The theme for this week’s Texture Tuesday is LOVE, of course. This is textured with Kim’s deco and magicfilm3.
Hole-y!
I was photographing my tulips for probably the last time and came up with this whimsical shot, which ended up being perfect for one of the Flickr challenges- Holes! BTW, this is the sprinkling part of my watering can; the tulips are in the background.
More Tulips
Some tulip macros for your enjoyment!
Color!
My husband stopped at Trader Joe’s the other day (for beer. . .) and came home with a bouquet of tulips and another of iris! I love the color combination!
White Tulips
More Squares
I am continuing my obsession with square crops with this flower diptych. I edited both of the photos in this layout in Lightroom, then added one of Kim Klassen’s textures, bamboo, in Photoshop. Then- it was back into Lightroom for an easy diptych layout.
Then, because I LOVE black and white, I duplicated the diptych and did and did a b&w conversion. I like this version even better.
The Quest for Light
The quest for good light continues, and when you can’t find it INSIDE- you go OUTSIDE!
I purchased some gerbera daisies at Trader Joe’s with the intention of photographing them in my living room. However, I started too late to get the good morning light through the window, so I took them out to my front porch. Brilliant idea! I will definitely be using my front porch more often for photography.
This image was textured with two layers of Kim Klassen’s anna.
Playing With Shadows
I think this just might be the last post with my dried up flowers. . . On the third day of my quest to find good light, I noticed the shadows cast on the wall by the bottle and dried flowers in my living room. As I focused on the shadows, the camera also focused on the texture of the wall- which I didn’t want it to do. I never completely solved this problem, but did add some texture to the image of the single bottle- which diminished the problem somewhat.
Carol’s Hummer
We are visiting California this week (my husband has a business meeting), so we spent the night at my friend, Carol’s house. Carol is an avid photographer and lover of all things BIRD. She rescues hawks, and is the official photographer for the California Foundation for Birds of Prey. She is also the proud owner of Bobo, an Amazon parrot who is the real caller of shots at Carol’s house. I have photographed Bobo before for this blog, so today I took some photos in Carol’s back yard, which is a haven for the hummingbirds who bathe in her fountain and eat out of her feeders. Carol let me play with two of her favorite lenses (attached to my camera), the Nikon 70-200 f4 and the 24-70 f2.8, both of which are fabulous. The photo below was taken with the 70-200 and edited with Snapseed on the iPad.
Snowy Marigold
Our first snow seems to have finished off the last surviving bunch of marigolds, unwatered and forgotten, but still blooming out front.
Textured with several layers of Kim Klassen’s rue, altered to have golden tones.
Linking up with Texture Tuesday.
One and Empty
I took some time to catch up on some of my Flickr challenges- and I was in a monochrome kind of mood.
This one is for the theme, one.
And this one is for empty.
Monarch
The Desert Botanical Garden also has a butterfly garden; at this time, it was all monarchs, which were great fun to photograph.
The last one was textured with a sample from Kim Klassen’s Waterfront collection for Texture Tuesday.
My Roommate- and Bonus Sunflowers
Here’s a shot of Carol (former roommate from college and beyond) on the way to Jerome the other day. It was incredibly underexposed, because I accidentally left the exposure compensation set to -2.7 (I can’t believe I still make beginner errors like that!), so I had to do a little rescuing in Lightroom. And by the way, NOTHING is straight in this photo- it was a sloping wall, uneven terrain, hills of different levels- yikes!
As we watched TV the other night, I put took one of my sunflower photos into Topaz Simplify to give it a bit of a painted look for fun.
Sunny and Happy!
Sunny sunflowers and happy people- Carol is here! We picked her up at the airport yesterday morning, and she’s going to be here for almost a week. Besides taking day trips to Sedona and Jerome, we will be laughing, talking, taking photos- AND having fun getting together with our college roommate, Susan!
Yesterday, the late afternoon sun hitting the sunflowers on the table caused both Carol and me to grab our cameras. I love those sunny sunflowers!
Un- Seasonal
I found this photo in my archives (from July) and decided to edit it in a monochrome-ish style- just because I was in the mood.
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