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The "Magic Hour" Opens Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
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The "Magic hour" is the time just after sunset and just before sunrise , producing warm colors of gold, pink, and blue. For photography, this specific time can be ideal for matching the hues and...
Ideas Keep Swirling in My Head ~ Some Become Abstract Images. Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
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2 months ago
"Dolphins Sharing an Intimate Moment" © A. Mac/A.G. "Organized Chaos" © A. Mac/A.G. NOTE: Image atop page: "Coffee Spill" © A....
Not the Best Day Today; Creative Arts Three-Day Weekend
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3 months ago
Had to take my wife to the hospital today due to respiratory side effects of her chemotherapy. Hoping she'll be home tomorrow. In the meanwhile, let me divert my attentions by posting new work....
Beautiful Mountains for the Creative Arts 3 Day Weekend
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5 months ago
Not Sure I can Monitor this Week's Three Day Weekend Article! Hopefully Buzz can Post One. For now … I will post this and we will see how things progress; in the event Buzz is unable to...
I'll be In the Mountains, So, I May not be able to Connect; But Carry On Nevertheless on Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
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6 months ago
If anyone's inquiring as to my whereabouts, this is a likely place to check. A Mountain Lake in Northeastern Pennsylvania. © A. Mac/A.G.
Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly, One of Nature's Most Beautiful … on CREATIVE ARTS THREE-DAY WEEKEND
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8 months ago
Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, is a species of butterfly native to eastern North America. It is one of the most familiar butterflies in the eastern United States, ranging...
In the Age of Digital Imaging, Creating a Derivative Image is Potentially Rewarding, Frustrating and/or a Lot of Work for Naught
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8 months ago
A derivative work is one which is not only based on a previous work, but which also contains sufficient new, creative content to entitle it to its own copyright . However, if the...
Snow; A Great Unifier for Landscape Photographs ~ Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
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11 months ago
When snow covers large areas of a landscape, it becomes a compositional unifier and offers possibilities for contrast and shadows which add depth and volume to imagery. © A....
Pushing Forward with "Pushing Out" a.k.a. the Image Compositional Element referred to as "REPOUSSOIR" ~ Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
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2 years ago
When we last met, a conversation around a photo posted by Kavika, was inadvertently cut short by ME in that I closed the article not realizing there was more discussion to be had. Start here...
“Pale amber sunlight falls across The reddening October trees … " ~ Creative ArtsThree Day Weekend
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2 years ago
Meadow Hill in Autumn, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania © A. Mac/A.G. Ernest Dowson, "Autumnal" “Pale amber sunlight falls across The reddening October trees, That hardly...
Spring Brings New Life in Nature ~ CREATIVE ARTS THREE DAY WEEKEND
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Kit Fox © A. Mac/A.G. A number of years ago this fawn was born in my back yard and within his first footsteps in life, found shelter in an old washtub I saved from my...
To Err is "Human" ~ To Attempt to Make Changes to an Article from an iPhone while Laying in Bed about to Fall Asleep is "A Bad Idea"!
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2 years ago
In attempting to temporarily lock down the article, "Imitation is the Most Sincere form of Flattery," that, in anticipation of being occupied with family business today … it inadvertently was...
Sky's the Limit … Unless One is Adept at Pushing the Limits ~ Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
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2 years ago
Both of the photographs below were good compositionally - but were underexposed and both had featureless, flat, uninteresting skies making them more or less unpublishable for most print and...
One Good Tern ~ On Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
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3 years ago
Back years ago when I used to fish for Bluefish off the New Jersey Coast, a sure way to know where there was a school feeding voraciously, was to look for a flock of Terns picking off the forage...
Deep Forest in Early Summer ~ Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
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3 years ago
There's a Spiritual Moment to be Encountered with Almost Every Step as One Goes Deeper into a Deciduous Forest … but take care not to Lose Your Way, Literally and Figuratively...
Lions & Tigers & Bears … Nah! Watersnakes & Poison Ivy on Three Day Weekend
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3 years ago
Summertime finds more folks out in nature than at other times of the year, but, many lack knowledge of potentially harmful plants and animals other than the obvious ones they might encounter,...
"Art Should Not be a Copy of Reality, One of the Damned Things is Enough!" (Author Unknown)
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3 years ago
Three Images - Two Pushed Just Slightly Beyond a Literal Representation, and One, Way Over the Line © A. Mac/A.G. © A. Mac/A.G. ©...
Evolution or Devolution of a Piece of Art … Depending how it's Perceived, on Creative Arts, Three Day Weekend
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3 years ago
An abstract work I did initially is atop this article … this is the SECOND ITERATION with the THIRD ITERATION to come further along in the thread. Iteration 2 © A. Mac/A.G.
