Hello everybody. Just wanted to check in and let you know I am still around. My family and I moved from Ohio to Kentucky in July, and I h…
Hello everybody. Just wanted to check in and let you know I am still around. My family and I moved from Ohio to Kentucky in July, and I have not managed to get back in the swing of things since we constantly have unexpected issues coming up, and I am still trying to get into a routine. Anyways, I wanted to share something with you. As anybody who knows me, I am inspired by photo manipulation. On a couple of stock photo sites, I also sell unedited photogrpahy. I was amazed to find that somebody purchased a photo of my little girl and created an AMAZING and CAPTIVATING piece with this photo. The thing that really touched me is that with all the photo art compostions and photo editing I do, it would have never occured to me to create something like this from this photo. If you click on this image, you can see it at the site wher she has it posted. Thanks for checking it out…
It just gets better! Doraville Dawn and “Rocky Point Against Sto…
It just gets better! Doraville Dawn and Rocky Point Against Stormy Sky have both been featured in the New South Wales Photography Group. My warmest thanks to the Hosts and to all who have supported these works. GB / Dennis
It is stormy tonight and there are calls for rain and snow all weekend long. I am excited to see what I might find as subjects over the w…
It is stormy tonight and there are calls for rain and snow all weekend long. I am excited to see what I might find as subjects over the weekend.
it’s midnight here in NE Wyoming on Sunday .. it snowed yesterday and last night leaving a lot of wet snow on the branches .. we lost a f…
it’s midnight here in NE Wyoming on Sunday .. it snowed yesterday and last night leaving a lot of wet snow on the branches .. we lost a few limbs because of the weight of the snow .. just about an hour ago another huge limb came down … thankfully so far none have hit the house .. however I do have one big branch leaning of the roof above my bed .. it should be ok … a few hours ago I went out in my jammies, slippers (actually they’re waterproof and very very warm) and my hooded sweatshirt .. very wet snow was falling .. I brought out the broom to get the snow off of the branches I could reach but the trees are about 50 feet tall and well I only got a few of the lower branches … I just checked the trees again and the wet snow (still falling .. could get up to seven inches tonight) is piling up on the branches .. I anticipate more downed limbs tonight … there is one near where our sat dishes are attached to the front porch and there is a possibility that a big limb could come down on them tonight .. hopefully not but … so if you don’t hear from me tomorrow (I plan on taking a lot of photos to share) then you know the branch took our wifi out … I wasn’t able to check the trees overhanging the north side of the house (we live in a mobile home) and am hoping they’re ok … well I just thought I’d give everyone a heads up on what’s up around here tonite … if all goes well I’ll have photos to share tomorrow ... owlspook
last night was the worst .. see my journal entry Wet Snow and Downed Trees … part 1...
last night was the worst .. see my journal entry Wet Snow and Downed Trees … part 1 for what was happening last night … I promised photos … this time I didn’t go out into the snow .. don’t have any winter boots and the snow’s too deep for my waterproof comfy very warm slippers .. so I took the shots out the back door and off the front porch .. there are more downed trees that I couldn’t photograph .. one we need to move as soon as we can .. it’s sitting on top of the propane tank! Otherwise, so far, no damage we can tell to the roof of the trailer .. thankfully .. this is going to be a mess to clean up … going to need help .. some of the limbs are quite large and alas I don’t own a chain saw … this photo was taken out of my back door .. the bush you see are actually three young suckers off a stump that are almost seven feet tall .. the building you see in the back is our neighbors workshop … this second shot is off the front porch .. one huge limb and a few smaller ones have fallen… this third photo is again taken out the back door .. this time looking toward the woodshed .. you can see the big fallen limb of the tree on the ground .. and to the right behind the orange fencing is another limb which is out of sight in this shot this last shot is again out the door ..here you can see the icicles in the foreground .. also a better shot of the snow in the background trees Was quite an exciting night .. so thankful none of the limbs fell on the trailer .. here’s hoping they won’t fall today …
I have 3 thank yous!!!! I would like to thank the hosts of 1:1 Macro Photography for f…
I have 3 thank yous!!!! I would like to thank the hosts of 1:1 Macro Photography for featuring my Pink Dew photo (the flower is actually a Pink Dianthus). Also thank you everyone!!! I am honored for finishing 2nd place (10/17/08) – Flower & Foliage Detail – Nature’s Beauty Challenge I would also like to thank the hosts of Shots in the Fog for featuring my Stormy Sunset photo. :)))))))
I just want to thank everyone for the tremendous response I have received on this image. !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/size:u…
I just want to thank everyone for the tremendous response I have received on this image. I am having a difficult time answering all your wonderful comments in a timely manner and sending thanks for the faves and watchlist adds, but I will in time. Just want to say thanks until I can catch up! Thank you all my friends! Eva
THANK YOU , MORNINGS & EVENINGS – SUNBEAMS & STORMS GROUP for featuring my image Stormy Sea. The Hosts, Dayonda, Mago, Mike, are awes…
THANK YOU , MORNINGS & EVENINGS – SUNBEAMS & STORMS GROUP for featuring my image Stormy Sea. The Hosts, Dayonda, Mago, Mike, are awesome people and I am very honored and trying to be humble for this honor. WooooHoooo!!! Winona aka redhawk
I am thrilled yet again to have another image Featured … a BIG Thankyou to Mornings & Evenings – Sunbeams & Storms...
