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• Black and White Tutorial
  by Elvina-Mae Farkas

  OK, many people ask me how I get my black and white photos done, and most of the time I try my hardest to explain it all through a reply …

  OK, many people ask me how I get my black and white photos done, and most of the time I try my hardest to explain it all through a reply email. But recently a bubbler bubblemailed me and asked, so THIS time I figured I’d draw one up. So 4 hours later and I think Im done. WARNING: LARGE LARGE LARGE FILE!! WILL TAKE A WHILE TO DOWNLOAD But once downloaded, I suggest that you right-click and SAVE, so you dont have to come back each time. =) And another thing – sorry if there is incorrect spelling, punctuation etc. I didnt read over it! OKIE DOKIE – so for starters, pick a image you would like to turn into black and white. Ive made this tut to suit a portrait photo. You can do it with landscape, etc. Just with some common knowledge of where to edit and put things. Shouldn’t be too hard! So here is my orginal: / This is a photo of my mate Tristan. Pretty plain photo of him sitting in the car, on our way to the races. =) HERE WE GO! WOO-LAH! I also just edit to get rid of his moles, etc. That might be my next tutorial – haha! Hope this helps guys! Feel free to comment if you need help etc. I’ll try and do my best to answer them for you!

• Redbubble break
  by Mel Brackstone

  Arrggghhh….I’m going to miss you all so much! Leaving tomorrow for a second honeymoon in NZ….not going to be much time for the bub, s…

  Arrggghhh….I’m going to miss you all so much! Leaving tomorrow for a second honeymoon in NZ….not going to be much time for the bub, so I’ll just have to say hooroo and will catch up with you all when I return. Gotta go pack – cameras, lenses, tripod, cable release, lee filters, batteries, battery chargers, power leads, extension cord, powerboard….these are all essential, of course. Clothing and toiletries are optional extras… Take care all you lovely people, I’ll log in if I can, but it’s not going to happen often, I suspect.

• Bonkers - 1650 views on one image!
  by Jeff Rayner

  Can’t believe I have had over 1650 views and 72+ Favs in the past couple of days on this image !http://images-2.redbubble.com/img/art/siz…

  Can’t believe I have had over 1650 views and 72+ Favs in the past couple of days on this image – Feel very honored that so many people have taken the time to view it – Thanks to all this is a great community – Now to sell one! / Cheers / Jeff

• Tutorial on How to Create a Stormy Atmosphere
  by Johanne Brunet

  I made this image for a challenge which consisted in creating A hand-made sunrise, sunset or sunbeam or storm work. After uploading i…

