Rust #2 Dumpster

2nd image of rust on a dumpster in downtown GSO, NC.   This rust image reminded me of grass when I looked at in on the computer monitor. The orignal image was muted colors of the image on the left with less texture.   I edited in PSE 11 using sliders for light and dark, midtones to get the effect I wanted.  Then I sharpened to 100.  I further enhanced the colors by using Saturated Film effect x2.  The image on the right I wanted to try to work with Vintage effect in PSE 11. Using the edited image on the left,  I played with hue and saturation and wanted more orange/red tones than browns. It ended up as a monochrome.  I should have left more space at the top when I took the image. I will be revisiting this dumpster if the sun ever shines.  If I get desperate, I can always make my own rust by watching You Tube videos.   .

Ladder Sculpture Downtown Greensboro, NC - Endownment of the Arts 2015

 These images should have been posted Sun., Sept. 13th.  This is part of a sculpture for Endowment of the Arts that was done in conjunction with the 2015 Folk Festival in Greensboro, NC.  The scculpture itself contains over 500 ladders donated by 300 people.     Since there were a lot of people looking at the sculpture at ground level I decided to shoot for a design in the sky with the intention that I would play with filters and see what altered art or patterns I could use with these images.   The original image on the left is unedited.  It is a downsized file for the web so you will see some pixelization which can happen with lines. It was shot in HDR native 5C iPhone.  The right image was maximizing shadows, highlights, midtones  in PSE 11, and then applied the Saturatured Film effect x 4. Sharpening would have pixelated this image further.  I do plan to work with the original iPhone image before reduciing the file size for the web.  Plan to try more filters in various photo apps.  Tomorrow for the next images I post you will see B & W and and the negative (invert) of the same which reminds me of infrared.  

Pampas Grass Silhouette and Saturated Film Effect

These images should have been posted Sunday, 8/23/2015.  I was walking past my neighbor's Pampass grass late last evening when it was really dusk.  Decided to try for a silhouette against the sky to just pick one stalk.   That was not an easy task to avoid ones next to it.  I actually took & edited in Camera+.  Then I wanted to see what would happen if I tried "saturated film" effect in PSE 11.  I also removed the left most frond? using the healing brush. This gave some color back to the image and I liked the lighter backgound with the sky seemed to have a motled effect. Will be looking for more Pampass grass images..   

RDU Sculpture Plus Saturated Film Effect Filter

Went to RDU airport on Mon. evening to pick up my daughter.  Saw this art schulpture?? that was also within the frame of a high window at the airport the baggage claim area was below it.. I took the picture because of the lines but was unable to get any kind of symetry.  I did straigthen in PSE 11 but this was the best I could do.  It is something other than a flower.  Might be able to incorporate in a digital collage in the future. Tried a saturated film effect x4 to get more colors of the structure.for the image on the right.