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Florence, Italy 2015 The light was perfect when I shot this scene, but somehow the colors of my photo were wrong, wrong, wrong. Looking at my RAW file, I see a blue haze that I didn’t notice when I was in … Continue reading
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Rome, Italy 2015 Another “save” of a photograph that lacked punch. Bright sun entered the shop from the window on the man’s right. As I looked at this portrait, I thought “Rembrandt light”…something I often tried in the darkroom. It’s … Continue reading
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Rome, Italy 2015 A digital painting rendered through the use of many plug-ing…and not just once, either. I use them several times. I might use Topaz Simplify, then Alien Skin’s Exposure 7 and back to Topaz, but this time Impression or … Continue reading
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Istanbul Turkey-2008 Old wooden houses painted in pastels lined a neighborhood street near the Kyrie Mosque. Black chador clad women struggled up the steep hills with loaded shopping bags. Pushcarts parked on corners displayed luscious fruits and vegetables. A handsome Kurdish … Continue reading
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Kizhi Island 2009 Kishi Island, in the center of Lake Onega, showing chapel and home typical of Karelian architecture. It looks typically Scandinavian because the Karelians inhabit areas of Sweden, Finland and part of Russia north of St. Petersburg.
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Gujarat, India 2009 I emphasized these soft, sherbet-like colors with Topaz Impression, a plug-in that turns your photographs into digital paintings. What I remember about this day is that the local people call this desert, “the place where the swallows … Continue reading
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Burma 2011 A portrait of a tribal girl enhanced with Topaz Impressions. I chose the Edward Hopper filter. Edward always included a lot of background. If I’d known, I’d have shot wider.
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Los Angeles Zoo 2015 Using Photoshop and plug-ins, it is possible to make similar photos unique. This shot is saturated but not over the top. The tiger’s fur really did have that intense orange color or that is the way … Continue reading
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Impressionist Digital Painting I got the idea to make a Matisse painting. That was years ago. I began with a photo of clothes hanging on a line. I can’t remember what all I’ve done with this but I was never satisfied. … Continue reading
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U.S.A. Santa Barbara Zoo 2015 The curve and flow of the brilliantly colored feathers brought the Russian Fairytale about the Firebird to my mind. I tried to use Photoshop brushes to add to the ethereal effect, but I am hopeless. After … Continue reading
