Smee Again

Spent a couple of weeks in the hospital recently. Among other problems, I was afraid I was losing my eyesight  due to severe complications resulting in internal bleeding. The doctors sent me home with a blood count of 6.1 and some medications that made my problems worse. Thank goodness for the Home Healthcare Nurse who took the time to study my discharge papers and find the "stop this medication" notices kind of hidden there. In 2 days I lost almost 20 pounds of fluid and the top of my feet stopped hurting when I walked.
Enough depressing stuff!
This image uses two photographs. One is a bit of concrete that had an interesting pattern and the other was of some dahlia flowers in our garde. I used "blend-if", a color fill layer using soft light blend mode and a duplicate fill layer using subtract blend mode. To finish it off, added a bit of gausian noise.
Was going for a sort of watercolor feel.

Spent a couple of weeks in the hospital recently. Among other problems, I was afraid I was losing my eyesight  due to severe complications resulting in internal bleeding. The doctors sent me home with a blood count of 6.1 and some medications that made my problems worse. Thank goodness for the Home Healthcare Nurse who took the time to study my discharge papers and find the "stop this medication" notices kind of hidden there. In 2 days I lost almost 20 pounds of fluid and the top of my feet stopped hurting when I walked.
Enough depressing stuff!
This image uses two photographs. One is a bit of concrete that had an interesting pattern and the other was of some dahlia flowers in our garde. I used "blend-if", a color fill layer using soft light blend mode and a duplicate fill layer using subtract blend mode. To finish it off, added a bit of gausian noise.
Was going for a sort of watercolor feel.

Spent a couple of weeks in the hospital recently. Among other problems, I was afraid I was losing my eyesight  due to severe complications resulting in internal bleeding. The doctors sent me home with a blood count of 6.1 and some medications that made my problems worse. Thank goodness for the Home Healthcare Nurse who took the time to study my discharge papers and find the "stop this medication" notices kind of hidden there. In 2 days I lost almost 20 pounds of fluid and the top of my feet stopped hurting when I walked.
Enough depressing stuff!
This image uses two photographs. One is a bit of concrete that had an interesting pattern and the other was of some dahlia flowers in our garde. I used "blend-if", a color fill layer using soft light blend mode and a duplicate fill layer using subtract blend mode. To finish it off, added a bit of gausian noise.
Was going for a sort of watercolor feel.

Spent a couple of weeks in the hospital recently. Among other problems, I was afraid I was losing my eyesight  due to severe complications resulting in internal bleeding. The doctors sent me home with a blood count of 6.1 and some medications that made my problems worse. Thank goodness for the Home Healthcare Nurse who took the time to study my discharge papers and find the "stop this medication" notices kind of hidden there. In 2 days I lost almost 20 pounds of fluid and the top of my feet stopped hurting when I walked.
Enough depressing stuff!
This image uses two photographs. One is a bit of concrete that had an interesting pattern and the other was of some dahlia flowers in our garde. I used "blend-if", a color fill layer using soft light blend mode and a duplicate fill layer using subtract blend mode. To finish it off, added a bit of gausian noise.
Was going for a sort of watercolor feel.

Here is another one, man this is so hard to do handheld. these are a few of my first with this camera and adapter. 

A lot of nesting and Gaussian blur was involved. The texture was very challenging to get right. I am learning realistic vectoring from Isabel Illustration who is also a member of this platform. On her review of this piece of art she cautioned me against over blurring and I hope to successfully implement her suggestion in my next piece.

Hello, my first handheld macro with my new camera.  Pink Waterdrop

I've never done this before, but apparently I've been missing out for a while.
I watched a video that told me how I could take macro images with my current lens on any DSLR camera. So, I took the kit lens off my Canon EOS Rebel and reversed it in order to take a macro and I have to say it came out pretty good. Of course, that takes away autofocus as well as being able to regulate the aperture -- so the lens is always wide open. You can only adjust ISO and shutter speed so the exposure has to be on manual.
My problem is that my hands aren't as steady as they once were. Used to be able to shoot with a 300mm lens with no noticeable shake at 1/60s, but had to run that up to 1/125s and boost the ISO to 3200 to get a fair image. I guess it's time to admit I need to use my tripod and monopod more.
I was pretty happy with the result, processed the image in Affinity Photo (of course).

Fokusstack and then several textures to make it a bit painterly, all done in Affinity Photo

Sometimes I wander about our garden with a camera in hand. This morning I noticed one of those blue headed birds that is not only content with eating  the Apricots in summer but has taken to chewing the leaves on said Apricot tree. When I feel more energetic I'll set up a telephoto lens and get a decent shot of these birds.
Jeremy.
 

