Skywatch Friday Sunburst through the woods

The middle of last month, I shared SWF Snow in the Smoky’s. From the same spot on the opposite side of the that mountain view a sunburst through the woods caught my eye; without hesitating I pulled my iPhone5s out of my pocket snapping a shot through my car window before the moment was gone.

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In Pixelmator photo-editor, I added the vintage carnation effect with a vignette. Click to enlarge.
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This is the same as the above photo, except I used the “Desaturate” feature. Basically it converted my color image to B&W. I kinda like it, how about you? Click to enlarge.

I tinkered around with one of the least used applications, in Pixelmator the Kaleidoscope effect; it returned a fascinating pattern. What makes it especially appealing to my eye is that it reminds me of an heirloom veil; the kind once wore to cover the eyes while grieving. What do you see?

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Would you have guessed the design is from the first sunburst through the woods photo?

~All images captured with my big girl camera ~ Nikon D7000 & preferred lens Nikkor 18-105mm zoom, unless otherwise noted.~

I’m sharing my photo-art with the SWF team and s-A(R)T-urday.  Now, I’m joining Lexa in Celebrate the small things.

I’m celebrating…

  • Peyton Manning and the Broncos victory in Super Bowl 50! I had a feeling leading up to the big game that they would win despite the odds being against them. YAY!!
  • making a batch of dark chocolate raspberry truffles for the first time in years. I consider this a work-in-progress recipe. It needs a few tweaks before I’m ready to share it with you.
  • saving a percentage back on my online purchases from LLBean (4%) this week using discount portal and I got a 10% off promo code from Bean in an email, plus I got an extra 1% back for using my Rewards Visa Card.

What are you celebrating? Do you have special plans for Valentine’s Day?

That’s a wrap for now, but if you like music then I invite you to come back Monday for a two-for-one special with round two of BoTB and Monday’s Music Moves  Me. Until next time, have a fototastic weekend!

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Happy Valentine’s Day, my sweet blogger friends! ?

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