Freedom to Shine
Featured Work
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Benched by pat gamwell
Hot, sunny day outside Staples store. My eyes went right to / the varied designs and shadows. People look at you like you’re some kind of crazy for taking a pic of a lonely bench! lol:) / (Sony A350DSLR 18-250mm) / Featured: AMERICAS..RURAL, URBAN, WILD, FREE…Jan 7, 10 / Featured: FREEDOM TO SHINE…Jan 7, 10 / Featured: WEEKEND PHOTOGRAPHER…Jan 5, 10 / Featured: BENCHES…Jan 5, 10 / /
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Golden moments by Lyn Evans
Golden crocus / Taken with a Canon EOS 500D and 150mm macro lens
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Blobs In Perspective by Myron Watamaniuk
Blobs from good old Apophysis.
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Vintage by Simon Whittaker
Canon 5Dmk2 and 100mm f2 at 1/125, f5.6 ISO 400. Studio lighting. The soft box was aimed at the models face and over head level. The colour version is ok but I prefer monochrome. Today I had the pleasure to shoot with Geoffrey Lee, former Conde Nast, Vogue and Fairfax photographer. Geoffrey is one of life’s gentlemen in every sense. Aged around 80, he still has a passion for photography that adds a glint to his eyes. / The model is the lovely Sam Tedman, her enormous beauty starts in her soul and shines through.
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beneath clouds and sky [no. 2] by watersoluble
image as shot, 20 second exposure f8 1600 ASA / 25mm Zuiko Digital 1:2.8 lens Olympus e410 / infrared lens filter [72] Featured in ACROMATIC NATURE Featured in FREEDOM TO SHINE Mood & Ambience – Strictly Photos Challenge Top 10, Looking Up At Trees beneath the clouds and sky [infrared series] /
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Morning Light by Gregory Ballos
The sun bounces off of the mist as it lingers upon Sprague Lake in the Rocky Mountain National Park. Taken with Nikon D60.
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Deinopis subrufa (Net Casting Spider) #3 by Dennis Gay
The Location: / A very tight, isolated corner at the rear of my home in Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia. The Subject: / Seemingly suspended in mid-air this marvellous specimen of a female Deinopis subrufa (Net Casting Spider) was all set up with her net for a night’s hunting when I found her just before sunset on a very grey, damp summer day. / The spider’s location and orientation made it extremely difficult for me to make a good shot but with some patience, perseverance and experimentation using the fence post to brace the camera, I finally made a couple of shots for my collection. / The shot was made looking down at an angle with the camera rotated to the portrait format so as to end up with the subject’s orientation in the shot.. / The ambient light reflecting back from the white fence post gave the subject a beautiful modelling light. The Making of Deinopis subrufa (Net Casting Spider) #3: / Fuji S9600: Macro mode, Manual settings of f/3.6 @ 1/50sec, Manual focus, ISO80, Hand held. / Lightroom 1.1 & Photoshop CS3. Visit the Insects & Spiders collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more eight legged critters. UPDATE: 22-01-09 / This lovely spider has been featured in the Arachnids Group . UPDATE: 24-04-09 / My net casting Arachnid took out 1st Prize in the 99th Annual Wauchope Show’s Photography Competition in the Fauna – Colour section. UPDATE: 30-05-09 / This acrobatic arachnid has been featured in the All That is Nature Group. UPDATE: 9-7-09 / My suspended Spider has been featured in the Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies Group. UPDATE: 9-7-09 / Mrs Deinopis has been featured in the Colour and Light Group. UPDATE: 17-7-09 / Mrs Deinopis WON the Mood & Ambience Group’s Creepy Crawlies Challenge. UPDATE: 6-12-09 / My beautiful spider was FEATURED in The Male Photographer Group. UPDATE: 8-12-09 / Miss Deinopsi has been *FEATURED in The 500 to 5000 Viewings Group. UPDATE: 9-12-09 / My eight legged beauty has been FEATURED in the Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art Group. UPDATE: 8-2-10 / My suspended spider has been FEATURED in the Freedom to Shine Group. [1262 views as of 8-2-10.] Enjoy! SPIDERS / (Click the links!) Deinopis subrufa – Net Casting Spider / Eriophora transmarina – She Waits / Nephila plumipes – Suspended Animation / Nephila plumipes – Time Tunnel / Nephila plumipes – Lunch is Served / Nephila plumipes – No-one Home / Argiope Kaiserling – Dragon Slayer / Diaea evanida – Last Stand / Diaea sp – Striped Pyjamas / Diaea evanida – Flannel Flower Defender / Diaea evanida – Dinner at Five #1 / Diaea evanida – Dinner at Five #2 / Diaea evanida – Fresh Meat / Araneus bradleyi – Enamelled Spider / Tetragnatha sp /
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Indian Summer by CarmenHolly
Playing with a new style here. Created with Brushes from Redhead & Azurylipfes. Used the Flaming Pear Flood filter. Added a glass effect. Color effects.
