<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 12:06:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@asterite/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Wandering around night Nemetsky peninsula]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nemetsky peninsula, the Barents Sea, Russia. Canon 6D, Rokinon 14mm f/2.8]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@asterite/wandering-around-night-nemetsky-peninsula</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@asterite/wandering-around-night-nemetsky-peninsula</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[asterite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:31:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7DceLgR4szFxisXJHyKXoxY13sz9T3RfqqgDXDPXTw4yr1xXP1Fsc4iqcqf1P56DzHeswwXHaZ3Gs1TX1Kki2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SteemitPhotoChallenge Entry — Animal Portrait II — Wanderer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cats are everywhere and isn't that good, huh? There are plenty of them in my little north town of Nikel and they often visit the place I work at. Here's one of them, a streetwise one:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@asterite/steemitphotochallenge-entry-animal-portrait-ii-wanderer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@asterite/steemitphotochallenge-entry-animal-portrait-ii-wanderer</guid><category><![CDATA[steemitphotochallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[asterite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2017 10:21:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7DceLgR4szFxisXJHyKXoxY13sz9T3Rfqqps53Gy9PSDT9Vs1ef1CUKj1LruAkEMkqJJQcWX8BfFPEiazGjrW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SteemitPhotoChallenge Entry — Animal Portrait I]]></title><description><![CDATA[This cutie visited my appliance shop and didn't want to leave in the end of my working hours. Thankfully I had a friend that adores cats and as she saw the kitty she immediately wanted to adopt it! So]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@asterite/steemitphotochallenge-entry-animal-portrait-i</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@asterite/steemitphotochallenge-entry-animal-portrait-i</guid><category><![CDATA[steemitphotochallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[asterite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2017 09:45:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa4CEH8aPY14y5r3NAoBovFXasCWKYd2FhHooCRQfnEwsRRbUfYBYCGuGMBxjipwsR4Jmhy4Lri?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SteemitPhotoChallenge Entry — Street Photography I. Waiting for the master.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The town of Nikel, Russia. Canon 6d, 24-108mm L f/4]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@asterite/steemitphotochallenge-entry-street-photography-i-waiting-for-the-master</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@asterite/steemitphotochallenge-entry-street-photography-i-waiting-for-the-master</guid><category><![CDATA[steemitphotochallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[asterite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2017 16:54:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeaVPLmQQhgD5XEKcE4MpoURBLmRbLorEW9GPQbcdQnbvwK6Z3ZSigFPGoCDE2V27EkAoz3kwxhPXSv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grotto of Time Lost]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nemetsky peninsula, the Barents Sea, Russia. Canon 6D, Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 I don't know what such things are actually called, but the feeling inside was definitely cosmic.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@asterite/grotto-of-time-lost</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@asterite/grotto-of-time-lost</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[asterite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2017 15:17:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K612gixaDJddrEeskxNrYQk8MjroxDo8kB3YJB9Mre45LQ7NAcR7sbLzy5WrRRXYQo5ATwUVYbrLYEyF3tdc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color Challenge: Sunday Purple. Extraterrestrial plants in the backyard.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the sundew (aka drosera), the only carnivorous plant that lives in the Arctic circle. Found near Barents sea coast in the backyard of my father’s house.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@asterite/color-challenge-sunday-purple-extraterrestrial-plants-in-the-backyard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@asterite/color-challenge-sunday-purple-extraterrestrial-plants-in-the-backyard</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[asterite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2017 18:53:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeZDkcDp2NahmAZhke4xfRohVKv3jJukrzzP6wdYYRYB36LRzTitZhGTxxUB6LjtcLmrSiRASfz9kES?