  I made this image for a challenge which consisted in creating A hand-made sunrise, sunset or sunbeam or storm work. After uploading it to my portfolio, with some details as to how it was created, I was asked to post the tutorial in a Photoshop oriented forum. So there it is in a more detailed version. I hope that you will find it useful. Please do not hesitate to signal any mistake you might find or ask for clarification if you find some point confusing. This is the modified image: / I started with a not so interesting colour photo which presented a nice dense cloudy sky, and the trees in the foreground was dim and more in silhouette. It was shot at sunset, so the sky was not too bright, just enough to show a good definition in the clouds and suggest the presence of ozone in the atmosphere. My original photo was 3872×2592 pixels. The size of the photo is important to mention in this case because you might have to adjust the different values depending on your image size. Original image / If you prefer, you can use my original photo by right clicking on the link and saving to your computer. Link to original photo STEP 1 – CONVERT TO BLACK AND WHITE / I used a tutorial published by Design by Fire . It had been originally created by the photographer Greg Gorman’s photo retoucher, Rob Carr. If you decide to use this tutorial, please note that in Photoshop 6, you have to convert image mode back to 8 bits prior to step 4 where you need to Ctrl+Click (Windows) on the thumbnail of the Channels palette to load a selection, or else it won’t work. I don’t know how it is for other versions; you will have to try. For this image, I chose a greenish tone for my solid color adjustment layer in step 6, picking my colour at left, near the bottom of the color picker as shown in the tutorial (theirs is in a red palette instead of green). STEP 2 – CREATING RAIN After converting my image to a nice and rich black and white, I used another interesting tutorial that I found on the internet to create rain. This great and easy tutorial was made by Domen Lombergar and if you wish, you can view his tutorial on video right here However, I will write below each step of the tutorial anyway, entering the settings that I have used for this particular image. 1. You should now have a nice black and white image to start with. 2. Add a new layer, name it Rain and fill it with black. 3. Now we need to add noise. Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise and enter 400% in the amount value. You may have to enter more if your image is larger or less if your image is smaller. Check either Uniform or Gaussian, it doesn’t matter, but make sure that the box Monochromatic is checked. Click OK. 4. Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur and play with the angle and distance until you are satisfied. In this instance, I chose a negative angle value of -41 , and a distance of 61 pixels . 5. I adjusted the opacity to 34% (may vary according to taste and to background image) and blended in screen mode. 6. The next thing was to create an adjustment layer on the background image (between the background and the rain layers) to darken the background a little and match the atmosphere. 7. I finished the rain process by cropping the blurred edges out, leaving me with image approximately 3780 by 2500 pixels in size. STEP 3 – CREATING A LIGHTNING BOLT For the last step, I created a lightning bolt using a great tutorial by Matthew Whiting 1. You need to start your lightning in a new document with the background set to transparent. My rainy black and white image was a little more that 2500 px high, and I figured that my lightning bolt would run from the little hole in the clouds to the bottom, meaning a little more than half of the height. Just to be sure, I made my new document a transparent square of 1500×1500 pixels. 2. Now you will fill it with a gradient. To do so, make sure that your default colours are set to black and white by hitting the D key. Then, pick your Gradient tool from the tools menu and in the horizontal menu at the top of your screen, choose a black to white gradient, making certain that the Linear gradient option is selected. Holding the Shift key, trace a straight horizontal line accross the layer, starting at about ¼ of the document and stopping at ¾. Placing a grid on your document could help you gauge where to start and finish, if you’re not sure. To do this, go to Edit > Preferences > Guides and Grid . In the Grid section, put 25 in the box marked Gridline every: , change the measuring units to %* , and write *0 in Subdivisions. Click OK then go to View > Show and select Grid . This is really useful as well to assess the rule of thirds. In that case, you just change the percentage to 33,3 in the Guides and Grid preferences. Back to the lightning now! 3. Now that you have a nice gradient, apply a Difference Clouds filter by clicking Filter > Render > Difference Clouds. 4. Your bolt is starting to show, but it is black and you need to change it to white. To do so, just hit Ctrl+i (Windows) or (Cmd+i in Mac) in order to invert the image. You could also use the command Image > Adjust < Invert . 5. Adding a Levels adjustment layer , you will push the black cursor to the right, mine was pushed to about 170 and slide the gamma (gray) triangle to the right as well, next to the white one which must remain at 255. Again, you might want to vary a bit according to your own image. 6. Select the image and go to Edit > Copy Merged, then paste into your rainy black and white photo, place into appropriate position, and blend in screen mode. 7. Now is the time to modify the general shape of the bolt if you find it too wavy. To do this, make sure that the bolt layer is active in the Layers palette and go to Edit > Transform > Distort . Pull the handle up to elongate the bolt a bit and or pull the sides in a bit if you wish. Apply your transformation when satisfied. 8. Should you wish to add little branches to your bolt, you can do so by selecting some that are sticking out and either cut or copy to a new layer, then position to taste. You can do this and reverse them horizontally to put some on the other side too. 9. When your bolt is shaped to your liking, use the eraser tool set at 0 hardness and 45 % opacity to slowly erase the extra blur around the bold and any remaining clouds (from the difference clouds step) that you don’t want. 10. Adjust levels again if needed. THE LAST STEP! – GLOWING LIGHT Finally, the lightning bolt needs some surrounding light to look realistic. 1. Create a new transparent layer, right under the rain layer at the top. 2. Select a large soft and round brush of 279 px and hardness set to 0, and adjust the Brush Dynamics to fade in size and opacity (I used 70 steps for size and 100 steps for opacity). 3. Make sure that white is the foreground colour in your default colours, select it and paint over the lightning bolt, starting from the bottom and going up to the originating point. 4. Apply a gaussian blur filter (I used 160 radius) and fix opacity to your liking. If you wish, you can add a spot of additional light at the point where the lightning bolt originates from the clouds using the same method as for the addition of glowing light along the bolt. 1. Create a new transparent layer, right under the rain layer at the top. 2. Select a large soft and round brush of 279 px and hardness set to 0, and apply a dot of white at the appropriate point. 3. Apply a gaussian blur filter (I used 160 radius) and fix opacity to your liking. Voilà! You should now have a great stormy landscape! I hope that I have not confused you too much. Have fun!

