P12P: Month 5 – Blur Portraits

Okay, I waited until the last moment because I was uninspired and had no free time. In May, our local Flickr group challenge was slow-shutter speed, blurred portrait. I really like how mine turned out, even if I forgot to submit it to the challenge in time!

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P12P: Month 4 – Vanishing Points

I completely and totally suck at this one. I see vanishing points everywhere, but I cannot for the life of me manage to capture what I see on the camera. I’ve tried different lenses, different angles, everything.

I will keep trying though.

Trees

Chair: How To

Original Image, taken with a Lensbaby Composer, Aperture F4

chair in clover

Texture, Used as Overlay, 65% Opacity

Resulting Image, I LOVE how the lensbaby effect on the right side diffused into the stone look of the texture. LOVE it.

chair - textured

Textured Daffodil

Still playing with textures. This was taken against the blue sky as a backdrop. With the texture overlay, it looks more like water.

textured daffodil

Grunge Tulip

Tulip photo from the back yard, with a gritty texture overlay.

gritty tulip