Taken at Bunratty Castle & Folk Park in Ireland /
Photo of a pig’s nose. The nose belongs to ‘Kitty’, a lovely pig at the children’s farm, a few streets away from me. Featured on Red Bubble’s Homepage – 11 Juli 2009 (Thank you!)
Storm on the Rise Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © “The wise man in the storm prays to God, / not for safety from danger, but deliverance from / fear.” / ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Mackay, Queensland Storm on the Rise has been featured in the: Redbubble Homepage – April 08
BABY BULL GETS FAMOUS!!! GRIFFITH REVIEW!! CLICK TO LEARN MORE / Sales of this Design? – 3 sales so far :) / / / “Moo Cow Sunrise Family”: by Karin Taylor is another digital design based on Baby Bull Production (click here to see more) / Baby Bull Production is something I created not that long ago. It’s a mixed media piece on canvas textured paper…...i did it in response to the chilled out cows at Mullumbimby, northern New South Wales, who seem to be very laid back, i suspect they are indulging in the ‘other’ kind of grass also….... they have this real chilled look about them, and I’ve never seen cows anywhere else that have this way about them. I put it in the Casino Art Exhibition and it was the only painting that sold, every year a male school teacher goes to that show, or so the legend goes…....and purchases a piece…...it was my lucky year. Tonight I was asked if I’d ever sold a painting in a gallery…well, yes, and at exhibitions and privately. To date I believe I have sold between 30 and 40 original paintings, which I am very proud of…..in the early days 2002 I was very prolific, things have slowed down a bit with my painting now, because i am much more deliberate and take a lot of time to imbue my paintings with layers and love and depth…..it is just how i have grown as an artist, it is nice to report that there is growth along the journey…(and sales lol)!!! Somebody also has a print of these cows and loves them very much from what I understand lol
entire bathtub portraiture series
Jersey Shore in Winter / Apr 2008 / Nikon D80, w/24-120mm Featured in Nikon DSLR Users – Oct 15, 2008 / Featured in Experimental Photography and Editing – Jan 23, 2009 / Featured in New Jersey Scenery – Feb 9, 2009 9th Place in challenge “NJ Group Avatar” – New Jersey Scenery / Mar 4, 2009
One of my older shots of Forrest but still my most favorite, hopefully you enjoy it as much as I do. Forrest is a German Shepherd. He is also my most loyal friend. Nikon D80, 24-120mm lens, and SB600 speedlight. Featured in Weekly Theme Challenges – Dec 1, 2008 / Featured in Accentuate The Eyes – Mar 8, 2009 5th Place in challenge ‘This weeks Theme Challenge’, in Weekly Theme Challenges – Dec 2, 2008 / 7th Place in challenge “Our Loving Pets”, in The Addicted Photographer – Mar 5, 2009 / 5th Place in challenge “Your pet”, in The Woman Photographer – Apr 1, 2009 / 7th Place in challenge “Your favorite Dog or Cat Image”, in Paws N Claws – May 3, 2009 / 1st Place in challenge “Avatar Challenge” in German Shepherds – Jun 21, 2009 Group Avatar in German Shepherds – August 2009 Favorited 57 / Viewed 1427
Taken at Allaire State Park in Howell, New Jersey. / Oct 2008 / Nikon D80 w/ 24-120mm VR Featured in Prize Challenges!! – Nov 16, 2008 / Featured in Autumn/Fall in the North-East USA – Nov 17, 2008 / Featured in Stream Crossings – Nov 23, 2008 4th Place in challenge “Pathways Through Woods”, in Mood & Ambience – Mar 29, 2009 My most viewed artwork: 2131 views More of Allaire State Park
My cat Oreo / Oct 2008 / Nikon D80 w/ 24-120mm VR Featured in Black With a Hint of Colour – Nov 28, 2008 / Featured in Color Me a Rainbow – Apr 9, 2009 / Featured in Paws n Claws – August 26, 2009 1st Place in the Challenge “Avatar challenge” in Black With a Hint of Colour – Jan 5, 2009 / 1st Place in the challenge “Best of FEATURED Black Works” in Color Me a Rainbow – Apr 16, 2009 / 7th Place in the challenge “Rescued and Adopted Cats” in Paws n Claws – Jun 21, 2009 / 1st Place in the challenge “Black, White or Black & White Cats only” in Paws n Claws – Aug 22, 2009 / 5th place in the challenge “BLACK AND WHITE But not” in Canon vs Nikon – August 29, 2009 / 1st Place in the challenge “Cats (Black Background Only)” in Paws n Claws – November 2, 2009 Group Avatar in Black With a Hint of Colour – Jan 5, 2009-Feb 1, 2009
Taken on a Canon DSLR using a tripod and natural light. / The Bridestowe Estate Lavender Farm established in 1922, is the one of the world’s largest single commercial lavender farms, producing the finest quality lavender flowers and lavender oil used traditionally in the perfumery industry. The Bridestowe plantations have made Tasmania famous worldwide for its lavender. / This image has been featured in / A Photographers Craft / Tasmania / Your Magic Place / Color me a rainbow / A Garden Somewhere / A View somewhere….. * Sold 2 cards of this image today Oct 09…thank you / / See some of my images that have been featured on / red bubble home page, two home page features in / one week….so excited. thank you all…march 09* / Peek a Boo White Valley!
