Something different? Post your working with textures shots here.

[Wirefox]

Still not in bed

Well worth it though Antonio. A very striking abstract and beautifully composed. Can I see the old window frames in there?

Apocalypse

Excellent work Raylee. I can see I am getting left behind here. If I can extricate myself from Christmas decorations this weekend you have certainly inspired me to have another go. There is some top notch stuff coming out of this thread

[Antonio Correia]

Well worth it though Antonio. A very striking abstract and beautifully composed. Can I see the old window frames in there? ...

If I understand you properly Steve, you are asking if the composition has some window frames.
Oh I think I know what you mean: You think you can see old window frames in the composition. That's it isn't it ?
Yes there are some wood involved
Here are the files I have melted and a general view of the layers.

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And another one from the series "May God have merci on us"
I must think when I shoot because I want this series to be horizontal not vertical

[Camellia]

Thanks Antonio and Steve. I was influenced by both of your work and your use of colour.

[Antonio Correia]

Probably in ( Portuguese ) GOA ( INDIA )

No Ashwin, no
In Fatephur Sikry the Sultan had many wifes and built a house for a Portuguese in the XVI th century. I am sure Portuguese were important at the time. But there you don't find any azulejos.
British were then trying to establish their empire also.
Here is Fatephur Sikry in a poor shot.

But Portuguese, in about the same time were at least, cooperating with Indians and they left azulejos here. I shot them but I don't know where I did so.

My fault if I don't know where this is exactly. I know at least that it was here:

Pink City ? Jaipur ?
It's one of my problems when I travel. I do not wright where I go and I don't make any GPS tracks either. Shame on me
I Googled a bit but didn't come to conclusions. However, I found this what is very very little
Important note: We were traveling with French people and the guide told us about the Portuguese tiles. I think it is true what he said. At least the tiles look like Portuguese originals.

I found a clue: I think - not sure - it is Udaipur.
Yes I am sure now ! I checked the images on the web with mines. It was in the Udaipur City Palace

[Ashwin]

No Ashwin, no
In Fatephur Sikry the Sultan had many wifes and built a house for a Portuguese in the XVI th century. I am sure Portuguese were important at the time. But there you don't find any azulejos.
British were then trying to establish their empire also.
Here is Fatephur Sikry in a poor shot.

But Portuguese, in about the same time were at least, cooperating with Indians and they left azulejos here. I shot them but I don't know where I did so.

My fault if I don't know where this is exactly. I know at least that it was here:

Pink City ? Jaipur ?
It's one of my problems when I travel. I do not wright where I go and I don't make any GPS tracks either. Shame on me
I Googled a bit but didn't come to conclusions. However, I found this what is very very little
Important note: We were traveling with French people and the guide told us about the Portuguese tiles. I think it is true what he said. At least the tiles look like Portuguese originals.

I found a clue: I think - not sure - it is Udaipur.
Yes I am sure now ! I checked the images on the web with mines. It was in the Udaipur City Palace

TFF I have seen such porcelene Glazed tiles, and ornamental decoratives with this type of painting, but I was not knowing that it is the gift from Portuguese.

TFI

[Antonio Correia]

[Antonio Correia]

After the last post - 206 - I went in town and took advantage of the cloudy weather and made these triptychs.

I am just seeing Setubal under another perspective. Am I ?

[mythlady]

I'm taking Kim Klassen's online "Art of Textures" class, and this is what I came up with today, after one of her lessons. Although she added birds to her picture via brushes, mine are real geese flying by a tree in April.



P.S. Antonio, you are doing beautiful work.

[Antonio Correia]

I'm taking Kim Klassen's online "Art of Textures" class, and this is what I came up with today, after one of her lessons. Although she added birds to her picture via brushes, mine are real geese flying by a tree in April.

P.S. Antonio, you are doing beautiful work.

Have you Elise bought the "Art of Treasure The Secret Revealed" and you are doing the textures yourself or just mimicking with Photoshop ?

This image is quite nice. I saw it on Flickr before...

[CNelson]

Elise, your texture shots are excellent!

Chuck

[mythlady]

I am doing the first "Art of Textures" class, which focuses less on actually making the textures yourself, I think -- the "Secrets Revealed" one is a new course, starting in February (I think this is correct). I'm also doing her "Skinny Mini" course right now -- some of it I know, but not all of it! She's a good teacher, very easy to follow in the videos.

