Oriental Poppy

Just for fun. An oriental poppy and white peony put toegether with a lot of Photoshop filters.

Two Paths

A composite of two images from the ‘Haunted House’. The windows was gone and this apple blossom was laying along the window sill. The other image is a shot of the front door.

Grungy Waterlily

Another take on the grungy flower theme. This is a graffiti shot from Benicia with a waterlily shot from the Conservatory of Flowers.

New Beginnings

This is the first of the grungy flower series that I think seems more positive. Even though the tulips are past their prime somehow the open pathway looks hopeful to me.

Cave Painting

It has been a while since I have put up a new grungy flower. I feel inspired today after seeing German Herrara’s work at the BAPC event. After spending more time with his ‘Book of Mirrors’ portfolio, I was shocked to see the similarities that my recent work has with his. I thought that my grungy series was a little weird but unique. Not true. German has been working on his composites for over 5 years. I guess I just have to keep to my own path.

On another front, I thought that I had broken my new Canon 5D. I had been plagued with dust and now hair in the viewfinder and even on the sensor. I felt like the camera is a Hoover sucking in all the gunk outdoors. I kept cleaning and cleaning but seemed to make matters worse. There was a small hair in the viewfinder that was making me crazy. I tried to blow it out and wipe it out with a sensor brush. After my efforts, the viewfinder now appeared to have a semi-circular crack. Since I was down in Long Beach last week, I dropped into the Canon repair facility in Irvine. They took one look and said it is just a big piece of har and you need it cleaned. It can be ready in a few hours and is covered by my warranty. WOOHOO! Finally, a clean camera again. I just hope I can keep it that way.

Floral Impression

Although this is a ‘straight shot’, I did use the Photomatix HDR tool to do tonal mapping. I then played even more with the curves to exagerate the blue and pink colors. I wish that I had not used such a high ISO (1000) but like the effect.

Another in the grungy flower series. This is a fairly old infrared shot of California Poppies combined with a graffiti shot from the Hidden Bay Workshop.

Today, I am trying out the Qumana Blog editor for posting. Here is a grungy flower using my recent abstracts from the Hidden Bay Workshop.

It is a new month and here is another of the grungy flowers. This is a very old picture of the mini-roses from my own garden. The other image in the composite is a picture of pavement with eucalyptus leaves and roots breaking through.

I am unsure of this grungy composite but I will post it. It is funny but posting helps me decide.