Various image resources and thoughts
Well, it works for me. It started as a simple photo of a wire mesh, then it was tortured to death by layers and filters in PS until it became... something quite different.
posted by gtveloce @ 9:34 AM
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I simply played with Photoshop until I was relatively happy. It's an inorganic digital sculpture, if you like.
posted by gtveloce @ 12:31 PM
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A combination of mixed media, including pencil, digitised, worked over on a tablet, Photoshopped.... it took a while.
posted by gtveloce @ 12:29 PM
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This is one confident native Australian bird. Not afraid of a human carrying a Nikon, anyway.
posted by gtveloce @ 9:39 PM
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A Butcher bird in action. I was wondering where the dead birds were coming from - but it had remained a weird, somewhat gruesome mystery, at least until the penny dropped and the local Butcher bird began demonstrating exactly why it is called a 'butcher' bird.
They may have a beautiful, melodic song, but they also possess a fearsome hooked bill and a liking for fresh meat. This one had killed a young bird, dragged it out of its nest and onto the ground; whereupon it set about spending several hours cutting up the body. It took short breaks to clean its beak and to (I presume) feed its own young; but was always back for the next session, full of enthusiasm. It didn't seem to mind me watching, but it did cast a rueful eye over me at times as I snapped away.
posted by gtveloce @ 9:37 PM
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Shot at night on my D50, this pic has a moody, almost painterly feel to it. I used flash and a bit of angle on a pane of glass to "dirty" the image. Shot square to the glass also looks good but in a stark, high-contrast way.
posted by gtveloce @ 3:09 PM
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A shot of the timid local King Parrots. One false step and they are out of there - pronto. The male is the brighter-coloured one on the right.
posted by gtveloce @ 3:07 PM
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It's a King Parrot that was chased into a tree by a... crested pigeon. We have tough crested pigeons around here, and rather wimpy King Parrots. It was a minor skirmish, though. The Lorikeets and Corellas fight it out for "top dog", although a Yellow-crested Cockatoo intent on standing its ground will usually rule the roost.
posted by gtveloce @ 3:04 PM
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Not sure why, but purple mug_0418a is getting some hits on Flickr. It's a purple plastic mug, folks, with a spoon. I took it with the Nikon and flash, then contrasted it up a bit. Not that great a shot but it's out there doing good work. Like temporarily holding coffee...
posted by gtveloce @ 11:45 AM
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I've always liked photographing glass, especially with a flash on my camera. (The imperfections - bubbles of trapped air and stuff - really show up, and unexpectedly so. Try it on a mirror.)
And now I have Photoshop and the GIMP, life - and glass - is even better.
posted by gtveloce @ 4:23 PM
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Various image resources and thoughts
Began the journey in Enmore, Sydney, Oz; drifted tectonically north after a bit to see trees and breathe air. Learnt about global warming in 1975, believed it by 1989. Warned my parents that Woy Woy would go under the waves, hasn't happened yet - but by gosh it will happen some day! Really old now, was young once. Read a few books, got too many ideas, a camera and a bike (or 10). Serial owner of Italian cars; made sense at the time. Intense. Distracted. Collected wife and kids along the way. Work in IT, because I can. Still ride and race bikes. Not overly optimistic. Live on a hill, waiting for tsunami.
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