MANIPULATING KALEIDOSCOPE IMAGES

I like to take the kaleidoscope images and run them through the various PHOTOSHOP filters.

This image was manipulated in the "colored pencil" filter.

This image came from the "poster edges" filter.

This image was achieved from the "rough pastel" filter

This image came from the "water color" filter

FRACTURING THE IMAGE

A camera can reveal a lot by extending my vision and fracturing the image.  I have a child's kaleidoscope that I hold up to the camera lens and click away.  That helps to abstract images.

FLOWERS

This winter has brought flowers

Snow flowers in the trees,

and

ice flowers in the pond.

ST. MARCOS

Any quilter who has visited the cathedral of St. Marcos in Venice can't help but be inspired by the tile floors.  Each marble tile has a separate pattern and color.  The repeated patterns are wonderful.

PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN

                              ONE DAY THERE WAS A PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN,

                         THE ECLIPSE LEFT WONDERFUL SHADOWS ON THE SIDEWALK.

                    I AM EXCITED BY THE LAYERING OF THE SHADOWS, THE DRY LEAVES,

                           THE GRASS AND THE TEXTURE OF THE SIDEWALK

THE MARRIED ROCKS

One day on my way to Ise we stopped to see the Married Rocks.   I always loved the poetic idea of married rocks and married trees so I had to see the rocks for myself.

In Kyoto on the next flea market day, I found this picture of Japanese tourists at the married rocks.  I was very happy!

MAKING REPEAT PATTERNS

I enjoy repeating photographs and teaching others to make repeats.
I use Adobe Photoshop for all the repeats. Photoshop has a lot of wonderful functions and filters that can be used to significantly change an image.  I look for interesting elements in an image that can create a pattern.

Lotus repeat from photograph

 Accented edges

Cut out

Plastic wrap
 

 Photograph of water hyacinth

 Repeat of actual photograph

Repeat with edges

Here is a repeat using the lotus with the accented edges.  The beauty of repeated patterns is the secondary and tertiary patterns that can be achieved.  Then it is simple to find the primary, secondary and ground patterns.

Side to side repeat

Half drop repeat

Saturated colors

Lotus leaves

                                

Lotus leaves repeated