Peace Lily

Peace Lily

Testing the new FotoSketcher version 3.96. Peace Lily See FotoSketcher 3.96 – Ludwig’s Toolshed (cafeludwig.com) for a bit more.

Light and Shadow

Light and shadows are fundamental building blocks of photography. Light is the essence of photography, without it, there would be no image. The quality, direction, and intensity of light can drastically alter the appearance of a photograph. Shadows are powerful storytellers. Shadows can reveal shapes, hide the irrelevant, create abstract patterns, bring out textures, even…… Continue reading Light and Shadow

Gallery Visit

O Gallery - Norcross

You have seen my photos from the O Gallery Farewell Party. Now here my artistic impressions of the event. The first a manipulation of the featured photo from my post Saying Goodbye to the O Gallery, and below a kaleidoodle based on it. O Gallery – Norcross Kaleidoodle – O Gallery – Norcross

Ice Cream Day

Ice Cream

If you missed National Ice Cream Day, here is a treat for you. Ice Cream You can learn much more from my friends at the Frog and PenguINN.

A funny thing happened …

… actually, a series of funny things … A couple of days ago I did as I often do. I stepped back from my hardships and tried to forget the problems by doing a bit of art. What I came up with was this kaleidoodle; I posted it on the Silver Canvas site. https://silvercanvas.ludwig.gallery/2024/07/kaleidoodle The…… Continue reading A funny thing happened …

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Rear View

Did you know that hawks can turn their heads almost 180 degrees? Here our hawk was actually taking a bath in our birdbath. Took plenty of time too. Our other bird friends were raising a ruckus, but the hawk was undisturbed until he saw us watching. That was a pretty dirty look. Guess it was…… Continue reading Rear View

Our Little Peachtree

Young Peaches

It is a “volunteer” in our back yard. Each spring it lights up with beautiful blossoms. A photo from back in 2016 became the logo of the Peach Blossom Artists group. Like the blossoms, the group lit up with creative activity. Like the blossoms on our little tree, the group faded after a while. After…… Continue reading Our Little Peachtree

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Happy Holidays!

Holiday Lights 2023

All the best for the Holiday Season! Holiday Lights 2023

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Ghost Spider

Ghost Spider

It can happen to anybody, of course. As I was getting ready to take a photo of Mrs. Joro, I accidentally pushed the release button all the way down. I hadn’t focused yet and was still wondering what aperture I should use. When I heard the click, I mumbled something to myself, something on the…… Continue reading Ghost Spider

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Red Awnings

Red Awnings

Another version Here a version that really emphasizes the topic. Find a different take at Silver Canvas. Red Awnings

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Diamond

Diamond in the making … After my clean, precise “Doily” how about something messier? It started with a nice photo of a daisy – and went downhill from there. There are two dozen, yes – 24, transformations of that photo in my files. They were created over a month’s time. Here are the (currently) final…… Continue reading Diamond

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Doily

Doily

Recently a series of kaleido-art images concluded over at Ludwig.Gallery. The show received scant notice. That was not unexpected. Here is a brand new, unpublished kaleidoodle titled “Doily”. Just to remind anyone coming by that this addiction is not going to end anytime soon. Doily

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Feeding Time

Seeing an Appreciating It is not at all uncommon that a photo of mine that I consider one of my best, or at least one of my favorites, gets yawns from my friends. In fact, most of the time when picking “good photos” from my collection, others rarely pick what I hold dear. There is…… Continue reading Feeding Time

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Tree

Tree glowing in photoodle glory Nothing special, just a photoodle of a sycamore tree.

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Visitors

Another bunch of emails … Yes, I keep getting emails, many like this (edited to deny fame): This email was sent from your website “Cafe Ludwig” by the Wordfence plugin at Friday 27th of January 2023 at 10:54:39 AM ……A user with IP address XXXXX has been locked out from signing in or using the…… Continue reading Visitors

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Lament

… why, oh why? It is really, really frustrating. This website used to be hosted by a small internet service provider. As I was planning to add features, I started to feel bad. WordPress was changing and the new approach put more and more computing chores unto the severs. In days past the html code…… Continue reading Lament

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