A value separation

A value separation

A value separation

Value separation

There are still some altered images from 2022 that haven't been posted. So, we'll finish up 2023 with a set of value separations. For more information, see Value Separations in the Articles list on the right.

In the neighborhood, Greenville, SC

In the neighborhood, Greenville, SC

Conestee Nature Preserve, Conestee, SC

Conestee Nature Park, Conestee, SC

In the back yard, Greenville, SC

Downtown Greenville, SC

Downtown Greenville, SC

The new county office building, Greenville, SC

University Square, Greenville, SC

Fork Shoals, SC

Cedar Falls Park, Fork Shoals, SC

Cedar Falls Park, Fork Shoals, SC

Cedar Falls Park, Fork Shoals, SC

Dancing on Friday night in downtown Greenville, SC

Dancing on Friday night in downtown Greenville, SC

Dancing in downtown Greenville on Friday night, Greenville, SC

Conestee Nature Preserve, Conestee, SC

Bridgeway Station, Mauldin, SC

Bridgeway Station, Mauldin, SC

Bridgeway Station, Mauldin, SC

Bridgeway Station, Mauldin, SC

Bridgeway Station, Mauldin, SC

Bridgeway Station, Mauldin, SC

Conestee Nature Preserve, Conestee, SC

Conestee Nature Preserve

Conestee Nature Preserve, Conestee, SC

In the back yard. This reminds me of the old Northern European genre paintings from long ago.

In the back yard, Greenville, SC

Greenville, SC

Fernandina Beach Harbor, Fernandina Beach, FL

Fort Clinch State Park, Fernandina Beach, FL

Fort Clinch State Park, Fernandina Beach, FL

Fernandina Beach Harbor, Fernandina Beach, FL

Fernandina Beach Harbor, Fernandina Beach, FL

Fernandina Beach Harbor, Fernandina Beach, FL

Altered Images 2014-2019 Collection

I started using Photoshop back in the 1990s, and 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.

This year, I decided that the altered images made from photos taken from 2014 through 2019 would support a best-of-the-best Collection, like the Collections I make from my straight photographs. So that's what this post is: The first Collection of altered images. Note that this collection also exists as a set of prints in a nice portfolio box.

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