Christanne

Placed 37^th in the challenge. 8/2021: Jug with Water and Ice.

Water with ice.  Saturation dialed back, but a Multiply blend mode at 50% opacity was used to make it more dramatic.

Two trees, in the back yard.  Used ACR adjustments and a HSL layer.

Solitary leaf, in the back yard.  Used  basic PSE 2021 ACR adjustments.

Liked the green so well that I made the ice green too, with a color fill layer & masking.

7/2004: A nod to an earlier day:  spillway at a local park.  Sometimes revisiting an old scene works and sometimes it has changed (not for the better).  This little waterfall/spillway may not even ...

8/2021: Railroad bridge over Wildcat Creek, near Foster Park, Kokomo, IN. Used the PSE Smart Brush Nature/Darken Sky which provides an HSL Adjustment layer complete with Layer Mask. Neat!

8/2021: Water and an "X" at a local downtown walking area.

6/2021: "Blue on Blue," rear of Rotary Bridge sign. And. . .6/2021: View of Rotary Bridge near downtown Kokomo, Indiana

9/2012: "The Necklace," a spiderweb with dewdrops, at home. Update, 7/2021: Slight cropping & adjust sharpness, after running thru the current RAW editor. I found this while going through folders ...

Detail of Rotary Walking Bridge near downtown Kokomo, Indiana.

Entry # 3 6/2021:  Rotary Walking bridge near downtown Kokomo, Indiana.

Entry #2 6/2009:  The old filling station at Summer Place, an open-air mini-museum near Tipton, Indiana

Entry #1 4/2014:  Tall stairs at a nearby park

Sycamore leaves, Tipton County, IN.  Love that lush green of early summer. Everybody's favorite  ;-) Poison Ivy.  Onboard flash used for brightening.

Butterweeds (?) in Brown County, IN.  A Levels adjustment layer and Adjust Sharpness were used.  Not positive of the ID, but am 99% certain these are not  Goldenrod! A very different shot taken in ...

This is an example of   "Bubbles,"  the term I use for the technique.  It's a macro shot of newspaper ad flyers which are placed beneath a raised glass baking dish containing  an inch or two of ...

D5200: Ice Blocks in side ditch, Tipton Co., IN, 4/2013. Emailed especially to my 2 year old grandson, who is “learning about Ice”. D5200:“Route 66” Carnival lights at Brown Co., IN fair, 8/2013. A ...

D200: Bluebells at Turkey Run State Park near Marshall, IN, 4/2008. A favorite after all these years. D200:Onions, 3/2009. An early RAW image & nice window light. D200:Green Car, 9/2009. Car shows ...

D100: Steps and shadows, 3/2004. A very early digital image. I’m a sucker for shadows!!