Folks – it seems the winner of the black and white category is not the owner of the winning image. Thank you to whoever has helped alert…
Folks – it seems the winner of the black and white category is not the owner of the winning image. Thank you to whoever has helped alert the real owner and ourselves to this. As the poms say, “that’s not cricket old chap” Please be assured our image pirate will not be winning that glorious Leica. James.
Well folks, what a day ! As we posted last night – the ‘winner’ of the black and white category was found not to own the image. We have…
Well folks, what a day ! As we posted last night – the ‘winner’ of the black and white category was found not to own the image. We have subsequently been in touch with the owner of the image and have invited him to join RedBubble and be recognized for his image . This leaves us with a prize giving dilemma – We’ve discussed this and decided that the fair solution is to grant Sharad, the owner of the image one of the runners up prizes, as he had not actually ‘entered’ the competition under the rules. We will re-consider all the runners up and award the Leica prize to one of the runners up on Monday. James.
Can’t believe I have had over 1650 views and 72+ Favs in the past couple of days on this image !http://images-2.redbubble.com/img/art/siz…
Can’t believe I have had over 1650 views and 72+ Favs in the past couple of days on this image – Feel very honored that so many people have taken the time to view it – Thanks to all this is a great community – Now to sell one! / Cheers / Jeff
Following on from the ‘problems’ ...
Following on from the ‘problems’ last friday – and the promised resolution Let me be the first to congratulate Craig Goldsmith for his fantastic image – selected as the recipient of that o-so-gorgeous Leica. James
AFGHANISTAN LIFE Revised 2008 05 16 CLICK PHOTO if you want view !http://images-1.redbubble.com/img/art/cropped/size:small/v…
AFGHANISTAN LIFE Revised 2008 05 16 CLICK PHOTO if you want view
_“You are reminded that under UK law, there are no …
“You are reminded that under UK law, there are no restrictions on taking photographs in a public place or on photography of individuals, whether they are adults or minors. There is no right to privacy in a public place, although photographers are of course subject to the usual libel laws in the same way as any other citizen and should observe them. Equipment or film may not be confiscated, or images deleted by any person or officer unless a warrant for such action is issued. Any attempt without a warrant is considered assault under UK law“. This is a passage of text carried by a well known photojournalist to protect himself from confrontation with the public when taking street photography I am a big fan of street photography and photojournalism, I love to look at pictures that capture a moment in time of the reality that is around us everyday. I see the artistic quality in good street photography, I also see the historic significance of people attempting to capture life in this way. I believe it is a very important way of recording life as it happens, especially when it is unscripted and shot in a natural environment. That way there is no bias and no ulterior motive behind the image, just the image and how we personally choose to understand it. I however am constantly struggling with the ethics of photojournalism and street photography because there are 2 points of view. I feel sorry for those ‘personalities’ that the media latches on to and decides are ‘newsworthy’ and there to be ’in the public interest’ because this ultimately gives the press (in their eyes) the right to make sometimes disgusting and wholly unethical invasions into their private lives. I find this, at times, to be unsettling, especially after what happened to Princess Diana who ultimately lost her life to the intrusion of it by the press. When you now look at the treatment of celebrities such as Britney Spears or Amy Winehouse you worry that it is not long before a similar tragedy happens to them. I understand this is the price celebrities pay and they have a responsibility to be good role models however members of the press are more and more taking advantage of this. Yes these ‘photographers’ have their own name, ‘The Paparazzi’ and should, in theory be grouped separately just as trashy tabloids are grouped separately from the broadsheets. Unfortunately more and more it is the case that they are not in the eyes of the general public. The problem is the reputation and image of street photographers and photojournalists is being lumped together with ‘The Paparazzi’ by many of the general public and are being viewed with distain. The average Joe on the street is becoming more aware and suspicious of street photographers, often feeling a certain hostility towards SLR holding ‘snappers’. I added the text above to reassure those of us about our rights to photograph in public places and societies need to have these people. However we must also be aware of our responsibilities and the boundaries we must observe to avoid upsetting an already wary general public / Some of the photo’s I have included have been taken on the street, some without the subject being aware of the shot being taken. I’d be interested in what you all think about the ethical side of publishing these shots and whether they could be considered art, journalistic or simply an invasion of privacy? It has bothered me as to whether I should show them on Redbubble or not, what do you think? Alternatively please feel free to comment or debate about what I have said I’d love to hear your side of this argument. Ben
Sleep is but a distant memory so I decided to look through some of the thousands of photos in my computer. I stumbled across the “phot…
Sleep is but a distant memory so I decided to look through some of the thousands of photos in my computer. I stumbled across the photo shoot that I did with my girls in the October school holidays. I had set up a studio in my loungeroom at home and the girls dressed up and posed for the camera. We had a ball as Axel would keep running into the shot or taking off with the tripod. These are a couple of the images from that day. There are tears streaming down my face as I remember this day with laughter and smiles…
Shadow Dance in Black and White !http://ima…
Shadow Dance in Black and White How cool is that!
