A walk around the block . . .

As I walked past her house I asked my neighbor if I could photograph the detail on her fountain. Overcast lighting and texture and a lovely face all came together well. And not a clock in sight. ©Carol Leigh

Clockmania!

There's a theory that if you think you're crazy, you probably aren't. Draw your own conclusions. I'll wait. I've got time. ©Carol Leigh

Something completely different . . .

I drew this on a piece of tracing paper, watercolored it, and then photographed it. I softened it somewhat in Photoshop and voila! A photograph of a drawing. Is there no end to this madness? ©Carol Leigh

The Art of Seeing - 090430

Although I posted this photo of two U-bolts a couple of months ago, today I found the "before" photo I'd taken of the entire box o' bolts. Is the close-up just a crop of my "before" photo? No. I shot the box first and then zoomed in on what I thought was the best part of the scene in front of me. Rust. Who knew how colorful it could be? ©Carol Leigh

The Art of Seeing - 090428

Walking along the beach yesterday I saw a nicely striated boulder and especially liked the little crack angling down. You can see what I saw in the first photo. In the second photo you can see what I made out of it.

I included a little strip of sand at the bottom to sort of anchor my shot, filling the frame mostly with the diagonal lines of the boulder and the crack. The crack is the focal point and I placed it in the left third of the frame. From there your eye travels right and upward, following the striations in the rock. The crack angles in at one angle, while the layers of rock angle out in another, creating tension. And heaven knows we all could use a bit more tension in our lives! ©Carol Leigh

Crow in the sun

I received in the mail today two DVDs regarding Photoshop techniques for me to review. I'll tell you more as I work my way through them. But, based on just one quick little tutorial on the video, I easily created this poster-like image of a crow on a wire, silhouetted against a sun. Fun stuff and easy! More to follow. ©Carol Leigh

Spring has sprung

A delicate clock spring spirals against bright orange fabric. To add a bit more color, I whiffed blue light from a flashlight across the metal spring during the 1.6-second exposure. ©Carol Leigh