Snow on Holly

[Anita Bower]

I took this photo last January. We haven't had snow yet this winter.
Cropped. Applied "Let It Snow" texture by Muffet and did tonal contrast in CEP3.

[Dennis Bishop]

This is wonderful, Anita. The composition, with those flowing lines -- not only the holly but in the texture, as well -- is very nice. The red in the berries is just incredible. I'm assuming the texture is the snow flakes and you had actual snow, as well. Thanks for the specifics on the texture. I'm going to investigate that.

[Anita Bower]

This is wonderful, Anita. The composition, with those flowing lines -- not only the holly but in the texture, as well -- is very nice. The red in the berries is just incredible. I'm assuming the texture is the snow flakes and you had actual snow, as well. Thanks for the specifics on the texture. I'm going to investigate that.

Thanks, Dennis. Yes, there was snow on the Holly, and I added a texture. I find free textures at flickr's "textures for layers" group .

[Judy Howle]

Outstanding composition, color, and texture Anita. I saved the texture, thanks for the link!!

[Cheryl Slechta]

Anita, a beautiful composition and I love the snow plus snowflakes. Thanks for the link

[Nancy Bell]

Well done! The berries just glow. The snowflake texture is great and also, thanks for the link.

[denise ippolito]

Anita, I had to look twice at the texture! Nicely done. The composition and the texture work very well together!

[Anita Bower]

Thanks, everyone. The texture worked better than I expected.

[Indranil Sircar]

This is excellent, Anita. I love the composition... wonderful color of the berries. I also like your use of the texture... very different and works really well!

[Hazel Grant]

Ditto to all the above. I'm checking out that texture link.....great Christmas card photo you have there

[Steve Adkins]

Perfect theme image, Anita. Great light, processing and the color gives it that "I'm enduring the cold" feel. Thanks for the texture info.