AT THE EDGE OF THINGS

"At the Edge of Things" (3-12-16 009v2) is one of those new ones I mentioned yesterday that I'd taken and not yet had time to load to my computer, much less work on. This morning I found that this one of the bunch is a rare pic that not only came out as I'd hoped when framing the shot, but also needed very little work. Just did some cropping to get the proper dimensions for my online printer (or I might have left it as it was), a wee bit of color work to get the contrast right, and a teensy bit of painting out of a distraction in one corner. I'm really getting it that I have to respect my camera's need for more light than I often take photos in. I.e., I think this pic came out as clear as it did because it was taken in bright light that was off to the right over my shoulder. As I mentioned here a few days ago, using the portrait setting (weird, but true) more often would help. Portait does better in questionable light and will auto-flash when it's way too low. (BTW, just used the close up setting on this shot.)

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HER BRAIN ON BELIEF

"Her Brain on Belief" (12-8-15 002v4f) is one of a few versions I just morphed from a fairly recent pic (well, the source pic is only months, as opposed to years, old). I kind, sorta like it. But mostly for what it and its title represent to me, than for its "art," if you will. Not that I didn't really work at it "for art's sake," just that it's not really anything new. And I've been craving newness. Of course, that really means both taking new pix (which I did, but don't have time to work on them today) and learning new Photoshop functions to use. (So, get that brain to act on what it believes, she says to herself, which is no mean task given its tendency to convoluted and knotted thinking.)

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WARMING TO THE DAY

"Warming to the Day" (3-3-16 002v10c) is actually for a change morphed from a new pic. But, as usual, it's one of many, rather different versions. Wish I could say I, too, was warming to the day. I'm chilly both externally and internally. And not thinking this pic is hot, either. But I like the colors and at least the texture is a little different. Which texture, BTW, is best viewed in a larger size, so click on the pic if you're interested to see the detail.

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TOP HEAVY

"Top Heavy" (4-15-14 053v2a) was just ever so slightly modified from an old version of (yup ...) an even older pic. When I first looked at it today I realized I'd over-saturated the colors. Not only were the colors not really believable, but the saturation hid some of the petals delicacy and translucence. So I fudged to get the colors more natural looking. They're still a little bit heightened, but that much seems necessary. Of course, how they look on blogger now is slightly more intense than what I see in other programs. Ack. Nothing like having one's work go right down the drain. Yeah, that's a bit of an exaggeration. And the pic isn't even anything to write home about anyway. But it's still frustrating.

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THE PATH AHEAD

"The Path Ahead" (-20-14 020v4a) was just further morphed today from an old version of an even older pic. I was much more pleased yesterday with the version I made it from than I am with either version today. But that's probably more a reflection of my mood than an assessment of the pic itself. (Continuing to look at the path ahead is not a happy prospect, much less does it have any clarity.)

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PISMO BEACH (#2)

"Pismo Beach (#2)" (8-17-10 10008v5) is an old version of an even older photo I just stumbled across yesterday doing some cleaning out of my pix folders. It's another of those that my feelings about have mellowed since last looking at it. I remember working assiduously on this pic (I posted one version of it here at that time). But also ultimately having some sort of issue with them all. (Yes "all." As usual, I tortured several different versions out of the original pic.) However, whatever that problem was is no where in sight today. And that sort of salmon sky really appeals to me right now. Warms the rather chilly cockles of my heart. With that, I'll get this posted before I do see again what the problem issue was and go haring off after a solution I didn't then and won't now find.

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FACED WITH HER HAUNTS

"Faced With Her Haunts" (2-12-16 003v5a) is from the same recent folder of pix as yesterday's post. I started it yesterday, having great fun rotating it various ways and applying the polar coordinates (polar to rectangular) filter after each rotate. Just to see what shapes would result. Then began using other filters to change the texture, introduce the lines, etc., etc. Also did a bunch of color inversion and re-inversion. When I came to it this morning it still needed something, so I added a bit of blurring and dropped out some yellow/green coloring (too cheerful for haunts, which it clearly had begun to look like to me). Then it felt as finished as any pic ever feels.

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