APRIL MUSSINGS Cont'd

APRIL MUSSINGS

CLOSING OUT THE MONTH!

This little guy was NOT supposed to have been up loaded as it is only a component of a bigger piece. Since it looked so good standing alone though I left it as it is certainly "Weird" enough!

HOW MANY RENDITIONS

I often marvel at the number of different renditions I can get out of one base line manipulation of an otherwise "normal" image. in the post following this one you will see 4, although I have a few more that I've made, but these are the ones I like best. Three of them gave up their names but one is still "untitled". It does make me think of kites though, very strange kites!

"HOW MANY" Cont'd

MORE OF THE SAME . . . .

This one was the wave below before I added additional "waves" to it Here I also used a couple of different Robert Redwood filters (plug-in for Photoshop Elements).

I was able to pick up the mat colors from the image using the "eye dropper" tool on PSE, I did have to allow for some darkening when I then used the "AAA" Texture Frame filter.




I really liked how this one turned out and except for a 3 pixel edge it has nothing else added to it. All the colors in this "work" were in the original Apo that Susan created by manipulating her image I was able to bring out the various colors and tonal qualities.









This last one is very "abstract", and the colors are just marvelous in the way the combined and mixed. This one was also used in the making of some of the other images in this section.

ENDLESS VARIATION

These are part of a series of manipulation I made using an Apo from Susan S. I have not yet tried, seriously, to do the Apo Flames, I have a hard enough time trying to master regular Fractals!


Most of these had many different filter and/or steps to get them to the finale image and I hope you enjoy them all. A few more are coming yet.

All of the following were re-created from an original Apo Spiral authored by my friend, Peter K. used only 3 filters in two programs to attain the "finished" pieces. You will note that only "mats" were used with these. I wanted to try these w/o the frames to see how they go over with you, the viewing public. Enjoy!

ONE BASIC IMAGE . . . .

Red Bougainvillia Oil Pastel

This is definitely NOT my usual "weird art", but I felt y'all might enjoy something really different (from me anyway!) I got this really nice shot of my red flowering Bougainvillea; it had a few flaws so thought I would see what I could do with it to mask the flaws. After intensifying the colors just a little I used the "oil paint" filter and topped that with "sandstone". Then I added some lighting effects, very subtle ones only, added the double "mat" and the frame and there you have it! I liked the way this turned out and have kept a very large - hi-res copy for eventual use as a printed greeting card.

Anyway, I hope all y'all like it as much as I do!

Hum. . . .

THIS 'N' THAT

This one was made for St. Patrick's Day and also on a greeting card I made for a friend's St. Patrick's Day Birthday.