Armour

Armour
Originally uploaded by Odge.

the guy is telling us the Armour weighs 11 stone.

Can't beat them

Can't beat them
Originally uploaded by Odge.

Nancy insisted on me not drawing.

my bowl No cat

my bowl No cat
Originally uploaded by Odge.

Drawing I did today while feeling quite sick.

rainyday

rainyday
Originally uploaded by Odge.

Arrgh! being trapped indoor while the rain pours, I play with Photoshop and try not to think of how hungry I am, and that i need to venture out into the awful weather

Bridge of sighs

Bridge of sighs
Originally uploaded by Odge.

Being a tourist on Saturday, managed to get onto the bridge with out being accosted for cash.

S'Amuser

S'Amuser, originally uploaded by Odge.

This place is fantastic, if you visit Cambridge live in Cambridge I just recommend visiting this place.
They custom make perfume your very own unique scent, personal service, free coffee and jasmine teas.
If you have a girlfreind buy her a gift voucher, if you are a bloke it's cool too.
The Staff are fantastic fun helpful friendly simply brilliant.
You'll find this place just down from the Eagle .
Try it out... promise you wont be disappointed.

Granchester Meadows

Cycle ride through Granchester. 

Jacobs Ladder

Granchester Meadows 

Granchester

 

Walking

People walking 

Cathalic Church

In town with Tom My Nephew on saturday.
This is for Dh who has asked what i did to get this Gothic look.
One of the main secrets if it is a secret is the use of some free filters from Opiticverve labs
I took this shot in Colour so used the filters.

• In PS duplicated the layer I do this every time so I'm never working on the origional.
• Used the Filter "Highpass" and then set the layer options to soft light- What this does is sharpen the image.
• Then Flatten the layers and then duplicate the resulting layer.
• Open up the opticvervelabs filter pull down- and used the filter Anvil on some images it works well on others not so well, I tend to fiddle with the sliders in the pull downs untill I am happy with the result.
• Sometimes I will then use another Opticverve filter- Classic whci gives you a classic Black and white image.
• Once Iv'e done this I will often open up the newadjustment layer and select levels and curves and make some subtle tweaks untill I'm happy with how it looks.
• Then select saveAs and save the file as Jpeg and one as a Photoshop defult file PSD so that if I want to edit the layers I can do so, once the file is saved as a Jpeg you lose all your layers, then upload to Flickr or here.
• Hope this helps DH.
  
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November Backs

 

Bench day

Seem to have a thing for benches today. 

The Round Church

Cambridge 

Silver Birch

For the first time since I got back from Turkey I had a chance to take the camera out for a spin.
It's quite nice seeing all the trees getting into their autumnal clothing.
And the sun shone quite a bit today which makes going out for a walk a joy.