Sepia Scenes #75

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This is my niece, Carol, and she took this photo with her phone and sent it to me because she wanted to show me her "tracks" that she put in her hair. Can you see them there on her left? I like them.

I sepia-ized and blurred the pic to take away some of the graininess of the shot!

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Sepia Scenes #74

Hey my friends what are you posting for Sepia Scenes today?



This very tall crane decorates the development my SIL lives in.

Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds of the order Gruiformes, and family Gruidae. There are fifteen species. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Cranes live on all continents except Antarctica and South America.

Most species of cranes are at least threatened, if not critically endangered, within their range. The plight of the Whooping Cranes of North America inspired some of the first US legislation to protect endangered species.

Click here to make an origami crane

Thousand Origami Cranes (千羽鶴, Senbazuru or Zenbazuru) is a group of one thousand origami paper cranes held together by strings.

An ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by a crane, such as long life or recovery from illness or injury. The crane in Japan is one of the mystical or holy creatures (others include the dragon and the tortoise), and is said to live for a thousand years. In Asia, it is commonly said that folding 1000 paper origami cranes makes a person's wish come true. This makes them popular gifts for special friends and family.

The Thousand Origami Cranes has become a symbol of world peace through the story of Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl who tried to stave off her death from leukemia as a result of radiation from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II by making one thousand origami cranes, having folded only 644 before her death, and that her friends completed and buried them all with her.

Her story is told in the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.

Hope you enjoyed the information about paper cranes. I have made them often to give to friends and members of my classes.

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Sepia Scenes #73

Hey gang, I used the flower sepia badge so we'll start thinking about Spring!

I took this shot a couple of years ago, well more than a couple of years because it's not a digital photo. A robin laid her eggs (blue eggs) in her nest balanced on my wooden fence in my back yard.

After sepia-izing the photo I erased one egg to reveal it's natural color.

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Sepia Scenes #72

Doorway to Nowhere
Socrates Sculpture Park
Socrates Sculpture Park is an outdoor exhibition space for sculpture. It is located at the intersection of Broadway and Vernon Boulevard in the neighborhood of Long Island City, Queens, New York City, United States, North America. In addition to exhibition space, the park offers an arts education program and job training.


Door to Nowhere
Socrates Sculpture Park

I applied a sepia tone from my Adobe Photoshop 7, then applied an old sepia tone from Photobucket. I faded the Photobucket sepia to take the pink out of it.

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Sepia Scenes #71

Hi Everybody!

Here are my nephew and grand-nephew, father and son, watching the Superbowl a couple of Sundays ago.

I photo-edited in half sepia which as you can see keeps some of the color while sepia-izing the rest. I also used a black halo as a kind of frame.

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I thought this bright yellow zinnia looked attractive in sepia.

Sepia Scenes #70

On this snowy day in New York City it's Sepia Scenes!

You're looking at the BACK of Hempstead House and the view when you turn to look out to the Long Island Sound.

Go here to see the FRONT.

I love the second photo which, to me, looks like a real old photo.

Sepia Scenes #69

Welcome to Sepia Scenes! Glad to have you stop by and leave a comment!

I have a sepia Valentine for you today.



I know there's another Sepia Scenes post before February 14 but I just wanted to offer you this photo!

If you would like me to send you a Valentine's postcard in sepia send me your snail mail in e-mail. My e-mail address is at the bottom on the right. I'll send it in an envelope and I'll leave it blank so you can send it to someone you love!


The quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning says:
What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes.

The copyright says: Vintage putto (cherub) with rose in sepia. c Mary Tomaselli 2010