We are now more or less in the dead of winter, which means that except for birds, there’s not much moving around right now. That gives me a little bit of time to look back at some old photos and to do some more creative things with some of my images, both old and new. I enjoy being able to do some of this because it really gets my creative juices flowing. I usually start out with something in mind, but that frequently changes along the way. For example, this photo of a five lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) was something I originally saw as have a lot of blues and purples on the lizard, but that was keeping it from standing out against the background. I experimented with several color variations and processing step and eventually came up with the final solution above. Although I’m pretty happy with the final product, it wasn’t at all what I had in my original thoughts. It’s so much fun to watch these things come together!