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I have finally done a book on my Childhood Narrative images – thanks to a push from college – i am really excited about it :) / I would li…
I have finally done a book on my Childhood Narrative images – thanks to a push from college – i am really excited about it :) / I would like to say a special thanks to Marin Derksema for giving me his blessing on publishing his poem ‘Secret Place’ to go along with the image of the same name – thanks Martin you are a star :) Click on Carousel to see the book
Been spending a couple of nights doing some alley crawls around in inner city Melbourne. / / _There’s less than 24 hours remaining, so s…
Been spending a couple of nights doing some alley crawls around in inner city Melbourne. / / There’s less than 24 hours remaining, so submit your works to this exhibition challenge…. / Click here if you want to exhibit your work in front of more than 5,000 people a day for 10 days!!! / 1. / / / / 2. / / / / 3. / / / / 4. / / / / 5. / / / / 6. / / / / 7. / / / / 8. / / / / Thanks for stopping by!! / HUGS! :D
My image New Beginnings has been chosen by the Melbourne & Victo…
My image New Beginnings has been chosen by the Melbourne & Victoria group to be a part of an exhibition in the Rialto Towers, Melbourne. It is described as an opportunity to exhibit your work in one of Melbourne’s most prestigious and iconic skyrise buildings; The Rialto Towers. See your art exhibited in the main entrance with exposure to over 5,000 people a day. This offers you “Maximum Exposure” to a whole new audience of potential art buyers; business owners, executives and tourists. I need your help to decide whether to print it with a black matte or a white matte! What do you think?
Hey there beautiful peeps! / We are two weeks into our honeymoon and having a ball! / Haven’t had too many opps to get onto the Bubble and …
Hey there beautiful peeps! / We are two weeks into our honeymoon and having a ball! / Haven’t had too many opps to get onto the Bubble and I’ve been hanging out to share some piccies with you all. / I hope you enjoy what’s below (these aren’t the happy snaps, I’ll save those for facebook, these are me being typically artyfarty!!) just a mixed bunch from Dubai and Sicily, and towns like Deira, Sant Agata, Falcone, Milazzo, San Marco and Lacarra. / Love ya’s! :D / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
I made this image for a challenge which consisted in creating A hand-made sunrise, sunset or sunbeam or storm work. After uploading i…
I made this image for a challenge which consisted in creating A hand-made sunrise, sunset or sunbeam or storm work. After uploading it to my portfolio, with some details as to how it was created, I was asked to post the tutorial in a Photoshop oriented forum. So there it is in a more detailed version. I hope that you will find it useful. Please do not hesitate to signal any mistake you might find or ask for clarification if you find some point confusing. This is the modified image: / I started with a not so interesting colour photo which presented a nice dense cloudy sky, and the trees in the foreground was dim and more in silhouette. It was shot at sunset, so the sky was not too bright, just enough to show a good definition in the clouds and suggest the presence of ozone in the atmosphere. My original photo was 3872×2592 pixels. The size of the photo is important to mention in this case because you might have to adjust the different values depending on your image size. Original image / If you prefer, you can use my original photo by right clicking on the link and saving to your computer. Link to original photo STEP 1 – CONVERT TO BLACK AND WHITE / I used a tutorial published by Design by Fire . It had been originally created by the photographer Greg Gorman’s photo retoucher, Rob Carr. If you decide to use this tutorial, please note that in Photoshop 6, you have to convert image mode back to 8 bits prior to step 4 where you need to Ctrl+Click (Windows) on the thumbnail of the Channels palette to load a selection, or else it won’t work. I don’t know how it is for other versions; you will have to try. For this image, I chose a greenish tone for my solid color adjustment layer in step 6, picking my colour at left, near the bottom of the color picker as shown in the tutorial (theirs is in a red palette instead of green). STEP 2 – CREATING RAIN After converting my image to a nice and rich black and white, I used another interesting tutorial that I found on the internet to create rain. This great and easy tutorial was made by Domen Lombergar and if you wish, you can view his tutorial on video right here However, I will write below each step of the tutorial anyway, entering the settings that I have used for this particular image. 1. You should now have a nice black and white image to start with. 2. Add a new layer, name it Rain and fill it with black. 3. Now we need to add noise. Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise and enter 400% in the amount value. You may have to enter more if your image is larger or less if your image is smaller. Check either Uniform or Gaussian, it doesn’t matter, but make sure that the box Monochromatic is checked. Click OK. 4. Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur and play with the angle and distance until you are satisfied. In this instance, I chose a negative angle value of -41 , and a distance of 61 pixels . 5. I adjusted the opacity to 34% (may vary according to taste and to background image) and blended in screen mode. 6. The next thing was to create an adjustment layer on the background image (between the background and the rain layers) to darken the background a little and match the atmosphere. 7. I finished the rain process by cropping the blurred edges out, leaving me with image approximately 3780 by 2500 pixels in size. STEP 3 – CREATING A LIGHTNING BOLT For the last step, I created a lightning bolt using a great tutorial by Matthew Whiting 1. You need to start your lightning in a new document with the background set to transparent. My rainy black and white image was a little more that 2500 px high, and I figured that my lightning bolt would run from the little hole in the clouds to the bottom, meaning a little more than half of the height. Just to be sure, I made my new document a transparent square of 1500×1500 pixels. 2. Now you will fill it with a gradient. To do so, make sure that your default colours are set to black and white by hitting the D key. Then, pick your Gradient tool from the tools menu and in the horizontal menu at the top of your screen, choose a black to white gradient, making certain that the Linear gradient option is selected. Holding the Shift key, trace a straight horizontal line accross the layer, starting at about ¼ of the document and stopping at ¾. Placing a grid on your document could help you gauge where to start and finish, if you’re not sure. To do this, go to Edit > Preferences > Guides and Grid . In the Grid section, put 25 in the box marked Gridline every: , change the measuring units to %* , and write *0 in Subdivisions. Click OK then go to View > Show and select Grid . This is really useful as well to assess the rule of thirds. In that case, you just change the percentage to 33,3 in the Guides and Grid preferences. Back to the lightning now! 3. Now that you have a nice gradient, apply a Difference Clouds filter by clicking Filter > Render > Difference Clouds. 4. Your bolt is starting to show, but it is black and you need to change it to white. To do so, just hit Ctrl+i (Windows) or (Cmd+i in Mac) in order to invert the image. You could also use the command Image > Adjust < Invert . 5. Adding a Levels adjustment layer , you will push the black cursor to the right, mine was pushed to about 170 and slide the gamma (gray) triangle to the right as well, next to the white one which must remain at 255. Again, you might want to vary a bit according to your own image. 6. Select the image and go to Edit > Copy Merged, then paste into your rainy black and white photo, place into appropriate position, and blend in screen mode. 7. Now is the time to modify the general shape of the bolt if you find it too wavy. To do this, make sure that the bolt layer is active in the Layers palette and go to Edit > Transform > Distort . Pull the handle up to elongate the bolt a bit and or pull the sides in a bit if you wish. Apply your transformation when satisfied. 8. Should you wish to add little branches to your bolt, you can do so by selecting some that are sticking out and either cut or copy to a new layer, then position to taste. You can do this and reverse them horizontally to put some on the other side too. 9. When your bolt is shaped to your liking, use the eraser tool set at 0 hardness and 45 % opacity to slowly erase the extra blur around the bold and any remaining clouds (from the difference clouds step) that you don’t want. 10. Adjust levels again if needed. THE LAST STEP! – GLOWING LIGHT Finally, the lightning bolt needs some surrounding light to look realistic. 1. Create a new transparent layer, right under the rain layer at the top. 2. Select a large soft and round brush of 279 px and hardness set to 0, and adjust the Brush Dynamics to fade in size and opacity (I used 70 steps for size and 100 steps for opacity). 3. Make sure that white is the foreground colour in your default colours, select it and paint over the lightning bolt, starting from the bottom and going up to the originating point. 4. Apply a gaussian blur filter (I used 160 radius) and fix opacity to your liking. If you wish, you can add a spot of additional light at the point where the lightning bolt originates from the clouds using the same method as for the addition of glowing light along the bolt. 1. Create a new transparent layer, right under the rain layer at the top. 2. Select a large soft and round brush of 279 px and hardness set to 0, and apply a dot of white at the appropriate point. 3. Apply a gaussian blur filter (I used 160 radius) and fix opacity to your liking. Voilà! You should now have a great stormy landscape! I hope that I have not confused you too much. Have fun!
