Infinite Napkin

Shadow Town

2012-02-14T20:28:00.000-05:00

Tritone

2012-02-08T23:51:00.001-05:00

Inspired by my elder cat...

Sun In the City

2012-01-23T19:34:00.001-05:00

Snow Angels

2012-01-23T19:33:00.001-05:00

MCE Classical Elements

2012-01-19T21:02:00.004-05:00

Syncopated Hues

2012-01-19T21:01:00.003-05:00

Smeared Shell

2012-01-16T11:25:00.003-05:00

Ice Wizards

2012-01-16T10:16:00.000-05:00

Infinite Napkin - Cocktail

2012-01-12T20:26:00.003-05:00

Drops on a Window

2012-01-12T20:22:00.002-05:00

Pasta

2012-01-12T20:21:00.003-05:00

Pear

2012-01-09T20:00:00.000-05:00

Brainstorming of things that have a Pear shape in either positive or negative space.

Top: Violin, Penguin, Hand Grenade, Thumbs Up, Bowling Pin, How to Dance Step

Middle: Racing Car, Claw, My Example Shape, Butterfly / Faces, Key Hole

Bottom: Lamp, Pear, Soda Bottle, Ant, House Cactus, Dinosaur Footprint.

Skyscraper Silhouette (Version 2)

2012-01-04T23:52:00.000-05:00

Improvements:

Move to a neutral background
Increase opacity of the buildings
Increase opacity of the Art Deco Light Rays

Stargazing

2012-01-04T18:18:00.000-05:00

Skyscraper Silhouette

2012-01-04T18:17:00.000-05:00

Red Dawn

2012-01-03T21:20:00.001-05:00

Into the Sunset

2011-12-27T07:34:00.000-05:00

Out of many attempts this was the best sunset picture driving home, slightly cropped and rotated for your viewing pleasure.

Lightspeed

2011-12-26T23:44:00.000-05:00

Midtown Dusk Drive

2011-12-26T23:41:00.000-05:00

Manhattan Reflections

2011-12-26T23:26:00.002-05:00

I had fun making this shot from a single picture as we were crossing the Throgs Neck Bridge

Straightened and cropped with the bridge blacked out.

Original

Eye

2011-12-19T22:11:00.000-05:00

Digital Impressionism

2011-12-15T22:30:00.000-05:00

By the light of the Moon

2011-12-15T21:44:00.000-05:00

My first attempt at using impressionist techniques in digital sketching.

Truce

2011-12-15T21:41:00.000-05:00

Color DNA

2011-12-13T20:14:00.000-05:00

Quilt

2011-12-12T21:20:00.001-05:00

First Frost

2011-12-12T21:11:00.000-05:00

Mister In-Between

2011-12-11T23:12:00.001-05:00

I way reading about negative space in a graphic design book and found this song stuck in my head.

Victory Lap

2011-12-05T19:11:00.001-05:00

Taken June 16th, 2011

HOWTO: Hyperreal Suburbia

2011-12-04T23:03:00.001-05:00

No camera can take this picture. This is a merger of a single photo that was shifted across the spectrum to emphasize the contrasts that we normally do not see in the upper and lower ranges of light.

Enjoy!

Final Product

Steps to recreate...


(1) Original

(2) Use the Levels tool to focus on the lower end of the spectrum at the cost of washing out the sky.

(3) Use the Levels tool to focus on the higher end of the spectrum such that the normal visible range is quite dark.

(4) A gradual transparent erasure of the sky region from the over-exposed ground picture. Layer that on top of the understated sky picture for the final result.

To the Setting Sun

2011-12-04T22:34:00.001-05:00

Behind a Leaf

2011-12-01T20:40:00.001-05:00

Floral Twist

2011-11-29T20:25:00.001-05:00

Reflections on Shadow

2011-11-29T20:24:00.001-05:00

Outward Spiral

2011-11-17T22:16:00.001-05:00

Click the black square below to play.

