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Edited for Smile on Saturday's #photo collage theme
Never tried making a collage before. A really interesting exercise, trying to collate which images to use and in what positions, with what colours etc etc. fascinating, although possibly more tricky than I'd thought.
The individual images were all in-camera monochrome shots, with colour overlays added in in post processing. Taken with a helios lens during a walk through an early autumnal Winkworth Arboretum (Godalming, Surrey, UK) a few weeks ago. Individually, these images may not quite have made the grade, but they seemed to work as a macro collection.
(The collage was created in affinity, with individual images having fairly minimal processing including being slightly enhanced in CEfex. The background [intended to be a slightly abstract tree, though not fully sure that comes across] was created with a spray brush in affinity and then a Cezanne-based impression effect in Topaz.)
Another super, interesting theme from the group. Happy SoS! Thanks for looking :-)
I wasn't sure about this dahlia as it has a slightly off-balanced shape (I guess caught slightly too early). But it's such a lovely pink, and the dark stems / leaves behind seemed to complement it so well. And, of course, the bee had posed so nicely for me.
The colours I've mostly tried to keep natural, though some slight creative editing using Analog Efex to add a bit of blur to soften the background.
dahlia "lovely eyes loulou"; quite a name :-)
[Yes, the picture really has nothing to do with a storm, but the bee is in the eye of the flower and we are still recovering from our stormy experience this weekend so it's on my mind... :-( ]
The colours here look like something I'd try to create with a digital paint brush or gradients, but they're mostly natural. The blue was created by shooting through some blue flowers. Again, editing mainly involved sharpening, with some relatively minimal manipulation of the brightness / contrast.
Lens flare and coloured bokeh, created by the helios lens.
The red spots are created by the sunlight catching the tree bark as it peeled off. Magic.
Happy tuesday, everyone. Soon be the weekend again. Not that I'm counting or anything.... 😉😉
For the #bigbutterflycount 2023
So: I'm not quite sure who started the Big Butterfly Count. But the idea is that between 24th July and the 6th August, you find a 15min slot to sit in a nice shady spot and watch flowers. Oh, and count the butterflies that enter your life for a few fleeting seconds...
Record the characters you see then submit your findings on bigbutterflycount.org.
I can't think of a more pleasant way to spend 15 mins (assuming the rain holds off!).
In the Boathouse at Winkworth Arboretum, Godalming, Surrey, UK (National Trust)
Not as sharp as I normally like, so recommend you don't look too close :-) (ok, i get that a comment like that would normally prompt me to do exactly that but, really, don't... Trying to focus manually was tricky, coupled with dark conditions and lots of people wandering around...not a good combination. One day I'll actually take a tripod with me when I go somewhere :-( )
Fairly sympathetic edits - a little CEFex, a smidgen of SEfex, but mainly just tightening in affinity.
Potter wasp collected from my garden
دبور من حديقة المنزل
الدبور الخزاف أو دبور الطين (الاسم العلمي: Eumeninae) هي مجموعة كبيرة تحتوي على ما يقرب 200 جنسا من الفصيلة الزنبورية، وتضم الغالبية العظمى من أنواعها. الأغلبية الساحقة من الدبابير الطينية هي حشرات مفترسة تعمل بشكل انفرادي والقليل منها يعيش في مجتمع بدائي.
📷 #sonya7riii
🔭: #LOMO 3.7X
💡 : KUANG REN Macro Twin Lite
IOS:160
Exposure time :1/200s
# of stacked Pics : 190
Step size : 40um
stacked with : #Wemacro using #madeinaffinity
In the Boathouse at Winkworth Arboretum, Godalming, Surrey, UK (National Trust)
Not as sharp as I normally like, so recommend you don't look too close :-) (ok, i get that a comment like that would normally prompt me to do exactly that but, really, don't... Trying to focus manually was tricky, coupled with dark conditions and lots of people wandering around...not a good combination. One day I'll actually take a tripod with me when I go somewhere :-( )
Fairly sympathetic edits - a little CEFex, a smidgen of SEfex, but mainly just tightening in affinity.
