Montana

A special visit to Montana....big sky country.....

 I got up early and went for a walk.  It's still in the 100's in Phoenix, but not in Montana.

 A beautiful day in the VA property.

 These photos were early morning drive and we crossed the Missouri River five times on this drive to Great Falls, MT.

There was a museum in Helena, MT and we got some fun shots.

We got to play music on the outdoor musical instruments.

I love this piece....hand painted from one of my photos.  I'm trying to decide the backside of my piece.

Any suggestions?

In the midst of working on projects.  This is one block of many......I might make a king size quilt.  Yikes...one too many blocks and pressing.

Paducah, KY

BEFORE

This is old market street in Paducah, KY.  I love this street with the southern charm.

AFTER

I loved using the Perfect Photo Suite effects on this photo.  I used the vignette and the landscape option.  It really looks different.

Cambodian Temple

I was fortunate to take a trip to Singapore, Bali and Cambodia.  On that adventure I captured a temple in the sweltering humidity and heat.


BEFORE

AFTER

I cropped this photo and used Lightroom and made some fine tuning and then used NiK software to sharpen the photo and enhance some of the colors with hue and saturation.  I think I might like the photo before making some corrections.

AZ Sunset

Arizona has beautiful sunsets.  I love this one.

BEFORE

AFTER

I used a custom shape inside the lettering of Arizona Sunsets.  That was introduced in Lesson 8 of CS6   I enhanced the lettering with a gradient overlay and bevel and emboss technique and added a custom shape - the star.  Arizona skies are amazing.

Love Thistles

I tried one of the new techniques using a brush to make changes to a photograph.  This was interesting and see if you can tell the difference between the before and after photograph of a thistle taken at Desert Botanical Garden.


BEFORE

AFTER

This photo has some brushed effects to add interest to this thistle.  Some of the brush marks look a little blurry on the upper part and around the flower.