HBW... bokeh love... before and after

HBW.... 

that's flickr language for happy bokeh wednesday
:)

bokeh is, according to 'giantprint.com'

 (derived from Japanese word "boke", meaning 'blur') - In photography, refers to the creative use of lens blur as a composition technique. The aim of bokeh is to deliberately blur the background or foreground (or both) in order to draw the viewer's attention to a particular area of the photo.

anyhow, i could not resist taking another pic of the lovely lilacs down the lane.

their days are running short...

'sigh'

i used 'frosted' from my baker's dozen texture collection to process this.

simply mouse over to check out the before...
which is lovely too...

lilacs truly are AMAZING.

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before i sign off...

i hope you will pop back tomorrow....

i'm so excited to have another guest poster...sharing her

'perfect day'....
who is it?  you ask... 

should i keep it a secret?
hmmmm... that's a tough one..

oh what the heck...

it's the lovely christina from soul aperture....

'sigh'

such a blessing....

xxo,

before and after.. tag love....

happiest Sunday....  and happy long weekend to my american friends.....

i was making some grungy backgrounds/textures today...
and decided to make some more tags while i was at it...

then i just had to stop and take a pic or 2....

thought i'd share a before and after using 2 textures form the baker's dozen plus 3.....

mouse over to see the before...

for this image i added

texture 'the wall'

texture 'grunged good'

added a warm brown gradient map set to soft light....

then did a levels adjustment... 

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enjoy the rest of your weekend...

xxo,

p.s.

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