Saturday, February 22, 2014

Playing Around With Pictures ... Saturday Snapshot



the original




altered




the original





altered

I love playing around with my photos and will sometimes putter for hours looking for the right look to some of my shots ... Big Huge Labs is my free on-line space of choice. I have also discovered a place called FotoFlexer. I'm always amazed at how altering certain elements of the image or adding special effects can make for such a different piece of work.




... shared with other photographers at Saturday Snapshot ...

Thank you, Melinda! You're wonderful to host this weekly share!

12 comments:

  1. Oh that reminds me all over again of those fun online sites. There are many features from which to choose, too. Your altered work looks great!

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  2. Interesting. I haven't ventured into that realm yet. I am just glad when I get any kind of a photo that looks remotely like the subject matter. LOL

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  3. Love the bird picture - the tree is amazing!

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  4. What an interesting experiment. That second picture looks like a painting. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. What fun! Beautiful photos, both before and after tweaking. I'm wondering if I could alter some of my photos so that they could be used as templates for "picture" quilts. You've started my creative juices flowing.

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  6. these look like fun to do. thanks.

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  7. The originals are beautiful and the altered ones look really neat! I haven't heard of those 2 sites before, I'll have to check them out!

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  8. These are great! One of my sons downloaded Picasa for me and it is addictive - in a non-toxic way - and hours of fun, turning those photographs into something I never would have imagined.

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  9. I love playing with photos, too. I use Picmonkey, but that site doesn't have everything I'd like to try. Thanks for sharing...and for visiting my blog.

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  10. Interesting techniques, but I think I prefer the originals. I was hoping Leslie might have commented to tell us what the bird is- do you know what it is?

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    1. The bird is a black-capped chickadee ... one of the more common birds in this area of New England.

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  11. My husband also likes to play around with his photos. He uses PhotoShop and more recently has gotten into Light Room.

    I used to be more of a photo buff, before I started working on a novel. With my second draft done, maybe I could start playing around with photos again for a break.

    Yours are very nice. I like both versions!

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