I’ve moved

As much as I like the features and clean look of WordPress, I’m going back to Blogger, due to the ease of customizing the page.  Here is the link to my new page http://susanwildephotography.blogspot.com/

Texture Tuesday and the Color Orange.

This week’s theme for Kim Klassen’s Texture Tuesday is the color orange.  I thought of the many flowers in the yard that would be perfect for one of Kim’s textures, then remembered the photo I took on a recent trip.  After processing this with NIK’s software I added Kim’s summerlovin texture.

Ribstone – The Cemetery

The reason for the trip to Ribstone was to see the country where my husband’s family settled when they first came to Alberta in the early 1900’s.  We knew none of the old buildings would be left so we headed to the cemetery.

These are the gravestones of my husband’s great-grandparents.

The babies who would have been my husband’s Uncle and Aunt

Texture Tuesday – Back to School

This week’s challenge at Kim Klassen’s was to post a photo with the theme “Back to School” and use two of her textures.  This photo is an old book on display at the Evanburg Museum and thought it was perfect for the theme.  I used a layer of kk_chamomile and kk_stainedlinen.

The Road to Ribstone – Part II

A few miles past Wainwright we came upon a little gem on the prairies.  In a little valley was beautiful Clear Lake.  The lake was deserving of its name with water so clear you could see the ripples in the sand.

A special place to sit and enjoy the water

A special place to sit and take it all in

Flora

And fauna

The Road to Ribstone – Part I

Yesterday we decided to take a day trip to Ribstone, Alberta a place where my husband’s Great-grandparents settled in Alberta and the birthplace of his father.

First stop, shoe fence in Irma.

Resident at the Fabyan campground.

Horses at Clear Lake

World Photography Day

With August 19th being World Photography Day I thought I should go somewhere special to take a special photo.  I ended up at Broadmoor Lake in Sherwood Park, with the footbridges and flowers.  I knew I wanted a photo of one of the footbridges and this was the first stop.  This was process with Nik’s filter, Glamour Glow.

On my way out of the park I noticed this nice pot of red  Geraniums with the lake in the background

Happy in thinking I’d taken the shots I wanted, I started on my way home down the back roads.  While passing a small lake on the way home I noticed a group of white birds on the water close to the edge.  Thinking I had discovered a new species of ducks in the area I got as close to the water’s edge as possible and must have scared the “ducks” a little as they flew a little for me.  When arriving home, I found that my special ducks were Seagulls, so I thought a little bit of special PP was in order for these birds.

The Zinnia

One of the things I learnt while taking a photography course, is to photograph your subject from every angle, change lenses and photograph it again from every angle, change lenses and do it again.  With all the flowers in the garden it’s easy to take a photo, take a few steps, take another photo and keep moving.  Today I thought I would concentrate on one Zinnia in the garden.  This one keeps catching my eye because of the beautiful combination of reds and yellows.

The Little Things

The theme of this weeks Texture Tuesday is “the little things”.  The little things we do or someone does for us, the little things that usually go unnoticed or in this case, the little things that look for little things.  This little bee was so busy looking for pollen he didn’t even notice I was getting closer and closer.

Textures used were Kim Klassen’s Camomile, blend method – multiply @ 80%, then a layer of Kim Klassen’s Stainlinen blend method – softlight @ 40%.  Here’s the original without any textures.

Begonias and Texture Tuesday

The challenge for this week was “dreamy”.  My lensbaby was the perfect choice for a lens with a wide open aperature for the most blur.  Here’s the original:

This is the same photo with Kim Klassen’s texture Dream

And another view using one of my favorite textures, Kim Klassen’s Sweettart