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Nature at its Most Beautiful
As we took the two dogs for their walk this Saturday afternoon, I was totally blown away at the pure beauty of the landscape. Mother Nature wore her coat of many colours with splendour and flamboyance! The natural colours were breathtaking. I felt enveloped in a painting of great beauty and greedily snapped away with my eager camera, determined not to miss such a spectacular and inspiring scene that lay before me like a beautifully crafted patchwork.
I was totally and utterly inspired and desperately wanted to replicate the view I had enjoyed earlier, so took out my paints and painted fluently and eagerly with a singing heart. I first used pastels on the paper and then added watercolours to achieve a richness of colour and depth.
The fields were rich with colour and vibrancy, each picture I took excited me and made me want to take more and more! The naturally constructed footpaths made by frequent walkers added to the perspective of the landscape. I loved it and wanted to run along it. It was truly a magical place to share with my loved ones.
Poppies in abundance created a vibrant and striking crimson carpet stretching effortlessly across the landscape. What a truly wonderful sight!
Swanning Around on a Sunny Afternoon
Breeds of these *mute swans* can be seen across most of the UK, and we are fortunate enough to have some resident in our locality. With their *S* shaped necks reaching towards the sky they are majestic and yet silently serene. Possible to see anywhere there is a shallow lake, or a slow-flowing rivers, even in urban areas and parks, they make their homes and snack on water plants, insects and snails whilst living on our lakes and blessing us with their beauty.
Beautiful Boating
On the same lake, sail boats glide silently across shimmering silver waters, sails straight and tall as the sailors master their crafts. Ripples on the cool water emanating from the small boats, spread hypnotically outward until they fade forever and merge with the still waters of the lake.
A few examples of photo manipulation worked on some photographs taken whilst enjoying a glorious day on the beach with my family. I love the way the effects I have used lend a different perspective to the original photograph taken and emphasize the focal points I want to share, in the images. I also love to express my creativity by experimenting and producing images that have been transformed in such a way that the original vision is somewhat metamorphosed into a completely different and almost abstract visionary experience.
Using photographic elements on standard photographs has enabled me to produce some powerful imagery and has gained me much positivity and encouragement to continue to improve and produce the very best I can with my artwork. No image is one dimensional and with the aid of photo manipulation tools the original image can be transformed into a wonderfully creative collaboration between photography and graphic design.
