Geese at the Icy Pond….
Good evening everyone…hope you are enjoying the weekend….it’s snowing again here…just very small snowflakes but we now have a dusting of white on the ground…needless to say it’s still freezing…
Geese at the Icy Pond…
I photographed the geese in Paloma Park,Benalmadena,Spain…
Cropped my original photo and in Topax Photo AI did a little denoise and enhance…
Topaz fx labs I merged my geese into Daily Texture Snowscapes Icy ponds 5…
Topaz Lens effects Reflector silver on the top of the image…
Played a little in the Snapseed app on my iPad Pro…
Still no foxes around even Cheeky hasn’t been to visit for a week…❤️🦊❤️
Highlights of the week were a rare trip to the hairdresser for me…thought I might have my hair cut a lot shorter but as usual my lovely hairdresser talked me out of it and I just had 6 inches cut off…So it’s still long…but definitely me…On Thursday we took Charlie and Jack to the breeders to be groomed…they don’t like going but are always so happy when the job is done…This morning Peter showered them both and Jack wasn’t well….he was shaking in the shower and it took a long time before he calmed down….never happened before so we were worried about him…this evening he is back to his normal self I am really happy to say….
Thank you all for your visits and kind words…so much appreciated….
Enjoy the rest of the weekend, take care…🥰
Majestic Eagle….
One of Jai’s stock photos from Zenfolio…
Topaz photo AI cropped and enhance the photo…
Topaz fx labs…Blended Jai’s eagle with Daily Texture Snowsacapes Fallen logs 22…
Topaz lens effects…Reflector…silver on the top of the image…
Niks color contrast…
Snapseed app on my iPad Pro to finish…
As I will never see an eagle so close here I used a Jai Johnson stock photo…
Hope you are all well and happy we are now into March…
Looking forward to warmer days and flowers…
As the neighbors don’t let any wild flowers grow down by the water I have decided to throw lots of poppy seeds around the egdges near the fences where the grass clipper can't reach… it will be great for the bees and butterflies and a surprise or shock for the neighbors….I have thousands of seeds I have collected….🤣
Thank you all for your visits and kind words….🥰
Great Grey Owl…
This is the only owl I have ever seen in Sweden in the 28 years I have lived here…It lives in Skansen Nature Park in Stockholm….
I cropped my photo and enlarged in Topaz Photo AI….
Blended my owl into Daily Texture Snowscapes Branches 26….
Painted here and there in the Procreate app on my iPad Pro and did a little cloning too…
Finished with a play in Snapseed on my iPad Pro…
Good morning and yet another grey misty day…
Warm and cosy indoors till it’s time for doggie walks…
Thank you all for your visits and kind words…
Enjoy your day…🥰
Swan…
Cropped my swan photo in Topaz AI Photo…enlarged and a little denoise…
Topaz fx labs to bend my swan with Daily Texture Art Journal 12…
Topaz lens effects…Reflector….
Niks to brighten the whites…
Felt like putting my swan in an abstract background…
Rainy days still continuing….till at least Sunday it says…
Happy to report we saw a new fox at the feeding location last night….it was very shy and waited on a big rock at the back of where I placed the food…as we moved on it finally went to eat…with not seeing any other foxes than Cheeky…I wasn’t sure what I was actually feeding…this one is new to our neighborhood and I don’t think Cheeky lives here any more but comes to our garden to visit every ten days or so…..
Enjoy your days and thank you for your visits and kind words…🥰
Mourning Dove…
Such a friendly dove…we were on holiday in Spain and each morning this dove joined us for breakfast on our balcony…seemed really tame and spent a lot of time with us…which was a great opportunity to get some photos…
I cropped the original photo and did a little denoise in Topaz photo AI…
In Topaz fx labs I blended the dove onto Daily Texture Snow Scapes branches 7…
Topaz lens effects for a little diffusion and silve reflector…
Had a play in Snapseed on my iPad Pro before posting…
Hope you are enjoying your weekend….
Thank you all for your visits and kind words…🥰
A swan in a winter scene...
I blended the the swan into a Daily texture Winter light 20 in Topaz fx Labs...
Topaz lens effects Reflector...
Painted the Swan in the Procreate app on my Ipad Pro...
Brightened the whites in Niks...Finished with a play in Snapseed on my Ipad Pro...
Still gloomy damp weather...the snow has almost gone just huge ice areas everywhere...
Had a lovely surprise last night...Jack was out in the front garden and i was at the door waiting for him to come in when suddenly Cheeky fox appeared...I thought i was imagining the vision as she disappeared almost two months ago...We were so happy to see her looking well and as cheeky as ever...gave her some dog treats and then went to the kitchen and made a meal for her...she walked with Jack and I to the feeding place in the forest and she really enjoyed her meal...wondering if the other three will return too after their mating season adventures...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Graylag Geese in The Marsh...
My photos of the geese were taken at Paloma Park, Benalmadena, Costa Del Sol, Spain...
Found lots of duck and geese photos in an old external drive from 2010...was a great trip down memory lane...