• Afghanistan Photos...
  by Antanas

  AFGHANISTAN LIFE Revised 2008 05 16 CLICK PHOTO if you want view !http://images-1.redbubble.com/img/art/cropped/size:small/v…

  AFGHANISTAN LIFE Revised 2008 05 16 CLICK PHOTO if you want view

• And the Leica M goes to ...
  by The RedBubble Real Photography Comp

  Following on from the ‘problems’ ...

  Following on from the ‘problems’ last friday – and the promised resolution Let me be the first to congratulate Craig Goldsmith for his fantastic image – selected as the recipient of that o-so-gorgeous Leica. James

• Childhood Narratives Book
  by Deborah Parkin

  I have finally done a book on my Childhood Narrative images – thanks to a push from college – i am really excited about it :) / I would li…

  I have finally done a book on my Childhood Narrative images – thanks to a push from college – i am really excited about it :) / I would like to say a special thanks to Marin Derksema for giving me his blessing on publishing his poem ‘Secret Place’ to go along with the image of the same name – thanks Martin you are a star :) Click on Carousel to see the book

• A visual insight into the Melbourne I know...
  by Paul Louis Villani

  Been spending a couple of nights doing some alley crawls around in inner city Melbourne. / / _There’s less than 24 hours remaining, so s…

  Been spending a couple of nights doing some alley crawls around in inner city Melbourne. / / There’s less than 24 hours remaining, so submit your works to this exhibition challenge…. / Click here if you want to exhibit your work in front of more than 5,000 people a day for 10 days!!! / 1. / / / / 2. / / / / 3. / / / / 4. / / / / 5. / / / / 6. / / / / 7. / / / / 8. / / / / Thanks for stopping by!! / HUGS! :D

• Houston - We have a black and white problem...
  by The RedBubble Real Photography Comp

  Folks – it seems the winner of the black and white category is not the owner of the winning image. Thank you to whoever has helped alert…

  Folks – it seems the winner of the black and white category is not the owner of the winning image. Thank you to whoever has helped alert the real owner and ourselves to this. As the poms say, “that’s not cricket old chap” Please be assured our image pirate will not be winning that glorious Leica. James.

• Praise, my little friend has gone to be forever with the Lord.
  by TREVOR IRWIN

  Praise, my little friend has gone to be forever with the Lord. Today I received a call from Joshua our medical officer to inform me th…

  Praise, my little friend has gone to be forever with the Lord. Today I received a call from Joshua our medical officer to inform me that praise died this morning. She was a special child, although all children are special. I will miss her so much as I formed a special bond with her. With tears flowing from my eyes I write to ask all of you my friends to please pray for her parents and her only surviving brother James. I feel very sad, but I must continue to carry on the work, God has called me to do. There are many Like Praise who urgently need our Love and support. Thank you all precious friends for your Love and encouragement. You are true friends, and I thank God for ALL of you. This is why I am committed and totally dedicated to reaching many with Gods message of Salvation, and also to bless them with Tools and means to live healthy lives and to go to school. little Praise no longer walks with crippled legs adn she no more feels pain. She is with Jesus now and is happy. I have just watched a short video clip of her singing with the other children their Favorite Sunday School song, “JESUS LOVES ME”. Please pray for me that God will indeed make 2009 the year that Philadelphia Mission will have abundant tools and finance to reach all in the isolated Villages of Nigeria with help. Your Friend. Trevor. Matthew 19:14 Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Donate some of your art and save a child’s life! I invite all to please visit my Mission Africa Charity website: / http://www.philadelphia33.org/

• "White and Pink Flowers" is going to be published in the Digital Photographer magazine!!!!!!!!!!
  by Vonnie Murfin

  I got an email from the editor of the Digital Photographer magazine!! They want to publish my picture!! !http://images-3.redbubble.com…

  I got an email from the editor of the Digital Photographer magazine!! They want to publish my picture!!

• Thank you so much 1/8/09
  by Shaina Lunde

  Thank you so much to the Domestic and Pedigree Cats Group for featuring Boots...

