Sunday, June 14, 2009

Having Fun with PhotoShop!

It’s a cool, wet Sunday afternoon, and my plans for working in the garden have fizzled (or perhaps drizzled?) out. But I’m still playing in the garden — learning a bit more about the PhotoShop Elements program I bought a few months ago. I got it, initially, to change art photos so that they’d meet size specs on Zapplication, the digital site used by many art shows and festivals for jurying purposes. Got the program, struggled and swore for a few hours until I finally got it right. Once I “got” it I puzzled over why it was so hard for me to “get” it. I’m just not a high tech person, but more and more it’s becoming a high tech world.

Why have this powerful tool at my disposal and not use it? So, I pulled up a few digital images I took from my garden and started experimenting with some of the filters in edit mode.

 

Here’s a shot of my Oriental Poppies that I took in Macro on my trusty digital camera. I cropped it even further, then selected the sponge filter. Cool! Seeing the photo in this way makes me want to 1) find ways to use these altered images in my paper arts and 2) use the images as inspiration and pull out my watercolors. I think this would make a great painting!

How’s this for wild? A close-up of my dwarf gingko takes on a psychedelic look using the neon glow filter. Wow! I can see endless possibilities for fun and creativity here. I’ve only scratched the surface, I know. Much to learn! 

Posted by Kris in 19:45:23
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  1. Helen says:
    October 24, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    These are amazing images! You are a computer expert is you useed Photoshop to make these! Of course I love the photos of your garden and veggies. You must have a huge lot! My garden is post stamp size.

  2. Kris says:
    October 24, 2009 at 8:21 pm

    Thank you Helen! I have a LOT to learn about Photoshop…so far
    I’ve just played with the various filters. But thank you for the
    encouraging words!

    Yes, we have a big lot, and we enjoy gardening and bird watching
    in it. Lots of fun! But you know, even very small gardens can be
    little jewels. :-)

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