Another week of moving with little time for photography. I did pause for a few minutes to photograph this beautiful leaf. I like the color of the moss it was sitting on but the detail was just too distracting so I ended up adding a texture to soften the background. I think I could have… Continue reading Autumn Leaf
Category: Textures
Day 76 – Maple Leaf
I really liked the shape and colors of this leaf but it was laying on an asphalt walkway so I didn’t much like the background. I started by adding a texture, which helped, but it still wasn’t really integrated. So I thought I would try it in Topaz Simplify. This was the result using a… Continue reading Day 76 – Maple Leaf
Day 19 – Pears
One of the principle crops in my home area is pears. I was out driving through the orchards near where my new house is going up yesterday and grabbed a couple of shots of pears growing on the trees. Then I got creative this morning and added a texture from one of the French Kiss… Continue reading Day 19 – Pears
Day 16 – Lavender in Chest
This weekend was lavender festival all over Oregon. I took my Mom out to the Applegate Valley where we took in four lavender farms before we got too tired and hungry to continue. This particular farm had an antique store as well so I managed to capture the best of both worlds. The minute I… Continue reading Day 16 – Lavender in Chest
Day 8 – Calibrachoa
I thought these flowers would lend themselves well with a little texturing and I like the effect. I added three different textures from French Kiss with Gaussian blur added on the colorful ones to create the background using various blending modes. The more textured one I reduced the saturation and did about a 65% opacity… Continue reading Day 8 – Calibrachoa
Pi nk Rose
Amidst the chaos of moving I gave myself a morning off to visit the rose gardens this week. Some of the roses were near peak, some past and some still waiting to bloom. I found myself wishing I had gone the day after the generous rains we received a week or so ago. This image… Continue reading Pi nk Rose
Cocktails
It was another windy week in Santa Fe and though I tried to photograph some flowers in my yard I didn’t start early enough so had only moderate success in avoiding movement. In anticipation of a trip to Northern Arizona next week I started reviewing some pictures from a previous trip. I had also just… Continue reading Cocktails