a still moment: after the rain

It's amazing what you can find
when you step outside
and wander around
your yard
after
a
summer rain.

 I ended up 'rescuing' this sweet aspen leaf

from our driveway

so I could draw it later

(and I couldn't bear the thought

of backing over it

with my van)

 standing in the shelter

of a giant old blue spruce

looking out

toward the

late afternoon light

I truly do love

our aspens...

a beauty both

majestic

and

delicate

***

Notes:

CAMERA

Canon EOS 6D

Tamron SP 24-70 f/2.8 lens

Manual Mode

What better way to practice

focus and depth of field techniques

than with

tiny raindrops?

LIGHTROOM

Lots of fun

experimenting

with the

Develop Module

Presets (kk_gentle)

Snapshots

and

Print Module

as I follow along

in

Kim's

31 Days of Lightroom

PHOTOSHOP

Yeah, I know it would have been simpler

to mask off the textures

with a wider brush,

but I really wanted to emphasize

the water drops

***

Let My teaching fall like rain

and My words descend like dew,

like showers on new grass,

like abundant rain

on tender plants.

Deuteronomy 32:2

***

Linking up with
Be Still 52 (Week 15)
Friday Finds
Texture Tuesday

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