Hello Gorgeous Colour Challenge

As I was reading over blog posts this morning, I came across this brand new photo challenge posted by Hello Gorgeous.  When I saw the photo, I knew right away what I would do to it... so I did.

This was a color pallet challenge (I left off the pallets to get a better fit in the frames).  I used the pink from the pallet to give the edit more of a sunset type feel to it.  I used the green to go back over some of the trees and grass to highlight. And did a soft layer of the lightest grey.  I also added a gaussian blur to give it that dreamy fairy tale look.  I softened the foreground so the focus would be on the water and bridge.  Finally, I used The Coffee Shop Blog's Perfect Portrait 2 for my final touches.
I hope that my edit comes across like the image that I was trying for.  Since this is the first time that I have ever done a color pallet challenge I would LOVE any feedback that anyone might have to offer.

Paper Mama Photo Challenge: Sweet

This was not the photo that I originally had planned when I started out.  Theory- have her wear the ring pop and hold her hand out in front of herself.  Simply focus on the ring and she would look cute in the background slightly out of focus.  Reality-  The focus on the ring was great.  She was blurry in the background... making the most anti-sweet faces that you could think of.  Luckily her daddy was outside and she decided to watch him out the window allowing me to snap this wonderful shot. 

Sunday Scavenger Hunt

This is my first time doing the scavenger hunt.  I have been taking photos for it all week but have either used them in my Project 365 or another post.  So I apologize if some of my themes appear more than once.  I will make sure that no picture repeats.
 

Windows/Doors
I wanted to do something different than just take a picture of a window or a door.  I had a few other ideas too, but this is the one that became a reality.  My front windows face west which makes this the sun just before it sets.

Eyelashes
This was a more difficult photo to take than it should have been.  Theory- put on a movie and she will watch it and I can get my eyelash pictures.  Reality-  my too smart stinker of a daughter (who has decided not to willingly be the subject of my photos anymore) knew that was what I was doing and started blinking really fast just so that her lashes would be blurry.   *sigh*

Paint
Borrowed from my dear daughter.

Leaf Veins
I have to tell you that this also was not an easy photo to take.  (I think that I picked the wrong day to try all this... everything worked against me.)  The wind was blowing pretty hard.  This is the white birch tree at my mother-in-law's house.  The beetles are obviously back again.

Faceless Portrait
I'll admit that this subject had me stumped for a while.  I couldn't think of anything that would work except the back of my daughter's head.  The answer came to me when I noticed that my daughter's fingernails were painted two different colors.  One is pink, the other is black.  Then I noticed that her two aunts both had their nails painted the same.  One girl has the black fingernails, the other has the pink nails.  Kiera has one hand to match them both.  How is that for not taking sides?

Paper Mama photo challenge: Parenthood

Kiera and her daddy on a trip to a local zoo taken a few weeks ago.

17/365

Lonely.  
Sort of a slow day for photos.  All you get is my dog, Alana.