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New Images #31: Flora
A mixed bag for New Images this week, all flora. The featured image above and left is “Abstract Garden.” (Click left for other view and full-size option. Although I think I prefer the smaller image.) Edited in Luminar Neo. For those new to New Images, I’ll recap. New Images is a (usually) weekly post (Wednesday […]
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Monday Monochrome: The San Gabriels
A while back, I posted a weekly monochrome image on Mondays. I’ve received numerous comments about my monochrome images – and since working on my upcoming book, Light and Shadow, I’ve enjoyed working in black and white more. So I’m going to restart that series of Monday monochromes. This is the San Gabriel Mountains east […]
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Lens Artists Challenge #154/410 – One Photo Edited
Ritva has issued a great challenge this week, asking us to explore photo editing. She has some great examples in her post. Editing images is right up my alley! I edit almost everything, sometimes extensively. I love the quote she includes midway through her post, by Andre Kertesz, “I do not document anything. I give […]
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Announcement: Exhibiting in Group Show
This photograph – “Summer Morning, Westport River, Westport, Massachusetts” – is one of several works I have in a group show opening next week. Featuring eight regional artists, the show is at the Townhouse Galleries in Stamford, Connecticut. The opening reception is August 27, 5:30-7:00m pm. The show continues (for three weeks only!) to September […]
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Lens Artists Challenge #409: Best Ever
I have been quite busy recently, explaining my absence from blog posting. Among other things, I’ve been working on a new book – nearing completion – Light and Shadow, featuring well over 100 black and white images from the last 30 years of my photography. Virtually every photograph has been reprocessed for publication. More on […]
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New Images #30
Posting has been sparse lately because I’m mostly occupied with a new project. For this week’s New Images, I have just a single image, “Autumn Leaves.” The image began as a normal photograph from the camera. After several (non-AI) methods to change the background or add an overlay, I let the Generative AI (Gemini 3.1) […]
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New Images #29 – Synthetic Photography
AI imaging is continuing to advance in power and sophistication. The relationship between traditional photography and generative AI is evolving. In documentary photography and in journalism, the consensus is clear and settled: The use of generative AI is completely prohibited. In Fine Art, the relationship is less clear. Naturally, the advent of AI will create […]
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More Hydrangeas
Following the Hydrangea post of last week, I went back to the Hydrangea shrubs and found this splendid display of red and pink blooms. Intense red hydrangea blooms are really special. Wikipedia tells me: “Unlike blue hydrangeas (which thrive in acidic soil), red hydrangeas require neutral to slightly alkaline soil to maintain their rich red […]
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New Images #28
Continuing to experiment with a variety of both traditional and AI techniques, I have three very distinct images this week. First are these Gerbera Daisy blooms. This started life as a studio closeup photograph. But the colors were too bright (partly due to too much light – shot with a bright ring light), and I […]
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Light and Shadow
“Light and Shadow” is the name of a gallery of black-and-white images. Light and Shadow is also the title of an upcoming book of black-and-white images. I shot this image about 15 years ago in studio conditions. In color, the photograph was interesting, but it lacked something, and so it has languished in my back […]
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Hydrangeas & Daylilies
I love Hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrophylla). All too often these days, I find older shrubs growing in what has become poor soil, and colors appear washed out. The plants start blooming in late spring but the heat of summer also tends to wash out the blooms. When I saw these hydrangeas, I was immediately drawn to […]
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Church with Red Door
This church is nearby. (in Stamford, CT), and I often pass by on walks. The red door is the most immediate point of interest, but the bucolic nature of the scene also appeals to me.
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New Images #27 – Cityscapes
Long-time followers of my photography may recall that I like cityscapes. I am finding AI to be a perfect tool for creating some cool-looking cityscapes. (I want to acknowledge Tracy Hirai of Adobe for the suggestion leading to these images.) The prompts for these images emphasize geometric abstract design and bold color blocking. These three […]
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Lens-Artists Challenge #402 – Wonder
This week, Sofia issues the challenge – harking back to the very first Lens-Artists Challenge – This week we’re looking back at the very first Lens-Artists Challenge, July 2018, hosted by Patti. You can find that post here. Marvel, wonder. Elation, inspirational. We’re looking for the moments, places, and people that we treasure, the little stories […]
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New Images #26 – Digital Painting
Just one image this week in the New Images series. This was done entirely by an AI. But rather than simply give the AI an instruction, however detailed, and then letting the AI go at it, it was done in steps, each time adding or modifying a part of the image. For instance, ‘Make the […]
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Lens Artists Challenge #401 – Focus on the Subject
This week’s challenge is from P.A. Moed who asks us to produce some images illustrating compositional techniques that make it possible to focus on the subject. She provides us with some excellent techniques to accomplish this. Here at left, and in the featured image above, the subject is a circular outdoor staircase at Grace Farms […]
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Big Site Updates & Prints for Sale
The front page of my website has been entirely rebuilt, along with more updates throughout the site, including a brand new Feature Galleries. Also, almost all images can be ordered as prints, in several formats and sizes. Please check it out. Your comments are most welcome.
