WAITING FOR THE LAST UNICORN

"Waiting for the Last Unicorn" is an old favorite of mine, posted here earlier (8-15-13). It puts me in mind of those unicorn tapestries of the 15th century. No unicorn, but somehow it has the atmosphere of those old wall hangings. (At least to my eye.) It's intriguing, too, that I've not since been able to duplicate the sort of tapestry texture of this pic version. It was probably mostly an artifact of being only a very small corner of a bigger photo. I.e., that considerable cropping messed in an unusual way with the focus. Plus anything else I may have done to it at the time, such as a combo of Photoshop filters. (BTW, I think my "last unicorn," metaphorically speaking, did finally arrive fairly recently. Offering a very different sort of "magic" from any I've known or imagined!)

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PORTRAIT

"Portrait" (posted here earlier on 7-31-13) was a lot of fun to morph. What else can I say? The original is of a friend against a white brick wall. He wanted a good pic of himself for professional use. Poor dear! I took several and none worked out. I'm just not a people photographer. I've long since stopped saying yes to people's wheedling that I try to take any. And look what I did with this early failed attempt at a "portrait." He laughed when he saw it, though if he'd been recognizable in it I doubt he would have. :-)

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SUN BATH

"Sun Bath" (6-22-13 tthabol) is another in my series of re-posts here. It's one I'd recommend viewing in a larger version as it has a lot of "texture" to it, so just click on the image if you are interested.

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[UNTITLED 1]

[Untitled 1] is a re-post from mid-2013. At the time I was unsure of the color combo, but on this viewing I really like it. As it's untitled I immediately thought it would be fun to give it a name. But none has occurred to me. I suppose if I took some time I could come up with one that reflects that sort of "autumn on its way" that I see in that "sky." However, it ain't happenin'. So it remains nameless.

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HEY! MAKE WAY!

"Hey! Make Way!" (in screen shots folder) is an edited version of a pic I posted here a long time ago. I've been learning to use the photo editing functions that come with Windows 10 and they're no great shakes. But in the process, I'm getting a more thorough sense of how the masses of new info (to me) in Windows 10 all fits together. In this case, the only editing I did that worked, was to improve the clarity (a rather weak sort of sharpening like that in Photoshop), cropped off the excess screen shot info around the edges, and rotated the pic 90 degrees clockwise. The result is a version I'm itching to get at in a more sophisticated editing program ... and that will eventually be possible. Probably a free one, such as GIMP. And lest I forget, I've also learned how to load new photos from my camera. The big problem there? No color saturation on printing, and no such function on Windows 10/Photos to increase the saturation (or even contrast) -- at least in a reasonable way. Making for very pale or way too dark, unusable prints. GIMP or some such program should help me deal with this issue. Sigh. As the expression goes: If it's not one thing, it's another. :-)

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