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Butterflies and Thistles

This photo shows a Viceroy butterfly supping on the nectar of a thistle on a warm, summer day.  There are clearly other diners at this feast, but I don’t know who they are.  This photo was taken in KY in … Continue reading

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Playing with Photos

I love playing with photos and creating something new and different that is unlikely to have resulted from a single camera shot.  Sometimes the end result is pure fantasy.  I never know until I play around with Photoshop and find … Continue reading

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Marmot Painting

I love marmots and I love digital painting so I combined the two and created this painting. Marmots are fun creatures that live up in the mountains here.  They are curious to a point, but usually run off if you … Continue reading

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A Different Look

Same house, different look.  Using “Find Edges” in Photoshop this house seems to stand up a little straighter.  This is one of many options with which to tweak photos for the fun of it.

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Another Derelict House

This was once a home, but as an abandoned derelict, can only be called a house.  Why do these old wrecks attract me?  I don’t know.  They are a piece of history, but soon will exist only in photos.  They … Continue reading

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What to do with Macros

Now that I have three macro photos of the mariposa lily, what do I do with them?  I have fun creating collages and designs.  Put them all into one file in Photoshop and see what turns up.  Initially, I created … Continue reading

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Lady in Christmas Wrap

I just finished another digital painting.  This is of our lovely collie who left us in 2011.  We have a sweet, loving puppy now, but the memories of Lady remain.  I have so many great photos of her that I … Continue reading

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Digital Painting of Dixie

I think my puppy is so cute that I have done a digital painting of her.  She is way too wiggly to sit for a painting session so I took photos of her after a run in the park.  She … Continue reading

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Fantasy Into Light

This is the fourth and final result from my Photoshop experimentations with the same three photos posted on January 8 and 9.  It is an invitation into an enchanting, phantasmagorical world of turquoise light.  Give your imagination free rein.

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Design #2 – Galaxies

This combination of the same three photos came out the same color, although that could be changed, but the configuration is a twirly, swirly vision of the universe.

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