A large mineral sample fills the bottom of this image as a smaller one, a small piece of cast iron, and a very thing needle hover above. The whole scene is lit with orange, red, and magenta light and a very low depth of field setting on a vintage lens creates dramatic blurring.

Appreciating the texture and shape of everyday objects

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A long exposure photograph of the night sky, with the brightest stars creating blurry blooms in the vintage style lens. Bright orange and red light is leaking in from the top left of frame makes a warm wash of color across the frame.

I don’t do as much star photography as I would like but this piece has made a great #background for other work I’ve made. #BlueskyArtShow

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An abstracted seascape at night. A source of light from somewhere out of frame to the right lights the sky’s clouds and to a lesser extent the dark brown sand. There also appear to be numerous vertical black streaks across the field where ocean and sand meet.

What little light there is here fades quickly into the #background in this piece for today’s #BlueskyArtShow

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A very abstracted seascape at night. On the near invisible horizon sits a single luminescent spot. The rest depicts a black ocean and light grey clouds against a dull blue sky.

Nearly imperceptible where foreground ends and #background begins. I really enjoyed making these nighttime seascapes. #BlueskyArtShow

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Soft focus abstracted seascape at night. Sand is lit by golden light, deep blue sky shows a line of clouds stretching toward the horizon.

Simply #background unto itself, here’s an abstracted seascape for #BlueskyArtShow today

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Posted this a couple weeks ago for #BlueskyArtShow but I think it applies for today’s #background theme as well!

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An abstracted seascape at night. Softened and distorted by a vintage lens and long exposure, light grey cumulus clouds sit at the top this stratified image. Below them is the dark deep blue of distant sky, under which sits a dull grey ocean. At the bottom gold-yellow sand curves around the scene.

A good one for today’s #BlueskyArtShow, from a series of images that are basically all #background

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A vast cloudscape assembled from many individual photographs. The colors vary through light and darker blues as well as a touch of salmon and coral in the background sky.

From the first stage of editing, this work actually ended up being disassembled and its pieces used in a couple of other artworks in the same series.

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Two sharp stones are placed almost touching each other in this macro photograph. They are arranged vertically. The top stone has a flat shape with rough edges and is illuminated in a deep red light. The stone at bottom is more broad in shape with less clearly defined edges glows with a pinkish coral colored light.

The tension here in this image and the mix of hard and soft light for sure sticks with me and I really hope to use that in future works

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A macro photgraph of accreted mineral backlit in bright yellow and orange light, which shines through. Its front facing surface is colored with turquoise blue light.

One more #stone photo for #BlueskyArtShow! This one was from a light diffusion and color separation test that I’ll be using in future works

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Two composite macro photographs of mineral samples. The left shows a jagged sedimentary stone, its flaky layers reflecting a rich green color. The right shows a deep red crystalline sample.

Bits of #stone for #BlueskyArtShow. Process shots from my current series, to be assembled into larger works

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Guess I posted this one a few days early! Check out this indiscernibly sized #stone again for #BlueskyArtShow

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An abstracted photo of a cloud head against an orange and yellow sky. The cloud is shown in sharp contrast and highlighted in aqua and blue green colors.

Happy to revisit this older piece for an upcoming color palette release. Always liked these colors together

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A macro photograph of dense tropical foliage at night. It is illuminated in soft violet and magenta light. Overlaid is a selection of five color samples in palette taken directly from the image.

From last week’s Patreon color palette - available to paid members at any level!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/148885939

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A round pebble-like mineral sample shot in hard light. Its top is illuminated brightly and blooms with a warm glow, small flecks shining within it. The bottom half is colored with deep indigo light against an almost all black background.

This sample is pretty dull in color but that turns out to be a good thing, as it adopts the color of whatever light I use on it. Cool little planetoid

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A dense flat layer of pale blue clouds set against a bright pink horizon. The bumpy texture of the cloud bed recalls that of a hilly landscape.

I built these flat clouds and laid them out in a #horizontal landscape as preparation for larger more detailed works. #BlueskyArtShow

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An abstracted seascape at night. Golden toned clouds suggest a summer storm and a distant lightning strike is visible on the horizon.

The first in a series I began a long time ago, a #horizontal abstracted seascape for #BlueskyArtShow

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Oh hey here’s a horizon for today’s #horizontal #BlueskyArtShow

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An apparently feliomorphized mineral sample composed of many smaller pieces set against a black background. It is illuminated from behind and the warm orange light is diffused throughout its structure. There are also highlights of light magenta and pink.

Okay I did not mean to make this mineral sample look exactly cat shaped but so be it! From a light diffusion test which worked out great

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Two layers of crisscrossing high cirrus clouds. The glow a bright magenta against a pale blue sky.

Crisscrossing layers. Keeping this palette for the being but I can hardly wait to start incorporating new colors

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A vibrant magenta cloud looms above in a pale blue sky.

Lensing is at least as important to the perceived shape of the cloud as the model itself. Getting both to work together is challenging

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A high contrast image of a dramatic cloudscape in pastel colors - lavender, turquoise, and magenta. The large cloud head is backlit by the bright light of the sun.

🔅Patreon Release🔅
https://www.patreon.com/posts/149637894
From my very first photo outing back when I started this series! The color techniques were in their earliest stages

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A macro photograph of a set of rock samples illuminated in magenta and orange light. Above the rocks found at the bottom of the frame is a piece of abalone shell is suspended against a dark blurred background.

A still from a set of stop morion experiments I did for this series. Did not intend to set this up as a landscape but seeing it makes me want to do more

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A vast swirling cloudscape, background illuminated with bright white light while the foreground is darkened with maroon shadows. The middle ground where these two areas meet is tinged with gold.

Swift and #round movement in these clouds for #BlueskyArtShow
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The landscape of a mountainous ocean coastline set against a warm sunset. Camera lens blurring and other effects create the swirling shape of backlit clouds.

A #round blur joins sky and land for today’s #BlueskyArtShow
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A pale blue-green cloud head rises from below the frame, resting against a bright pink sky.

Been reviewing the process and principles of these previous works as I get ready to start building clouds again
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So happy to get back to cloud renders for the next phase of this series.
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A single thin variegated mineral sample is placed vertically in the center of this photograph. It is illuminated in magenta light which creates a soft spot of color in the background.

Opted for a single color here from a single light source. Testing out using a foreground object as a division for background transitions

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The trunks of two palm trees span the frame vertically in this night photograph. Faint blue stars show in the black sky as light from out a frame flares in orange and, between the two trees, refracts into a vibrant rainbow.

For today’s #BlueskyArtShow these #two in one of my favorite shots.
Available in a digital release here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/120860232

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A macro photograph of a stone with a rough rocky surface. It is lit in high contrast emerald green and deep red light. Overlaid is a selection of five color samples in palette taken directly from the image.

Over on Patreon I’ve really been enjoying putting together weekly color palettes. Here’s a peek at this week’s!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/148885939

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