Phun Phriday! #23 - Modern Abstract

It's Phun Phriday!  The day I get to go weird on you.  It may be hard to believe but this is a photo of nature and it was really quite simple to make.  Of course I played around for a while and tried different things, but once I decided what to do it only took a few seconds.  I created this using a similar method to some stuff I have done before.  I took two photographs of the same thing; one was in focus and the other was way out of focus (See below).  I went into Photoshop and put the blurred one on top of the focused one, left them both at 100% opacity and then selected the blend mode called "luminosity".  Of course I used the same old method I've been using for months to add the frame.  In this case I used a complimentary color, which I picked up from the little touch of green in the upper corner, to help create a little separation. 

I know that for some of you this is not your cup of tea.  But that's what Phun Phriday! is all about.  Trying new things and seeing what you get.  Personally I can see this hanging on the wall at a modern art gallery in San Francisco or New York. . . Huh, what do you think? ? ?  How much should I ask for it on canvas in a 30" X 17"?

Here are the two photos it was made from.  Remember the one is the exact same thing as the other with the camera in manual focus and then adjusted so it is way out of focus. You will note that the originals are a little more square looking than the finished product above. Just a little free information here . . . Your camera takes photos in a 4 X 5 aspect ratio - that means that for every 4 units of measurement in one direction (inches, millimeters, centimeters - whatever) there are 5 units in the other direction. That's why prints are often 8" X 10". Since I'm a little weird I like mine a little wider and since many movies and the new High Definition Televisions in the U.S. use a ratio of 16 X 9, I almost always crop my horizontal photos to 16 X 9. I leave most of my vertical photos in the 4 X 5 because 9 X 16 makes them look very skinny.

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