Monday, December 5, 2011

Texture Tuesday ~ Celebrate eDition

Because we (here in the US) are in the middle of our Holiday Season (Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year's), the theme for this week's challange is "Celebrate!" The most important reason to celebrate is the birth and life of Jesus Christ, Who was given to us as a Gift from GOD the Father. If we choose to accept this Gift, we will spend eternity with Him and with all those who have died in Christ before us, living forever in a state of joy, satisfaction and love; with no pain, no stress and no sorrow. Truly, a reason to celebrate!


My photo doesn't really reflect that type of celebration, however -- instead, I am sharing this fireworks photo that I took nearly three years ago (January 3, 2009). Alaska was celebrating her 50th year of statehood that day and there were state- and city-wide events happening all that weekend, one of which was this fabulous fireworks show held in downtown Anchorage. Normal low temps for that time of year are in the upper teens Farenheit - you can see in the last photo what the temp was while we were downtown experiencing the festivities!


Straight out of Camera

FORMULA --

* Cropped original image to 8 x 10 300dpi
* Ctrl J to Duplicate layer - Soft Light 55%
* Added Kim Klassen's "Look Upon" texture - Multiply 85%
* Merged layers and clipped to border mask
* Added text: CAC Shishoni Brush (Alaska); Gloucester MT Extra Condensed (50 years of statehood); Bernard MT Condensed (1959-2009)
* Using white type, applied Overlay blending mode @ 100%
* Added my own watermark (Beyond Wonderland & Tekton Pro); applied Soft Light and lowered opacity to 55%


Yes, that's 24 degrees BELOW zero! Just a bit nippy...


Be sure to stop by Kim Klassen Cafe and check out this week's fabulous entries!

~ klb
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16 comments:

  1. CedarDecember 5, 2011 at 9:44 PM

    Beautiful celebration photo!

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  2. Pat MarkDecember 5, 2011 at 10:10 PM

    This conveys the theme perfectly. So pretty.

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  3. kareninkenaiDecember 5, 2011 at 11:02 PM

    the texture processing even made the fireworks brighter and stand out more; lovely work. Happy Holidays. Karen {visiting today from TT}

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  4. Nadege,December 5, 2011 at 11:37 PM

    Wow, it looks like an exploding volcano.

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  5. Nadege,December 5, 2011 at 11:37 PM

    Wow, it looks like an exploding volcano.

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  6. Nadege,December 5, 2011 at 11:37 PM

    Wow, it looks like an exploding volcano.

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  7. Gardening in a SandboxDecember 6, 2011 at 2:45 AM

    Lot of light and sparkles. Wonderful. V

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  8. RosieDecember 6, 2011 at 4:41 AM

    That's a great capture, but also lovely editing. I really enjoyed reading through your process, which probably makes me sound a bit geeky, but I find all this so fascinating. It's like a rollercoaster of textures!!

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  9. johannaDecember 6, 2011 at 4:49 AM

    wow! the processing adds so much to the photo!!

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  10. TerrieDecember 6, 2011 at 5:18 AM

    Holy moly it's cold there! How do you even get out of bed???? Oh, the photo is a cool use of textures (no pun intended :)

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  11. AngieDecember 6, 2011 at 6:25 AM

    WOW! Now THAT's a CELEBRATION photo! Fireworks! Yeah! :) Super lovely use of texture, too.

    (I am going to eat that crabapple.) ;)

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  12. PatDecember 6, 2011 at 7:56 AM

    Your edit really pumped up the sparkles!

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  13. EarlKDecember 6, 2011 at 9:10 AM

    Beautifully done! The texturing really brings out the fireworks. And, I thought it was cold here, Bellevue, Nebraska, this morning at +4 F degrees.

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  14. MarilynDecember 6, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    Stunning!

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  15. The Artful DivaDecember 6, 2011 at 12:02 PM

    Cool fireworks - well done!

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  16. SharonDecember 6, 2011 at 7:51 PM

    Lovely! Wonderful use of texture. I'm glad I found your blog.

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