Another from a visit to the beach the other day!Quite a bit of work went into this one to get the "look" I wanted.First I duplicated the background and blurred it using a lens blur, and using a layer mask removed some of the blur from the central portion of the...
sand
The castle…
This was taken after a lovely walk on my favourite beach. These two little girls were busily building a sandcastle when a wave came and washed away most of their hard work as often happens. Although this looks warm it was quite chilly but being kids they were...
Patong beach in Phuket
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...
Stormy Sea
Anyone who follows my photos will know I love walking on the beach and we're so lucky here to have so many readily accessible beaches nearby. This was taken on a stormy day back in May when there was a dramatic big surf and stormy sky. The original photo included the...
visitor from the past
A simple use of Flypapers Raw Linen in full blur mode.Blend hard light Opacity was 100%, fill Opacity @ 94% Necropolis texture was used to finish.Blend soft light 48% and fill opacity @ 57%. Just these two textures were used to create an almost 'sepia effect' of a...
Dragonfly on the sand dunes
To enliven this dragonfly in front of an 'out of focus' sand dune,I simply added several layers of flypaper's 'Nora batty'At various mixes.
The Letter
Here I used our 'Necropolis' texture very lightly.By simply running your mouse over the image you'll see before and after the textures were applied!
Logistics
Nora Batty (inspired by the BBC's 'Last of the summers wine') was used here to illustrate Logistics or Summers End, when our local beach shack cafe was removed 🙁
The Big Eat
Again, I think its a simple use of our 'Nora Batty' texture overlay.
Beach Builders
This texture is a favorite, I've only used it once here,but we're planning on bringing more out asap!It was named 'Dangerous Liaisons' as it brings to mind a crumpled letter.See it on Flickr