Day 206; Muddy Tonks

This afternoon was the first time in a long time when temperatures were well above freezing. As such, all the snow we've been accumulating melted leaving lots and lots of mud and slush. Tonks, the mother of our adorable litter of puppies, managed to find some of this mud and apparently thought it would be a good idea to play in it.  Here she is resting on a bed of old feed sacks in one of the barns. When I took this photo the sun was beginning to set with some windows letting in the bright yellow light and causing the patches behind her.

Day 152

 We got a lot of rain last night, so this morning I woke to mud, fog, and dripping plants. The rocks on our lane looked a lot more interesting once the dust was washed off, and I thought this green cottonwood leaf had a nice contrast to the earthy monotones of the gravel. To edit, I toyed with some of the effects, but finally settled on a faded Dusk filter as I liked the way it worked with the browns in the leaf and the grays of the rock.

Day 148

Even though I'm not going as the Wicked Witch of the West for Halloween this year and am not likely to melt in the rain, I cowered in the doorway so as not to get wet while taking this photo. The day started extremely foggy, and proceeded to rain continuously all day. I was not in the mood for being wet, so for today's photo my subjects were limited to what was inside and what was within reach just outside the door. This little patch of dead grass, mud, and now, water became my newest addition to the blog. To edit, I added a little boost to the color to draw out the yellows of the grass and the blues in the water, and then added dark edges to enhance the shadows the grass and mud create.

Day 90

I was flipping through some of the photos I took last Friday at my grandfather's house, and I noticed this one of his garden. When I was taking the photo I liked the pattern of the rows, and took the photo at an angle to add some interest and depth. If I could change one thing I would take out the yellow piece on the electric fence in the background, as I find it a little distracting from the overall image. When editing I applied the Dusk effect on picmonkey.com, and faded it out a little to get the look I wanted.

Day 89

Sorry I didn't post anything last Friday, I was out at my grandpa's house all day. While I was there I did take this photo of the path he takes on his tractor to feed cattle and such. I liked the textural contrast between the grass and the mud, as well as the lighting.