This week, share an image that represents the potential of things to come.
—WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge
Two years ago I officially started my retirement after 46 years in the Electrical Trade. The future is a glorious mystery.
Great photo if you ask me…
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Thanks, Ben.
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Boots on the Bridge, a beginning for busting the bucket list… boots off the Bridge floating up just before the jet pack kicks in. It’s a great image!
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I haven’t thought of it that way. I like the mental image you created.
Thanks, Al
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Fantastic and creative, Allan. Love the post-processing and the visual story. Great post.
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Thanks, Jane. There are so many good editing programs out there that it is a challenge to pick one and stick with it for any length of time. Is that your experience as well?
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In addition to LR, I have been using Nik for many years – I’m loyal- although I added Topaz Textures to my arsenal and like it for effects like you’ve done here. Do you use Nik?
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I downloaded all of the free versions last week and have yet to get started with them. Any suggestions on an order for learning them?
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My favorite is Silver Efex Pro for b&w processing. Viveza is straightforward color. Color Efex and Analog are fun to play with for effects. The ease of using the control point, for me, is the best thing about Nik. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions, Allan.
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Thank you, Jane.
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Bizarre photo 😂
My impression of it is, you ready to leap off that Bay Bridge girder (retirement) into an unknown adventure of ideas and inventions that have been forming and swirling in your “never be still” mind..
Am I hot or cold on this one ?
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You are right on with this one. The future is an unknown adventure so far.
A gentle reminder: it is the Golden Gate Bridge. The Bay Bridge is the gray one.
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Hahahaha I’m soooooooo redfaced right now.. I’m in Ohio can you see the red glow on the horizon ?
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And I really do know the difference, but my mind went on vacation without me 😄
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it’s easy to remember the difference: The Bay Bridge is primed with orange paint and then painted grey; the GGB is primed with grey paint and painted orange.
No biggie, Pan. Be safe out there.
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I envision this as a photo of you getting ready to jump into retirement and whatever else it brings, “on the threshold” as it were and probably the first of many thresholds.
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I took this at 4 am one morning at midspan on the weather platform on the west side of the bridge. I had been doing a temporary “fix” on a leaking water line and it occurred to me that I might not ever get a chance for a photo like this ever again. Wide awake, hardly any traffic on the span and a clear , calm night—I went for it and am happy that I did.
It was a threshold of sorts. Thanks for your comment, Janet.
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You have to seize the moment with photography. The same shot will never occur again, although a similar or even better one might.
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I think your future entails “fun with Apps”
Great image!
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You may be right. Thanks, Carol.
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As always. I’m really enjoying The April showers.
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Love the mysterious image, Allan!
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Thanks, Sue this one was fun to work on.
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Oh, I can see that!
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I am jealous. I have 38 years in computers this year and am hoping to retire by the time I get to 40 years. So much writing to do and so little time to do it.
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A day at a time, Andrew, and one day you’ll be there.
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