Hi All 👋 My latest post for Cee’s FOTD.

Although Cee’s taking a much-deserved break, I’m keeping my FOTD posts going as I explore further with flowers in Hot Mods. Looking forward to Cee’s return in February

I am delving into my archives for warm, sunny shots during these frosty days.

This one took a slightly odd turn, thanks to my good wife, Susan. I was thinking about a setting for the next bouquet when Susan came up with the idea of having flowers cascading out of a fountain. Ever one to oblige; for this, I used the two pictures below as the baseline for the idea. One, a colourful bouquet of flowers; the second, a Cellpic shot of The Ross Fountain with Edinburgh Castle behind.

This is the first re-imagining from the prompt.

I took this further by rendering it as a watercolour.

Now the fun really begins. My next setting for the flower cascading fountain was a futuristic plaza in a cityscape.

Although I liked the general look & feel of this one, I wanted the fountain to be more prominent & viewed from ground level.

Next up, steampunk, but I wanted it to be a more modern steampunk.

This kinda worked in so much that the steampunk has been blended with a futuristic skyline of towering buildings, but wasn’t quite the look I was hoping for; so, back to the prompt.

This one is much closer to what I envisioned from a futuristic/steampunk blend.

Any of you following my blog will know I’m currently working on a project fusing my own photography with AI creativity. For more on my journey with AI, check out my Fan Of… series, the latest being a re-imagining of an old Steam Locomotive.