Your R System Images - March 2025

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For the first image in the caption competition contenders group, the fish, I suggest "Read My Lips."

P&K

 

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Torre dos Clerigos tower, Porto, Portugal. A bit of an overcast day so we just wandered around. I took this shot about a block from our hotel. I like the rooftops. Porto is in the top 5 of our favourite cities.

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Palacio da Bolsa, Porto, Portugal. I used to do a lot more of this type of shooting. Phil inspired me to do a little more.

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Fancy sky light.

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When we were in Porto in 2020 we walked past this church every day. It was one of our landmarks.

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Hi Only RF,

A series of of eye-catching shots, each having very pleasing qualities - images # 2 and 3 are our favourites (but if pushed for top spot we'd choose #3).

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

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A cold southerly blew through today with some welcome rain, but yesterday was warm with butterflies...

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A Yellow admiral or Kahukōwhai (Vanessa itea).

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Cabbage white or Pepe ma (Pieris rapae).

Everything seems to like feeding on the massed pink flowerhead of the succulents around the garden...

If we get another warm day soon, I intend to try a shot of the clouds of cabbage whites I've seen over the fields of kale planted as winter fodder for sheep and cattle.

Hi Gareth,

Terrific captures, with pleasing colours and the perfect balance between focus and blur.


(After an all too short false-spring, we're back to icy cold winds blowing once again... ).

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

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Another of my favourite birds, Goldfinch appreciating some warmer weather.
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Hi Nick,

A terrific capture of a beautiful creature. Wonderful colours, detail and pose, with that all important touch of eye pop.

(Hopefully it enjoyed the warm spell - we appear to have slipped back in time once again. Hopefully not for long... ).


Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

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Superbock arena dome, Crystal Palace Gardens, Porto, Portugal

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Hi Only RF,

Fantastic!

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

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We must have a decent amount of ground squirrels living in the brush behind our house. The yote on the right found breakfast.

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Hi Marc,

That's quite a view you've got there, with beautiful pastel colours and two striking creatures - though we presume the squirrel is less impressed...

An astonishing scene to behold - well caught (no pun intended).

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

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Love is in the air.

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Hi Pavel,

The title says it all. We 'love' the way the light picks out the subjects and the fairytale/ romantic background.

Well seen and beautifully captured.

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

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I know what you're thinking - "Oh, this guy and his ice images again...." but hey, I have to work with what I have...!
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Hi TwoWheeler,

You can keep these coming for as long as you like - they remind us it's not all that cold here after all...

Also on the plus side, we love water - frozen, flowing or reflecting and this shot has it all. Beautifully controlled and presented too.

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

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One of my first images with the new 200-800
I am pretty happy with the handling and the sharpness. Not sure why I was at 5000thof a sec but it worked. ISO was 3200, noise reduction with DxO prime raw processed in LR, PS with TK9 and nik color efex pro

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Hi Hali,

Congratulations on your new tech!

A glorious shot of a wonderful creature - absolutely wonderful lighting and colours, bags of pleasing detail with the perfect subject pose and eye-pop.

Beautifully captured and presented - thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

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We're back from our final visit to Chester Zoo for the winter Frank-Fest season (a few shots will appear here once Phil unburies himself from the raw files).

Once again, a warm 'Thank You' to everyone who has contributed to the thread with images and comments in our absence - all much appreciated...


A few purely ‘for fun’ examples of creative aging an image taken in 2022 at Calke Abbey, Ticknall, Derbyshire, England. (Phil's shot and edit). Occasionally Phil decides to take a modern and all very nice digital tech shot and 'destroy it'. The key objective here was to complete each edit over a coffee and cookie break.

Software used for original 'straight' edit: DxO PL Elite/ ViewPoint and Adobe LrC/ PS with Tony Kuyper Panels. Other software (kind-of) detailed below.

Note: This is not intended to be a masterclass in wrecking otherwise fine digital images, or in accurately emulating flawed kit and age-worn film images, but it was fun (and that was the aim - plus, the coffee and Karen's cookies were very nice!).

Phil and Karen


1. As shot - raw file Imported to LrC. (Unedited/ converted to jpg to allow for upload here).

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2. Original 'Straight' Edit.

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3. Original 'Phil's Play Time' Edit. (Basically a bunch of things thrown at it from DxO Nik Collection)...

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4. Nik Collection Analog Efex...

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5. DxO FilmPack...

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6. Topaz Labs Studio 2...

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