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Posts from the ‘Digital Art’ Category

Queens and Sunflowers

A photo of Queen Butterflies taken last week at Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Two images of texture were added along with lots of blending and other Photoshop magic. It’s a process that really doesn’t have an end so it’s difficult to stop 🙂

Queen butterflies on sunflowers

DroidX FX

I admit that the hundreds of camera related iPhone apps made joining the Apple Core really appealing. That’s especially true for people like me who use their phone mostly as a camera 🙂 BUT…there are new apps showing up all the time for the Droid OS so I’ll just be patient. In the meantime, I consider it a challenge to be more creative with what I have! Today’s image is a composite of 4 images captured on our walk this morning. I used an app called Camera Zoom FX. Settings were color fx/spectrum)

Blue

An unidentified Blue on Sneezeweed with a bit of artistic interpretation.

Saguaro Face

I see creatures in Saguaro scars and this one called to me on my walk this morning 🙂

Desert Columbine

Desert Columbine is about half the size of the more common Yellow Columbine we see here at higher elevations. I captured this one at the Flagstaff Arboretum. It is my favorite composition of this plant so far but the exposure wasn’t very good so I used Photoshop to “art it up” a little. The texture in the background is made up of three images I shot of the sidewalk and curb at Hermit’s Rest (Grand Canyon) while I was waiting for the bus. I ended up with about 20 great textures during that wait!

Grand Canyon

This shot of the Grand Canyon was captured with a Canon Powershot and although I liked the composition, the image was very flat. I thought I’d try some filters on it and this is the result.

Fairytale

A mirrored image from Los Osos Oaks Reserve gives a good sense of what this place is like. Through most of the park, you’re walking under a canopy of Oak branches. It’s a bit spooky at times but so much fun for a photographer that you can’t resist moving on.

Happy First Day of Summer

To celebrate the first day of summer, here’s a fun creation made with the Flood Filter.