  Thank you so much to the Domestic and Pedigree Cats Group for featuring Boots, this means a lot to me because she is my 19 year old baby :) I am so lucky to have her and she thanks the moderators for this honor :)

• Tears and Laughter
  by Sarah Moore

  Sleep is but a distant memory so I decided to look through some of the thousands of photos in my computer. I stumbled across the “phot…

  Sleep is but a distant memory so I decided to look through some of the thousands of photos in my computer. I stumbled across the photo shoot that I did with my girls in the October school holidays. I had set up a studio in my loungeroom at home and the girls dressed up and posed for the camera. We had a ball as Axel would keep running into the shot or taking off with the tripod. These are a couple of the images from that day. There are tears streaming down my face as I remember this day with laughter and smiles…

• New erotica group
  by TextureoftheSin

  The delightful and very sexy Barssel and myself have created a new group called “The Art of Du…

  The delightful and very sexy Barssel and myself have created a new group called The Art of Duo Tone Erotica. This group is for artists who wish to showcase their best erotic art that is in black and white, duo tone or sepia format. For this group the work should be imagery that evokes or displays a sensual or sexual response in the viewer or subject and be either in black and white, duo tone or sepia tone. We would be delighted to see RedBuble artists interested in this genre join the group :)

• Yay my Protea Featured 1/7/09
  by Shaina Lunde

  Thank you so much to the Proteas and Friends Group for featuring one of my first ph…

  Thank you so much to the Proteas and Friends Group for featuring one of my first photos with my new camera!!! Thanks to the moderators Skyhorse and Kalaryder!!

• Image Of The Week!
  by Nathalie Chaput

  The Compact Group decided to ask a featured member each week to nominate the image of the week. As George Swann was the first featured me…

  The Compact Group decided to ask a featured member each week to nominate the image of the week. As George Swann was the first featured member the group’s host have asked him to do this weeks feature, which is my photo “Repetition” George said “I have chosen Nathalie’s beautiful Black and White image because I believe it conveys all that this group is hoping to achieve. The Photograph was taken with a 4 megapixel camera that came on the market 4 years ago and is now out of production. I think that this Image proves that you do not need 10, 12 or 15 megapixel cameras to produce an excellent image. The image is a perfect example of how effective a well thought out Macro/Close up can be. The eye is drawn to the second row of squares which are sharp and in focus, the first row is slightly out of focus, and as the eye is drawn up the image the squares get gradually more blurred until you reach the last row which is completely out of focus. The narrow depth of field works perfectly. This is a well composed Photograph in that the eye follows the shapes and spaces naturally in a straight line up to the top of the image. The angle of the shot also works well. The Photograph works really well in Black and White, the exposure, lighting, contrast, shades and texture to my mind, are all spot on. I think that this Image will make an excellent Group Avatar, well done Nathalie!!” Thank you very much to George and to the hosts of the group!

• I made a SALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  by Vonnie Murfin

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  Thank you sweetscent62!!!!!!!!!!!! This is my 4th sale!

• The Sword of the White Lotus
  by Aaron Booth

  “Innkeeper! Two more bottles of your best saké!” the Samurai yelled, his voice deep and guttural. He was a solid man, broad of shoulder w…

