Category Archives: composites

Rhino and Baby

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San Diego, California 2017 The size of those heads! I deleted the background and added a prettier landscape which I had also shot at the San Diego Wild Animal Park. You can learn to do this by googling Jim Zuckerman and … Continue reading

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Imitation is the Greatest Form of Flattery

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Rome, Italy 2015 My husband and I are watching “The Sopranos” for the third time. It is natural to think of things Italian. I have a book of Italian travel posters and I glanced through it before falling asleep the … Continue reading

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Yellow House with Umbrella Pines

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Rome, Italy 2015 I still love the vintage poster look. It makes me happy. I used Topaz Simplify to get this look after I had adjusted the colors and changed the gray sky to blue.  

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Having Fun

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Digital Painting I looked at some watercolor paintings on Google the other day. One that caught my eye was of a city street, all shades of gray with cars and pedestrians.  A common and boring scene, but the artist’s colors … Continue reading

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“Vintage” Poster: Ha Long Bay

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Viet Nam 2005 I needed help to make this. I asked a man who was a video game artist to help. He’d never done this kind of thing but it only took him minutes to show me how to do … Continue reading

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Fairy Landscape

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Kazakhstan 2016 The plan that afternoon was to photograph a sand dune at Altyn Emel Park.  I knew I didn’t have the strength to carry my gear up the dune so I while I waited for the few people who did have the … Continue reading

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Oaxaca Style

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Oaxaca, Mexico 2016 Today’s blog post is from my daughter, Marie. I left for my Christmas vacation a few days early, to travel a bit on my own before meeting friends at a seaside resort. I’d been to Oaxaca before so I … Continue reading

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Adding Filters to Photos

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Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan 2012 Adding your own filters (shots of texture and color) to a boring image can turn it into something that demands a longer look. It takes effort to make the filters and not every filter will work its … Continue reading

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Summer Garden

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Impressionist Digital Painting I got the idea to make a Matisse painting. That was years ago. I began with a photo of  clothes hanging on a line.  I can’t remember what all I’ve done with this but I was never satisfied.  … Continue reading

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Digital Paintings from Photos #1

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I noticed this woman in the Frankfurt airport. She was in her seventies with mussed gray hair. She was hot and tired and unhappy because we were being shuffled in and out of the lounge. Our passports and bodies had been examined … Continue reading

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