I'm not a fan of posting multiples of the same image. But in this case, I couldn't up make my mind. And given that the "loser" would have been consigned to the depths of my archive, never to see light again, I made an exception.
Both taken with the helios, but different exposures (obvs). Both slightly more minimal editing than typical for me - just affinity, mainly sharpening. I'm enjoying trying to enhance rather than edit-the-life-out-of these more vintagey images. For now, anyway. :-)
So good to get out on this beautiful, bright winter's day.
Onthophagus هو جنس من الخنافس الصغيرة المنتمية لفصيلة الخنافس القرنية (Scarabaeidae). يشمل هذا الجنس أكثر من 2000 نوع موزعة في جميع أنحاء العالم، ويشتهر هذا الجنس بسلوكه الغذائي اللافت والذي يتمثل في التغذية على البراز والفضلات العضوية الأخرى.
📷 #sonya7riii
🔭: Lomo 3.7x
IOS:250
Exposure time :1/160s
# of stacked Pics : 171+ 185
Step size : 40um
Location : #kenya #GedeForest
stacked with : #Wemacro using #madeinaffinity
In the Boathouse at Winkworth Arboretum, Godalming, Surrey, UK (National Trust)
Not as sharp as I normally like, so recommend you don't look too close :-) (ok, i get that a comment like that would normally prompt me to do exactly that but, really, don't... Trying to focus manually was tricky, coupled with dark conditions and lots of people wandering around...not a good combination. One day I'll actually take a tripod with me when I go somewhere :-( )
Fairly sympathetic edits - a little CEFex, a smidgen of SEfex, but mainly just tightening in affinity.
📷 #sonya7riii
🔭: #LOMO 3.7X
💡 : KUANG REN Macro Twin Lite
IOS:250
Exposure time :1/100s
# of stacked Pics : 167
Step size : 40um
stacked with : #Wemacro using #madeinaffinity
Weevil 📷 #sonya7riii
🔭: #LOMO 3.7X
💡 : KUANG REN Macro Twin Lite
IOS:125
Exposure time :1/100s
# of stacked Pics : 370
Step size : 40um
stacked with : #Wemacro using #madeinaffinity
#kings_insects
#macroclique
#bns_macro
#macro_mood
#dream_macro
#macro_of_our_world
#macro_secrets
#wholelottabugs
#best_macro
#macro_highlight
#majedphotosf
#Macro_Perfection
#worldcommunitypost
#super_macro_channel
#featured_macros
#macro_attractive
#macro_merahputih
#color_macro_world
#macro_kings
#macro_freaks
#worldcommunitypost
#tgif_insects
#macro_captures
#raw_insects
#natgeomagarab
Stag beetle #stagbeetle 📷 #sonya7riii
🔭: #LOMO 3.7X
💡 : KUANG REN Macro Twin Lite
IOS:250
Exposure time :1/100s
# of stacked Pics : 300
Step size : 40um
stacked with : #Wemacro using #madeinaffinity
📷 #sonya7riii
🔭: #LOMO 3.7X
💡 : KUANG REN Macro Twin Lite
Using stack method
Step size : 40um
stacked with : #Wemacro using #madeinaffinity
Florida wilderness. I loved the straight lines of these trees, and how the dark trunks contrasted with the palm fronds.
📷 #sonya7riii
🔭: Rodenstock Rodagon 2,8/50mm enlarger lens
💡 : KUANG REN Macro Twin Lite
IOS:250
Exposure time :1/100s
# of stacked Pics : 100
Step size : 200um
stacked with : #Wemacro using #madeinaffinity
#kings_insects
#macroclique
#bns_macro
#macro_mood
#dream_macro
#macro_of_our_world
#macro_secrets
#wholelottabugs
#best_macro
#macro_highlight
#majedphotosf
#Macro_Perfection
#worldcommunitypost
#super_macro_channel
#featured_macros
#macro_attractive
#macro_merahputih
#color_macro_world
#macro_kings
#macro_freaks
#worldcommunitypost
#tgif_insects
#macro_captures
#raw_insects
#natgeomagarab
Source image, giraffe, from Unsplash by Wolfgang Hasselmann. Daisies shot with my iPhone.
