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Too Hot To Handle on Flickr.
Ever heard of Pixel Bender? No? Neither had I until a few weeks ago, when it was mentioned in a mag-book I was reading. It's a great little tool in some respects. Free to download from Adobe, it's an extension for Photoshop. This is the kind of thing it can do, taking one of my images and turning it into something like an oil painting. It's not good for eveything but I liked the effect on this occasion.
The Fly on Flickr.
This image won 1st place in an in-house competition this week at my local camera club. Amazing, considering I took this shot a few years ago now, and in the time between taking and now it has not had much recognition. Strange how tastes change over time, isn't it?
Fort George Drawbridge on Flickr.
3rd and last entry. None of these images was placed or even commended.
Bee-ing Me on Flickr.
2nd entry in the camera club competition.
Looking Into The Jaws Of Hell on Flickr.
1st of 3 images entered in this week's competition at my local camera club.
Square Peg Society
After spending more than 40 years on the face of this planet we call home, I have decided that I must be the proverbial square peg to the World's round hole. Why? I hear you ask... The answer is so simple I do not know why it has taken me so long to realise it... I never seem to fully 'fit in' anywhere. I'm always just that little bit too late for most things, when everyone else has a flat screen, wide screen, HD TV, what do I have? An old 31" 4:3 format CRT TV, that's what! Only once in the last decade or 2 have I actually lead the way with technology, and that was last year when I bought a Nikon D5100 only a few months after it was released. My was that an eye-opener!
Now some reading this might think I'm complaining about my lot in life. I'm here to inform you that that is not the case. In fact this is by way of a declaration to life that I have finally come to terms with, and am willing to accept, that I am never going to fully fit in with the ways of the World and all it has to throw at me. I may go even further and start my own society for all the square pegs out there. After all, I can't really be the only one out of 7 billion people that feel this way, or am I?
Mushroom on Flickr.
When I took just one shot of this as a macro (the item only stands 2-3 cm tall) I noticed that not all of the image was sharp. So I redid the shot taking 9 individual shots and stacking them together in Photoshop to create a much sharper, cleaner image, a bit more judicious editing, voila, this is the result. Now how to use this in another composite shot. That might take some thinking about, hmmmm.....
Gospel Car & Sunday School on Flickr.
Taken at Blists Hill Victorian Town Museum, in the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site, Shropshire, UK. This got a Commended in the same competition as the previous image was in. I have reworked it as a true monochrome, which can be seen by clicking on this image and going over to my Flickr photostream.
This is the result of my editing the previous image based on the judges comments...
Too Hot To Handle on Flickr.
Entered this in a competition last night at my local camera club. The judge was quite dismissive of it suggesting I darkened it down and put a slight vignette around it. Done this, see my next post.
After the war...
Well, first things first... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
This would have been said earlier, but both my wife and I have been down with stinking colds since December 30th (or thereabouts), and I haven't really felt like doing much else other than curling up in front of the TV, under a blanket, and vegetating.
The cold is now breaking, and I'm starting to feel more like my usual (if sometimes grumpy) self.
Christmas was a quiet affair this past year. My wife spent Christmas Day and Boxing Day ill, and slept through most of the 2 days. As you saw from the fridge, we stocked up well on food, to the point that we actually didn't get through it all. Thank god for freezers is all I can say.
27th December, we got together with the rest of my local family for an evening of eating and talking.
28th, similar to 27th.
After that, the next time out was New Year's Eve, which was spent at our friend's house, seeing in the New Year. Then back home, into bed, and left to die again in the comfort of my own bed.
What does this year hold in store for us? Hmmm... Hopefully better weather, less aches and pains, and a chance or two, to get out and take some more photos. In reality, we'll have to wait and see :O)
Here's wishing you all the best for the coming year, and I sincerely hope that you all are successful in your endeavours.
Our fridge before battle commences.
Christmas Eve
So, it's now officially the start of Christmas. We've got in the presents for everyone we are buying for, they've been wrapped up, some have already been delivered, and now all that I have to do on that front is wrap up my wife's. That will be done as soon as I finish on here. The turkey's in the fridge thawing and should be good to go in the morning. All the other food and drink is dealt with. I think we are good for this year and into next. All that is left to be said is M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S toeach and any that may accidentally fall across this blog, and those who actually know of its existence.
Treat your ears right. Listen to this album.
I've arrived!...
OK, so I've joined up to Tumblr. Now I've got to get to grips with how it works, what I can do with it, etc.
So far I have discovered that I can link directly back to my photos on Flickr, just click on the link on the left called, surprisingly enough, 'Flickr'. Enjoy!
I'll be back soon when I, A) Have enough time, and B) When I have something to say :O)
TTFN