Mind's Visual Journey

Faces of Opera House (Free Wallpaper)

2011-02-06T13:20:00.000+11:00

I took these photos a while ago. These are different faces of Opera House in Sydney. I quite liked the way the shadows were falling. Download a 1280 x 800 wallpaper here.

Anzac Memorial

2011-01-30T16:39:00.001+11:00

Inside Anzac Memorial in Sydney. Click on the photos to enlarge.

Radial Blur

2011-01-28T06:28:00.000+11:00

Radial Blur applied to an image using Photoshop and other colour/brightness/contrast adjustments. It gave a nice effect.

Finger Running Through the Hair

2010-10-04T14:34:00.001+11:00

Can you guess?

2010-10-02T00:31:00.003+10:00

Can you guess what exactly are these?

I took this photo in the city. It's a photo of a distant cityscape at night taken with a long exposure in my camera and moving my camera after the shutter is pressed to capture the lights. The long exposure allowed me to capture the lights due to the movement of my camera.

Night Train

2010-09-30T18:29:00.000+10:00

A lonely passenger on the night train...

3 Friends on a Rainy Day

2010-09-26T09:23:00.001+10:00

I found this sight quite interesting: 3 friends trying to cross a busy street in the city. It suddenly began raining quite heavily. They managed to shelter under a small umbrella. I took this photo comfortably sheltered under a large tree in a nearby park.

Bridge: Retouched

2010-08-27T19:54:00.002+10:00

I took this photo of Sydney Harbour Bridge over 5 years ago with my film-based Pentax SLR. I like the perspective on this photo. It was taken on a rather gloomy day in the afternoon.

I did a bit of retouch on this photo. The effects I used are blur, noise and brightness adjustment. Any comment?

Let Me Free

2010-08-09T22:39:00.001+10:00

Media: Photoshop

Candle Lights

2010-08-09T21:49:00.001+10:00

Candle Light experiment in a dark room.

Camera: FUJIFILM FinePix S5500
F5.6 @ 1/6 sec.
ISO-100
8mm focal length
Tripod, No flash

Red Web Turtle

2010-08-05T07:50:00.003+10:00

Logo for my profile. What do you think?

Media: Illustrator

Road...

2010-08-01T17:48:00.000+10:00

I'm posting after a long absence. I've been busy with something else for the last few months.

This is a photo of a road taken from the bridge. Hope you'll enjoy!!

Bright ad...

2010-03-11T21:26:00.001+11:00

I saw this bright ad at night. I like the colours in the ad... red, yellow and green... I did accentuate the colours a bit in Photoshop...

Queen Victoria Building (QVB)

2010-03-11T20:00:00.008+11:00

Shot few days before Christmas 2009. Can you see the large Xmas tree?

Nice reflection on the escalators.

Checkmate!

2010-03-10T20:20:00.008+11:00

While I was walking through a park, I saw a middle-aged couple playing chess. I found it quite interesting for some reason. What do you see in this photo?

Sunbath

2010-01-03T12:47:00.004+11:00

Two men and two ladies on the beach. I did a bit of digital retouch on this photo. Near the horizon, there was some airport infrastructure that was disturbing the composition.

Yin Yang

2009-12-03T18:25:00.002+11:00

My attempt on composition. Comments welcome.

Media: Photoshop

Silence

2009-12-01T18:52:00.002+11:00

This illustration was created using Adobe Photosop and Adobe Illustrator. It's a very simple experiment. I first applied a Threshold effect to the image in Photoshop. Did a few cleaning up. Then I live traced that image in Illustrator and added a text on the bottom.

Media: Photoshop, Illustrator

Perspective: St. Andrews Cathedral

2009-11-29T12:39:00.002+11:00

This was shot few years ago with my film-based Pentax SLR. I like the way the cathedral was lit. Nice effect. Share your views.

Only if you came

2009-11-04T18:39:00.004+11:00

Media: Photoshop

Shadows #2

2009-11-03T17:33:00.001+11:00

Shadows of Venetian blinds falling on the exercise ball.

Shadows #1

2009-11-03T17:29:00.001+11:00

Shadows of Venetian blinds falling on the exercise ball.

Time

2009-11-03T15:49:00.002+11:00

Acrylic painting on canvas.

Boundaries of Moves

2009-10-16T20:18:00.002+11:00

Media: Photoshop, Bryce, Poser

Migration

2009-10-16T19:58:00.002+11:00

Media: Photoshop

Death Delusion

2009-10-13T17:50:00.004+11:00

Media: Photoshop, Bryce, Poser

Banksia

2009-10-13T17:36:00.002+11:00

Sketch and watercolour on paper

Arts without titles

2009-10-11T21:51:00.007+11:00

We usually see arts with titles that represent what the artist is trying to portray.

Do you usually interpret art from your own perspective regardless of the title given by the artist?
Do you usually follow what the artist feeds you?
Do you need the artist's perspective as a base and then add your own interpretation to that?

I am usually comfortable with no titles for abstract arts as I prefer to interpret the meaning based on how they affect my emotions. For representational arts, I don't mind "straightforward" titles. However, a shift in naming convention in representational arts to include more abstract titles- titles that invoke our emotions rather than representing the aesthetics, may establish some sort of creative bridge between the artist and the viewer.

Uncertainty

2009-10-10T04:45:00.005+11:00

Media: Photoshop

Bardo

2009-10-09T20:24:00.002+11:00

Media: Photoshop

Isolation

2009-10-08T10:26:00.003+11:00

Media: Photoshop

Man and a dog taking rest

2009-10-07T18:03:00.001+11:00

Contemplation

2009-10-07T17:00:00.003+11:00

A simple brush strokes in Illustrator using a Pen Tablet.

Media: Illustrator

Coogee Beach

2009-10-07T12:54:00.001+11:00

Huge rocks in Coogee Beach. Shot in a B/W film. Did some retouch to fix brightness and contrast.

Burning within

2009-10-05T18:41:00.020+11:00

The original photo was taken with the subject behind a transparent curtain. Applied some effects using Photoshop.

Media: Photoshop

Captive

2009-10-05T18:26:00.018+11:00

My first attempt in digital art. Done few years back.

Media: Photoshop