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[Citizen87645]

Tibet?

 

[JohnRice]

I believe it's an amusement park.

 

[Brian L]

Tibet?

Lake Buena Vista, FLA.

I had a single day last week to spend at Walt Disney World, so I took the opportunity to check out the recently opened Avatarland.

Post #374 - #377 are the Mo'ara Valley of Pandora.

#378 is in the Asia section of Animal Kingdom.

The attention to detail in this park is off the charts.

 

[Mike Frezon]

I was thinking Central America...

Too cool.

 

[Mike Frezon]

A quick iPhone pic from some weekend travels to VT this weekend. This is actually in Ticonderoga, NY.

 

[Brian L]

Tibet?

Actually, the section of Animal Kingdom around the Expedition Everest ride is designed to look like Tibet.

Joe Rohde, the Imagineer who led the design of the park would be pleased to know that you thought it really was Tibet.

 

[JohnRice]

You guys are such suckers.

The attention to detail it great, though.

 

[Sam Posten]

I'm not much of a portrait photographer but I love the bokeh and fine details on this one. Wish I had gotten a slightly different angle on the face tho.


17-4th-3826 by Sam Posten III, on Flickr

 

[Mike Frezon]

Love it, Sam.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

What's that funny thing growing out of the raccoon's belly?

 

[RolandL]

Agreed! Post 377 (with the waterfall) is amazing!

Creepy looking creature at the top.

 

[Brian L]

Creepy looking creature at the top.

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It helps keep the banshees from swooping in and eating the Na'vi.

 

[DavidMiller]

Question for you guys. I have been working on scanning lots of 80-95 year old photos. Has anyone else done this kind of activity? If so, do you do a lot of work and what is good to change and what should you leave just like you found it. I have most scan them in at 600dpi then crop and auto color or contrast using photoshop. Here are the finished ones I have done so far. Have not done much corrections just because I'm feeling like changing it to much is even worse. Some of these have been in pretty bad shape.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmiller68/albums/72157687827533805

Sample...
Lois_Porter_1_Year_02 by David Miller

 

[DavidJ]

I've been refining the Photo/Oil Painting technique. Using layer masks is definitely the way to go. It opens the door to a lot more nuance and flexibility, plus it's just a better way to do a lot of things in Photoshop. I can't believe it took me this long to realize what it can do. These are some flowers at the folks' house.

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Beautiful, John. My favorite one so far.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

David,

I scanned a bunch of old black & white family photos my dad found when going through his mother's house after she passed away a few years ago. I used Photoshop Elements, and ended up doing adjustments where necessary -- contrast/brightness, spot and tear removal, etc. They turned out pretty decent. Here are a couple:

My parents wedding:

My dad. This one needed a lot of cleanup

This one needed lots of work, too, if I recall

Here is a link to all the family photos I have scanned in the past few years, including some color photos. The color photo of the woman in the wedding dress with the young girl is my wife and our niece (she was our flower girl). Our 28th wedding anniversary is this Saturday.

 

[JohnRice]

I'm still trying to get a handle on the Lensbaby Velvet 85mm lens I got last week. I went to one of my favorite scenic areas yesterday, but we had a massive hail storm a couple weeks ago and all the foliage was pretty much destroyed, so it wasn't very productive. I did take this of my Grand Cherokee.

And then, there's what that hail storm left behind.

 

[JohnRice]

While I'm at it, I'd never taken a selfie in my life, but I was downloading pics and had the camera sitting here with the Sigma 8-16mm on it, so I snapped this at 8mm. I tossed in some oil painting effect to obscure how messy my home office is.

 

[Mike Frezon]

LOVE that selfie, John! Cool use of the effect.

Besides obscuring your reported "mess" it serves to draw focus to the subject. I like that it's still obvious what the background is.

 

[Sam Posten]

I think I'mma gonna like the Sig 150-600 and 1.4x combo... First time playing with it today and it's passing clouds and still putting up images like this...

17-SunAndMoon-5705 by Sam Posten III, on Flickr


17-SunAndMoon-5687 by Sam Posten III, on Flickr

 

[DavidJ]

That's going to be a fun lens, Sam.