Texture Rush

Aquatics

Perhaps in anticipation of Halloween, more likely in response to the many PM's received for more right brained images, herewith the results of another night sitting in my SUV peering through a rain soaked window in anticipation of what can be found with an active imagination and some creative post processing. Some of you will instantly see the four individual water creatures in this shot, some will see many more. Some - perhaps none. It's all good.

Rain through a windshield creates distortion and refraction.

Garden City Park scene

Garden City Park Scene, modified in Topaz with Impressions.

Image taken at Van Dusen Gardens this morning (06-02-2016) and converted to this Degas style. Somehow the scene felt like it needed to be immortalized.

Morning Fog

Blood Moon over Richmond, BC.

September 28th was the date for a Blood Moon in the Greater Vancouver Area. The sky was rather murky, but eventually the Moon rose high enough for a better shot. After an hour of work in post, the so-so shot was a lot better as you can see. The Fake Moon was created by shooting the Moon post eclipse and adding the texture and colour.

A view of the Canadian Prairies - Alberta

Harrison River Print

Migration

Refraction

A Misty morning in the Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan

Abandoned Truck - Lethbridge

An old abandoned truck found along a farm road in Alberta just west of Lethbridge, Alberta on a trip last year. I always wonder why these iconic relics of the Prairies end up where they do; perhaps a statement by the Farmer of the passing of an era, of maybe this was just where the hard worked vehicle saw it's last day. I touched it up in Topaz Impression - using Leonardo, then Adjust 5 to increase exposure. I wanted to give it some sense of dignity and suggest the relentlessness of time.

In Flight

Sometimes I see things in Nature that appear like something else. Such is the case with this image. It started when I was walking past a cliff face and saw this area where a portion of the rock face had fallen away. The sun cast a shadow on the recessed area, and I saw something that made me stop and look at it, so I took a photo and thought little of the scene until this weekend, when I found it in storage. After a few tweaks and some colour splashes, this is what it became. I call it simply "In Flight". The power of the mind...

A rare Pinocchio Moon

On a whim, I assembled this image from a photo of a large wooden sculpture, and a back lit cloud scene.

Out of Chaos

Once upon a Time

A scene from Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada