A combination of fall colors and elements from some trees at my cabin. Created in Photoshop CS2
Featured in First Things, Painted Nature, and Color Me a Rainbow groups Acrylic on 9×12 canvas board- Inspired by the song “Open Channel” by Kan’Nal. This entire piece was created while listening to both of Kan’Nal’s CDs on repeat. (Dreamwalker & Kan’Nal) I was in a very bright mood and felt that it translated onto the canvas in the yellow background. As I was letting it dry, I kept being drawn to the song ‘Open Channel’. Everytime the chanting and primal beats of the chorus would start, I would have to get up and move my body. It’s impossible to listen to this band and not feel the urge to move! “And there was always something / Up in the mountain and in the ocean, / A channel that is open to anyone / who would listen to, I listen to it. Ooh jah a leh ah Ooh jah a leh leh leh leh / Ooh jah a leh ah Ooh jah a leh leh leh leh / Ooh jah a leh ah Ooh jah a leh leh leh leh / Ooh jah a leh ah Ooh jah a leh leh leh leh” Each time I would close my eyes, I would see vibrant bursts of reds and oranges against all that yellow. So I started with the random drips of paint blown about by my straw. The tree trunk, branches, and roots came next. Something about the title, ‘Open Channel’, made me depict the tree connected to nothing….and everything at the same time. I added the darker red leaves/petals and began looking over the painting to see if I was, indeed, finished. ‘Palenque Rain Song’ was playing, the soft sound of rain drops filling my head. (This is a wonderful meditation song!) During the rain, a bell chimed – it was like someone hitting a gong or turning on a switch in my head. I knew then that there were some little faeries that wanted to live in this tree. They are not detailed, they are glowing with energy, they resemble dragonflies because the viewer does not yet see them as real beings. This was a part of my first feature in ‘The Buyer’s Booth’ Open Channel Lyrics / Kan’Nal
If there is anywhere I love to shoot, then it has to be Garden Of The Gods Park outside of Colorado Springs. Recently the opportunity presented itself to photograph it in the fog and mist, weather we rarely get here in Colorado…..I jumped at the chance! HDR used along with The Orton Technique. / Thoughts welcomed! / —John
~ Autumn Country Roads ~ As Is…. / Canon PowerShot S3 IS / As Is…...... This is one of may favorite dirt roads to shoot during the fall, and I make sure to be here in late afternoon for back lighting on the leaves, and forest. / Boston Mountains, Ar. Featured In Country Bumpkin 9/9/08 / Also Featured in Rural America 09/29/2008 / /
SAW THIS AND COULDN’T RESIST. / CANON F-1,VELVIA,50-300MM CANONL LENS,BOGEN TRI-POD,CABLE RELEASE / SHOT ON LITTLE RIVER ROAD,GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK,TENNESSEE
SHOT IN YOSEMITE VALEY,YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK,CALIFORNIA. CANON F-1,50MM LENS,FUJICHROME 50,CABLE RELEASE,MIRROR LOCKED UP,BOGEN TRI-POD,F-16@1/15
Taken Sunday 10-19-08 in the Tahoe National Forest
Featured in Rural Around The Globe March 21, 2009. BEST VIEWED FULL SIZE! This image was taken on October 30, 2008 on Brookeville Road in Montgomery County, Maryland with the Nikon D40x and the 18-135mm Nikon lens. This was a RAW/NEF image which has been tweaked in Capture NX2 and combined with a second jpeg(ed) Orton(ed) version of the same image. I’d like to thank Garth Smith for very kindly encouraging me to try Nikon’s RAW/NEF image editing software Capture NX2. I think it’s going to open a whole new world for me!! Thanks again, Garth!!! I think this version is a huge improvement over the previously posted image!!
Colors saturated naturally by the rain / A peaceful walk down a gorgeous autumn road. / Morgan Mountain Road / Boston Mountains, Arkansas USA As Is… / Canon PowerShot S3 IS
AS IS…......no post production, or cropping. Shot this using the gorgeous backlighting on the Orange October forest, and I love the bold contrast of the black trunks of the trees….enjoy Arkansas, USA /
Every Autumn, mother nature loads her brush with yellows, oranges and reds and paints the trees with brilliant colour. I wish I could capture the true beauty of the season in watercolours! Watercolour on paper.
Highway 72 outside the Town of Warn in Colorado. Sawtooth Peak takes the skyline and the Autumn color comes alive.
Kelowna BC Canada….October 2009
Okanagan Lake, Penticton BC Canada
A bicycle with a bent wheel…..
/ Okanagan Lake, Penticton BC
Taken in Rockland County, New York, the swans appeared in procession and swam regally across the water. Nikon D60 / Nikkor lens 70-300mm Featured in Rural Around the Globe – Nov 20, 2009 / Featured in Going Coastal – Nov 20, 2009 / Featured in Nirvana – Nov 21, 2009 / Featured in #1 Artists of RedBubble – Dec 4, 2009
Kings River Falls, and it preserved natural area is most beautiful to me in the mid spring, when the wild Azalias are in bloom, and many other interesting, and beautiful wild flowers there. I love how the Azalias framed the falls in this scene. / Canon Powershot S3 IS
Penticton BC Canada / /
Fall colors of the Ozarks. Arkansas Rainbow Springs, and autumn colors….. / /
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