Friday, February 1, 2008

"Circle of Hearts"



"Circle of Hearts"---a new project by Mary Stebbins Taitt, in a technique which was suggested to her by Kate Jackson.

I understand from Mary that this project is "still under construction", and we may see updates later.

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MARY SAYS: "After seeing Kate's tree circle, and loving it I wanted to learn that technique. I tried several earlier attempts from which I learned this: to get a full circle using Polar Coordinates, you need to use a square and place the items you want to make a circle of about 1/4 of the way up the square, all the way across. Then you simply apply the Polar Coordinates filter in Photoshop and presto, you have a circle. A little tweaking of the elements ahead of time seems to produce the best results. You want them to be even and symmetrical for the best results."

See more of Mary's work at http://imagik.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

"NOVA" Experiments

















All of these renditions were derived from one photo source original, and processed with Picasa to achieve all the varied effects seen.
You could go on by retinting the maze and blowing the image up farther.....MS
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Top: "JUPITER C"
2nd: "NOVA I"
3rd: "NOVA II"
4th: "SUNSKIN"
5th: "MAZE of NORAD"

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

"Arcata in Sepia"


Photography: Gail Slaughter (california)
Sepia work: Michael Serafin

"Sky King"


Detail of Photo by: Gail Slaughter (california)
Effects by: Michael Serafin

"Earth 2809"


Original Photography: Gail Slaughter
Colorization and effects: Michael Serafin

"Trinidad Detail 801"


Photography: Gail Slaughter (california)
Effects: Michael Serafin

"Downtown Venus"


Digital Distortion
"painting" by Michael Serafin