In Awe of Nature's Variety

I was tossing this chopped down nasty vine in the recycle bin, when I became fascinated by its complexity, which forced me to take a picture!   This image was photographed on a golden oak floor, with light flooding in through the window from the sunny California daylight, then modified with one of the fabulous NIK Collection Silver Efx Pro filters.

Mount Zion Lonestar Quarry As Seen From Mt. Diablo

The sky was dull and hazy when Elsa and I hiked to the top of Mt. Diablo, but with the Alien Skin Exposure X plugin to Lightroom that was easily fixed.  By adding an old color movie filter, labelled "Technicolor Process 4, Vibrant," on my photo, you might think I had swallowed some artificial chemical on the hike.  But you would be wrong.  All I had to eat was a fakin bacon sandwich from Good Earth.