the colors of winter...

i am not a fan of being cold but i absolutely love the beauty of winter...

the world changes from one day to the next.

and instead of just the winter whites (which i LOVE), 

there are 50 shades of gray...

soft muted greens...

pastel sunrises...

browns and blues and 

feathers and seed pods...

there isn't enough time in a day to see it all.

and tomorrow,

it's going to be different :)

 it truly is a winter wonderland out there

   

  

vintage still life...

i struggled with this week's challenge - a lot.

i tried friday night, saturday and again on sunday... 

not sure what my issue was - or is - but i am thinking

i need a different lens so i can get shallower depth of field.

i stood on the couch, on a ladder, across the room, e t c.  

still didn't get what i was seeing in my head

but this came closer than the other attempts...

 

i used two of kim klassen's textures - revolution, soft light and silence, multiply 100%.

i added of gradient map and hue/saturation.

and this was my set-up...

i could have filtered the sun to get more of a moody feel

but was liking it.   kinda :)

my new old window :)

i had a chance to go to a couple of salvage stores over the weekend and found an old window for $5.  that $5 bought me a whole lot of fun on sunday with my camera.  i should have been cleaning or exercising or something like that, but instead i played for hours.  i experimented with camera settings and photoshop and textures and next thing i knew, superbowl was over and it was almost monday :)   

besides the 'almost monday' part, it was a perfect day...

enhanced with kim klassen's revolution texture

morning light...

keeping it simple...

enhanced with kim klassen's 'simplicity' texture

for texture tuesday

window

looking in or looking out?
looking to the future or looking to the past?
wanting to be on the other side?
or grateful for where i am?

windows - i don't know why, but i love them...