Digitized from film negative. I didn’t make any changes to this shot except some slight color correction. This will be the last of the vandalized-dumpster shots, I think.
Color
Cosmos ~
Burned paint flake
This closeup of a large piece of peeled-off paint looks slightly astronomical to me. I darkened and saturated the colors and added a little blur.
Dumpster dive ~
Dumpster series no. 8
Dumpster series no. 10
Dumpster series no. 6
Dumpster series no. 4
These are peeling-dumpster photos (see explanation in the previous post, Under the Sea) that I’ve exhibited various places or that are on my website. But upon going through my old files, I see two or three more that I’d like to work with, so I’ll be staying with this one dumpster a little longer. Four of the photos above were taken with digital point-and-shoots; one was shot on film and digitized. Is the film photo easily distinguished from the rest?
Pas de deux ~
Digitally manipulated photographs, again using a watercolor filter and extreme color saturation. The original photos were of plastic film over a window; the film had developed creases (the antler-like shapes).
A L ~
This was taken with a Pentax Optio S40. Over the years I bought way too many little point-and-shoot cameras because I thought I would always carry them with me. That didn’t turn out to be the case. I still have the Optio, although I haven’t used it in years and its LCD screen is about the size of a postage stamp, because it has a sharp little lens and I took some favorite photographs with it. I did nothing to this photo other than a touch of sharpening and a smidge of extra saturation.
Greenhouse above ~
Taken at the Southern Illinois University greenhouse in Carbondale with a Canon PowerShot S40.
Red furl ~
I don’t know what kind of plant this is. Lots of noise in the image, but I still like it. Photo taken at the Southern Illinois University greenhouse in Carbondale. Canon PowerShot S40.
Light through leaf ~
Light through leaf
Taken with a Canon PowerShot S40; cropping and slight manipulation in Photoshop.
Aqua ~
Aqua reflections and concrete. Evansville, Ind., iHOP. Pentax K100D.
Plumage ~
Plumage
Sometimes an unsharp photo can be turned into an interesting abstract with the help of a digital filter—in this case, a watercolor filter—tight cropping, and some color manipulation. The original photo is a small detail of the plumage of an unidentified bird at the Denver Zoo.
VAPOR AND FLOW 