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In Australia where the light is so much brighter and the distinction between water and air is more defined, I have experimented with long exposures to capture the nexus between the elements of water and air. These long exposures blur the surface of the water and the clouds in the sky, and the motion of water and air forms a link between these two disparate elements. In Scotland, the flatter and more subdued light means that this distinction is not as apparent and I have been exploring images taken at a more conventional shutter speed and using light rather than motion to form the link.
Had an urge to break out my Xevoz again recently. I was quite into them several years ago. Gotta say, they're still quite fun to play with.
Not particularly inspired, but a fun combination non-the-less.
Some of the sturdiest of elemental creatures are Earth Elementals - massive brutes of stone and dirt. Despite their composition, they can easily change their form as if liquid, though they remain just as solid and powerful as before.
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Last night, I was sitting in our backyard with my wife, Veronica, as the sun was setting. The sky was painted delicate hues of pinks and blues. Then, there was an approaching sound of thunder in the distance and a chilly breeze that usually accompanies a powerful storm. The sky that was already beautiful, took on a bolder character of light and shadows and more dynamic colors. Within minutes, the sky was a deep, dark gray, and we had to head inside because the rains came. These are some pictures of the sky as the thunderstorm approached.
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Inspired by pappy65's new group, Making Mosaics.
A canteloupe flower rests in the center. Clockwise from upper left: sunset clouds, footprint in sand, rust, clouds with sunbeams, dirt, ocean wave, moon, and pond. They are set against a wasp nest background.
I wanted to try out a mosaic using something other than squares. I created the octagon in PowerPoint, then brought it into Microsoft Photo Editor 3.0.2.3 and made all but the originally black outline transparent. I set Microsoft Paint 5.0 to transparent, then brought in each photo I wanted, positioned the octagon where I wanted it, and copied that section. (One can choose a photograph to fill a shape in PowerPoint, but PowerPoint then assigns the entire image to the fill.)
After I had filled and copied all the octagons I trimmed them manually in Paint, assembled them, and set them against the wasp nest. I took another copy of the octagon, changed its color, and positioned it over the originally black forms, slightly offset to create some shading. I did the final crop in Photo Editor. Both Paint and Photo Editor had come bundled with my computer.
All the photos except one were taken with a Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6. I photographed the sunbeamed clouds with a $30 Argus DC1500, the wonderful little camera that had introduced me to digital photography.
Update, 19 Jan. 2012: This collage appears at the 4-minute mark in the Science Online 2012 Art Show, curated by Glendon Mellow and Karyn Traphagen.
In Australia where the light is so much brighter and the distinction between water and air is more defined, I have experimented with long exposures to capture the nexus between the elements of water and air. These long exposures blur the surface of the water and the clouds in the sky, and the motion of water and air forms a link between these two disparate elements. In Scotland, the flatter and more subdued light means that this distinction is not as apparent and I have been exploring images taken at a more conventional shutter speed and using light rather than motion to form the link.
A glimpse of the sunrise on a still morning, Agatti, Lakshadweep Islands, India
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Two efreet and their fire elemental servants guard a gateway to the Elemental Chaos from which great power flows into Kalak's Ziggurat.
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