/ half coloured image, thanks to gottheshot friend and fellow bubbler for the idea Sales of this design? – 1 framed print sold / / / Binda an aboriginal name meaning ‘deep water’ / I originally drew Binda in pencil and coloured her later in Photoshop / this is a recent drawing I completed a couple of weeks ago / /
Manasquan Reservoir in Howell, NJ / Aug 2008 / Nikon D80 Featured in Out of the Blue – Apr 25, 2009 / Featured in All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical – Apr 26, 2009 / Featured in Rural Around The Globe – Apr 28, 2009 / Featured in New Jersey Scenery – Apr 29, 2009 2nd Place in the challenge “I’m So Blue” in New Jersey Scenery – August 8, 2009
Third Place in the “Landscapes in Thirds” challenge in Photography – Rule of Thirds October 28, 2009. / Featured in The Red Barn August 22, 2009. / Featured on the Red Bubble Home Page August 14, 2009. yay! / Featured in United States June 14, 2009. / Featured in Dilapidated Buildings June 13, 2009. / Featured in The Red Barn June 12, 2009. / Featured in Country Bumpkin June 12, 2009. / Featured in Graphic Editing 101 June 12, 2009. / Featured in Unconventional Artistry June 11, 2009. Much Better Full Size! I love it when the titles I think up can work as double entendres. In this case this gorgeous empty barn … and the farm itself, I guess … do seem to be Finished … cloned off to the left rear is a housing development. It could also refer to the job of plowing and seeding … which, unless these are weeds (are they?) is Finished. But the title also refers to the fact that I’ve mucked around with this shot so much … and it has so many names in my computer (I tend to try to include what processes I used on a shot in its name) ... that last night when I did this version, the only thing I put to the end of the loooooong image name … was … “Finished.” And so, it stuck!! Original image taken just up the road from our house on April 6 of ‘09 in Montgomery County, Maryland, with the Nikon D40x and the 18-200mm vr Nikon/Nikkor lens. Photoshop cloning out of distractions and 2 duplicates created, Photomatix HDR from a single, hand-held image, dups at -/+2 eval, Photoshop for the addition of a texture, then into Paint for some blending.
Featured in Out of the Past July 22, 2009. / Second Place in the “Barns” Challenge in Snow! Glorious Snow!! group July 10, 1009. / Featured in Nikon D40 (x) Group July 12, 2009. / Featured in Best From Around The Barnyard July 12, 2009. / Featured in The Patchwork July 6, 2009. As always, a gander on full size is recommended This wonderful old barn is located on the outskirts of Pavia, Pennsylvania along route 869. Image taken on the snowy afternoon of January 20, 2009 with the Nikon D40x and the 18-200mm vr Nikon lens. Post Processing included hdr in Photomatix from a single hand-held image duplicated twice in Photoshop to an eval of 1 1/2 +/- then back to Photoshop for a quick Orton.
Featured in Sets of Two September 3, 2009. / Featured in Old Things – 2 per day August 6 2009. / Featured in Rural Around The Globe July 31, 2009. Best Viewed On Full Size It’s got that “Nobody’s Home” look … Back in the day when we wanted to visit, we tightened up our pincurls, tied our robes tight, slipped into our slippers, grabbed our coffee and walked next door. Although this wonderful old abandoned farm house is stuck out in the middle of (apparent) nowhere … it’s right smack dab ON route 30 just a bit west of Chambersburg, PA … and I like to think that the farm wives did visit back and forth, too. Image taken with the Nikon D300 and the 18-200mm vr Nikon lens on a bright and sunny, blue-skied July 12, 2009. Shutter 1/640, aperture f/11.0, exp -.33, iso 500. Post included Phun With Photoshop, levels, dodging, burning, selective coloring, in other words, the works, then addition of textures. Companion piece to NoBody’s Home textures courtesy of Ghostbones on Flickr and CGTextures and ME!!!!! See Also I’ll Take Everything /
“Tall Timbers” Photography and Artwork / by Holly Kempe © Wooded landscape of Gympie, Queensland. “It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.” / ~Robert Louis Stevenson Tall Timbers was featured in the: Queensland group – Aug 09
Top Ten in the “Horizontal Use of Thirds” challenge in Photography-Rule of Thirds October 11, 2009. / Featured in Sets of Two September 3, 2009. Best Viewed Larger A companion piece to “Yoooooo Hooooo???” taken on July 12, 2009 on Route 30, west of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. For the main image, I was using the Nikon D300 and the 18-200mm vr Nikon lens, shutter 1/1600, aperture 7.1, exp -.33, iso 320. Post included levels, dodging, burning, selective coloring in Photoshop then addition of three textures, one of which was my own. In addiion, the house image was combined with one of my own sky shots, taken in my backyard in Maryland. Companion piece to Yoooooo Hooooo??? textures courtesy of Ghostbones on Flickr and CGTextures and ME!!!!!
