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Pyramid Lightning

These are the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Lightning is hard to shot during the day. You need a very long shutter speed to stand a chance of catching a strike. But when you point at the sky it does not...

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Normanton Church

This is Normanton Church on the shore Rutland Water. I used low opacity split toning, desaturation and various blend modes to get the dramatic sky without too many unnatural colours. As all thing are...

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Dahab Boat

This is Dahab in Egypt. To process this image I applied a separate curve for the sky and the sea. I wanted to add some vignette so I created a new layer with a Radial Gradient Fill and set the blend...

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Festival Cycle

I had a phone call today telling me this image has won the Cambridge Folk Festivals Reward My Ride photo competition. The brief was to submit an image of green transport to the festival. I did not...

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Aswan Panorama

This is the river Nile in Aswan, Egypt. I wanted to create a spot colour effect with the Blues and Greens. Instead of making a mask I used a black and white layer with a duplicate image above set to...

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Hathor Fractal

This is a statue of Hathor in Egypt. To process this image I used a new technique I discovered last night. I saw it used with great effect on this image of an Amur Leopard taken by Thomas A. Statas....

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Fractal Lizard

This is an cropped old photo of a lizard in Jamaica was taken with my first digital camera an Casio EX-Z3. I do not know if this type of lizard is a herbivore, carnivore or omnivore. Please leave a...

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Fractal Hieroglyphics

These Hieroglyphics are from Luxor in Egypt. To process this image I took an existing stock image which had undergone HDR processing then I used the Photoshop Plugin Fractalius. I took a while for me...

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The Rings

These are my brothers gold wedding rings. As they are both fans of middle earth I decided to give the rings a little magic. I started by making a mask of the rings then used it to Desaturate and Blur...

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Pyramid Panorama

These are the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. This image began as five separate shots. Instead of developing each RAW I stitched them together as jpegs. Once stitched and cropped the resultant image had a...

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Red Chevy

This is a 1957 Chevrolet in Trinidad, Cuba. To process this image I used a similar technique as the Blue Chevy. Orton Effect on the car and desaturation and de-focus background. To add some extra...

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Colosseum 1926

This started life as one of my Grandfathers Pictures from Rome, Italy in 1926. The Colosseum is so well photographed it did not take long to find a modern image shot from the same angle. Google maps...

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Cuban Man

This was my first attempt at portraiture. Back in 2004 I decided to try and get the perfect cover shot for the lonely planet guide to Cuba. Cuba is a place soaked in history so to get that across I...

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Pimped Lada

I decided to have a go at pimping this Lada from Cuba. If anybody knows the model please leave a comment. To process this image I used the same technique as Red Chevy. Orton Effect, Fractalius and...

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Future World

It took 2 satellites 16 days to create the original image.  Fortunately it is in the public domain so It is fine to use it. Rather than the traditional Blue Marble I wanted to age the earth and give it...

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Misty Meadows

Last night we went to the Ferry Meadows Firework Display. This was taken at the end of the display. It was the second time I have photographed it with two cameras. I set up my prime lens to capture the...

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World Eye

I know this has been done before but I decided it was time for my take on this classic piece of digital art. Like Future World I used an image of the world in the public domain. This time showing the...

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Sinai Coast

This is the Sinai coast in Egypt. After developing this image in Camera RAW it showed some nasty colour distortion in the shadow areas. It looks like alternate green and purple bands over the image. If...

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Eden Project

This is the Eden Project in Cornwall, UK. The Image is an example of how you can simulate Tilt-shift photography in order to create the look of a miniature scene. Essentially you create a narrow band...

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Advent Calendar

This is for anyone who does not have an Advent calendar. Please feel free to print this out. It’s in A4 ratio 1:1.4142. This Obelisk from Egypt pre-dates Christmas by quite a few years but at least its...

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