work in progress

this last image hopefully finishes the progression of my surreal photo, exhibiting a place 'in between'. in between what?

hmmm,,, do you want me to give you all the answers??

in any case, comments are invited.




here is the rounded moon, plus filters that muted parts of the back ground.


i tried to create a feeling of here and now, plus areas where you can slip into another reality,,, a different here and now.







i've added versions, where some of the parts of the picture are lighter or darker,
brighter, or less bright. i replaced the oval moon with a more rounded one.


i've added effects that bring out or hide parts of the photo through masks, levels, and curves.

Here is a panorama of Los Angeles Airport at night which I turned in for
my 'panorama project'. I hoped to convey some of the activity there at night.

project in progress

I chose Dali as my surreal artist because I love the way he creates an illusion of interrupted space and time.
His knack of making it all look so easy is totally awesome.
I know because it is anything but easy!!

I had a couple of false starts, but got into this one, and I think
it's going in the right direction.

Here is my work in progress to date.




My artist choice for my final is Salvador Dali whose work has fascinated me for a very long time.

Here is a link to his museum in St. Petersburg, Florida:

http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/

and a couple more to an overview of some of his work:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63eXzXFSByg&feature=fvw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Qph33alXM&feature=related

'color trees' before

this lovely fall scene becomes stunning with a few adjustments. first i added selective color, then spent a little time in curves.

'color trees' after

'trees' before

the above photo was my choice to convert to black and white. a little bit more difficult than it sounds. i first used the brightness/contrast 1 adjustment followed by black and white 1, black and white 2, black and white 3, exposure 1, a visit to levels, and finally black and white 4 created 'trees' below.

'trees' after

'clouds' before

the above picture is the 'before' of 'clouds 1' below. first i cropped the photo to move the sun over to the upper left corner, and to select certain cloud formations. i adjusted the curves layer to get the effect i wanted below.


'clouds 1' after

i added this second 'after' because i like the effect so much.



for 'clouds 2' below, on top of the original 'clouds 1' i started with an inner glow effect, inverted 2, vibrance 1, inverted 1, gradient map 2, gradient map 1, and curves 1. this all created a surreal effect, and interesting spacial relationships.






'clouds 2' after

'branches' before

The above picture is the 'before' of 'branches' below. i added a curves adjustment, brightness/contrast adjustment, tweaked the levels, applied a gradient map, inverted, and finished up with brightness/contrast2.

'branches' after

tuck3r self portrait album

cd album self portrait

cd self portrait

This cd meme was created as an interesting class exercise whereby we collected random names and images that I fit together to make this cd rom.