Bending Light

Sweet Onions

2010-08-23T13:37:00.001-07:00

Sweet Onions, originally uploaded by Telzey.

Bending Light Textures: Erebor & Valinor

Red Chief

2010-08-23T13:32:00.001-07:00

Red Chief, originally uploaded by Telzey.

We opened the door and he was there -- skinny, dirty, and "talking" up a storm. Only about a year old, Red follows me around like a dog and dozes in the sink during the day. Now, if only I could get him to stop biting my toes at night!!

Free Bending Light Texture: Blue Mountains

2010-07-05T17:55:00.000-07:00

Here's an example of what you'd find in my Bending Light Texture Pack: Middle Earth#1. Except, Blue Mountains isn't included in any pack ... It's a freebie!

Download the full, 300 dpi, 3900 x 3900 pixel texture for FREE!

This texture is free to use in your personal or commercial work, but you may not reshare, distribute, or claim/infer it to be your own. No derivatives. Please read the Bending Light Textures License Agreement.

Free Bending Light Texture: Memphis

2010-07-05T17:36:00.000-07:00

Here's an example of what you'd find in my Bending Light Texture Pack: AncientPlaces#1. Except, Memphis isn't included in any pack ... It's a freebie!

Download the full, 300 dpi, 3900 x 3900 pixel texture for FREE!

This texture is free to use in your personal or commercial work, but you may not reshare, distribute, or claim/infer it to be your own. No derivatives. Please read the Bending Light Textures License Agreement.

Texture Pack 2 - Middle Earth #1

2010-07-05T02:53:00.000-07:00

These are the textures I've been using lately

Click on the image to see a better preview.

There are 25 high quality textures which are licensed for your use in your personal or commercial work. Please don't reshare, distribute, claim/imply them to be your own, or use them to create derivatives. See our license.

Each 300 dpi texture is a roomy 3900 x 3900 pixels (13 x 13 inches, or 33.02 x 33.02 cm). The price is $30 for a download (approx. 186 MB) or $40 for a disk. I accept PayPal.

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Bending Light Texture Packs 1 & 2 for $55 (2 downloads) or $75 for a disk.

Sunflowers for Van Gogh

2010-07-03T07:32:00.001-07:00

Sunflowers for Van Gogh, originally uploaded by Telzey.

uses Bending Light Textures: Anduin, Entwash, Leiden

Texture Pack 1 - Ancient Places #1

2010-07-03T04:54:00.001-07:00

*drumroll please!*
Here at last is the first Bending Light Texture pack ...

Click on the image to see a better preview.
There are 25 high quality textures which are licensed for your use in your personal or commercial work. Please don't reshare, distribute, claim/imply them to be your own, or use them to create derivatives. Please see our license.

Each 300 dpi texture is a roomy 3900 x 3900 pixels (13 x 13 inches, or 33.02 x 33.02 cm). The price is $30 for a download (approx. 143 MB) or $40 for a disk. I accept PayPal.

Peruvian Daffodil

2010-07-01T03:00:00.001-07:00

Peruvian Daffodil, originally uploaded by Telzey.

Uses Bending Light Textures: Imlandris, Old Forest Road, Anduin, Langwell

Waiting 'Til the Cows Come Home

2010-06-17T11:06:00.001-07:00

Waiting 'Til the Cows Come Home, originally uploaded by Telzey.

Bending Light textures: Damascus, Erebor, Gondor, & Karfi. With thanks to borealnz for the clock and Paul Grand for the birds.

Free Texture: Deep Forest

2010-05-25T19:23:00.000-07:00

download here

or here

This texture is Copyright©Lydia Marano. I am licensing it to you to use in your private and commercial work. However, you may not reshare, distribute, or claim/infer it to be your own. Read the Bending Light Textures License.

Only my textures marked "Free Texture" are licensed for download. Please respect my copyright.

Original: 3600 x 3600 px (4.61 MB) To download: Click on the link provided and right click to save the full size to your computer.

the more things change ...

2010-05-25T18:44:00.001-07:00

the more things change ..., originally uploaded by Telzey.

for a contest in Textures for Layers on Flickr. Original by Hank Conner.

Sanctuary

2010-05-07T03:01:00.001-07:00

Sanctuary, originally uploaded by Telzey.

Uses Bending Light textures Edo, Damascus, Knossos, & Karnak

Created for the 53rd Contest on Flickr's Man Ray group. With thanks to Paul Grand for the gatehouse.

