I have just returned from a week in Bonifacio, Corsica. I spent a lot of the time photographing the cliffs and granite rocks on a nearby island in preparation for this module – Texture in Landscape. How lucky to have such a magnificent natural landscape in front of me at this time.
To start with here is a reminder of the beautiful blue sea and sky!
On the recommendation of a friend, I have just downloaded the free image manipulation software GIMP and have been experimenting with the images of the cliffs below. I know there is a lot more to learn but this is a start! Against the image number I have written the GIMP function have used.
Image 1.1.1 original image. Image 1.1.2 detail of original
Image 1.1.3. Image 1.1.4 – colour curve
Image 1.1.5 retinex. Image 1.1.6 threshold
Image 1.2.1 original image. Image 1.2.2 – detail of original
Image 1.2.3. Image 1.2.4 colour curve
Image 1.2.5 threshold
Image 1.3.1 original image. Image 1.3.2 detail of original
Image 1.3.3 threshold. Image 1.3.4 colour curve
Image 1.3.5 retinex
Image 1.4.1 original. Image 1.4.2 colour curve
Image 1.4.3 retinex. Image 1.4.4 threshold
Image 1.5.1 original image. Image 1.5.2 detail of original
Image 1.5.3 colour curve. Image 1.5.4 retinex
Image 1.5.5 threshold
Image 1.6.1 original. Image 1.6.2 detail of original
Image 1.6.3 colour curve. Image 1.6.4 retinex
Image 1.6.5 threshold
Image 1.7.1 original. Image 1.7.2 detail of original
Image 1.7.3 colour curve. Image 1.7.4 posturize.
Image 1.7.5 threshold
Image 1.8.1 original. Image 1.8.2 detail
Image 1.8.3 colour curve. Image 1.8.4 retinex
Image 1.8.4 threshold
I have probably uploaded too many images here but I have plenty to choose from for this module.