THAT OLD PRICKLY PEAR

"That Old Prickly Pear" (7-7-09 3478v3) was just morphed from an old version of one of my oldest pix ever. The title says it all for me today. "Me" being the intended referant in that sentence, not anyone else. (Not all that happy with this pic, but it'll have to do. No time for working further. I've already spent more time than I should at this computer today.) Oh, lest I forget: Happy St. Patrick's Day! (It used to mean a little more -- not a lot, but somewhat -- back when I thought I was almost half Irish. And then I had my DNA analysis done and found out I'm only 4% Irish! (The even bigger surprise: I'm 24% Scandinavian. Yeah, those Vikings sure did get around, didn't they?)

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THE FALL OF EVENING

"The Fall of Evening" (1-30-17 015v5a) was just finished today, after morphing it yesterday from a year-old pic of mine. The original, unfussed with pic is of a jacaranda in winter, i.e. no blossoms and few leaves. I frequently pass underneath it on my long walks and almost always stand for a while beneath it, checking out how it's presenting itself today ... in this moment, this light, this weather, this season.

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PETROGLYPH EMERGENT

"Petroglyph Emergent" (8-13-17 011v3b) was just morphed from a version of a pic with many layers of other versions under it. The orginal pic was taken late this past summer. As I've said many times before here, it's one of those pix (in all its many manifestations) that keeps me coming back to fuss at it more. It continues to call out to my imagination whenever I come across the folder. Click here if you'd like to see one of the many other ways I've fussed with this pic.

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[aka: Patricia Kelly] **** Patricia’s dreams & poetry blog; and if you wish to copy or use any of my writing or photos, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”) ****

CHORUS OF THE NIGHT

First let me say (as I've said a couple times here in the years I've been doing this blog) that I really don't know what I was thinking when I posted the pic I put up yesterday. Ack! Funny thing is, though, if I look at it long enough I begin to like it a bit. Ah well, that's probably a function of if being long familiar by now. :-)

Anyway, today's "Chorus of the Night" (2-19-10 19962v3b) is questionable, too. I kinda sorta like it and kinda don't. On the "like" end of that equation: all the little interlocking shapes and the painting-like effect, as well as the color combo. And on the "don't like" end of that equation: it doesn't have anything different to offer (at least in my view). I do see morphing pix as being like using an alphabet: there's endless combinations that can be made. But being human -- and one who's rather a creature of habit (blame that on my being a sun sign Capricorn) -- I do tend to turn to favorite and familiar ways. The downside of which being things can become boring and too familiar. Keeping things "fresh" becomes an issue. Making myself try new functions and filters and such in Photoshop, as well as cropping in different ways. Not to mention taking different sorts of pix to begin with. The template (what I call the original unedited pic) has a big influence on where I go with a photomorph.

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‘til next take, may you enjoy life in the ever changing light,

[aka: Patricia Kelly] **** Patricia’s dreams & poetry blog; and if you wish to copy or use any of my writing or photos, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”) ****