Faded Dutch Iris

2010-05-04T16:21:00.001-07:00

Faded Dutch Iris, originally uploaded by Telzey.

Uses Bending Light textures: Mu, Lemuria, Karfi

Loquats

2010-05-02T21:11:00.001-07:00

Loquats, originally uploaded by Telzey.

using Bending Light textures: Karfi & Memphis

Magnolia

2010-04-07T14:32:00.001-07:00

Magnolia, originally uploaded by Telzey.

Uses Bending Light Texture: Leiden. Hardlight@50%

Banana flower

2010-03-15T12:08:00.001-07:00

Banana flower, originally uploaded by Telzey.

In a break between storms last week, I ran into the back yard to shoot a banana flower which had just opened -- something I've been trying to do for 5 years. This beauty is just under 30 inches across! As the golden florettes develop into bananas, the petals turn a deep maroon, almost black, before falling off -- then the next set of petals open. One flower like this will produce at least 15 bunches of bananas -- resulting in lots of banana bread ;-)

This isn't a photomanipulation. All I did was crop the image and add a vignette. The magic was all in the incredible light between rain storms.

Life in Balance

2010-03-09T16:29:00.001-08:00

Balance, originally uploaded by Telzey.

Ikebana is a disciplined art form which draws emphasis toward shape, line, form. It has certain rules governing its form. The artist's intention behind each arrangement is shown through a piece's color combinations, natural shapes, graceful lines, and the usually implied meaning of the arrangement.

The structure of a Japanese flower arrangement is based on a triangle delineated by three main points, usually twigs, considered in some schools to symbolize heaven, earth, and man.

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Adding the texture: After some initial clean-up, I darkened my image slightly using a silvery black and white adjustment layer. Next came my Bending Light texture, Khartouom, applied as an overlay at 100%. A layer mask was used to bring back some detail. Then, I duplicated that layer and applied it as a Linear Burn at 50%, 80%.

Further post production used photoshop filters, a bit of pouting, and a cup of Kona. Life is good. Hopefully, I'll figure out how to share some textures soon.

Cormorants Dream of Pike in the Sky

2010-02-18T12:03:00.001-08:00

Commorants Dream of Pike in the Sky, originally uploaded by Telzey.

I'm baaack! Armed with a new computer -- a 27-inch iMac -- and plenty of ideas.

This image has been haunting me for some time. The cormorants were shot at a nearby duck pond ... but they stared off into nothingness, as cormorants tend do. After many layers of textures, I ended up with a prettier shot of cormorants staring off into nothingness. If only I could see what they saw. The clouds are actually a photo of dry ice vaporizing in my pool. And, how about some lovely pike for lunch?

More textures, more processing using NIK Color Tools. Tons of layers and over 1GB! I'm not sure I achieved the Asian scroll look I was going for. I may try another, more stylized version of this soon.

YouTube'd

2010-02-08T14:42:00.000-08:00

Many thanks to Kim for all her hard work!

Cassandra

2010-01-08T03:06:00.001-08:00

Cassandra, originally uploaded by Telzey.

In Greek mythology, Cassandra (Greek: Κασσάνδρα, "she who entangles men", also known as Alexandra) was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her beauty caused Apollo to grant her the gift of prophecy. However, when she did not return his love, Apollo placed a curse on her so that no one would ever believe her predictions. -- Wiki

Blue Ribbon Fugu

2009-12-28T17:22:00.001-08:00

Blue Ribbon Fugu, originally uploaded by Telzey.

Haven't been feeling very creative lately due to a Christmas cold (Yuk!) -- but a Fugu sign shot by PAVDW on Flickr brought me 'round long enough to play.

Here, Betty Anne proudly displays her award winning blowfish, Goliath.

Only one texture was used on this, but I had a lot of fun hand-coloring the model for a vintage feel.

Happy New Year, my friends!

Benchmark

2009-12-05T14:13:00.001-08:00

Benchmark, originally uploaded by Telzey.

A rare, but wonderful collaboration with my husband, Arthur Cover. Taken at the Huntington Library & Botanic Gardens in San Marino, CA. His image; my processing.

Mythago Wood

2009-12-05T10:53:00.001-08:00

Mythago Wood, originally uploaded by Telzey.

In memory of writer Robert Holdstock (1948-2009) who now walks with mythagos.

