Good Fences

Pumpkin Festival Time ...

Andrea 

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

The corn is knee high by 4th of July ...

(anyone's mouth watering for the picked the same day sweet corn?)

Mandarin Orange Monday

I am starting out innocently enough with a scarecrow, which is a symbol of the time of harvest, fall, Halloween and Thanksgiving.  Yes, it is once again November and I have to say that ... after a week from H___, a weekend of agility, the change in the month, the change in the temperature, the change in the time and now it is the dreaded Monday ... I am feeling a little discombobulated for some reason ... like everything has turned up-side-down.  Ever have a day like that?

 

A little cut and paste on a different background and posterizing (of course, I had to do something that seemed consistent).

A little more cut and paste ...

Then, as the mood strikes, things turn up-side-down ...

A little flatness, color wise and a little roughness, texture wise and I think I have captured my mood perfectly ... with a little humor, I hope:)  Have a Happy MOM!

Photo Art Friday

Boy, I love this texture ... I could make a whole portfolio using it alone.  Thank you Bonnie for your inspiration and your textures ...

The challenge this week, if I understood it right, was to see what we could do with the Leafy Landscape Texture ... an open challenge to our imaginations and creativity.   I can't wait to see the range of responses Bonnie gets this week.  It should be fun and you should join in, first as an observer, then a participant.  You will love it :)  Here is what I came up with ...

Each of my pictures was done with the same technique.  Basically I used PSE Enhance options to bring the picture to a sharp, clear tone.  I then added the Leafy Landscape Texture, adjusting the opacity to what I wanted then using the mask/brush tool, I brushed out those parts I wanted to highlight.  Same technique, different results.  Hope you enjoy ...

On this one, I used the dry brush filter before I added the texture ... gave it a more artsy look :)

Wordless Wednesday

             Wordless Wednesday
http://wordlesswednesdayagain.blogspot.com/2012/09/wordless-wednesday.html
http://liveandloveoutloud.com/2012/09/04/canon-dog/
http://www.projectalicia.com/2012/09/ww-my-happy-place.html

Kindness:  The quality or habit of being kind.

Being kind to animals should be taught at all ages ...

Photo Art Friday

Fences ... fences, I thought.  What can I do with fences.  I started this adventure by noticing the fences around me, which sadly, I had been overlooking for a long time.  Then the fun began ...

One of my favorite things to do is drive through the country, looking for birds and animals mostly, but today it was fences.  I have to say, I found a lot of fences, more than I could ever post at one time.  So I picked some that said "rural" and made a collage.

Then I started looking around in my own neighborhoods ... and voila, more fences.  Of course I realize there are many more types of fences, but these two seemed to be typical ... once again a collage.

Driving home from the city,  I took a scenic route.  This grouping has a slight political overtone to it, but then they are still beautiful fences.

Don't you love an old graveyard.  Yes, there is a sense of sadness, but also a sense of awe.  These people lived in a time that we never experienced ... what was their life like?  My friend took me to this graveyard.  It was made an official graveyard in 1860, but there are grave markers dating back to the 1830's.  The fence in this picture is almost incidental, but still a good fence.

Here I started having a little more fun.  This picture is a shadow of a fence on a fence.  A little editing made it more pronounced and yet more peaceful.  Then to Foto Flexer with a cross process and to make it a poster. 

This picture I just love for what it is.  I took it to Foto Flexer, did a cross process and added the frame and, for me, it is done. 

This picture seems a little ominous, and it speaks to the question ... what is beyond the fence?

None of us really know for sure ... and, of course, it doesn't have to be  bad or scary.  If you knew me better you would know that I have had vultures on the glove and found them to be very social and playful, so you can't always believe what you see.  Isn't life wonderful?

Weekend Reflections

Weekend Reflections # 142