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Category: Travel

  • Moving Water for Water Water Everywhere #215 & Lens-Artists Challenge

    Moving Water for Water Water Everywhere #215 & Lens-Artists Challenge

    Hi All 👋 Feel free to join in whenever you have a water picture to post (any type of water, in any state, will do). See below for how to join the fun

    This is also my post for Sofia’s Lens-Artists Challenge: Water In Motion.

    For this challenge of water in motion, I thought I’d look at some obvious and less obvious forms of movement.

    So, I’m starting this post with water that is put in motion by others. This first shot is the Falkirk Wheel, a boat lift that essential is a section of canal that is rotated from the lower canal to the upper. In the shot, on the left of the wheel, you can see a canal boat sat in the closed off section as it is lifted up.

    Falkirk Wheel
    Falkirk Wheel
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  • Lensball Shots Re-Imagined As AI Artwork in my Fan Of… Series #3

    Lensball Shots Re-Imagined As AI Artwork in my Fan Of… Series #3

    Hi All 👋 Feel free to join this weekly challenge whenever you think, “I’m a fan of…” (see below for how-to).

    ? Join the fun
    1. Create a Fan Of… Photo Post.
    2. Add a link to your Fan of… blog post in my comment box or create a pingback by linking to my post.
    3. Title your post Fan Of… or add a Fan Of… tag.

    This time, we’re back with Lensy getting the Hot Mods treatment.

    Again, I’ve been really busy with work & had minimal downtime, so I thought I’d have a quick play around with some new pre-set styles in DALL-E.

    Enjoy these re-imaginings; let me know your favourite in the comments

    FROM REAL PHOTOS TO COLLABORATIVE AI ARTWORK: MY EXPERIMENT WITH AI ART

    This is my baseline photo for the week; a shot of Fannyside Lochs as seen through Lensy.

    Fannyside Lochs Lensball landscape
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  • Early Sun’s Rays Bursting Through Clouds

    Early Sun’s Rays Bursting Through Clouds

    Hi All 👋 My entry for Debbie’s Six Word Saturday.

    Sun & Clouds

    Re-imagined as a watercolour through Hot Mods.

    Hot Mods watercolour transformation
    Hot Mods watercolour transformation
  • Another Rainy Bike Ride — Fan Of…

    Another Rainy Bike Ride — Fan Of…

    Hi All 👋 Feel free to join this weekly challenge whenever you think, “I’m a fan of…” (see below for how-to).

    Join the fun
    1. Create a Fan Of… Photo Post.
    2. Add a link to your Fan of… blog post in my comment box or create a pingback by linking to my post.
    3. Title your post Fan Of… or add a Fan Of… tag.

    My Fan Of… this week is another rainy day on the bikes with some strong winds added for good measure. We’d promised ourselves a quick 10-mile ride to blow away some cobwebs, so we decided to head to the Forth & Clyde Canal. The day we chose started out rainy & windy but was forecast to clear up by 0900. Susan looked out & said the forecast was wrong, & it was going to rain all day; she was right.

    We wanted to get out on the bikes, though & so got our wet weather gear and set out into 20mph winds & horizontal rain? & headed to the Canal.

    We were a wee bit drookit by the time we got there

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  • Straiton Pond #6 for Water Water Everywhere #214

    Straiton Pond #6 for Water Water Everywhere #214

    Hi All 👋 Feel free to join in whenever you have a water picture to post (any type of water, in any state, will do). See below for how to join the fun

    My next series will feature Straiton Pond, near Loanhead, just outside of Edinburgh.

    Swans on Straiton Pond
    Swans on Straiton Pond

    How To Join In

    1. Create a Water Water Everywhere Photo Post.
    2. Add a link to your WWE blog post in my comment box, or create a pingback by linking to my post.
    3. Title your post Water Water Everywhere or add WWE tag.

    Hae a guid week 😁

  • Wow, That Is One Strong Coffee… #6WS

    Wow, That Is One Strong Coffee… #6WS

    Hi All 👋 My entry for Debbie’s Six Word Saturday.

    Coffee
    Coffee
  • In the Capital — Weekend Sky #121

    In the Capital — Weekend Sky #121

    Hi All 👋 My latest entry for Hammad’s Weekend Sky Challenge.

    This early morning shot was during an unplanned overnight stay in Edinburgh??????

    Looking towards Princes Street, Edinburgh
    Looking towards Princes Street, Edinburgh

    I also transformed the image into a watercolour? In the prompt, I specified the location as being Edinburgh. Giving the AI a location does change the outcome of the transformation.

    Watercolour transformation of Edinburgh cityscape
    Watercolour transformation of Edinburgh cityscape

    The following picture uses the same baseline shot as above but without specifying the location. The transformation into a cityscape just after dawn is good, but the architecture is generic; the AI has picked up the older style architecture well from the initial image.

    Watercolour transformation without a specified location
    Watercolour transformation without a specified location
  • A Different View — Fan Of… & CFFC

    A Different View — Fan Of… & CFFC

    Hi All 👋 Feel free to join this weekly challenge whenever you think, “I’m a fan of…” (see below for how-to).

    Join the fun
    1. Create a Fan Of… Photo Post.
    2. Add a link to your Fan of… blog post in my comment box or create a pingback by linking to my post.
    3. Title your post Fan Of… or add a Fan Of… tag.

    My Fan Of… this week is inspired by CFFC: Interesting Perspectives.

    Edinburgh Castle from below
    Edinburgh Castle from below
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  • Straiton Pond #5 for Water Water Everywhere #213

    Straiton Pond #5 for Water Water Everywhere #213

    Hi All 👋 Feel free to join in whenever you have a water picture to post (any type of water, in any state, will do). See below for how to join the fun

    My next series will feature Straiton Pond, near Loanhead, just outside of Edinburgh.

    Swans on Straiton Pond
    Swans on Straiton Pond

    How To Join In

    1. Create a Water Water Everywhere Photo Post.
    2. Add a link to your WWE blog post in my comment box, or create a pingback by linking to my post.
    3. Title your post Water Water Everywhere or add WWE tag.

    Hae a guid week 😁