Texture Tuesday-Movie eDition-Lady in White

For Texture Tuesday-the Movie eDition. Lady in White, a 1938 film. Basically, the photo only alludes to the name of the movie, not the plot. I took two photos, one without the figure and one with the figure. The two photographs were merged, then ghostly figures attained by adjusting the opacity of that layer. Next the "plaster" texture from Kim Klassen was  used. Lastly, a levels and curves adjustment.

Peaches-a Study in Black and White

Fresh peaches are abundant in the farmers markets and groceries store. Although they are lovely photographed in color, this black and white study still reveals the lovely shape and texture of the peach. Image shot with a Leica d-lux5 in black and white, then used an additional filter with Nik Silver Pro 2.0 which deepened the black and white effect.

Shrimp Collage

Shrimp boat on the Burnside River, Skidaway Island, Georgia, Low Country Boil and Fresh Shrimp.
Collage made with Pic Frame, an app for iPhone, iPad and iTouch. Original color photos converted to black and white using Nik Silver Pro 2.0. Recipe for Low Country Boil on sister site, Cafe Lynnylu.

Tree of Dreams

Original photo shot with a Canon D60 converted to infrared, edited in Photoshop, then with Nik Silver 2.0 added a fine art filter. Lastly, the Kim Klassen texture, "dream" was added to the layers.


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One of my dreams is to live in an old renovated cottage on a beach with an inlet behind me, a dock extending into the inlet and a small beautifully appointed dock house for guests.  A place where I could take a little boat out to  fish, shrimp, crab or just enjoy the waters.

Antique Tea Cup with Pink Roses

Teacup of Roses-Aurora Texture from Kim Klassen and Beau Linge Paysage from the Spring Painterly Collection at Flypaper Textures.

Three Slices Watermelon and Three Glasses of Plum Jam-Texture Tuesday

Three chunks of seedless watermelon for Texture Tuesday-the number 3 eDition. I'm not sure I'm that crazy about the post processing, but here are the specifics- three textures used (3 textures, 3 chunks watermelon)-Scratched magic-Screen 72%, Warm Sun-Multiply 74%, and Just Blush-Multiply 34%.

A more simple texture processing using just one texture, Brushed Linen two times, blending mode Multiply 100% and Multiply 80% with some texture brushed away from the red jam.

A Bounty of Fresh Vegetables from the South Carolina Low Country and Scenes from Trip to Kiawah Island

Just spent lovely week at Kiawah Island, riding bikes on the miles and miles of nearly pristine beach, cruising the area looking for local fresh shrimp to bring back home and visiting the Firefly Distillery on Wadmalaw Island, sampling their famous Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka. Even though the resort had many first class restaurants to choose from, we cooked meals in our villa's well-equipped kitchen. Having said that, I did lug my cast iron frying pan that I'm never without! Everyday, we ate shrimp in some form, had sandwiches of dead ripe Heirloom Cherokee Purple tomatoes sliced on soft grocery store white bread slathered with mayonnaise (Duke's or Hellmans, your choice) and sprinkled with cracked black pepper. Heavenly and oh, so simple! We fried fresh okra and patty pan squash and for dessert, enjoyed fresh strawberries and creamy vanilla ice cream. I'm happy to report that there was no weight gain!

Beach House Kitchen Essentials

Links-
NYTimes Review on Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka
the tomato sandwich-a first timers tale

Beach Scenes 

On the Way to Kiawah

 Leaving Savannah

Old Sheldon Church Ruins

Near Beaufort, SC

Walkway to the Beach on Kiawah Island

Deer Feeding the Dunes on Kiawah Island

Firefly Distillery-Home of Firefly Sweet Tea

Buying Fresh Shrimp from Cherry Point Seafood, Wadmalaw, Island

And last, but not least, Razzle Dazzle on "his"

king-sized bed at the villa on Kiawah.

Kiawah Island on Dwellable