I guess by now it has become pretty evident that I like to try and keep upbeat with the pictures that I post; sunshine and flowers and all that kind of thing. But today while I was walking along the path at Spring Valley I heard the church bell, not chiming the hour as I first thought, but keeping up a somber toll as if for a death and that gave me the idea for this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge. Thanks to Tina at ‘Travels and Trifles’ I’m looking for Something Different A somber view of nature (with the help of a little photo manipulation.)
A view of our local park after a heavy rainfall taken with my phone camera. The day was sunny but with a little assistance from Snapseed the results looked quite different from the original.
The remains of an old tree at Spring Valley looked quite cheerful in the original picture but after I superimposed a shot of the smoke and flames taken at last week’s burn, it took on a whole different look.
From fire to ice. With a bit more photo manipulation, a koi fish trapped in a frozen pond.
And autumn leaves on a rotting log seem a little more forbidding with the color drained from them with a bit of photo processsing.
The frog is, as it was…..dead. Just below the surface of a watery grave. Perhaps the victim of a cruel winter, pollution or maybe just old age. The more somber side of nature and just a little different from the images I usually like to capture.
Very creative Sue. You changed the entire outlook of these photos in a very thought-provoking way. Nice work!
Thanks, Deb! It’s amazing what changes you can make to an image, altering the whole atmosphere, with even the most basic software.
How clever to use software to give a new perspective on an image. Very original and interesting photos.
Thanks, Marianne! I rarely come across anything that’s very different from the usual, so I thought some photo editing might shake things up a bit.
I like to think the frog was just having a rest LOL. But seriously, some fine work this week Sue – well done!
Thanks, Tina! Yes, I kept hoping the frog would just turn over and swim away but I’m afraid his swimming days were over.
Good work with the editor.
Thanks, Tom! I probably should have added that no fish were harmed in the pursuance of this post.
Innovative!
Thanks, John! Your comment was much appreciated.
Chilling and fun at the same time, Sue! How did you do it?? Great work. I enjoyed this.
Thanks, Patti! Every once in a while I like to dip into the darker side of nature and this seemed like a good opportunity. Plus I do enjoy tiddling around with the photo editing software on the computer.
Makes sense. The dark side of nature–true. I often think of nature as having 2 faces–like Kali. Benevolent and violent. Such is life!!
All I can say is… GLURP!
Haha! Yes, John, I can well imagine those were the frog’s last words.
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Oh, well done with the post-processing ‘shaking up’,Sue