April 3, 2025

Altered Images 2020-2021 Collection

I started using Photoshop back in the 1990s. I switched to Lightroom almost as soon as it appeared on the market. So, I was pretty familiar with the kinds of capabilities that image processing programs had. What I didn't know was how they did what they did.

When I retired from a career as a computer programmer, I decided that I needed to figure out how this digital image processing stuff worked. So, I downloaded Microsoft Visual Studio and began to learn how to do image processing using the C# programming language. I started simply. My first program read in a color image file and converted it to black-and-white. (Actually, that's more complicated than you might think.) As I progressed, I began writing programs that converted photographs into images that were obviously not straight photographs. These programs were mostly learning experiences, but I found that I liked the results of some of them. So I began to keep some of these "altered images".

I now have five altered-image programs. (See the Articles list on the main page.) At the end of each year, I take the photos that have appeared here "On the Cork Board" during the year, and I run them through each of these five programs. Then I edit the results and keep the good ones. I usually get around 20 good altered images per year, and I post them "On the Cork Board" during the year.

When I have several year's worth of altered images, I make a best-of-the-best Collection, like the Collections I make from my straight photographs. This post is a Collection of the best altered images from 2020-2021 originals.

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Conestee Nature Preserve, Conestee, SC

March 31, 2025

Conestee Nature Preserve, Conestee, SC

March 28, 2025

Conestee Nature Preserve, Conestee, SC

March 25, 2025

Conestee Nature Preserve, Conestee, SC

March 22, 2025

Conestee Nature Preserve, Conestee, SC

March 19, 2025

Conestee Nature Preserve, Conestee, SC

March 16, 2025

A digital solarization

March 13, 2025

A digital solarizaton

March 10, 2025

A digital solarization. This one in sepia tones.

March 6, 2025

A digital solarization

March 3, 2025

A digital solarization