Kingfisher (and a new texture)

This Kingfisher has been visiting our garden for the past week.  Every day I have tried to get a photo but it is just too quick and flies away before I can even pick up my camera.   Today it was sitting on a shady branch trying to escape the heat.  I couldn't get too close, though.  So I took this picture through a window and my lens was at full zoom (200mm).

When the sun hits it's wings the colour is the most vivid shade of blue.

The texture I used was Fremantle using Soft Light at 33% opacity. I named this texture after the beautiful stone buildings we saw on a visit to the town of Fremantle in Western Australia.



You can download the texture here.

Images from the Garden

Some more images from my Father in-law's garden.

If you would like a copy of the layered template I used to create this, you can download it here.

Capture Your 365 - Day 5 Colourful Food

My Capture Your 365 project is going well so far.
Here's some images from Day 5 - Colourful Food - Chillies.

Looking into a Grass Tree

Stone - A New Texture

I've decided the beginning of the new year is the perfect time to start creating textures again.

The texture used on the image above is called: Stone
It uas used with 'Soft Light' blend mode at 100% opacity.



You can download it here.

Images from the Garden

My Father In-law has the most amazing garden, full of vegetables, roses and other beautiful flowering plants.
The images above are just a small selection of what can be found in Pop's garden.

If you would like a copy of the layered template I used for these images, you can download it here.

Happy New Year 2013!

Well, it's the start of another year.

Time to put those resolutions into place, maybe even start a project you've been wanting to do for a while.

If you are planning to try a photo a day, here's a great place to start:

Capture Your 365.

This site has lots of helpful tips and tutorials to help you during your P365.   There are even daily prompts that arrive in your in-box if you like.

This is the one I am trying.   Hopefully I will succeed after failing miserably over the last three attempts.   So maybe it will be fourth time lucky.

Happy New Year!