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Rosa Antiquus (with recipe)

by | Oct 10, 2009 | ,

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...

l’ennui du dimanche

by | Oct 7, 2009 | ,

I spotted this wonderfully lit building whilst coming out of a Beziers art gallery one Sunday afternoon, the weather was a little washed out and everything looked bleached gray except this eighteenth century building painted a cool shade of ocher.Naturally, when I...

Fresh

by | Oct 6, 2009 | , , ,

These lovely little forget-me-nots grow like a weed in my garden, I can see why they're so successful at spreading too, as their seeds tend to stick to your clothes in a big way! Of course I don't mind their weedy tendencies at all, in fact they're one of my favourite...

View from St Nazaire

by | Oct 2, 2009 | , ,

This is a favorite view of mine, taken from St Nazaire cathedral in Beziers, looking N/West.  The water mill is best seen in winter because the trees obscure its view. In this image I wanted to be rid of the pesky houses at the bottom, so I simply cloned them...

Golden Daisies (with texture recipe)

by | Sep 27, 2009 | ,

I "played" with this photo for hours before coming up with this and thought you might like to know my "recipe". Though of course you'll have to treat the instructions as a guide as no two photos react in the same way when treated with texture.First I duplicated my...

Plantain

by | Sep 11, 2009 | ,

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.

Dog Day Afternoon

by | Sep 9, 2009 |

A golden dog on a golden beach, enhanced by our wonderful "Nora Batty" texture  from the  Tex Box 1 Texture pack. See it on Flickr