Best on Full Size As we leave the top of Blue Knob mountain heading toward Claysburg my eye is always taken by this beautiful farm between Pavia and Claysburg on State Forest Highway (3003). On this particular day, May 23, 2009, the clouds were outdoing themselves. Had to pull over and get this snap. I got a kick out of all the poofy dandelions happily propagating away in the foreground and trying to compete with the poofy clouds!! Taken with the Nikon D40x with the 18-200mm vr Nikon lens at 1/320 shutter and f/5.6 aperture. Exposure was set at minus .33 and iso was 200. Post processing included hdr from a single hand-held image duplicated twice to an eval of +/- 2 then run through Photomatix. Gave the old clone tool a workout as this beautiful scene is marred by a giant telephone pole and lots and lots of wires!!!
“A Boab Sunrise” Photography & Artwork / by Holly Kempe © Sony a100 camera / Photoshop CS4 artwork The Australian Aboriginal legend of the Boab Tree (or Bottle Tree): “When the tree God created the Boab Tree it was to be the most beautiful of all trees in the universe, with the most beautiful flowers and bearing the juiciest fruit. But as the tree grew to maturity its flowers were mediocre and its fruit had a bad odour and tasted vile. The Tree God became so angry that he yanked the Boab out of the ground and slammed it back in the earth upside down and that is why today, when you see a Boab tree, it looks as if its roots are growing up in the air.” Thangool, Queensland A Boab Sunrise was featured in the: Trees group – Sept 09 Image Writing group – Sept 09 Queensland group – Sept 09 Inspired Art group – Oct 09
Featured in Image Writing October 10, 2009. / Featured in Rural Around the Globe October 9, 2009. Best on Full Size “Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.” / William Jennings Bryan (Orator and American Politician and Statesman … 1860 – 1925) Original image taken on Lower Snake Spring Road, off of Route 30, in Everett Pennsylvania on August 14, 2009 with the Nikon D300 and the 18-200mm vr Nikon lens at shutter speed 1/100, aperture f/13.00, exp .33, iso 400. Post processing included HDR processed in Photomatix Pro from a single hand held image duplicated to +/ 2 in Photoshop. Added texture and Orton also completed in Photoshop. Thanks once again to Canonman99 for his guidance on final processing technique.
“Wild is the Wind” is part of the semi- abstract collection that showcases the effect of wind..at 22×30, it is the largest of the series…painted with one 3” chip and two colours, it follows the tradition of the other paintings where the wind is interpreted by the movement of the brush loaded with colour… no drawing in done prior to painting..watercolour on gessoed Arches Hot Pressed Paper... / Anticipation / Prairie Fires / Yesterday / After the Harvest / Prairie Gold / Prairie Night / Prairie Wind / Gale Force
Featured in Friends of Bangor and North Down Camera Club, Northern Ireland November 21, 2009. / Featured in Out of the Past November 12, 2009. Best on Full Size Wandering around my cousin’s farm in Davidsonville, Maryland, I fell in love with so many images. This was taken from the inside of an old tobacco barn which we calculate to be well over a hundred years old. This image is a compilation of two shots, both my own. The barn image, RAW, taken on my Manfrotto tripod, was shot on a disappointingly gray and overcast October 29, 2009 with the Nikon D300. Shutter 1/500, aperture f/11.0, exp 0.00, iso 1600. Sky image, a hand held jpeg, was taken August 29, 2009 with the Nikon D300, shutter 1/640, aperture f/13, exp -.67, iso 400. Lens was 18-200mm vr Nikon in both cases. After the image was combined, I created an hdr in Photomatix by duplicating the jpeg to evals of +1 and -2 in Photoshop. Lots of Photoshop tweaking including addition of 2 textures. Also available without texture: /
This image is a compilation of two shots, plus several textures. The barn is located in Montgomery County, Maryland, off of Gregg Road, and was snapped on October 28, 2009. The eagles were snapped on November 21, 2009 at the Conowingo Dam in Conowingo, Maryland. Both taken with the Nikon D300. Lens used on the barn was the Nikon 18-200mm vr, and the eagles with the Nikon 70-300mm vr. The combined image was duplicated in Photoshop to evals of +3, +1 and -1 and processed in Photomatix 3.2.6 as an HDR image. Textures and various blendings completed in Photoshop.
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