Addicted to textures....

Ok, so I know I already did a blog post on textures, but I am just addicted to them now.  I love the way they can take an average photo and turn it into a work of art.  Below are some shots I have done the past couple of weeks.  Enjoy.

This one is of the old grain elevator that sits along the Cowboy Trail in O'Neill.  This was a pretty average shot, but the texture gives it life.

This is one of the buildings at Rock Falls that I used a texture I found on Deviant Art.

I once again found a use for the abandoned house across the street from me.

The "Almost Down" barn gets yet another treatment.

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Rock Falls

It is truly hard to believe that this beautiful location is less than 30 minutes from O'Neill, NE.  We had cooperation from the weather AND sunlight to have a great day to shoot.

I have never shot water before and was excited at experimenting with the settings on my camera.  I was happy with how they all came out.  The above photo is pretty much un-edited, but I did mess around a little bit with the hue/saturation and some contrast.

This photo has been edited using some actions I got from Katrina Gotschall.  I liked the natural colors in it.

 Did some experimenting with this one in Picasa.  I liked the eerie feeling and the softness of the photo.

Used Photoshop to edit this one using some hue/saturation boost and the blur edges action.

I liked the lighting of this photo of the old mill.  Converting to black and white added to the cool lighting of this photo.

 

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