Spring is here (well at least the blossom thinks so)

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A week in the Street

well - our street, that is, not Coronation Street or any of the others that are seen on TV. This was done for part of the 52 weeks Inspiration on Oscraps.

It proved to be fun to gathere a collection of pictures of the end of the street - amazing how dramatic the sky has been, (and the only really dull day made a good textured photo!).

Giveaway!!

Following on from her digidares week - Amanda from TaylorMade has a new set of templates available, and you can comment on her blog and - if very lucky - win them!
http://www.taylormade-designs.net/

this is what I made with her last template -

Sunsets Galore

well, having photo'd about a hundred varients on the theme over the last 3 day I thought I'd better do something with them, and then I found this magic new kit by Nini at her blog!
http://suddenlyartistic.blogspot.com/

so I made these - with thanks

Ash Sunset

Ash Sunset, originally uploaded by Scottish Zoe.

This was taken the day after the Icelandic Volcano ash filled the air. This whole series is odd. This is straight OOC (other than converted from RAW). The light was unusual - but the camera saw all the photos as this intense orange/brown

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Need to catch up!!

OK , I'm miles behind with posting, maybe this evening but I had to post this:

Amanda (TaylorMade ) is the digidare this week and has this fabulous template available
See her blog for details: 
http://www.taylormade-designs.net/

and see this brilliant LO by her

 and this is the link to the dares:
http://www.digidares.com/

Stormy Weather (and sunny too)

its been very strange here - varies between blizzards and brilliant sun. I've spent some time in the park taking photos - but more time inside!
Yesterday it looked as though it might be nice - so went to the beach - but the weather promptly went gray. The only pics were texture shots - although I did like this one

 

for credits see:

http://ozone.oscraps.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=155062&cat=500&ppuser=16696

We also went to Blackness Castle - the wind was bitter, so glad for a combat jacket (even if not very stylish), the view of the hills in the north was superb

and fun was had in taking very detailed shots

 

for credits see:

http://ozone.oscraps.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=154911&cat=500&ppuser=16696

I've also been playing aroung on elements with layers anf blending modes al la the 'Creative Techniques' challenge at Oscraps - from this:

to this:

for credits see:
http://ozone.oscraps.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=155045&cat=500&ppuser=16696

for credits see:
http://ozone.oscraps.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=154885&cat=500&ppuser=16696