Chaparral

2009-12-01T16:12:00.001-08:00

chaparral, originally uploaded by Telzey.

I was riding around one day, looking for a new area to catch my eye ... and imagination. This horsepark was in an area of Sylmar, CA which been damaged by this summer's fires. Many of the old trees showed some burn marks but there was plenty of new growth ... and the colors ... !!

I processed this using Flypaper Textures: Caramel Soft & Raw Linen, plus my own new texture: Ankgor

Storm Season

2009-11-19T20:18:00.001-08:00

Storm Season, originally uploaded by Telzey.

Licensed by blanvalet through Trigger Image for use as cover on Ein Gefährlichen Gast by Kay Hooper.

Equations of Birds

2009-10-26T15:24:00.001-07:00

Equations of Birds, originally uploaded by Telzey.

Oct 26th 2009 - Licensed to Sony BMG for use as a CD cover: "Kapsberger" by Ensemble Los Otros. (Italian Baroque)

contemplation

2009-10-19T00:44:00.001-07:00

contemplation, originally uploaded by Telzey.

This was shot at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, CA. It was a cloudy day and although the clouds were reflected in the pool, most of them were hazy. I used only two of my new textures: Atlantis and Nile Basin

cypress (3)

2009-10-19T00:18:00.001-07:00

cypress (3), originally uploaded by Telzey.

I've been trying out some new textures that I recently created. This one uses Alexandria, Edo, Nile Basin, and Khartoum.

Time and the Riddle

2009-09-15T15:45:00.001-07:00

Time and the Riddle, originally uploaded by Telzey.

A chicken and the egg type of riddle for the hopelessly mystified.
Listening to Edgar Froese's "Genesta in the Afternoon Glow" from Introduction to the Ambient Highway.

Carpe Diem

2009-08-13T02:44:00.001-07:00

Carpe Diem, originally uploaded by Telzey.

Sometimes you just have to wait until the timing is right. I found this dancer a couple of years ago, but I didn't know what to do with her. Several weeks ago, I created the face of the sundial. Then it was just a matter of getting the right elements together -- all of which were in my files. Since the dancer is hand-colored, the number of layers is deceptively large.

Plymouth lighthouse

2009-08-08T12:36:00.001-07:00

Plymouth lighthouse
Originally uploaded by Telzey

The news is full of hypocrites and fear mongers. Unemployment is down but money is tight. So I've been forced to join the millions without health insurance. I need a ray of light -- hope in the storm.

Today's solution: immerse myself in my art ... and tinker with my blog settings.

Don't fall prey to the lies! Read what healthcare reform is all about

1388

2009-06-19T02:07:00.001-07:00

1388
Originally uploaded by Telzey

Have been reading all I can on the protests in Iran. Although I freely admit that I don't understand the way the government works there, it seems to me that the clerics care more about power than their people if they condone -- and are instrumental in -- rigging an election.

I can only stare with wonder and admiration at the hundreds of thousands of men and women who put their lives on the line by protesting the "results."

The world will not look away.

Follow Nico Pitney's live blogging on The Huffington Post

Frank

2009-05-22T13:36:00.001-07:00

Originally uploaded by Telzey

"Frank" was created for a challenge on Flickr's Textures for Layers group. The original house image was donated by Nesster.

For me, the challenge always comes down to thinking outside the box. Here I chose a Norman Rockwell look -- with attitude.

Frank, a graphic artist, lovingly paints the details onto the house ... but where does his canvas begin, or end?

Nonconformist

2009-05-02T19:53:00.001-07:00

Nonconformist
Originally uploaded by Telzey

Mathilde knew, right from the start, that Chester was going to be different.

This image was created for the 46th Man Ray Weekly Contest on Flickr. The British bird eggs were donated by Paul Grand.

I relate, rather strongly with Chester. A nonconformist all my life -- I'm always going in one direction when common wisdom says to go in the other. Still, it's worked out so far ....

It's a whole new world

2009-04-29T12:03:00.000-07:00

Hello world! I'm Lydia and I'm a full-time photographer/artist/small press publisher/dreamer. (It's harder to be a full-time dreamer than you may think.)

Bending Light is what I do with my photography. As soon as I figure out all the bells and whistles here I'd like to share some of my images with you. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy creating them.

For now, you can see my work on Flickr where I'm known as Telzey, or even -- dare I say it? -- purchase some of my art on RedBubble.

Be seeing you ...