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Call of the Spirula by Avantgarda
Ultra Fractal Slope (Julia) in Standard.ufm + Thin Orbit Traps II in tma.ucl ….. and a little bit of pixel in lkm.ufm Featured: Freedom to Shine Group
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Delicate Balance by Maria Dryfhout
Butterfly and sky in a light bulb.
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Ghanaian Butterflies 1. by Constance Widen
A handful of the incredible clouds of butterflies I was fortunate enough to see and draw when I lived in a rainforest in Ghana. 300mm x 400mm Canson paper drawn with HB graphite pencil and Aquarelle Coloured Pencils.
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Birdsong Branches (Please view larger) by MelDavies
Hand drawn with Ink on 210 gsm smooth paper, A3 size (30cm x 40cm)
Recent Work
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White Lake Lighthouse by BarbL
I’ve taken this shot from the same side of the channel as the lighthouse but I never felt it gave the best view of it. This shot is taken from the north side of the channel.
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Romeo & Juliet by Dennis Gay
THE SUBJECT: / A perfect pair of Pogona vitticeps (Central Bearded Dragons), (that’s Romeo on our right), sunning themselves on a log and by their expressions would probably like a bit of privacy. THE LOCATION: / This lizardy close-up study was made on the property of our local Herpetological Society president in Wauchope, NSW, Australia on an extremely hot late spring day. THE MAKING OF ‘The Jolly Green Frog’: / After a hiatus of about two years the Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club and the local Herpetological Society met up for a Snakes Alive! event. / They bring the snakes ‘n’ lizards, we bring the cameras, we all work together on a shoot then take a break for refreshments. / Canon EOS D60 & Canon 28-135 IR Lens: RAW, f/11 @ 1/200sec, 135mm, -1EV, ISO100, TTL on-board flash, Hand held. / Lightroom 2.2 & Photoshop CS3. Visit the Amphibians & reptiles collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more lovely leggy lizards. Enjoy! LIZARDS / (Click the links!) Pogona vitticeps – Romeo & Juliet / Pogona vitticeps – Haughty / Pogona vitticeps – Disdain / Pogona barbata / Pogona barbata / Egernia major / Varanus varius / Varanus varius / Lampropholis delicata / Lampropholis delicata / Lialis burtonis / Hypsilurus spinipes / Hypsilurus spinipes / Physignathus lesueurii / Physignathus lesueurii / Eulamprus quoyii /
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Valentine Lovers by Angela Palibrk
size 60cm x 100cm. / Painted in acrylics. / Mounted on a stretch canvas.
