Rainy Journal Entries

39 creative works found

• Sincere Thanks and Appreciation!
  by Lisa G. Putman

  Sincere Thanks and Appreciation goes out to Gleniceava for the purchase of a Card of “Rainy Day Blues”. This is a first time purchase for…

  Sincere Thanks and Appreciation goes out to Gleniceava for the purchase of a Card of “Rainy Day Blues”. This is a first time purchase for this puma. I feel blessed and honored to have it chosen by a fellow bubbler. I hope you enjoy it! “Gleniceava Like many of you I LOVE receiving comments on my work. I look forward to each comment added on my art pages. And then, every once in a great while, I am blown away by even the smallest purchase. There is so many AMAZING works of art at Redbubble, it’s hard to believe someone would find my work and enjoy it enough to make a purchase. Thank you! / Lisa

• Featured Work
  by Estelle O'Brien

  Thank you so much to the hosts of the Oil Painting group for featuring my painting “Rainy Day Traffic” !http://images-0.redbubble.net/im…

  Thank you so much to the hosts of the Oil Painting group for featuring my painting “Rainy Day Traffic” / I am honoured.

• My first feature!
  by Rainy

  I am so happy. My design Caterpillar has been featured in “Fabulo…

  I am so happy. My design Caterpillar has been featured in “Fabulous T’s. Many thanks to Virginia and Fred. I hope you will stop by and take a look at my design, and at all the other great designs on Fabulous T’s.

• Rainy Day in the City
  by John Robb

  Thought I’d get a bit wet and go into the heart of the city for a walk. Shots taken with a D mk3 and 70-200 f/2.8IS – blessed are those w…

  Thought I’d get a bit wet and go into the heart of the city for a walk. Shots taken with a D mk3 and 70-200 f/2.8IS – blessed are those with rain proof gear. ( images are linked to larger versions for those with bandwidth issues ) 1. / 2. / 3. / 4. / 5. / 6. / 7. / 8. / 9. / / . / Tips for shooting in the rain: I’ve found that with an extra large large rain jacket i can sling my camera underneath and keep it dry as i walk around in the rain put your camera over your shoulder and then put your rain jacket over the top be careful of non weather proof camera gear – use it under shelter when you can and don’t risk trying to take it out in the rain when shooting wet tarmac or dark paving make sure you use a bit of exposure compensation (i suggest -2/3 of a stop ) don’t try to use an umbrella when shooting – you’ll need an extra hand and you can see what can happen from the above images if your camera bag isn’t waterproof then cut a plastic bag up to help to keep out most of the water dry out your bag and gear thoroughly when you get home – the foam protection in the bag will take a lot of drying

• Tutorial on How to Create a Stormy Atmosphere
  by Johanne Brunet

  I made this image for a challenge which consisted in creating A hand-made sunrise, sunset or sunbeam or storm work. After uploading i…