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SteemitPhotoChallenge Entry — Nature Macro II]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nothing special. Just a tiger looking at the flying mosquito. Not too nature, not too macro, but given the fact that mosquitoes are a part of nature (nasty though,) this shot meets the entry demands. Taken]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@asterite/steemitphotochallenge-entry-nature-macro-ii</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@asterite/steemitphotochallenge-entry-nature-macro-ii</guid><category><![CDATA[steemitphotochallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[asterite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2017 19:23:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeuwVbnMJZAeEBq49wgXYbi43WvvJ5hCvLYzqZd9bAv3ZH9BW42nAn86bUooXnyvDYkNRq2syPYYhEn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color Challenge: Thursday Green. Winter during summer.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Summer in the Arctic circle as it is. It was June 20, 2017, when the snow suddenly fell. There was a couple of warm days in July, but now I won’t be much surprised if the snow appears again.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@asterite/color-challenge-thursday-green-winter-during-summer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@asterite/color-challenge-thursday-green-winter-during-summer</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[asterite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2017 18:38:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83j2wozjKuanzG7qDi3EHwhtSYYD7NC2yup6TaqiC4ttSqPTKGHb1erBYqBGqKzDxbB8mjYUBMrxAz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SteemitPhotoChallenge Entry — Ocean II. Anapa, the High Shore.]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in my previous post, I visited the Black sea in Summer of 2016. It was the Russian town of Anapa, where I was chilling out for two weeks. There are lots of beautiful places, and one of them]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@asterite/steemitphotochallenge-entry-ocean-ii-anapa-the-high-shore</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@asterite/steemitphotochallenge-entry-ocean-ii-anapa-the-high-shore</guid><category><![CDATA[steemitphotochallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[asterite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2017 20:42:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeZp8sqefAzpphAeLsvMAHsUTGGdiwjqYX7cEK45d6GQLEAVM292oUzAkCvewnp2a4fg4crCAi5fcgN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SteemitPhotoChallenge Entry — Ocean I. Swimming in the evening Black sea.]]></title><description><![CDATA[As it happens, I really love to swim in the open ocean, unfortunately I live too far from the nearest warm sea, the Black sea, to be there more often than one time a year. Last time I visited the Black]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@asterite/steemitphotochallenge-entry-ocean-i-swimming-in-the-evening-black-sea</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@asterite/steemitphotochallenge-entry-ocean-i-swimming-in-the-evening-black-sea</guid><category><![CDATA[steemitphotochallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[asterite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2017 21:30:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83j2wozjKuanzG7qDi3EHwhtSYXmCn5JLZeJQRLqSjPbVYpq1tE3hecb4rZ8XngvazY3Qgm4LC9e3p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Full Freaking Frame and making of. My first more or less decent Photoshop work.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi everyone, my name is Anton River and I'm a beginner Photoshop artist. I was and still am very inspired by French photo retoucher Christophe Huet. I have been studying Photoshop arts for three or so]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photoshop/@asterite/full-freaking-frame-and-making-of-my-first-more-or-less-decent-photoshop-work</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photoshop/@asterite/full-freaking-frame-and-making-of-my-first-more-or-less-decent-photoshop-work</guid><category><![CDATA[photoshop]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[asterite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 13:43:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83j2wozjKuanzG7qDi3EHwhtSYYD5RtQEhrfUMs8mHnSerUSe2FPvGgoyvHecMn8JNTDwEBTtQEi8v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behind my window]]></title><description><![CDATA[Living in the North I saw such a scene for the first time. (Full size) Unfortunately it quickly disappeared.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cycled/@asterite/behind-my-window</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cycled/@asterite/behind-my-window</guid><category><![CDATA[cycled]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[asterite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2017 12:49:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVevzmLD9zZJh4ZJfPzWKBpocoAbUm9k3Zh43WYm14U5p3JTNSEV5X5KSd4m18b5ipgGPr2FbXztm5Rx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color Challenge: Thursday Green. Aurora Borealis.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey steemians! For six days now, I'm posting my photos for the Color Challenge, just because I like the idea. Well, it's Thursday Green today, and the last three photos of mine on this subject. What could]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@asterite/color-challenge-thursday-green-aurora-borealis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@asterite/color-challenge-thursday-green-aurora-borealis</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[asterite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2017 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVdwstwUWygdzPYG5k2QGEwMGn5dJVg9Cu3YyhZeDDKRbH8kjR641j7io4NzMsGDLPSYW7VzB782epqt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color Challenge: Wednesday Yellow. Ume, canoe and hmm... teatime?