Photographs by Bill Swartwout are now available as unique and challenging puzzles.
Premium jigsaw puzzles are available in two different sizes: 18″ x 24″ (500 pieces) and 20″ x 28″ (1,000 pieces). Each puzzle is made from quality 0.200″ thick card stock and includes a custom-designed box containing the puzzle with artwork by Bill Swartwout Photography.
Unique Collection of Ocean City Jigsaw Puzzles
Challenge yourself and your brain with a jigsaw puzzle designed with imagery by Bill Swartwout Photography. These puzzles are made from premium 0.2″ thick paper stock and include a semi-gloss coating on the top surface to make the image really stand out. The puzzles are available in two different sizes and piece counts: 500 pieces at 24″x18″ and 1000 pieces at 28″x20″. The puzzle pieces are unique and contained in a sturdy puzzle box with the image printed on the top. Care instructions include keeping the puzzle in the box when you are not “puzzling” and store it at room temperature.
The puzzles come in a sturdy, protective storage box.The jigsaw puzzle boxes have a full color image of the photograph printed on the lid.
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It all starts with a lighthouse photo that is likely done thousands of times a year.
Fenwick Island Lighthouse with no edits. (This image is not for sale.)
Start with a photograph from an angle, or view, that most tourists see and likely photograph thousands of times a year. Make sure the scene is brightly lit and has a clear sky with no haze. This late afternoon photo, captured near the beginning of the “Golden Hour,” came close to meeting those specifications.
The problem with photographs of the the Fenwick Island Lighthouse captured today are the myriad distractions around the buildings and the Light, itself. The main “eyesores” are the dozens of overhead wires and an unsightly telephone pole right in front of the tower. There are usually cars and/or people in the scene but for this example I was lucky enough to catch a day with no cars parked in front of the Light and only had to wait for a few people to wander on by. Note also how the buildings “lean” in toward the center of the picture.
Fenwick island Lighthouse with distractions (wires & pole) removed and buildings straightened.
Post processing of the image was done in Photoshop Elements where the wires and the telephone pole were carefully removed. The buildings and Lighthouse were also “straightened” to remove the keystone effect of shooting upward to capture the height of the buildings. Once that was done the next step was cropping to include the important parts of the scene and to make the format a “standard” one so that finished prints can be easily framed. In this case a standard 3:2 ratio was used for printing in normal 18×12, 36×24 or similar sizes. The last step in making a clean, normal print was to adjust the brightness and contrast.
Fenwick Island Lighthouse with addition of a sunset sky.
Of course, normal is fine, but creative editing can produce some fascinating effects – much as a traditional artist might “interpret a scene” for whatever vision he or she has in mind. One fun part was then to replace a “boring” sky with something more interesting but not overpowering. I used a sky photograph that I shot near sunset from our own West Fenwick back yard – with my drone at 150 feet of altitude. I chose this particular sky because the lighting pretty well matched the scene and there was some clear sky in the upper left leading to some more dramatic cloud formations to help frame the buildings and the Fenwick Light without distracting from the main subject.
Fenwick Island Lighthouse simulated charcoal drawing presentation.
Then I used an additional software application, Topaz Studio 2, to remove any camera/exposure induced “noise” from the image and then to create the various “presentations” for this scene. Note in the simulated charcoal sketch that the street has been replaced with a section of beach.
Several different presentations of this Fenwick Island Lighthouse landscape scene are available to browse and purchase at www.OceanCityGallery.com and also at Bill’s Fine Art America Gallery.
Click the links below to see each of the presentations as described/titled…
