Quail Roost Farm, NC

                       
                          Photograph by my friend, Julia Mattingly-Horrigan
                          who has taken an interest in making
                          fine photographs.

                          This locale is a wonderful place to live and work.
                          Gentle rolling country and peaceful meadows.
                          Serene and tranquil.

                          A lovely photograph that does
                          justice to the landscape and
                          in a very artistic manner.

Catholic Church, Nebraska

Reflection #2 - 2017

Little Man of Steel

The Path, Washington Park

Topaz: Simplify

Figure On Grain Bin, Nebraska

                    Topaz: Simplify

Peoria Arboretum

                            Negative Print

Masked Mannequin

           
                                      Attempted Fashion Shot

On North Bruns Lane (IR & Topaz Simplify)

Drive-By-Shooting, 11th St., Springfield, IL (Infrared Grab Shot)

       
            My files contain several thousand "Drive-By-Shooting" exposures. Most of them are
             shot at fairly high speed as Mrs. Hill drives me all over the landscape. I keep my
             little IR camera pointed out the window as she traverses the highways at around 70 MPH.
             I focus on things out of the corner of my eye hoping to catch instances of ephemeral
             landscape about which I have no idea of the parameters of composition or any sane consider-
             ation of technique. By the time I shoot more than 1/5th of a second has passed and the
             scene has been altered from that which caused me to press the shutter in the first place.
             Very few of these exposures are done within city speed zones. This photograph is one
              such example.
           

Washington Park Duck Lake (Infrared)

Spatial Anomolies, 11th @ E. South Grand, Springfield, IL

Drive-By-Shooting, Iowa (Infrared at 75 MPH)

Man from Earstwhile, Pebble Beach, CA (Negative Print)

Weathered Wood In Colour

Weathered Wood

Homo Erectus, Pebble Beach, CA (Negative image)

Dumpster Dive 3172

This maze was seen at the bottom of a dumpster and is part of my Dumpster Dive Series which is comprised of more than a thousand images - most of which are not very good. The elements of the photograph are made of broken glass and a few electrical wires. You never know what can be seen inside a dumpster until you look.

Backyard Bar-B-Q, West Jefferson St., Springfield, IL

Skinny Dipping At Volo Bog

                             Photograph treated with Topaz Simplify

Girl with Blue Umbrella & Black Cat

Boy At Peoria Botanical Garden

InfraRed Photograph

Metal Sculpt In IR, Peoria Botanical Garden

It usually isn't a good idea to use another's artwork in an effort to make it your own. I don't know the name of the artist but feel that the work is quite strong with the selection of the proper background in InfraRed. My only addition is that back ground and the selection of that part of the work which makes the strongest presentation.

Walking On the News

I don't often take this genre photograph. There are so many other great photographers who excel at this stuff. However, after watching a lot of people walk across this spot it finally occurred to me that it might make an interesting snapshot.

Peoria Botanical Garden and Figure (Infrared & Topaz B/W effects)

Old Man & Dog At Peoria Arboretum

Resignation

                                                                        Resignation
                           
Entered in Gallery 510's 2017 October National Art Competition; Breast Cancer Awareness Section. Winner of 1st place over all other sections. Depicts a woman with left breast removed. The following poem by Martha Manning from Undercurrents appeared along side the photograph:

Depression is such a

cruel punishment. 

There are no fevers,

no rashes, no blood

tests to send people

scurrying in concern,

just the slow erosion

of self, as insidious as

cancer. And like cancer,

it is essentially a

solitary experience, 

a room in hell with only

your name on the door.

Luthy Arboretum, Peoria, IL

Peoria Luthy Botanical Garden: Bird of Paradise (Infra Red Photograph)

Lone Pine Peak from Alabma Hills, CA

Nebraska Mail Boxes, Rising Moon & Haiku

FUEIF3 - 1a

Untitled Event

Nude, Garrapata Beach

Hag In the Wood (Revisited)

Dumpster Dive, Untitled #13

Promethius Bound (Negative/Positive Print)

Pink Lady Slipper, Positive/Negative

Drive By Shooting, Gallery Hanging, 2013

Negative Wiring On Positive Terminals

Dumpster Dive 1372, Untitled

Torso, Study In Contrasting Textures

North of Arlington, NE from Bell Street

Tupelo Forest, Cache River Wetlands, Shawnee National Forest - 2015

Wall Of Remembering, Burned Out Building, Mason City, IL

the Balcony Apartments, Omaha - Post Processing With Serif Tools

Cache River Wetlands & Figure

Biker & Two Ladies, Fremont, NE

Sunday Afternoon, North Bend, NE - (Photographic Composite)