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Festival Cycle
I had a phone call today telling me this image has won the Cambridge Folk Festivals Reward My Ride photo competition. The brief was to submit an image of green transport to the festival. I did not...
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Aswan Panorama
This is the river Nile in Aswan, Egypt. I wanted to create a spot colour effect with the Blues and Greens. Instead of making a mask I used a black and white layer with a duplicate image above set to...
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Hathor Fractal
This is a statue of Hathor in Egypt. To process this image I used a new technique I discovered last night. I saw it used with great effect on this image of an Amur Leopard taken by Thomas A. Statas....
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Fractal Lizard
This is an cropped old photo of a lizard in Jamaica was taken with my first digital camera an Casio EX-Z3. I do not know if this type of lizard is a herbivore, carnivore or omnivore. Please leave a...
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Fractal Hieroglyphics
These Hieroglyphics are from Luxor in Egypt. To process this image I took an existing stock image which had undergone HDR processing then I used the Photoshop Plugin Fractalius. I took a while for me...
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The Rings
These are my brothers gold wedding rings. As they are both fans of middle earth I decided to give the rings a little magic. I started by making a mask of the rings then used it to Desaturate and Blur...
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Pyramid Panorama
These are the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. This image began as five separate shots. Instead of developing each RAW I stitched them together as jpegs. Once stitched and cropped the resultant image had a...
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Red Chevy
This is a 1957 Chevrolet in Trinidad, Cuba. To process this image I used a similar technique as the Blue Chevy. Orton Effect on the car and desaturation and de-focus background. To add some extra...
View ArticleColosseum 1926
This started life as one of my Grandfathers Pictures from Rome, Italy in 1926. The Colosseum is so well photographed it did not take long to find a modern image shot from the same angle. Google maps...
View ArticleCuban Man
This was my first attempt at portraiture. Back in 2004 I decided to try and get the perfect cover shot for the lonely planet guide to Cuba. Cuba is a place soaked in history so to get that across I...
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Pimped Lada
I decided to have a go at pimping this Lada from Cuba. If anybody knows the model please leave a comment. To process this image I used the same technique as Red Chevy. Orton Effect, Fractalius and...
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Future World
It took 2 satellites 16 days to create the original image. Fortunately it is in the public domain so It is fine to use it. Rather than the traditional Blue Marble I wanted to age the earth and give it...
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Misty Meadows
Last night we went to the Ferry Meadows Firework Display. This was taken at the end of the display. It was the second time I have photographed it with two cameras. I set up my prime lens to capture the...
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World Eye
I know this has been done before but I decided it was time for my take on this classic piece of digital art. Like Future World I used an image of the world in the public domain. This time showing the...
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Sinai Coast
This is the Sinai coast in Egypt. After developing this image in Camera RAW it showed some nasty colour distortion in the shadow areas. It looks like alternate green and purple bands over the image. If...
View ArticleEden Project
This is the Eden Project in Cornwall, UK. The Image is an example of how you can simulate Tilt-shift photography in order to create the look of a miniature scene. Essentially you create a narrow band...
View ArticleAdvent Calendar
This is for anyone who does not have an Advent calendar. Please feel free to print this out. It’s in A4 ratio 1:1.4142. This Obelisk from Egypt pre-dates Christmas by quite a few years but at least its...
View ArticleExploding Sun
This is the north shore of Rutland Water. I overexposed to get the sun to look like this. This type of shot is easier to do on a camera phone or compact camera with a live view LCD. The problem with...
View ArticleArboretum World
This is the Arboretum in Nottingham, UK. To create a planet like this you need to capture a 360 degree panorama. For the best results use a wide angle lens and a tripod. To create the planet you will...
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New Year
Happy New Year. This was taken at the Ferry Meadows firework display in the UK. The glowing effect is made by first raterizing the text. This changes it from a vector to pixels. Once in pixels you can...
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