Recent content by xpatUSA

Good grief !!! Helluva show ...

Oh. Original deleted.

It means "seize the day" but not just days but any moments in time such yours.

carpe diem - a moment well-seized, Larry ...

What processing got your yellow foliage and the blue sky? Was there a filter on the lens?

Very nice! Was it an IR shot or full spectrum?

Classic pics!! Only been to Amman for about 40 minutes when my Bahrain-to-London VC10 stopped there to refuel in early 1965, at the end of a military one-year tour (RAF Muharraq).

I use the GIMP plug-in G'MIC-Qt. Amongst many, many edit functions it has: Artistic>Stylize - based on the works of well-known artists such as Monet. Here's an original, then style of Monet's 'Lily Pond' with just one click ...

I sympathize. Had a similar neck operation three or four years ago. My left hand has chronic shaking but at least the right hand can still work the mouse so far.

Had to mess with it, sorry Jim! GIMP color>curves>equalize>mid-tone color balance ... split view - edit at left - observe stretched out histogram.

Thanks for fixing my image uploading problem, Jim. Testing, testing ...

Maybe this works ... drive.google.com/file/d/1nlOD3x4ywi3gzqKagNcJV_e14ORS-pSh/view?usp=sharing right-click>'open link in new tab' Top left is Contrast-Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization ## with default setting Top right is Equalization in the GIMP. Bottom left is same as Top right...

Thanks - I had a play yesterday but can't upload from my computer to this site (new computer, no on-line access to my FTP site yet). Later ...

Wow! Histogram Equalization could really bring out those clouds- can demo, if OK. Pity about Apple's hill-top strong halo. Could be fixed. For example, make a mask: edge detection > threshold black and white > edit mask so only the halo is white, all else black. Maybe blur the mask halo...

One day long ago I stepped outside for some reason only to find that my woodland clearing was bathed in a really strong orange glow. The setting Texas sun was illuminating low overhead clouds brightly to that effect. By the time I returned from fetching the camera it was almost gone, grump...