Just Another Pretty Picture on Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
Fishing Boats, Cape Cod Bay, 1990
© A. Mac/A.G.
And away we go.
RED BOX RULES: AN IMPORTANT REMINDER
From time-to-time, I should remind all members of NT, etc., that when posting photos, artwork, etc., it's important, when posting, that you own, and/or legally represent the licensing, copyright, etc., of what you post, and TO PROTECT YOUR WORK, TO INCLUDE YOUR COPYRIGHT SYMBOL/INFORMATION; and/or, WHEN POSTING COPYRIGHTED PROPERTY BELONGING TO PARTIES OTHER THAN YOURSELF, TO …
• BE SURE YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO POST, TRANSMIT, etc, SUCH PROPERTY, and,
• IF/WHEN SUCH PERMISSION HAS BEEN GRANTED, TO PROPERLY AND CLEARLY ATTRIBUTE THE COPYRIGHTS TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNER(S).
VERY IMPORTANT … IN THE FUTURE, I WILL REMEMBER TO POST THIS CAVEAT REGULARLY.
Thanks, A. MAC
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It's that time again.
That's not just another pretty picture, that's another exceptionally pretty picture.
Well, I thank you for that.
I really like that one amac.
That great photo invoked my memories of many times in Cape Cod, to Provincetown at least twice, to Nantucket Island, to getting so drunk in a bar in Hyannis my friend had to almost carry me out, to attending a flea market and coming out with two amazing beautifully framed Maxfield Parrish prints that we hung in our dining room.
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Gentlemen! This kind of back-and-forth serves no purpose other than to make our Group appear to have, euphemistically, "gone off the rails." The last thing I want to do in any article posted by our Group is to hit the red flag.
So, rather than reprimand or risk escalating I will make deletions and hope this doesn't arise in any way, shape or form, here, or down the road.
I'm not sure even as the author, I have protocol on my side to do so, but I'll risk repercussions.
Work it out gentlemen, I have enough dealing with family health issues to spend time on this. I will leave the article open until tomorrow morning so as not to leave this abruptly.
I agree with your response.
A Visit to the Getty Center (© G. Gam)
Very colourful. Is that a building top left that looks like a brick wall?
Thanks. Yes, it is a building. The buildings at the Getty Center are made from concrete and steel with either travertine or aluminum cladding. That building is travertine.
nice. you have pretty much got my color palate down...
Okay, as I announced on last weekend's article...
Editing Skills Challenge
Let's play with our editing skills. I invite all members to post a plain unedited photo, preferably a mundane one, so that other members can try their hand at editing it to make it a more interesting, more presentable, more creative picture. With your example photo, please add the words: "I give my permission to all members to edit this photo and post the edited version as a reply to the Editing Skills Challenge posted above."
Here is an example of what I mean, but t his is not my entry for editing.
Original photo
Edited version
I now post below my entry for all members to edit. Copy and paste it to your computer, edit it, then post your finished product as a reply to this article. I give my permission to all members to edit this photo and post the edited version as a reply to this comment.
Now please post YOUR mundane photo entry so I and others can try our skills with it.
A. Mac/A.G.
Now they can glow in the dark.
Fabulous job, JR.
That's about as good as it gets. That one is hard to beat.
If that is meant for others to edit, you need to amend it by adding this statement:
Nice job of editing, JR. Now, are you going to post one that we can edit?
i took the birds off the internet, if you want to edit it go at it.
i take very few photos of my own
If I did edit it I would not be able to post the result without the permission of the copyright holder. That is the reason why the permission statement must be attached to the original photo.
Now that I think of it, I don't get permission to post the images I use as movie quiz clues, but I don't edit them.
im not getting permission to use random photos from the internet for fun on newstalkers
i just wont post any more
Copying them and changing them by editing them are two different things - did you not get it?
I actually like the original photo just the way it is.
I think it's one that can bear lots of different editing to improve it, and if there are not any more examples I'll provide one or two myself.
Buzz, Im not going to spend any time contacting people to get copyright permission to use their photo for a few minutes of fun on a forum.
People post copyrighted photos here every day.
What dont you get?
Yes photos are posted here every day, but they don't edit them unless they have permission to do so. I wish A.Mac would clarify this.
Technically, images and other intellectual propertry when used without consent of the copyrights holder, can have potential legal issues. Making what are known as "derivatives' of copyrighted works has similar, potential liability. And because Perrie owns the site, liabilities could be hers!
