I have a similar picture from last season's Great Salt Race. The heat does add a cool effect to the photo. Dr Z On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well, I know that that my HDR stuff (most which is quite surreal) hasn't > been your favorite type of foto. I'm under the impression that you prefer > "normal" photography without any distortion. I spose that could be open to > interpretation. Some of the koolest photos I've seen have been distorted > reflections...on water, glass, paint....whatever. Those may or may not be > "off-putting" to you. I really like 'em...but surrealism has always > appealed to me in art. One of my favorite painters is Joan Miró: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Mir%C3%B3 > > Another is Piet Mondrian: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian whose major works consisted of > off-white canvases (and walls) mapped with black lines running horizontally > and vertically. Some of the resultant squares and rectangles were filled > with primary colors...not many of 'em...the rest were left in the off-white > color. I was first attracted to his paintings when I was a "surly, wise-ass > loner kid" of about 14 (the quote comes from a friend who described himself > that way and I immediately saw that the label fit me to a tee.) I did > several 24x36 compositions of this sort, none of which exist today. > > Then I moved on to oils applied with a palette knife and did several > semi-abstract paintings, one of which my sister still has hanging in her > home. Then Uncle Sam decided that I'd look good in green baggy clothing and > I ended up in the army. After basic training, I found that whatever it was > that had driven me in the direction of painting had either been killed off > or had transcended toward photography. I tried painting several times, but > it just didn't click in my head any more. I blame it on the rather brutal > nature of basic training at Ft. Polk Louisiana (called "Tigerland) which > provided a few traumatic episodes....not so much to me, but seeing those who > couldn't be molded into the shape of a soldier treated very cruelly was > something I'd prefer not to dwell on...and I'm not even gonna go into the > murder nor "accidental training casualties." But maybe that's just an > excuse. In any case, I pursued the photography route. > > I did another one last night that looks somewhat conventional in web > format, but when I blew it up to 20x30, it looks like Van Gogh and Seurat > tangled on the front straight and this was the result. The entire foto has > a pointillist quality to it and while the Stohr in the foreground is > relatively clear (although pretty much comprised of dots rather than what > one would expect to see in a photo...and they're not jpg artifacts....they > look more like grainy film), the rest of the pack is almost impressionist in > its appearance. I may try to enhance this effect by using a few different > layers and doing wide brush strokes on the background and enhancing the > "pointillist-type" dots on the foreground, then blending them softly. > > Speaking of that, I got my copy of Photoshop CS5 yesterday from my > daughter-in-law who works at the UofU. But the damned thing wants student > ID, major, anticipated date of graduation, etc. Nothing is ever easy. It > always takes longer and costs more. > > @Aleta: The tight composition is the result of telephoto foreshortening > and cropping, although the subject is what it is. A 2nd one is > attached...this may provide some fodder for the impressionist/surrealist > creature inside me. > > > r > > > Sent from my Dreadnought using that barely tolerable Thunderbird email program > > > On 7/23/2010 7:35 AM, humminboid@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hmmmm...howcome?? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray Buck" <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:23:44 PM > Subject: [ratpack] Re: This could be one of Aleta's paintings > > Thanks, Carl. I kinda thought you wouldn't like that one...just shows to > go ya that there's a reason for the word "ass" in "assumption." > > r > > > On 7/22/2010 9:27 PM, humminboid@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Outstanding! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray Buck" <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 7:21:55 PM > Subject: [ratpack] This could be one of Aleta's paintings > > The start of the IMSA Lites (ok, they call 'em Prototype Lites now) race > from turn 1 with an effective 900+mm of glass and distortion from a hot > track. Surreal as hell. I'm printing an 9x10 of it just to see what it > looks like on paper. > > r > > -- Dr. Z aka Michael Wells MCWells Photography mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx 801-850-7279
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