Photo Art with Something New

For Photo Art Friday, Bonnie's challenge is for us to use "a tool, method or style we've been wanting to try."  Actually, as far as my programs go, I've tried each of them several times.  I still haven't worked much on combining images with textures.....Bonnie inspired me to try that a few weeks ago.     I fell back on an application I purchased a while ago, used like crazy until I purchased RadLab and learned more about adding textures.  This is called Lo-Fi, which does adjusts three things on each image:  film, mood, frame.

This particular image of a frosty branch in my backyard was first converted to black and white with Nelly Nero's Grunge Me Up, RadLab's Superfun Happy and the Lo-Fi's  Velvet, Crunchy, Viewfinder application.  That's a lot!

Week 48 of P52 -- Flowers from Friends

A beautiful fall floral arrangement arrived at my home  right before Thanksgiving....a thoughtful gift from a wonderful couple whom I've been happy to call friends since the 1960's.    

Recording one old pickup many ways

My favorite old vehicle sits in a field in the Blue Mountains of Oregon.  I first discovered it when visiting the private elk farm across the lane, and I photographed it each time I stopped to see the bull elk.  However, the elk farm no longer exists.  I drove up the lane just to be certain, and couldn't leave without some shots of the old truck. In one of those photos, the grass in the foreground is in focus, but the old Ford isn't.    Here's the way to deal with that:   use the Lo-Fi application in a variety of ways.

Original photo...blurry pickup