Topaz Photo AI to crop my photos and denoise a little...
Topaz fx labs to blend the geese into Daily Texture Memory scapes The Marsh 21...
Topaz Lens Effects...Reflector and a little diffusion...
Finished off in Snapseed on my iPad Pro...
Gloomy weather again so what better way to spend part of the day doing art on my computer...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Coming in to land...
My two swan photos were taken in Paloma Park,Benalmadena,Costa del sol,Spain...
It`s actually the same swan that was trying to kill a Canada goose...this went on for about 30 minutes....thankfully the swan was fine but the swan was extremely grumpy...
Topaz fx labs...i blended the swan into Memory scapes Creeks 9...
Topaz lens effects...a touch of diffusion...
Finished odd in Snapseed on my IPad Pro...
Sorry i have been absent again but have been busy one way or another and the days just flew by...now when i tried to download my image from my ipad it would not work...so had to come to my lap tap...so irritating when they are always changing how you can do things...
Thank you all for your visits,kind words and votes...
Enjoy your weekend...stay warm and cosy...x...
Swans at the Creek…
Swans at the Creek….
My swan photo was taken at Paloma Park,Benalmadena,Spain…
Cropped and denoised my photo in Topaz photo AI…
Topaz fx labs….merged my swans into DT Memoryscapes 12…
Topaz lens effects…a touch of diffusion….
On my iPad Pro I played in Snapseed…
Our last day of reasonable temperatures today…from tomorrow it’s going down to -7 and on Wednesday they say ot could be -20….Ready with plenty of thermals and other warm layers to wear….
Hope you have enjoyed your weekend…
Thank you all for your kind words and votes…🥰
Swan in the Marsh…
Swan in the Marsh…
My swan photo was taken at Paloma Park,Benalmadena,Costa del Sol,Spain…
Topaz Photo AI.. cropped and denoised my photo…
Topaz fx Labs…put my swan into DT The Marsh 9….
Topaz Lens effects…Reflector….a little diffusion…
Snapseed on my iPad…a touch of white balance…
Still sub zero temperatures and this morning I can see the water in front of us is starting to freeze right over to the other island…Reminds me of the first winter we lived here almost 28 years ago….it was -27c and people were ice skating and some walking across to the other island…will be the same until Wednesday when we will have a high of +1 for two days then back to sub zero….warm and cosy indoors though just have to wear layers of clothes when I go out for walks with Charlie and Jack…l
Enjoy your weekend….take care and stay safe…
Thank you all for your visits and kind words….🥰
Swans in the Marsh…
As I have quite a few swan photos from various places I decided to use two in this beautiful background…
Topaz Photo AI….i used two of my swan photos and I cropped them and did a slight denoise….
Topaz fx labs….mereged my two swan photos into DT Memoryscapes The Marsh 16…..
Topaz Lens Effects ….a little diffusion…..
In Niks color effects I used white neutralizer to bring out the swans….
A play in Snapseed on my iPad Pro before posting….
Dismal grey and rainy today….the snow is disappearing quickly and it’s like a skating rink evening and overnight when the temperatures go down below freezing….thank goodness I have some ice bugs that have nails in the soles…
Enjoy your weekend…take care and thank you for your visits,kind words and votes…🥰
White Peacock…
White Peacock…
Photo taken in Paloma Park,Benalmadena,Spain….
I cropped and enlarged my peacock in Topaz AI photo…
In Topaz fx labs I merged Daily Texture Spectrum turquoise with WW flowers….Added my peacock photo….In Topaz Lens Effects I used Neutral Density…..
Hope you are enjoying your weekend…mixed weather here and a few drips of much needed rain…
Such fun to see the four foxes again last night…all waiting perched on rocks around the feeding place…so hungry and the young vixen from last years family likes to sample every pile and take the food she likes best…always one that comes and makes a fuss but soon calms down after he has been put in his place by Cheeky the vixen…
Thank you all for your visits and kind words…🥰
Swans…
Swans…
My photo taken at Paloma Park, Benalmadena,Spain..l
I cropped the photo and enlarged in Topaz AI photo…
In Topaz fx labs I merged the swans and water into Daily Texture Spectrum Spring 32 and overlayed a Daily Texture Wet 4 which really enhanced the water…
There has been four foxes in the woods the past few evenings…. Grunting and wittering at each other sometimes they do the fox trot…it’s fun to watch…no sign of the young deer… maybe the family have moved on….🦊🦊🦊🦊
Thank you all for your kind words and visits……Lovely and light evenings till almost eleven and then at 2.30 it’s dawn and the birds start their chorus…my favorite time of year…Take care and enjoy your days….🥰
Nuthatch at the birdhouse….
Two versions of this one with the cute little nuthatch birds…they usually hang upside down to eat and regularly visit our garden…
The first one I just placed 3 seperate birds photos onto the Old fashioned birdhouse background and some snow for a winter effect… The birds I painted in the Procreate app on my iPad Pro….
