January 2013
Been at this site five years now and have seen a lot of growth - both artistically and spiritually thanks to the many good friends I have met here. I work with Poserpro2012, photoshop CS6, PSPX2, Perfect Effects 3 and Photomatrix 4. I love working in the material room and continue to find lots of growth there. I also do a lot of postwork fixing, special affects, and framing, all for which photoshop is indispensible. I love doing postwork; no image is anywhere near complete without it.
In the last year or so I've added quite a bit of photography to my gallery. I started with a Nikon Coolpix 9100 point and shoot. It gives amazing quality and its small size makes it easy to pack around and just grab some shots as they come into my vision. I still use it for sneaky people shots but now I use a Nikon D5100 DSLR for my more serious keeper work. Had I known how all consuming my passion for photography would become I should have jumped to a D600 low end pro camera.In my gallery you will see mostly storylines based upon my own visions and versions of Mesopotamian Mythology, sprinkled with some Celtic works and an occasional pinup or two and quite a few special requests. I have long been a writer, though a terrible speller, and so most of my images come with a storyline or poem. No image seems complete to me without words to accompany them.In high school I trained in both the Sciences and Fine Arts but when I went to university I had to choose one or the other and so I went with the life sciences. Art dropped out of my life for a long time... though I never gave up my interest in archeology and mythology. I wound up with a graduate degree in the life sciences with majors in physical geography, ecology and evolutionary biology. My love of nature and a deep naturalistic spirituality eventually led me to the wikkan tradition.Some five and a half years ago I discovered poser after coming across some great 3-d art on the web and after some six months of stumble bum practice I joined this site.Doing this type of art has released many visions and stories that were locked up inside my soul for many ages. It has allowed me to explore the life and times of my primal spiritual ancestor, a girl also named Roxanne, who lived in the Sumerian regions. She whispers the stories of these classic legends in my mind and I create the images to go with them.My stories are mostly written as dialogue and they tend to be rather long. So grab a coffee, a tea or better yet a beer, kick back, relax and stay a while.I hope you enjoy your stay here.Hugs and blessed beRoxy
Comments (25)
magnus073
Nice work on this cool capture, Roxie. I loved the clever title and the pov you went with also.
Faemike55
tis a shame that the decided to not use these anymore - not only were they useful they were iconic of the Railroad at large. Great capture Roxy
photosynthesis
Very colorful, vibrant, weather-beaten & grungy image. The postwork style you chose fits the content perfectly...
3dpoetry
Amazing true life art
rhol_figament
That brings up some old memories. When I was young my father worked on a freight train like this. He would bring me with him sometimes and the caboose was my fav, although the engine was pretty cool too. It was an adventure... :)
eekdog
pristine capture! 10*s my friend. really love the contrast, the super old look and the memories this holds. very fine work behind the lens, Roxy. do you use an SLR style or the screen view back? i prefer SLR's..
brewgirlca
I shoot through the viewfinder not the screen. Although I always check the screen in either histogram or light blowout mode after I shoot.
auntietk
Love the pov. Outstanding image!
shingleboot
Beautiful pov and variations of textures.
mtdana
Great POV and composition – feels like you are there in grass looking up!
poet001
Excellent shot Roxy and beautiful photo-work! Great capture!!!
RaykesPictures
Great pov and nice post!
sharky_
Very nice work. Aloha
whaleman
Always interesting to see how they get rebuilt!
giulband
excellent capture!!!!
barryjeffer
The years are showing, and with every crack or spot of rust, a story.
drifterlee
It's sad they did away with cabooses. Nice shot!
West_coaster07
Excellent work Roxie!!!
Cyve
Great POV and fantastic image... wonderfully captured !!!
adorety
Wow! This is great! I really like the perspective you've got here and the clarity really makes for some excellent details. The oldness of everything and the fact that it's a caboose certainly does create the title. Nice touch of postwork. Your eye and technique are certainly growing in leaps and bounds.
FaeMoon
What a great style for this! I really like the focus on the steps and the texture that you captured with the aging paint and metal!
RodS
This is excellent, Roxy! The textures and colors are just delicious - I can almost reach out and touch this.. Gorgeous! I love these old cabooses - If I ever win the lottery, I'm going to find a nice bit of land to build a house on... And I'll find an old caboose somewhere, and fix it up as a guest house. I think that would be soooo neat - I'd probably end up sleeping in it, myself! LOL!
pauldeleu
Beautiful capture.
Tracesl Online Now!
excellent
JuliSonne
The end of an old train and the end of the ride this train ... wonderful pun. A piece of nostalgia with beautiful textures ... the old weathered flaking paint and the design of the good old days ..... AWESOME!!
Rhanagaz
Wonderful capture, Roxy!! :o)