Paul Grand

Gilded

by | Oct 24, 2009 | ,

This is in the south of France in my local languedoc area.There were many old windmills, but these are fast disappearing.This one overlooks my old village as seen from a farmers side road.I'd never seen it before the other evening! For this bucolic sunset scene I used...

over a hill

by | Oct 22, 2009 | ,

During the golden hour, I came across a vineyard bordering a pine woods, and had to stop for a quick shoot.Its a simple two texture combo, Caramel Soft (full blur) with the soft light setting @ opacity 92%.Necropolis again with soft light @ 100% opacity and fill @...

nights backcloth

by | Oct 20, 2009 | ,

Whilst driving home from Carcassonne one blustery day last January,I came across this tree nursery, growing on the banks of a flooding river near our famous Olive Oil factory, the Coopérative Oléicole L'Oulibo, Bize-MinervoisThe setting sun lit up these trees like a...

Harvest Tractor

by | Oct 16, 2009 | ,

One for the guys?Found in the corner of a field, this retro tractor seemed abandoned but probably wasn't. I was struck by its white hand painted bonnet. If you look closer at the 'before' image, you'll see I've removed a white twig from the bottom right, as it was...

Patong beach in Phuket

by | Oct 13, 2009 | , ,

To spice up this Thai beach landscape I used just one Flypaper texture,Apple Crumble @ Full Blur filter mode and Overlay @ 82%.This resort was badly damaged by the tsunami several years ago.Many locals and visitors lost their lives. Patong in Phuket, pictured above...

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...

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...