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Camden town Free market, London, 1989
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Macro Monday: #Nine
Width of the frame: 7 cm / 2,7 inches
Cats are supposed to have nine lives. But what If 6 Was 9...
Some of you may remember this black Schleich cat, because it already starred in the "Superstition" theme back in May. So maybe it's about time to give it a name ;-) For this theme I had an early idea to create the nine from negative space. Luckily I tried out an early setup on Friday night, and I soon realised that the way I had imagined it it would never work within the 7,5 cm / 3 inches frame. Time for plan B. For this, I first printed several "9"s in different sizes and different fonts, and then checked out which would work best as a shadow number. Then I tested different positions of the cat, the lamp / light, and the "paper 9", and angles of view. An angle slightly from above worked best. Taken handheld. Processed entirely in Luminar 3 where I applied the "Accent AI" filter (at 21), enhanced the details (small, medium and large), applied the matte filter (cat only), and burned the shadows (the 9 at 100 %). The part of the kitty you see in the frame is just slightly under 4 cm; cropped the frame accordingly (to the above-mentioned 7 cm).
A Happy Macro Monday, Everyone! I'm very busy today, so won't be able to spend too much time on Flickr; I'll catch up with you toníght. Have a pleasant week ahead, dear Flickr friends!
Neun Leben ...
... haben Katzen ja angeblich. Einige von Euch werden sich vielleicht an diese schwarze Schleich-Mieze erinnern, denn sie war bereits die Hauptdarstellerin beim Foto für das Thema "Superstition" Ende Mai. Vielleicht sollte ich langsam mal darüber nachdenken, ihr einen Namen zu geben ;-) Eigentlich wollte ich ja die neun als Negativraum darstellen. Zum Glück habe ich den Aufbau für jene Idee aber schon Freitagabend ausprobiert und schnell festgestellt, dass meine Idee im Rahmen der MM-Grenzen nicht funktionieren würde. Zeit für Plan B. Hier habe ich zunächst ein paar Neunen in verschiedenen Schriftypen und -größen ausgedruckt, ausgeschnitten und dann ausprobiert, welche sich am besten als Schattenzahl machen würde. Danach habe ich dann mit dem Licht, dem Schattenwurf, der Position der Katze und dem Blickwinkel experimentiert. Ein Blick leicht von oben funktionierte dabei am besten. Dann habe ich noch das Bild so beschnitten, dass auch alles brav ins MM-Schema passt (die Katze ist hier mit knapp 4 cm im Bild, sodass ich hier auf ca. 7 cm Bildbreite komme).
Ich wünsche Euch eine schöne Herbstwoche, liebe Flickr-Freunde!
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Sorry flickr chums but I'm going through my guitar obsession phase ! Wishing all my contacts, and friends a wonderful Christmas and a very happy and snappy 2017.
If 6 Was 9 is an incredible song by the Jimi Hendrix Experience from Jimi's second album Axis : Bold as Love.
In the photo are my Fender guitars 'Freedom' (70's reissue Stratocaster) 'Little Wing' (JH signature edition Stratocaster) and 'Angel' my vintage white American Standard Stratocaster. Yup, I love Strats !
Oil on board
16"H x 12"W
From his famous "Numerals" series that toured several public galleries including MOCCA in Toronto, Gorlitz has once again produced a beautifully painted pristine image, inserting a different twist that always tweaks the viewers curiosity. A professor at the University of Guelph, Gorlitz has one of the biggest names in Canadian painting. This piece was done specifically for the Jazz Festival Art Auction.
The sexiest of the group... have I to say
What shape have they? They are the strangest twins,
Always engaged in mating, night and day:
They never understood it is a sin.
Sometimes - two curled cats - they nap together
Gently; to have a sleep they share the bed.
They lay quiet side by side: their mutual tether
- an umbilical cord – a matted thread.
Even their mother does not know their sex
- Which one is male and which the female twin -
She tries to ask, and without end she checks
But they keep turning head on heels: they spin.
The eldest is too near the king to be suspected of
Sharing the darkest secret of a forbidden love.
(Sonnet by SiRiChandra)
If you need a soundtrack, I have the right one here!!!
a hand made card for Luis Drayton, yet another collaboration for the Duchampian snap group. Luis to add his artwork. The card includes at the back visual quotation from If 6 was 9 card for johnwalford
now if uh, six uh, huh, turned out to be nine
oh i don't mind, i don't mind uh
(well all right ...)
if all the hippies cut off all their hair
oh i don't care, oh i don't care
dig
'cause i've got my own world to live through and uh, huh
and i ain't gonna copy you
~ jimi hendrix (easy rider)
Yeah, sing the song, Bro'
If the sun refuse to shine,
I don't mind, I don't mind,
If the mountains fell in the sea,
let it be, it ain't me.
Alright, 'cos I got my own world to look through,
And I ain't gonna copy you.
Now if 6 turned out to be 9,
I don't mind, I don't mind,
Alright, if all the hippies cut off all their hair,
I don't care, I don't care.
Dig, 'cos I got my own world to live through
And I ain't gonna copy you.
White collared conservative flashing down the street,
Pointing their plastic finger at me.
They're hoping soon my kind will drop and die,
But I'm gonna wave my freak flag high, high.
Wave on, wave on
Fall mountains, just don't fall on me
Go ahead on Mr. Business man, you can't dress like me.
Sing on Brother, play on drummer.