Three Day Weekend ~ CREATIVE ARTS GROUP ~ APRIL 14, 2022
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3 years ago
Last Week, I was posting CUBES, this week, I'm experimenting with a SPHERE. © A. Mac/A.G. Loosely using "LATITUDE" & "LONGITUDE," I divided a SPHERE into segments,...
Bubba Gump Got Nothin' on Mrs. AMac's Shrimpin' Dinner ~ Creative Arts Three-Day Weekend
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May Peace Return to Ukraine & the Perpetrator of War Crimes be Brought to Justice ______________________________________________________________________________________
Creative Arts Group ~ Three Day Weekend ~ February 24, 2022
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3 years ago
• Wishing the People of Ukraine Well • _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A Pair of Interesting, Restored Old...
Twas the Night Before Creative Arts Three-Day Weekend ~ But I posted the Article Anyway
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It's Getting to be that Time of Year ! CREATIVE ARTS THREE-DAY WEEKEND … November 26, 2021
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"Nature is the Art of God" _ Dante Alighieri ~ Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
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• • ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Pocono Mountains Wetland, Autumn © A. Mac/A.G.
Glad (iolus) & Mad (as hell) ~ Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
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4 years ago
***************************************************************************************** GLADiolus Flowers © A.Mac/A.G. MAD as Hell about the Assholes who are...
Derivatives & Other Good Stuff on Creative Arts Three-Day Weekend
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This week, I used parts of my acrylic paintings to creates "derivatives". The colorful areas are derived from my paintings....
The Way they Were on Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Restoring old photos is satisfying or frustrating … damaged or badly-aged photos can be restored to "like new," "decent, as in,...
Summer Approaches ~ CREATIVE ARTS Three Day Weekend (Early Start)
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4 years ago
Will likely be on the road tomorrow, so, posting this one early. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Saving Face, White-tailed Deer, Doe and New Fawn...
Predators; Little & Lovable Lookin', Larger & Lethal … on Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
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4 years ago
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Red Fox Kits, Little &...
Heading to the Forested Mountain & the Fishin' Hole in the Morning, so, Posting the Three Day Weekend Article Tonight
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Motherfox, and Wood Pecker … Only Appear Obscene … Until Clarification on Creative Arts Thursday/Friday
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4 years ago
Let me explain. 1) The accomplishment of a Mother Fox; this year's Kits © A. Mac/A.G. © A. Mac/A.G. © A. Mac/A.G....
Early Start to CREATIVE ARTS THREE-DAY WEEKEND ~ March 22, 2021
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~ Heading to the mountains tomorrow morning, and, as noted in the past, with internet connection unpredictable up there, I'm posting this week's article tonight (Thursday). It's...
Fox Outing (No, I Don't Mean Not "Out-foxing") on CREATIVE ARTS Three Day Weekend
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~ For years, I've been observing and photographing a family of Red Foxes in the woods behind my house; here's a photo one of this year's kits; there are at least three I've seen...
THREE DAY WEEKEND (Into Monday Morning) ~ Creative Arts Group
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4 years ago
NOTE: At the closing of last week's "THREE DAY WEEKEND," I decided to lock the article on the MONDAY MORNING following the Friday/Saturday/Sunday, instead of what I had originally planned --...
"PAINTIFICATING" ~ CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY/FRIDAY
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4 years ago
"PAINTIFICATING" … ? A word I made up upon an interesting, unanticipated discovery. While working on a new painting, I noticed quite casually, that the cups in which I mixed my paint,...
When "ART" Makes an UGLY POLITICAL STATEMENT ~ CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY/FRIDAY
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At yesterday's, violent, destructive, illegal storming of the U.S. Capitol Building, this at the behest of Donald Trump, among other things, were examples of "functional art" that made...
Foliage Festival on Creative Arts Thursday/Friday
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5 years ago
I think I caught the peak colors of autumn on two perfect, late afternoons early this week. I managed close to 100 shots, at least half-or-so of which, I will keep and publish. I used a 10-20mm...
You Can't Get it Right Until You First Get it Wrong on Creative Arts Thursday/Friday
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Photographing birds can be entirely frustrating or hugely satisfying; I trash many more bird photos than I save, but, I consider each failed shot as "one shot closer to getting a keeper"....
We're Not in Kansas Any More on Creative Arts Thursday/Friday
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5 years ago
Artistic license not only allows at times, the "creative mind" to mess with reality … for me, it frequently encourages it! © A. Mac/A.G. (With apologies to Judy...
SHORE Thing, a FLUKE … or BOTH on Creative Arts Thursday/Friday
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5 years ago
After more than a year of my wife's CANCER DIAGNOSIS, her BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT, $130,000+ and growing CHEMO MEDICATION … my wife and I got to spend a couple of days at the New Jersey shore....
