More of my "Art of my Faith" series: The "Beatitudes" from the Sermon on the Mount, found in Matthew 5:3-12, have always been some of my favorite passages. These passages are concise...

mooseeyes Loc: Sonora, California

The "Beatitudes" from the Sermon on the Mount, found in Matthew 5:3-12, have always been some of my favorite passages. These passages are concise and thoughtful reflections of my faith.

The image used to create this part of the series is a watercolor treatment of a photo that I took at the Old California Mission San Miguel Arcangel. Three different programs were used on the original photo to create this art image. For an added note, my great grandmother was born at this Mission in the late 1800s.

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Bevman Loc: Baileysville, West Virginia

Beautiful!

SpeedyWilson Loc: Upstate South Carolina

For some reason I don't see an image in your post.

mooseeyes Loc: Sonora, California

MisterWilson wrote:

For some reason I don't see an image in your post.

I too found this post to come up rather strange. The image doesn't show, unless you hit the download hyperlink. I have seen this happen to others; however, it is the first time that it has happened to me. If this continues to happen, I may just quit posting until this glitch is rectified.

mooseeyes Loc: Sonora, California

Bevman wrote:

Beautiful!

Thank you.

mooseeyes Loc: Sonora, California

mooseeyes wrote:

MisterWilson wrote:

For some reason I don't see an image in your post.

I too found this post to come up rather strange. The image doesn't show, unless you hit the download hyperlink. I have seen this happen to others; however, it is the first time that it has happened to me. If this continues to happen, I may just quit posting until this glitch is rectified.

I think that I found the problem. I will try to get this image posted in the normal fashion here, so it will show in this post without having to do the download in order to see the image. We shall see. . .

pebbles Loc: New England

Mooseeyes,

pebbles Loc: New England

Mooseeyes,
Beautiful image and I love the story of your grand mother attached with it. It gives this image all the more meaning. I checked out your site. I am very impressed with your artwork. I have not seen this type of photograpy art before. What programs do you use for post processing? Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us. I do enjoy them.

mooseeyes Loc: Sonora, California

pebbles wrote:

Mooseeyes,
Beautiful image and I love the story of your grand mother attached with it. It gives this image all the more meaning. I checked out your site. I am very impressed with your artwork. I have not seen this type of photograpy art before. What programs do you use for post processing? Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us. I do enjoy them.

Thank you for looking, and for your kind comments. If you look again, you will see is was my Great Grandmother who was born at this mission.

As for the programs used, Photoshop CS5; Auto F/X Suite; and, a bit of Smart Photo Editor.

vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country

This looks familiar. I may have driven by without stopping.
Your artistic treatments are to be commended.

carlysue Loc: Columbus

Love your artistic rendition and I think that the church bells are the appropriate picture for the "peacemakers" verse. I'd love to see what you do for the whole series. Would make a beautiful book.

mooseeyes Loc: Sonora, California

vicksart wrote:

This looks familiar. I may have driven by without stopping.
Your artistic treatments are to be commended.

You very well may have driven by this, without stopping. You would have been driving north and/or south on Hwy 101. The Mission San Miguel is just off the Hwy 101, and the Mission proper is one of the most interesting for photo ops.

Or you may be confusing this structure with an adobe bell arch structure (recent, not old original), right at the turn off to San Juan Buatista, from Hwy 101?

Seeing that you too are from California, if you ever get the urge to photograph the old California Missions, let me know. I have been to them all many times. Some I would be happy to go back to and shoot over and over again.

The structure in this image, while on the Mission property, it is a much more recent addition to the edge of the property to be seen from the Hwy. Not really part of the original old Mission, more like a really cool bill board for the Mission. The Mission proper is truly stunning, and well worth pulling off the Hwy for a visit.

All of that said, thank you for viewing and your kind comments.

mooseeyes Loc: Sonora, California

carlysue wrote:

Love your artistic rendition and I think that the church bells are the appropriate picture for the "peacemakers" verse. I'd love to see what you do for the whole series. Would make a beautiful book.

Thank you for looking, and for your kind comments. I actually have been thinking of doing a book; however, I want to do something that is unique and unlike many of the other books already done on the old California Missions. I think that I have zeroed in on a book concept that I am happy with, now all I have to do is sell the concept.

vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country

mooseeyes wrote:

quote=vicksart This looks familiar. I may have dr... (show quote)

We just drove that route going to and coming home from San Diego at Thanksgiving. Our oldest daughter and her husband and children live down there, so we make the trip 2 or 3 times a year. 101 is preferred over hwy 5 because it's more scenic and there are better places to stop for meals. It's about an hour longer but worth the time.

There's never enough time to take the little detours unless lunch or gas are involved, but I do remember catching this out of the corner of my eye.

The CA missions are quite wonderful to visit. Years ago, we went to the one in Lompoc. It was fascinating. There must have been photos, but they're now lost (and probably very faded).