Get the point

The horse paddocks around the village are filled with wild flowers at present. The result has a timeless feel to it which appeals to my artistic side. So, here is my homage to Pointillism, the painstaking painting by dots method favoured by painters such as Seurat. 

The result shown here also recalls the Autochrome starch process, one the earliest attempts at colour photography.







These days you can make Photoshop produce an impression of Pointillism, but it still takes very many stages to get the desired look. The process is so complex that it is best handled with a Photoshop action. I keep one for Autochrome and one for Orton Sandwich hidden in my menus.

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