In Deference to the "Magic Hour" & the "Cosmos" On Creative Arts Thursday/Friday
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In photography , the golden hour/magic hour is the period of daytime shortly after sunrise or before sunset , during which daylight is redder and softer than when the...
Putting Things in Perspective on CREATIVE ARTS Thursday/Friday
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Linear perspective , a system of creating an illusion of depth on a flat surface . All parallel lines (orthogonals) in a painting or drawing using this system converge in a single...
Continuing in My "Frame" of Mind ~ CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY/FRIDAY
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Whether one "frames" a question, a concept, or, issues on which individuals and various entities will make important decisions, viable presentation is significant in life and art! My Masters...
Dey Wuz Framed & I Framed 'Em ~ Creative Arts THURSDAY/FRIDAY
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A FRAME is the place a photograph or painting, or, any number of other graphic images live, sometimes for many years. Because of this, it's important that the frame, and, that which it frames,...
Fox & Daisies, Snow Geese & Marsh Pond, & a Fanciful Restored Old Photo on CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY/FRIDAY
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Whatever creativity you care to share is most welcome! Red Fox and Daisies © A. Mac/A.G. Snow Geese on a Marsh Pond © A. Mac/A.G
CORINTHIANS 13:11 on CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY/FRIDAY
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"When I was a child, I spoke as a child, thought as a child, etc., but when I became a man, I put away childish things." Well, not exactly. Twenty-five years ago, I stopped collecting...
Three Representational Sepia-tones & One Full Color Abstract ~ on CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY/FRIDAY
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My New Neighbor … Born Later in the Year than Usual … Like Yesterday © A. Mac/A.G. And, the Momma © A. Mac/A.G. A.K.A. "Smallmouth Bass"...
No Connection Whatsoever … Except They're Mine on Creative Arts Thursday/Friday
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Here are two images … the Butterfly is posted "as is" ... the Classic Auto image manipulated by me to appear even more "classically" yesteryear. Painted Lady Butterfly on Deptford Pink...
An INSECT, BIRD, AMPHIBIAN & MAMMAL on CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY FRIDAY
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Some days, the Biologist in me can't help itself … today … representative creatures of FOUR CLASSES of ANIMAL LIFE … VERTEBRATE & INVERTEBRATE, WARM BLOODED & COLD BLOODED, AQUATIC &...
Old Neighbors Return ~ CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY/FRIDAY
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This CATBIRD pair returns to my back yard on May 1 … year-after-year A family of RED FOXES den in the tunneled-out soil of the roots of an ancient, fallen tree in the woods adjacent to...
Welcome at any Time, Photo Essays, Collages, Montages … CREATIVE ARTS Thursday/Friday Article
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Photo Essays, Collages, Montages … √ To be clear, any member of the GROUP, can post a CREATIVE ARTS article at any time, a single image, etc., multiple images, etc. and/or Photo Essays, Collages,...
A Potpourri on this CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY/FRIDAY
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First … I promise that, if you can access this video, you will find it spiritual and moving. Most of the singers in the video are part of my daughters performance company; both my...
CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY/FRIDAY ~ Spring Emerges in the Midst of a Pandemic
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Early Vegetation in a Pennsylvania, Pocono Mountain Meadow © A. Mac/A.G. And a Bit More Aggressively along a More Southerly, Pennsylvania Woodland Stresam...
Creative Arts THURSDAY/FRIDAY … An Unusual Day for Early February in Southeastern, Pennsylvania
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My wife is doing well after her bone marrow transplant … her activity levels returning to near "normal"; several days ago the weather here was April-like, so we took a hiked up a steep hill on a...
Mounting Your Creativity is what We do on Creative Arts Thursday/Friday
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Mount Your Creative Stuff on the Board. Mount Baker, Cascade Range, Washington State © A. Mac/A.G. Mount Baker, Cascade Range, Washington State © A....
Fox & Fall Fotos … Creative Arts Thursday/Friday
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Nature Paints Way Better than I do. © A. Mac/A.G. Don't feel locked into creative posts that begin with the letter "F" … feel free to use the entire alphabet with regard...
My Wife's Bone Marrow Transplant is Done; Recovery Time is Generally in Terms of Months … We're Hoping for a Steady, Uneventful Return to "Normal"
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So far, it's a good CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY … © A. Mac/A.G. © A. Mac/A.G.
"Flair-Ups" of Sorts CREATIVE ARTS THURSDAY/FRIDAY
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I am keeping busy with productive, "normal" day-to-day stuff … photography, digital art, fly fishing when possible … and maintaining the PRIORITY of taking care of home and family. Recent...
To Life! ~ On this Week's Creative Arts Thursday/Friday
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I am posting this tonight (Wednesday) since tomorrow morning I will be busy … please post any creative artwork (photos, illustrations, video, poetry, maxims { short, pithy statements expressing...
