Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Digital Art - 2/18/15: "Golden Slide"


The Digital Art meme hosted by Natures Footstep memes now includes what was formerly the Abstract Photo meme.

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There used to be a large "Play Castle" at a local park. It included all kinds of bridges, slides, and climbing apparatus.

One day, after taking a walk in the park, when it was rather cold and close to sunset, no children were using the equipment. So, I climbed to the top of several spiral slides and took photos, looking down. The slides were made of metal, probably aluminum. The sun was low in the sky and there was just a hint of reflection from the orange sky in parts of the photo.

I like taking photos of playground equipment.  However, these days I'm reluctant to take photos when youngsters are playing.  I don't want anyone to think I'm stalking their children.

This equipment is now gone, replaced by a new playground. The new equipment is more colorful, and probably won't result in splinters, but I think the old structure looked like more fun.

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"Golden Slide"
For this image, I added color and textures.
original photo:
spiral slide, looking down from above
"Play Castle"
gone, but not forgotten
"Play Castle"
















See my photostream on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cj_proartz
Below my name there, click on albums to find a particular type of photo (Black and White, Fences, Abstract, Landscapes, Still Life, Autumn Scenes, Bridges, Animals, Art Created from My Photos, etc.)

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Digital Art and Geometric Friday - 2/4 & 2/6/15: "Spheres of Interest 5"


The Digital Art meme hosted by Natures Footstep memes   now includes what was formerly the Abstract Photo meme.


Geometric Friday hosted by LorikArt 

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Since I started to post photos & art on Flickr, I've been expanding my horizons.  Occasionally a group I belong to has a challenge. If I don't have something that fits the challenge, I have to create something new (if I want to participate.)

Sometimes I post an image in one group and another group invites me to post to it, too.

I had posted several abstracts that included circles and was invited to post on two other groups that post only images that include circular shapes & forms.  Several other groups post only square-cropped images. So, I started to create square-cropped designs with circles and or spheres.

I begin with one circle or more and let my imagination take me wherever it goes. I love challenging myself to figure out how to do something I've never tried before in Photoshop

This image was created completely in Photoshop ---no photos involved.

"Spheres of Interest 5" 

This is the 5th in a series. Since I created this, I've worked on several others.

See my photostream on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cj_proartz
Below my name, click on albums to find a particular type of photo (Black and White, Fences, Abstracts, Landscapes, Still Life, Autumn Scenes, Bridges, Animals, Art Created from My Photos, etc.) Or view my entire photo stream which includes everything I've posted, with the most recent first.