"Old Red"

On a road trip earlier this summer we went to the NE part of Nebraska and South Dakota.  On our way home near Verdigre, Ne we came upon this old beauty, it had just rained and the colors really popped.  I decided to dress her up a little with a few texture layers.  I used LR, PSE and On1 and some free textures I found on Flickr.

Hickman Barn

  I have wanted to photograph this old barn for quite sometime, I love the brick with the old weathered boards.

Rose with Textures

  I haven't played with a texture for awhile and decided to use one of the images from yesterday.  I had saved this quote that I came across and thought it went well with the image.

Rose Garden

  I took a quick walk around the Rose Garden today to see what was happening there.  The roses are starting to bloom, seem to be a little behind due to the cooler temperatures I am sure.  It was so quite and peaceful and with the overcast sky made for a giant soft box.  I could see that there was a lot of activity at the Sunken Gardens also, they started the plantings there yesterday, I am looking forward to seeing this years display.

Poppy & Parts

Kris brought me one of her beautiful red poppies and I had lots of fun taking it's picture.  The petals didn't even look real, more like the tissue flowers we use to make back in the day.  Looks like I might have to plant some of these for next year.  I mainly used my macro lens but then decided to try light painting, it is fun and frustrating all at the same time as you can never duplicate what you have done.  Just as you get one part of it right, you over expose another, but when you do get an image that works you jump for joy!

First Stop at the Sunken Gardens for 2015

I stopped at the gardens the beginning of the week to see what was blooming.  The tulips unfortunately had taken a beating a couple nights before and were just sticks and the few iris's weren't in much better shape. It is always so much fun to see the garden come to life as the summer progresses though and I can't wait to see what they plant this year.  Not sure what these flowers are and I didn't find a marker describing them, I will have to do a little research.