Saw this lady observing the tourists from her perch in Rothenburg ob der Tauber
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I love the cushion. You know where she spends time.
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Nice processing
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The question is who not? A PlayRaw is always welcome. And on such a nice shot it is even more fun.
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Put it up. It’s a beautiful capture.
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This is a favorite of mine, Rhodies just reaching their peak. Taken with an M9 and a Cooke Amotal, f/4.0, underexposed one f-stop deliberately.
L1002835 by West Phalia, on Flickr
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And this one. If it is red, take a picture of it. This is what was once a RR station in Grover, CO. Grover has a population of less than 200. The town is named after my favorite Sesame Street character. No it isn’t but it does have the same name. M9 + Cooke Amotal at f/8.0.
M9/Amotal - Probably at f/8.0 by West Phalia, on Flickr
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And a final shot, the Muir Milach moored in the west Mooring Basin of Astoria, OR. The Muir Milach is usually fishing for Hake. M9 + Cooke Amotal at f/2.0.
L1002461 by West Phalia, on Flickr
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That looks painful [looks up chiropractor’s number]
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Love the colours of the esso sign 
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Ah, Sturgeon’s Law in action.
One bit in an advertisement for the new Google phone with Gemini is someone saying something like, “Find me the top spots in Marrakesh and put them on a map”. I rather think this will only accentuate people gathering at specific places in order to take a picture of themselves with something significant in the background. Pictures with a small chance of ever being viewed again…
The instagram effect has become really obvious in the past five years. Dean Village used to be a quiet, pretty enough place we’d pass on a walk along the Water of Leith. The tiny footbridge is now permanently jammed with selfie takers. Walk another 100 yards and it’s back to normal again.
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Thanks 
I kind of visualised the colours while taking it… Then had to work out how to get them afterwards 
We have that here in Pitlochry. According to our neighbours, before the pandemic, the town used to get 30 buses a day. I don’t think we are back to that, but I suspect the pattern is the same. Get off the coach, go down to the dam, take selfies there and then see if you can see any salmon on the fish ladder, back into the town, take selfies of the Victorian buildings, grab a coffee or an ice cream, purchase souvenirs, then get back on the coach ready for the next stop.
The next big event will be the Enchanted Forest, that pulls an enormous number of people in. We have traffic cones ready to put across the entrance to our drive.
We parked in the car park near the train station there a few months back to go on one of the local walks and there were quite a lot of coaches. I guess it’s because there’s somewhere for them to park and a public toilet before the whistle stop tours of the highlands. Good for the local economy.
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@123sg i was not able to previsualise it. Usually i avoid shooting in harsh light. I was not sure how to edit. Then i tried a similar stile to james popsys his stile. I quite like it:
So in my opinion the colours do not need to be accurate all the time.
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Striking!