Egrets Tones and Textures

Today I found myself playing around with this photo of an egret I took recently. I love this bird  and the photo I took, he was just so still taking in his moment.

For this first one I really just lightened and gave a little contrast, then cropped the photo. 

 This one I changed to Black and White, cropped and lightened a bit.

 For this one I added a vintage feel and lomo, I like this one.

And lastly for this one I cloned out the background to give more of the bayou feel and added a texture from A Rural Journal called Victoria, @ 88% Soft Light.

Thanks for stopping by,

Lori

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Moon Shots

The moon has so beautiful this past week. I'm loving how it looks before it's actually dark and decided to take a few pictures.

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Foto Friday #48 | Down

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Welcome back to Foto Friday!

We are getting a little rain here,

what's your day like?

Guidelines:

• Link the URL of your blog post, not your home page.
• Include my button or link back to me.
• Follow the week's theme or submit what you like.
• Photo must be taken by you.
• Visit other blogs with words of encouragement, and leave a comment.
• Foto Friday begin's each Friday morning at 12:01am and ends Sunday at midnight, Central Standard Time.

Last week's theme was "Two Subjects"

Here are our featured photos this week!

This first image is from Barb at  Keeping up with the Times.

This is quite a lovely photo of these geese, and beautiful processing!

This next image is from Jess at balancing the dream. I really couldn't resit her photo of her great-grandparents she took while on vacation. Love this. It so very important to capture moments like these.

Ladies thanks so much for sharing your wonderful photos with us!

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This week our theme is "Down"

Here's my take...

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Next week's theme "A Cell Phone Shot"

Now it's your turn to link up your "Down" photo(s)!

I can't wait to see!

Sugar Mill Ruins

Recently we visited Fontainebleau State Park. As we were driving in one of the first things I noticed were  these crumbling old brick towers. So, we stopped to get a closer look. The bulletin board was of no help. All it said was it was a Sugar Mill, but I wanted to know more and the visitor center was locked tight. I began to walk around and take pictures.

Yes, of course you posted this sign, oh thank you!

A little tidbit from the internet ...

 The Sugar Mill Plantation had 2,800 acres, located in Madeville, La. built back in 1852 by Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville founder of  the town Mandeville, on the shore of  Lake Pontchartrain.

 The plantation helped support his lavish life style. He named it Fontainebleau after a forest near Paris, a favorite recreation area for the French Kings.

Gosh I love history!

Thanks for stopping by,

Lori

At the Beach

We went to lake Saturday and there was a small beach. It was nice enough to enjoy until the rain came, and made it even hotter! I was able to take a few pictures while we were there.

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Lori

Amaryllis Texture

My Amaryllis seems to have gotten a little beaten up by the rain yesterday. 

Texture is Dream Wonder from Pixel Dust Photo Art.

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Lori

Foto Friday #42 | Texture

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Welcome back to Foto Friday and glad you are here! I hope everyone has had a wonderful week.

Guidelines:

• Link the URL of your blog post, not your home page.
• Include my button or link back to me.
• Follow the week's theme or submit what you like.
• Photo must be taken by you.
• Visit other blogs with words of encouragement, and leave a comment.
• Foto Friday begin's each Friday morning at 12:01am and ends Sunday at midnight, Central Standard Time.

Last week's theme was "Perspective", Love the link up's from last week!

Here are the featured photos this week: 

This first image is from a million pieces, I love the perspective, the tones, and what the woman is wearing. This is such a dreamy photo! Well done!

This image is from Amanda at Seeing Beauty Photography. What an unbelievable capture! Amazing shot, awesome detail, beautiful perspective! 

Thanks for sharing these awesome images ladies!

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This week's theme is "Texture"

My Miniature Rose

I opened in PSE10

Used KK Oh My and KK Be Still Overlay @ 100% 

Now it's your turn to link up your Textured image!


Next week's theme "Angle"

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