Silhouette Composite

Still in silhouette mode. This evening I created a sunset image in camera. Then I searched my files for a suitable silhouette for it to be paired with. My search revealed some Santa Cruz surfers that were perfect for it. Here is the result.

God's love and blessings for all,

chris

Cross Silhouette

I had the idea to create a crucifix in silhouette yesterday and for a variety of reasons it never was completed.This morning I decided I would just create one using Photoshop with some images I already had in my files. So in reality it is more of a graphic than a photograph. It is two sunset images combined to make the sun a little bigger and the horizon lower. I then added a black cross to complete the graphic.A very appropriate image for Sunday. Time to praise Jesus for what he has done on the cross for all of us.

God bless,

chris

Deerscape

This week I took a nice drive out Sherwood Road in Mendocino County in northern California where I live. It's great country road with very little traffic. I went in search of one of the elk herds that reside out that way. When I found them they were in front of someone's barn in a pasture so it didn't look very photogenic. I drove onward out to the Sherwood Valley site of the old mill town of Sherwood. Only a single home on the west end of the valley the Octagon House gives any clue to its former existence.I didn't see any more elk and I turned around to head home. Just as I was about to leave the valley I spotted some deer watching me from a ridge top. I thought they would make a great "Deerscape".
God's love and blessings to everyone,

chris

Scorpion Silhouette

This morning when I was working out I thought up a creative concept for an image. Isn't working out a great time to think? I decided that I wanted to create the silhouette of a scorpion against a sunrise.I stopped first for grocery shopping then hurried home and went in search of a scorpion. Luckily I found one under the first piece of firewood in the woodpile.Then I spent the next hour creating a set up and photographing the little critter before I set it free.

God's love and blessings to all,

chris

Mendo Morning

A typical scene in Mendocino County California with the morning fog on my way to town this week.

God bless,

chris

Drop on By

I spent most of this morning playing with water drops and editing them on the computer. I know its been overdone but the darn things are so much fun to do. It is so cool to see the physics of what really happens when a water drop hits. The variations in color are only limited by what color liquids, back grounds and filters you can come up with to use.

God's love and blessings to all,

chris

Another Try at the Beetle

This is one of those images that bug me.(Pun intended) I have a vision in mind and I'm just not quite getting what I have in mind. Getting close but not there yet.I've got the beetle just about right but the composition is wrong as the beetle is headed out of the image. I'll keep at it.

God bless,

chris