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Least Tern as Art

admin — Sat, 14 May 2011 12:49:52 +0000

I was photographing Least Terns in Biloxi and I wanted to play with a couple of them to see how they would look converted to art. I took a portion of an image and made this panorama. I hope you like it.

You can find all of my tern images including the original of this image…HERE.

You can see all of my birds as digital art…HERE.

Cattle Egret as Art

admin — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:35:58 +0000

I really like the original Cattle Egret image and it is on the artsy side of my photography, so I’ve included it here as well. The second image started with Fractalius and I went from there, the third is straight from the camera. Which is your favorite?

You can see all of my egret images and order prints…HERE, all of my digital art is available…HERE.

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Brown Pelican as Art

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:30:57 +0000

While photographing an eaglet in it’s nest, I spent the waiting time photographing most anything that came along. The light was fantastic when this pelican came gliding in and I new when I took it that it would make a nice painting.

You can see all of pelican photography…HERE.

Hummingbirds as Fractalius Art

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:56:54 +0000

I took a lot of new hummingbird photos while I was in Colorado and of course decided to make a couple of them into digital paintings. I used Fractalius to create all of these images.

You can can see the original photographs…HERE.

You can also read what I wrote about Fractalius…HERE.

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Hummingbird and Thistle as Art

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:20:48 +0000

When I was at Block Creek Natural Area, I had a chance to photgraph quite a few birds and as soon as I saw this image, I was sure it was destined for the Fractalius treatment. That thistle had a lot of great geometry and I am learning that the better the geometry the better the results. Wish I had worked harder on that when I was in high school…OK, not really!

Enjoy this Black-chinned Hummingbird enjoying the thistle. Enjoy, more images at my site…HERE.

Fractalius as Art

admin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:50 +0000

Well, it was inevitable that I would discover Redfield’s Fractalius….FUN…FUN!

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Skimmer Chick as Art

admin — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:13:35 +0000

This is a bit different than the normal “art” that I post. I was fortunate to be around when a colony of Black Skimmers were hatching. There were chicks of every age from freshly hatched to fledged. This little puffball was stretching his wings and I thought it was very cute. I decided to create this panoramic montage of the action. I call March of the Skimmers. I hope you like it.

Geese as Art

admin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:46:07 +0000

I don’t often pixel paint two images at the same time, but I though that these would look together if you hung them together as a pair. I photographed these Snow Geese at the famed Bosque del Apache in New Mexico. Bosque is an all time favorite palce to photograph and it was the place that I went on my very first workshop. Coincidentally I am leading a workshop there myself this year. Maybe I’ll find some more painitngs. You should come and check it out, its is a terrific workshop, if I do say so myself! Here is the link for more information about the workshop.

Painted Bunting as Art

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:55:35 +0000

I know I have not posted in a while, but I have been off finding some great new images and working on PAW. PAW is the workshop company that I work with and if you are looking for a photography workshop, then that is the place! Check out their website, The Photographers Alliance Workshops.

I was in Texas for a terrific 10 days and made a lot of great images. You can read about my exploits, here. One of my favorites from the trip was this Painted Bunting. Not that a bird like this needs to be turned into art, but I could not resist. They call the Painted Bunting, “the bird only a 5 year old could color!”

Flying Tern as Art

admin — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:10:01 +0000

One of the nice things about my Nikon D300 is shooting really fast, as in 8 frames per second fast! I often end up with a burst of pictures and they in turn lend themselves to a montage like this one. This is 4 exposures of the same Royal Tern layered together to make one image of the Royal Tern landing on the shore.