Austin - Capitol Grounds, War Memorial

Now this is taking care of a busy background.  Took a long time to accomplish but think it was worth it.  On the way discovered a blur effect called average and used that to replace the background - after I'd made a layer of just the statue and its base.

And I suppose that this is a fitting post for the Fourth of July.  So many citizens (and non-citizens) of the U.S. forget that our freedoms were hard fought through times that were far tougher than anything we've experienced in our lifetimes.