River birch brances & bark - winter

Another dreary day in GSO. I took this image last week when there was actually some sun shining. Winter is an opportunity to capture a different perspective of tree branches and some texture of the bark. The close up of the bark is in the lower section of the trunk. It is compact, but in the upper branches the bark can be seen peeling away. I like looking for textures and patterns. Minimal editing - no creative effects. The HDR mode was on, so the sky was more blue than the naked eye saw. The bark could later be enhanced with other filter effects in apps or PSE11.

Branches and Leaves - Winter

Today posting an image I hope to use when I get into doing digital art.   That is really a loft goal and way in the future. I am still trying to learn to take better photos with my iPhone. I love to snap images of somthing I might use for textures. Although it looks like I shot in sepia, I shot "as is" but it was mid afternoon and the building was a tan color.  I did some sharpening and saturation in PS express app. It was windy so leaves not as sharp and with iPhone you have fixed apertures and cannot control speed.    This is where you wish there would have been  a male red cardinal perching on one of the branches.