Thurston, OR

Hi everyone,

I took some pictures before sunset and then did some weird type things with my Adobe Photoshop Elements just to see what would happen. So, I am asking for feedback. What do you think of the pictures and/or the edits?

I tried the paint bucket feature and got some strange colors. Take a look at this next set of canna lilies.

Next I took a day lily and did some other colors. Kind of silly looking.

Then just some different angles on the sun and plants.

My last colorization. Very strange.

Please let me know what you think of these effects. I don't know how to work the photoshop very well, and elements is a lower end program. I will keep experimenting, maybe something will be good. I kind of like this last one, it is almost an abstract.....sort of. (Carolyn, how do you like the eye candy?)

I had a night shot of the Springfield Bridge yesterday, so I thought I would try some effects to get the full moon tonight. Here goes:

I used my BBQ as my tripod and it didn't do such a great job but not too bad.

This is an effect called night shot. It gives a rather interesting outworldly perspective.

Overall, I am not really impressed with the way they came out, but they certainly show the full moon. Now, it is almost pumpkin time, so good night.

I thought the sunset was really nice last evening so I took some pictures. They turned out rather different than I expected. My camera, although it can be set, has automatic focus, exposure, etc. Because of that, the pictures taken of the sun, came out a lot darker than I expected and gave a rather "unworldly" effect. I hope you enjoy these.

I hope you liked these.