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New Images 25: More Editing with Generative AI
This week, I am continuing to explore the AI possibilities with Adobe Firefly and Photoshop in editing images. Recall from last week that I learned I could upload a photograph or image to Firefly and then instruct it to edit the image by describing the desired changes. Sitting at my favorite coffee shop in Stamford, […]
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Lens Artists Challenge #400 – The Rule of Three
Before getting into Tina’s challenge, let me observe that this is Challenge Number 400 – Quite a milestone! I’ve only been around for about a year and a half. My first post to Lens-Artists was Challenge #336 – Only One Picture. But some have been around far longer – For all 400?! My congratulations to […]
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New Images #24 – New AI Imaging
If you’re nervous about Generative AI imaging, or opposed to it, this isn’t going to help. I’m going to demonstrate a new ability of generative AI just released by Adobe. The image to the left and featured above is generated by Adobe Firefly using Google’s Gemini with Nano Banana. Adobe Firefly can now take a […]
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New Images #23 – Water; Irises
Opening this week’s edition of New Images is this triptych, titled simply “Water.” There’s no AI involved. They are camera photographs that have been edited and combined into this format. The photographs are of a summer stream in Maine. Water is abundant in Maine. I tried to capture the many colors reflected in the water […]
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Lens Artists Challenge #397 – Texture
I was so busy last week that I managed not to post to Anne’s challenge on Texture. I had even selected images for the post. Now I’m trying to catch up. Anne asks us to show images “where texture plays an integral part.” The featured image above, and to the left, shows a closeup view of […]
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Lens Artists Challenge #398 – Pick a Color
Ritva offers this week’s Lens Artist Challenge. She asks us to pick one color, then select six photographs that showcase that color. This is going to be an enjoyable exercise. My color is Red, and I can’t wait to see what others choose to feature. The Red Lotus is, I think, an auspicious start to […]
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New Images #22
It has been a busy week. While New Images is usually posted on Wednesday or Thursday, I’m behind in my posting this week. Bear with me. For this week’s New Images, we start with “Pins”, featured above and to the right. (Click on the image at right for full-screen view.) The image was created with […]
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New Images #21 – Abstract Compositions; Spring Florals
For this edition of New Images, I have two sets of images: First, three abstract compositions; Second, two spring floral arrangements. This image is titled “Full of Light.” It was produced in Adobe Firefly with a long and extremely detailed prompt: Modern abstract composition full of light, color and movement. Fluid and dynamic shapes that […]
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Lens Artists Challenge #396 – Illustrate a Quote
I think that I shall never seeA poem lovely as a tree, A tree whose hungry mouth is prestAgainst the earth’s sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day,And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wearA nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow […]
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Lens Artists Challenge #395 – “On the Water”
The featured image above, and to left, is alas not mine. It seems only too apt to open a post “On the Water.” It’s full title is “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa.” It is by Hokusai and is a prime example of Japanese ukiyo-e art during the Edo period. The print is the first in […]
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New Images #20 – Processed Florals
The featured image, above and to the left, is “Three Tulips.” This week in “New Images” I’m showing a few processed floral images. All three images started as a “normal” color photograph. They were then edited using (NIK) Color EFex, Photoshop, and Luminar Neo. This image of the tulips suggests a certain elegance, a royalty […]
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New Images #19 – Spring Flowers
To review, from the first New Images, “What is New Images? It’s a new series, posting every Wednesday and replacing the One Four weekly series. And what are ‘New Images’? Well, they’re ‘Images,’ which means they might be photographs or they might not. ‘New’ has two meanings. First, these posts will [mostly] be about recent work […]
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New Images #18 – Are We Becoming More Comfortable With AI and Edited Images?
I read an interesting article recently,“I’m sorry to say, but most people care about the edit, not photographic composition” (Alan Palazon, Digital Camera World, 3/8/2026). “When I put myself in the shoes of the average person who looks at photographs online… I wonder if the scroll-stopping factor of pictures these days is how they’ve been […]
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Flower of the Week: Pink Roses
It won’t be long now that we see beautiful roses blooming like these.
