Guild House of the Free Boatmen

This beautiful Ghent guild hall has a sandstone facade which dates from 1531 and has many carvings of sailors and sailing ships. It is located on the Graslei, one of the canal side streets that lined the old Medieval port.

Texture courtesy of Shadowhouse Creations.

Monterey Bay

This photo of Monterey Bay was taken several years ago. Even though it had some nice elements - rocky beach, nice colors, sailboat and seagull, I felt it was lacking something. I added a subtle HDR effect and a texture from Shadowhouse Creations.

Rodin's Roses

Photo of the Rodin Museum gardens in Paris with the golden dome of Les Invalides in the background. This is a wonderful museum and the gardens are extensive and populated with many of Rodin's statues. It's well worth a visit of several hours. The frame is part of a Shadowhouse Creations retro color mask texture.

Mystical Milkweed

This milkweed was growing around some prickly pear cactus just down the street. I knew right away that I wanted to do something dramatic with it. I've added two textures from Shadowhouse Creations - haunted by ghosts and black magick 4, as well as a smoke texture.

Desert Bluebells

This image began with my photo of a common Arizona wildflower, the Desert Bell, also known as the Desert Bluebell. After applying selective blurring and a bokeh texture by pareerica. I decided to add another texture, Square 191 from Shadowhouse Creations, with words that reminded me of "Knots," the brilliant book by the Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing.

Moon over Balboa Park

The California Building with its bell tower is typical of the Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style that can be found in Balboa Park, San Diego. I decided to turn this photo into a night scene by adding a big full moon.

Textures:  Square 165 from Shadowhouse Creations,and GR06 from boccacino.

Morning on the Grand Canal

The photo was taken on a cruise along the Grand Canal of Venice in early morning. I've added a texture by Kerstin Frank.