Hints of spring are starting to peek out among the detritus of fall and winter.
For the Whatsoever is Lovely blog challenge, and Cee’s Flower of the Day.
I used Raw Therapee for basic edits and raw conversion, Topaz Studio 2 to apply a painterly effect, and the GIMP to resize and add a vignette and watermark. I used the worflow described in: Photo processing workflow: preparing photos to use on the web using open-source software.
