Rooftop Abstracts from Our Neighborhood in Houston

A few posts ago I mentioned abstracts.  It's enjoyable to adjust any picture to make it look better, sometimes to a surprising degree.  This is what it takes to elevate an average picture (which is most of what I capture with the Big and Bigger Cahoonas) and make it perhaps a better-than-average picture.  Very satisfying.  But what is even more fulfilling is fiddling with an otherwise mundane picture and making an abstract out of it.  This is what we have posted today...bookmarks created from a portion of a rather dull picture transformed into passable abstracts.

Found Edges, then Glowing Edges of same below:

For the picture at the top - my favorite because of the bright colors against a black background - I removed the white and light gray lines, then applied a gradient layer in the background to fill them in.  Worked at it for some time before getting just the effect I wanted.  Very satisfying.  And isn't it cool how fast time goes by when doing this kind of work.

So what might be the subject of these pics?  Tomorrow's post would surprise anyone who lives in the Houston area...