Great Egret

We recently took a trip to Indian Shores, Florida. It's on the Gulf side of Florida. The image above as well as the Blue Heron in the previous post were both made on the beach. It's home to lots of shore birds throughout the year. I am processing images from the trip and will post more images and information on the trip in future posts.

The Great Blue Heron

High Key Flower Image

Using a tabletop, I placed these three flowers on a white plate and used window lighting as well as artificial light and reflectors to make this image. I added texture in post processing. I have other images from this mini-session but have yet to process anything else.

Before and After Mirror Montage

The two images here show how a single image can be presented in different ways. The first is the original image (some texture added, of course). The second image is simply the first image using a mirror montage as mentioned in other posts.

If you work on this technique and decide to use textures as I did here, I recommend first creating the mirror montage then apply the texture. I first tried by simply making a mirror montage of the first processed image (after the texture was applied ~ lazy, I guess). But, it didn't work so well. Too much texture and not enough control of the texture. So, I went back to the files and used the original, pre-textured image, made a mirror montage, then applied the texture and adjusted it to my liking.

When it comes to techniques like this, the bottomline is its' all a matter of personal taste and satisfaction.

Differences

Here are two images depicting different tastes, different flavors and different attitude - literally and photographically.

PapayaScape and Andre Gallant website

A simple image of a sliced papaya and texture.

By the way, in a previous post I mentioned that Andre Gallant provided details on his website on how to do photo montages. Well, that was on his previous website edition. He has since changed the formatting and design of his website. Note that at this point, he hasn't included any instructional material.

I really enjoy his photography. It looks like he is in the process of populating galleries with newer images as well as some of his older work. Hopefully, he will archive lots of his older work. I never tire from going back and reveiwing all his work.