The beautiful cow took a leap from the bridge,
And sailed past a swan on a mountain-side ridge.
He landed right onto a flower by the barn,
And laughed as he knitted this frivolous yarn.
“The Cow”
I “met” this young lad the week he was born. The farmer and his wife were over the moon to have a male (good stock = breeding rights). Unlike many bulls, this chap is a softie through and through. Any time I’d approach the fence, he’d come running over for some petting and loving. Still, a bull! This shot was the first time I went past after he’d been isolated from all the girls. It struck me that he looked so sad. I took the wide picture to remember just how alone he was that day.
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Crop:
“The Bridge”
This bridge is on Settler’s Line, the route I took back to Cobourg each time after visiting my friend in Indian River. When this bridge was built it was, frankly, a jarring addition to the beautiful, unspoiled countryside. The modern structure and the ghastly colour were both entirely foreign to the scene. This is what happens when a Torontonian with way too much money, buys a tract of woodland to build a weekend getaway.
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Monochrome:
“The Flower”
One of my new Lens-Artists buddies first told me about, and then encouraged me to try, using AI to alter photographs to look like paintings. This conversion was done on Gemini:
Original:
Gemini Version:
“The Barn”
When I was writing my barn book and editing my barn photos, I played around with filters and vignetting. I thought I’d be able to enhance some shots and p’raps make them a bit more moody. None turned out well enough for the book! This afternoon I had another go at this technique. News flash: Still not good enough!
Original:
Vivid Warm filter with vignetting:
“The Swan”
Confession time: Ever since sitting in a very quiet cinema, watching Mr. Spielberg’s masterpiece “Schindler’s List” (30+ years ago), I’ve been a bit (laugh here!) obsessed with desaturation. When I studied photography, I achieved my highest mark with an image of an old barn with, weirdly, a bright red door. I desaturated the image but for the door and it earned me an incredibly high mark. I was (egotistically) foolishly proud of my image — it wasn’t as good as the red coat that inspired me, but still. Today I had another try, but this time using only Apple’s Photos.
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Desaturated:
Thanks to the amazingness that is our Ritva for this stimulating and challenging challenge! The more I participate in these challenges, the more I am aware of skills I need to learn or hone. This one was lots of fun thanks Ritva! Her post was a photography editing course unto itself. Her images are brills, as always, and her narrative is very informative and interesting. Please check out her post, you’ll be so glad you did and p’raps, like me, you’ll learn from her expertise:
Lens-Artists Challenge #154 / 410 – One Photo Edited
’Til next time, y’all…
The beautiful cow took a leap from the bridge,
And sailed past a swan on a mountain-side ridge.
He landed right onto a flower by the barn,
And laughed as he knitted this frivolous yarn.
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