DESKTOP 3167 - SEASONAL CONTRAST

North and South Hemisphere seasons collide!

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

DESKTOP 2958 - SECRET CODE

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

CLOWNING AROUND

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and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

DESKTOP 2902 - CASUARINA SEEDS

Some casuarina seeds I found. Many people call them "cones", although these are flowering plants and not conifers. More on casuarinas here:

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and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

DESKTOP 2888 - COLLOCATION

One window, three panes, three different places!

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and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

DESKTOP 2867 - FISHY BUSINESS

This is a digital collage of photos, my drawings and text.

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and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

DESKTOP 2860 - MOONRISE

Taking the time to watch the moon rise as sleep eludes the watcher.

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and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

DESKTOP 2846 - FRAGMENTATION

Playing around in Photoshop...

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and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

DESKTOP 2671 - MAPS

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and also part of the Seasons meme.

DESKTOP 2601 - IMPOSSIBLE PLACE

Three different locations, thousands of kilometres apart, fused into one unlikely seascape through the magic of Photoshop. In common, there are: Summer weather, sea, sand surf and memories of good times!

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and also part of the Blue Monday meme,

and also part of the Seasons meme.

DESKTOP 2550 - BLACK CATS

I have edited this in Photoshop using the cutout filter and upped the contrast.

This post is part of the Saturday Critters meme.

DESKTOP 2524 - FRAGMENTED

This is the result of a little playing around with the mosaic filter and layers in Photoshop.

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and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

DESKTOP 2517 - NIGHT GARDEN

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and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

DESKTOP 2398 - PARKLANDS

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and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

DESKTOP 2299 - KLIMT FRACTURED

We have a large oil painting copy of Klimt's "The Kiss" hanging on one of our walls at home. I took some photos of it and digitally "deconstructed" it to come up with this mosaic.

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Macro Monday meme,

and also part of the Seasons meme.

DESKTOP 2271 - PUMPKINS

It's interesting to see Melbourne's shops becoming filled with pumpkins even though they are out of season. It's all to do with Halloween of course, and the pumpkins are mostly imported, and yes you guessed it from the USA!

The triptych mosaic today is quite subtle, as I have taken a photograph and applied three different filters in Photoshop on three layers. The left part is the "poster edges" effect, the middle part is a filter of my own invention, which I called "sunny" and the right part is the "dry brush" filter followed by a blurring effect.

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and also part of the Macro Monday meme,

and also part of the Seasons meme.

DESKTOP 2173 - LAND MINE

A land mine is an explosive device concealed under or on the ground and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it. Such a device is typically detonated automatically by way of pressure when a target steps on it or drives over it, although other detonation mechanisms are also sometimes used. A land mine may cause damage by direct blast effect, by fragments that are thrown by the blast, or by both.

The use of land mines is controversial because of their potential as indiscriminate weapons. They can remain dangerous many years after a conflict has ended, harming civilians and the economy. 78 countries are contaminated with land mines and 15,000–20,000 people are killed every year while countless more are maimed. Approximately 80% of land mine casualties are civilian, with children as the most affected age group. Most killings occur in times of peace.

With pressure from a number of campaign groups organised through the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, a global movement to prohibit their use led to the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, also known as the Ottawa Treaty. To date, 164 nations have signed the treaty.

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DESKTOP 2094 - CRYSTAL BALL

View from my window through a crystal ball. Note the photo is rotated 180˚ as the image through the glass is normally seen upside down.

This post is part of the Skywatch Friday meme,

and also part of the Friday Photo Journal meme.

DESKTOP 2083 - JUXTAPOSITION

Where reflection melds with reality.

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and also part of the Through my Lens meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme,
and also part of the Blue Monday meme.

DESKTOP 2069 - WISH YOU WERE HERE

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and also part of the Through my Lens meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme,
and also part of the Blue Monday meme.