Nice light today.

So, I went out around 4:00 p.m. and shot some new TTV pics.  Here are the best of the shoot.
I revisited the rack that Lisa found last year.  Still no plants on it.

These are candidates for more manipulation.

Typically, I ventured no further than the park and my yard.  Someday I'll bravely go out into society. lol

All were taken with the Sony Alpha 200 through the Kodak Duaflex II and edited in Corel Paintshop Photo Pro X3.

More digital

I've used Photoshop and other programs to alter scans of my film based photography and my digital images. If you and I take the same image and merely click the "watercolor" option in Photoshop we will get the same image.  So, in my opinion, working an image beyond that is necessary if one is to call it "art."   " Is it "cheating" to take an image and enhance it by one or two clicks of the mouse?  Does a plein air painter cheat by finishing his or her work from a reference photo after the light has faded?

Here is another before and after comparison.  The original image is a Polaroid.  The film was outdated and that gave it the off colored look. (There is a whole group on Flickr dedicated to off color shots.  http://www.flickr.com/groups/polaroid_blue/ ) I have posted this photo there.  

BLUE HEARTS

The after is a combination of three layers done with Corel's software.  I'm loving the "hot wax" effect.

BLEEDING HEARTS