* Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #847 / Revived #067 on 2024 07 10 *

A general note. I'll be travelling in remote parts of Australia over coming weeks. Net communications up there are often very slow or non existent. There are likely to be longish gaps in my posts. But I'll be back.

I said I don't care what people do with my images I post online - download them, edit them, repost them, sell them whatever.

Yes, just like all photographers will have. I don't post them online anywhere because I know it is impossible to stop anyone who wants them, for whatever reason, from taking at least a copy if not the actual uploaded image.

I also don't post images online of which I sell prints because it would be unfair to those who pay for the prints to see someone steal the images from the www and so get them for free to do what they like with them.

I am guessing the original already had some pp applied. If so, then that pp appears just about right. If not, then an extra plus to the capture.
The above edit takes it a bit too far and introduces unwanted effects - namely a pronounced halo around the tail, and the blues, greens and the background are enhanced beyond what might look natural - overly saturated?. Also the resolution has been reduced so we don't get anywhere near as much of a close up when viewed 1:1

Thank you for your thoughts Bryan. We obviously disagree and that is fine.

Just like most images, some will like them and some will not. I have no issue with that 😊

As an Australian, these photos are hard to accept. "Wildfires," you say? In all that green and pleasant land with water everywhere? Surely not?
As towers go, this is a nice specimen. A government that assists photographers by building them sets a fine example to governments everywhere,

Every now and again I'll share more like this. The impressionist movement and its theoretical base appeal to me.
Burp.

I didn't get that view of being a participant until you mentioned it. Now I feel that table is ours, a chair out ready to be seated, and I can take in the patterns inlaid in the table top.
What I do love about this image, is the ability, when viewed 1:1, to explore and take in all the detail of this street scene.

I like impressionism in practice and theory. ICM is my preferred way to try to do it in photography.
The two versions here may be saying something about "conditioning." When Europeans arrived in Australia, they couldn't paint the Australian bush. They saw colours and shapes through the expectation of European eyes. This might be the same thing in reverse. I took the photo in Europe. European forest greens always look odd to me - the greens are too bright. I wasn't thinking about this when I processed the image. Paula's greens are more realistic.

That's the beauty of critiques. Sometimes our opinions can be influenced by other people's opinions.

You have my permission. Just mention the photographer.

A bit of extra info : the is the Fire WatchTower in Kalmthoutse Heide.
It is fairly close to the info center "De Vroente" that is on the edge of the nature reserve.

this link from Google Maps may yield further images (of the full tower) or can lead you to them:
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Like this image (not mine, so ask that guy's permission) that shows the actual structure better (there are also some internal top down views etc)
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The Kalmthoutse Heide has been victim to devastating fires.
Sure, it looks green now because we are having a wet summer.
But in dry summers, the grasses all dry up (it looks a lot more like African Savannah then - just imagine giraffe and zebra).
The ponds of water get much lower levels.
And what water remains, does not help when the grasses catch fire (through lightning or some idiot with a cigarette).
Some parts of the park are only now recovering from fires that were years ago.

News from 2011 (use google translate to get the idea):
www.hln.be/binnenland/grootste-brand-ooit-op-kalmthoutse-heide-lijkt-onder-controle~a6d851cd/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.be%2F

I bet Australia has seen much worse.
But nature and open space is scarce and precious in Belgium (a VERY densely populated country), so 600ha on fire is what we call "devastating".

Rocks of Cappadocia. Where you see holes were living quarters.

PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS IMAGE

I don't think it is possible to stop digital copies. Mine have been copied while hanging on gallery walls. I rely on personal signatures and tech information cards. The ease of digital copying is the reason I think analogue photography is likely to return.
OK. To return to my original point. Was I correct in thinking you have posted this week's image previously?

How hard is to scan a print and make a digital copy?

Of course it isn't.

At the very least someone could take a photo of an image using a digital camera.

Interesting formations, well taken against a lovely sky. Humans give a sense of scale and animation without being too much of a distraction. Makes me curious about their story. Nice documentary photograph.

You can read here about these formations.
www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/fairy-chimneys-turkey-180956654/
They also have entire underground cities

In modern days they have hotels inside the rocks. This is a bedroom in the rock.

I don't think that will be the dominant reason. I've scanned hundreds of family photo prints from way back when digital photography was just science fiction.