  “Innkeeper! Two more bottles of your best saké!” the Samurai yelled, his voice deep and guttural. He was a solid man, broad of shoulder with a jaw that could have been carved out of solid oak, framed by a pair of wild sideburns. He reclined with his legs akimbo and a large grin on his face. As the innkeeper shuffled in with the saké, the door to the inn slid slowly open. “Welcome monk” the innkeeper said graciously, as he motioned his hand towards an empty table opposite the Samurai “We don’t see too much of your kind in here”. As the monk took a seat and removed his domed, straw hat, the samurai raised his glass. As is typical of his kind, the Buddhist monk appeared to be almost indistinguishable from his brethren. A sombre bald head protruding from orange robes. Apart from the innkeeper, the samurai and the monk, the inn was empty, and the samurai was in a talkative mood. “Can I fix you anything monk?” the innkeeper asked. “Tea please” the monk replied solemnly, after which the samurai roared to life. “I will have nothing of it! Innkeeper, set my friend up with a bottle of saké!” “I apologise, I must refuse your generous offer Samurai, for I do not drink alcohol” “Ah don’t be so formal! Celebrate with me! Soon my comrades will return to join the party! Tonight we celebrate, for tomorrow we become rich men! Hahaha” “Oh, how so?” The Samurai walked over and planted his imposing frame down at the monk’s table “I shouldn’t tell you this, but I can see that you’re a man of honour like myself. Have you heard of Okami Shiro?” “I think not” “I didn’t think you would have, being a monk, but amongst warriors like myself he is the stuff of legend! Listen and while we wait for my friends, I shall tell you a tale that would make even the hair on your bald head stand on end!” The samurai leant forward as if telling a secret. It was clear to the monk that he had rehearsed the telling of this tale, at least in his head. “Many years ago, Okami Shiro was an illustrious General, who presided over the lion’s share of our lord’s armies. He was as cunning as a fox and ferocious in battle. However, despite his rank he remained humble and was honourable at heart. He rarely spoke to anyone outside of his ranks and was regarded as eccentric by most people in the Lord’s court. However, on the battlefield… his skill and strategy were second to none my friend! Why even now, some soldiers have taken to engraving his name on their swords before going into battle! Are you sure I cannot interest you in some saké?” “No thank you, please allow me to pour you some though” The monk politely poured some saké into a small ceramic cup and passed it to the Samurai, head bowed. “This warrior you speak of, he sounds like a great man” “Indeed he was, and what’s more he wielded the greatest sword ever crafted by mankind! The sword of the white lotus. Rumour has it that it was made by the legendary sword maker Kazumi Tanaka himself over 200 years ago. Tanaka made this sword with a special purpose, to reap vengeance on the man who murdered his wife. He went missing soon afterwards, but ever since then the sword has been said to contain both a terrible curse and a terrible power.” “Oh and what happened to the noble warrior who wielded this sword?” “He fell in love” the samurai’s tone changed “It is said that love makes fools of even the greatest men and this is surely the case here. The great Okami Shiro was felled not by a warrior’s sword, but by a woman. And not just any woman, for she was the Lord’s niece!” “Oh my!” “Indeed. For a while they managed to hide their relationship from prying eyes. But love made Okami careless, he lost the focus he was renown for and was eventually caught out. As you know, our Lord is a conservative man, he was furious and put a 10,000 ryo bounty on the heads of both Shiro Okami and his niece. The couple fled into the mountains and were never seen again, at least not until a few days ago anway.” “You saw them?” “I killed them!” The monk recoiled, aghast. The samurai leant back and bellowed into the kitchen “Innkeeper! More saké!” Seconds later the innkeeper appeared, carrying a bottle of saké on a thin black tray. The Samurai continued with his story “I have been tracking them for some time. Finally, after a chance discussion with the local fishmonger I discovered that a middle-aged woman who appeared to be of noble blood was occasionally seen in the marketplace. They say she was sometimes accompanied by a man in his 60’s with a large mop of snowy white hair! For weeks I waited at the markets until finally I saw her. The Lord’s niece! She was older and dressed as a peasant, but you can’t hide a proper upbringing under dirty cloth! I followed her back to a secluded shack in the mountains. Later that night, I returned with my comrades, Sasaki, Koyama and Akimoto. All three skilled swordsman and Yojimbo like myself.” “And the four of you faced this great legend in combat?” “Err, not quite. While the couple slept we set fire to their home, then it was a simple matter of slaying them as they exited, unarmed and blinded by the smoke. .. But it matters not! Tomorrow, the man you are looking at will be 2,500 ryo richer! My friends have just gone to organise horses for the ride home and embalming for the heads. We do not want to smell like rotting corpses on the ride back to imperial palace!” “You are very fortunate Samurai. I have not been so lucky today.” The monk replied. “How’s that? Did someone stain your robes? Hahaha!” “In a way. I returned home from the monastery this afternoon on the eve of my parent’s anniversary, only to find our home burnt and my parents brutally murdered.” The Samurai gasped and breathed in some saké, he coughed and spluttered violently but the monk continued his tale seemingly without noticing. “My father grew to hate war in his old age. Still, a part of the soldier remained. He took precautions. He hid his legendary sword in the woods near his home and trained his only son in it’s use since he was old enough to hold a stick.” The samurai regained his composure and stared at the monk, entranced. “After retrieving my father’s sword I tracked down the Yojimbo who were responsible. I found one bartering with a farmer for horses. I killed him. Two more I found in a nearby merchants hut, they died just as easily.” The samurai stumbled to his feet and drew his sword, his entire body livid with rage “You! I’ll kill you!” “I think not, for I already killed you ten minutes ago” the monk slowly reached into his sleeve and produced a small empty vial marked ‘Fugu’ (blowfish). As if on cue the samurai’s hands started twitching, he dropped his sword and clutched his throat “Ack! You demon!” he sputtered painfully as he fell to the floor with a heavy thud. The monk took the remaining half bottle of saké and poured it over the samurai’s twitching body. He looked into the Samurai’s rage filled eyes and stated calmly “A dishonourable death for a dishonourable man.” As the monk turned calmly and walked outside, he noticed the innkeeper standing shocked in the corner. The innkeeper noticed something too, barely visible, buried beneath the robes of the monk was a sword. The sword of a legend…

