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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

postcards from Pitlochry

some more of the lovely scenery from our short road trip last week around Pitlochry, Perthshire.  With all the rivers and lochs there were plenty of opportunities for sweeping landscapes.

 

queen's-view

Although Queen Victoria did visit this site it is believed the spot was named for the much earlier Queen Isabella, wife of Robert the Bruce (1306-1329).

river-pitlochry

I took this photo from they hydro dam just next to the Pitlochry theatre where we saw a fabulous performance of My Fair Lady.

I applied Kim Klassen textures to both of them - START on Colour Burn and then Luminous on Overlay, both on 70%.

For the captions I used the Antipasto font and created the engraved effect using the bevel layer style – you can follow the instructions for engraved titles here.

Check out Kim’s Texture Tuesday for more lovely texture work.

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21 comments:

  1. furrypigJune 14, 2011 at 10:29 AM

    stunning photographs they are better than mostof the 'real' postcards you can buy!

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  2. V I N T A G E O L O G I E June 14, 2011 at 12:11 PM

    Gorgeous work!
    xo
    Jill

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  3. Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.June 14, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    Beautiful photos to edit and beautiful editing!!

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  4. AnonymousJune 14, 2011 at 12:32 PM

    Oh how beautiful! Great job on composing these shots. Love the engraved lettering as well. Thanks for the link! Xo, Sue

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  5. Gardening in a SandboxJune 14, 2011 at 12:39 PM

    Gorgeous photos. V

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  6. KathleenJune 14, 2011 at 1:27 PM

    Absolutely stunning photos. You've done a great job with the textures, too. Thanks for sharing!

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  7. deb christensenJune 14, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    beautiful. it amazes me every week how similar our homes look.

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  8. BarbaraJune 14, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    Gorgeous photos! I love how the textures and text give them a postcard feel (for me anyway).

    Peace!

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  9. Leah CJune 14, 2011 at 2:51 PM

    Beautiful views...love the texture treatment:)

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  10. HeidiRoseJune 14, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    Breathtaking! I was in Scotland in 1978, not likely to ever return. These touch my heart.
    I'm so glad I found your blog.
    Heidi

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  11. Maria OntiverosJune 14, 2011 at 3:49 PM

    Gorgeous pictures and fabulous textures!
    Rinda

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  12. MiriamJune 14, 2011 at 3:56 PM

    These are just gorgeous Helena, I love the texture and I'll take a look at the text. Thanks.

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  13. i.ikedaJune 14, 2011 at 6:10 PM

    Lovely photos!

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  14. Flat Creek FarmJune 14, 2011 at 6:15 PM

    Just beautiful!! The sights/images + the textures are incredible. I do wish we could go for a little road trip in our neck of the woods and see sights like those. Amazing. Also I will take a look at the engraving link (thanks!). I did that once by accident, and can't for the life of me remember how it's done ;) -Tammy

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  15. UnknownJune 14, 2011 at 7:14 PM

    Wonderful photo - and the texture gave it such mystery!

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  16. Laura lokJune 15, 2011 at 5:32 AM

    beautiful with or without texture but adding the texture makes it look like it belongs in a geography book very cool

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  17. UnknownJune 15, 2011 at 6:32 AM

    Seems to be SOOO beautiful place.

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  18. JimjamsJune 15, 2011 at 3:19 PM

    Stunning photo treatments - it is a beautiful place.

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  19. CarlettaJune 15, 2011 at 5:23 PM

    Beautiful texture work!
    These really do remind me of vintage travel postcards. I'm literally sitting here smiling at them.
    Lovely Helena!

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  20. Lynne DaleyJune 18, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    Postcard perfect. I loved visiting Pitlochry when we lived in England many years ago. I still have my set of deer antler steak knives I bought there.

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  21. AnonymousJune 19, 2011 at 7:40 PM

    Beautiful, love the way you used the textures, thanks for the instruction on the caption. Marianne (Texture Tuesday)

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