Blogger Community Photo Challenge

"This month's subject is color...but NOT just color. We want to see you create something special color-wise. Something your camera did not see. Something you saw in the photo and created in post processing."

I played around with a photo I took in a studio setting. What I'm learning about working in a studio, is how to manipulate light and shadow. Before I worked with the color in this image, I altered it with the posterizing filter. What I was interested by was how this accentuated the shadow.

Original...




Manipulated color image...



Please be sure to visit all the other participants in this challenge. They can be found here.

Thematic Photographic - Glassy

This image is a submission for Carmi's photo meme Thematic Photographic where we are invited to explore capturing the beauty of glass.

The Bayard Cutting Arboretum, a New York State Park,

was donated to the Long Island State Park Region

by Mrs. William Bayard Cutting
and her daughter, Mrs. Olivia James,
in memory of William Bayard Cutting,

"to provide an oasis of beauty and quiet for the pleasure, rest and refreshment of those who delight in outdoor beauty; and to bring about a greater appreciation and understanding of the value and importance of informal planting."

The arboretum is a beautiful property and a true gem of Long Island. A visit here allows you to enjoy magnifient trees, informal gardens, wildflowers and ferns, and woodland and wetland wildlife. Prominently perched overlooking where the Connetquot opens onto the Great South Bay is the Bayard Cutting Manor House.




This magnificent window is one of four located in a single room of the manor house. I think the background of a big, old tree makes the window that much more spectacular.

Links to see the images of other participants can be found in the comment section here.