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Sandcastle

Last post by minniev « Sat Mar 28, 2020 11:08 pm
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by Psjunkie » Wed Mar 25, 2020 2:16 pm

Not all images are cut out for this treatment and this was not the best of candidates but used it anyway...hoping it doesn't just look like a filter,...

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Sat Mar 28, 2020 11:08 pm
Julia Cameron Photographs the Dam Birds

Last post by minniev « Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:55 pm
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by minniev » Mon Apr 01, 2019 3:19 pm
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And brings one of her little friends along.

All suggestions appreciated, including shadowing/tinting/sizing, etc. though for a fantasy picture some...
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Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:55 pm
Dogwood Before and After

Last post by minniev « Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:51 pm
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by minniev » Tue Apr 09, 2019 2:16 pm

Dogwood, earlier and later after beaten with storms. All feedback appreciated.

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Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:51 pm
'1948-50 Dodge Truck'

Last post by minniev « Sun Mar 22, 2020 10:30 am
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by davechinn » Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:47 pm
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This is a composite I stared the other day and decided that it's time for me to stop before I make matters worse. The main subject is a 1948-50 Dodge...
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Sun Mar 22, 2020 10:30 am
Dogwood

Last post by St3v3M « Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:08 am
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by minniev » Wed Mar 20, 2019 2:57 pm
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Artistic take on a dogwood bloom.

How is it overall, and do I need to blur the background more? What other thoughts?
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Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:08 am
Judas Tree - spring study

Last post by St3v3M « Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:00 am
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by minniev » Mon Mar 18, 2019 1:26 pm

The blooming of redbuds, or judas trees, are some of the early signs of spring here, and welcome after a grueling winter season with much rain and...

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Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:00 am
Turning Angel

Last post by St3v3M « Sun Mar 22, 2020 4:39 am
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by minniev » Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:40 pm

This is a statue memorializing 5 young women who were killed in a gas explosion that destroyed the local drug company in 1908. The 5 story facility...

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Sun Mar 22, 2020 4:39 am
Pink Fish Two Ways

Last post by St3v3M « Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:46 pm
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by minniev » Fri Feb 22, 2019 3:55 pm

I took a picture of Luke's favorite fish when we went to the museum, a pink thing that I couldn't find a name for. For fun, I made an art version by...

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Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:46 pm
New Orleans: Dark Lord

Last post by St3v3M « Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:38 pm
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by minniev » Tue Feb 19, 2019 4:22 pm
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I've posted this guy before, and so has Dave Chinn. I pulled out an unfinished version or a new composite for him, and worked a bit more on it. It...
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Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:38 pm
'Sgt. Pepper' (A composite still in process)

Last post by davechinn « Tue Mar 17, 2020 11:22 am
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by davechinn » Wed Mar 11, 2020 3:30 pm
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This is a composite I started a few years ago and never finished. I've started back up with it and have been working off and on the last few days....
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Tue Mar 17, 2020 11:22 am
reconstruction

Last post by St3v3M « Sun Mar 15, 2020 1:12 am
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by PietFrancke » Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:44 am
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Ultimately will try to color this. I started by using a long lens and photographing from 10 feet away to try to get a deeper DOF. Then did my raw...
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Sun Mar 15, 2020 1:12 am
Caught

Last post by St3v3M « Sun Mar 15, 2020 12:26 am
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by minniev » Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:10 pm
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This is for Matt Quinn. He and I had a pact to continue to try and shoot these wooly webs until we found a way to make them work. We did this for two...
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Sun Mar 15, 2020 12:26 am
Through the Window

Last post by St3v3M « Sun Mar 15, 2020 12:09 am
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by minniev » Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:36 pm

When I come across an abandoned building I always have a look. If the door is locked I find a window I can peep through. What's inside is often...

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Sun Mar 15, 2020 12:09 am
Tribute to Gudrid

Last post by St3v3M « Sun Mar 15, 2020 12:05 am
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by minniev » Fri Feb 08, 2019 6:25 pm
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Another play with making a mix of photos and drawings. The church, the statue and the landscape are photos. The girl and the unbird are not. To bring...
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Sun Mar 15, 2020 12:05 am
Bird in (Minnie's) Hand

Last post by St3v3M « Sat Mar 14, 2020 11:48 pm
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by minniev » Sat Feb 09, 2019 5:18 pm
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PIet started on his project and reminded me of images I took in Ontario when I met the Bird Whisperer.

So I had to try.

I am not happy with this...
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Sat Mar 14, 2020 11:48 pm
the Ranger

Last post by St3v3M « Sat Mar 14, 2020 11:43 pm
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by PietFrancke » Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:42 am
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like I sometimes do, took a pic of one of my models - but this time tried overpainting the image with a mixer brush attempting to capture the look of...
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Sat Mar 14, 2020 11:43 pm
waiting for Spring

Last post by St3v3M « Sat Mar 14, 2020 11:33 pm
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by PietFrancke » Wed Feb 06, 2019 11:32 pm
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after all that cold, the last few days lets us hope for Spring spring.jpg
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Sat Mar 14, 2020 11:33 pm
Loading the Ark: Montego Bay

Last post by St3v3M « Sat Mar 14, 2020 11:28 pm
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by minniev » Sun Feb 03, 2019 7:59 pm
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I don't know what to say this is, except fingerwork. More of trying to meld art and photographic figures from different sources into one silly...
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Sat Mar 14, 2020 11:28 pm
Monday Fingerwork or It's Cold Outside

Last post by St3v3M « Fri Mar 13, 2020 3:40 am
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by minniev » Mon Feb 04, 2019 9:41 pm

Mixing text and photos and surfaces.

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Fri Mar 13, 2020 3:40 am
Castle Creation, Help Needed

Last post by St3v3M « Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:45 pm
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by minniev » Mon Jan 28, 2019 4:39 pm
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I undertook this one as practice in my ongoing largely failed quest to integrate extractions of painted/drawn art into photographs. Tell me how it...
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Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:45 pm
Blue Balloon Over Havana

Last post by minniev « Thu Mar 12, 2020 2:59 pm
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by minniev » Sat Jan 26, 2019 4:06 pm

I couldn't tell you what all I did to this one, which was at a high ISO and from a moving bus. I made 2 copies of it, distorted one and lowered its...

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Thu Mar 12, 2020 2:59 pm
Blue Bleakness

Last post by St3v3M « Thu Mar 12, 2020 3:46 am
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by minniev » Sun Feb 02, 2020 7:31 pm

I've been stuck on the color blue lately, so went all blue for this bleak midwinter scene.

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Thu Mar 12, 2020 3:46 am
Mardi Gras Mannequin

Last post by minniev « Wed Mar 11, 2020 12:22 pm
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by minniev » Sun Mar 08, 2020 3:16 am

For some reason I take pictures of mannequins when I run across them, and this one was all gussied up for Mardi Gras. They're not all that...

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Wed Mar 11, 2020 12:22 pm
Bleak

Last post by St3v3M « Wed Mar 11, 2020 5:20 am
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by minniev » Wed Jan 23, 2019 3:06 pm

I've been playing with swamp images in post. This one has a painting layer to simplify the messiness, masked and blended in with toning and texture....

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Wed Mar 11, 2020 5:20 am
Found a Feather

Last post by minniev « Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:25 pm
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by minniev » Fri Mar 06, 2020 4:14 pm

Jack and I found a feather, and put it in the scanner. Then it went on from there.

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Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:25 pm

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