I was doing my Wednesday night run and came upon this scene on the west bank of the Arkansas River. Trailers loaded with fireworks getting ready for Tulsa’s fireworks display on the fourth. I never knew that they started preparations so early. Our family loves fireworks!!
I cheated on this photo, as I often do. I ran it through Topaz Impressions which mimics various painting styles and I blended in the “Swirly Strokes III” filter at 75% blend with the original photo. I wanted to show the trailer and trailers are not often photogenic so the effect was to “smudge” it a little bit. (Heather has a painter in her family and she told me that she often “smudged” things. I’m not a painter but I feel free to smudge, you should also.) As you can tell I am not much of a “SOOC” worshiper. I don’t even know what the means, really.
Anyways, all my fellow Americans, enjoy the Fourth!!
Lovely skies and a great capture for the day, as always!! I do hope you and your family have a wonderful 4th of July weekend!! Enjoy!!
Very painterly sky shot!
Happy Weekend,
Happy Fourth of July to the USA
artmusedog and carol
A lovely image – nicely processed.
Great sky.
Great view.
Wonderful effect.
Pretty sky…and loved the effect you used.
Pretty sky and image!
Happy 4th of July, have a great weekend!
Artful processing of that image!
Great treatment of this lovely photo!
I like your edit. beautiful sky too.
One word for you and your family tonight: KAboom!
happy 4th of July…love the modification you made on your sky photo 🙂
Guess it takes some time to set up a really big fireworks display. Hope you had a good show.
a beautiful sky watching the contrasting land. 🙂
I really like the effect you achieved with Topaz!