I have a very large collection of textures made by other people . I don't think I'd be too good at making them myself, although you never know . . .

Thanks very much, Chuck -- I'm working on it!

[Antonio Correia]

Variation on post 22

[Camellia]

Variation on post 22

Hi Antonio

I like these as individual photos but I'm not comfortable with the effect of the triptych. I feel like I'm bouncing along looking at them instead of flowing from one image to the other. However, I don't know that they can flow. I can see that you've lined up the the bottom of the window frames. I wonder if you could crop the centre photo to remove the distracting elements above and below the window. This would make the centre window larger than the side ones and make it deliberately different. The sides would then support the centre element. Just my idea. You do great work with textures - I find it really inspirational.

[Antonio Correia]

Hi Antonio

I like these as individual photos but I'm not comfortable with the effect of the triptych. I feel like I'm bouncing along looking at them instead of flowing from one image to the other. However, I don't know that they can flow. I can see that you've lined up the the bottom of the window frames. I wonder if you could crop the centre photo to remove the distracting elements above and below the window. This would make the centre window larger than the side ones and make it deliberately different. The sides would then support the centre element. Just my idea. You do great work with textures - I find it really inspirational.

Thank you for your comment Raylee
Indeed this triptych is not so ... good as the one on the 22ed post.
The difference among the elements is not so strong and the middle one is not the best choice.
Not all the work I do with images is a good one. Normally there are some better than others. Excuse me but I will not make as you suggested because it would break the normal sequence of the series itself. I mean: the 3 images are supposed to have always the same scale and not different ones.

This very afternoon I have been again shooting these doors and windows and I have done a miserable composition which I am not going to show you

I have also shot the streets on the same trend - if it is correct to call this a trend - I have done on post 207 which had no ecco from you people.

But what I have noticed when you posted and when I saw the triptych in a smaller dimension is that the photo on the left side is slightly twisted and that I must correct

Cheers

[mythlady]

I've been trying to put words together with pictures -- is it too cute? Too precious?

[Donald]

I've been trying to put words together with pictures -- is it too cute? Too precious?

Elise

You are creating something. That's not cute or precious (but I know what you mean). Words are very much your profession, are they not. It therefore seems to make sense that you would seek to combine words and images in this way. After all, photographers, poets and other writers, working together, have been doing it for a long time.

I'm not as huge fan of the words actually on the image, as you have done here. I prefer to see them sitting alongside the image, which, I agree, cannot be done so creatively on this medium as it could be in print or in an exhibition.

What you have produced feels like a commercial product. Which, in itself, is no bad thing. But, imposed upon the image as they are, I think the words detract from the quality of the image, which I like.

But that is, of course, only one view.

[Antonio Correia]

I've been trying to put words together with pictures -- is it too cute? Too precious

I don't know if this is the best solution, creatively speaking
I would try something more exquisite with lots of more work and this would be:
write the word/sentence on a paper with a fountain pen. Let fall some drops of water on the paper where the letters are to make them ... you understand. or showering the paper and let it dry at the Sun to make some waves on it. Or everything at the same time. I mean the two technics
Then, shoot that paper, I mean the word/sentence with bery shallow depth of field at a very low angle but allowing to be readable. Or almost. Living something unknown, something unreadable or almost ...

Anyway I like what you have done. I appreciate the limits. How they are unsharp and sinuous.
My little contribution Elise

Oh Elise, I also like this one of your...

Curious, curious: as the background on Flickr is white I couldn't see that small canvas.
I do like the imperfection on the bottom left. I would even like to see it all around...

[mythlady]

How about something more like this? I see what you're saying.



Also, thanks very much, Antonio -- I think you want me to do way too much work!

Actually, I wonder how to get rid of that canvas or frame around the bird one. I was following someone's "recipe" on how to do that, and she didn't explain how to take that border away.

[Donald]

How about something more like this? I see what you're saying.

I think that's better.

[Antonio Correia]

I think that's better.

Sorry I don't

Elise but I think it would be far better with more work... Listen: make few images but exquisite ones. Not many. A few.

And remember: Do as I say not as I do