LIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS

"Light Accommodations" (3-3a-14 013v3a) is one of many versions (both old and new) of an even older pic. Yes, I'm still quite enamored of the "diffuse" filter (its gives that sort of melting effect). But wait a while, I'll find a new favorite I'm sure. I still haven't but scratched the surface on what Photoshop has to offer. And a friend just told me that he's gotten the newest PS version and he's agog with all it can do. Oy! I'm not even all that familiar with my old(er) version yet. And perfectly content to inch along in my own fashion, picking up new tricks as I either stumble across them, or get bored and go looking for something new. Boredom not being a common feeling as I so enjoy experimenting (applying, and combining, and reapplying, etc.) with what I already know in PS to see what will happen to a pic.

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LINES OF FLIGHT

"Lines of Flight" (3-3a-14 036v2) was just fixed up out of an old photo stumbled across recently in my archiving/deleting project. Need I say it, yet again? I'm always delighted to get a crisp photo of fern patterns. This one, however, was a bit of a challenge as it had lots of "schmutz" peeking through from behind these branches. I didn't give up on it, though. And ultimately had to paint out only one tiny distracting spot. The rest of it I'd already gotten rid of with careful cropping, and then filters and such.

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SPRING THAW

"Spring Thaw" (10-7-15 v3a) is one of many brand new versions of a rather old photo. Not much else to say about it as it's obviously intensely Photoshopped. And that the original pic is of a bright yellow spring orchid. Which may be how I came to that title when right now it's almost Halloween. Smile.

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HEART OF GOLD

"Heart of Gold" (5-24-15 056) is one of the realistic versions I mentioned of the pic I posted yesterday. It's barely fussed with it all, at least for the way I tend to operate. Just cropped from the large original, slightly color saturated to bring out the lovely pink/yellow contrast, sharpened, and the "diffuse" filter applied. "Diffuse" because I thought it might emphasize those lovely ruffled edges of the petals and it did.

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FLAUNTATIOUS

I have a couple of realistic versions of the source pic for "Flauntatious" (5-24-15 056v4) that I do like. But just could not resist going further and like this loud one even more. What may very well be seducing me are the colors, however. I tried lots of other color combos but this one just grabs me. (Yeah, I know, me and purple ... nothing new there, ey?)

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FALLING FOR YOU

"Falling For You" (10-7-15, falling for you v6) was just morphed today from a very old photo. There's a whole lot of Photoshopping I did first, but just about the final touch was the "mosaic" filter. I usually try it to see what the effect might be, but rarely like it. But this time, especially once I enlarged the mosaic squares and reversed the pic colors so the lines were light, I really liked it. Of course, the color inversion changed everything about the pic and gave it its raison d'etre, if you will, as reflected in the title.

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HEAT WAVE, ISLA VISTA, CA

"Heat Wave, Isla Vista, CA" (10-7-15 Heat Wave...) is a very old pic that I just fooled around with today. To anyone familiar with Photoshop filters, my on-going affection for "diffuse" has probably been obvious. And the way it sort of "melts" the edges of shapes works well in this heat wave pic, IMHO. You might be better able to see that effect if you click on the image for a larger version.

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