Playing with photos

I absolutely love taking abstract pictures. When I was a kid I was fascinated by macro photography, because it reveals patterns and textures we neglect to see, but also because how beautifully abstract such images usually are. To me they are worlds within worlds waiting to surprise and delight us.

Thankfully, abstract images are all around us, and I don't need a fancy lens to capture them!



Retouched image of a picture I took of the wooden edge surrounding the children's play area in the beach park at Port Dalhousie, LittleBird's favorite place because of the wonderful historical carousel there.

Water

Lake Ontario on a cloudy summer day.

Sketch of the day

Another landscape study in PS.

Pics From My Camera Department

Leaves are one of my favoritest subjects to paint or photograph. With their variety and simplicity, they never fail to fascinate.



Can you spot the lens flare-like effect of the sun behind the leaves on the upper right corner?

Sketch of the day

Pics-From-My-Camera Department

A tree and some sky...from two months ago.



The first flush of Spring! After the winter's long white spell, the first colors of life are so delicious even the sky suddenly looks animated - what with the blue showing through and the clouds all wispy instead of the dark and brooding clusters of unformed snow.

This picture was taken more than a couple of months ago but I remember how crisp the air felt when BabySparrow and I went out for our walk that day.



And, oh my goodness, the trees! This one is in our condo parking area. There are several others too, but this one is closer to our lot so I wasn't afraid to run up to it and snag a few shots.

Of course, those unbelievable flowers are long gone, but their impact remains both in my mind, and, I hope, in these pictures.

Book number four: WIP

Some samples from the latest book I am illustrating. This one is about charity and generosity - a nice prelude to the blessings of Ramadan.