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Change a blend mode, play with a filter ..... anything goes as "ART"

NOTE: You may post your art through out the week. It is just a push to get you to go in and try something new. Remember you can post as many times as you want and it doesn't have to be just on Monday. Brushes, patterns, gradients,abstracts anything you want. So let's get busy and make some GREAT art!


posted for Chas

busy on a cactus bloom

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mainly shadows & high lights adj & a little T buz on petals

Love the close up Betty. I am really thinking on getting a camera that can do wonderful close ups like your. Nothing high end though. Maybe black friday is waiting for me.

Pretty cactus flower. Love the busy bees.

Used some of the new Topaz presets (ended up with one of the 'grunge' ones).

new fashion?

Betty, wow, great detail on the 3 bees and flower! Nice close-up! I don't think I've ever managed to get 3 bees on one flower at the same time like that.

Tennie, I like how you left the man's head out of the photo and how the light is just on the snake. The preset gave it a nice look.

Courtney

Tennie, perfect composition !

Thanks for the nice comments Judy, Tennie & Courtney. The bees were abundant & agreeable at that particular time.

No bees in attendance where I was last week....it was sooooo cold that hard boiled eggs froze inside the cooler!Brrrrrrrrrrrr....This is a photo of a place I didn't visit...an honest to goodness three holer. Those hard rock miners were a hardy bunch. Topaz B&W Effects was used.BTW I'm glad to be back and thanks to Betty for taking care of business in my absence.

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Chas

Ne bees here (no 3-holers either).

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Anybody recognize what this is?

Rusty

It looks like the innards of a pre-digital time piece. A pocket watch perhaps. Rusty, you've been using your new macro lens again with a touch of Topaz simplify maybe?
Chas

Got it in one!
My father's Elgin pocket watch + Topaz Simplify. Yes, the Nikkor 40mm Macro.
I did another version that I also liked using Topaz B&W Effects...

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I started with the Opalotype preset and then made some modifications to make it look like part had been hand tinted. I had to go to Wikipedia to find out what in the heck "opalotype" was:

Opalotype or opaltype is an early technique of photography. Opalotypes were printed on sheets of opaque, translucent white glass; early opalotypes were sometimes hand-tinted with colors to enhance their effect. The effect of opalotype has been compared "to watercolor or even pastel in its softer coloring and tender mood."[1] "Opalotype portraits...for beauty and delicacy of detail, are equal to ivory miniatures."[2]

Rusty