Tag: Desert Bluebells

Friday Floral – First Wildflower 2015

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My first wildflower of 2015 is one of my Desert Bluebells! Last year it was a Mexican Gold Poppy and they have sprouted, but look like they will bloom in late February or early March.  Peak wildflower season is usually mid to late March for the Phoenix area.  Photographers have been waiting 10 years for a spectacular wildflower season and this year  looks like we are on target!

The first wild-flower of the year is like land after sea. ~Thomas Wentworth Higginson, “April Days,” first published 1861, quoted from the 1897 edition

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Desert Bluebells

Textured Photography

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I have written about textured photography before and whether it was still a photograph or now digital art.  Some like it and some don’t.    The past few days I have been in an artistic/creative mood.  Taking my photos from Lightroom into Photoshop Elements and adding layer(s) of texture and on a couple adding a photo filter layer.  In the gallery below are a few I have been working on and you can click on each one to see a larger version.

While the photo of the desert bluebells and maple leaves were okay on their own, I think the final versions are stronger images.  What I like about the desert bluebells image, is the background and how it has just a touch of a painterly feel to it now.  The maple leaves image now has a more autumn fell to it by making the background a warm tone.  And the clipper butterfly image, well I will be brave and show you the before image.

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Change your mind about images that have had more than basic post processing?  Leave me a comment, I would enjoy hearing from you!