A few people have asked so I thought what the heck…I’ll make a tutorial about it. Lemme know what you think… Did I just write t…
A few people have asked so I thought what the heck…I’ll make a tutorial about it. Lemme know what you think… Did I just write the word heck??
Today Fleur and I made our pinhole match box cameras and set off to try them out. I was using…
Today Fleur and I made our pinhole match box cameras and set off to try them out. I was using old b & w but Fleur was using old colour print film. This evening I went for it with the coffee developer and actually came up with some images. I searched out a few recipes but made mine up in the end. It is like magic. Even though my scanner is not designed to cope with bad negatives we have these to show. I have learnt a few things about light proofing my matchbox and I’m ready to run out and get some more b & w film and coffee. What fun! and now for the biscuit tin, paper and coffee pictures
My latest camera…..a butter shortbread tin that has a nicely fitting lid. !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/size:ularge/view:ma…
My latest camera…..a butter shortbread tin that has a nicely fitting lid. Just about everything I make is a prototype….that means it is the shoddy test version just to try out the design. The problem is that my prototypes usually work so well that I don’t need to make the proper version. This was easily constructed. I did some painting of black poster paint inside the tin and glued an old bootlace around the edge of the lid to help seal it (but I don’t really think it was that necessary…it already fitted very well, just another precaution). I banged a big nail through the front of the lid in the centre and hammered and sanded until it was smooth enough. I never have a drink can handy so for the pinhole I used a piece cut from an aluminium take away container. I carefully pierced it with a pin and sanded it flat as well as I could. This I attached with some very cheap shiny black cloth tape that I got in the $2 shop. I vaguely attempted to cover the shine with some of the poster paint. I did use a little permanent black marker around the pinhole. I constructed a swish sort of shutter that spins on a paper clip, but I think I could have just used another piece of black adhesive tape or even a fridge magnet. The best bit of the design is the cut up fridge magnet used inside to hold the sheet of photographic paper in place. My most successful exposure was this approximately 20 second one which had areas of full sun. It was latish afternoon. This one had areas of direct sun but was mostly in shade, exposure about 25 seconds, probably not really enough. This one was indoors underneath two skylights. I gave this a bit less than two minutes but it obviously only picked up the skylights and there was insufficient light to show any other detail. Try again! The paper I exposed in the camera was Agfa variable contrast premium mcp 312 rc semi matt, 5 by 7 inch. / It is at least 20 years old. / I made up a coffee and washing soda mixture and used it as a developer for the paper negative. I think I used 10 heaped teaspoons of instant coffee powder, 5 heaped teaspoons of washing soda and about 700ml of luke warm water. I was a bit sloppy about this as I wasn’t sure how much I needed in the tray. This developer works very slowly, I probably developed the paper for at least 15 minutes. One advantage is that it seems impossible to over develop….I’m sure in the past with regular chemistry I have watched things develop too fast and have failed to catch them at the right point. The only problem seemed to be that there was a bit of staining with the long developing time. I also sustained a few scratches on the print and I think in future I will not use tongs, just my fingers, maybe gloves. I might also try a warm solution and see if that speeds things up a bit. I used a vinegar stop bath and my ancient hypam as fixer. I don’t know how these negative paper images will last but I don’t really mind as I now have them safely scanned. I tried to scan them at as high a resolution as I could but my scanner struggles with 1200dpi and leaves strange lines. Then into photoshop they go, get inverted and twiddled a bit to bring out the best that can be found. I think better exposures will yield better results, but I am happy to have the system working this well. I could do with advice about keeping paper and film clean, not getting watery smudges and hairs and the like….any suggestions would be helpful.
