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Now For A Word from my Sponsor


My Sponsor is the One who gave me breath for life, so taking time out to seek His presence and thank Him for all the moments and minutes He gives me is only natural. I cherish all His creations and the joy I find in them. His word on the first Sabbath in Genesis 2:2-3 is…

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

For a Sabbath day’s rest, my first Sabbatically Saturday post will simply be the pictures I took yesterday along with some creative editing. Relax and enjoy God’s gifts of nature and creativity, and share with me if you do some creative work of your own.

Pic 1, Naked Ladies (Belladonna Lillies) from my front yard. These soft pink beauties are all over the neighborhood right now too.Naked Lady Flower with Macro Attachment--Sm 4 WP

Pic 2, I wanted to catch the flowers while they still had some water from the earlier rain, and I got some, but then I cheated and decided to use the KVADPhoto+ raindrop filter to add a little more to it. While I was at it, I thought a nice bamboo frame and a bit more saturation went nicely with the raindrops.Naked Lady Flower with KVAD Edits and & Bamboo Frame--Sm 4 WP

Pic 3, When I have a nice contrast in an image, I really have fun getting out the Fractalius plugin and seeing what all images it will create for me. It takes my love of fractal and colorful design and adds it to real world images. What more could I ask for?

Naked Lady Flower with Macro Attachment--Fractalius Edit and Frame--4 WP2

Naked Lady (Belladonna Lily) with Fractalius Edits & Framing

Pic 4, Another Fractalius image with a bit more color and a nice vignette and frame from Irfanview. Fractalius Naked Lady--Sm 4 WP

Pic 5, And we’ll end this with a kaleidoscope made from one of the fractalized flowers because, after all, it is #KaleidoSaturday on Twitter.Fractalius Bright Naked Lady into Kaleidoscope--Sm 4 WP

August 6, 2016 Posted by | Creativity, Nonfiction, Photography | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

   

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