Aloe Flower Stalk

I just posted an attempt at "arty-farty" using a photo of an aloe flower stalk that has slowly been growing and opening out on my patio over the last month or so. I tried to create the feel of an old photograph with toning suggestive of age and the addition of noise to suggest the graininess of old photos. Hope you like it.

See this photo of the aloe flower stalk in my slideshow gallery for artistic interpretations.

And of course cards, prints, and custom framing of this photo of an aloe flower can be ordered through Imagekind.

So just one more day and it's Thanksgiving here in the United States. For the 8th year running, I will be celebrating with a group of friends who take turns at hosting. This year Karen is up to bat. Here are a couple of photos of the wonderful Thanksgiving table Juan put together last year: Thanksgiving Table Photos. No pressure, Karen! And Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends!

Water Lily Prints and Cards

Hi Friends,

Well, as promised in my previous post when I shared the first photos of water lilies that I was working on, I have done several more that you might not have seen yet. It's been a lot of fun and there's nothing like color to get me excited.

You can see them all in either the Water Lily slide show gallery or the static Water Lily gallery.

Personally I'm looking forward to getting some of these works printed to hang in my house and also I think they will make great greeting cards too. So I have also posted the photos to my gallery at ImageKind where you can order cards, prints, and even custom framing yourselves if you so wish. So go to it and get yourself some water lily greeting cards here: Water Lily Cards and Prints by John Corney

Thanks as always for your interest! Until next time,

John

Waterlily Series

I was able to take some photos of waterlilies at both the Mission at San Juan Capistrano and the Getty Museum on my recent visits. No one with a camera in hand can resist the allure and beauty of a waterlily which seem to come in such an array of amazing colors from pale creams and yellows to intense pinks and purples, some almost black

So this series of photos will probably keep me going for a while. I just had some fun with one photo tonight and used different blending modes to create 6 slightly different outcomes. Hopefully one or two of them will appeal. By the way, if you haven't done so already, sign up to receive email alerts whenever I post something to this photoblog and don't miss out on anything.

Slideshow of waterlily photos

Static gallery of waterlily photos