Backyard winter photography

This was taken this winter after a snowfall at the end of December. I was looking for leaves in frozen water, which I did not find, but I found various leaves and flowers in the snow.

Just a simple leave on top of the snow. 

I walked around it until I had the composition the way I like it with the handle turned. 

Pretty much SOOC, just Levels and sharpening

Played with solarization in Nik Color Efex, completely different effect. 

One of my perennials dried up and sticking up out of the snow

with a texture on it

Our Ivy, one leaf popping up thru the snow.

I used a bunch of Nik filters in this one to make it "pop"

Pier in VA

This was taken this November near Chincoteague in VA, we wandered around taking HDR images and I just love the contrast of the blue against the saturated planks (a little warped and a few missing from Hurrican Sandy).

Horse Fine Art

What a great time to be involved in photography, creativity abounds in camera and in post-processing.

Check out the transformation of this image, thanks to a workshop by Susan and Betty

Flowers by Tom

Birding at Chincoteague

Birding at Chincoteague

We had to walk out to the end because Hurricane Sandy destroyed the road out to Tom's Cove and the  beach. Tom got down low and some of the birds walked right up to him, so close that he could not focus at times (and there was no adding an extension tube because it was very very windy with sand blowing everywhere...

Fun with my light tent

I have been having a lot of fun with my light tent -- flowers, critters, etc. 

     

 I raised this Monarch caterpillar and photographed him along the way during his transformation.

HDR by Tom

HDR by Tom