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Hey gang! It's Phun Phriday! again. It's time to step outside the box and have some Phun with your Photography.
Recently I purchased a book entitled Photo Impressionism And The Subjective Image by Freeman Patterson and Andre Gallant. Kind of a long title and then as a subtitle it says "An imagination workshop for photographers". It's only about 160 pages and it is very well illustrated with lots of examples. I'm only on about page 28 - If you don't count the photos I've looked at - and it truly is an imagination workshop. Today's Phun Phriday! photo was taken in Yellowstone Park this past Tuesday, based on some ideas presented on pages 26-28. The authors used slide film so I took the ideas and converted it over to digital using PhotoShop to blend two very overexposed photos of the exact same thing together. What gives it the look is one of the images is sharp focus and the other is totally out of focus. Since I was using Photoshop to blend I brought the overexposure way back down and layered the sharp image over the out-of-focus image and reduced it to 30% opacity.
I always love to hear from you, but in this case especially since it is so different from what we normally think of when we think of taking photographs. Do you like this kind of thing. Does it make you want to try it? I'd love to hear your honest thoughts.
Have you done something interesting or new and pushed the edge or stepped out of your own box. If so, leave a link to it with your comment so we can all enjoy it.
Don't be shy - leave a comment or email me. I look forward to hearing from you!
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7 comments:
Scott Van Gogh,I like what you did with the mossy tree we saw. You showed great imagination with this picture. A true Phun Phriday photo.
Hi there Scott, wow this is magical like I'm in the Philosephers Stone kind of world. (did I spell that one right...duhhh).
Keep fooling around with it and show it to us.
Great fun friday my friend. (ours is over and done with). so good night to you all.
Sleep tight and don't let the bedbugs bite. Dagmar
Oh, you can bet I will be trying out something like this!
With software like photoshop, the *only* limits exist in our brains and in our imagination. I really like reading your Phun Phriday, as it helps me to get new ideas of things I would like to try. I might not try exactly what you did but your efforts will trigger some different ideas in my brain which is always appreciated. I think that's one of my favourite things about photo-blogging, I can learn from EVERYONE!
Thanks for sharing Scott! Keep up the great work!
oh yes... and I really like the results that you've posted here. It's really beautiful and relaxing for my eyes!
I like playing with Photoshop. The possibilities are endless.
it seems interestingly attractive
I like it a lot Scott. My first impression was that it reminded me of a Japanese silk painting.
btw - I'm reading one of Freeman Patterson's books: 'Photography and the Art of Seeing' - great.
Very creative and interesting. The digital and computer software age has opened up so many possibilities it's mind boggling. There are so many new techniques I'd love to learn but I'm afraid my brain is too old to handle it all. I'm still trying to figure out Lightroom, and I just ordered CS5 so I've got my work cut out for me!
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