On a frosty june morning I found myself to the top of a local range near Geranium in the Souther Mallee looking at one of the most brilliant sunrise’s I have ever seen. The warm glow of the sun across the clouds and the shifting light made me forget about the the freezing temperatures I was working in.
Taken at Bunratty Castle & Folk Park in Ireland /
After I ran this through processing, it reminded me of something out of the Old West. Special thanks to the very talented Leah Highland for sharing your texture info! You’re awesome. :) / / / Douzy, at your request here is that info. :) / It’s the largest online collection of FREE (free!!!) textures / in the world. You can download up to 15 megs per day, so I’d / recommend saving the smaller versions, and then resizing them later. ;) TEXTURES Once again, thanks Leah!
Alternative Thinking / It is what it is, we need to act now to save the future for our kids. You may also like: /
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
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Another rather sad and disturbing indication of the severity of the current drought that is ravaging the countryside and farms of Australia. Rusty Lakebed / Author: martin steinbrugger Many times life can seem like a thirsty barren land… / As though all our hopes and dreams, / Are little more than rusty grains of sand. Parched by disappointment time and time again… / Without hope life is but a severe drought, / That seems to have no end. Like clouds looming on the horizon withholding their rain… / So too, unless we let go of our past, / We can never be healed from all our pain. Apart from God we are as trees without water, / Destined too whither and die… / For God is the source of our eternal hope, / Through whom all life is meant to thrive! Inspired by Phil Thomson’s photo “Rusty Lakebed”
I generally am not a horse fan. Or a country girl. (Even though / I come from a long line of knife wielding half crazed Texas / Indians..) But I couldn’t help myself when I saw these two today. The kitty put its nose right up to the horse’s..I couldn’t believe it..
While out wandering around in the San Antonio area, I found this red barn. It had a dramatic feel to it. Barn has now been featured in The Red Barn group, click on the image below to see some of the other wonderful photos and paintings in this group. Fireworks Photos (some with lightning) can be found here. Here is the link to my Sunrise and Minutes Before Sunrise in Vegas Photographs: Here are some more photos from my portfolio. /
The saying “red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning. Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight” was very true and evident this particular day, at Staughton Vale, near Geelong. / The same warning was also spoken of by Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew, in the Bible, centuries ago. Matthew 16:1-3 The Pharisees and Sadducees Seek a Sign 1 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’; 3 and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times. /
Please Use Larger View October 13, 2008 ~~ Thanksgiving Day…..........Southern Alberta prairie HDR photography – 3 image layering using Photomatix Pro software, tripod THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR VIEWS FRIENDS….....xx
Taken at Allaire State Park in Howell, New Jersey. / Oct 2008 / Nikon D80 w/ 24-120mm VR, w/ warm filter, vivid, sun+3. / Edited and reuploaded to bring out everything this image had to offer. 11/15/08 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 More of Allaire State Park
MY FAVORITE COUNTRY ROAD / Best viewed large. / / / / “MY FAVORITE COUNTRY ROAD” was featured in the group COUNTRY ROADS/AROUND THE WORLD / / / / “MY FAVORITE COUNTRY ROAD” was featured in the group NATURAL COLOR AND LIGHT / / / This is a recent photo of my favorite country road! It is located in Flatwoods, Kentucky, in Greenup County, which lies in the northeastern part of the bluegrass state. Many of my relatives live in or just outside of Flatwoods, and my Dad built this one. / / The scenery from this road is almost surreal, it is so beautiful. Surrounding this road are country farms, barns and old churches. This road winds around a gorgeous mountain cloaked with a variety of lush trees and evergreens, whose leaves are radiant in the Fall of the year with brilliant shades of yellow, orange, red, brown and green. / / At the top of the mountain is the end of this magnificent road, which leads to a private, gated mansion that overlooks the entire county. It is very quiet and peaceful there, and everything, including time, seems to stand still on this beautiful road. It is a breath-taking view from the very top, and this is truly my favorite country road!.. / / / To read and learn more about this special country road, / go to:COUNTRY ROAD
Taken in the town of North Orwell, PA on 01/19/2009 along route 187. A Canon 50D camera edited in PS and HDR. Lastly, I did the Orton layer. It’s no longer used for farming. Hopefully it won’t end up totally neglected.
/ 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 / /
Made with some of my own stock! Inspired by the song: / HAVING MY BABY – PAUL ANKA
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.
Oil painting on board. 16inch x 18.5inch. A tribute to a lovely overo paint horse gelding. This particular horse is entering his twilight years. His quiet intelligence and good sense impressed me greatly.
Farm near Wubin, Western Australia, 250km northeast of Perth. Captured with Nikon D300, exposure 1/50 sec at f / 13 / Featured in DSLR Users Only group 11/07/2009 / Featured in Minimalist Landscapes group 30/09/2009
Featured in The Keystone State – Pennsylvania group August 20, 2009. / Featured in Object Studies and Concepts August 16, 2009. / Featured in HDR Photography August 15, 2009. / Featured in Rural Around The Globe August 11, 2009. Best On Full Size This image was taken at The Keystone State – Pennsylvania group’s recent shoot in Lancaster County, PA (near Manheim) at BreakAway Farms. One of the great things about this shot, for me, is that my Dear Hubby (who came along YAY!) actually found this little bottle and placed it on the window sill for me. He even named the shot. The bottle is from the wedding of the owner of the farm … 6 years previous. It eventually gathered quite a crowd … this is Ann, Mike and Eric all working to get just the right perspective!!!! The bottle image taken on the morning of August 8, 2009 with the Nikon D300 and the 18-200mm vr Nikon lens. Shutter was at 1/50, aperture f/13, exp. 0.00, iso 400. Post processing included duplication of the image 3 more times at +3, 0, -3, -8 and HDR in Photomatix, then back to Photoshop for more work with the clone tool, levels, blending with a previously multiplied layer and addition of a texture. texture courtesy of Ghostbones on Flickr
Featured in You’re Accepted August 17, 2009. / Featured in Best From Around The Barnyard August 16, 2009. / Featured in Old Things – Two Per Day August 15, 2009. Another capture of a lovely old barn not from from my home in Montgomery County, Maryland. We’ve had another remarkably wet summer … we don’t often see greens like this in July and August!!! Hand held mage taken in the early evening of July 9, 2009 with the Nikon D300 and the 18-200mm vr Nikon lens. Shutter 1/250, aperture f/8.0, exp .33, iso 500. Two duplicates created in Photoshop to +1/-3 then processed in Photomatix to create this hdr image. A little tweaking in Painter for blending. Levels, dodging and burning in Photoshop. The Simple Life
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!!!
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.
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