Hike Around Howard Prairie Lake

Winner of FlickrDuel contest: Alpha Texture This image was taken during the MeetUp hike around one side of Howard Prairie Lake on August 11, 2011.

Mt. McCloughlin can be seen in the distance. This image was taken during the MeetUp hike around one side of Howard Prairie Lake on August 11, 2011.

This image was taken during the MeetUp hike around one side of Howard Prairie Lake on August 11, 2011.

Woot!!! I finally got a good image of a damelfly, and of all the luck, it's a mating pair!! YAYYYYY!!!! This image was taken during the MeetUp hike around one side of Howard Prairie Lake on August 11, 2011.

This image was taken during the MeetUp hike around one side of Howard Prairie Lake on August 11, 2011.

This image was taken on the MeetUp hike around one edge of Howard Prairie Lake on August 7, 2011.

This image was taken on the MeetUp hike around one edge of Howard Prairie Lake on August 7, 2011.

I did a lot of work on this image because it's just too pretty to pass by. It was sitting on a cluttered beach, and at it's small size, even pebbles are large. My solution was to select the butterfly, filter in just a little more detail, and then darken the background and add an even darker vignette. Because the actual size of the cropped image is quite small, I increased the canvas size for the border. This picture was taken on the MeetUp hike around one edge of Howard Prairie Lake on August 7, 2011.

This image was taken on the MeetUp hike around one edge of Howard Prairie Lake on August 7, 2011.