Devastation

                         A Breast Cancer Awareness digital construction
                         with setting in Central Park in Decatur, Illinois
               

Breast Cancer Awareness

                         Digital Construction for Illinois Art Gallery 

                         October National Breast Cancer Awareness

                         section of the national competition. 1st Place.

Wall Art and Utility

Wall Art, Springfield, IL (Edited With Topaz Simplify)

Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon, Washington Park, Springfield, IL (Infrared)

Dumpster Dive Orientaal

                   
                         It's amazing what can be found on the inside
                        wall of a dumpster - if you can abide the odor.

Homage to Andrew Wyeth

                         Form of the Woman
                         beneath the sun of summer,
                         soft clouds drifting by.
                                - Haiku in classic style by Jim Hill

Sunflower Dress In Store Front, Fremont, Nebraska

Dumpster Dive 2018 (With Bracket)

Dumpster Dive 2017b (Paint Splatter) Negative Print

The Engaged Observer

                              Subtitle: Cedarhurst Statue Viewing
                           One of My Dumpster Dive Photographs

Pt. Lobos, Pebble Beach IIa, CA (Negative Image)

                           From a Tmax100 reversal process of a shot at

                           Weston Beach, Point Lobos, CA

Drive-By-Shooting, Storm Coming (Infrared)

Visitation, Angel In My Window

                    This image was hidden in my files as it was so dark
                    that it was destined for File 13. There was a faint
                    image of the brightest part of the photograph so it
                    was decided to use automatic contrast to see what
                    would happen. Walla! Eventually had to increase
                    brightness to 100% twice and lighten the angel more
                    locally.

Speeding Truck Cab on N,Oakland, Decatur, IL

                       
             This effect was obtained while during exposure through a
             40 - 150mm lens the focal length was rapidly changed from
             short to long.

From the Garden of Parroquia de San Miguel Arcangel

Drive-By-Shooting, Country Road, Central Missouri (Infrared)

Geese Feeding, I-72 Rest Stop, Indiana (Infrared)

Drive-By-Shootings, Central Illinois 4a (Infrared

Fremont Lakes State Recreation Area - Nebraska

Drive-By-Shooting, West Out of Decatur, IL On I-72

                                                     Infrared

Christmas Tree Farm, North of Arenzville, IL

                                                     Infrared

Drive-By-Shooting XIV, I-80, Northern Illinois

                         I have no idea what this is but it was outside
                         the passenger side window at 75 mph and
                         fairly close to us. I know this much because It          
                         was between frame #'s 13 and 15 on the roll
                         of film. TMax 100.

Trrunk & Figure, Sugar Grove, IL

                                                  Infrared

Doggie In the Window, Fremont, Nebraska

Drive-By-Shooting at 55 mph, SR 36 West of Illiopolis, IL (Infrared)

Drive-By-Shooting, I-72, Central Illinois, Eastbound

                          Heading East on I-72 at 65 MPH (Infrared)
                          Streaks in sky are reflections from window.

American Flag & Eagle

Drive-By-Shooting, I-72, Central Illinois

                           
                           About 70 mph on I-72 heading west. Infrared

Empty Billboard, N. 9th, Springfield, IL

                            Dark shadows hiding

              nothing on white nothingness.

              Winter is coming.
                                                   - Haiku in classic style by Jim Hill

Riding Lincoln's Coattails

Alice Elizabeth Coberly-Hill by Jim Hill

Bog, Shawnee National Forrest, Southern Illinois (Infrared)

                                  Accomplished with Topaz Simplify

Old Man In Central Park, Decatur, IL

       
                  The most difficult thing for me when adding a figure,
                  such as this old man, is the shadows. Further, when
                  choosing something to add one must consider the
                  direction of the light falling upon the insert. It should
                  match the direction of light falling on other objects
                  in the photograph.

Morse Bluff Welcomes You

Self Portrait by Julia Mattingly-Horrigan

Washington Park, A Spring Afternoon - (Infrared)

Peeling Paint On A Rusty Barrel

       
          Sub title: Poodle Dognapping A Lady

Biker, Child & Dancer

Raindrops On the Rear Window by Julia Mattingly-Horrigan

       
          This photograph, and the one below, represent a new direction in
          seeing for Ms Horrigan. It is discovery oriented and displays an
          elevated interest in common events that inevitably escape the
          regard of most people. Though both have been done spur of the
          moment, every element, of these two photographs, has been
          carefully considered in the post production presentation.

Raindrops on A Window by Julia Mattingly-Horrigan

Quail Roost Farm, N.C. by Julia Mattingly-Horrigan

                 
               Another lovely photograph from the lens of Julia. She certainly
               has beautiful settings in which to work. However, one can not
               count on beautiful settings unless one has the eye to include that
               which makes the photograph more than just a snapshot - as this
               one does.

Back Side of Businesses, Fairview Shopping Center, Decatur, IL

Blue Wall Va, Missouri Valley, Iowa

Starry, Starry Night IV

       
                              Paint spatter on a dark metal surface.

Blue Wall, Missouri Valley, Iowa

Rape of the Daemon

Window Reflection, Law Center, Springfield, IL

           The only change was with hue and saturation which I took to extremes. The original image possessed an over all blueish/greenish cast. The windows were not flat, apparently not float glass, and were backed up by reflective draping of some sort.

Jim's Posies Over Rt. 36 In Illinois

Three Orchids, St. Louis Botanical Gardens