I am thrilled yet again to have another image Featured … a BIG Thankyou to Mornings & Evenings – Sunbeams & Storms for featuring my “Stormy Sunrise” /
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!
Thank you so much to the hosts of JPG Cast-offs and Fine Art Composites for featuring “Dark Waters”!!!!!! I am so honored and totally ov…
Thank you so much to the hosts of JPG Cast-offs and Fine Art Composites for featuring “Dark Waters”!!!!!! I am so honored and totally over the moon!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Last night my sweet kitten, Stormi, was making biscuits on my back as I fell asleep… This morning, her breathing was labored, ans s…
Last night my sweet kitten, Stormi, was making biscuits on my back as I fell asleep… This morning, her breathing was labored, ans she was lethargic. After an emergency vet visit followed by a rush to the vet… oxygen… fluids… blood transfusion… and a plethora of other emergency attempts for treatment… she died. and I had to carry her out… lifeless… in the same borrowed towel I brought her in… without hope… for she was already gone. I begged her not to leave me… told her how much I needed her… I didn’t want to put her in the damned cold ground. I resent her dying so soon… I thought I had so many years to love her… 9 months… What the fuck is 9 months???? She was my angel… and now she is gone… and I feel as though my heart is split wide open. I haven’t felt pain like this in a long, long time… and I wonder if this grief will ever pass… She was so little… and her heart had just grown so big… too big that it hardened and killed her. I never imagined when I woke that she’d be gone today. I would have stayed up… milking those final moments she was here… never knowing a silent killer would steal her from me when I woke. I am so angry… I am so broken… Goddammit… Why her????
Thank you to the “1:1 with the News (Images Only W/a Story)” Group for almost instantaneously Featuring my “Stormy Plains” picture once i…
Thank you to the “1:1 with the News (Images Only W/a Story)” Group for almost instantaneously Featuring my “Stormy Plains” picture once it was accepted. :)
Many thanks to The Woman Photographer group for featuring my photo “A stormy Spr…
Many thanks to The Woman Photographer group for featuring my photo A stormy Spring !
“The Castle Revealed” was featured in Made By Nature – {2 a day} / “That Wintry Feeling” was featured in “All parks” It’s a thrill to t…
“The Castle Revealed” was featured in Made By Nature – {2 a day} / “That Wintry Feeling” was featured in “All parks” It’s a thrill to turn on the PC and find I have a new Feature, but to find I have TWO is just too good to be true. / A ton of thanks to the hosts of both groups for your kindness in featuring these two images. It is very much appreciated. I also want to congratulate all the other fine artists who have shared the Features with me. Well done, all of you! “The Castle Revealed” / “That Wintry Feeling” /
Wow! I’m still amazed at the honour..I can only say THANK YOU to the hosts of Point and Shooters and COUNTRY ROADS / around the World for…
Wow! I’m still amazed at the honour..I can only say THANK YOU to the hosts of Point and Shooters and COUNTRY ROADS / around the World for featuring my works, and another big THANKS to those who voted for my “That Wintry Feeling” and gave me the winning entry in the Country Roads Challenge. You have certainly made my day! “Shoot and Get Drenched”..featured in Point and Shooters / “Fireball Descending” ..featured in Point and Shooters / “Around The Bend” was featured in COUNTRY ROADS / around the World / “Over Hill and Dale” was featured in COUNTRY ROADS / around the World / “Touchdown!” was featured in COUNTRY ROADS / around the World / “That Wintry Feeling”, Winning Entry – COUNTRY ROADS CHALLENGE- “LET’S GO TO THE MOUNTAINS” /
It’s been a busy week and I completely forgot that my A Stormy Spring...
