My last couple of photos were flowers.
Here is something different for you to play with.
A note regarding the color; a few years ago my kids decided the lantern needed a little something for christmas :-)

The colors reminded me of the cool, crisp season of December and an old fashioned post card.

Ah so! A chisai ishi chochin. (Small stone lantern.)

Steve

I put the lantern in a garden background, Buzzed it, and then added a sandstone texture.

Cathy :cat:

Great work all of you, and great picture to play with!
I used (among other things) a layer of Impressionist on Old Master.
Sylvia

Just a quickie. I moved the lantern to a new location. :-)

My water lantern...

Great move!! I wish I had a corner like that in my yard...

Just a quickie. I moved the lantern to a new location. :-)

cathy,

i really like your garden. very nice blend and composition :)

craig

Very lazy tonight (and unoriginal), so I'm posting another floating inkblot. :)

Thanks Craig.
Ikroll, I like your ink blot effect.

Cathy :happy:

Thanks Craig.
Ikroll, I like your ink blot effect.

Cathy :happy:

Glad you like it Cathy. :)

Frank, thanks for sharing your photo with us :happy:
here is my version of lantern, it should be an oil..

I used Gimp :happy:

HDR + Dry Brush

gave it some sky to contrast against. followed that up by several simplifications.

Enjoy!