An "abstract" created for the Hypothetical Awards Winter Abstracts Challenge

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All images and texture layers are my own

Posted for Sliders Sunday. HSS!

Hey, if you need a blast of warmth, these golden coneflowers ought to do the trick! HSS!

Edited with a sketch effect in Topaz Studio 2

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New Mini Challenge # 165.0 ~ The Award Tree

~ Winter Trees ~ The Award Tree ~

(best in full screen)

(mieux en plein écran)

I took a quick bite into one of my favorite candies, and it cracked, and then split in half perfectly! Looking down at it, I was reminded of a flower. Taking the image into Topaz - I did a couple of tweaks and decided it might be appropriate for a "Sliders Sunday" post.

Also posted for Macro Mondays theme - "Open".

HSS! and HMM!

We have a flock of 50 Lapland Longspurs beside our cabin, enjoying the seed that has fallen beneath our hanging feeders. They will rest and fatten up here, before heading to their birthing grounds farther north on the tundra.

The huge spring migration is taking place now, and the sky is filled with birds of all kinds. With warming temperatures and brilliant sunshine - Alaska is a paradise for bird loving photographers.

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Thanks to everyone for visits , comments , awards and invitations, I appreciate your feed-back very much

Posted for Sliders Sunday - "Processed to the MAX!"

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This plant grows abundantly around our cabin and undergoes many alterations from early spring until late in the fall. In this photo the leaves have yet to unfold - and yes, it is still snowing up here. HSS! Wishing everyone a fantastic week ahead.

Posted for Sliders Sunday ... Post Processed to the MAX!

I just love these cheerful blooms and had fun editing the image in Topaz Studio 2 for Sliders Sunday. I'm not sure exactly what slides I pulled, but here's the final rendition. Happy Sliders Sunday! HSS!

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This was the scene at one of the flower gardens that I frequent. It almost seems as though the dahlia is supervising the other flowers in the b/g. HSS!

Edited with an impressionism filter in Topaz Studio 2.

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With inflation sending food prices soaring - this male spruce hen is wondering if he will end up on someone's dining table. And yes - he does taste like "chicken".

Posted for Sliders Sunday - Processed to the MAX!

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It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

There are many animals who need another home. We have found a female Japanese Spitz in that position. Her name is Marnie. She will live here after we fetch her on Wednesday 27th February.

So we can make her as happy as possible in her new home with us, I won't be on Flickr nearly as much for a while. I hope you will understand and have patience. Many of you will know what's involved and how it will change my life. Our beloved Zak died on 1st February and we need another to partly fill that enormous hole he left in our hearts. Marnie isn't a replacement, but another who needs us and we can love.

Here are some tulips for you to say 'thank you' in advance.

Processed with Topaz and Picmonkey and added a filter from the Windows 10 editing app. Hope you like them !

They'd been pure white, but are now dressed up in their beautiful fall colours. Lightly edited with an effect in Topaz Studio 2 for Sliders Sunday. HSS!

Thank you for your visits and comments, much appreciated! Have a great day and new week ahead!

Thanks to everyone for visits , comments , awards and invitations, I appreciate your feed-back very much

Thanks to everyone for visits , comments , awards and invitations, I appreciate your feedback very much. You are welcome to visit my original Nature and wildlife Photos at: www.flickr.com/photos/soes_nature_and_art/

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The negative space has been air-brushed to eliminate distractions

A rather large patch of showy bee balm (monarda), a popular source of pollen for bees and other pollinators. Edited with an effect and colour saturation for Sliders Sunday. HSS!

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Another digital manipulation of the mess on my kitchen counter top. I can't clean it up because I'm too busy playing with photos of the chaos, . . . :D

An impressionistic digital manipulated; photograph edited using Lightroom, Topaz photo AI and Topaz Studio 2.

(Click on image twice to enlarge, so you can see those happy birds beyond the rainbow.)

My all time favorite version of "Over the Rainbow".

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Pic by Marta Artma▼

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Manipulation by D#27

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Posted for Sliders Sunday - Processed to the MAX!

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Thanks to everyone for visiting , commenting , awards and invitations. if you wish you can see my non-manipulated photos at www.flickr.com/photos/soes_nature_and_art/

Posted for Sliders Sunday - Processed to the MAX!

Thanks to everyone for visits , comments , awards and invitations, I appreciate your feedback very much. You are welcome to visit my original Nature and wildlife Photos at:

www.flickr.com/photos/soes_nature_and_art/

Thanks to everyone for visiting , commenting , awards and invitations. if you wish you can see my non-manipulated photos at www.flickr.com/photos/soes_nature_and_art/

Rudbeckias are one of my favourite summertime flowers. For Sliders Sunday, I edited this scene with an effect in Topaz Studio 2. HSS!

Thank you for your views and comments, they're much appreciated! Have a great day!

Thanks to everyone for visits , comments , awards and invitations

Hi there,

Most of the tulips had been a very pale yellow and I thought they could stand an uplift. For Sliders Sunday, I added an effect and modified the colours in Topaz Studio. HSS!

Thanks a million for stopping by and for leaving me a comment! Have an amazing day!

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