Tag: Culzean Castle

  • Allium Ursinum: Capturing the Beauty of Wild Garlic at Culzean Castle — FOTD Aug 03

    Allium Ursinum: Capturing the Beauty of Wild Garlic at Culzean Castle — FOTD Aug 03

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

    We’re now moving on to Culzean Castle & its grounds in Ayrshire for the next series of flowers & settings


    Allium ursinum, also known as wild garlic, ramsons, cowleekes, cows’s leek, cowleek, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek, Eurasian wild garlic or bear’s garlic. It is native to Europe and Asia, where it grows in moist woodland. It is a wild relative of onion and garlic, all belonging to the same genus, Allium.

    As with Thursday’s fuchsia, I added a picture of Culzean castle into the AI prompt to ensure it featured in the background. My setting for the wild garlic is its natural habitat of woodland, with the castle in the background. I then did a series of style edits (carousel): golden hour lighting, night, storm, dystopian, futurism… enjoy

    If you follow my blog, you know I’m currently working on a project fusing my photography with AI creativity. For more on my journey with AI, check out my Fan Of… series, the latest of which is a reimagining of some lensball shots.

  • Knautia Macedonica at Culzean Castle– FOTD Aug 02

    Knautia Macedonica at Culzean Castle– FOTD Aug 02

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

    We’re now moving on to Culzean Castle & its grounds in Ayrshire for the next series of flowers & settings

    The Knautia macedonica is also known as the Macedonian scabious.

    As with yesterday’s fuchsia, I added a picture of Culzean castle into the AI prompt to ensure it featured in the background. I then did a series of style edits (carousel): oil painting, surrealism, steampunk & digital art… enjoy

    If you follow my blog, you know I’m currently working on a project fusing my photography with AI creativity. For more on my journey with AI, check out my Fan Of… series, the latest of which is a reimagining of some lensball shots.

  • Culzean Castle & Charming Hummingbird Fuchsia — FOTD Aug 01

    Culzean Castle & Charming Hummingbird Fuchsia — FOTD Aug 01

    HAPPY AUGUST

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

    We’re now moving on to Culzean Castle & its grounds in Ayrshire for the next series of flowers & settings

    The fuchsia magellanica is more commonly known as the hummingbird fuchsia, hardy fuchsia or chilco.

    These delicate wee fuchsias are a picture in themselves, but I wanted to show them in the grounds of Culzean Castle, so I added a picture of the castle to the prompt.

    Culzean Castle

    Once I had the base picture from the prompt…

    … I then did a series of style edits from this picture (carousel): mosaic, baroque, gothic-baroque fusion & finally, a gothic-baroque-cyberpunk fusion… enjoy

    If you follow my blog, you know I’m currently working on a project fusing my photography with AI creativity. For more on my journey with AI, check out my Fan Of… series, the latest of which is a reimagining of some lensball shots.

  • Euphorbia griffithii at Culzean Castle — FOTD Jul 31

    Euphorbia griffithii at Culzean Castle — FOTD Jul 31

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

    We’re now moving on to Culzean Castle & its grounds in Ayrshire for the next series of flowers & settings

    Euphorbia griffithii, more commonly known as Griffith’s Spurge, is native to Bhutan, Tibet, & southwest China.

    I’ve done a few simple style edits for these wee flowers — pastel, made of stars, concept art & abstract

    If you follow my blog, you know I’m currently working on a project fusing my photography with AI creativity. For more on my journey with AI, check out my Fan Of… series, the latest of which is a reimagining of some lensball shots.

  • Wordless Wednesday Jul 31

    Wordless Wednesday Jul 31

    Some more shots of Culzean Castle

    I did a few AI edits (see carousel) of this stately castle on the coast in Ayrshire. I started with a dawn transformation before turning the building into a Gothic Castle & finally an Ice Palace… enjoy

  • Silent Sunday Jul 28

    Silent Sunday Jul 28

    Glimpses of Culzean Castle in Ayrshire.

  • Wordless Wednesday Jul 24

    Wordless Wednesday Jul 24

    Some more shots of Culzean Castle; these shots show the Coach House

  • Silent Sunday Jul 21

    Silent Sunday Jul 21

    Some shots from a recent visit to Culzean Castle in Ayrshire.