Some details from Maine
They are somewhere between the grand landscape vistas of the Grand Canyon, and the tiny macros showing the pollen grains of a flower. I call them midscapes, small scenes showing some of the interesting things that are all around us.
As is often the case with photography, they are done by deciding what best to leave out rather than include.
The images below were taken in Algonquin.
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The Bridge of Flowers, Massachusetts
Located in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, the Bridge of Flowers started out as a trolley bridge in 1908. After the railway went out of business, it was transformed to its present form in 1929.
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The Find Edges is one of my favorite Photoshop filters for playing with an image.Here’s what you can do with it.
I added a layer to the shot of the center of a Trillium and applied Filter >> Stylize .. Find Edges. It result in the image below:
Find Edges Layer
I then reduced the opacity of this layer to something I liked the look of (in this case 20%) and flattened the layers. The result was this:
Lowered Opacity to 20%
At this point I just had some fun with it. Raised the light levels, stomped on the contrast and juiced up the saturation. When I was happy with it, I had this:
Final Image
Following are a couple more examples:
 Venice Scene |
 Orkney Stone House |
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This tutorial is a part of the Photoshop Workflow Series
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Golden Ferns, Maine
In the fall. there are great sweeps of golden ferns, in coastal Maine woodlands. I think this is Ostrich fern, Dryopteridaceae matteuccia. If anyone can confirm or correct, please do.
Golden Ferns, Maine
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Classified as a weed by many Government Agricultural Agencies, Bladder campion, Silene vulgaris, is an interesting plant, an introduced species from Europe.
The bladder refers to the inflated calyx at the base of the flower. The young shoots are edible although said to be somewhat bitter in taste.
Just a few miles from house, in a swampy area of open woods, I noted a stand of fist sized flowers. It was a the beautiful northern orchid called Showy Lady’s Slipper. I had never seen it before, it was more than ample reward for getting a bit damp in the rain.
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