The Watcher

lightsmith
The Watcher by lightsmith
The Watcher by lightsmith

The Watcher

It sits as guardian, watching all who would pass,
Silicon life on some distant globe,
The Watcher sits as still as rock,
But do not be deceived.

an Infrared Image with some strategic fiddling to produce this strange coloured glimpse into another world which is, in fact, ours.

I first did a colour swap of red and blue. Then I increased colour saturation. Then I used PaintShop Pro’s brilliant (and fun) colour replacement technology to apply a further change to the colour. This was the result.

The Watcher belongs to the following groups:

The Digital Interface
  • Lucindawind

    Lucindawind, 2 months ago

    this is mystical so pretty !

  • midzing

    midzing, 2 months ago

    very beautiful scene…. well done

  • BlueKnot

    BlueKnot, 2 months ago

    Excellent! Are/were those ‘hedges’ boulders?

  • lightsmith

    lightsmith in reply to Lucindawind’s comment, 2 months ago

    Thanks Luncindawind. I was struck as soon as I saw the scene but had no idea how it would turn out

  • lightsmith

    lightsmith in reply to midzing’s comment, 2 months ago

    thank you midzing. there was just something alive about that rock…

  • lightsmith

    lightsmith in reply to BlueKnot’s comment, 2 months ago

    Yep. They are boulders. The big one just seemed to be alive but dormant. Perhaps it was posing? I felt that it was so mysterious that I was compelled to twiddle the knobs a bit the help bring the reality of the unreality out LOL

  • Denzil

    Denzil, 2 months ago

    Stunning! Has a very ‘Lost in Space’ feel (or was that before your time???). Great title, love the treatment.

  • lightsmith

    lightsmith in reply to Denzil’s comment, 2 months ago

    LOL Denzil – yes I remember that show. They used to specialize in having boulders LOL.

  • MelanieSpeaks

    MelanieSpeaks, 2 months ago

    well done…this is a great scene…I like the colour….Melanie

  • lightsmith

    lightsmith in reply to MelanieSpeaks’s comment, 2 months ago

    Thanks Melanie. It’s hard to believe really that the original is basically black and white!

  • Magdalena Campomenosi

    Magdalena Camp..., 2 months ago

    Very nice work, well done.

  • lightsmith

    lightsmith in reply to Magdalena Campomenosi’s comment, 2 months ago

    Thank you Magdalena. It’s a move away from my starker approaches.

  • Antanas

    Antanas, 2 months ago

    great work, well done

  • lightsmith

    lightsmith in reply to Antanas’s comment, 2 months ago

    I appreciate your comment Antanas. thank you.

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