where I see the unseen Wednesday, August 31, 2011 | 0

(prayer taken from the Andrew Peterson song, Invisible God).

I give you praise, oh great invisible God, for the the moon in the space of the dark night, for the smile on a face in the sunlight. I give you praise, oh great invisible God, for the sound of the storm on the window, for the morning adorned with a new snow, for the tears on the face of the old man made clean by the grace of the good Lamb. Oh, invisible God.

And oh, I long to see your face, invisible God. All the works that you have made are clearly seen and plain as day, so mighty and tender. O Lord, let me remember that I see you everywhere, invisible God, in the seed that descends to the old earth and arises again with a new birth; in the sinner who sinks in the river and emerges again, delivered. Oh, invisible God.

And oh, I long to see your face, invisible God. All the works that you have made are clearly seen and plain as day, so mighty and tender. O Lord, let me remember Your power eternal, Your nature divine. All creation tells the tale that Love is real and so alive. I feel you, I hear you, great God unseen, I see you in the long, cold death that the winter brings and the sweet resurrection spring. Oh, invisible God.

playing with photoshop actions Tuesday, August 30, 2011 | 1

Okay, I was on the website of someone who was giving away their photoshop actions, and I wanted to play around. In order to see what it looked like, I took a not so great picture of the grand canyon and applied an action, and here is what I got. Not bad for 30 seconds of work, eh? Although this ended up way overdone in my opinion and I don't usually like altering my pictures like this...

...far Thursday, August 18, 2011 | 0

near... Wednesday, August 17, 2011 | 0

petrified wood Tuesday, August 16, 2011 | 0

the narrow way Saturday, August 13, 2011 | 0

Okay, I am sorry I've been gone for 6 days. Crazy week.

For this picture, I had to do some serious white balance work to hide all the purple that really was there. While this is not realistic, I nonetheless wanted it to look this way to see what it would look like. For reference, the bottom picture is the one straight from camera.