I'm taking a little detour from texture today. It's been snowing and the white flakes have really piled up. But they made a nice background for that flash of color in the center of my black and white calendar this month. I added the posterizing effect and a soft pink vignette in iPiccy to soften the extra-bright flamingos with a wintery feel while they wade around the ever-rising snow.
This picture was shot in color, converted to black and white and the flamingos painted back in. The posterize effect was then applied and the edges of the original were painted back on to define the birds' shape. The vignette was applied using the "matte" effect with a pink tint, shrinking the size so that it did not overpower the picture and a light gray border frame was applied last.
Looks nice Ann. And after thinking we were finished with the snow, it started up again with another 3 - 5 inches till morning, and thi stime it's blowing. Fun!
Thank you all for the positive feedback. We really did get a huge snowfall when all was said and done. Wishing you all a Happy Valentines Day wherever you are!
@bill_fe Thank you so much for the fav Bill! I'm on the eastern side of Pennsylvania. I you look at a map I am near a city on the border called Stroudsburg/East Stroudsburg- but compared to Madison, it's probably more like a small town than a city.
@olivetreeann Oh, you don't live too far from Hamburg and the world's biggest Cabelas! Yes, we stop at every Cabelas we pass on the interstate! LOL! Actually, my husband is actually assigned to Carlisle Barracks this year for school, but he's doing his fellowship in Boston instead of doing the school in residence there, else we'd be really close to you!
@homeschoolmom I'm not familiar with Hamburg- I'll have to look it up on a map! As for Cabelas- we pass a huge one on the way to my son's home in Michigan. Sadly, we are not campers, hunters or any other outdoor sort of stuffers- otherwise we'd stop there! lol at me
Thank you Dixie, Bill, Northy, Rick, Allison, Sarah, Brian, Lisa, Katie, Timothy, Smitha, Don, Lisa, Keith, Susan, Alexandra, Sally, Yao, Dione, Laura, Alia, Carole, Claire, Mark, Jennifer, and Carol!
Thank you all for the positive feedback. We really did get a huge snowfall when all was said and done. Wishing you all a Happy Valentines Day wherever you are!
@bill_fe Thank you so much for the fav Bill! I'm on the eastern side of Pennsylvania. I you look at a map I am near a city on the border called Stroudsburg/East Stroudsburg- but compared to Madison, it's probably more like a small town than a city.
@daisymiller Thank you Daisy!
Thank you Taffy and Vicki!
@daveanajao Thank you Dave!