FALLING FOR FALL; & [untitled]

"Falling for Fall" (9-27-14 004v2) was just taken this morning and finished now for posting. And I do really take a tumble for fall, even here in South Central California. Yes, we do have some fall foliage and the falling thereof. Nothing I've seen yet in my 6-1/2 years here to fully rival upper New York State's extensive displays of fall beauty. But when I discovered the trees in this pic had gone all autumnal my first year here, I'd be hard pressed to describe any difference in the delight I felt (still feel) on viewing them. All I did to this photo was crop it slightly and saturate the colors a wee bit to bring them closer to what I saw live. I did consider getting in closer to the trees to get some up through the leaves shots and such, or pix of those leaves raked in piles under the trees. But that ground is too uneven for my arthritic step and I did not want to chance it. Fortunately, the wide angle lens camera I had with me takes somewhat better distance shots than my old Samsung. And here's a yet to be titled different shot:

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ABOVE & BELOW

"Above & Below" (9-24-14 018v2) is very new and just fussed with this morning. I've got drought on the brain for sure. This pic is one of several from different vantage points I took of this drought dry courtyard lawn. I'm surprised I haven't taken more of this view long before the lawn died. That's a lovely tree, nestled in the crook of the buildings. Anyway, the day I snapped this pic workers had begun putting in sprinklers in this lawn. Which will not only conserve on the intense labor required to hose it by hand, but save on water. I did very little to this pic other than crop it and "paint" out some distractions at the bottom edge.

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IT'S ABOUT THE LIGHT

"It's About the Light" (9-20-14 003v3) is a new photo just edited this morning. Didn't do much to it, other than crop and change to sepia tones. The sepia tones were not done in Photoshop. I turned it into black and white first, increased contrast a wee bit, then used MS Picture Manager to adjust the color to a sepia tone to my liking. One that did not let the window light overpower the pic totally. BTW, this pic is of a portion of a common space in our retirement community called the B-Lounge. That's a large screen T.V. the chairs are clustered in front of. And behind where I stood to snap the pic is our little, well-stocked Corner Store. To the far left back corner, is a group of exercise machines. The rest of the large open space has tables in it for card games, puzzle working, etc. With the chairs and tables pushed to the walls, its used weekly for exercise, Tai Chi, and Qi Gong classes. Among other additional events, it's also used for a monthly art/craft display by a resident. (I've had photo shows here.)

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ORIGAMI LESSON

"Origami Lesson" (9-24-14 010V2) was just taken this morning and finished right now for posting. It's one of my favorite kinds of scenes to snap pix of: architectural shadows and angles. And we have plenty of that type around the grounds of this retirement community that I live in. BTW, I tried it in black and white as it's almost there already. However, the subtle blues do add a bit to a sense of depth or distance, that gets lost in black and white.

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SEARCHING FOR THE SUN

"Searching for the Sun" (9-20-14 2479ev2) is a brand new morphing of a very old photo of mine. The original is of heavily shadowed fern leaves. I could not resist messing with them in Photoshop.

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GLEEFUL GANAPATI

Well, I did say I'd probably post more Ganesh (Gapapati's another of His names) pix here, didn't I? Even once the festival celebrating his birthday was past. Thing is, I'd not intended to actually produce more as I've a few folders with plenty I made during the festival. Ah well, so much for intentions. I made "Gleeful Ganapati" (10-3-09 7273ev6d) this morning. It just began to appear on my screen as I fussed with a really old morph of an even older pic. Not surprised He'd come to mind (and eye). I could really use Ganapati's obstacle removing ability right now. Of course, I recently read He's also known for placing appropriate obstacles in our paths, too. Maybe I have Him to thank for the one I'm dealing with at present. :-) Anyway, back to this pic. I can't even begin to recall all that has been done to it. Especially given it was already morphed when I began work on it today. There's some use of the liquify filter in it at it's oldest level. Then there's color inversion and re-inversion along the way, ocean, ink outlines, and maybe even comic filters. Some filters applied twice. Then fussing at the color (hue, saturation, and contrast). This after making several other versions of this same old photomorph already. But until Ganesh appeared (at least to my eye) in this one I just was not content to make a post.

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SWIMMING UPSTREAM

Ack! "Swimming Upstream" (10-3-09 7265ev2a) was an arduous trip, for sure. Rather than work on disappointing new pix (which most have been for some time now), I went back to my oldest folders and opened one at random. And there was an old photo (already posted) that really grabbed my imagination. However, I now have made several versions of it (worked and re-worked), none of which really do it for me. Except for this one. And it was my last ditch effort to produce something new today before giving up and looking at an old list I have of unposted pix that could be used. Sigh of relief. I like this new photomorph. I'll probably see things to pick at in it later, but for now I'm content.

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