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Digital Photography … As Easy as "1, 2, 3" … Uhhhmmm Actually, Maybe 4!
By: A. Macarthur • 2026 ~ The CREATIVE ARTS GROUP ON THE NEWSTALKERS • 15 Comments • 11 years ago
It's a well-known cliche "AS EASY AS !,2,3!" meaning1. Very easy or simple.2. Not complicated.In many ways, DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY, particularly when compared and contrasted to traditional photography (film and the darkroom) has become as easy as "1,2,3" in many respects.F'rinstance:1. Seeing your...
A NOTE TO ALL IN THE "Photography as Fine Art Group"
By: A. Macarthur • 2026 ~ The CREATIVE ARTS GROUP ON THE NEWSTALKERS • 9 Comments • 11 years ago
The Group option on NT has some advantages, BUT ONE GREAT DISADVANTAGE, that being the failure of Discussions published to the Group to appear on the Front Page where, after one comment is posted, the Discussion Title is listed and links to the discussion itself.So, I ENCOURAGE that ANY/ALL...
Historical Images and What I'm Doing with Them
By: A. Macarthur • 2026 ~ The CREATIVE ARTS GROUP ON THE NEWSTALKERS • 4 Comments • 11 years ago
I recently acquired roughly 1000 Magic Lantern Photographic Slides.Magic lanterns, also known as optical lanterns, provided one of the most popular forms of entertainment during their heyday in the 18th and 19th centuries, establishing many of the first 2-D special effects.Using an artificial...
Welcome to All New Members of the PHOTOGRAPHY AS FINE ARTS GROUP!
By: A. Macarthur • 2026 ~ The CREATIVE ARTS GROUP ON THE NEWSTALKERS • 10 Comments • 11 years ago
Welcome to All New Members of the PHOTOGRAPHY AS FINE ARTS GROUP!The many new members to the Group add great potential for sharing images, knowledge and experiences. As a point of information, there are many places within the NewsTalkers site where members can post their photography, digital and...
Pennsylvania Autumn, 2012 - The Colors Emerge
By: A. Macarthur • 2026 ~ The CREATIVE ARTS GROUP ON THE NEWSTALKERS • 14 Comments • 11 years ago
Despite the "official forecast" from the state regarding Pennsylvania's Fall Colors for 2012 ...http://www.pavisnet.com/pafall/... I can tell you first hand ... in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains (Northeastern area), the Red Maples and Cinnamon Ferns are putting on a show!This time of year when...
Recent Photos; A Nature Conservation Area Just Outside of Philly.
By: A. Macarthur • Kilted Korner • 13 Comments • 6 years ago
Jerusalem Artichoke WildflowersPath Leading into a ForestPath II All Rights Reserved/A. MacarthurPlease do not copy or transmit these images ... I have not yet submitted them for publication ... KK is the only venue in which they appear.
Photoshop Phantasy ... Surrealism Using Photoshop Layers
By: A. Macarthur • 2026 ~ The CREATIVE ARTS GROUP ON THE NEWSTALKERS • 3 Comments • 11 years ago
SurrealismA 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images.By using the Photoshop Layers feature and a few other tricks, I created this comical, fantasy,...
The Colors Should Be There ... And So Will I
By: A. Macarthur • Kilted Korner • 12 Comments • 1 Like • 11 years ago
Two of my favorite photo subjects are autumn and winter (snow scenics). In my part of the world, Pennsylvania -- from the Southeastern corner (Philadelphia) to the Northeastern Pocono Mountains, I get a kind of "extended" photo shoot in each of the these two seasons.Because of differences in...