  I made this image for a challenge which consisted in creating A hand-made sunrise, sunset or sunbeam or storm work. After uploading it to my portfolio, with some details as to how it was created, I was asked to post the tutorial in a Photoshop oriented forum. So there it is in a more detailed version. I hope that you will find it useful. Please do not hesitate to signal any mistake you might find or ask for clarification if you find some point confusing. This is the modified image: / I started with a not so interesting colour photo which presented a nice dense cloudy sky, and the trees in the foreground was dim and more in silhouette. It was shot at sunset, so the sky was not too bright, just enough to show a good definition in the clouds and suggest the presence of ozone in the atmosphere. My original photo was 3872×2592 pixels. The size of the photo is important to mention in this case because you might have to adjust the different values depending on your image size. Original image / If you prefer, you can use my original photo by right clicking on the link and saving to your computer. Link to original photo STEP 1 – CONVERT TO BLACK AND WHITE / I used a tutorial published by Design by Fire . It had been originally created by the photographer Greg Gorman’s photo retoucher, Rob Carr. If you decide to use this tutorial, please note that in Photoshop 6, you have to convert image mode back to 8 bits prior to step 4 where you need to Ctrl+Click (Windows) on the thumbnail of the Channels palette to load a selection, or else it won’t work. I don’t know how it is for other versions; you will have to try. For this image, I chose a greenish tone for my solid color adjustment layer in step 6, picking my colour at left, near the bottom of the color picker as shown in the tutorial (theirs is in a red palette instead of green). STEP 2 – CREATING RAIN After converting my image to a nice and rich black and white, I used another interesting tutorial that I found on the internet to create rain. This great and easy tutorial was made by Domen Lombergar and if you wish, you can view his tutorial on video right here However, I will write below each step of the tutorial anyway, entering the settings that I have used for this particular image. 1. You should now have a nice black and white image to start with. 2. Add a new layer, name it Rain and fill it with black. 3. Now we need to add noise. Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise and enter 400% in the amount value. You may have to enter more if your image is larger or less if your image is smaller. Check either Uniform or Gaussian, it doesn’t matter, but make sure that the box Monochromatic is checked. Click OK. 4. Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur and play with the angle and distance until you are satisfied. In this instance, I chose a negative angle value of -41 , and a distance of 61 pixels . 5. I adjusted the opacity to 34% (may vary according to taste and to background image) and blended in screen mode. 6. The next thing was to create an adjustment layer on the background image (between the background and the rain layers) to darken the background a little and match the atmosphere. 7. I finished the rain process by cropping the blurred edges out, leaving me with image approximately 3780 by 2500 pixels in size. STEP 3 – CREATING A LIGHTNING BOLT For the last step, I created a lightning bolt using a great tutorial by Matthew Whiting 1. You need to start your lightning in a new document with the background set to transparent. My rainy black and white image was a little more that 2500 px high, and I figured that my lightning bolt would run from the little hole in the clouds to the bottom, meaning a little more than half of the height. Just to be sure, I made my new document a transparent square of 1500×1500 pixels. 2. Now you will fill it with a gradient. To do so, make sure that your default colours are set to black and white by hitting the D key. Then, pick your Gradient tool from the tools menu and in the horizontal menu at the top of your screen, choose a black to white gradient, making certain that the Linear gradient option is selected. Holding the Shift key, trace a straight horizontal line accross the layer, starting at about ¼ of the document and stopping at ¾. Placing a grid on your document could help you gauge where to start and finish, if you’re not sure. To do this, go to Edit > Preferences > Guides and Grid . In the Grid section, put 25 in the box marked Gridline every: , change the measuring units to %* , and write *0 in Subdivisions. Click OK then go to View > Show and select Grid . This is really useful as well to assess the rule of thirds. In that case, you just change the percentage to 33,3 in the Guides and Grid preferences. Back to the lightning now! 3. Now that you have a nice gradient, apply a Difference Clouds filter by clicking Filter > Render > Difference Clouds. 4. Your bolt is starting to show, but it is black and you need to change it to white. To do so, just hit Ctrl+i (Windows) or (Cmd+i in Mac) in order to invert the image. You could also use the command Image > Adjust < Invert . 5. Adding a Levels adjustment layer , you will push the black cursor to the right, mine was pushed to about 170 and slide the gamma (gray) triangle to the right as well, next to the white one which must remain at 255. Again, you might want to vary a bit according to your own image. 6. Select the image and go to Edit > Copy Merged, then paste into your rainy black and white photo, place into appropriate position, and blend in screen mode. 7. Now is the time to modify the general shape of the bolt if you find it too wavy. To do this, make sure that the bolt layer is active in the Layers palette and go to Edit > Transform > Distort . Pull the handle up to elongate the bolt a bit and or pull the sides in a bit if you wish. Apply your transformation when satisfied. 8. Should you wish to add little branches to your bolt, you can do so by selecting some that are sticking out and either cut or copy to a new layer, then position to taste. You can do this and reverse them horizontally to put some on the other side too. 9. When your bolt is shaped to your liking, use the eraser tool set at 0 hardness and 45 % opacity to slowly erase the extra blur around the bold and any remaining clouds (from the difference clouds step) that you don’t want. 10. Adjust levels again if needed. THE LAST STEP! – GLOWING LIGHT Finally, the lightning bolt needs some surrounding light to look realistic. 1. Create a new transparent layer, right under the rain layer at the top. 2. Select a large soft and round brush of 279 px and hardness set to 0, and adjust the Brush Dynamics to fade in size and opacity (I used 70 steps for size and 100 steps for opacity). 3. Make sure that white is the foreground colour in your default colours, select it and paint over the lightning bolt, starting from the bottom and going up to the originating point. 4. Apply a gaussian blur filter (I used 160 radius) and fix opacity to your liking. If you wish, you can add a spot of additional light at the point where the lightning bolt originates from the clouds using the same method as for the addition of glowing light along the bolt. 1. Create a new transparent layer, right under the rain layer at the top. 2. Select a large soft and round brush of 279 px and hardness set to 0, and apply a dot of white at the appropriate point. 3. Apply a gaussian blur filter (I used 160 radius) and fix opacity to your liking. Voilà! You should now have a great stormy landscape! I hope that I have not confused you too much. Have fun!

