Italian Plums Still Life

Italian plums, also called prune plums, are deep purple with a reddish blush and turn nearly black when fully ripe. They can be used in sweet or savory dishes. Ripen plums at room temperature, then refrigerate for several days.The worn, distressed board and wooden picnic knife add a provincial mood to the still life. Texture overlay by Kim Klassen. For Show Off Your Shot.



Plum Recipes:
Grilled Spareribs with Oriental Plum Sauce
Plum Jam
Brioche Plum Tart

"Comfort Me with Apples" Still Life-Texture Tuesday

For Texture Tuesday-Using three layers of Kim Klassen's "Granny's Cupboard". No special brushing away of texture. 

Some apple quotes-

"Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love." -- Song of Solomon 2:5

 "Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why." -- Bernard M. Baruch

"Ever since Eve started it all by offering Adam the apple, woman's punishment has been to supply a man with food then suffer the consequences when it disagrees with him." -- Helen Rowland


"Surely the apple is the noblest of fruits." -- Henry David Thoreau, Wild Apples


"The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall." -- Che Guevara

Tybee Lighthouse-Digital Infrared-Blue Sky Effect

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Tybee Island on Dwellable

Three Apples Still Life #2

Shot handheld late afternoon, post processed in Photoshop, then an Impasto filter from Snap Art 2 added.

Augusta Canal Headgates-Digital Infrared

Augusta Canal Headgates

Forsyth Fountain-Digital Infrared

Having undergone extensive restorations and renovations, the iconic Forsyth fountain still stands proud in Forsyth park, the first large park created in the beautiful historic city of Savannah, Georgia. Installed in 1858, the fountain is thought to be an exact copy of the one in Place de la Concorde square, a famous square in Paris.   

In the last year, the Georgia National Guard fort built in 1915 was renovated and expanded to create a combinedVisitors Center/Starbucks/Forsyth Park Cafe replete with a surrounding fountain and  retractable band shell for outdoor concerts.  Forsyth Park is a perfect place to picnic, enjoy a baseball game or concert or just to wander around and enjoy the beautiful scenery in this lovely area of Savannah.

Image shot with a Canon D60 converted to digital infrared, processed in photoshop CS5 and filter applied with Nik Silver Efex 2.0.