishing silhouette.

 
 
 
Kavika
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2  Kavika     2 years ago

Kayaking on the Silver River, it was difficult to get the manatee to pose for photos.

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shona1
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2.1  shona1  replied to  Kavika @2    2 years ago

A/noon..

Dugongs one of my favourites...

Great photos Kavika..

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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2.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Kavika @2    2 years ago

I did some kayaking at my lakeside home, but my kayak certainly wasn't as decorative as that one.  In all the time(s) I spent in Florida, I don't remember ever seeing a manatee.  

 
 
 
shona1
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3  shona1    2 years ago

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Rock formations on the cliff face here..

I did not take this photo...

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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3.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  shona1 @3    2 years ago

Interesting formations.  Do you think they're natural or man-made?

 
 
 
shona1
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3.1.1  shona1  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @3.1    2 years ago

Morning Buzz...no it is all natural...there are limestone, sandstone and basalt cliffs all around here..

Over thousands of years the sun, sea and rain erode the cliffs... there is even a petrified forest where you can still see the remains of tree trunks in the ground. They are so old they have turned to stone..

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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3.1.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  shona1 @3.1.1    2 years ago

When I was a kid my parents on a trip south toured the American Petrified Forest and brought me a piece of petrified wood as a souvenir.  I don't know if they broke any laws by doing so, or any legendary taboos like I did by bringing home a piece of lava rock from Hawaii.

 
 
 
Kavika
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3.2  Kavika   replied to  shona1 @3    2 years ago

Beautiful.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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4  Buzz of the Orient    2 years ago

Just an odd collection of photos taken over the years, some of which you've probably seen before.

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Kavika
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4.1  Kavika   replied to  Buzz of the Orient @4    2 years ago

I love the photo of the mountainside.

 
 
 
Kavika
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5  Kavika     2 years ago

Morning sunrise, Stone Creek, Ocala FL.

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Buzz of the Orient
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5.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Kavika @5    2 years ago

You had to live through a cloudy day?  Surely it cleared by noon.

 
 
 
evilone
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6  evilone    2 years ago

Dusk from the hillside 

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Kavika
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6.1  Kavika   replied to  evilone @6    2 years ago

That's a beauty, EG.

 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
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7  Hal A. Lujah    2 years ago

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Mundane photo in my kitchen, testing out the new iPhone.  Maybe I should should work for Martha Stewart’s advertising department.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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7.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Hal A. Lujah @7    2 years ago

A really fine still life!

 
 
 
Kavika
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7.2  Kavika   replied to  Hal A. Lujah @7    2 years ago

I want some of those cookies.

 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
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7.2.1  Hal A. Lujah  replied to  Kavika @7.2    2 years ago

Too late.  (urp!)  The wife makes a fine Nestle Tollhouse chocolate chip cookie.

 
 
 
shona1
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7.2.2  shona1  replied to  Hal A. Lujah @7.2.1    2 years ago

Morning Hal ..very nice kitchen and biscuits...put the kettle on for a cuppa, I will be right over...

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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7.3  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Hal A. Lujah @7    2 years ago

It's before breakfast here, and you just caused big pangs in my stomach. 

 
 
 
Gsquared
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8  Gsquared    2 years ago

 For Presidents' Day --

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Dig
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8.1  Dig  replied to  Gsquared @8    2 years ago

Nice photo. Somewhere in New England? I think I have an old jigsaw puzzle of that coastal town, or one very similar.

Is that a historical sailing ship, G?

 
 
 
Gsquared
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8.1.1  Gsquared  replied to  Dig @8.1    2 years ago

Hi, Dig.  Thanks!   I took the photo in Rockport, Massachusetts, which was a really great place to visit.

I don't remember the specifics of that ship, but it seems like everything there is historic!  I have a lot of color photos from there, also.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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9  author  A. Macarthur    2 years ago

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Raven Wing
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10  Raven Wing    2 years ago

My contribution for this week........

 
 
 
shona1
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10.1  shona1  replied to  Raven Wing @10    2 years ago

Morning Raven..

Love the colours, has a feeling of peace and serenity about it...

Hope your project is going well and you are taking time out for yourself and Yoda..

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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10.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Raven Wing @10    2 years ago

You may think my comment a little strange, but I think that by putting the birds in the picture you added motion and life to the woman who appears to be still and meditating. 

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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10.2.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @10.2    2 years ago

Will see it differently; the birds are a foil to the contemplative stillness of the subject, and, by that contrast, emphasize. the subjects apparent moment of deep introspection, when thought rather than action constitutes the moment's significance.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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10.2.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @10.2.1    2 years ago

I prefer your interpretation to mine. 

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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10.2.3  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @10.2.2    2 years ago

One other function of the birds, that being visual; their placement prevents the viewer's eye from leaving the frame. It's somewhat similar in function to a repoussoir element … although spatially in the background rather than foreground. And the birds also add a plane implying a layer of distance.