It’s been a busy week and I completely forgot that my A Stormy Spring won first place in the Textures Unlimited Challenge and became the Texture Unlimited group avatar! Thanks to the voters!
I am honoured and very,very appreciative to the hosts of these four Groups for Featuring my images. You all have so many great images in …
I am honoured and very,very appreciative to the hosts of these four Groups for Featuring my images. You all have so many great images in your Groups, it’s indeed humbling to have some of mine selected. Thank you all so much! Early Winter Snowfall, Banff National Park Featured in Northern Landscape / Reflections of Winter,Rocky Mountains Featured in Mountains Across the Globe, and in Point and Shooters / Valley of Fire Featured in At The Edge /
I’m a little late, but I’d like to thank the hosts of Mountains Across the Globe and Northern Landscape for being so kind as to feature m…
I’m a little late, but I’d like to thank the hosts of Mountains Across the Globe and Northern Landscape for being so kind as to feature my images. Certainly much appreciated! “The Castle Revealed” was featured in Mountains Across the Globe / “Two Peaks-Maligne Lake” was featured in Northern landscape /
Here is a selection of my favourite work in my folio, and would all make great Christmas gifts, and look great hanging on any wall! A…
Here is a selection of my favourite work in my folio, and would all make great Christmas gifts, and look great hanging on any wall! All my work is available in different styles and formats available through redbubble, and here is a preview: Farm Windmill Mosman Bay Boatshed At Dusk Jetty At Dusk Water Under The Bridge Cygnets Mobile Home Crawley Edge Boatshed Swan River Jetty At Sunset Thunderstorm At Dusk Bathed In Light Bathed In Gold Moody Morning Crepuscular Rays Sunshine After the Storm Reflections Kwinana Grain Jetty At Dusk Crawley Edge Boatshed Panorama Pink Cherry Blossom Flowers Standing out in a crowd Lake Clifton Thrombolites Lake Clifton Thrombolites Lily flower Mammatus clouds Honey Bee Lancelin Sand Dune Dusk At The Dunes Lancelin Sand Dune Three Of A Kind Path Of Shadows Sand dune / / Decoy At Sunrise Peaking through the window Kalbarri Beach / / Kalbarri Beach / / Kalbarri Beach Pinnacles / / Boat on the beach DNA Tower at Sunset Perth City Dusk Kings Park Lights Kings Park Lights Peak Hour Traffic Noble Falls Panorama Collie Dam Bird on a branch / / Black Swans Farm Trees At Sunset Chinese Meal Chinese Noodles Chinese Noodles Having trouble choosing a single artwork? Maybe My 2010 Calendar Is what your looking for! “
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What a wonderful way to start out the month of December! “The Magic Of Sunrise” is enjoying it’s fifth feature since I posted it on 11/28/09! I feel truely blessed, thanks to the moderators of the “Live And Let Live Group” for this wonderful honor! 12/3/09 “In A Mood” is being featured in the group “The Woman Photographer”. I believe that this is my first feature with this unique group and so I feel very special to have my work given special notice! 12/3/09 Art Sale!!!! Wow! My first sale other than cards. I sold a poster of “Rogue River Melody” thanks to the wonderful person who bought this, I hope that you enjoy it very much! 12/3/09 “Midnight Fishing” is being featured by the group “Dimensions” again I believe that this is my first feature with this group, thank so much to the moderators of this group for this honor! 12/4/09 “Fallen On Hard Times” is being featured in the group “Sunflowers”. Thanks to the moderators of this fun group for this honor, I really love sunflowers and this one with the texture was a lot of fun to do! 12/6/09 “Midnight Fishing” is being featured by my home state group “All Oregon USA”. Thanks to the moderators of this group for this honor!
Thanks a bunch to all the groups admins! !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/cropped/size:xsmall/view:main/4333658-1-stormy-sea.j…
Thanks a bunch to all the groups admins! Stormy sea was featured in the group SEA Merry Christmas card with bauble was featured in the group Bubblers’ Weekly Challenge Two- / two was featured in the group Split Tone Black & White Water abstract was featured in the group Colors of Water Metropolis was featured in the group Full Frontal Facades A/1 / was featured in the group Numbers One to a Trillion Sacred and / profane was featured in the group The Other Side of Italy
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