Roger Bennion's photos with the keyword: Tom Petty

I was trying to think of a witty title for my photo but, so far, I have failed :-( Added to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ Listen here (Studio) ~ Runnin' Down A Dream ~ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ Or, here (Live) ~ Runnin' Down A Dream ~ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Canons Ashby House is the ancestral home of the Dryden family. Clara Dryden, born 1859, was a gifted painter and painted many of the scenes at Canons Ashby including the interior of the house and the gardens. Polly Swann married Chris Dryden in 2000. Polly is a keen amateur photographer and had the idea to produce a book called "Canons Ashby Then & Now". This book features watercolours by Clara Dryden and photographs by Polly of the same scene shown side by side. It is remarkable how little has changed since 1710. I have been inspired by Polly's book to try a slight variation of Polly's idea. That is to take photographs of the house and gardens and then give my photos a painterly type effect. Over the years I have tried lots of different software/filters and a while ago I came across the "Dream Smoothing" filter in 'GIMP Photo' software. Maybe not to everyone's taste but I have grown to very much like the effect this filter produces :-)) Here is my first picture of the house given the 'Dream Smoothing' effect and this could be the start of more 'Dream Smoothing' Photos :-))) Also, a bit of a tenuous 'Sight and Sound' link but I have chosen "Picture Show" by John Prine & Tom Petty. Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Picture Show ~ John Prine & Tom Petty Maybe view on black, please :-)

Explored! Thank you very much :-) I knew I would have another use for these knives with coloured handles. Well, apart from eating that is! I had been working on using the photo with "Handle With Care" by The Traveling Wilburys. And, now we have the such desperately sad and heartbreaking news that we have lost Tom Petty. Rest in Peace, Tom. Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Handle With Care ~ Traveling Wilburys