The twilight ,that special time of the day with a beautiful moonSomebody told me this would make a great Christmas card… / /
Crescent Beach, South Surrey, British Columbia. Canada / March 2008 Living one day at a time; / Enjoying one moment at a time… Extract from The Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr
At the masquerade ball held at her favorite boite, La Grenouille Grincheuse (“The Grumpy Frog”), Mathilde d’Asperge contemplates giving in to temptation. Ah, the allure of the Green Fairy, who could resist? Surely the dashing Duke Throbbleton would see her home safely should she become…indisposed. He hadn’t seemed to mind last week, but then again, she was a bit fuzzy on the details. Just a small glass or two and she would be just in time for a midnight ride on the enthralling Royal Hippodrome, ballooning under a crescent moon as Paris lay glittering beneath her feet! You, of course, are most cordially invited to join her…
Taken at Jedediah Smith State Park, California.
/ / night village
An old piece from my portfolio. Made almost four years ago, and retouched to bring it up to date. :) “A clouded dream on an earthly night / Hangs upon the crescent moon / A voiceless song in an ageless light / Sings at the coming dawn / Birds in flight are calling there / Where the heart moves the stones / It’s there that my heart is longing / All for the love of you…” – Loreena McKennitt / —-—-—-—-—-—-——- Stock credits: / Cloud brushes: :BladeMarth / Ship: JLStock / Model: syccas-stock / Globe: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/970346 / Hot air balloon: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/472505
the small girl is from morgfile the backfround and brushes are from deviant art
Featured in The Divine Feminine and Painted Ladies groups Acrylic on 9×12 canvas board – a little inspiration from my favorite artist, Erte! She is a sky goddess, guardian of the stars and night sky, she’s the one that makes the sun set and the moon rise. She also stands as Justice one of the Major Arcana cards in a tarot deck. The two most important laws governed by Justice are really two sides of the same coin. First comes the law of cause and effect, stating that all events are connected and each present state is the result of all past states. This is a such strange idea to get your mind around because sometimes seemlingly meaningless actions will have great ramifications. Justice shows that every action you do will eventually have an effect, someday, and you really have no idea of knowing what that event is until it happens. Often the figure on the Justice card is pictured sitting in front of a curtain; this curtain hides the machinations of the universe that bring about these final results. From the law of cause and order develops the law of Karma, showing that all your actions will return to you eventually. They will be modified slightly, and they are often strengthened over time, but the lesson is still the same. As you sow, so shall you reap. This is really a simple elaboration of the law of cause and effect. Under this new law, not only will everything you do have an effect, everything you do will have an effect on you. This is where it becomes critical to be mindful of your actions, because everything you take will come back to you eventually. Before Justice, you have to answer for all your actions, right and wrong. Life, if nothing else, is fair. She raises her curtain to start a sunset or to bring on the night, all the while, behind it, the universe stirs. She is cause and effect embodied, Every sunset she makes sets into motion the timing for the next day. She governs the laws of the universe.
—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / Photographic Manip / created in ps. / --—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Shadow the Witchs Cat :) / Messing with some spells.. —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Part Two The Familiar / / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—--
Crescent Beach, South Surrey, British Columbia. Canada / March 2008 I took my first tentative steps into the world of early morning shoots this March during my stay in Canada. With much tuition from Claire (I was in the dark and not just because of the early starts), lots of warm clothes and a lot of patience, I started to get the hang of things… A lot of it was trial and error and believe me, it didn’t always go to plan… finding our tripods locked in the car on a freezing cold and wet morning in Tofino when the hostel owner had our car keys was not fun… but we persevered. Anyway, this was taken on my penultimate morning in Canada, down at Cresecent Beach on a very still morning. It’s a wonderful experience being up before the hustle and bustle of everyone else and watching the day break… more than anything it will be the amazing array of different colours that you experience and never actually expected that I will always remember. Had it been a Monday, this would have been the best Blue Monday ever… this, however was a Wednesday.
Acrylic On Canvas Ophelia, Phoebe and Mel floating freely in a realm of their wishes, where butterflies and little fishies fill the beautiful purple skies…where stars of dreams are within reach…only believe :D You can view and buy my other “Wish Upon A Star” creations from my Zazzle Gallery:
The power of water… hypnotic… Taken at Pebbly Beach, Crescent Head, 20 June 2009 (Canon 5D Mark II, 500 mm, handheld, ISO 320, F11, 1/2000)
Oil Pastel and Acrylic On Paper Concept: This is one of the many in Ophelia’s Love Encounters Series, it’s her experience of many facets of this wonderful thing called LOVE.. This is what she has to say about love today : ” Love makes you feel larger than life, gives you the courage to conquer all odds at hand.” Love in many of my quotes and paintings is open to personal interpretations, doesn’t necessarily mean love in the romantic sense. / You can view and buy my other “Love Makes You Feel Larger Than Life” creations at my Zazzle Gallery:
First light at the lake behind the beach at Crescent! Black Swans on their way.
