Today I decided to take some pictures I've had on my hard drive for a while and mess around with them in Photoshop. This is what got me interested in Photoshop and digital art to begin with. When I realized I could recreate all those effects I thought I needed a dark room for, I was forever hooked.
I try to keep things simple, but still interesting and hopefully, unexpected. The problem with Photoshop and other similar programs is that sometimes, if you're not careful, you end up making something that just screams "filters." I like to try to use filters and other effects in Photoshop in a way that doesn't muddle the work too much, in a way that makes everything look more interesting, but it's hard to tell why exactly, kind of like a good makeup job...
That being said, I took a picture of a falcon eating a pigeon in a snow storm that I think stands on its own pretty well, but I figured I'd give it a once over, resulting in this neon explosion of feathers (click for full size)...
Then I found some old pictures from a snowstorm we had in VT in 2014 or so, one of the woods and one of a street in downtown Burlington. I wanted to try two different styles that still worked as a pair, I'm not sure if I pulled that off or not, but I still like what I came up with...
I think I'll probably try to do a few more before the day is over, but I wanted to post these now just in case I get sidetracked or do something less interesting that isn't blog-worthy.