Wrong Story

© Sybille Sterk

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A mix of bought and public domain resources mixed together and turned into something special. I love wings and I always wanted to be able to fly and there's just something wild about antlers. I'd love to have those, too. I wonder what my story would be like with wings and antlers. LOL

The quote is by Mo Willems.

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name of the rose

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Macro shot of a rose, enhanced in Photoshop, added splatter textures. Inspired by the rose in The Dark Tower by Stephen King. Everyone who knows the book will know why. :-)

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the message

© Sybille Sterk 

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Image to illustrate my poem of the same name. New technique for me.

All images/textures/brushes my own or bought. Edited with Photoshop.

The font is Amatic.

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Blue Moon

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Blue Moon rose from my garden. It's one of my all time favourites, not only is it big, blowsy, abundant and purple/blue it also has a very intense sweet smell. A few colour adjustments and a subtle texture. 

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a rose is a rose is a rose

Vintage Rose

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Stages of Deconstruction

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More experiments with flowers at various stages of dying. I like the faded beauty as much as I like them when they're all fresh and plump. I added textures and colour adjustments in Photoshop. The pictures were taken of the flowers lying flat on a bit of cream cardboard. I only used natural light.

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Undressing (Seduction series)

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This is another image in my Seduction series... I was going for subtlety here. :-)

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January Rose

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Trust me to go out for a photo shoot in the snow and ice and come back with a picture of a rose. I didn't expect to see a fully opened red rose in the middle of January... but there you go, one of those things. It looked so pretty that I couldn't resist it, however by the time I was finished editing it, there was no winter left.... LOL

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Snow White

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We finally have a bit of snow even if Christmas (and therefore a chance of a White Christmas) is long gone.

This reminded me of Snow White. One of my favourite fairy tales.

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Nostalgia, Flirt and Kiss

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Nostalgia is a close-up picture of my beautiful white roses fairy lights. They're made of fabric and look almost realistic. I have a thing about fairy lights. Some might say an obsession. LOL However, I love looking at them when it gets dark outside, they always make me smile. The font is called Harting.

All images/textures/brushes my own or bought. Edited with Photoshop.

Kiss is another close-up picture of one of my fairy light chains. This one is brand new and has beautiful fabric lotus flowers in shades of red on it. The font is Mountains of Christmas.

All images/textures/brushes my own or bought. Edited with Photoshop.

Flirt is the third in the series and another close-up of the lotus blossom fairy lights. The font is PlumBAE.

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A Rose is a Rose is a Rose

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This image was taken yesterday in my front garden. Yes, there are still a few roses in my garden even in the depth of winter. :-) I love roses and this one is a particular favourite of mine because of its lovely scent. The quite 'a rose is a rose is a rose' is by Getrude Stein. I always love the assurance of the quote. You can read about it here.

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A Sprinkling of Sugar

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Taken in my garden yesterday morning. There's a wild rose bush in my garden which I haven't had the heart to cut down because it's so pretty both in summer when it's covered in lovely pale pink flowers and in winter when it's covered in rosehips and provides some much needed winter colour. I've been using a macro lense to get a closeup of the frozen frost on the rosehip and the leaves. Some cropping and colour adjustments, no textures.

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Rosehip

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This was taken in my garden yesterday. There was a low hanging fog that made everything a bit vague, a little faded. This is not a rose but a rosehip where the outer skin has burst and is now hanging off in strips so the rosehip looks like a rosebud, rather than a rosehip. Seemed poetic somehow. :-) I've edited the colours and added a texture and vignette but otherwise it has been left untouched.

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a song in the dark

© Sybille Sterk

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A photograph I took a couple of weekends ago. I love the autumn colours and the last of the fruit of the season. There's something so precious about this and it gives hope for another spring.

The words of the poem are mine:

the pyramids still stand
so why shouldn't I walk away
with a smile in my future and
a seed of hope
like a spark in the night
why shouldn't there be
a crown somewhere ahead or
at the very least
a rosebush
thorns and all

The whole poem can be read here

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Hearts for Valentine I

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Caught

A few days ago we had one of the really rare beautifully sunny days this winter. Crisp blue sky and wonderful light. Too good an opportunity to miss, so I cut a tiny heart garland from plain white paper (as you do) and stuck it in the rose bush (and various other vegetation) in my garden. (See below).

Of course I couldn't quite leave it alone, although I loved the photograph before all the edits, I love it even more with them... :-)

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Hearts in the Wind

This time I hung the garland from the lilac bush. :-)

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Wild at Heart

The latest in my Hipster series.
I love this series by the model, so I used two of the images from it.
Wild at heart is something that stays with you and it creates the memories you'll live on when you can't physically be quite so wild any longer... :-)

Credits

Model

• American-2 by xstockx
• American-7 by xstockx

Stock

• Dirty Polaroid Frame : I. by ArtOfDecay-Stock

Brushes

• Watercolor Brushes Vol 1 on WeGraphics.com

All other images/textures/etc my own.

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