Clown effects

Playing with the effects in PSE ~ taking out the colour to see the real clown :-)

Boab

This is from 2006 - taken around Broome in Western Australia. The mighty boab tree.

The original photo had all the hallmarks of the Australian bush, full of that orange and blue outback colour. I wanted to take away the colour and just reveal the beauty of the tree... the addition of Kim Klassen's happyheart layer was just the thing I needed to give it impact.

Taken a few years back, the south coast of NSW has some amazing rolling hills of green - I am partial to this vintage postcard look so I converted it over. Loving the little horses on the hills...

Vintage Morning Glory

Shyly showing it's face in the fog, this little Morning Glory was reaching for something to cling to. I love the meandering of the vine as it strives for the light.

The addition of Kim Klassen's layer lightpaper3texture, seemed the right way to finish this.

Hiding behind...

Wandering a small historic cemetery for the founder of federation, Sir Henry Parkes, I spotted this lovely lone daisy, growing from a sandstone wall. The contrast against the lichen spotted stone was wonderful.

Autumn

We're starting to see the colours of Autumn now ~ crisp mornings and frost on the lawns.

I took a trip to the mountains over Easter and captured a couple of pretty images. It was cold and the sounds of crunchy leaves under foot as I wandered around, made me crave a hot chocolate with marshmallows - yes, winter is around the corner...

I'll go back with my camera in another few weeks to see how the colour has developed.

Vintage apple...

I have a small collection of old books which I have been dying to photograph in the right setting.

The old apple had such a lovely tone and texture ~it was a shame to just throw it away so I thought it would compliment the shoot...

Using one of Kim Klassen's wonderful textures, lightpaper3texture, I gave it the gorgeous old vintage feel. Hope you like :-)

Light moves...

My fascination with light continues as I look through the lens...

I saw this from from my bedroom window and knew it would create something special. The glint of sun off those autumnal leaves. It jumped from bed, ran through the house grabbing my camera off the tripod and raced outside in my pj's.

I forgot the view from the garden would be much lower, so had to hold the camera above my head and click, hoping for the best. The low f stop created awesome bokeh!

Cropping it to square seemed like the right thing to do.

Shadows created by my little occasional table on the floor looked great and the picture was crying out to be black and white.

Liking the contrast and the little curly pieces with the circles...