Surrealism Revisited

I started playing with warping effects of some rather bland scenery shots. Philip Hyde said that nature is dramatic enough, that it doesn't need to be dramatized. But I find it fascinating to bend it and create a new world from our own.. with new spaces, new laws, new definition of time... And yet it still resembles our own world...

I wish I could visit these places... lol!!

A little Shake

Four layers here to mimic double exposure, with one an inversion to mimic solarization.

I also liked the seed image... One in and one out of focus. Shot on a black background by the window. Increased contrast.

Exposed

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 14-45mm

D200

Tried something... Shot the picture of my son's girlfriend using a flash and long expouser and then immediately after the flash fired turned and pointed the lens at the Christmas tree.

I'm Watching You

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 20mm F1.7

abstract for Dec. project

Taken with a sony nex 5 p&s with an old 50/1.5 Jupiter-3 lens attached with a 3rd party adapter.

Natural Fireworks

D200

Many nights during the summer we have natural fireworks.

Growing Hand

Saw a surreal shadow in the afternoon sun...

Is this the true image of the San Francisco

D200

While riding a cable car, this tour bus was stopped next to us. This was the reflection off the windows of the buildings behind us. I wonder what the tourists were thinking when I took the picture.

ET (The Extraterrestrial)

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 20mm f1.7

Soldiers

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 20mm f1.7

Double Pane Window?

Kind of has a double exposure feel since the city lights blend rather seamlessly with the scene behind me.

Filoli Garden near Crystal Springs Reservoir

I shot this (double exposures) with my Seagull camera. The shot of the garden gate has plenty dark areas that allows much of the pool (2nd shot) shown. I found the result very pretty.

Playing Tetris

.. with city spaces.

Hanging in There

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 20mm f1.7

Seeking Surrealism

The surrealism suggestion came from a whimsical interest of mine, as many motivations in my life seem to be... Inarticulate and Skittish. I know there are tonnes of post-processed and incredible surreal photographs on the web. I have been looking... My qualm with that is that it requires a lot more planning. One image may have so many sketches and reformations. And then, there is the photographing itself. Many layers of possible work. So I have gone back to the basics of the surrealists and given myself only the camera as my tool. (ok-maybe the quick and easy edits). Finding a way to see the current world as a possible parallel one... Seeking out the surreal feeling of the present. It's quite fun this way :)