Blackbird Sings

I just love black birds with their bright wing patches and their little territorial antics and calls.  This handsome fellow was taken in April at Hagerman Wildlife Refuge.  The texture was from Kristen Frank. 

The Challenge of White

A little exercise in our Totally Texture group was to use a texture with the theme being white.  I had just taken this photo of the little cherub the day before so I was happy to use it for the challenge.  This image and so much clutter in the background from Lowes garden department, I ended up taking the statue out and placing it on a soft grey background, desaturated the statue and then added two layers of Kim Klassen's Ocean Side.  Once on soft light 82% and again with multiply at 82%.  I added the little soft frame effect to finish it off.  Flattened it and bumped up the brightness just a bit and signed it.  Enjoy ~

Profound Powers of Alchemy

As part of Beyond Layers studio trial, I set up some fabric as a background against a little wooden cabinet.  It gave extra warmth to the image over all  and then I added an orton effect and a couple layers of Kim's texture Felicity.  I like the little studio work, and need to collect some interesting things to shoot, I seem to keep using the same pieces over and over.