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.

I’ve done a bouquet in a library before, but wanted to revisit this setting. Below is the baseline picture I’d taken a while back.

I wanted the bouquet and lamp to be in a library setting with a well-used chair and threadbare rug.

I liked the outcome of this but had imagined the scene in a large, old library, so back to the prompt.

Again, a great result. I wanted the scale of the library to be the same but make the bouquet more prominent

Now, it was time to darken the setting with the golden glow of dusk coming through the windows & plenty of shadows. I also wanted to see how it would come out as a watercolour.

This scene got me thinking: Could I make only the area lit by the lamp in colour and the rest in black & white? I set about engineering the prompt to give the effect below.

Then prompt work was well worth the effort & I was really happy with how the image came out.

Next, I decided to go a bit crazy with a damaged library & view of a dystopian world beyond, & a bit of selective colour thrown in for good measure.

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.