Color and Form on the Upper Baker River

Color and Form on the Upper Baker River 

A combination of unique forms and colors make this image taken on the Upper Baker River particularly interesting.

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A Golden Moment in the Larch Bog

A Golden Moment in the Larch Bog

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A Golden Moment in the Larch Bog 

The Rising TOO - Award Winning Abstract Image

The Rising TOO

Award winning abstract color image. Abstract color image created from multiple color images including colored sheets on a line and images of cornflowers.

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Hidden Color in Muted Seasons

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Color is where you find it - or where you create it. Even in the more muted seasons on the shoulder of fall/winter or winter/spring it can be found in some pretty unexpected places and the results can be much more than you would expect at first blush.

The two images shown here, "Birch Tangle" and "Dogwood Dance" barely show the trees t

hemselves and focus instead on the tangle of branches and the few remaining leaves. The blue of the sky and the soft focus whites of other birches in the background give this image the effect of a painting whose power is derived not from the subject but from the interplay of color and form within the final composition. 

While both are "straight" photographs, with no manipulation at all, each, nevertheless, has a feel of something more than a photo to it. 

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An Adventure in the "Golden Season" Part II

This is part two of a two part series. Click here to go to part one.

At the southern end of the bog I found some cattails that added a new element to the images, although the dead trees that were between the cattails and the larches are a bit of a distraction.

Original image: Cattails and Larches Franconia Bog, 

October 2008, Image by Wayne King

Cattails and Larches Mindscape #1

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Changing from a horizontal image to a vertical image does make the dead trees a more integral part of the image but the loss of other interesting elements make the total image less appealing and while I show the image here for your edification, it did not survive the cut and I do not offer this image as a finished work of art - believing that it is just not up to the standards of the other images in the series.

The final piece represents the most highly manipulated image within the series. While I am fond of the image and feel that it holds together with the others in the series, I don't feel that it stand above them.

The original image is probably the least interesting among all of the images chosen to use from the group taken. Still, the scene was breathtakingly beautiful from almost any angle.

The resulting image is entitled Lone Tamarack Mindscape.

Lone Tamarack Mindscape

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Beech Hill Pond Mindscape

While the original Beech Hill Pond image (right) has been published in several magazines and on multiple websites since it was taken in 2006, I have been wanting to experiment with it for the two years since. As a straight photo it certainly stands on its own.

For those who are drawn to the stunning autumn colors of New England, this image alone is stirring enough. I know that I was moved by the beauty of the scene when I photographed it. In fact, after taking a series of images here, I found a nice quiet spot and sat quietly for about 30 minutes just drinking in the beauty of the day.

However, I'm always looking for some way to take an image like this to a different level. Thus, Beech Hill Pond Mindscape below emerged.

Without divulging every step along that way, the image you see below was created with a process that took about four hours, trying various Photoshop filters and strategies until I settled on the approach that suited me. The beauty of manipulating images is that you can take them in any one of an endless number of directions. Even trying to replicate the same image twice will yield different results. For that reason, one could actually produce a whole series of unique, one-of-a-kind art from one simple image.

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Franconia Pond Larches Mindscape #12

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Franconia Pond Larches Mindscape #11

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Franconia Pond Larches Mindscapes Derivations

This entry looks at five different Mindscape derivations from the same image. Each has its own unique look and each stands on its own as a unique work of art. None of these images would have been possible - except perhaps as individual mistakes derived from darkroom experiments - prior to the age of digital photography and specifically prior to the advent of Photoshop.

Franconia Pond Larches #9 Photographed

in Franconia NH, October 2008

Image by Wayne King

It is arguable that the creation of images like this is more the work of a craftsman than an artist. After all, someone who is very good at Photoshop (which I am NOT), could conceivably replicate the images. It may be self serving, but I believe that the difference between craftsmanship and art lies in the totality of the work. In other words the entire process from choosing the subject, composing the image and then, using the initial baseline image, creating the final images.

Franconia Pond Larches Mindscape #9

Tamarack Inversion

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Franconia Pond Larches Mindscape #10

Larch Reflections

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Franconia Pond Larches Mindscape #11
First Snow on Tamarack Pond

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Franconia Pond Larches Mindscape #12
Bakers Dozen Larches

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Franconia Pond Larches Mindscape #13
Snow on Larches

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Franconia Bog Larches Mindscape

Franconia Bog Larches Mindscape

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