RETURN OF THE SUN

"Return of the Sun" was just morphed from one of my oldest pix. As to it's title I'm stuck on knowing that even though winter's just begun, our daylight time is actually starting to increase. Yay! I've added this return to my mental gratitude list. Not to mention that I've made it through another yearly cycle myself and am turning 71 tomorrow. Hopefully I'll also be at least a bit sunnier soon, once S.A.D. has loosed its grip on me.

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WENDING WINTER'S WAY

"Wending Winter's Way" (10-26-14 12223ev11b) was just further morphed this morning from an old version of an even older original pic. (Another version, just fussed out of the same original, is up on my dreams & poetry blog.) It's fun sometimes to further mess with the results of the Photoshop filter called "glowing lines." In this case I can't recall what the older layer of edits were (except for the obvious glowing lines). Today I mostly fidgeted with focus and color filters. And I'll note as I did about yesterday's photo that I did not distort these line shapes. The original was taken looking straight down into a wide open, very ruffly rose.

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EVERYTHING MELTS AWAY

"Everything Melts Away" (11-26-14 001v6a) is a rather new pic, just morphed this morning. These are some of my favorite colors. (Wish I had a nickel for every favorite thing I mention here. :-D) Once I'd cropped and colored it, I applied a Photoshop blur filter I'd not used before. It had the effect of blurring the less distinct areas more than the details, which I like and hope I'll recall how I got the effect. Then I used what's called "plastic wrap," the filter that produces those whitish or shiny outlines. I rarely like plastic wrap on a photo that's not been already greatly fussed with. But it can do some interesting things when used late in a lot of fudging, as here. BTW, the shapes in this pic are as they were in the original pic of a wide open rose, just cropped way down. I.e., I did not distort the shapes.

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LIGHT SLIPS IN

"Light Slips In" (6-4-11 11063e) is a very old photo I've always liked. I probably posted it back when I took it (well over three years ago) to my dreams & poetry blog, but don't think I ever put it up here. All I did to it today was increase the contrast a wee bit, trying to bring out that shaft of light and the shadows on the concrete since they are the real interest for me in this pic. It feels good to post it today as it's this sort of pleasure in a photo that keeps me taking pix. And it's these sorts of things to photograph that make me grateful for where I live. All of which leads up to wishing you a Happy New Year!  One in which you find much to be grateful for.

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PATCHES OF LIGHT

"Patches of Light" (8-27011 11206v3) was just fussed out of a very old photo this morning. Rather reflective of my mood so I'm surprised I wanted the title to point to the little bit of light there is in it. Maybe just working on a staircase/railing pic cheered me a wee bit. As I've said here all to often, I really enjoy looking at these sorts of shadows. Many times I don't even take out my camera, but just stand looking at them. And we have plenty of outside staircases to look at on the grounds of the retirement community I live in. This particular one I pass every day on the way to/from the elevator. Can't do stairs, bad arthritis. But I've certainly found another use for them. One that supports my inner world, if not my body.

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A BRUSH WITH SUNSET

"A Brush With Sunset" (12-22-14 002v4) is a very new photo, the "paint" barely dry on this version. It's been problematic, but it has also kept me trying to rescue it. (I so enjoy looking at these sunsets.) I can't even say how many different crops alone I tried. Then there's the various textures I tried, settling on this sort of water color effect. And the light I took it in to begin with? As well as it being a landscape shot? Well, my little compact digital combined with my minimal tech skills made for quite a challenge. I must admit this pic comes close to capturing what I felt looking at this sunset, despite it's composition issue. I could wish for less of that tree. However, cropping it down makes a different and less interesting mess of the photo's balance. So, in a way, I've settled for the lesser of two evils with this crop. :-)

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UM, PARDON YOUR BOOTS!

"Um, Pardon Your Boots!" (12-28-14 002v2) is brand new. This Santa is right near the one in the photo I shared a few days ago, hanging from the same tree. I've also photographed that little elephant before, alone in his swing, and shared a version here. I'm very fond of the elephant headed Hindu deity, Ganesh. A friend once suggested that Ganesh is not dissimilar to Santa in His far reaching benevolence. Which almost caused me to title this pic "Double Decker Santa."

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