The very least that should be done when posting intellectual property one does not own, is to post attribution to the source.
The RED BOX RULES ARE ALWAYS POSTED HEREIN
RED BOX RULES: AN IMPORTANT REMINDER
From time-to-time, I should remind all members of NT, etc., that when posting photos, artwork, etc., it's important, when posting, that you own, and/or legally represent the licensing, copyright, etc., of what you post, and TO PROTECT YOUR WORK, TO INCLUDE YOUR COPYRIGHT SYMBOL/INFORMATION; and/or, WHEN POSTING COPYRIGHTED PROPERTY BELONGING TO PARTIES OTHER THAN YOURSELF, TO …
• BE SURE YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO POST, TRANSMIT, etc, SUCH PROPERTY, and,
• IF/WHEN SUCH PERMISSION HAS BEEN GRANTED, TO PROPERLY AND CLEARLY ATTRIBUTE THE COPYRIGHTS TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNER(S).
VERY IMPORTANT … IN THE FUTURE, I WILL REMEMBER TO POST THIS CAVEAT REGULARLY.
Thanks, A. MAC
There are IMAGES ON THE INTERNET THAT ARE PUBLIC DOMAIN and FREE to Use; I suggest, if anyone wants to post images for which they do not hold copyrights, this is the way to go.
Please.
A. Mac
I’d like to know that the copyrights information has been read.
Thanks
Yes, it has by me, and it should be clear that I've done my best to comply with it and not put up an argument. Yes, I do copy and post images onto my articles, and I might even post only a part of such images for clarity, but I would not otherwise edit them without permission which is why I asked for permission when I've asked members if they would allow me to enlarge their photos. For this challenge I asked members to post THEIR photos for editing, and only one member did that, the only one who posted his own photo to allow others to edit - and only 3 provided edits of mine, which is why I now intend to provide my edits for my own photo and not consider posting a photo challenge again for a long time.
Before the weekend's over, and only one member has posted his own photo to be edited by others, I'll have to provide a few edits of my own photo...
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All of the photos were taken at Stone Creek, the only one that is mine is the snake.
I am crazy about wildlife photos! Will identify the species later today.
Shoveler Duck
Goldeneye Duck
Gartersnake
Arvo...Garter snake...
So does it do anything??..like bites you and kills you...or is it a pretend snake.😁😁
Gartersnakes are non-venomous but will bite.
Arvo..
So it's the snake you have, when it's not really a snake..🤣🤣.. they are meant to be poisonous, not wussy non venomous ones. They're no fun..😁😁
Hope Mrs Mac is doing well as I am, though at the moment battling bronchitis since I got back from Norfolk Island..change of climate and damn air con and flying Petri dish airplanes..so it's to be expected..
It's a black racer and it's non-venomous but we want them around since they keep the rodent population under control.
Oh, and we have very venomous snakes around here, the Timber Rattlesnake is quite dangerous and the coral snake is about as deadly as you can get.
This is the Timber Rattlesnake they will get to around 6 feet long.
This is Florida's Phython and the largest captured in Florida was 18 feet.
Non-venomous but if they sink their teeth into you and then proceed to wrap their huge body around you and crush you to death. Every time you exhale they tighter their grip some you will die from suffocation.
And this is the little guy but by far he most venomous. They are very small and many times you do not even know that they bite you, soon you'll start getting sick and if you don't make it to the hospital you'll die.
Oh my, I almost forgot the biggest snake we have in Florida the Green Anaconda the biggest snake in the world the biggest one ever captured was 33 feet and weighed 800 lbs.
Ahh that's better... now I feel at home..😁
Happy to oblige, shona.
they may be on to something in oz. if we had more killer creatures, we'd have a lot less morons running around...
Making progress on the 60g tank. I put the hardscape in on Friday and filled the tank on Saturday and the wood all floated and broke apart. Did it again with similar results on Sunday. Finally the setup above mostly held. The small piece of wood against the right side floated.
This is what it looked like last night. I've still not gotten that wood in, but I'm working on it. The rest of my plants have been ordered and will be here with today's mail. One way or another this will be done (except fish in) this weekend.
The plants came...
Waiting for you to post a fish heaven.
I never care if anyone takes stuff I post here. Knock yourself out.
My grandson:
AI’s interpretation:
That is pretty amazing.
Impressive!
Other iterations:
You have an incredible editing program. Not going to do something with my photo?
