Abstract Photo and Summer of Color - Week of 6/16/14 "Carnival Lights"

NF Photography prompt: Abstract Photo

Scroll down for my Summer of Color version of this design.
This week's colors are Coral and Teal with a Smudge of White.

For anyone who thinks they aren't good at creating abstracts, I have created 3 easy lessons on creating successful abstract designs in any media.  If you are interested, you can find "Lesson 1: Color" by clicking HERE.   Lesson 1 has a link to "Lesson 2: UNITY" which has a link to "Lesson 3: ADDING VARIETY."  

"Carnival Lights"
I used the liquify tool in Photoshop to create zig-zag lines with the photo (below). 
Using a large brush, I dragged it up near the left, then moved a little to the
right and dragged it down, then up and down a few more times across the canvas.
Then I copied parts of that and pasted them into a new layer, rotated the layer
and lowered the opacity so the lower layer would show through ---then stretched
that layer horizontally to cover the layer below it. I kept essentially the same
colors as were in the original.

Summer of Color version
Besides changing colors, I manipulated the design slightly differently
and added textures that weren't in the design above.
For my smudge of white, I used a digital brush to create
smudges of white zig-zags across the page.

Original photo taken at a hot-air balloon
festival in New Castle, PA,
July 2012.
The balloon festival was a bust because of fog
and possible storms, but I took photos of closed
carnival booths and rides so it wouldn't
be a wasted 2-hour round trip.