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| Rest area on I-75 All in Bloom |
Took a break from visiting my daughter to continue working on my health, but I traveled back last week during the heat wave. I made it back to Kingsport in record time. Last time even though I thought I left at the right time to miss Atlanta traffic it still took me 2 1/2 hours to get from Locust Grove through Atlanta to Marietta. This time it took 45 minutes. It always amazes me at the time difference that can occur while driving in the city. Sometimes for no apparent reason your time can double or triple. How do those who commute everyday figure this out?
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| Blessed shade on a hot day |
The other thing that continues to surprise me is the different personalities of the rest areas. Each has it's own beauty. The difference between rest areas between states is even more remarkable. Georgia's tend to have lots of wide open spaces with minimal landscaping mostly around the main building and they are not staffed except at the main You have entered Georgia Rest Area.
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| Georgia rest area picnic site |
Tennessee has smaller rest areas with more landscaping spread across the entire area. They also have the bonus of being having an attendant on site.
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| Beauty at the rest stop Art edit |
At one of the Georgia rest areas I saw some evergreens that where in some places dead, dying, and other places growing and thriving. I loved the textures and color combinations so I snapped a shot.
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| Life goes on |
I have been looking at a lot of abstract photos and art lately so since I really liked the colors and textures I decided to try my hand at turning this photo into an abstract art piece.
I edited it in Photoscape (available for free on CNET) using the swirl filter then I added a lens flare. I added three lens flares in three different colors and turned down the opacity on the flares.
I then transferred it to Gimp and layered the edited version with the original. (Gimp is alsoavailable for free on CNET). This was my first attempt at using layers. I then cropped it to emphasize the center flare and came up with this:
What do you think?
Enjoy
☺☺☺Johnina☺☺☺
Enjoy
☺☺☺Johnina☺☺☺
2 comments:
I think it's a lovely recreation of a beautiful subject! Nice touch of swirl.... as for the commuting in heavy rush hour traffic, or rather lots of sitting time...good tunes, maybe an interesting talk station...and for me coffee to sip! I really liked your roadside and area photos!
I love those photos..look like a kaleidoscope view..I think Tenn. and Georgia are some of the prettiest places I have driven thru..
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