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I’ve been continuing to work on elemental studies – an ongoing meta project that consists of developing graphic representations of the four elements of the ancients.

It’s a hit or miss project. Each image starts with an actual photograph – or several photos – and then undergoes extensive digital manipulation. Last week I managed to get one good ‘seed’ photo for alchemical Fire – a bit of fungus burning out of the side of a tree in the forest. After some work on that, I took a shot at Air – for this using a photo of a swiggle of light falling on the kitchen cabinets.

I’m happy with the way Fire turned out, and it can join water as being more or less finalized.. Air is interesting, but not there yet. I’m still miles away from earth. But what else is new?

Air, along with a larger copy of Fire, can be found in the Image Stream.