“Wake up. Sleep. Dream. Repeat.”

This week I’ve chosen to feature a beautifully symmetrical work by the very talented @markgoblue. I’ve admired Mark’s symmetrical blue images for weeks and even months in the #sundaybluesedit tag. His incredible visions seemingly bend time and space, creating abstract patterns, while still maintaining the details of the real world.  Under blue and white marbled skies, the tiny figures move effortlessly on the sandy beach dance floor.  Happy Blue Sunday. Enjoy the dance!

Mark: My interest in photography started after taking a photography class in high school. This was in the 80’s so I learned shooting with film. The age of digital re-sparked my interest in photography. Mostly due to the convenience and flexibility it provides. After getting an iPhone 4 and discovering the Instagram app, I found myself shooting more with my iPhone because it was always with me. My Instagram feed is strictly iPhone shot and edited. I like the challenge of seeing what I can create.

I love the Hipstamatic app and shoot most of my iPhone shots with it. It has a film-like look and the lens/film combos can create great images that need no further processing. I also like editing and blending images to create dream-like, surrealist images and using symmetry effects. Apps I like to use for editing are Snapseed, Photo Wizard, Diptic, Blender and Decim8. My passion for music also occasionally shows up in my Instagram feed.

Sundays for me are usually lazy and a day I sleep in. It is a day to relax before the workweek starts. For my latest submission to the #sundaybluesedit tag, I wanted to create an image that creates a dreamy, relaxing mood. I like using symmetry effects because of the patterns and the alternate images they create. I have a large stockpile of cloud images on my iPhone camera roll that I like using for blending with other images. Several apps were used to create this image and it was blended with a symmetrical cloud image. The apps used were Hipstamatic, Decim8, Photo Wizard, Blender and Snapseed.

You can find Mark on Instagram as @markgoblue

Mark is also on Flickr where he has digital camera images, full resolution versions of some of his Instagram posts and some iPhone images not posted to Instagram.
http://flic.kr/ps/9KWAK

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