Playing around with softness has been an interesting experience. My first experiment with increasing softness was by reducing clarity. Al took these photos in RAW, back when RAW was quite new, and quite unknown, especially to me. I actually didn’t … Continue reading Bringing Softness to Photos
A ‘glue abstract’ is created when a sign is removed from a wall and exposes the movement, often unintentionally artistic, of the person who was applying the glue. This glue abstract was created when a metal ‘No Parking’ sign was … Continue reading Hidden Glue Abstracts Exposed!
I love the gritty feel that Photoshop’s ‘Fresco’ filter gives these industrial images. Eastside Culture Crawl in Vancouver. Pinko Industry Corporation. Dolly. Oil can in a metal shop. Granville Island in Vancouver. Mini-bulldozer. Rusty corrugated metal building. Reflection of a … Continue reading Using the ‘Fresco’ Filter in Photoshop on Industrial Shots
The big thing about macros for me is that when I get in so close whole new worlds appear. Diptychs of Shaggy Bark & Weathered Posters I have been in the process of combining these macros of natural objects with … Continue reading Using Macros in my Continuing Series of Diptychs
Lately I have been playing around with some watery reflection images. Wavery forest reflection in a dark pool in the Pacific Spirit Park in Vancouver, Canada. For this challenge I decided to apply the Sumi-e brush stroke filter in Photoshop … Continue reading Different Versions of Watery Reflections
I’ve spent this COVID winter going around the neighbourhood taking macros of tree bark and urban debris. In March I started combining them into diptychs, trying to find a commonality between the details of the two very different items. Abstract … Continue reading Natural/Unnatural: Focussing on Details
I have been attempting a new series inspired by my COVID walks through back alleys and deserted park areas by creating a series of diptychs that are a dialogue between the natural (tree bark) and the unnatural (urban decay). I posted … Continue reading A Dialogue Between Natural / Unnatural Textures
Awhile ago the Lens-Artists Challenge was ‘Special Moments’. But in this time of plague the most special moments in my life have been the discovery of a particularly crusty dumpster… …and a magnificent 2-storey 3D abstract gallery in the shape … Continue reading Accidental Art from Dumpsters and Concrete Forms
What with winter there’s not a lot to take photos of, so I’ve been busy with macros of tree bark. It’s been a real voyage of discovery which is somewhat of a miracle considering the times we live in. Although … Continue reading Tree Bark as Inspiration 2
Even now in the 2020s the camera isn’t nearly as good at seeing things as your eye. On the left is how this building in Copenhagen looked to my eye, and on the right is how I saw the sky. … Continue reading Ways of Transforming the Sky in a Photo
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