99 jpeg shots stacked with Affinity Photo
 

Vector illustration . All done with affinity designer on the iPad Pro . Been practicing for over one and a half year . Really love this amazing piece of software . All vectors , no pixel layers

And for fun styled a little like a fainted painting and darker (too much I think):

 

Changed background, added textures and lighting effect, dodging and burning locally, some cleaning. I was looking for some old dutch school feeling.
Comments please!
Mft

Cosmos flowers. Shot with Sony A6000, 16-50 kit lens. Edited in Affinity Photo. Download.

I've never done this before, but apparently I've been missing out for a while.
I watched a video that told me how I could take macro images with my current lens on any DSLR camera. So, I took the kit lens off my Canon EOS Rebel and reversed it in order to take a macro and I have to say it came out pretty good. Of course, that takes away autofocus as well as being able to regulate the aperture -- so the lens is always wide open. You can only adjust ISO and shutter speed so the exposure has to be on manual.
My problem is that my hands aren't as steady as they once were. Used to be able to shoot with a 300mm lens with no noticeable shake at 1/60s, but had to run that up to 1/125s and boost the ISO to 3200 to get a fair image. I guess it's time to admit I need to use my tripod and monopod more.
I was pretty happy with the result, processed the image in Affinity Photo (of course).

I've never done this before, but apparently I've been missing out for a while.
I watched a video that told me how I could take macro images with my current lens on any DSLR camera. So, I took the kit lens off my Canon EOS Rebel and reversed it in order to take a macro and I have to say it came out pretty good. Of course, that takes away autofocus as well as being able to regulate the aperture -- so the lens is always wide open. You can only adjust ISO and shutter speed so the exposure has to be on manual.
My problem is that my hands aren't as steady as they once were. Used to be able to shoot with a 300mm lens with no noticeable shake at 1/60s, but had to run that up to 1/125s and boost the ISO to 3200 to get a fair image. I guess it's time to admit I need to use my tripod and monopod more.
I was pretty happy with the result, processed the image in Affinity Photo (of course).

I've never done this before, but apparently I've been missing out for a while.
I watched a video that told me how I could take macro images with my current lens on any DSLR camera. So, I took the kit lens off my Canon EOS Rebel and reversed it in order to take a macro and I have to say it came out pretty good. Of course, that takes away autofocus as well as being able to regulate the aperture -- so the lens is always wide open. You can only adjust ISO and shutter speed so the exposure has to be on manual.
My problem is that my hands aren't as steady as they once were. Used to be able to shoot with a 300mm lens with no noticeable shake at 1/60s, but had to run that up to 1/125s and boost the ISO to 3200 to get a fair image. I guess it's time to admit I need to use my tripod and monopod more.
I was pretty happy with the result, processed the image in Affinity Photo (of course).

@Smee Again  yum!!  Strawberry jam on the hoof!!!

I've never done this before, but apparently I've been missing out for a while.
I watched a video that told me how I could take macro images with my current lens on any DSLR camera. So, I took the kit lens off my Canon EOS Rebel and reversed it in order to take a macro and I have to say it came out pretty good. Of course, that takes away autofocus as well as being able to regulate the aperture -- so the lens is always wide open. You can only adjust ISO and shutter speed so the exposure has to be on manual.
My problem is that my hands aren't as steady as they once were. Used to be able to shoot with a 300mm lens with no noticeable shake at 1/60s, but had to run that up to 1/125s and boost the ISO to 3200 to get a fair image. I guess it's time to admit I need to use my tripod and monopod more.
I was pretty happy with the result, processed the image in Affinity Photo (of course).

Hello Affinity community,
here's my first attempt at a big(for me) vector project. I usually do small logo type of things.
I was a bit hesitant to put this here(not confidant in my ability) but I have to give credit to Fred Lespine   who inspired me to have a go after seeing his projects. 
It's not finished and has a lot of errors, light direction realism etc.
It is a 100% vector image done in Affinity Designer 1.8.
I'm a 52 year old House Builder from NZ.
If you're interested the "Kiwi Rider" is an online motorcycle magazine here in NZ .
If I can, you can, have a go and post your work.
 

 

Here is an example of what I was talking about. First pic is out of camera (of course, resized). Second is done by the process I spoke about.
 

Here is an example of what I was talking about. First pic is out of camera (of course, resized). Second is done by the process I spoke about.
 

Bump . . . been spending a lot of time trying to find some way to get similar effect to no avail. Thought for a while that I was  getting close with "blend-if" but it just wasn't the same.
We really need a "fill" adjustment -- opacity just isn't the same!  Trying to get the desired results using opacity is a bit like trying to use windows 98's paint program to edit photos. You know the results are going to suck, but you keep trying anyhow.

Thank you very much, i tried it and and your  advise for the highpass was very helpfull.