We all know about masking – White Reveals, Black Conceals or Hide All (Black) Reveal All (White). So what about the other 253 shades/ton…
We all know about masking – White Reveals, Black Conceals or Hide All (Black) Reveal All (White). So what about the other 253 shades/tones inbetween, have we forgotten about them, and how can they benefit us. We can use masks to precisely perform an adjustment/filter/effect on an image, but also use it to give varying degrees of the adjustment to certain parts of an image. Think of it in terms of 255=white 100% revealed 128=grey 50% revealed or 50% hidden, whichever way to want to look at it .. and 0=black 100% concealed. It’s all those different shades inbetween that can add an extra dimension to an image – or as Chris Orwig likes to say “Subtle, yet Significant” You can borrow my image to practise on if you like, copyright is mine etc., Open the image and duplicate the b/ground layer by pressing Ctrl + J on the keyboard or dragging the layer to the create new layer icon at the bottom of the layers palette. Take a few moments to look at the image (your image, if you have one of yours open) and really think what you want to do with it and where you want the viewers attention to be focused. In my image I’d like to hit some of the b/ground with a Gaussian Blur to increase the shallow Depth of field. I’d also like to do something with the green stem sitting right in front of the flower. Cloning it out might be a pain in the bum, so using some of the Gaussian Blur on that might be a good idea. I’d also like to take the back petals a bit more out of focus, but not a great deal. You can do all that on one mask using different greys as well as the standard black & white that we associate with masking. Go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and I’m going to hit this with a 10 px blur – you might want to choose something lower or higher. Hold down the Alt key and then click on the Add Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the layers palette, you will be presented with a black mask (hide all). Make sure the f/ground colour is set to white and choose a soft edged brush and start painting over the b/ground area. Zoom in and out as necessary Ctrl + the plus key to zoom in – Ctrl + the minus key to zoom out. Hold down the spacebar to temporarily get the hand to move around the image. If you make any mistakes while doing this, simply hit the X key on the keyboard to get black (provided your b/ground colour is black) and paint over to fix. You may end up with something like the image below. You can also check on your painting abilities by holding down the Alt Key and clicking on the layer mask. See image below. Hold down the Alt key and click on the layer mask to go back to the normal view. You can paint directly on the mask to make sure you have everything selected. Lets have a look at that two petals at the back of the flower. I don’t want them to be waaay out of focus like the b/ground, so I’m going to try a 50% neutral grey i.e. 128, 128, 128. Bring up the Colour Picker and in the RGB section use 128 for each of them. Paint over the two petals behind the flower. Your layer mask will now look something like the image below Okay, now lets deal with the leaf thing. I don’t want the blur effect completely revealed like the b/ground and I don’t want it as subtle as the petals, so lets try a darker grey. Bring up the colour picker again and in the RGB boxes try 200 and paint over the stem/leaf thing. Your mask might be looking similar to the image below. We really need to do something about the bright green. Click on the little ying yang symbol at the bottom of the layers palette and choose Hue/Saturation from the menu. Choose greens from the drop down menu at the top of the dialogue box. Use the eyedropper tool to select one of the greens, then use the eyedropper with a + sign next to it to add some various shades. Take the saturation slider all the way down to -100. Click OK to accept that change and then click on the white layer mask and press Ctrl + i to invert it (black – hide all) Open the colour Picker (by clicking on the f/ground colour) and pick 64-64-64 for the RGB colours – paint over the stem/leaf. Change the f/ground to a neutral grey 128-128-128 and paint over the b/ground area. Your layer mask might look something like the one below. Create a new Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, and this time just increase the Saturation by +15 on the Master. Click on the white layer mask and then use Ctrl + i to invert it. I used a white brush to paint over the main flower petals and then took the layer opacity down to 50%. You can carry on doing this to your hearts content, at the end of the day you will probably want to sharpen selective areas as well. You’re going to do a Stamp Visible (you may want to phone a friend to help with this keyboard shortcut) Make sure the topmost layer is selected, then Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E will place all the layers below in to one single layer, whilst still retaining the layers below. If you adjust the layers below, the adjustment will not be visible on the Stamped layer. Once you’ve done that, duplicate the layer and change the blend mode to Overlay. Go to Filter>Other>High Pass and choose a radius of 3 pixels. Hold down the Alt key and click on the Add Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the layers palette. The mask will be Black (Hide All) Go about the business of selecting various shades of grey – white etc., to bring some areas into sharper focus than others. Just to finish off this image you may want to create a new selective colour adjustment layer and choose whites from the drop down menu – make sure Absolute is checked at the bottom of the dialogue box. Move the Yellow slider to about +10, click OK and then click on the layer mask and press Ctrl + i to invert it. Use a white brush to take out some of the glaring white areas and then take the layer down to 75%. And there you have it. You will probably take much more care than I have. Have fun!
