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Dogwood

Last post by minniev « Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:15 pm
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by minniev » Wed Mar 20, 2019 2:57 pm

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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Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:15 pm
Judas Tree - spring study

Last post by minniev « Wed Mar 20, 2019 3:07 pm
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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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Last post by minniev
Wed Mar 20, 2019 3:07 pm
Turning Angel

Last post by Psjunkie « Wed Mar 13, 2019 2:13 pm
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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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Wed Mar 13, 2019 2:13 pm
Pink Fish Two Ways

Last post by minniev « Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:44 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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Last post by minniev
Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:44 pm
'1948-50 Dodge Truck'

Last post by davechinn « Thu Feb 21, 2019 6:47 pm
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by davechinn » Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:47 pm

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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Last post by davechinn
Thu Feb 21, 2019 6:47 pm
New Orleans: Dark Lord

Last post by davechinn « Thu Feb 21, 2019 6:32 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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Last post by davechinn
Thu Feb 21, 2019 6:32 pm
Caught

Last post by minniev « Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:46 pm
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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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Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:46 pm
Through the Window

Last post by Psjunkie « Thu Feb 14, 2019 1:04 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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Thu Feb 14, 2019 1:04 am
Tribute to Gudrid

Last post by minniev « Tue Feb 12, 2019 1:08 pm
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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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Last post by minniev
Tue Feb 12, 2019 1:08 pm
Bird in (Minnie's) Hand

Last post by minniev « Mon Feb 11, 2019 1:15 am
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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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Last post by minniev
Mon Feb 11, 2019 1:15 am
the Ranger

Last post by Psjunkie « Sat Feb 09, 2019 11:22 pm
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by PietFrancke » Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:42 am

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 Feb 09, 2019 11:22 pm
waiting for Spring

Last post by PietFrancke « Fri Feb 08, 2019 9:57 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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Fri Feb 08, 2019 9:57 pm
Loading the Ark: Montego Bay

Last post by minniev « Wed Feb 06, 2019 8:12 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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Last post by minniev
Wed Feb 06, 2019 8:12 pm
Monday Fingerwork or It's Cold Outside

Last post by minniev « Tue Feb 05, 2019 10:11 pm
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by minniev » Mon Feb 04, 2019 9:41 pm

Mixing text and photos and surfaces.

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Tue Feb 05, 2019 10:11 pm
Castle Creation, Help Needed

Last post by minniev « Thu Jan 31, 2019 11:41 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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Last post by minniev
Thu Jan 31, 2019 11:41 pm
Blue Balloon Over Havana

Last post by minniev « Sat Jan 26, 2019 7:17 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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Sat Jan 26, 2019 7:17 pm
Bleak

Last post by minniev « Wed Jan 23, 2019 7:32 pm
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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 Jan 23, 2019 7:32 pm
Havana Fingerwork

Last post by minniev « Wed Jan 09, 2019 1:29 pm
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by minniev » Mon Jan 07, 2019 9:39 pm

Ok, I'm still not shooting much new stuff but trying to learn PS tools. For the past year Frank and Piet have tried to teach me to use gradient maps...

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Wed Jan 09, 2019 1:29 pm
Avian Folly

Last post by minniev « Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:09 pm
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by minniev » Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:37 pm

It's rained for 12 straight days so I've given up on photography. Today I sat down with a random set of elements and textures and made a Folly. Any...

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Last post by minniev
Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:09 pm
Boots

Last post by minniev « Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:54 pm
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by minniev » Wed Jan 02, 2019 3:24 am

This started as practice on extractions. I extracted two large humans and replaced them with my new duck boots, a Christmas gift, which I...

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Last post by minniev
Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:54 pm
Sorta NSFW Composite - In The Woods

Last post by minniev « Sun Dec 30, 2018 6:37 pm
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by minniev » Sun Dec 30, 2018 5:38 pm

This is different for me. But I ran upon a tree that looked a lot like a naked human standing in the leaves, and I took a shot to figure a composite....

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Last post by minniev
Sun Dec 30, 2018 6:37 pm
Fire

Last post by Psjunkie « Sun Dec 16, 2018 6:48 pm
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by Psjunkie » Sat Dec 15, 2018 1:49 pm

A composite.....any thoughts?

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Sun Dec 16, 2018 6:48 pm
'Cinnamon Girl'

Last post by davechinn « Wed Dec 12, 2018 3:49 pm
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by davechinn » Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:42 pm

A composite I put together from New Orlean. The background taken outside of Café Du Monde and Cinnamon Girl was taken from Bourbon Street onto a side...

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Last post by davechinn
Wed Dec 12, 2018 3:49 pm
Morning Call

Last post by St3v3M « Tue Dec 11, 2018 6:33 am
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by minniev » Sun Sep 30, 2018 2:27 pm

Old artillery line the battlements along the levee of the Mississippi River in New Orleans. Taken at dawn, played with in Painter and in PS with...

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Last post by St3v3M
Tue Dec 11, 2018 6:33 am
'Duchess the Fortune Teller'

Last post by Psjunkie « Mon Dec 03, 2018 9:48 pm
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by davechinn » Sun Nov 18, 2018 3:33 pm
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A composite of a tarot card reader in New Orleans. The composite consists of the tarot reader and Lafayette Cemetery No.1 as the background. After...
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Last post by Psjunkie
Mon Dec 03, 2018 9:48 pm

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