You can get creative on blog posts in several ways.
Artwork
You may want to showcase your own artwork.
This rock was the perfect shape for a barn owl painting. I used acrylic paint on this rock. First, I applied a cream colored base coat, then used small brushes to add the details. I perched it in the fork of a tree in my yard for the photo.
The next photo shows a magpie flying over the Painted Hills. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, the bird is a character in a book I’m working on. For this painting, I used watercolors and ink from a Chinese inkstick.
In the next drawing, I used pen and ink. This a stylized drawing of a grizzly bear. I had forgotten it was on the back of another drawing I had done of a bear.
Photo Bloopers
You can be creative in other ways. I like to occasionally post photo bloopers. This is where I post pictures that didn’t turn out as expected, so I add a little humor to them.
One day, I was following a family of Trumpeter Swans near the Sunriver Nature Center in Oregon. As soon as I started taking pictures, they did this.
The caption reads, “She’s about to take our picture. Quick, everyone put your head underwater!”
The next one shows the Three Gossips rock formation in Arches National Park in Utah.
One of the gossips is saying, “Then Rocky told me he’d give me the latest scoop.” Another says, “Really?” The last one says, “Cliff, you really shouldn’t spread that kind of dirt.”
The next photo shows a close up of wrinkly bark on a western juniper tree.
The caption reads, “Uh… the anti-wrinkle cream doesn’t seem to be working.”
Photo Processing Effects
Another way to get creative on your blog is to use photo processing effects. I use Corel PaintShop Pro 2021 to edit my pictures.
The first shows a cloud-filled sky over Playa at Summer Lake. If you move the slider, you can see how the original compares to the edited version. I increased the contrast and used a black and white film effect. This effect works well with cloud formations.
In the next photo, I used a colored edges effect on a picture I took of daisies. I like this one because it almost looks like a drawing with this effect.
The last photo shows a windmill at Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum in Oregon. For this picture I used a glowing edges artistic effect. It makes all the details stand out.
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – Creativity
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Stunning . Yu are a natural teacher! Celeste
Thank you, Celeste! 😀
Well Siobhan, having followed you for a long time I’m not at all surprised to see the extent of your creativity, which is off the charts! I loved all of your examples and especially like that you shared how they were created. Your captions brought me lots of smiles today so thank you for that!
Thanks, Tina! The word “creativity” can be interpreted in many ways. Glad you liked my blooper photos. 🙂
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Thanks, Graham! 😀
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What a wonderful post! It does indeed address creativity. Your photos with the captions are funny and creative and I loved them. The edits you shared are also very good. Good work!
Thanks so much, Joanne!
Thank you for showing us the different ways you are creative. Your drawings are great. I like your before and after photos. Thanks for explaining how you created your finished photo.
Thank you! It’s fun to be creative in very different ways.
Beautifully done!
Thanks! 😁
Siobhan, thanks for sharing your creative mind with us. These is wonderful art.
Thanks, Egidio!
All wonderful Siobhan 😀 I really like the Playa at Summer Lake in B&W. The owl rock is my favourite
Thanks, Brian! Yeah, the clouds looked great in black and white. Glad you like my little owl rock. It’s one of my very favorites I’ve ever painted.
Wow, you are a great teacher…now let’s see if I managed to be taught!?! 😛
Thanks! I try to educate and entertain. 🙂
You’re clearly very creative Siobhan! It comes through in many of your blogs, not just this one 🙂 I especially like your barn owl and the bear drawing!
Thank you, Sarah! Glad you like my owl rock and the bear drawing. 😀
Creative and beautiful art! Love the bear and magpie especially. Nicely done with the slides!
Thanks, Ann-Christine! Glad you liked my take on creativity.
Love the theme and your take on it, Siobhan! Very creative gallery, and when I first glanced at the owl, I thought it was real.
Thank you, John! Glad you liked my owl pocket pet. 🙂
Great selections, great variety, great creativity!
Thanks so much, John!
You are a true artist, Siobhan.
Thank you, Sofia! 😀
Simply amazing Siobhan. You are truly creative and a wonderful artist.
Thank you, Anne! Glad you like my creative side. 🙂
I greatly enjoy the different effects you created and how each one fits the original image so well. Love the humor 🙂
Thank you! 😀 That was a fun prompt with lots of different ways to interpret it.