• Black and White Photo Comp Resolution
  by The RedBubble Real Photography Comp

  Well folks, what a day ! As we posted last night – the ‘winner’ of the black and white category was found not to own the image. We have…

  Well folks, what a day ! As we posted last night – the ‘winner’ of the black and white category was found not to own the image. We have subsequently been in touch with the owner of the image and have invited him to join RedBubble and be recognized for his image . This leaves us with a prize giving dilemma – We’ve discussed this and decided that the fair solution is to grant Sharad, the owner of the image one of the runners up prizes, as he had not actually ‘entered’ the competition under the rules. We will re-consider all the runners up and award the Leica prize to one of the runners up on Monday. James.

• "Chains" now showing at the Saatchi Gallery, London
  by Alice McMahon White

  A photo of “Chains” on display 1/06/09 at the …

  A photo of “Chains” on display 1/06/09 at the new Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea, London after winning round 2 of the Showdown. I received this email today from the Saatchi Gallery: Dear Alice I am delighted to inform you that your work is currently being exhibited in the Saatchi Gallery – please find attached a photograph of your work on display. Below is the label that we are using for the work. SAATCHI ONLINE ROUND WINNER ALICE MCMAHON WHITE Chains 2006 / Pastel on paper 55×38 cm January 06, 2009 Yahoo!!! I’m still waiting to hear details about any openings, and plan to get a last minute flight soon to see it hanging in person. Too excited for words! xx ~ Alice

• A SALE! A SALE! (MkIX)
  by Dennis Gay

  Someone else with impeccable taste has purchased a copy of my As Clear as Black and White 2009 Calendar...

  Someone else with impeccable taste has purchased a copy of my As Clear as Black and White 2009 Calendar / My thanks to all who have supported these works. GB / Dennis

• Black or White
  by Sarah Moore

  My image New Beginnings has been chosen by the Melbourne & Victo…

  My image New Beginnings has been chosen by the Melbourne & Victoria group to be a part of an exhibition in the Rialto Towers, Melbourne. It is described as an opportunity to exhibit your work in one of Melbourne’s most prestigious and iconic skyrise buildings; The Rialto Towers. See your art exhibited in the main entrance with exposure to over 5,000 people a day. This offers you “Maximum Exposure” to a whole new audience of potential art buyers; business owners, executives and tourists. I need your help to decide whether to print it with a black matte or a white matte! What do you think?

• The Eden Project
  by Ed ....

  For all of those of you who can get to Cornwall, or perhaps are already there, I totally recommend this here Eden Project...

  For all of those of you who can get to Cornwall, or perhaps are already there, I totally recommend this here Eden Project gubbins, it’s the largest biome in the world apparently, and asides from wandering the domes, through African, Malaysian, South American climates and on to the Mediterranean, even the shop reveals mad delights. Pencils made from old CD cases, or car parts, bags made from sweet packets, mousemats from circuit boards (they were fantastic) and, um, cacti. Which I think had always been cacti. They also had this W.E.E.E. chap, (Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment) 3.3 tonnes of things incredibly well designed to be obsolete soon enough, apparently that’s what an average human throws out in a year. He was massive and his teeth were made from old computer mice. The gardens had hundreds of secret pathways leading to sandpits and restaurants and sculptures, which was quite fun, but wandering through banana groves, cashew nut trees, swamps, 60m palms, waterfalls and horseradish trees in the humidity of the dome, without really being too aware of the covering was the best. I mean, you can look up and go ‘Oh no way, I am not in the Brazillian rainforest, I am at the bottom end of England in a massive greenhouse.’ but you’re only spoiling your own fun. The food available was equally superb. I actually half went to see The Raconteurs, who were playing at The Eden Sessions that happen every year. Yes, I know they aren’t as good as The White Stripes, whom I’m slightly obsessive over, but their albums are 50/50 and you have to see a band before you can write them off completely. As it happens it all looked so damn cool everywhere, I could barely focus on the gig. But for those of you who were appalled at their second album, well, it makes a bit more sense live. Anyway, this isn’t a story, and it doesn’t have a point, but if you happen to be anywhere near the south west of England, pop in, get yourself a biro that used to be a Playstation.

• I made the homepage!
  by Judith Oppenheimer

  Shadow Dance in Black and White !http://ima…

  Shadow Dance in Black and White How cool is that!