AI basically takes the general shapes and colors and creates a new reality from it in various styles that you can choose from, and it does this in seconds. You can do it as many times as you want until you find something that interests you. Then I take that image and manually run it through my various standard editing tools in photoshop to really sharpen up the image. The AI part is done with the Picsart app.
Very good. Huge improvement to the background.
Ask AI if it would like to join our group.
I had almost 400 of my images submitted to AI researchers after which it occurred to me that AI will possibly replace a significant portion of the imagery I have marketed and licensed to the publishing industry for over 30 years. Conversely, some markets will not accept AI-generated work.
Talk about an industry in flux.
stealing from artists is like the 3rd oldest profession.
Arvo...the last day of Summer.
But the fall can be beautiful too.
Yesss but we don't get the colours like Canada and America do during Autumn..
The gumtrees are green all year round and it's only the introduced species of trees eg Oak, Silver Birch etc that change..
At least our Winter's don't look bleak and dreary though...
Hey, wait there one minute shona, 99% of Australia has never seen snow nor will they in the future but there is 1% of Australia that gets snow.
I don't like this stuff, now bring be a heater, fast.
Morning..yes we do get snow but not where I Iive...it's more NSW and Eastern Victoria and in the High Country... furthest south it comes to me is Ballarat 3 hours away...
Poor Wallabies.. feel like giving them a blanket...
Not all the "birds" that come to my bird feeder … are birds .
Seedy character.
© A. Mac/A.G.
I guess you could say she eats like a bird.
Oh, deer me I want more.
your neighborhood isn't zoned for drive up windows, is that how you get around it?
Fast shutter there. Great shot.
It’s “take out.” I put the seeds in, the deer take them out.
It's been a very out of the ordinary winter this year. Aside from a short period of very cold temps in mid January (when the Chiefs played that freezing game against the Dolphins), it has been abnormally warm, with several record highs being set.
In fact, it's been so regularly and dependably warm that I'm getting ready to start a few things in the garden earlier than I've ever done before.
Anyway, the first crocuses started coming up early in mid February, and now the rest of them are following suit.
Hyacinths have started coming up early too.
Some jonquil daffodils have also come up and are up and blooming like crazy.
Happy spring! Even though it was February just a few days ago, lol.
I can't help but wonder if it's going to be yet another record year for global temps.
You put Voltaire's Candide to shame.
I don't know about that, but thanks.
https://bigthink.com/words-of-wisdom/voltaires-solution-to-a-life-full-of-thorns-tend-to-your-garden/#:~:text=Among%20his%20most%20famous%20works%20are%20the%20polemic,no%20other%20remedy%20than%20to%20cultivate%20one’s%20garden.”
Garden time is approaching
I've already tilled it twice, working in all that grass I let grow last year.
My first hyacinth opened today, and I can already smell them. I weeded the flower beds this afternoon, and I think this is the earliest in the spring that I've ever had to do it. The daffodils are ready to open. And some Star of Bethlehem, which I didn't plant but can't seem to get rid of, is up and will bloom soon. My crocuses never came back up, though.
Sounds like you had a crazy warm winter too.
We have things in bloom here 12 months of the year. Our ornamental pear trees were in full bloom, but the rain over the weekend knocked most of the flowers off of the trees. The lavenders are in bloom as are the Cape-honeysuckle and a few others. We even had a daffodil come out last week. Yesterday, I saw the first freesia of the spring and the rhaphiolepis are full of buds waiting to blossom soon.
I thought California just had many feet of snow - guess you live in a warmer part of the State.
We never get snow where I live. Sometimes there is snow in the mountains near L.A. but not in the Santa Monica Mountains or Hollywood Hills in the city. I live in the low foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains. My cousins' place near Lake Tahoe gets a lot of snow, especially since they are at a higher elevation than the lake.
We never get snow or ice or even frost where I live as well, but in the summer it can get hot as Hell.
Same here. The only ice we have comes out of the ice maker in the refrigerator. I used to love the heat when I was a kid, but not anymore. It can be unbearable.
One time I was taking a shuttle van home from the airport after a trip out of town. Two guys sitting in the back were talking and I heard them say they were from Michigan and Ohio. As we started going up the hill to my house, one of them said "This would be great for sledding in the winter", and the other one was agreeing with him. I had to laugh. I turned around and said "No ice and no snow. Ever."
All being quiet at the moment, shutting down.