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Lens Artists Challenge #393 – Lucky Shot
For this week’s Lens Artists Challenge, Sofia asks us to share “Lucky Shots” – She writes, “Photography is made of luck. In my case, I’d say 90%, either at the moment of capture or while editing.” Some years ago, I took a class in “Advanced Digital Photography” (at the Silvermine School of Art). Among other […]
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New Images #17 – Blackberries
I’ve been enjoying recently some exceptionally juicy and tasty blackberries – No doubt. imported from South America (Mexico is the world’s largest producer of blackberries); it’s just barely spring here in the Northeast. Blackberries are a summer delicacy. These wonderful berries have inspired me to play with this image this week. Blackberries are one of […]
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Lens Artists #392 – Framing Shots: Foreground, Middleground, Background
There are various ways to characterize framing photographs. For instance, in landscapes, I almost always try to have substantive elements in the foreground, distinct and in front of my subject, to frame the main subject. This tends to create a spatial dimension to the photograph. I’m usually less concerned with the background, although instinctively I […]
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New Images #16: Exploration of Artistic Styles
Artists Roses Those who are uncomfortable with – or even opposed to – AI Imaging might turn away from this post. If you’re even a little bit interested in AI – or in leading artists, painters, stick around for what I hope is an interesting experiment. The feature image is an AI-generated image in the […]
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Monochrome Rose
For midweek, here is a lovely rose, nearly open, rendered in monochrome. I find I’m doing more black and white work these days. My interest in black and white – in the complex patterns of light and dark, highlight and shadow – always strong – is growing further. There’s something about the monochrome image that […]
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Lens Artists Challenge #391 – Phone Photography
This week’s challenge is by Tina, who asks us to do some phone photography. I confess I almost never do photography with my iphone. I very much prefer using the “real” camera, even if it means lugging weight around. (I used to travel with two Nikons plus lenses!) Now I use a light and fast […]
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New Images #15: Visions of Nature
“New Images” is a weekly series of (mostly) newly created images that explore the combination of traditional and modern methods of image editing and creation and the intersection with modern Generative AI. New posts in the series are published on Wednesday or Thursday. Visions of Nature is a series I started a few years ago. […]
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Lens Artists Challenge #390: Black and White Tonalities
This is my response to Egidio’s challenge, #390, “Color in Black and White.” Thanks to Egidio for a great theme and challenge. If I can be permitted, I’m changing the title of Egidio’s challenge, slightly, and I want to approach this little differently. Egidio posits that the tonalities in a black and white image immediately […]
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New Images #14: Blue Delphiniums
This is the first New Images post since I’ve been back. For a reminder: New Images is a series (roughly weekly, on Wednesdays or Thursdays) devoted in part to exploring the intersection and combination of Generative AI and traditional methods of photo creation and editing. I welcome reactions, impressions, and other feedback. “Blue Delphiniums” is […]
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Lens-Artists Challenge #389 – Time to Relax
For this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge, Ann asks us to consider how we relax when it’s time to unwind. What is this life if, full of care,We have no time to stand and stare?– W.H.Davies For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.– Wendell Berry There is no question that […]
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Lens-Artists Challenge #387—Shadowed
Hello, all. This Joanne, pretty well recovered and about to return to the land of the living. This week’s challenge is by Johnbo, “Shadowed.” The feature image above and to the left is the remnants of the Harvey Hotels restaurant and inn at the Painted Desert in Arizona. The Harvey Hotels and Restaurants were funded […]
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Winter Wonderland
Here in the Northeast, we’re having more snow than we’ve had in years. This is the view out my hospital window where I’m recovering from a stroke.
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New Images #13: Flower Arrangements
This is the “New Images” post I had ready to go last week. Then, before posting, I suffered a sudden and unfortunate medical event that then put me out of commission for almost a week. Now, I’m going to take a break in posting for a while. I’m a sucker for dramatic photographs of beautifully […]
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Flower of the Week: Crabapple
For the Flower of the Week, I offer this crabapple tree in full bloom. Here in the Northeast, following a Christmas week snowstorm, we’ve been having somewhat unseasonably warm and sunny conditions for January. Can Spring be far away? We can dream. Meanwhile, enjoy these attractive blooms. (Click image at left for another view, including […]
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Monday Monochrome: Gazebo
This week’s Monday Monochrome is this image of a gazebo bathed in sun and surrounded by thick vegetation. This gazebo was found in the Descanso Gardens in Pasadena CA. (Click the imge to left for another view and fullscreen option.)
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New Images #12: Chaos in Nature
This tryptich of images is not, strictly speaking, “new.” But I haven’t featured the images recently, and I believe they’re good candidates for a New Images post. (Click on any image in the triptych for a larger view with fullscreen option.) Of interest will be the fact that there’s no AI involved. The images are […]
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Flower of the Week: Queen Anne’s Lace
Queen Anne’s Lace is the common name given to the wild carrot, considered an invasive weed in many parts of the world, though many treasure the fine white inflorescence. Wikipedia says this: Wild carrot was introduced into North America by European settlers and became common; it is often known as “Queen Anne’s lace” there. Anne, Queen […]
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Monochrome Monday: Camelia
This week’s Monday Monochrome is this lovely white Camelia. (Click for larger view with fullscreen option.)
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New Images #11 – Portraits and a Fountain
The featured image this week is one I’ve worked on extensively and often. I’ve had the photograph of a water fountain and wanted to do something with. But I struggled with what kind of background to use and how to blend it. After many iterations (and frustration!) I finally settled on this, and after additional […]
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Flower of the Week: Purple Iris
For this week’s Flower of the Week, I offer this photograph of purple irises. Click the image at left for another view, with a fullsize option.
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Monday Monochrome: “An Autumn Day”
Monday Monochrome this week is this Black & White image – “An Autumn Day” – of trees at the edge of a meadow on a warm autumn day. Click image to left for another view with fullscreen option.
