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A little fun playing with the pen and tablet tonight ....
Happy Halloween to those who indulge and here's hoping all your tricks and treats are good ones!
(Image Credits: Thanks to Jerry Jones for the swirly mask, Deviant Art for the Witch stock and Bat Brushes).
After what seems like days of dreary cold and less than fabulous Aussie weather, the sun came out yesterday and I took to the beach like a a cricket on skates. No-one else had the same good idea and I walked for an hour or so in blissful communion with the sand, sea and sky all to myself.
Maybe everyone else was off getting ready to visit with the Queen and drop a little curtsey (as one does - if one is well brought up!).
I've spent the past few days "down South" surprising my Mother with a quick visit. It was lovely to spend time with her even if it was cold, rainy and not conducive to taking pictures. Next visit I hope.
On my way back to Perth I stopped at Pinaroo to visit with the Kangaroos. They were having quite the lazy time. The joeys are all quite big now, barely fitting in the Mum's pouches, long legs and heads overflowing around the edges. Not a bad way to ride while you can though.
These kangas' always seem so laid back and content and are not averse to you getting quite close with the camera lens. Such lovely creatures.
Yes, I am finally here. Already finding the unique colours of Australia with the lens of the camera.
Back soon with more.....
Click and Mouseover the image for the before and after edits.
As usual when I should be getting ready to go away my creative brain decides it wants to play and I get SOOOOOOO distracted.
I've been fiddling with making my main blog panel more photo -friendly, enabling me to post better landscape (particularly) photos.
Now just because I went and made them bigger does not mean they really are (they are still only web quality images - not for ripping off or making your own cards with!!!) It just means you can "see them a bit better!!
Enjoy!
I'm heading to London next week. The last time I was there and not just passing through a terminal at an airport was in 2009. I have a day's layover and had thought to just take my camera into the City and snap some pix. As it turns out, I am going get to spend some time with a girlfriend of many moons and then spend the night with Family that I have not seen for years.
These two images were snapped by the Thames River on my last visit to the UK. I'm hoping this time my camera will see some more "real" people and not just the mimes that populate that part of the lovely river walk.
It was interesting trolling though my photo files and peeking at images that I took some time ago - many of which I had deemed of little use.
I'd rather forgotten these interesting people and was amazed that I had not made more of these pictures when I took them.
Just goes to show you are never too old to apply new learning to snaps you had stuffed in the metaphorical shoe box and make something rather lovely with them!!
Across on the Digital Magic Blog I am opening registration for the Fall session of the Photo Magic Class.
This class is jam packed with Photo Editing tips, Portrait retouching skills, fab Blur, Bokeh and other special effects including the use of Displacement Maps. We will also look at techniques for uploading your images to the web, including design of Avatars, Buttons and Custom Blog Banners! Lots and lots of digital goodness so I hope you will consider joining me, if you have not before.
If you subscribe to the Digital Magic Online Newsletter there is a $20 discount coupon code available in the current issue.
Subscribing is as easy as signing up in the sidebar of the Digital Magic Blog!!
The newsletter includes Digital Magic updates as well as a spotlight on two of my thriving students - Bonnie and Nancy as well as current industry news and some FREEBIE Photoshop Stencil brushes.
Happy reading and Enjoy!!
The Weather Man said it was all going to be a dud, so at the least snippet of sunshine DH and I took off out of the house and went exploring.
Saturday we headed out to the North Fork of Long Island and came across Pumpkin Parties by the tractor load.
Hay rides, wine tastings, broccoli, potatoes and pumpkins, LOTS and LOTS of pumpkins .... for picking, heaving, weighing and photographing!
On Sunday the rain looked as if it would stay nicely contained in the clouds so we headed to Central Park and walked our legs off! Relishing the last of the days before heavy coats and boots become a must.
Performers were everywhere but the best fun was to be seen on the Boat Lake where children, both young and old were zipping their craft on the water.
The leaves aren't really turning yet and it's that time of year when you can still just wear a "snicket" as my Mother would say - and be warm enough.
Time still to beckon Winter.