In two-dimensional works of  art , such as  painting , printmaking, photography or bas-relief,  repoussoir  is an object along the right or left foreground that ...
 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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10.2.4  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @10.2.3    2 years ago

When I first saw the picture, my eye went very quickly to the birds, which is why I tried to make them an issue in my comment.  I also thought of "balsnce" at the time.

 
 
 
Raven Wing
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10.3  Raven Wing  replied to  Raven Wing @10    2 years ago

Thank you all for your very kind words. I so wish I could spend more time with you all, but, clocks don't stop running, and I am truly exhausted.

Please know I miss you all, and being here with you. The project is taking more time than I had hoped, but, they are taking longer to get me the important information I need to identify the switches, signals, and other equipment and their locations on the sections. However, there is some daylight peeking in ahead. 

Take care and stay well....I hope to be back before long.

 
 
 
devangelical
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10.3.1  devangelical  replied to  Raven Wing @10.3    2 years ago

I'll save you a seat up front.

 
 
 
shona1
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10.3.2  shona1  replied to  Raven Wing @10.3    2 years ago

Evening Raven...

Light at the end of the tunnel so to speak....

 
 
 
charger 383
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10.3.3  charger 383  replied to  Raven Wing @10.3    2 years ago

You might have that real railroad going before I get my model railroad rebuilt

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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10.3.4  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  charger 383 @10.3.3    2 years ago

You might have that real railroad going before I get my model railroad rebuilt

It could come down to train-ing.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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11  author  A. Macarthur    2 years ago

One more for the night.

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Now that's a tree!

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Buzz of the Orient
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11.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @11    2 years ago

So is that....

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Dig
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12  Dig    2 years ago

I've been playing around with artistic filters to maybe make some printable and frameable wall art.

These are sample mockups from today of a backlit downy woodpecker. The first is the original photo, the rest are the artistic filter renderings.

Can you guys imagine any of these hanging on someone's wall, or maybe in an office or a waiting room-type setting?

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pat wilson
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12.1  pat wilson  replied to  Dig @12    2 years ago

I like #1,#6 and #7.

 
 
 
Dig
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12.1.1  Dig  replied to  pat wilson @12.1    2 years ago

Cool. Thanks.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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12.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Dig @12    2 years ago

Absolutely.  People have different tastes, and any one of those, or even a series of them, could be marketable. 

 
 
 
Dig
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12.2.1  Dig  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @12.2    2 years ago

Awesome.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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12.3  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Dig @12    2 years ago

A nice array demonstrating the possibilities in the digital era!

 
 
 
Dig
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12.3.1  Dig  replied to  A. Macarthur @12.3    2 years ago

There's so many different ways to modify things it's mind blowing. 

Hey, are you still doing your splatter/streak (not sure what the style is really called) paintings?  I was wondering about that the other day.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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12.3.2  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Dig @12.3.1    2 years ago
Hey, are you still doing your splatter/streak (not sure what the style is really called) paintings?  I was wondering about that the other day.

I stopped the acrylic abstracts for now; I'm spending a lot of time in my head trying to imagine using the same or similar techniques to paint scenics that are somewhere between representational and abstract … I'm afraid to proceed for simultaneous fears of failure and success. I know that makes no sense, but, until I get out of my head and back to the paint, I'm stuck in between.

 
 
 
Kavika
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12.4  Kavika   replied to  Dig @12    2 years ago

Wow, that's pretty cool, Dig.

 
 
 
Dig
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12.4.1  Dig  replied to  Kavika @12.4    2 years ago

Fun, too. It's easy to get drawn into it.

 
 
 
Gsquared
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12.5  Gsquared  replied to  Dig @12    2 years ago

Cool series of photos, Dig.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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13  author  A. Macarthur    2 years ago

One good image often deserves another.

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With more likely to follow.

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Dig
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13.1  Dig  replied to  A. Macarthur @13    2 years ago

Those are great.

I see a face in that cloud.

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
14  Kavika     2 years ago

Since there are photos on here of some oaks here is one in Lamar TX, estimated to be between 1100 and up to 2,000 years old. The crown is 88 feet across and the base is 35 feet around. I took this photo in 2016. It's known as ''Big Tree'' it's a coastal live oak, and it is magnificent.

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Buzz of the Orient
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14.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Kavika @14    2 years ago

It looks like the tree I posted above.  I don't know anything about the one I photographed - its age, what kind it is, but next time I'm over at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute I'll check to see if there's a plaque - they're usually in Chinese and English.

 
 
 
Dig
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15  Dig    2 years ago

More potential wall art.

Original photo – some stuff from last year's garden.

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Original photo – honeybee on hyacinth from last spring.

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Renderings.

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Dig
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15.1  Dig  replied to  Dig @15    2 years ago

Here's the first bee render from above printed on glossy photo paper, framed, and hung on a wall. I upped the vibrancy before printing, which changed the colors a bit, and now I wish I hadn't done that. Live and learn, I suppose. You can open it in another tab for a larger view if you want.

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A. Macarthur
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16  author  A. Macarthur    2 years ago

Tomorrow being Presidents’ Day, I’ll keep the article open most of the day.

 
 

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