On the second one I did the above without the snow…but added Daily Texture a touch of flowers to give a Spring effect…
Hope you are all enjoying your weekend and having good weather…will be grey,windy and possibly snow for the next few days here…
Thank you all for your kind words and votes…
Great Grey Owl….
The one and only owl I have seen in Sweden and it lives in Skansen Nature Park….I haven’t even heard any on the island where we live…
In Topaz fx labs I applied Daily Texture Harvest moon…and Lens effects Reflector…
In Topaz Studio 2 I used a look chalk preset of mine on the owl and masked it off the rest of the texture….
Hope you are enjoying your weekend…
Thank you all for your kind words and votes….
My fluffy garden visitor…
This cute little Robin visits my garden every day…
Here I have sat him on this beautiful birdhouse background from Daily Textures…
First of all I used Topaz photo AI on my Robin image…
In Topaz fx labs I added him to the birdhouse…..
I then painted him in the Procreate app on my iPad Pro…
Back to Topaz fx labs to add snow…small and medium flakes from Daily Textures winter treasures collection…
Woodpecker...
Shot taken in the garden a few years ago...
The texture was from Daily texture
Also the grass at the bottom of the image...
Topaz Impression my preset...
Topaz Claritiy...
2 Lil owls snow textures...
Finished of with a levels adjustment layer in CS3...
Thank you all for your recent comments....
Great Grey Owl...
Shot taken at Skansen...
Used a Daily Texture twice at different opacities..
Topaz Impression one of my presets...
Levels adjustment layer...
Hope you all have a great weekend...
Blue Jay...
Shot taken in the garden...
Placed the Blue Jay on the snow topped tree stumps...
Texture by Shadowhouse Creations...
Topaz impression my version of Georgia O'Keefe...
Topaz Claritiy...
Topaz Lens effects...
Levels adjustment layer...
Our Grandson Alex is mad about birds,he is six
On the 6th January so I am making a few pictures so
He can choose one to be framed..
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Nuthatch...
Put the Nuthatch on a tree trunk as it was on a bird feeder..
Daily texture...
Topaz Impression my preset...
Topaz Claritiy...
Topaz lens effects...
Levels adjustment layer...
I think this one Alex might choose...
We will see...
Fieldfare...
Of course I put this beauty on one of my snowy backgrounds...
Topaz remask....
Topaz impression my preset...
Levels adjustment layer...
Robin...
Robin in our garden...
Topaz Impression my preset...
Levels adjustment layer...
2Lil Owls Let it snow texture...
In flight...
Looking through my externals I found this swan...
So had a go with the software...
Most of the work was done in Topaz photofx lab...
I used a Daily Texture....
Topaz Impression my version of the cave dweller preset...
Topaz Claritiy....
And a touch of Fractalius...
Hope you all have an enjoyable weekend...
Thank you so much for your visits and kind words....
Swan at sea....
Took the swan out of the park and into the sea...
Jai Johnson at Daily Textures....texture...
Painting done in Photoshop....
Topaz Impression my preset....
Levels adjustment layer....
Robin....
Topaz Impression my preset...
Beautiful Swan...
Such a beautiful swan just standing by the waters edge
near to home and I got really close to take a few photographs..
Topaz studio for basic editing...
Used Jais Daily Texture ocean and sea....also Jais splatters....
Removed color cast on the neck of the swan in Nicks....
Sketchy smudge my preset in Topaz impression....
A touch of Fractalius....
Swan 2...
Beautiful Swan 2....
Same swan as my last ,one different pose....
Topaz studio basic edits...
I used Jais Daily Texture, Quiet morning at the shore...
A few of Jais. Splatters...
Topaz Simplify Buz sim 4...
Topaz impression my preset...
A touch of Fractalius...
The proud peacock....
Topaz Studio basic edits...
Topaz fx labs...for texture work...
Jai’s Daily Texture...erethal blues 6...
Topaz impressions....my oil glaze preset....
My overpaint preset....
phototoshop levels adjustment layer...
2 lil owls creative vignettes 27....
Peacock....
Topaz Studio...adjustments...
Topaz fx labs for texture work...
Jai'sDaily Texture Studio Expressions A1-1-8...
Topaz Clarity...
Topaz clean....
Hope all my American friends had a wonderful thanksgiving and have now recovered....
We have had our first dusting of snow after a freezing cold week...
Charlie and Jack were crazy....they have been in and out all day...no time for napping....
Thank you for your visits and all your kind words....
Happy you liked my Stockholm stree scene...
Enjoy the weekend...time for me to go walkies....will take my Sony camera with my Meyer optik gorlitz oreston vintage lens...must practice more with it....
European Jay....
Topaz Studio....adjustments...AI Clear...
Topaz fx labs for texture work....
Jai’s Daily Texture.....Farmhouse collection....
chalk 22 3 times low opacities....also chalk 15...
winter collection .....snow medium...
Topaz Clarity....
Topaz Clean...
Topaz Impression....my light oil glaze preset on the Jay...
