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Dark Rose

Dark Rose

  A recipe for this one was requested by our friend Ann over on flickr and we were happy to oblige. As you can see the image started out as a scan once again, you can also see how dusty my scanner is at the moment...it all adds to the texture! I started by...

Accumulation

Another rediscovered shot taken in my basement studio, an accumulation of beach treasures.Since the original was fairly dark but had good lighting I decided on a fairly "light" approach when processing and just added texture to give the photo a little more depth.I...

Windswept

These trees are a feature of the coast in the beautiful Catlins area in the south of New Zealand. The wind comes off the sea and sculpts the trees to these wonderfully surreal shapes.I processed this fairly lightly with Soft Caramel soft light 67% , Bruised Saffron...

Rosa Antiquus (with recipe)

I rediscovered this one when I was hunting for something to process earlier, my archives are full of things I've forgotten about -mainly because I have such a hard time finding anything!Anyway...after much playing with different texture combinations and then tying to...

Plantain

Used my old favourite Necropolis in this one! This is the seedhead of the weed Plantain, a common plant in pastures and lawns but in my eyes at least very photogenic.