New Year
Happy New Year. This is Benz World’s first creation of the decade. The red firework was taken in the UK. I used Gaussian Blur on the lower text layer to make the glowing effect. Here are more fireworks...
View ArticleChariot Race
This is a Chariot Race at Jerash in Jordan. This is also where BBC’s “Top Gear” team had a sports car race in their 2010 Christmas Special. The guy driving the chariot has been used in many films due...
View ArticleDahabia Jordan
This was taken in the port of Aqaba in Jordan. The colour of the sea was boosted slightly and I had to do a fair bit of sharpening to bring this beautiful dahabia out the mist.
View ArticleNeon Glass
This blue image image started life as a red firework. I chose this shot as it caught the very start of an explosion so none of the light trails has time to dip down from gravity. I used alternating...
View ArticleCutts Close
Karen took this picture in Rutland. Snow is a tricky thing for cameras. The problem is left to themselves they often turn snow grey. This is due to the auto exposure trying to balance the tones in an...
View ArticleRutland Snow
We went for a drive today and shot this snow shot on the south shore of Rutland Water. I built up the image in two stages. First I used Photomatix to make an HDR image. Next I used the Black and White...
View ArticleCuba Pool
This is my best selling photo from Cuba. Since submitting it to stock photography agencies in 2006 it has sold 98 times and made USD$35.65 so far. It almost did not get accepted at all. The original...
View ArticleFlorence 1926
This is Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence Italy in 1926. The original photograph belonged to my Grandfather. I used a levels layer to expand the tonal range of the scan. By moving the white point down and...
View ArticleEdinburgh Lights
This is my submission to VFXY’s weekly theme. This weeks theme is Lights. These are the layers I used to build up the image. The Hue/Saturation layer on top was needed to turn the traffic lights green....
View ArticleDesert World
This planet took 22 exposures to build up due to a broken lens. The panorama I used to make this planet was taken in the western deserts of Egypt. Although you cannot see it I was stood on a monument...
View ArticleTrinidad Sunset
This shot was taken in Trinidad in Central Cuba. I used a levels layer to shift the black point. This ensures jet black silhouettes. I then used a Hue/Saturation layer to boost the colours to something...
View ArticleBenz Avatar
This was an interesting Photoshop challenge. You don’t need to be a Photoshop wizard to do this as long as you can get your head round Photoshop masks. I started by taking a self portrait while trying...
View ArticleEdwardian Seaside
It’s been a week since my last post as I’ve been kept busy making Avatars of friends for their facebook profiles. This is the second of my Grandfathers Pictures. I can’t tell you much about it other...
View ArticleRasta Hut
This shot was taken on the west coast of Jamaica. The image did not need much doing to it due to the type of camera it was taken on. I shot it with a compact camera EX-Z3 bought in 2004. It is very...
View ArticleJamaica Sunset
This silhouette was taken in Negril in Jamaica. The sunset was not that interesting so I decided to try out a technique called split toning I saw on this blog. Split toning works by making the shadows...
View ArticleKedleston Bridge
This is Kedleston Hall Bridge in Derbyshire. I chose this shot because it reminded me of an oil painting by John Constable. I used a curves layer to bring out the grass in the foreground and a levels...
View ArticleBlue Bells
No signs of spring yet but these blue bells from 2008 were normally the first flowers to appear in our old garden. I applied sharpening to the small focused area and reduced the clarity in the rest of...
View ArticleNottingham World
This world was made from a 360 degree panorama. Read this to find out how to make your own planet. The biggest problem with making planets out of city panoramas is you need to be far enough away from...
View ArticleCuba Chevrolet
I shot this beautiful car in Cienfuegos in Cuba. This is my first attempt at using the Orton Effect. At this point I must mention the very cool photoblog zOOm and thank Florence for sharing this...
View ArticleOrange Burst
This is my most popular stock photo. It has been accepted at five agencies. Putting the same image at different agencies is a common practice as the photographer keeps the copyright to an image whoever...
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