"The contemplation of things as they are, without substitution or imposture, without error or confusion, is in itself a nobler thing than a whole harvest of invention."
Francis Bacon
hey Kim.. im glad you liked King Of Clubs.. i left the face unedited in that sense.. you can see the original in the links i provided in the description of the card.. personally, i thought it added to the mood of the image.. but thank you for giving me a wonderful critique..
Hi Kim, nice to meet you. Thanks for your great comment on A Ghostly Light Near Newcastle. Dunstickin´s original is a great landscape shot, and I didn´t want to "destroy" it, I tried to find a different mood in it instead. I think I understand what you mean when you mention realness, I´ve seen light phenomenon like this..and it could be a real capture of such an occasion. This is a rather simple manipulation...but it´s the result that is important and I´m very pleased with this one...and I´m glad you liked it too.
About stonewalls. Many poor Swedes emigrated to America in the late 19th century - most of them came from the south part of Sweden, where you can find lots of stone walls around small fields. They burned the woodland and dug up big stones to get some land that could feed them...one of the remaining traces from that time is the beautiful stone walls in the country-side.
Thanks for your comments on "River of the Moon," this went far beyond just a sepia. I went through 4 or 5 stages starting with a filtered B&W then a light shifting tint, various more things, a yellow tint, more various things, and ending up with a sepia overlay and final sharpening. Boy are my fingers tired!
Hey Kim, thank you for your comments on "Early Morning Rise." You bring up a very good point about the location of the trees on the left, I appreciate it! :)
Kim,
Thanks for your comments on 'Heading to the pass'.
I agree with you that there should have been some more light but it was a dark cloudy day and I made an attampt to get most out of it.
Hi Kim !
Many thanks for checking out 'Onwards' and giving your valued judgement, kind words and support. I have had 1 or 2 requests for a different (darker) background for the 'Jewel' and something will be in the pipeline shortly..
Again, Thank You !
John
Thank you for your gorgeous comment on the "classicisstic facade". I really appreciate it. I am glad you liked it so much. I have to admit I was lucky. The natural light was perfect. I did not have to change anything in the photoshop. I guess I have made many people laugh. Imagine a person kneeling in front of the church on the crossing, in some funny poses trying to get the photo.
Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual.
Edward Weston
Thanks for your comments on "Evening" Kim.
Glad you enjoyed it. I know what you mean. Stratas are hard to work with in terrain sufracing. I don't use them very much on account of that horizontal look. Sometimes I've even taken the image into photoshop and used the Liquify filter on parts of the stratas. That's a neat trick to make them a bit more realistic.
Again, thanks for looking!
You remember the great fire from 1979 that supposedly started in your garage where that chipmunk ingested some fertilizer and fell into a can of kerosene, instantly turning into a flying little fluffy little molotov cocktail that set a blaze leveling the whole neighborhood west of Newton's Hardware Store?
Hello Kim....Thankyou so much for taking the time to view (WHITEWATER)and for adding the picture to your favourites, it is very much appreciated......The noise of the sea crashing against the pier was something else to experience....Thankyou again...All the very best to you Kim.................Mick.
Hi Kim, thanks very much for your comment on Marching Cliffs. I would love it if i could get the sky less washed out too but unfortunately i was taking the shot into the sun on a very bright day. Best i could do. Thanks for stopping by :)
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the almighty. I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom i trust". Psalm 91: 1 and 2