POTD: Teardrop on a Rose

A Teardrop on a Rose

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Written and recorded by Hank Williams (SR)

While strolling thru a lovely garden

As day was drawing to a close...

My eyes be-held a tragic story

I saw a teardrop on a rose.

It should have been a tear of gladness

But deep inside the sorrow shows

A trusting heart had just been broken

I saw a teardrop on a rose.

A sobbing tear that follows parting

Holds all the pain that sorrow knows

A false goodbye a life is shattered

There lies a story on a rose.

The tear will dry the rose will wither

When spring and winter comes and goes

I loved, I lost, my story ended

With just a teardrop on a rose.

1. Rose1 - SLR Pic

 

(taken with Nikon D5100)

2. Rose1 – Converted into a sketch in Pocket Monet iPhone app

3. Rose2 – iPhone Pic (Big Lens)

(taken with iPhone using Big Lens app – I found the effects produced by this app simply amazing – almost SLR like!)

4. Rose3 – SLR Pic edited with Snapseed iPhone app

(taken with Nikon D5100 and edited for saturation and sharpness in Snapseed)

5. Rose3 – Van Gogh version

(taken with Nikon D5100 and converted into a painting in Autopainter app – Van Gogh filter)

6. Rose3 – Monochrome version

(taken with Nikon D5100 and converted into a monochrome in Monochromia app) 

POTD: Pink Lily

(Both the pictures taken with Nikon D5100 SLR, 35 mm lens + Raynox 150 close up filter; collage created in Collage It software)

 

(taken with Nikon D5100 SLR, 35mm lens + Raynox 150 close up filter)

 

P.S.: Btw, we have completed two uninterrupted months of POTD. I have uploaded most of my earlier posts on my personal blog: http://girishnayyar.blogspot.com.

 

 

 

 

POTD: Graffiti Wall

Also called as the Skateboard Park, Graffiti wall is a popular hangout for kids on BMX’s and skateboards in the Southbank area of London. This riverside mural underneath the National Theatre is perennially plastered with graffiti and sticker art. I read an article on the net saying a South African artist by the name of Robin Rhode was commissioned in 2008 to decorate the 400 square foot area with a mass of geometric silver and black patterns. It took the South African and his 10 assistants a total of 2 days to complete the assignment, but within 24 hours, the work was ruined and overwritten with new set of slogans and tags by general public - it is one of the legal areas of London for graffiti writing/painting.

1. Original

(taken with Nikon D5100; added some sharpness in Photo Toaster)

2. Cinematic Version

(Converted in Bleach Bypass app)

3. Cyclist at Graffiti Wall

 

(taken with Nikon D5100; 35mm lens; unedited)

Yesterday’s Polling Results on St. Paul’s Dome pictures:

Number 4 (Shining Dome - Muted Monochrome version) was the winner, closely followed by Number 3 (Triptych)