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I’ve been trying to brush up on my pixel editing (read: photoshop or gimp) recently and nothing better for it than trying to create something that will turn stomachs and terrify the kids. These manipulations are reasonably fun to do and are teaching me techniques I’d never actually tried before with still images. I still have a bit to go to get the blending right though.
Despite all its unloveliness, my left leg has seen me through good times and bad, in sickness and health and I’m still steadfastly connected to it. I have plans for it, but more of that later …
As you can see, I have a few issues with varicose veins, which run (excuse the pun) down my late father’s side of the family. While they’re not generally inconvenient or dangerous, they’re not the prettiest. One day maybe I’ll do something about them if I continue to want to be a leg model.
I still have a right leg, but due to the contortions I had to perform to create these images, its pixels had to be surgically removed for artistic purposes.
I’ve shortlisted these four for the upcoming Dublin Flickr Exhibition and need to narrow it down to two. I’m thinking #1 and #2 or #3.
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This post is also a test of the Flickr Gallery Plugin – seems to work.
Here’s a Rolleicord image that I’ve hand tinted – I’ve taken a bit of liberty with the colours of the poles, but I like it all the same. It started off life as a BW 120 neg which was scanned and then taken into Photoshop. I roughly matted out the shapes of some of the poles and selectively coloured them.
GraCanDo is a concatenation* of Gra[nd] Can[al] Do[ck] like TriBeca in New York, and I’m claiming it!
Actually it’s a syllabic abbreviation. But there again, maybe it’s a neologism in which case I might have some issues next time I see my psychiatrist …
Photo Booth has transcended its child friendly remit and has now extended its appeal to the older generation (me). Hugo and myself having a little face-pulling furlough in Mallorca a couple of weeks ago.
So, I think I’m over the viola pictures, although I like ’em a lot I think I need to move on to pastures different. I’ve just had an accident with the Nikon on holidays – the status LCD was broken – although it’s still working I need to get it fixed for a trip planned for September. So there may not be too much new stuff round for a bit.
So, since we have a plethora of stringed instruments at home and we don’t use them all, here’s your chance to buy a beautiful three quarter size violin for your budding Kennedy or Cora Venus. If that’s not your bag, instead you can buy a fabulous framed print of the violin by clicking the button above. Either way, your life will be enriched, so go on, do yourself a favour …
A mate on boards.ie gave me a tip on achieving better digital infrared photography. Darren Greene suggests taking a custom white balance from a patch of grass with the Hoya r72 fitted. This will reduce the overall red-ness from the picture and will allow some blues through. He suggests f/8 for about 1 to 2 seconds in bright daylight.
A blissful evening as the tide comes in a Bullock Harbour, near Dalkey, south of Dublin. An idyllic place to spend a few hours watching the world go by.
Another time-lapse from New Dublin at the Grand Canal Plaza. I like this part of the city at night time especially when the light show can be seen at its best, designed by Martha Schwarz. Actually, having moaned at length about the horribleness of what’s happening on the far side of the river beyond George’s Dock, I think this place is very cool. And it will be lent a certain theatrical credibility when the new Daniel Libeskind designed theatre opens here later in 2008.