Fineliner on copier paper. This is an intepretation of yet another one of Mark Tull’s magnificent shots, which he was kind enough to let me use.
Best friends no matter where we are.
Well, we already have a Tantric style sun with a crescent moon, so here’s a Celtic style that i did so long ago i can’t remember where i got the reference for it. Some sort of Celtic metalwork or ceramic, just can’t recall.
Clothilde supposed she had no one to blame but herself. She was always too timid and whenever she was out with friends and the absinthe was ordered, she would demurely decline their offers even though she was dying to try it. She had heard such fascinating but frightening stories of revelry and debauchery! So decline she had again, this very evening and had said her goodbyes to her already glassy-eyed mates to make her way home to her quiet little flat. Hurrying home, berating herself for her lack of adventuresome spirit, Clothilde almost scuttled straight past a store she had never seen before. This was odd because the building was very old, almost crumbling in places, and an eerie green light illuminated a faded sign reading “Mme. Hypnotique’s Apothecary”. It had started to drizzle and Clothilde told herself that she was just stepping inside to get out of the rain for a moment. She barely had time to take in the shelves upon shelves of dust covered bottles before the surprisingly elegant chemist materialized beside her. She thrust a bottle of absinthe in Clothilde’s hands and whispered urgently in French, “Be careful!” Then she was gone in a blur of long dark hair and a cloud of essence of anise before Clothilde could even ask after the price. She carefully laid a few francs on the counter and made her way home. She remembered fetching some sugar cubes and a pitcher of water, but nothing much after that. And now, here she was, perched on a crescent moon in a green night sky with black bird wings sprouting from her shoulders. Maybe this is why Maman always said one should never drink alone… This original artwork is copyright Ramona Szczerba 2009. Copyright is not transferable with the sale of this item. The buyer is not entitled to any reproduction rights – image cannot be reproduced without my express written permission. Thanks!
Oil Pastel and Acrylic On Paper Concept: This is one of the many in Ophelia’s Love Encounters Series, it’s her experience of many facets of this wonderful thing called LOVE.. This is what she has to say about love today : ” Love makes you feel larger than life, gives you the courage to conquer all odds at hand.” This is a full size version with its night sky, I love the cropped one as well as it emphasises on the “large-ness”. Love in many of my quotes and paintings is open to personal interpretations, doesn’t necessarily mean love in the romantic sense. You can view and buy my other “Love Makes You Feel Larger Than Life” creations at my Zazzle Gallery:
This image placed fifth in the Seascapes challenge on June 2, 2009. This image was featured in the JPG Cast-offs Group on April 18, 2009 . A seagull soars over seastacks on the north California coast near Crescent City. Seastacks are geological formations that are formed when part of rocky coastline cliffs are eroded by the force of the crashing seas. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Please do not copy or download this image. My photos may NOT be reproduced and/or used in any form without my written permission. If you want this photograph, I would be honored for you to purchase it. ©2009 Patricia Montgomery | Bucks Mountain Galleries | All rights reserved.
A photo from a golf course ,that’s why the line was so sharp ,I added a bit of blue .
I was on the way back to the car after a late shoot when this scene appeared to me. I’ve tried to stay true to the colours that were present as they absolutely beautiful. / It is one of those defining moments where you can find yourself just staring at a landscape and watching the colours disolve into night. Then you have to shake yourself into getting the camera out to capture some of its essence. It was a beautiful scene that I can almost close my eyes and see. A clear and pure view with the moon rising into the pastels that quite the landscape an amazing ineffable quality that is almost impossible to translate with a single frame. Just beautiful. Technically, the most difficult item was the Moon itself. Even at an exposure of 3.2 seconds, it moved slightly in the sky making it a little undefined and unsharp than I would have liked. Still one of my favourite and rare colour images.
self portrait as the universe. cos it’s all within, y’know? Featured in my 2009 Man Art calendar From my online exhibition Landscapes and Men
The Pearl Crescent is a very small butterfly with a wing span of about an inch and a half. This one was feeding on spring clover blossoms and was extraordinarily cooperative, allowing me to get very close with the macro lens. (Image is full frame, no cropping).
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