Playing in the Light

This week I had a few free hours at work for 'cleaning' up my Lightroom catalog. I had to go back to March and start culling. Of course I got side tracked and started editing some because I'd done very little of that too. I was captivated once again at how my neighbor's lilacs danced in the light that day.

I wouldn't have thought they would look so stunning in black and white, but who knew?

Their buds look like little alien mouths.

Such delicacy.

 Such beauty.

Have a beautiful weekend and a great Mother's Day!

Friday Finds, Daisy Bokeh

Good morning! It's Friday Finds over at Kim's blog and this week I found…

You can pick a daisy and stick it the dewy morning grass to capture some great bokeh! I believe I'll do this more often. All shots with my Canon 100mm.

Some presets used are Kim's.

f/4, 1/500, ISO 100

f/3.5, 1/350, ISO 100

f/4, 1/350, ISO 100

f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100

A matching bug!

f/8, 1/125, ISO 100

Don't you just love the randomness of daisies?

f/8, 1/125, ISO 100

More awesome light. The garden was just magical yesterday. I love the flares you get shooting into the light. I could tell I was getting a sun flare but didn't realize it was colored until I saw it on my computer!

f/8, 1/125, ISO 100

f/8, 1/125, ISO 100

Have a fabulous friday and check out what everyone else has found/discovered this week at Kim's.

Mobile Art Monday No. 8

Light is a huge thing in photography. A little extra light can take an ok photo and make it more interesting.

The original had an awesome dark blue sky set as a backdrop against the snow and touches of gold.

The little cloud pieces made me want to try and add a moon to cover it. So in Lenslight I did, but it still looked like it needed something. I added some glow and it worked well. I t also brightened up a path across the snow.
The glow was from Effects> Lights/Glow> Lumos Glow. The Moon is also under Effects> Lights/Glow.

These are the adjustments I applied to the moon.

These are the adjustments made for the glow.

Remember to add a new light to a new layer.

Another photo that I added several light leaks to but later realized it would be so much better with a Lens Flare.

Lenslight has had an update recently so all the Effects categories are under a little menu on the right. These include Lens Flares, Lights/Glows, Bokeh/Glitter, Sun Collection and Radiance Pack.

Have fun adding a little extra touch of light to your photos.

Texture Tuesday Simplicity

It's Texture Tuesday over at Kim's blog today. The theme is ....

Come on over and check out what everyone's been texturing.

Textured with kk_justatouch and justatouch2

This is my backlight homework assignment. It was pretty strong light that morning so I took advantage of it. I also decided to do a little study in cropping. Same image file with different presets and crops.

I like the bottle cropped in. I like the shadows in the foreground but I also like more of the curtain showing too. In the end I picked this.

Texture Tuesday Jan 7

It is already the seventh day of January and I haven't taken one photo with my Canon. (Not many with my phone either.) Until this morning. I see the light glisten off the tree tips out my kitchen window. It's a challenge to sit backwards on the kitchen cabinet to get close enough to the window with out the dirty window making the texture.
One of my photography goals this year is to chase the light.
Kim's 0212 texture on both.

Join us for Texture Tuesday at the cafe with Kim Klassen.