Mucking around with Photoshop I found the Posteriser, well, technically “poster edges”. It makes posters of photos and emphasises the edges of the picture’s various contours. It’s incredible to see some of my photos in a new light. I posterised some photos I put up on my old Photojournal website in 2002 and the whole process changes the picture in an amazing way. This old geocities website no longer exists. So who said that websites are eternal?
When I took these pictures I used a cheap “instamatic” camera without a zooms lens. My instamatic camera used film and it was very expensive to develop the large number of rolls of film I had when I returned to Australia. I then scanned the photos and used Photoshop to enhance and edit as needed. Today I use a small digital camera, not only is it far cheaper to take and see your photos, but also with the large memory disks available you don’t have to worry about carrying rolls of film.
So, 2000 seems like another age when it comes to photography!
The following pictures are from the above website.
I will put up more “posterised” photos as I complete them here.
Here’s a few:
Just click on the pictures below to see an enlarged version.
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- Bethlehem, Israel – Jesus’ birth spot according to tradition.
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- Kalavystra, Greece.
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- Temple of Luxor, Egypt
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- Temple of Luxor, Egypt
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- Meteora, Greece
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- Mount Athos, Greece – known as the Holy Mountain by Orthodox Christians.
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- Olympia, Greece – birthplace of the Olympic Games.
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- Palmyra, Syria – some of the best preserved Roman ruins in the world are here about 200 kms from Baghdad, Iraq.
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- Palmyra, Syria – some of the best preserved Roman ruins in the world are here about 200 kms from Baghdad, Iraq.
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- Palmyra, Syria – Tomb
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- Aroutsas St Athens, just below the Acropolis in Athens.
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- Patmos, Greece – entrance to cave where St John wrote the Book of Revelations.
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- Patmos, Greece – street scene.
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- Patmos, Greece – street scene.
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- Petra, Jordan – Indiana Jones country!
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- Abu Simbel, Egypt.
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- Konya, Turkey – Rumi Mevlana’s (founder of the Whirling Dervishes Sufi Order) Tomb
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- Seljuk, Turkey (near Ephasus) engraving close to St John’s grave.
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- Palmyra, Syria – Stavros on a camel.
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- Valley of the Kings, Egypt
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- Valley of the Kings, Egypt
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- Bethlelehem, Israel – entrance to where Jesus was born.
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- Mount Sinai, Egypt – view from the top of Mt Sinai.
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- Yannina, Greece
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- Yannina, Greece.
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- Goreme, Turkey – entrance to a cave house.
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- Diakopto, Greece – a few minutes walk from my father’s house.
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- Jerusalem, Israel
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- Goreme, Turkey – cave house.
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- Goreme, Turkey – “Star Wars” Luke Skywalker land of his birth.
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- Goreme, Turkey – tunnel between cave houses.
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- Goreme, Turkey – view from inside a cave house.
Thank you for visiting Journeys and Star Gazing. Here there's stories of my various journeys, some inner but mostly outer; photos, song lyrics, poems, astrological readings and interpretations, I Ching speculations, quotes from people I admire and some cool graphics. There are reflections and archival material on various human rights campaigns I have been involved in over the years. With these, some have a "Star Gazing" interpretive filter. 
This is wonderful, Have been to a lot of these places eg Egypt Turkey, Greece would love to go to Petra also Syria but not now. Yannina your birthplace looks wonderful
It is so heart breakingly sad what is happening in Syria. I wrote a post about my visit to Damascus https://dodona777.wordpress.com/?s=damascus
I remember feeling the yearning for freedom from some of the people I met there. The family I mention in the post “Lost in Damascus” would for certain be of those.
I feel so much for them, we in Australia are so lucky
I feel so much for them, we in Australia are so lucky What a beautiful encounter you were very lucky.