Textures and Tones Plus a Barn (Tuesday Edition)

My first photo today I am linking it up to BARN CHARM and to TONES ON TUESDAY

This photo is linked up with TEXTURE TUESDAY with the prompt being Look-down

Technique Kim Klassens to be texture, I used linear light for my blending mode at 50% and used the airbrush at 50% opacity as well. I brushed over the lizard and some of the ground. This guy was at the Tulsa Zoo. Have to look down to see him. 

Tuesday Things

So I unfortunately failed at the Sunday Scavenger Hunt and the Monday blog hops as well as Macro Monday. I have been pretty good at keeping up with these but the last couple of days I have been so tired. I have no idea why but I can barely keep my eyes open. I have been spending a lot of time resting. What I can with having an 18mth old that has been really really cranky. 

This Tuesday I decided to do Texture Tuesday, Barn Charm and Tones on Tuesday all one image. Here it is. 

I converted this image to black and white then adjusted the hue and saturation to come up with an antique look, after that I applied Kim Klassen's (way texture) used the overlay and left the opacity at 100% and took a soft airbrush over the barn image at 40%. I wanted the old timey feel to the image and I believe I captured that. 

Here is the original

The inside!

This post is linked up to

Texture Tuesday
Barn Charm

Barn Charm

Seems like Barn Charm snuck up on me this week. The husband and I went driving around and I got some great shots of some barns but since this snuck up on me so quickly I will not be sharing those shots with ya'll until next time. I have not had a chance to download them to the computer from the card yet. The card is still sitting in my camera.

So this weeks Barn feature will be from the winter time of about two years ago. We had an old country road behind where we lived and we always went for a drive back there. There was also a Lake. It is actually the road to the Lake.  Lake Wilson to be exact. This barn sits on the side of the dirt road. Yes it is a winter shot but hey! Hope you enjoy this weeks submission. I am yearning for winter. 

I am linking up with Barn Charm and you can to or if you just want to take a look at some other awesome barns click HERE

Barn Charm???

Okay this is not really a barn, it is an umm errr...I will call it a "sharn" a cross between a barn and a shed. As you see, it is being used as a wood shed but it was not always used as this. This "sharn" has served many purposes. You see..this "sharn" is on my parents property and has stood there as long as I can remember. The very first thing I can remember it being was chicken coop. There was a fence, hog wire, to keep the chickens in but over the years my daddy decided to build a different one on our actual barn. This building then became a barn for the cub tractor. Daddy stored the tractor in there. It also served as a burial ground for two baby squirrels. I can not remember how we came in contact with these babies but we fed them by an eye dropper but unfortunately they did not make it. I remember coming home from school and burying them in this "sharn." Now it protects wood. That is this little "sharns" story. 

THIS POST IS LINKED TO:

Bluff Area Daily for Barn Charm

Barn Charm

I am joining up with Area Bluff Daily to show off pictures of Barns! (Also linking up with Paper Heart Camera for touch up Tuesday). My husband and I both love to photograph them. 

I wish I could remember where this was taken but more than likely somewhere in Arkansas. 

3 on Tuesday

It is Tuesday and we made it through another Monday! This Tuesday I am linking up with 3 different themes. 

First we have Touch Up Tuesday with Paper Heart Camera

No touch ups, No nothing!

So I cropped, increased contrast and used the sharpen tool just as Sarah Halstead did with her photo. Hers is much better though!

Next up is Texture Tuesday, you can link up with Kim Klassen over at Kim Klassen Cafe
She will even provide you with a free texture to apply to your photo and the theme this Tuesday is Flowers

This is the untouched version. And of course I did not use a flower flower but a tree blossom. I figured it would count.

Now for the last (I think). This one is Barn Charm over at Bluff Area Daily. For this particular one I have two different shots of the same barn.

Hope you all enjoyed Tuesdays set of pictures because I had a blast editing!

08 and 09 Photo Flashback

Yesterday was a HOT lazy Sunday and it will only be getting HOTTER this week. We stayed in and did absolutely nothing. Besides my normal cleaning routine. I have been letting the kids do the chores around the house but today I flipped. I could not take it anymore. I had to wash the dishes myself. Whew my kitchen is now clean. I am also not feeling normal. I am stressed to the max and just so angry towards everything and everyone. I have no explanation why, I just feel off. 

Anyways I decided to go through some of my old photos on our D-link that I have taken. Since I now have some great editing software that I am in love with (lightroom 4) I wanted to edit some old photos and I have decided to share some of my favorite ones on here. These are from the years 2008 and 2009. 

I thought this church deserved some texture

This is the only suspension bridge left in Arkansas. I believe. Not sure I could be wrong

Old Building in Eureka Springs Arkansas

 Now this is not even close to the amount I edited today. I will share more another day. 

Do not be afraid to tell me what you think. 

Sunday Scavenger Hunt

It is Sunday and time for the Scavenger Hunt. Join in over at Ramblings and Photos with Ahley Sisk. 

Up for interpretation this week 

Warped

Concentric Circles

Gear

Glazed

Marble

Warped

For this particular one I have two

You know this old barn has some warped boards

Concentric Circles

Gear

Some of our riding gear when we go out on the motorcycle

Glazed

My mug I got in Eureka Springs Arkansas, you can tell it is glazed

Marble