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

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All images and texture layers are my own

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I have captured this cabin from just about every angle, and in every season - but I have never posted one of it in autumn. Now that I have - it is unlikely that I will ever post another.

Our outside temperatures are dropping each night, and little squirrel needed to have a snack before crawling into his little nest for the long cold night ahead.

(Doc had just refilled little squirrel's feeder jar with peanuts, and he loves his peanuts.)

Posted for Sliders Sunday - Post Processed to the MAX! HSS!

Pigza Bakin wasn’t a very good actor. The best he could get was a stand-in role, back, way back in the background. At first he didn’t understand the distant whir, and then the arriving alien ships, obliterating everything on the mother earth below.

In the end, Pigza Bakin was the lone survivor that dark, fateful day. And it is from his memory - you now see before you - we still have this beautiful, pleasant vision . . . Of How It Once Was.

How pleasant to lie on the soft, warm sand, bathed in sunlight . . . ADRIFT in the FLOW of ALL THAT IS.

Made with elements of sixteen stock images. All textures and treatments are my own.

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Color, b&w, warped...

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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created for

New Mini Challenge # 165.0 ~ The Award Tree

~ Winter Trees ~ The Award Tree ~

(best in full screen)

(mieux en plein écran)

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 little cabin has been abandoned for a couple of decades - so imagine my surprise when I saw a couple pull up with a travel trailer and prepare to move in. But then - the temperatures started to drop, and another Alaskan winter set in. The next time I saw the cabin, it was once again abandoned, and looking pretty forlorn.

*Posted for Sliders Sunday - Processed to the MAX! HSS!

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Photo Art Composite

The dramatic cloud formation is a combination of impending rain clouds and water particles (mist) rising above the Niagara Falls. Three stock images used to satisfy a well known play on words... Fly to the moon on gossamer wings.

(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".

www.bing.com/search?q=mandy+patinkin+over+the+rainbow&amp...

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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Posted for Sliders Sunday -- Processed to the MAX!

HMM!

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This is reflection of shimmery water which first of all required the removal of a tons of cattails. Then I flipped and elongated the image to create the "treeline," then pulled a few sliders here and there using Adobe Elements 15 and Topaz Studio. Happy Slider's Sunday! HSS!

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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/

Thanks to everyone for visits , comments , awards and invitations, I appreciate your feedback very much

With it being -29C/-21F right now, who couldn't dream of summer! Cosmos in a local park, edited with an impressionism filter in Topaz Studio 2 for Sliders Sunday. HSS!

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Walking in a local neighbourhood, I spied a small spindle bush that was loaded with these tiny fruits that were opening to reveal their bright seeds. This was the first time I've ever seen this plant and I sure found it at the right time of the year. Edited with an impressionism filter (Van Gogh) for Sliders Sunday. HSS!

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When daylight is in short supply - Alaskans are happy to see the dramatic colors that sweep across our skies at sunrise and sunset. This sketch shows what it looked like at 10:21 AM, just to the east of our cabin. Happily we are gaining over five and a half minutes of day light each day.

Common Pheasant

A refuge from the bitter cold, in Alaska's wilderness.

(Posted for Sliders Sunday -- Post Processed to the MAX!) HSS!

These flowers are already bright, but for Sliders Sunday, I saturated the colours and used a stained glass effect in Topaz Studio 2. If you look closely, you'll see a tiny hoverfly visiting one of the blooms. I hope you enjoy! HSS!

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Last year, there were some of these pretty flowers displayed at The Leaf, a major horticultural attraction in Winnipeg. I lightly edited it with an effect for Sliders Sunday. HSS and Happy Easter to those who celebrate it!

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Cranes in sunrise

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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!

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Even the graffiti murals that are not among my favorites still inspire the art out of me!

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This image of icicles hanging at the bottom of a pier showed a portion of pier as a black shadow through a third of the bottom left side. I eliminated it by duplicating the image and flipping it. The blending in was easy enough and ended up increasing the number of icicles.

A brave little dandelion pushes its way through semi frozen ground cover, and rejoices in its brief life.

(This abstract is quite different from my usual posts - but every once in a while it is good to try something outside of your comfort zone. )

A manipulated image (effects from Topaz Studio 2) depicting two varieties of butternut squash: the light orange, elongated Waltham variety, and the green-striped, rounder delicata variety. For sale at a local farm.

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I adore peonies, they smell so nice and the show of them has been spectacular this year. These are the classic pink ones, edited and dressed-up in Topaz Studio.

Happy Sliders Sunday! HSS!

I had no specific reason for the caption except perhaps that I love Johnny Reid's romantic song entitled, "Dance With Me." Here is the Utube Link if you'd like to listen:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo1xgTb-jM8

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