A compilation of three images previously uploaded individually. This trio of images really captures the cat beautifully. As my wife and I left a hotel in The Rocks in Sydney over 10 years ago, we spotted this cat sitting in the window in the back lane. Fortunately, I had my trusty old Ricoh XR2 35 mm film camera and took these three shots in the early morning. The narrow lane was in the shadow of the sunrise behind a three storey building, so light was very dull. I managed to get only three shots before the cat went down behind the fence. All in all, very fortunate to have the opportunity to photograph the little feline in low light an still capture the three so well. I have always been proud of this trio… It hung on the wall in my office in Magill, Sth Aust for many years. We have moved to the Yorke Peninsula, and it now is on the wall in our entrance area in our new (very old) home. Hope you all like the compilation. Regards, Craig Watson PS… This sold in October 2007 as a framed image and was my first sale! Yippeeee! The three images are also available individually…
A triptych of the passing storm over the Southern Yorke Peninsula on 17th May 2007. Taken approximately 2 kilometres south west of Yorketown alongside Boothill Station Road. This is another shot taken on the same day about 2 km to the north of this compilation…
“In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment.” -Charles Darwin All of these subjects are captive animals captured in zoos in North America. / / / / / / Portfolio Areas / Tigers / Wildlife / Macro / Landscape / Birds / Abstracts / Cats~wild and domestic
This is a view of my wall behind my computer with the light coming through my blind in the afternoon. I love the little patterns it makes on the wall and I couldn’t decide which one I liked most so I had to make a triptych. I hope you enjoy it too!
My tribute to a talented photographer, imaginative thinker and caring friend who also happens to make wonderful images with bathtubs. See her full Bathtub Portraiture series here Taken while on holiday in the communal bathroom of ‘Old Hobart Centre’ on Liverpool Street.
Beautiful colour and texture on a building in Essaouira, Morocco.
Selfportraiture triptych taken one year ago.
Acrylic, Texture & Mixed Media / Painted by Ciska / Nov 2008 ORIGINAL FOR SALE – (Framed individually – sold as Triptych) / Triptych 34cm x 64cm with frame each (102cm x 192cm) Also sold at TOP FRAMES Castletown Shopping Centre, Townsville / Queensland Australia
Inks, Acrylic & Mixed Media / Painted by Ciska / Nov 2008 / Each one is 54cm x 44cm framed. (162cm x 132cm) ORIGINAL FOR SALE – (Individually Framed) – (Sold as set) / Works also at TOP FRAMES – Castletown Shopping Centre, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Photographs from our one-day-winter in Bournemouth on Monday, 2 Feb 09 captured in the evening using flash to freeze the snow flakes. The second and third image has been inverted. / Best viewed LARGE / Frame textures kindly supplied by Telzey on Flickr. / Largest print size 105 cm(41.34”) x 34 cm (13.45”). Images are also available individually on request. Featured in the Everything Winter group on 22 Mar 2009. Featured in the Sets of Two group on 08 Feb 2009. counter piece: / / Image Collections: Featured work Layered with Texture Monochrome Camera Paintings Floral Triptychs This & That
Such a mighty stream! No surprise that the waters of Trümmelbach are so powerful; the area this brook drains includes the famous glaciated mountain trio Eiger, Mönch, Jungfrau... Lauterbrunnental, Switzerland. July 2008. Canon EOS 300X, Sigma 28-135, Manfrotto tripod. Post-processing: retouch, tonality adjustment, sharpening, colorize, crop to square, subtle frame.
Image 2 for this triptych
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Watercolor and pencil on illustration board, / 15×20 / 2009 Related work: / The Waterman: Unio Mystica This is the second panel of The Waterman triptych. While the central panel represents the Christ as the macrocosm, the side panels are the microcosm, represented by the Four Elements and their manifestation in the physical world. Ignis Aeris is the yang pillar, the elements Fire and Air. Volatile and oriented upward, these elements are connected to the realms of the abstract thinking and intuition. Fire is the energy, passion and primeval instincts, that need to be balanced by the intellect (Air) in order to manifest in a most constructive way. The certainty of the Divine, that comes from the heart and from a primal knowledge, needs to be shaped by the intellect in order to become less aggressive and to expand (the butterflies rising from the fire and flying upward). Only through a perfect combination of faith and reason we can access the Divine and understand Its Laws. At the basis of the picture, handling the creative power of Fire, we see the Magician of the Tarot, which I represented wearing the skin of Nemean Lion, just like Greek hero Herakles. He represents the first step in the Hero’s Journey, or that path that each one of us need to find out and go through in order to become Whole with the Universe. The Magician is the one who uses his power of will (Fire) and mental skills (Air) in order to find his own path.
