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I dreamed I thought I knew who I am, / or at least who I believed I was, / but now, it seems ‘twas all a sham, / and no one ever does! / featured in Shapes&Patterns 06-03-2009 / featured in The Alphabet Soup 06-01-2009 / FEATURED ON RED BUBBLE’S HOMEPAGE!!!!!! 05-29-2009 / featured in Spectacular Spirals 05-27-2009 / featured in Unconventional Artistry 01-08-2009*
Pile of Christmas ornaments nestled in a bed of white feathers
Learn how to blend different pictures using layers, to create a digital montage : You don’t have to master every creative tool that Ph…
Learn how to blend different pictures using layers, to create a digital montage : You don’t have to master every creative tool that Photoshop or Elements has to offer in order to make great images. In fact, just a basic understanding of the layers pallet and its range of Blending Modes can provide fantastic results. Here’s my methodology that created my gallery for Experimental & Alternative Process Photography. I have combined 4 images to create In her memories…...., two landscape photographs of Backwater Reflections #3, River Poems #1, a model portrait and a background image of land. Neither one is specifically shot for final resulting image. But with a little creativity and thinking I produced this image with increased significance and impact. As far what you put in your composite image ( digital photo montage ), that’s personal choice, but flat, simple subjects tend to work best. I suggest you to look around your home or nearby to find some interesting subject ( as for me in the background image of land which added a texture to final photograph ). Once you’ve got your images load them into Photoshop & let the fun begin! 1. Open start images with all desired images you want to blend. Ensure you have achieved desired level of processing with them, individually. / Now, make a NEW file ( Ctrl + N ). Input NAME, PRESET, WIDTH, HEIGHT, RESOLUTION, COLOR MODE, BACKGROUND CONTENT. Click OK. Your BLANK document will appear on screen. 2. Now, SELECT ( Ctrl + A ) the desired image for BACKGROUND IMAGE and COPY ( Ctrl + C ) on the clipboard. PASTE ( Ctrl + V ) on the BLANK document. 3. Follow the process with other images opened, to add TWO or THREE layers in the NEW file. 4. Pick the background image in the NEW file, then click all the “EYE” icons above it. It’ll deselect the layers. Press “D” to select as a foreground color. 5. Now, add another layer by ACTIVATING “EYE” icon the adjacent box, deselected earlier. 6. Start playing with BLENDING MODES, OPACITY and FILL. 7. First NORMAL and DISSOLVE you use rarely. DARKEN to DARKEN COLOR increase COLOR saturation and contrast. LIGHTEN to LIGHTER COLOR increase brightness, and make all black areas in the layer to disappear, allowing the layer below show through. This also helps you to select images with dark or black background. 8. As you come down one by one in the blending modes, intensity of the blending mode increases – Dark will be more darker and bright will be brighter. / 9. Use OPACITY and FILL to adjust blending composition to desired level. Don’t hesitate to use CHANNEL MIXER, HUE & SATURATION, SELECTIVE COLOR, LEVEL, CURVES tools as and when desired to get impact and toning with the desired layer. 10. To make the image more sophisticated try BLURR and DISTORTING some parts of it, because it is multi layered image it’s really easy to do, and it looks great. / 11. Now, FLATTEN the image finally. LAYER – Flatten Image. Save to desired file extention *.tif, *.psd, *.jpg. Usually, I prefer *.tif for original and then convert to *.jpg. I am thankful to my friend Sue for pushing me to write a tutorial for this image and making me to take a plunge in the deep ocean. I humbly say, I am not a Photoshop expert, I still have to go a lot distance but sharing this method will help many, as this form of art was one of my dreams and thought it might not be a reality for me. But it happened for me, and wish to happen it for many :) Prasad
This was a night of fun… experimenting with my camera… there are no Photoshop works here either… it is as is… :) Enjoy… :)
18×24 colored pencil. Original available. Just remember what I said about color.. and I never believed that I could find such outrageous colors on lizards!! Completed 1998
This shot recently recieved 2nd place, out of nearly 3000 entries in a February ‘08 contest on another photosite. So now we can reveal how we did it. This is actually three separate shots of the same female Calytpe Anna hummingbird in three different positions as she hovered to approach and land on the feeder. I layered each shot over each other, aligned the feeder, masked & blended each layer to expose each bird and merged them all into one image to give the appearance of three separate hummingbirds lined up at the feeder. Work done with Corel PSP-XI
A man walk into a room with his pride on his back / He knee down on to the ground starring down at his / failure. But his pride refuse to starred down, with multiple signs / beside him. A man should look at his failure and weakness before pursue / the climbing the Everest the ultimate high. © By Hung Lin 2008
Like in the movie ‘Ferris Bueller’.... 9 TIMES! But in this case I guess I was definitely… not absent.
19×25 pastel on sandpaper. Original unavailable. I did this piece as a trade for a photographer (Pete Carmichael) who came through for me in a pinch. I needed “cheetah feet” and he was so prompt. He was also quite surprised when this showed up at his door!! Considering all three heads came from photos he had given me. The Jaguar is found today from southern Mexico southwards to Argentina. Its last stronghold is Amazonia and it is rare everywhere else. Until the 1940s there were still small colonies in Texas and Arizona, but it is now extinct there. It is also believed that there are only a few hundred left in the whole of Central America. Because of its forest habitat it is difficult to estimate its total numbers with any accuracy, but it is safe to say that it is an endangered species because of deforestation, persecution as a result of its attacks on domestic animals, and, above all, fur-trapping. The fur trade records show that, as recently as the 1960s, there was an annual slaughter of no fewer than 15,000 jaguars in Amazonian Brazil alone. Today, 15,000 is probably not too far from the figure for the total world population. (information from The Big Cats ) Complete 1999
My husband came home from a trip the other night and this dragonfly was on the tailgate of the truck…...still alive but only by the Grace of God! PLEASE VIEW IN LARGE FORMAT,,,, / / / ____ / All The Materials Contained May Not Be Reproduced, Copied, Edited, Published, Transmitted Or Uploaded In Any Way Without My Permission. My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. © 2008Joyce Dickens: Using my images for any purpose and in any way, without prior permission, may lead to legal action!
Why just wear one shirt, when you can have five! :)
Taken in Prague, I dedicate this image to all the everyday women
Most recent intimate shoot with this lovely creature. / _ All The Materials Contained May Not Be Reproduced, Copied, Edited, Published, Transmitted Or Uploaded In Any Way Without My Permission. My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. / © 2007 Joyce Dickens: Using my images for any purpose and in any way, without prior permission, may lead to legal action.
This was shot at Lake Arcadia Oklahoma….From “My therapy Spot”! This was by far my easiest lightning shoot to date! I nailed in a time span of about 10 minutes…20 GOOD lightning shots! More to come….
is this me you really see / or only the part of me / i choose to show do you know / which facet is reflecting now which mirror i set to truth which scale of a reptile runs smoothly along / your skin as you boast / how well you know me i fear you are tricked / by illusion
Model(s): Jo O’Brien / Location: Tasmania www.vividphotography.net see all collaborations with Jo here
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