Smee Again

Don't know if it was smart or not, but first Oncology doctor was quite difficult to deal with, and treatments were not consistent. Transferred to UAMS and they got right on it. They give more info about what is going on. I finally know what stage. I get to see my blood work. They (so far) don't tell me "do not come in" and then fuss at me when I obey their instructions. Back to fun stuff . . . Tried the luts late last evening: really good work. Thanks for sharing!

Missed this earlier because I was busy. Between some mapping work, preparing a talk for Thursday, and trying to psych myself up for chemotherapy tomorrow -- I sorta blew through things. Look good, so I downloaded them. When I get back tomorrow evening or Tuesday I'll give them a look. Thanks

Actually, it's "Stu De Baker". Not sure what Stu bakes or why. But he put his name on some pretty sharp vehicles . . . 1950 champion . . . (modernized of course.

Thanks for looking. Yep, made quite a few of them. Even made a small tracked transporter during WWII (M29 Weasel), but they are best known for their cars. One of my uncles had a 1950 Champion (I think that was the model -- the one with the pointy nose). When I was 5 or 6 I took a bumper jack and a 4 way lug wrench and removed all 4 tires and left it sitting on the ground (I was a bad kid when I was bored).

Can't share images here? I'm not one to click on "link" to an unfamiliar site or sharing site. Malware and all you know . . .

Only the background layers (wall, curb, and blacktop) and reflections (mirrors and rear glass) are pixel layers. Everything else is vector. 1953 Studebaker pickup truck. Not finished with the image, just got to a point where I decided to share what I had so far.

Nice pic!

Ah, I should always mark such questions at "RHETORICAL THOUGHT FOLLOWS:" I guess. RHETORICAL THOUGHT FOLLOWS: Also, the squeaky wheel that sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard is usually the one that gets greased first. In real life, all the wheels get lubed at the same time because it's just easier and keeps things quieter longer. (just an old man's musings, no need to read anything into it)

Hmm . . . is anyone at Serif listening? Would be nice to know it is in the works, or even better on its way. Have friends who, after trying the demo, see the lack of a layer fill slider as enough reason to remain with PS.

To make those raindrops really pop, use the "High Pass" live filter. Run the slider all the way to the right. Select "Linear Light" as the blend mode, then press <CTRL> + <i> to invert that layer. Now, grab a paint brush and on the live filter layer, paint over the rain drops with white and watch what happens. If you need to, you can go back and adjust the strength of the High Pass filter to get the effect you desire.

Trying my hand at "minimalism" . . . but I've been assured that it's not going well. Still, I did like these two images. First image is one of my father's old center punches. I like to use it to set finishing nails when I'm doing finish carpentry. Second image is a pocket knife I received as an anniversary gift from my wife and daughter. They were getting worried about seeing me trimming my nails with my Gerber hunting knife.

Another try with the day lillies . . . backlit.

No criticism of the OP or anyone on this thread but . . . using "glyphs" instead of words just seems like one more step towards a society where reading and writing are discouraged. Only 63 years old, but I have certainly seen a departure from literacy. "The one witch broke" . . . Which witch is he talking about? Is she out of money or not functional? "Grab the book over their" . . . Over their what? "Were are you" . . . I was at home. I've been to most of the 50 states. What time period are you talking about? Knowledge is power, and I have no problems with adding to either my vocabulary or knowledge. On the other hand, the powers that be also know that knowledge is power. Things were so much easier in the dark ages. People were easier to control because they didn't know any better. Illiteracy was a boon to oppressors the world over for centuries, and so it continues today. Fake news? Why not just call it a lie if it isn't true? Afraid you might offend someone by calling them a liar? Well, if they can't handle being offended, they shouldn't lie. We as a society are already failing at communicating using words. Can you imagine the chaos if we went to glyphs for communication? Sorry, society's enthusiasm over this just escapes my understanding.

Looks like blackberry blooms. Nice job.

A little "focus stacking", some other fun with blend modes, channels, blend if, masking, and a cloud. This is the finished image for my enjoyment. Same image, this time without the cloud, masking, or blend if . . . the nice contrast was done by grabbing a gray scale copy of the blue channel and using "soft light" blend mode and transparency until I achieved what appealed to me. This is the image The third image is one of three shots taken. Images were taken with Canon T7 and Quantaray 70-300 macro lens. Exposure was 1/100s @ f/11 and with ISO set to 100. Of course, I had to use a tripod because I'm not as steady as I used to be.

Really liked his "style" and you captured it well. There was a series on the History Channel called "Big Easy Motors" out of my home town of New Orleans, LA. They found and restored one of his trikes. Sometimes it looks like his creativity was almost boundless! Age: Lots of the folks here are like me . . . we are older than we act. Personally, if I make it a couple more months, I'll be 64 years old. The best part of that is . . . as a street racer in the late 1970's, I got to own a couple of real vehicles he based his drawings on. Not ones owned by him, but the "models" . . . I drove too fast, took too many chances but was fortunate to never have an accident.

Pink Day Lilly Flower of a Bell Pepper plant.

Very "Ed Roth"ish. Was he your inspiration? Great work, and looks very much in the same vein. I'm just a child of the '60's. Not the same, but made me think of this one

Still trying to find a way to make some images look more like paintings than photographs. Original image: Experimental - better than last time:

. . . one other avenue you could try: Export as PDF then rename the extension as ".ai" (without quotes). Since PDF files are the same as Adobe Illustrator files (.ai), the forum won't display, but anyone who opens it with a graphics program will be able to view it. Did that all the time with Drawplus when entering a drawing for consideration by 99designs.

Going through some images from a couple months ago, really liked these little wildflowers. Thought the bee on the far left was kind of neat as well. Mostly used "selective color" and some dodging and burning. Here is the original -- resized of course for the forum.

I thought that perhaps you had taken a photo of a spider web and used "blend if" to overlay it on your original image similar to this, but with a bit more bokeh:

Nice pic. The texture is really neat, so I'm just asking: Is this a double exposure (one image superimposed over another)? Really like the image, keep going. Look forward to seeing more in the future!

A visitor to our garden. Hope it decides to stay . . .

Thank you, but clueless me was just in the right place at the right time. Had some chromatic aberration from my lens to fix (cloned it out). Other than cleaning that up and accenting the cyan and yellow, the image is straight out of camera.