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How To Create Minimalistic Landscapes Using Blur Filters in Photoshop

 For at least 10 - 15 years I love creating abstract minimalistic landscapes such as beach and forest scenes in my post processing of photos using a range of Photoshop's blur filters.  Here's one of my latest images that features this (and other) techniques: The original photo was taken almost 15 years ago with a 7 megapixel Canon Camera, but I wanted to challenge myself and try to make more interesting image out of it.  Start I came across this image while browsing through my photo archive and kind of liked the scene with the woman enjoying standing in or close to the surf. Editing Steps 1. I expanded the image from its 4:3 ratio to a square format making the added part transparent. Then I selected the blue sky and erased it. As I knew I wanted to create an abstract image I searched for a cloudy sky and found a suitable photo in my library, that would make a more interesting sky than a bland blue one.   I positioned this sky a layer under the beach photo and go...
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My images used as bookcovers

Hello,
this morning I encountered another work of mine on the cover of a book that has recently been published in Italy. I thought this a good moment to show some covers and pictures that you won't know from me, because I never posted them before.
I must admit, that it has been a goal / a dream of mine when I started with photography, to find my stuff used as a book - or record cover one day.

tWisteD REality




Occasionally I had been asked to provide a picture and sold them to smaller publishers or musicians, but since I am working with larger picture libraries, especially with Trevillion Images.
Recently I submitted my 100th accepted picture and I am keen on adding more and see the one or the other on many more books.
Big thanks to them!

I also had the pleasure to work with Jazz musician Dhafer Youssef on his latest album. I save the story of this work for a later post.


 Comparison actual picture / book 


My pic Faked Dreamtime is the image I talked about earlier. It is also a book cover where I am actually the person in the picture.



faked dreamtime





Usually the designers change the actual pictures more than the ones I a presenting to you.

Another one is "Smell of raisins, cones & needles"






I like that they actually added two more birds or cloned the one I had in the picture.



 New works at Trevillion Images

Lately some new pictures were accepted that I wanted to show you:


Snow Firs

Covered Country

Snow walk

4 against the storm

Thanks for reading!

Reminder: Currently all my texture packs are 20% off on my Home page:


please enter the coupon code 

AUGUST  

at the check out!

Have a great day!
Dirk

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