• First Feature for 2009 - Paintings from Beginners
  by Estelle O'Brien

  Thank you so much to the hosts of Paintings from Beginners for choosing my oil work “Rainy Day Traffic” for inclusion in the current Feat…

  Thank you so much to the hosts of Paintings from Beginners for choosing my oil work “Rainy Day Traffic” for inclusion in the current Featured paintings. It is a painting that I feel achieved what I set out to do (more or less!) and so I am happy to see it recognised. Thanks heaps for the encouragement…much appreciated. /

• "I love you" was featured!!! :)))
  by Rainy

  Thank you Prize Challenges!! very much for featuring my art work ” I love you” and th…

  Thank you Prize Challenges!! very much for featuring my art work ” I love you” and thank you so much for our lovely hosts Melissa , Halley , Alexmac You are all made me happy after had a very hard excamination from school to day. Thank you!!!! / My ” I Love You” /

• A feature and a new video
  by Sande Elkins

  Thanks to the Equine Art and Photography group for featuring Rainy Days and Mondays…

  Thanks to the Equine Art and Photography group for featuring Rainy Days and Mondays / I’m so honored to be included in that great line up! Also, I put together another little movie with Crimson Sky by Nori Bucci and my photos of Mouse. This one is short and sweet, just 1:59, because I wanted to add it to my facebook page and they only allow under 2 min. videos. Anyway, I think you will enjoy it and I know you will enjoy Nori’s beautiful song. Nori’s art work on redbubble is incredible,too. I have a rb print of Fire which is so gorgeous. / And you can find out more info on her music on her website, itunes and youtube. I guess you can tell that I’m a huge fan of Nori, the artist, the musician and the person. She is terrific.

• Thank You!!!
  by Rainy

  Thank you Cards:Best of Your Best group and 2 wonderful hosts Alex...

  Thank you Cards:Best of Your Best group and 2 wonderful hosts Alex and Knairn for featuring my art work “Valentine’s Day” and Big thank you to every members of RB for your vote on the Valentine Card challenge. I am not the winner but one of “Top Ten” artworks still make me very happy!! :)))) / “Valentine’s Day” /

• Card Sale!!
  by Rainy

  Thanks so much to Linda Bennett for purchasing my “Valentine’s Day” card. / !http://images-1…

  Thanks so much to Linda Bennett for purchasing my “Valentine’s Day” card. /

• Thanks for Purchasing!!!
  by Rainy

  Thanks so much to Valerie Hussain for purchasing my “Arshi” card! / !http://images-2….

  Thanks so much to Valerie Hussain for purchasing my “Arshi” card! /

• Thanks so much for featuring "Red Cotton" :))
  by Rainy

  I just came back from school and saw one of my artwork was featured. Thank you Blooming Tees-2 Per Day...

  I just came back from school and saw one of my artwork was featured. Thank you Blooming Tees-2 Per Day group very much for featuring my art work ” Red Cotton” and thanks so much for our lovely hosts Kalaryder and skyhorse You are all made me very happy happy day today. Thank you!!!! :))) / My ”Red Cotton” /

• "I Love You" card won the challenge!!!
  by Rainy

  “I love you” card won Card of Love challenge. Thank y…

  “I love you” card won Card of Love challenge. Thank you so much to every one for your vote and thank you to Cards For Everyday group. I am very happy!! :))) /

• Won the challenge and one of my work was featured!!!:)))
  by Rainy

  Thank you so much to our host Kalary and skyhorse...

  Thank you so much to our host Kalary and skyhorse of Blooming-Trees group for making the challenge Just For Fun and thanks so much!! for all lovely members of Redbubble who voted for me. All of you make me very happy today!! :))) / Red Cotton won the challenge!! / / Tabebuia rosea was featured in Blooming-Trees group. /

• Thank you *"Macro Untouched"* and *"Blooming Trees"* groups!! :))
  by Rainy

  Thank you very much to our hosts of Macro Untouched. 2 Per Day Only group. Jack01...

