About a month ago I visited a local beach with my son, intending to take photos of him but when we looked over the sand dunes we were surprised to see this pair of NZ Sea Lions a short distance away. Naturally I rushed back to the car to exchange my short lens for a...
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red box
Back in early July we made a special trip to the beach at sunset just to photograph the full moon rising over the Mediterranean.The light was superbly opalescent, and I was lucky, as I captured several nice images as well as the later moonrise.This is one, a huge red...
Leave only Footprints…
Hot off the camera....Taken on a lovely walk on the beach this evening -there was some dramatic storm light and the sea looked amazing and even if my photos didn't do the scene justice, it was great just to be there. This one looked okay before but I thought I'd see...
Flypaper Textures video tutorials
We were contacted by the lovely Kayla from Digiscrap101 a while back, she wanted to do a tutorial using our textures,and of course we were happy to oblige. Here they are, hot off the press and it's very easy to follow.Enjoy:-) Photoshop CS3 Video Photoshop Elements...
Clematis
I put my wonderful but neglected macro lens on this morning and went for a quick expedition round my garden. This Clematis montana is in full bloom, and the flowers were sparkling with droplets after overnight rain.I processed this one by duplicating the background...
Pines in the mist
A rare misty day in our part of the world.These mists are so far and few I have to dash out with my camera!This picture was taken on a strange atmospheric hill that sticks out of the old sea marshes, or 'Etang' in French.It now rises out of a sea of golden...
Family Walk
Another day another beach! I took this last weekend when we went for a quick walk at Doctors Point near Dunedin. Since my family isn't cooperative when it comes to photos I have to make the most of any opportunities when it comes to getting some human interest in my...
Flying Lessons (or Gull ballet)
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...
Last snow
For this misty winter farm-track scene I used;Apple blush @ Vivid light - Opacity 37% Fill 34%Grosgrain @ Hard Light - Opacity 27%, Fill 28%Caramel soft @ Opacity 86%, Fill 100%
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...