NF Trees and Bushes

Night Vision 

Andrea

NatureFootstep ... Catching Light

The wonderful cold stormy fall weather brings new beauty to the lake.  The sun is below and then above the opening giving a different look.  Happy Monday, Everyone :)

Andrea

NatureFootstep ... Catching Light

Andrea

NF DAM Digital Art Meme

I had just taken this picture when Monica posted her Simple painting last week.  I thought of it immediately and decided now was a good time to use it.  This is not a painting, but an airplane flying parallel to a frontal line of clouds.  

By cropping and running it through a filter or two, I turned it into an art canvas ... then

Duplicate layers and adjusted opacity ...

Playing with color ...

Distort filters ...

And this is where I end this week ... next week, textures :)

Photo Art Friday

 

This was a good prompt for me.  I have been doing abstracts with my photo's for years, so I just headed back into my files and pulled up a few. 

Unfortunately, I did these so long ago that I can't be sure what I used to accomplish my effects.  I can tell you that it was in Photoshop Elements. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At this point, I decided it would be more fun to make some current abstracts and it would maybe show how my technique has grown (or at least changed).

 

This started with a photo of a deer in the woods.  I tweaked the pictures with levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. I then covered it with pdpa Dusty Rose Bokeh at 60%.  I erased out the deer and recovered it with pdpa Dusty Rose Bokeh at 40% and added a border.

 

 

I started this with a photo of an unusual cloud formation, tweaking it with levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. I placed the picture of the Sand hill Crane's in flight over the clouds at 68% and blended it in using the eraser and clone stamp.  Added pdpa Vintage Craquelure texture at around 66% then used levels to accentuate it. 

 

This was fun, as always.  I am looking forward to everyone's version of abstractions in nature ...

Your Sunday Best

Severe Thunder Storms the weather said and we were all greatful because it meant finally we would get some rain.  I love a good storm anyway, the air smells of rain and ozone from the lighting and the wind and the rain are so refreshing.  But, it was not to be ... the storms passed south of us and we didn't get any rain.  The brown, brittle grass sighed in disappoitment.  We were, however, blessed with some beautiful cloud paintings ... ominous looking, yes, but still beautiful.  So that is my Sunday best ... Enjoy!