Ignorant of a watery grave -

"Waterlily"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

"... swan flocks of lilies shoreward lying,
in sweetness, not in music, dying ..."
- John Greenleaf Whittier

Splish, splash!

"Leighlund's New Red Boots"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... beware of fishing for compliments,
you might come up with a boot ..."
- Carol Weston

Thursday Challenge: Water -

"Water"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

"... everywhere water is a thing of beauty gleaming in the dewdrop, singing in the summer rain ..."
- John Ballantine Gough

Aweigh the anchor -

"Ready for the Boating Season"
digital collage by Mick Mather

Only a few more weeks of school, the junior executives June vacations are nigh and the boats are in the water. Natty, nautical togs, a good pair of boat shoes and a windbreaker ought to complete this picture. Every day, summer draws nearer and nearer.

An alternate version, as promised -

"Down by the Jetty"
digital collage by Mick Mather

Last weekend I posted a piece called "Take Me to the River". A companion piece grew out of that same creative session, I promised to show it soon and here you have it. I get a wrong side of the pier feeling when I study this and feel like I'm looking out over a brackish, weedy pond of still water. The framing element used here is not, as you might imagine, meant to be a frame, but to offer other elements of interest. Particularly along the bottom where, personally, I feel as though I've pulled onto the shoulder of the road and that I'm looking over the top of a guardrail. If there are comparisons to be made between the two images, I won't be the one to make them. The only commonality for me is that both images, as stated, arose from the same basic layers. I hope you enjoy them.

Moody Monday: Colourless -

"Tall Cool One"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

The weekly theme is colourless at Moody Monday. A dichotomy exists here: is it the theme that's lacking? Or, is it the theme that's lacking? See what I mean? Anyway, as I was driving home from my office the idea that ice, water and glass were all relatively colourless so I set up a simple still life, shot it and ran it through the array here at the Secret Visual Laboratory. There's only one thing else to do then, yes? A shot of bourbon to go with it...bottoms up!