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi everyone! The Yellow Wednesday here! And I see yellow flowers in every second post with colorchallenge tag. To shake it up, I won't post flowers today, though I like some. Real Summer is a rare thing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@asterite/color-challenge-wednesday-yellow-ume-canoe-and-hmm-teatime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@asterite/color-challenge-wednesday-yellow-ume-canoe-and-hmm-teatime</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[asterite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:54:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83j2wozjKuanzG7qDi3EHwhtSZqwvJzsK1ZfpM2Fzqi7CXc68jFyEVxnvxdDTNtc1Pjd4BRQ8gVxfY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color Challenge: Tuesday Orange. A cat, a dog and a sunrise.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey steemians, it’s Tuesday orange here. Finally! Orange is one of my favorite colors, so I have lots of orange photos. Of course, most of them of sunrise or sunset, I like them too, but it’s quite a hackneyed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@asterite/color-challenge-tuesday-orange-a-cat-a-dog-and-a-sunrise</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@asterite/color-challenge-tuesday-orange-a-cat-a-dog-and-a-sunrise</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[asterite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:10:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdEidhG5ePLD4taD8Y3fziyqxD2KvUbHQ3ysg4s9kCejmzN5F4zRpq4fe41rSsz4e4dzHQMJJziGRYCWLW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color Challenge: Monday Red. Bricks, Mars and Tomatoes.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi steemians, it’s Monday Red today. To be honest, it was quite hard to find appropriate photos for today’s subject, nevertheless here they are. Firstly, a dilapidated brick wall I shot with my former]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@asterite/color-challenge-monday-red</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@asterite/color-challenge-monday-red</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[asterite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2017 12:52:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgDnkdqe4aNR3zLyEeBFGCQ2qaaSNG6QEUXCiMk7c7XGKTQ4a1vhKARofUF8hTRAhsxMxAQqEEYcTE6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color Challenge: Sunday Purple. My little town.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi everyone! It’s Purple Sunday today. I love purple sunrises and sunsets, they occur when the first or last yellow sun rays mix with dark blue sky. Here some pictures of Nikel, the Russian town where]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@asterite/color-challenge-sunday-purple-my-little-town</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@asterite/color-challenge-sunday-purple-my-little-town</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[asterite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2017 14:31:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgDmQmAKMtkbQ2uWTC1RvoYEG8yEhaF726QVyGkAXzBWF93hbU12v4dHsZHhoY3T1zDX9t3tSsT6gxE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color Challenge: Saturday Indigo. Inside the Arctic circle, part 2.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey steemians and my first follower! As I promised, I'm keeping on posting my photos for the Color Challenge. Winter here in the Arctic circle means you don't see the sun. At all. It's called Polar night.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@asterite/color-challenge-saturday-indigo-inside-the-arctic-circle-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@asterite/color-challenge-saturday-indigo-inside-the-arctic-circle-part-2</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[asterite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2017 12:09:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83j2wozjKuanzG7qDi3EHwhtSYY4VqWrmnLB8mK3oWaVAw9PHSzmpkMbBjGmZUUZ81gxACStCWvMdx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color Challenge: Friday Blue. Inside the Arctic circle, part 1.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi there! I discovered Steemit just a couple of days ago, and then I came across this colorchallenge trend. I thought it was a pretty good idea to associate each of seven weekdays with each of seven rainbow]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@asterite/color-challenge-friday-blue-inside-the-arctic-circle-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@asterite/color-challenge-friday-blue-inside-the-arctic-circle-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[asterite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:18:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83j2wozjKuanzG7qDi3EHwhtSYXmCnxHfFppFCsPGUkXsp2QfXg1NcVki75MmvatvBuiDuckbT1QES?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>