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Beauty of Maiko II by Tatum Wulff
A beautiful Maiko walks to work, in the famous and historic Geisha district of Gion, Kyoto, Japan. I arrived in Gion only a few moments before seeing her and quickly took a few shots before an interested crowd appeared in the foreground of my viewfinder… I am quite happy with how this capture turned out, with a ‘natural’ blur which to me, offers an artistic feel. I also like the western style dressed woman in the top right behind her.. as an interesting contrast.. Maiko are apprenticing Geisha. Geisha are typically much older Maiko; and Geisha kimono are distinct from Maiko kimono. What does Geisha mean… Geisha translated to direct English is art person, or one could say, artist. / A Geisha is a traditional, female Japanese entertainer who is highly skilled in the classical Japanese arts. Her skills range from singing and performing traditional dance to playing classical musical instruments, such as the shamisen. / Moreover, her skill at the art of conversation is highly important and she therefore tends to have knowledge of historic and current events. Geisha are expected to create an atmosphere of relaxation and entertainment. Their gracious social etiquette skills are as impeccable as is their appearance and delicate demeanor. My images do not belong to the public domain. All images are copyright ©TatumWulff. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.
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Victorian baby boots by Penny Veiga - Pires.
Victorian baby boots & Victorian baby silk baby socks / These kid skin baby boots and Victorian silk baby socks were given to me by my Grandmother – / I treasure them as she did.
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Joyful Johnquills by Angela Palibrk
Acrylics / Painted on stretched canvas / 100cm x 120cm
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Cosy Milk Blues by Donald Cameron
Cosy Milk Blues So winter’s for turning and you’re bracing yourself for snuggly blankets and hot water bottle blues. Standing in the cold grey light broken by surrendered horizon and a few blackout rocks, you’re wishing you were home and dry and in warming delay. Thinking of the window seat and smiling faces drawn on steamed up panes, of the pause for bowed heads and sodden strangers, of the toasty toes on open flames. In contempt of sense, you’re plotting a watery mass as it chugs back and forth, back and forth, chilling your bones in the name of a solitary photograph. And you see the sea frothing up like cosy milk in weathered hands, and you’re thinking of home again. At any moment you could run from the bitter air and rising damp, run away back to those heavy set curtains and comfort food and flickering television glow. You could leave the clicks to the ocean, / only you would know winter has won. / / / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Location: Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland © Donald Cameron 2009 / Monophotography.co.uk This poem was originally attached to an earlier deleted image, but I thought it fitted this one so here it is again :)
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spooky, spooky... by wildwomenlove
and these martians came towards me….and…and…and…well you know…
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Victorian Baby Boots by Penny Veiga - Pires.
Victorian baby boots and Victorian baby socks / These Victorian kid skin baby boots and Victorian silk baby socks were given to me by my Grandmother – I treasure them just as she did.
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Remembering the Summer of 2009 by Monica Scanlan
Here’s to all of us who are getting buried in the “white stuff” this winter!!! Thought we could all use a little memory of the “Dog Days of Summer”!! :) Taken 9/5/09 in Gloucester, MA. Nikon D300, PSE 7, 200 ISO, 70×300 / (You are a pest, by the very nature of that camera in your hand. – Princess Anne ) / /
About This Group
The desire of this group is to give beginners, amateurs, and professionals a chance to shine side by side; in their own respective art forms! There is no limit to the type of work; painting ~ photography ~ writing ~ drawings ~ sketches ~ digital creations…
We desire to see the beginners grow and be helped by the pro’s… we also desire to see the pro’s excel to new and greater heights… as well as to see amateurs come into their own and really discover who they are as artists! This is a place where artists can appreciate artists and have the FREEDOM TO SHINE!!
PLEASE HAVE A LOOK IN THE FORUM!!!! WE WANT IT TO BE A PLACE FOR YOU ALL TO LEARN AS WELL AS TO TEACH!!!!
You are more than welcome to send a bubblemail to Julie or Roger if you have any questions!! We will do our best to help you in any way that we can!!
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Our “Best Tee Shirt” challenge winner
Our nine runners up are:
Kayleigh Walmsley
Diko
Colin Trebble
valzart
Leah McNeir
Lynnette Shelley
TriciaDanby
PrettyKitty
Photosmagoria
Our “Shadows” challenge winner:
Our nine runners up are:
LindaAppleArt
Denitsa Dabizheva
Lois Bryan
Steven de Siow
Stacy Rodriguez
Diko
Kieron Nolan
Nadya Johnson
Laurie Search
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