Another Dark and Stormy...But Not by taffy

Another Dark and Stormy...But Not

Taken late afternoon in Lincoln Park on my way back to the car from a project meeting. Processed in Topaz. I just loved this tree and was pleased that the sun cooperated in sort of coming out from clouds at the exact moment I had to snap the photo.
BW shot is dog photo for today's word of the day: http://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2014-02-22
Overflow album - baby shoes -- not my normal shot! - http://365project.org/taffy/special-photos/2014-02-22
love it! fav
February 23rd, 2014  
Wow! Fav!
February 23rd, 2014  
Gorgeous! You look like you had the same kind of day as me, nice and moody.
February 23rd, 2014  
Stunning colour and silhouette and looks even better large. Fav
February 23rd, 2014  
Spectacular picture.
February 23rd, 2014  
Pea
Wow! Such a stunning scene. An easy fav!
February 23rd, 2014  
Terrific silhouette!
February 23rd, 2014  
Congratulation on making the Trending Page. Well earned.
February 23rd, 2014  
Fav excellent photo.
February 23rd, 2014  
WOW - amazing colors here - fabulous silhouette! Fav.
February 23rd, 2014  
Stunning. A fav
February 23rd, 2014  
Oh, so very spooky!!
February 23rd, 2014  
awesome
February 23rd, 2014  
Fabulous image! Love the colours and the wonderful silhouette of the tree!
February 23rd, 2014  
Great shot. Congrats on the trending page.
February 23rd, 2014  
Mysterious, stunning and dramatic image! Love the color! FAV!
February 23rd, 2014  
Simply gorgeous! Fabulous light and color....love that silhouetted tree! Great processing = fav
February 23rd, 2014  
Hi there , I have you as my partner on the get pushed challenge. I am challenging you to do a portrait . Waiting for my challenge from you.
February 23rd, 2014  
Gorgeous colours, love it
February 23rd, 2014  
Totally favulous
February 23rd, 2014  
I feel as if this monster tree is going to envelope me in its clutches! Good emotion and processing!
February 23rd, 2014  
Awesome capture, Taffy. Love the feel.
February 23rd, 2014  
Beautiful
February 23rd, 2014  
Wow, This has to be the fav of the day!
February 23rd, 2014  
Jo
Beautiful.
February 23rd, 2014  
Wow, love the mystical feel the red glow creates with the tree!! fav!
February 23rd, 2014  
Love the processing.
February 23rd, 2014  
great shot fav
February 23rd, 2014  
wonderful tree and picture
February 23rd, 2014  
Wow, this is amazing! Stunning shot, very atmospheric!
February 23rd, 2014  
beautiful silhouette o stunning colours
February 23rd, 2014  
very nice
February 23rd, 2014  
Looks stunning large
February 23rd, 2014  
Nice capture ...
February 23rd, 2014  
Beautiful capture. Great colors and silhouettes. FAV
February 23rd, 2014  
Oh amazing shot, great capture
February 23rd, 2014  
Love the tree silhouette, beautiful branches. Gorgeous colors too.
February 23rd, 2014  
Gorgeous Taffy, absolutely gorgeous!
February 23rd, 2014  
very cool and moody added this to my fav list.
February 23rd, 2014  
Pretty tree and lovely processing.
February 23rd, 2014  
Beautiful processing and color!
February 23rd, 2014  
Beautiful
February 23rd, 2014  
This is so beautiful and scary at the same time. Wonderful shot.
February 23rd, 2014  
Awesome! Would be great at Halloween
February 23rd, 2014  
Spooooky... Fav.
February 23rd, 2014  
Ooh, fab Taffy! Fav!!
February 23rd, 2014  
This is absolutely amazing!!! Love the orange tones!
February 23rd, 2014  
Such a cool tree! Just look at the shape of the branches! Looks great against the sky color. Fav.
February 23rd, 2014  
So gorgeous - love the tones and perfect with the sun shining through.
February 23rd, 2014  
Wow, this is beautiful. Fav!
February 23rd, 2014  
absolutely brilliant and fav
February 23rd, 2014  
lovely shot. the tree looks great as a silhouette
February 23rd, 2014  
Nice capture!
February 23rd, 2014  
Nice photo Taffy. I was in your neck of the woods yesterday having fun photographing city life for my push this week. The tree there is eerie, nice processing.
February 23rd, 2014  
Nicely done
February 23rd, 2014  
very stunning.. fav!
February 23rd, 2014  
Beautiful!
February 23rd, 2014  
Gorgeous!
February 23rd, 2014  
I like the color and the neat looking tree- great atmosphere
February 23rd, 2014  
You are extremely talented. This couldn't be better! big fav
February 23rd, 2014  
Love the tones and silhouette of the trees.
Also the processing is awesome!
It's a fav
February 23rd, 2014  
What a knockout of a shot - those topaz tones against the silhouettes are breathtaking.
February 23rd, 2014  
Very effective.
February 23rd, 2014  
Jo
Love what you have done here, it has worked really well, fab shot.
