IN THE TEETH OF WINTER

"In the Teeth of Winter" (10-5-11 11362v2c) is another very old pic that I worked on yesterday (mostly getting the right tilt and crop) and just again now. It's OK in it's full color version (which is not very colorful), but I wanted something more about it to imply the chilly weather in which it was taken. So I tried several different types of black and white conversion, none of which really did it either. Then I tried inverting the colors and applying a pale blue color filter...ack! But out of curiosity -- which I'm often motivated by -- I left it in that "ack!" version, re-inverted the colors, and voila! I like this sort of old-fashioned black and white photo look. I've used this effect in other architectural photos, but arrived at it by different, more direct editing pathways. And did not use a warming filter on this one as I've done on other pix.

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CANDY STORE TRIP

"Candy Store Trip" (10-5-11 11331v6) was just morphed yesterday from a very old photo. You can see a very different, black and white version from the same original pic here. What can I say about these two (and the several other versions I made)? I was basically taking various Photoshop filters to extremes -- after layering them as well -- to see what would happen. And what happened got my attention. The centralized, vague star shape in the original pic morphed intriguingly. Then I had great fun trying out different color combos. Sometimes a new color combo would suggest another filter to try or a slight cropping to readjust the visual balance. And around it went ....

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OVER THE HUMP

"Over the Hump" (8-27-11 11206v5a) is a very old photo, morphed just before Christmas. When I saw this name in my notes, it gave me a laugh as we are just "over the hump." (The so-called "Hump Day" of the work week was yesterday -- Wednesday.) Of course, both the pic and the name have more meaning to me than that. However, a laugh is especially welcome these days.

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BETWIXT & BETWEEN

"Betwixt & Between" (12-19-14 009) is a new pic taken just before Christmas, and fussed with a bit today. Not much done to it but to crop it rather extensively (it was taken from a second floor balcony quite a distance back), and color saturate it a little bit to bring out the contrasts and warmth. I'd tried a few days running at slightly different times of the day and weather, to get a decent shot of this view. And it seems the light was finally right when I took this one. I've got some quibbles with this pic, but overall I'm content as I think it gets across the feeling I got from the scene itself.

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TITILLATION

"Titillation" (12-23-14 012v12) does truly tickle me, both its colors and its underlying photo subject (ferns). And that's all for today ... my tickler file (if you'll pardon the awful pun) is telling me I have to get going with a number of other things.

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DON'T FORGET TO SMELL THE ROSES; & WINTER WIND

"Don't Forget to Smell the Roses" (1-5-15 022v2) above, was just taken today. We didn't used to have so many garden decorations. However, some folk have moved in recently with a lot they share. And these chatchkis have a tendency to move around our gardens ... on the sly ... at night ... hmmm.

"Winter Wind" (1-5-15 010v5) below, was also just taken today. Shall I say it yet again that I really enjoy looking at the patterns fern leaves make?

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MOON WITH TREE & WALL

"Moon With Tree & Wall" (1-4-15 001v4) was just taken last night and fussed with this morning. I'm frequently trying to get shots of the gorgeous full moons we see here and rarely succeeding. This time I tried the "night" setting on this little compact digital for the first time in ages. You have to hold the camera still -- hahaha! -- such a long time. Of course it didn't work. In fact, resulted in even worse pix. (Yeah, I've heard of things called tripods ...) Fortunately, I've gotten in the habit of taking almost all shots of anything, using at least two different settings, hoping one will come out. The source photo for "Moon With Tree & Wall" is the only one I took at various settings, from three different vantage points on our grounds, to come out good enough to be reasonably fudged with and still look like a moon shot. The original pic is, of course, way too grainy. But it was fun to crop and then torture this version out of it. BTW, today is my 71st birthday. And I'm grateful to still have the urge and opportunity to pursue these sorts of challenges, no matter their ultimate outcomes.

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