Yesterday Teer Wayde and I hit the town for a coffee and quick photo shoot. Basically, we mucked …
Yesterday Teer Wayde and I hit the town for a coffee and quick photo shoot. Basically, we mucked around trying things for an hour or so… then we discussed giant fish. And then I lost my glasses and went stumbling back through the city to find them. Here are a few of my favourite shots from the evening. Enjoy :) / / / / / / / /
Taken today in what is known as the ‘Paris End’ ...due to the high level of haute couture establishments. / Out with my friend, and fellow…
Taken today in what is known as the ‘Paris End’ ...due to the high level of haute couture establishments. / Out with my friend, and fellow bubbler Christine Wilson
Hello, I sell art as cell phone wall-papers on a popular site called myxer. I got an account there because I’m in a band so I figured I’d…
Hello, I sell art as cell phone wall-papers on a popular site called myxer. I got an account there because I’m in a band so I figured I’d start selling my art there as well. It’s a safe way to sell your art because it’s small when it’s a wall paper. If anyone else wants to sell then we can work out a 50% spit and it won’t cost you anything. The selling of my wall-papers will be advertised on www.blogus.proboards.com which is my free message board. Let me know.
I love, love, luuurve motion blur photography! / Especially when there is something solid and stationary within the frame, this I believe …
I love, love, luuurve motion blur photography! / Especially when there is something solid and stationary within the frame, this I believe accentuates the motion blur and gives it a little more pop. / Anyways, with this in mind I went hunting the other night and enjoyed the experience… / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
If you would like to have some input into the Home Page, check out this forum…...anyone can do it. / Home Page suggestions...
If you would like to have some input into the Home Page, check out this forum…...anyone can do it. / Home Page suggestions / And you can see all the past home pages on the fantastic blog!!! / Sanne’s Red Bubble Homepage Blog / It isn’t EASY!!! But once you get the hang of it…..it can be a lot of fun!! Give it a try….Check out this journal for tips on how to do it. / TIPS / If you need more help, please feel free to b-mail me! / Even more behind…...not enough time to play… / I do love trees, such beautiful trees. / All are paintings with the exception of number 8…...it’s hard to believe that’s a photo with layers of texture!! Beautiful!! / / / Wonderful RED!!! / This is a layout I did a while back…..forgot to post!! / / / And it looks awesome on the home page, thanks RED…..for picking my suggested RED PAGE!!! / / “You push my button” / / These are wonderful images that have similar tones / It’s a windy day, and nice for sitting on the couch and finding images. / I use these colors a lot in my work, so it is no wonder that I was drawn to them!! / / Well, I am getting behind. / Here are three sets from last week. / Holy Light / / / Reaching out / / “Attraction” / / Well October is here in all it’s glory…..for those in the northern Hemisphere, the colors are starting to come alive. Some more than others. So these are both a tribute to the wonderful color of FALL / L E A V E S / / / F A L L S C E N E R Y / / Today’s page is all about the complex design…...so many wonderful artists out there!! / Sept, 25th, 2009 / / I did need a few days to think and let it sink in…...but I knew I needed to put out a tribute to Mary, of Peter, Paul and Mary. / My page today…....has left me with a lump in my throat…...as I am so very sad to say good by to Mary Travers. / I grew up with Peter, Paul and Mary…...and I can’t imagine never seeing them all together again. She will be missed. / This awesome group shaped many of my convictions and beliefs…..the words are powerful and soft and heart felt…...all so full of emotion. / Early Morning Rain / Leaving on a Jet Plane / The Great Mandela / Blowin in the Wind / Puff the Magic Dragon / Lemon Tree / The Wedding song / Where have all the flowers gone / All songs that were often sung around a camp fire or just jamming in our family home. I don’t have a link for Lemon Tree, but I adore this trio and will miss there shining star….This tribute is for Mary Travers…...RIP / / September 18th, 2009 / This is all about the number 7….....deadly sins!! / / Had the days off…..now it’s the 17th…...this will post to the forum tomorrow however. / This is a whole lot of nothing…....that really looks like something. I love all the patterns. / / Result looked so awesome….congratulations to all of these wonderful artists!! / September 17th, 2009 / Above us only sky / / September 16th, 2009 / I loved all of the glow…......it’s