  Thank you very much to our hosts of Macro Untouched. 2 Per Day Only group. Jack01 and Lori Honour for featuring my Pink Hibiscus / / And thanks so much to ours hosts of Blooming Trees – 2 Per Day group. Kalaryder and skyhorse for featuring my Cananga Blooming /

• *"Cassia Blooming"* won the challenge!! :)))
  by Rainy

  Cassia Blooming won the challenge “March Blooming Tree” Thank you so much!! to all lovely members of RB for your vote and *“thanks …

  Cassia Blooming won the challenge “March Blooming Tree” Thank you so much!! to all lovely members of RB for your vote and “thanks a bunch” to Blooming Trees-2 Per Day group for making the challenge. I have a very great day today!! :))) /

• Two of my artworks were featured!!!! :))))
  by Rainy

  Thank you very much to the hosts of the Only Orchids group. Douzy....

  Thank you very much to the hosts of the Only Orchids group. Douzy and Kristin Hamm for featuring my Sleepy / And thanks so much to the wonderful hosts of the Blooming Trees – 2 Per Day group. Kalaryder and skyhorse for featuring my Pride of Barbados /

• My first interview!!!
  by Rainy

  I am very happy that the Blooming Trees group has made me a featured artist. Our wonde…

  I am very happy that the Blooming Trees group has made me a featured artist. Our wonderful host Kalaryder asked me if I could answer some question for an interview. I was very surprised and very happy because I never thought I would have this wonderful chance. I would like to say, THANK YOU SO MUCH to the Blooming Trees group for supporting all amateur artists. / Here is my first interview!! :)) We take pleasure in introducing another member of the Blooming Trees Group – Rainy has a truly delightful portfolio which can be viewed here / 1. What drew you to photography? / Memories, I would like to keep everything that I love, and only photographs help me keep all my good memory. / 2. What is your favorite subject to take photos of? / My favorite subject for taking photos is nature. I love it because I think nature is beautiful by itself, people can’t really create it. / 3. What camera do you use? / I have two cameras to use, the small one is Sony DSC-P200 and the bigger one is a PENTEX K 200 D. / 4. What editing program do you use? / I either use Photoshop CS2 or Picasa 2. / 5. What is your favorite image in your own portfolio and why? / My favorite artwork of mine is “Phuket Island” – the reason is, it is the first photo I put on RB and it shows a beautiful place in Thailand. / / I love all of them because each of the photos brings back a different memory, and they all have their own special beauty. / 6. What is your favorite image of your own in the Blooming Trees Group and why? / This question may have the same answer as the last one, but if I had to pick one, I would say my favorite is “Golden Shower” because it has a very good meaning. It means a POWER and LUCKY. / / 7. What are your favorite three images of other people’s work in the Blooming Trees Group and why? / The first of my favorites is Jacqi’s “Cherry Blossom Time” the reason is because I’ve never seen Cherry flowers, but would like to someday. / / The second is Gene’s “Velvety Magnolia Blossoms”. I love this one because it’s a very crisp and clear shot. You can see the detail of flowers and it has a very beautiful sky background. / / The third is Magee’s “Clusters of Pink”. I think they are very unique flowers and I love the colors, very sweet pinks and yellows. / / 8. Where would be your dream place for a photo shoot? / The place for taking photo in my dream is the North Part of Thailand. That place has a lot of beautiful mountains, flowers, waterfalls, and culture. Most important to me, is that it’s my country, my home. / 9. Last, but not least, would you like to tell us a little more about yourself and where you live. / My name is Roong Brand. I live in Lopburi Thailand. I am married to my lovely husband “Mobii”, and we have two wonderful daughters, Palmiez and Pukky. I am a government officer, my position is Chief Administrator of SAO. I work with our local government and am also working on my Master’s Degree. Mobii says he doesn’t like being referred to as “lovely”! / Have a great weekend, and thanks very much again for this chance to talk to all my friends at RB. / Rainy Now for my favourite photo in Rainy’s portfolio / Thank you from Kala and Skyhorse

• Thanks so much for featuring!!!
  by Rainy

  Thank you very much to all wonderful hosts of Valentines and Hearts group , “Hap…

