Saturday, May 17, 2014

BLACK BECOMES HER; & SHADOW ROSES

"Black Becomes Her" (4-24-14 008v6) above, is another version of a photo I've posted others for here recently. It's a color inversion of one I turned into black and white. That may sound simple. Well, the step to get to this version was. However, the black and white one I inverted from took a bit of work to get the proper contrast, along with a filter or two I applied. And some cleaning up of distractions that only became so when finally appearing in black and white. Below is that previous b & w photo, called "Shadow Roses" (4-24-14 008v5), which was posted to my dreams & poetry blog recently:

I can't say which of these black and whites I prefer. They have such different "feels" to me and I like them both.

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Friday, May 16, 2014

LUCID DREAM

"Lucid Dream" (4-24-10 10004v3) is very old photo, just morphed yesterday mostly using the "liquify" filter. Just in case you don't know, skilled lucid dreamers are not only aware they are dreaming as they are dreaming, but able to control the course of a dream. Although I'm sometimes aware I'm dreaming, I've never controlled a dream. And I honestly don't want to develop that skill (there are methods one can use). I relate to my dream world as having its separate life. And I have to do enough controlling in my waking life, thank you very much. Even more so, I worry I might twist a dream right out of its natural shape, if you will. Oh, and the sepia tone here? I rarely dream in color. (Though both dreaming in color and being aware I'm dreaming as I dream has been on the increase recently.) If I have any awareness of color it's usually more like what's in this pic.

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

MAPPING HYPERBOREA

"Mapping Hyperborea" (5-3-14 6646ev6) is new, from a rather old photo (which of course I now have several other brand new versions of as well).

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

MAY MERRIMENT; & 100 DEGREES IN THE SHADE

"May Merriment" (4-24-14 008v7) above, is another of those pix for which I've made several different versions. I just so enjoy seeing what happens to those rose shapes and background shadows with each filter and color range I apply.

And "100 Degrees in the Shade" (4-24-14 008v9) below, is one of those other versions. The title and texture of it were clearly influenced by the heat wave we're having right now. Though, fortunately, my rooms tend to stay considerably cooler than outdoors, shaded as they are by trees.


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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

A TURN OF PHRASE; & VORACIOUS

"A Turn of Phrase" (11-7-11 11379e) above, is from a very old photo. One I'd fussed into this abstract shape quite some time ago and just left because I wasn't at all sure about it. This morning I fooled more with it again and finally feel OK about posting it. "Voracious" (11-17-11 11379ev2) below, from the same original photo, also languished in its folder until I fudged with it further this morning:


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Monday, May 12, 2014

FIGMENTATION

"Figmentation" (9-12-13 013v5) was just wrestled out of an old photo version already posted here quite some time ago. All I did today was apply the "ocean ripple" filter, fiddle a little with a function I've just recently begun using ("liquify"), and increase the contrast a bit. I was drawn to mess with this old pic because next to the purple/blue range of colors, I've always been a sucker for a spectrum of brights. I do think, however, this pic's center on the left is a wee bit "muddy," if you will. What can I say? At a time like this I take refuge in one of the tenets of the Japanese aesthetic "wabi sabi" -- nothing is perfect. Not that I don't work for perfection (in whatever way I feel it tug at me). Just that it's not truly attainable. Oh my, I just glanced up at my wall (refocusing my eyes as I do every so often at the computer). And saw one of the sayings I have posted there: "Don't take yourself so seriously, no one else does." That's not an aesthetic tenet, but it could be a survival tactic. :-)

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Sunday, May 11, 2014

DANCING IN THE RAIN; & RAIN MOSAIC

"Dancing In The Rain" (3-2-14 001v7) above, is a wishful pic, just made from a photo taken after one of the rare rainstorms we've had in the past several years. I did feel as if I were dancing when I took pix of wet leaves and puddles, and even of rain pouring on our Promenade (not a successful shot). And here below is another from the same batch of photos, "Rain Mosaic" (3-2-14 005v3):


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