So I decided to try to put together a photo that spoke a bit about love anyway. For years, I've collected tiny boxes of various shapes and sizes. Quite a few of them are heart shaped... so I put together a still life with a few of them and some solid tiny glass hearts, a few tiny silver hearts, and a few foreign coins strewn on a velveteen cloth.
This photo was taken using BracketMode on my iPhone. For those unfamiliar with iPhone photography, BracketMode takes two exposures, one exposed correctly for the bright areas in the scene, and one exposed correctly for the dark areas. Pro HDR was used to merge the two exposures into a single image which was then processed through Painteresque to create a painterly feel. Iris was used to blend the painted image (at 65% opacity) with the merged single image. I then continued to process the image in Iris by adding the Normal Grunge effect and the Grunge frame (in the Dust 'n Scratches effect). The text and the heart surrounding "love" was added using A+ Signature which is a mind boggling app for adding text and simple images.
How beautifully expressed and shown, Victoria, "in spite of" being newly single (by choice). And to think I didn't do anything special at all for the day on my blogs or FB. Astrid has a problem with the American commercialism of the day having seeped over into the Netherlands, something she didn't experience in her younger years. I kinda agree with her and thus the "nothing" on my end.
ReplyDeleteHowever, having said that, THIS is lovely in every way. Thank you for the sentiment.