February 23rd, 2014  
Stunning!!! fav :D
February 23rd, 2014  
This is amazing, girl! Just amazing! And great processing work!
February 23rd, 2014  
Fav Taffy. Its on fire
February 23rd, 2014  
Gorgeous shot!
February 23rd, 2014  
Hi again oops, didnt know that you had been given a portrait shopt last week. Would you like me to change it to spirals instead.
As for my challenge from you. I will certainly give it a go. I only have a fairly basic Olympus point and shoot camera and I dont have a really good editing programme either but I will experiment over the week and see what I can come up with.
February 23rd, 2014  
@mumswaby Sure, spirals could be interesting! Re water...for low-stress, think about using a water dropper onto a blank CD, in sunlight. You'll get all kinds of interesting patterns and it won't require special equipment other than a water dropper (you can get those at any pharmacy or drug store) and a cheap disposable blank CD. And some sun!
February 23rd, 2014  
I had also thought about bubbles and the abstract colours that they provide. I will see and I will experiment. Thanks looking forward to this one. Oh, and I have updated my profile.
February 23rd, 2014  
Wow, what a beautiful sky and the tree looks amazing against it. Fabulous shot. Fav
February 23rd, 2014  
an instant fav ! That's beautiful !
February 23rd, 2014  
Great shot.
February 23rd, 2014  
Awesome. Well captured and processed. Fav
February 23rd, 2014  
Very pretty!
February 23rd, 2014  
OMG .. you are on fire lady ... stunning in every way ...Fav
February 24th, 2014  
Beautiful color and lighting!
February 24th, 2014  
Love the drama in this image! Fav
February 24th, 2014  
Fav! Such a magnificent photo. Great color.
February 24th, 2014  
Exceptional shot !!! Fav
February 24th, 2014  
How'd you do this? This is amazing!
February 24th, 2014  
@pplutz Thanks so much for the comment! I shot it into the sun with a pretty low aperture. Then, I upped the saturation in Aperture. I then used Topaz Adjust to get the colors where I wanted them, exported back to Aperture, and then used Color Efex diffusion filters until I had it softened to the tone I wanted. It sounds more complicated as I wrote this than it actually was. But I did end up starting over three times because I wasn't happy with the look on the first two tries - I knew what I wanted it to look like in the end and had a few false starts. Thanks for the follow too.
February 24th, 2014  
Awesome shot! Love the colour and the silhouettes! Fav. Fantastic processing.
February 24th, 2014  
Breathtaking
February 24th, 2014  
Very striking image :)
February 24th, 2014  
what a breathtaking view! fav for sure :)
February 24th, 2014  
Very spooky...great work!
February 24th, 2014  
Stunning, love the colours and the silhouette is fabulous.
February 24th, 2014  
Taffy, your photos never fail to amaze and motivate me! Your eye for photography is always evident! FAV! Congratulations on making the Popular Page!
February 24th, 2014  
Fabulous tree silhouette and great colours!! FAV!!
February 24th, 2014  
Terrific atmospheric capture.
February 24th, 2014  
So moody and it has a gorgeous liquid feel to it.
February 24th, 2014  
Absolutely wonderful. ..fav!
February 24th, 2014  
Majestic creature! the capillary branches make me think of our arterial system. Eery lighting, impressive.
February 24th, 2014  
Something very brush-fire about that sky!
February 24th, 2014  
Fantastic processing.
February 25th, 2014  
Awesome.
February 25th, 2014  
Such detail in those branches... beautiful!!
February 25th, 2014  
What a fabulous tree! It has such character. The color is really cool.
February 25th, 2014  
Taffy congrats on double T20 this week! Great shots! Keep 'em coming!
February 28th, 2014  
Congrats on the TTwenty with this amazing shot. How do I miss seeing this one? fav.
February 28th, 2014  
Congratulations on the double TT! I missed this one. Fav!
February 28th, 2014  
I missed your two photos,on the TT but have now enjoyed them with more favs!
February 28th, 2014  
congratulations on two brilliant shots on the TT
February 28th, 2014  
@michaelelliott @libertylady @pflaume @maggiemae @roseolivia Thank you Michael (your email is how I found out!!), Alice, Lisa, Maggiemae, and Rachel. I've not had email access or internet today until now so this is really exciting! You have all been so supportive and I really appreciate it!
February 28th, 2014  
Congratulations Taffy on making it another double to the Top Twenty! As you can tell I am viewing backwards :)
March 1st, 2014  
Congrats on #3
March 1st, 2014  
Congrats on yet another and another TT. This one sparked my imagination right from the start.
March 1st, 2014  
And this one made the TT> Wow! So so so cool! You are burning it up this week!
March 1st, 2014  
Congrats on the TT :)
March 1st, 2014  
Awesome silhouette of the tree but I really like the color of the sky too!!
March 2nd, 2014  
Like a 19th-century painting a fav
March 3rd, 2014  
Gorgeous!
March 4th, 2014  
A bit late but Congrats on TT Taffy!
March 4th, 2014  
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