Flower/Abstract

I wanted to highlight just the colors of this lovely tulip.

Camera: Canon EOS T3, Lensbaby Muse with single glass optic, macro converter Processing: PSE, minimal adjustments

Outdoors/Cold

The first seasonal snowfall fall of the year (we are not counting the freak nor'easter in October that brought down so many trees and paralyzed the state for a week.)

Sharp

There are sharp serrated edges on this leaf--managed to get sharp focus, too.

Sizzling hot

These chili peppers--which are growing upstairs in an AeroGarden in my "Mom cave"--are sizzling hot. Put two of them in a pot of chili or a stir fry, and it'll have a nice bite. A few more and you're at the "five star, no refund" level. BTW this is the first finished photo take with my new D-SLR. As someone suggested, I'm spending time learning one feature at a time. This was the Macro mode.

Window(s)

OK--I've added a plural. These are the windows on the side of our little house, edged with an unusual fringe of icicles.

Even in a season where the colors are glorious, there are always a few trees that simply outshine the others. This tree tree with its spectacular scarlet leaves lights up even the water at Paper Goods Pond. Posterize is the natural filter the make the colors glow.

Okay, I admit--you're gonna be seeing a lot of leaves. After all, leaves in the Fall are what New England has. People come by the thousands and jam our roads to see them. Once they fall, we've got from November until well into April with cold and damp and grey. So we need to celebrate them big time while they're here. So, please bear with me. I don't know what species these are, but they grow in abundance on the fence between the parking lot of my office building and the railroad tracks. They are the most intense scarlet I've ever seen in a leaf, even here. It's the color and the veins that draw the eye; Poster Edges works well to elicit that.

New England is famous for its fall colors--and they are compensation in advance for long, grim, dreary winters. The most brilliant of them all is the sumac. Combining Flourescent Chalk with Palette Knife intensified the glow.

On Tuesday evenings, John and I go to the meditative Taize service at the tiny Methodist church around the corner from us. We're not members of the church--we're not even Protestant--but we are welcome nonetheless. this shot of the front door of the church is emblematic of the sense of openness and invitation. Selective coloring doesn't change much, but it does focus one's attention on the open door.

There is no blure quite ike the one of a sunlit September sky in New England. And nothing sets it off like the red of a classic barn. Smudge Stick intensified the contrasts...not that they needed much!

As much as I hate to even think about it, summer (not that we had much of it!) is ending. These berries that hang on the chain link fence the surrounds the parking lot at work are now turning red. Selective coloring did heighten the vibrant read; but against pure B&W, it looked too stark. I added back just a touch of color to soften the effect.

This is the side of our garage. The siding is relatively new (as in 30 years), but the garage itself is considerably older. The battered window shows its age.