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I'm not a fan of posting multiples of the same image. But in this case, I couldn't make up my mind. And given that the "loser" would have been consigned to the depths of my archive, never to see light again, I made an exception.
Both taken with the helios, but different exposures (obvs). Both slightly more minimal editing than typical for me - just affinity, mainly sharpening. I'm enjoying trying to enhance rather than edit-the-life-out-of these more vintagey images. For now, anyway. :-)
Shot this with playboy model Alice Antoinnette… just fooling around with a hat! One of my fav portraits!
Technically late fall, I suppose. I'm not sure what kind these are. I was thinking maybe holly or red chokeberry. I'm not going to try eating them, either way.
Edited in Affinity Photo for iPad.
Based on my favorite episode of The Outer Limits which was written by Harlan Ellison and ripped off by James Cameron for The Terminator.
Of course, Ellison ripped off Frederik Pohl's Target One, but I guess Pohl wasn't as litigious as Ellison.
Vector illustration produced in Affinity Designer by Joe Williams.
Read about it here:
willceau.com/news/2019/11/25/we-are-now-in-control-of-the...
A Diplomat from Grorfleplotz wearing his universal interpreter helmet.
Vector artwork illustrated with Affinity Designer by Joe Williams
The Swinging Algebra Teacher (variant) digital illustration by Joe Williams
The Swinging Algebra Teacher was a low stakes Jekyll and Hyde whose life was split between his milquetoast professional persona of mathematics teacher by day and polyester clad hedonist by night. While the sun was shining, he put in the minimum effort to make sure his students could muster enough math credits to get them into one of the local colleges, but after dark, he lived to do what he felt he was born to do — DANCE! He couldn’t wait to hit the dance floors of the greater Philadelphia area. Legend has it that his weekend started earlier than everybody else’s — possibly Wednesday, definitely Thursday — as he would rush home after class, catch a disco nap and then hit the clubs to trip the light fantastic until last call. This probably explained his lack of energy in class and his utter lack of enthusiasm for algebraic equations.
It was the 1970s after all and while most of the teachers I remember were married with spouses, kids and suburban homes, there were a number of teachers I suspected of being very much of that time period. If asked if they were married or an allusion was made as to a spouse, the question was met with a cryptic grin. They may have had the libertine bent of the time and probably would not have turned down an invitation to a key party if it were ever offered. They may have missed out on the ’60s, but they were going to party hearty with whatever the ME decade had to offer.
Once again, I used Affinity Designer to produce this piece. This was a lot of fun, and I listened to a lot of disco as I worked on it to get me in the right frame of mind.
My swinging algebra teacher’s appearance isn’t based on any one teacher in particular, but like my librarian, he is sort of a composite of a number of teachers and staff. Not all of them were math teachers.
#madeinaffinity #joewms #illustration #affinitydesigner #disco #1970s #swinger #digitalillustration #vector #vectorgraphics
Vector illustration by Joe Williams.
Originally, this was to be part of a vampire woman illustration that turned into something else. I was working on this face isolated on an art board separate from my main illustration. I threw in a mustard yellow background just to see what I was doing. I liked the look so here is a gal with resting bitch face placed on a yellow background.
I’ve been trying to round out my roster of classic monsters for a while with a Phantom, but he’s always been a tough nut to crack. Recently I was playing with some shapes and colors and things fell together for me. I thought, “Yeah, that looks a bit like Lon Chaney” so I chased down the rest of the lurker beneath the Opera of Paris, and here we are.
None of these illustrations are done with any sort of Artificial Intelligence or machine learning. I look at it as sort of like drafting. I cobble together shapes until I am happy with the results. Sometimes I retreat to my sketchbooks in order to figure out a particularly tough shape or view. It always seems easier with a pencil.
Of course pens, pencils and Affinity Designer are not as easy as AI. Yeah it may take me days to complete an illustration, but it’s about the process. I enjoy the work, the happy accidents and the little “aha” moments.