Prosperity

Prosperity is having a hearty woodpile stacked up before the winter arrives. The intriguing pattern on the split side of this log caught my eye. I used VintagePhoto to play up that one piece in the stack.

A foot of snow, and I'm sure there were great photo opportunities out there...but it was also wicked cold and a nasty wind blowing needles of sleet against one's skin. I'm no martyr! I stayed by the woodstove. Fire, it turns out, is an elusive subject for photography. This was the best shot I could get. Using the Color Fade effect (I always wondered what it might work for) and a high level Posterize brought out the spunky warmth of that single flame.