Summer Roses

Top: Summer Rose.
Bottom: Summer Flower.

I was only going to upload one of these pictures, but I couldn't decide which one to upload, so I uploaded them both instead!

Again, they were created in Photoshop. For the first one, I applied a rose paintbrush to a white background and for the second one, I applied the same paintbrush to a coloured background before adjusting the tone and colour to achieve the highlights and shadows that I wanted.

To be honest, I'm quite pleased with the end result. They turned out better than I expected!

A Pocketful of Spring

I was just messing around with patterns and colours - and came up with this one by sheer accident!
I was quite pleased with the results, though. :-)

Still Life with Flowers

Eternal Spring

Here's another one that I created using a flowery paintbrush...

Beauty's Dream

Again, I created this one in Photoshop, using a rose paintbrush plus...
...yes, you've guessed it, another picture of the sky.
I took the photo a couple of weeks ago and thought it would make an effective backdrop, so I began experimenting with it. I only added the roses just to see what they'd look like against a cloudy backdrop - and I was quite pleased with the result!

Illusions

Just a little something else that I created in Photoshop (and that's all I'm saying, he he!!!).

Purple Pansies

We have some beautiful purple pansies in our garden - and I just couldn't resist getting a couple of shots...

Unfortunately, I had to brave the rain in order to take these pictures, though. Typical British weather!

Abstract Rose

I think the title says it all really...

Lines, Colours and Patterns.

Top: Abstract Flower.
Bottom: Galaxy Warriors.


I experimented with lines, patterns (not to mention those wonderful fans that you get with Photoshop) and colours last night - and was quite surprised with the end result!

Abstract Flower was my first project of the night. I created it in monochrome, then decided to add colour to it later. I thought it looked OK, so I decided to have another go - and came up with Galaxy Warriors!


Galaxy Warriors may have just been another experiment in Photoshop, but it comes from my love of both the science-fiction and fantasy genres. I've loved both sci-fi and fantasy ever since I was a kid
and I try to incorporate it into as many of my pictures as I can.

Spring Warmth, Summer Yellow

Here's 2 that I made earlier, he he!

Well, actually, the first one is a photo taken on a hot day in June a couple of years ago. We had an abundance of buttercups back then - and when I say abundance, I mean it! They were all over the park, in our gardens...
Basically, they were everywhere! A sea of yellow flowers. It was a beautiful sight!

The second picture was one that I created just a few days ago, after I'd created yet another flower brush in Photoshop. I must have tried around a dozen different colours before I settled on the soft pastel shade above.

Pink Beauty

I took this one while I was out on my travels a couple of days ago.

I don't know what it is about nature, but something attracts me to it, rather like a moth attracted to a flame (no pun intended). Perhaps it's the poet in me speaking out, or perhaps it's the desire for solitude - or even the desire to get away from it all, since I live in what I call a "concrete jungle".

I don't know exactly what attracts me to nature, but all the same, I like what I see - and if I like it, I take pictures!

Portraits of Light

Top: Still Life with Roses.

Centre: Portrait of Light.

Bottom: Saccharine Roses.

While sitting at my computer last night, I had an idea.

I thought that, as it's Mother's Day this coming Sunday here in the UK, I'd try my hand at creating something.

Now I admit that I'm hardly the world's greatest artist. Far from it, in fact - but I must admit that I felt quite pleased with myself when I finished these pictures. In fact, you should have seen the grin on my face!

Saccharine Roses was my first project of the night, created using Photoshop. I then experimented with styles and filters to create Still Life with Roses. A further experiment with filters resulted in Portrait of Light.

I don't often say this, but I'm actually quite pleased with the way they turned out!

Flower of Light

I just couldn't resist this one when I saw it, he he!

I love nature any way it comes - everything from the smallest grasses to the largest animals you can think of! Everything from the small and beautiful to the downright big and scary - and this little periwinkle is no exception...

Wings of a Rose

Our front garden might be small, but we still managed to find space for a bush or three -

one of which is a small rose bush with beautiful pink and yellow roses.

Only one of these pictures is an actual photograph, though - but can you

guess which one it is?