APPLAUSE, APPLAUSE; & WINTER SUN

Well, no sooner said than done ... these two today were just taken yesterday and worked on this morning. They are of some of the late season blooms we get in our memorial rose garden. Applause, Applause (11-9-13) is above. It's one of those rare photos I haven't messed with a whole lot (only cropped and slightly color saturated). As is my wont, most of the pix in this new batch are already "going abstract" or at least being heavily fussed with. Like Winter Sun (11-09-13) below:

I have to admit that both these pix are an awful lot like other flower center pix of mine. Yet, I have begun to wonder if that might not actually be OK. As long as I also keep trying out other approaches and learning about new functions I can apply. In any case, I have the luxury of pretty much doing what I please with my pix, answering really only to my own inner critic. (E.g., I'm not trying to win contests with or sell my photos, or even develop lots of traffic to this blog.) Though I'd best not make light of my inner critic's influence, which can be rather intense.

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MOONLIGHT SWIM

Moonlight Swim (10-30-09), is yet another very old photo I just re-worked today. Maybe when I feel like taking new pix again I'll get tugged away from these really old pictures. Well, at least temporarily as I satisfy my curiosity about how the new ones came out. BTW, what usually happens with these really old pix is that I see a problem with one and attempt to deal with it, without "going abstract" as I like it overall. But I can't fix it and so take it on a wild Photoshop ride, only reined in by what is suggested by the forms/colors/textures as they mutate. (Also, this is another of those photos in which the colors are noticeably different posted here to blogger, than when viewed through MS Picture Manager and Photoshop. Here, there's a bit more purple than blue, whereas I chose blues with only a hint of purple/lavender. As opposed to the last time I noted a discrepancy in colors, it's no problem as I like this more purple palette. However, it's not what I chose when working on the photo and it's hard to let go of that.)

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TATTING LESSON; & SUNSET OVER FOOTHILLS

I'm posting Tatting Lesson (7-28-13), above, as much to show that I can work in other color ranges than that of blue/purple, as to share a photo I think works at least moderately well. I enjoy the texture of this one and it shows up best in these vibrant red/oranges after trying many other colors. Which, as at it happens, are not too far from the original plant's deep red blossoms.

Sunset Over Foothills (11-7-11), below, was just re-worked today from an abstract version of the original that I'd left sitting in the folder for a couple of years. When I hit on these shapes and colors today I immediately thought of the sunsets I've seen over the mountains in the not so far distance outside our retirement community's front gate. One of the few advantages (at least for me) to the days becoming so short is I'm actually out once in a while to see a lovely sunset (as opposed to ensconced in my room reading or writing and oblivious to the outside world).

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FORDING THE RIVER

Not much to say about this new version of an old photo, Fording the River (8-2-10). More fooling around with Photoshop filters with mixed results. But here it is as there's something about it (wish I had a nickel for every time I say that) I'm drawn to. Probably the colors, they are the ones I almost always head for and have to tug myself away from in order to try out a new palette.

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AT THE LOOM; & WEAVING FOR THE FALL

At the Loom (12-16-10) is an old photo just re-worked today, but not quite as old as those I've been mostly posting here recently. And as with just about every picture posted here in the past weeks I've very mixed feelings about it. But for once I'll leave the apologia at that.

This one below, Weaving for the Fall, I find an even less satisfying effort. And there's a third version I won't even post. Just can't seem to get beyond feeling a rather "meh" response to any of my efforts recently. This slough should pass (at least mostly). It usually does. Whether it's due to skewed perceptions, "objective" realities, or some combo of both, it will hopefully loose some of its grip eventually.

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