Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.5.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # AfricanPhotoArt Images of Africa - Artistically Rendered ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://africanphotoart.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [African Photo Safari Presentation at Napanee Photo Club](https://africanphotoart.com/2017/04/african-photo-safari-presentation-at-napanee-photo-club/) - [Solo Exhibit at SPARK Photo Festival](https://africanphotoart.com/2017/04/solo-exhibit-at-spark-photo-festival/) - [7x7 Gallery Show](https://africanphotoart.com/2016/01/7x7-gallery-show/) - [July 2015 Kenyan Photo Safari ](https://africanphotoart.com/2014/10/july-2015-kenyan-photo-safari/) - [Northumberland Photo Club Presentation](https://africanphotoart.com/2014/10/northumberland-photo-club-presentation/) - [Trent Hills Gallery Hop](https://africanphotoart.com/2014/10/trent-hills-gallery-hop/) - [Art Up Front](https://africanphotoart.com/2014/07/art-up-front/) - [Magical Africa](https://africanphotoart.com/2014/01/magical-africa/) - An Italian fine art college has published a collection of Mike Gaudaur's fine art images along with a biographical sketch. - [New Gallery of all Artwork from My Nairobi Exhibition](https://africanphotoart.com/2013/05/new-gallery-for-ordering-prints-now-online/) - [Nairobi Show a Huge Success](https://africanphotoart.com/2013/04/nairobi-show-a-huge-success/) - [My Artist's Statement](https://africanphotoart.com/2013/04/my-artists-statement/) - [Photo Art Exhibition and Sale](https://africanphotoart.com/2013/03/photo-art-exhibition-and-sale/) - [Chill Cheetah Texture Blend](https://africanphotoart.com/2013/03/chill-cheetah-texture-blend/) - See how to combine organic textures of concrete with a cheetah image to create a fine art portrait using photoshop blending modes and layer masks. - [Preening Ostrich Texture Blend Fine Art](https://africanphotoart.com/2013/02/preening-ostrich-texture-blend-fine-art/) - Dramatic lighting skims across the feathers of an ostrich as she preens. The curve of her neck is elegant. The background was replaced with a stipple paint texture. - [Zebra Herd Texture Blend](https://africanphotoart.com/2013/02/zebra-herd-texture-blend/) - Tutorial describing how to creatively blend African wildlife images with interesting textures to create a fine art rendering. - [Layer Stacking: HDR Alone Is Not Enough](https://africanphotoart.com/2012/04/layer-stacking-hdr-alone-is-not-enough/) - Detailed, illustrated, step by step instructions on how to blend tone mapped high dynamic range images with layers in Photoshop. - [Editing Long-nose & Crooked-tusk](https://africanphotoart.com/2012/05/elephant_edit_tutorial/) - Detailed and illustrated tutorial that takes you through the steps to take an image of two elephant to a fine art image. Using 50mm lens for African wildlife. - [Color and Tonality](https://africanphotoart.com/2013/01/color-and-tonality/) - Tutorial showing how to enhance the tones of a scene using a wide angle lens, polarizing filter, and image editing software. Converting to black and white. - [...and so it begins](https://africanphotoart.com/2011/04/and-so-it-begins/) - The Africa landscape is littered with distracting background elements. Discover the difference a lower camera angle can make in your fine art images of Africa. - [Majestic Male Lion on a Mound](https://africanphotoart.com/2012/08/majestic-male-lion-on-a-mound/) - The making of a fine art black and white image from the original RAW file of a majestic lion on a mound processed in Lightroom, Viveza, and Silver Efex Pro. - [Use Luminosity Blending to Combine Color and Black & White](https://africanphotoart.com/2012/08/use-luminosity-blending-to-combine-color-and-black-white/) - Using Photoshop's luminosity blend mode to combine color and black & white versions of the same image adds a dramatic punch. - [Image or Art?](https://africanphotoart.com/2011/04/image-or-art/) - So what is it that takes any given image from the category of photograph and elevates it to the category of art? - [A Discussion About Art](https://africanphotoart.com/2012/03/a-discussion-about-art/) - Online web magazine, Exhibitions Without Walls, asks Mike Gaudaur to discuss his African fine art photography philosophy, techniques, style, and inspiration. - [New Gallery of Fine Art HDR Landscapes](https://africanphotoart.com/2012/04/new-gallery-of-fine-art-hdr-landscapes/) - I positioned the camera at a low angle to place the rising sun in the branches of this scraggy tree growing on a huge rock in the middle of the central canyon of Hells Gate Park, Kenya. - [Cheetah in the Grass Revealed](https://africanphotoart.com/2012/05/cheetah-in-the-grass-revealed/) - Tutorial showing how to convert a drab photograph of a cheetah into a fine art image. Detailed, illustrated, step by step instructions. - [Topi Sunrise image wins high commendation](https://africanphotoart.com/2012/05/topi-sunrise-image-wins-high-commendation/) - My image of a herd of topi silhouetted in front of a dramatic sunrise was honoured with a high commendation in the Wild Eye nature photography contest. - [How Pinterest Is Working For Me](https://africanphotoart.com/2012/03/how-pinterest-is-working-for-me/) - A discussion about all the ways pinning things to boards on Pinterest can help photographers. - [Honourable Mention in Natures Expressions Contest](https://africanphotoart.com/2012/03/honourable-mention-in-natures-expressions-contest/) - [Pikto gallery competition](https://africanphotoart.com/2011/11/pikto-gallery-competition/) - Depicting animals in a way that illustrates their struggle for survival in an environment that is steadily fading away and becoming increasingly unfavorable for them. - [Drawing the Art out of the Image](https://africanphotoart.com/2011/05/drawing-the-art-out-of-the-image/) - Images made during a magical hour spent with seven rhino need some digital editing help to bring back the magic. 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