From the “Black Butterfly: The Muse” series. Grace #1 of 3 The 3 Graces: Aglaia (radiance) Euphrosyne (joy) Thalia (flowering) It was the poet Hesiod who named the Graces in his Theogony: “Then Eurynome, Ocean’s fair daughter, bore to Zeus the three Graces, all fair-cheeked, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and shapely Thalia; their alluring eyes glance from under their brows, and from their eyelids drips desire that unstrings the limbs.” From a reference photo by Rolling Stone magazine photographer Baron Wolman. Groupie Karen Seltenrich, San Francisco, Nov. 1968. Image was used in a New York Times article “When we tell you what a Groupie is, will you really understand?” Charcoal on Mylar film, 20×16” I saw these photos and fell in love with them – Baron was so gracious to allow me to use them. I added the flowers and butterflies, from a pattern on scented drawer liners. Here is a quote from Baron about the groupies: “As concert promoter Bill Graham has given me all access to any of the concerts he produced, I spent quite a bit of time backstage with the bands, their roadies and their women. What fascinated me were the lengths to which the women, the groupies, went to prepare themselves for their backstage appearances. Because I also wanted an excuse to photograph them, I suggested to Jann they might make an interesting story. He agreed and Rolling Stone Magazine No. 27 became known as “the groupie issue.” It was widely promoted, read and commented upon, even turned into a book.” -Baron Wolman While the rest of the models I’ve used in the series are in the arts themselves, I was intrigued with the idea of groupies – and their intrigue with rock & roll artists of the late 1960’s. It seems to me they were using their own bodies and persona as an art form to attract their artistic “muses.” I guess you could consider some of the works in my Black Butterfly series “Cover Tunes.” I believe the borrowed references are vital to the series to relate the idea of inspiration, and its relation to talent and celebrity. These “tunes” well deserve a stylish, honorable replay. Many thanks to the talented people who have loaned their vision of the muse to aid me in illustrating my ideas.
This work was featured in the groups 1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture and Out of the Past. Grace # 2 of 3 , Charcoal on Mylar film, 30×20” from the “Black Butterfly: The Muse” series. The 3 Graces: Aglaia (radiance) Euphrosyne (joy) Thalia (flowering) It was the poet Hesiod who named the Graces in his Theogony: “Then Eurynome, Ocean’s fair daughter, bore to Zeus the three Graces, all fair-cheeked, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and shapely Thalia; their alluring eyes glance from under their brows, and from their eyelids drips desire that unstrings the limbs.” From a reference photo by Rolling Stone magazine photographer Baron Wolman, groupie Sally Mann, San Francisco, Nov. 1968. (No relation to the photographer of the same name) Sally married Jefferson Airplane’s Spencer Dryden in 1970. Here is a quote from Baron about the groupies: “As concert promoter Bill Graham has given me all access to any of the concerts he produced, I spent quite a bit of time backstage with the bands, their roadies and their women. What fascinated me were the lengths to which the women, the groupies, went to prepare themselves for their backstage appearances. Because I also wanted an excuse to photograph them, I suggested to Jann they might make an interesting story. He agreed and Rolling Stone Magazine No. 27 became known as “the groupie issue.” It was widely promoted, read and commented upon, even turned into a book.” -Baron Wolman I saw these photos in an old book picked up at a resale shop. I fell in love with the groupies, and Baron was so gracious to allow me to use them for the drawings. The feminine effect of the references are enhanced with the flowers and butterflies. In this case, I decided to draw Sally holding the lilies, as she married soon after the photo was taken. It’s also about peace & love & hippie-ness, baby. :) While the rest of the models I’ve used in the series are in the arts themselves, I was intrigued with the idea of groupies – and their intrigue with rock & roll artists of the late 1960’s. It seems to me they were using their own bodies and persona as an art form to attract their artistic “muses.” I guess you could consider some of the works in my Black Butterfly series “Cover Tunes.” I believe the borrowed references are vital to the series to relate the idea of inspiration, and its relation to talent and celebrity. These “tunes” well deserve a stylish, honorable replay. Many thanks to the talented people who have loaned their vision of the muse to aid me in illustrating my ideas.
There’s something a little big magical about images that are divided into sections or frames. Often they contain imagery that fits togeth…
There’s something a little big magical about images that are divided into sections or frames. Often they contain imagery that fits together to tell a story. There’s really no limit to how many times you can segment your images. Diptychs and Triptychs are images that have been divided into two or three frames but the style also extends to a whole bunch of other more inventive layouts including images shot with superssamplers. One of the biggest keys to making these images work lies in good composition. To help with this aspect, we’ve gathered together some basic resources which might be worth a read: The rule of thirds Design elements and principles Rule of Thirds Composition in Photography If you’d like to give this a go, here are some tutorials which should point you in the right direction. The technique is fairly straightforward so you should be able to apply these instructions to most software programs: Diptych and Triptych and a Tutorial Creating a Triptych in Lightroom Creating a Triptych in Photoshop And here’s a little inspiration from some talented bubblers: / There are more inspiring images over at the Diptychs and Triptychs group. Please post your results below so we can marvel at how talented you are. If you don’t have time to create a work of your own, perhaps you can help us by posting some more inspiration or linking to your favourite examples of split images. Good luck! Nat (pssst Mr Baxter has started a Picture of the Week feature over here)
BEST VIEWED LARGE The small red Chinese character on the lower right hand side means ‘eternity’. Digital work in Photoshop CS4, using my own textures. You will find a full list of brushes I use on my profile page. / Group Features: ‘All Things Black’ – July 2009 ‘Shameless Self-Promotion’ – July 2009 ‘Freedom in Words & Art’ – July 2009 ‘Diptychs & Triptychs’ – July 2009
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