Summer

2011-11-17T21:44:00.001-05:00

Spring

2011-11-10T22:35:00.001-05:00

Winter

2011-11-09T20:40:00.002-05:00

Fall

2011-11-09T20:39:00.003-05:00

Shades of a City

2011-11-01T20:37:00.001-04:00

Gargoyle Kitten

2011-11-01T20:36:00.001-04:00

Rock-n-Roll Snowman

2011-10-31T22:56:00.001-04:00

Evolution: Fish

2011-10-14T22:26:00.002-04:00

Igloo at Dusk

2011-10-14T22:20:00.000-04:00

Ancient Soup

2011-10-13T19:39:00.001-04:00

Alphabet Poster

2011-10-13T19:37:00.000-04:00

Z - Zebra

2011-10-12T19:38:00.000-04:00

Y - Yak

2011-10-12T19:37:00.000-04:00

X - Xiphias

2011-09-21T21:22:00.000-04:00

W - Walrus

2011-09-21T16:20:00.000-04:00

V - Vulture

2011-09-05T19:35:00.002-04:00

U - Urchin

2011-09-05T19:34:00.002-04:00

T - Tiger

2011-08-24T20:10:00.000-04:00

S - Snail

2011-08-22T23:31:00.000-04:00

R - Rhinoceros

2011-08-22T23:30:00.001-04:00

Q - Quail

2011-08-22T23:28:00.000-04:00

P - Porcupine

2011-08-18T21:58:00.000-04:00

O - Owl

2011-08-18T21:57:00.000-04:00

N - Narwhal

2011-08-18T21:56:00.002-04:00

M - Monkey

2011-08-17T00:23:00.002-04:00

L - Llama

2011-08-15T21:07:00.003-04:00

K - Kangaroo

2011-08-15T21:07:00.000-04:00

J - Jellyfish

2011-08-15T21:05:00.000-04:00

I - Inchworm

2011-08-11T21:39:00.002-04:00

H - Hare

2011-08-11T21:38:00.002-04:00

G - Grasshopper

2011-08-11T21:37:00.002-04:00

F - Flamingo

2011-08-11T00:36:00.000-04:00

E - Emu

2011-08-11T00:35:00.000-04:00

D - Dolphin

2011-08-09T20:37:00.002-04:00

C - Cat

2011-08-09T20:36:00.002-04:00

B - Bear

2011-08-09T20:35:00.000-04:00

A - Alligator

2011-08-08T20:39:00.002-04:00

Sundae

2011-07-29T22:56:00.002-04:00

Cavern

2011-07-27T22:36:00.000-04:00

Stained Glass Jazz

2011-07-24T21:41:00.000-04:00

Lunar Pinch

2011-07-15T21:42:00.000-04:00

2011 July 4th Stars

2011-07-10T14:24:00.002-04:00

Seeing in the Dark : Reconstructing Images

2011-07-10T14:17:00.000-04:00

Heather took this 15 Second exposure of me at the beach.
Like something out of a movie there was enough data in the blacks of this picture to create this recontruction

Original
(check this out in your favorite image editor to try it yourself)

Same image with some buffs added to the Levels

Outward Spiral

2011-06-16T19:51:00.002-04:00

Click the black square below to play.

Complex Package

2011-06-16T19:51:00.000-04:00

Moonlight

2011-06-13T23:53:00.000-04:00

Suburban Wilderness II

2011-06-05T21:30:00.002-04:00

Suburban Wilderness I

2011-06-05T21:29:00.002-04:00

Rough Edges (How Nature says Keep Out!)

2011-06-05T21:28:00.000-04:00

360 of Vorhees Park

2011-06-05T21:27:00.000-04:00

Family Room Landing

2011-06-05T01:25:00.000-04:00

Luna sat still while Kiera jumped off to investigate...

First attempt at a circular panorama

My Inspiration

Work and Play

2011-06-01T21:18:00.000-04:00

Plan

Eye on the Ball

2011-05-18T20:27:00.000-04:00

Rainbow Stew

2011-05-17T20:43:00.000-04:00

Photon Weave

2011-05-17T20:42:00.000-04:00

Silhouette Echos

2011-05-16T22:30:00.002-04:00

Hidden Paradise

2011-05-16T22:29:00.000-04:00

Flight of the Dandelion - HOWTO

2011-05-05T23:16:00.001-04:00

Finished Version
Lighting to highlight the seed's parachute along with some detail work on the fan.

Rough Plan and Color Selection

Sky and clouds blended in.
The middles of the hills are shadowed for depth.

Rainbow Pie

2011-05-04T22:46:00.003-04:00

Infinite Napkin III

2011-05-04T22:46:00.000-04:00

The Storm

2011-05-03T23:20:00.000-04:00

Supermassive Rose

2011-05-03T23:19:00.002-04:00

Square Stacks

2011-05-03T23:18:00.002-04:00

Historic Software

2011-04-28T06:42:00.000-04:00

Time Flies

2011-04-28T06:41:00.000-04:00