  Thank you very much to all wonderful hosts of Valentines and Hearts group , Happy Haven-Photography Limit 2 Images Per Day group and Beauty ‘N Bubbles group for featuring my artworks. / Here they are…. / / /

• Two of my artworks made the top 10 :))
  by Rainy

  Two of my artworks made the top 10, and one was featured!! / Thank you very much to all lovely members of RB who voted for me and thanks …

  Two of my artworks made the top 10, and one was featured!! / Thank you very much to all lovely members of RB who voted for me and thanks so much to all wonderful hosts of Who Are YOU to Judge? group and Blooming Trees – 2 Per Day group. / The first Top 10 and Featured / The second Top 10 /

• My artworks were featured!!
  by Rainy

  My artworks were featured in four groups!! Thank you so much to all wonderful hosts of Cards for Everyday...

  My artworks were featured in four groups!! Thank you so much to all wonderful hosts of Cards for Everyday , Bits and Pieces , Blooming Trees , Focus and Lighting for the BIG SUPPORT :))) Smiling was featured in the Focus and Lighting / Thinking Of You was featured in the Cards for Everyday / Yellow Trumpetbush was featured in the Blooming Trees / Smiling was featured in the Bits and Pieces /

• Featured in "A Beautiful Blur" !!!
  by HELUA

  “O…

  OH RAINY DAY turns into a happy feature day!! / THANKS to the clever HOSTS of this great group!!!

• "It's A Rainy Day in Georgia"
  by franticflagwave

  It’s Monday morning October 12, 2009 and the windows of my home office are wet with the drool of this rainy fall day. Days like this give…

  It’s Monday morning October 12, 2009 and the windows of my home office are wet with the drool of this rainy fall day. Days like this give cause for reflection for me, what else can the mind do on such a wet soaking day. The appetites of the stomach think of a warm slice of pumpkin bread slathered in butter along with a hearty bowl of homemade soup. I love the fall with it’s jewel colors that embellish the landscape of the quaint hill towns we have here in north Georgia. This season of the year the mountains have the look of the colors found in in bowl of my childrens favorite breakfast cereal, Trix. Although the mountains can be quite lovely here in the south, nothing compares to vibrant colors found in New England in the fall. Our family had the good fortune of living in western Massachusetts for twelve years when our children were growing up. In any direction we were less than an hours drive from Vermont, New Hamshire or Connecticut affording our family romantic vista’s of the New England countryside in the fall of the year. The Old Mohawk Trial with it’s novelty gift shops and roadside stands were a visual feast for the eyes with the early fall colors. There were mounds of pumpkins anxiously awaiting choice by the creative hands of small children, gourds of every color and shape, dried flower bouquets and gallons of freshly squeesed cider to satisfy the thirst. A brown bag with handles of freshly picked Macintosh apples, a wedge of sharp cheddar cheese along and you had the perfect snack to carry in the car on your journeys drive. The cool mountian air blowing in your face as you stopped to enjoy the valley lookouts along the mountain roads seem to recharge the spirit to face the daunting gray days of winter ahead in the northeast. The weeks preceeding the “Christmas Season” in fall were to me the most enchanting. I love them with all their beautiful chaos and wonderment. Not much has changed for me over the years except I no longer live in New England and haven’t for 31 years now. All my children are now grown with their own famlies to share and create their own album of memories. It’s on days like today, forced into seclusion by the pouring rain, that I enjoy the minds return travel thru the archives of my memory. In so doing, I’m once again through the gateway of memory warmed by the taste of a hot cup of freshly squeezed spiced cider! As all of nature approaches it’s season of sleep in fall, I’m keenly aware that beneath the sod of the earth the Creator though the phenomina of regeneration, the process of death and decay is preparing the planet for the signs of a new beginning to come in early spring. Even as I evidence the gray death of winter, I’m conscious of this truth, we are not left abandoned by the Creator and left without hope! Spring with it’s burst of new life and growth awaits us shortly! Happy Fall everyone!!!

• RAINY SINTRA Featured at JPG Cast-Offs. 3 Jan 2009
  by terezadelpilar

  / . / SINTRA / PORTUGAL / . / Thank you Dear Nichol Host of JPG Cast-Offs g…

  / . / SINTRA / PORTUGAL / . / Thank you Dear Nichol Host of JPG Cast-Offs group for this feature:))) / Thanks to all my friends who spend some time visiting my work:))) / Hugs, / Tereza / . /