Saturday, October 22, 2011

Old Photos from my Archives

I keep looking in my Negative and slide files to see if there is anything worth restoring and turning in to Art. I did find a few things that looked interesting so I started to work on them. The images really started to look like something I could use, these images are of a riding stable that we found when we were up at the ram river around 1989-1990. The rugged country side is really awesome if you like riding horses or hiking. The friends I was with loved riding but I was more interested in taking photographs. My friends were out all day riding in the rugged foothills. I wished I could of gone with them and gotten some photos on the ride, but the camera I had with me was my Mamiya RB 67, far to big to take with me around my neck riding (I still have this studio camera), so I stayed near the car just venturing closer to the corral and areas where I could walk without a problem. Here are a few photos of that day.

 

    Meeting at the Gate Painting copy

    Coral life painting copy

            Ram river gorge painting copy

   My Choice painting copy

   Well, that’s it for today, I hope you like what I have shown you.

   Let me know what your thoughts are.

33 comments:

  1. Horst, I love these pictures and I like your artistic work. Mountains are wonderful. And they are so green.

    I like your style. It's very gentle and soft. I think I am missing this beautiful softness in my pictures.

    Greetings from Kaya

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  2. Kaya, you must remember that these are from scanned negatives and slides. The color will not be the same in these old images as they would be from digital images.

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  3. Horst you continue to amaze me with what you can do with plan photos. I could see prints like these mounted on a wall easily. Just beautiful. Have a wonderful week.

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  4. I think these are fantastic!! Truly works of ART! Very well done my friend!!

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  5. I certainly do like what you've shown us Horst, echoes of what must have been a lovely day,and the memories will always be fresh in your heart when you take the time to restore them as you've done.
    I like the first one best I think, probably because there's a dog in it. ! Good job, well done.
    And thank you for your visits, sorry I haven't been around as much lately, I'm trying to catch up :-)

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  6. Horst I am spellbound...these are all wonderful to see and I hope you can share more of the originals as your landscape looks fantasic.
    Take care.

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  7. Great images! You are definitely artistically talented!

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  8. Lovely Horst what a grand job they are truly great. The colours love them Hugs Sheila :)

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  9. These are wonderful Horst! I love that waterfall picture...but all are simply great! What beautiful captured memories!

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  10. I'm with Carrie..you continue to do a first rate excellent rendering of ANYTHING you have chosen to work on. It's all good..really and truly.

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  11. Thank you everyone, for your kind comments. It is much appreciated.

    Carole, got your note on Retirement. :-)

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  12. Beautiful images, the rugged mountains and the waterfall... They look enchanting and inviting...
    Just stumbled onto your blog, its great.
    Have a fabulous weekend Horst:)

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  13. All the photographs are great (and the painted effect that you have given to it adds to the appeal)
    What you mentioned "The friends I was with loved riding but I was more interested in taking photographs" is so true with all photographers.

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  14. The Images are great Horst you have indeed done a wonderful job here. Hugs Sheila

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  15. These are wonderful Horst!!
    They look like beautiful paintings.
    Lucky you to have such a camera. It's a beauty!!
    Happy Sunday to you, and have a wonderful week.

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  16. Great images Horst. My favorite is the windmill on your header. It looks like it should be on the front of a greeting card. You've really got an eye for capturing great scenes. Beautiful!

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  17. I really like the painted effect you have given these images. I might have to drag out some of my old negatives. I have most of them scanned I think. I broke my arm a few years ago, and it gave me something to do LOL I am really not that happy with the way they have scanned, so maybe this is a way I can rejuvenate them! Thanks for sharing, and for stopping by my blog to say hi. Have a wonderful week.

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  18. They really do look like art.I would never guess they started out as photographs.

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  19. great work Horst. I love the pictures. well done. hugs Doris

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  20. I am very VERY pleased at how well you are doing with your therapy and recovery! This is going even better than I imagined. I could not be more pleased!

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  21. Hi Carole, well I am pleased as well, But my muscles hate me. They add an exercise to my list every time I go to Physio. They added 10 minutes on the stationary bike today.

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  22. Your skills are wondefully done.
    Your Art is Fantastic.
    I did get your messages. Thanks you but I decline.
    Have the most wonderful weekend.

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  23. Keep up the work of getting well . I know from someone in my family the trials and the rewards of what you have been going though.
    Its worth it.

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  24. Thank you Horst for you kind words on my blog, I love your photos, they are beautiful, you did a fantastic job on them.. Wish I was as artistic as you!. Have a great weekend dear friend... hugs Doris :-)

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  25. Hi Horst Love your new header you did a very good job, Have a great Weekend ..Sheila :)

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  26. I agree with Sheila there Horst, makes mine look quite colourless in comparison, but thanks for liking it anyway, pretty flowers from the garden. My Clematis is starting to flower again owing to the very mild weather we've been having, and I'm just praying the daffodils, crocus etc, that are showing a lot of stem, don't flower, as the frost will kill them all stone dead, :-( and it's not officially winter!
    Keep on dropping by, I'd miss you if you stopped, have a lovely week.Arlene

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  27. Thank you Horst for you kind comments. love you dear friend. hugs Doris

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  29. Horst, thank you for a lovely comment. I like your blog. I'm in the middle of your relationship to nature, the cultivation of flowers and love for cats. We have here at home. It's personality. Mountain nature, I'm very glad, and your photos with wildlife and a horse to me enthused. The processing in the form of oil paintings gives your photos a completely different umělěcký dimension. Here nature, you have probably close to a little envy. Have a beautiful Christmas days. Sincerely, Peter.

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  30. Love the processing and bringing the old to life. Wonderful.

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  31. Good Morning Horst, Just dropping by to say hi & hope you are well dear friend..
    Have a great weekend... hugs

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