Monday, February 25, 2013

A Day of Winter

We woke up to a blizzard today. They are extremely rare here. But I grew up with them and it's nice to have a day off and stay home.
These red house finches were trying to get out of the howling wind. Edited in Lightroom and Radlab.

 These guys have a texture layer by Kim Klassen, Sybil. Plus a dreamy gradient layer added. For the Texture Tuesday link up.

This guy was edited in Lightroom then Topaz Detail. Yes, I was all over the computer today. 


More textures, Isobel and Sybil. There are violas under that snow. They were smiling in the sun by 5PM.

 Thought it would be nice to have a little pink snow.  More textures, Cora 3 times, one with a hue adjustment, shown below. I just love these birds. They never fly away.



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22 comments:

  1. Nice textures! They are very beautiful.

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  2. Aww, sweet birds...your photos are lovely! We still haven't had a significant snow in Virginia this year...I'm wondering now if we will.

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  3. So hard for me to believe so much snow, just gorgeous captures. I love those little birds, the first one looks like they are trying to huddle together to keep warm.

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  4. A lovely set of photos and processing. I like the flowers under the layer of snow!

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  5. We were supposed to be hit by this blizzard as well, but it weakened by the time it hit us. Your pictures are wonderful!! I especially love the bird ones!!

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  6. Love your 'snow birds'.

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  7. How do you people do it -- getting birds to stay put do to capture them -- I love this image of the three birds.. and how you soften the look to become a dreamy feel.. Great photo images ( all of them)..
    Hugs

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  8. Wow, fabulous processing on your photos. I especially love the first with the 3 finches!

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  9. Hope you enjoyed your blizzard. We are getting it now :( But I get to stay home tomorrow and play :) Love the bird shots and the snow hanging over the planter box, awesome!

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  10. Beautiful processing on your photos! What sweet birdies. We have just a little snow today, our blizzard was on Sunday in Boulder, CO.

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  11. Stunning images...so beautiful and the textures are great.

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  12. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. I love all of your captures, and your effects with textures are brilliant. So glad I stopped by to see your work. You are an inspiration.

    Karen

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  13. I just stopped by your store. Oh my, they are all lovely designs. I love creating pretty things to share on my blog. Can I use your designs in my photos that I share on-line, on my blog?

    So lovely to meet you,

    Karen

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  14. Roxi, I'm jealous...really want a big snow storm here. Nothing but little 1 inch snows this year. I love how the textures turned out. My favorite is the first photo.

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  15. Very fun edits, Roxi! Hope things are warming up!

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  16. Hi Roxi,
    Wow these are some lovely photographs The finches look so cute!
    Thanks for sharing the recipe too.. isn't the Cora texture gorgeous?
    xo

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  17. Those red finches are very charming! They remind me of the sweet birds with some red color in their wings, I admired in my childhood in the Easter vacations in Lapland - maybe the snow and your birds in a flock made this association! I found a picture of this bird called "Kuukkeli" : http://www.ollikorhonen.com/takaisin-kuukkelieni-luo/

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  18. Roxi lovely images and I love the textures you applied...

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  19. Really pretty, Roxi ... Love the birds, and the textures you used for them! Stopping in from Kim's again this week - only from my new site on Blogger. Think I like it better than Wordpress, but I'm still deciding! :) You have a great weekend!

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  20. The 3rd picture of the finch is wonderful. I love watching the birds!

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