all about the glow!! / / September 14th, 2009 / Today I did two selection pages…..one may not post to the forum until tomorrow or much later tonight…... / This is called, / “The mood of Pink” / / “Pure Joy” / I LOVE THESE SWEET JOYFUL IMAGES!! / / September 13th 2009 / All about the wonderful painters here on RB!! / “Animals and life in the water” / / Today…...a day to remember…..My selections are not about that, but there is one just down a bit that is about New York and 9/11!! / Today my selections are all about my favorite thing…..Texture!! / Visual Texture….I call it / “The Rusty Blues” / / Something we all need a lot more of…. / “Communication” / / Sept, 4, 2009 / We all talked of the road trip. Where we would meet and what we would bring along…...I felt as if we really did it…will all of our discussions….I can tell you one thing for sure…..if we would have gone, there would have been some awesome photos to show for it. / These selections are all about the “The Road Trip” / / / Sep, 3, 2009 / We all agreed to do the same theme with our own ideas…..the one word was “UNDER” / I thought of Hot air balloons, but that had already been done on the home page, so my idea was under a kite. / I love each of these images….so awesome!! Again several that didn’t make the mix…..but still most certainly worthy! / “Under” / / September 2, 2009 / Today…..I feel the magic…...the magic of light. / I had at least 4 others that bounced in and out of the mix…..all of my suggested work can be found in my pages of favorites…...a true treasure trove of awesome work!! / “Magic of Light” / / Today’s picks are so awesome for me…..I love each one and there is a thread of pink and blue…..all very different…..all great work!! / “A little pink, a little blue” / / / This is “A little Wild” / / / 3 mixes for Today’s picks August 26th 2009 / “Soft sensual blur” / / / I was asked to do QUEUE…. / So here is “The Queue” / / Also August 26th, 2009 / “New York, New York” / The Ground Zero image needed to be included…...as a flight attendant, that day was a little more life changing than it may have been for others. Many of my co-workers were stuck in New York and could see the towers from their hotel….others were in D.C. and actually saw the explosion of the the plane going into the pentagon. People were running and shoving…..I can’t imagine what that was like…..I was flying on my way to Phoenix and we were diverted to Omaha. I spent two and a half days there….not long in comparison to others…..it was a day I will never forget. / / / Today’s picks August 23rd 2009 / “And now that you’re in your room, CLEAN IT!!” / / “Go to your Room!!” / / / Also picked today….Aug, 23, 2009 / “All about Fire” / / As the nightmare of a delayed flight out of Philadelphia turned into two and a half hours I realized I wouldn’t make it home. / So I sat and looked at images…......This sweet image of red shoes made me realize that I had the power all along….all I had to do was click my heals together and repeat…................ / “There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home” / I can tell you now as I sit on my very own couch that this is TRUE!! There is no place like home!! / / / This was a favorite of mine…..and so happy it made the HP!!! Congrats to all the wonderful artists featured!! / / I was told that it is PHOTOGRAPHERS DAY!! So this is my tribute to us. / “It’s OK, I’m a photographer” / / Well, my picks today are inspired by the fact that I am stuck at the airport….....AGAIN…..oh well. / “Pie in the Sky, the glamor job” / / Inspired by Sultana of Swing, By Rebecca Finch / “Put your dancing shoes on” / / / This group of picks was inspired by Blue Monday, by Michael J Armijo .....This image has been commented on heavily….but as far as I can see never featured on the home page….It has been in my faves since I signed up last November. So even if this doesn’t get picked, I love these shots and had fun with the theme!! “Here comes the Rain” / / This was inspired by Tama Blaugh’s Pink Hydrant in the number 8 spotlight. / “Cooling the Fires” / / “Growing old with Pride” / / “The lines that drip and twirl and swirl” / / / “Ophelia” / / * * * / “A Golden Glow” / / “Waiting” / /
Very many thanks to all who voted for Soft As A Feather in Cee’s Fun Ar…
Very many thanks to all who voted for Soft As A Feather in Cee’s Fun Artsy Friends Group Challenge for ‘Your Favourite Picture’ / Thankyou to those of you who voted for The Softer Side Of Autumn in The ‘Weekly Theme Challenges’ ‘A Single Leaf’! / Also appreciate the votes made on Get A Grip in the November Birth Flower – B&W for the Group ‘Fabulous Flowers’ Thankyou so much! / Featured: / Thankyou so much to the Hosts of ‘Fuji Fine’ group for featuring Poole Harbour! /
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