TOUCHE

"Touche" (4-4-13 12413a) was just fussed today from an old photo, of which I have many other versions, both realistic and abstract. For all the fooling around with the original I did over the past two years, today was the first time I really noticed the relationship between the green blades and the reddish leaves, like a pair of fencers. (I've always cropped out those bright green blades before.) Now that it's all done (including very minor painting out of background distractions) I'm not as happy with it as I was. Story of my life. The same thing happens every morning once I finally have a dream poem posted to my other blog. More or less disappointment settles in. It's not often, to say the least, that I stay content with, much less actually happy about, a photo or poem. So why I do I continue with these efforts? Because it's the process that I find nurturing. Sharing? Well, that's just gravy. I also suspect that some part of me refuses to give up. Maybe the next pic or poem ...

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PURPLE FLOAT

I'm afraid my choice of "Purple Float" (12-11-12 12258ev4) to post to today is heavily influenced by the colors. I like all sorts of colors and shades thereof, but these have to be at the top of that "like list." I will also admit to enjoying those shapes. I see the American Indian figure Kokopelli in them. And have seen this hump-backed, flute-playing, seed scattering figure in other flower center pix I have. But the colors are what grab me today.

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MEMORIES OF RAIN

"Memories of Rain" (12-11-12 12258ev3), well, the title's source is clearly the drought. But even before I came to that I saw mountain peaks in this one. They resulted from the fun I had experimenting with the "polar coordinates" filter. I applied it twice, in between other sorts of filters and coloring effects. And I don't often like the "craquelure" filter's effect. But for some reason it works for me here, giving the photo that sort of oil painting on canvass look. Which effect you can see better by clicking on the pic for a larger version.

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THE WELL'S GONE DRY

I suppose folk might be tired of my going on about the drought, so I'll just say that the title "The Well's Gone Dry" (12-11-12 12262v5) does reference it. However, the initial association I had on seeing this version pop on my screen after some edit I'd made was to that great old series of sci-fi books about the planet Dune. Of course, lack of water was that planet's main problem. Smile...it's name might give that away. (I certainly hope the next thing I go over endlessly here isn't wildfires. The season has started, with fires all over our state.)

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SUN SONG

"Sun Song" (4-29-12 11816e) is further to the Summer Solstice theme of yesterday. Though right now we here in CA are experiencing the down side to this time of year, with wild fires all around. With so many already cropping up it doesn't bode well for the rest of this drought ridden fire season. But, back to this pic: I so like these pale yellow roses. They climb an arbor in our memorial rose garden. Though the garden, like much else, isn't as happy this year due to the drought, even with drip lines installed beneath. I know these changes are inevitable. If we learn anything from this drought it's that this is high desert country, not a temperate region. And that we need to plant appropriate flora, and use water accordingly. As there will always be another drought. In the meantime, I will enjoy these roses for as long as we have them ...

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SUN CRADLE

"Sun Cradle" (10-31-12 12226ev9) was just fudged this morning from an earlier morph of a years old photo. Please consider it my belated Happy Summer Solstice greeting. I didn't set out to make a solstice pic, but of all the versions (yeah, several) I made this morning this is the only one I really like (at least today). And it does speak of me of the sun.

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SEEKING A COLOR PALETTE; & SWITCHBACK

"Seeking A Color Palette" was edited (cropping, and black and white conversion) a month ago from a new pic, and just shaped up for posting today. (I.e., painting out wee bits of distracting spots in the background.) I find agapanthus blossoms endlessly entertaining. No two are ever alike in how they open up. This one seems to be rather confused, trying to find a proper radiating of its little individual flowers. My guess is that it received a rather changeable amount of light, coming from different directions. It reminds me of an old pic of mine ("Switchback" [4-29-12 11848e]) of a sea onion, posted here years back:

The feeler started out in all that bright light, and then ooops! No more light, better turn back. And, no, this pic has not been Photoshopped. (I didn't even have the Photoshop program at the time it was taken.) That's the actual line of light and shadow on the concrete over which the sea onion feeler extended itself. For anyone not familiar with the sea onion plant, those buds open into little white flowers with wee green stripes out of their centers.

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