Texture Tuesday

Nearly forgot tomorrow was Tuesday.  Um, well, technically it’s Tuesday right now.  And because Tuesday snuck up on me, that naughty Tuesday, I didn’t have anything ready for Texture Tuesday.  I have not been at this long enough to happen to have extra texturized photos lying about.  *dreamy sigh*  Someday.  But then I remembered this one photo that I took at my Mom’s Club playgroup on Wednesday.  I did not ask the other moms if they thought I was weird for taking pictures of this old barn out the back window of the host’s house and not photos of the kids while they played.  It only takes time before people who hang out with me stop thinking I’m weird and start KNOWING I’m weird.  So be it. :)

So here’s my SOOC just for grins and chuckles:

 

And here’s my Texture Tuesday submission:

This is after a levels adjustment, a slight brightness/contrast adjustment, a layer of sepia with soft light, two layers of “bent edges” (thank you, Kim, LOVE that one!) and a layer of “history” (also Kim’s).  I surprised myself with how much I like this after only a few minutes of play (shows what a good teacher Kim is, I certainly couldn’t have done this two months ago before her classes).  The one thing that I really don’t like is how blown out the sky is.  I’m too tired to keep playing tonight though.  Any suggestions for how to help that would be lovely otherwise I might just start doing some creative cropping and cut the whole blasted thing out.  Here’s the button to Kim’s to participate or check out the other entries: