Sunday Sills: Edit my Pic

Good morning from Hastings.

This week we have been given the photo from Ed for this challenge and it is fun seeing how everyone gets to edit it in their own ways.

I have just added a frame to the image downloaded from his blog.

http://sundaystills.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/sunday-stills-the-next-challenge-modify-my-pic/

Here are my fun interpretations of this photo using FX Photostudio Pro

Ok. So I went a little overboard but the possibilities are endless. It is a fantastic shot to start with.

Here are some other great posts for this challenge.

http://bastet1952.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/playing-with-sunday-stills-modify-my-pic/

http://sustainabilitea.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/sunday-stills-modify-my-picture/

http://nadiamerrillphotography.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/sunday-stills-modify-my-pic/

http://nowathome.wordpress.com/2014/04/28/sunday-stills-the-next-challenge-modify-my-p/ic

Thanks for visiting

Sunday Stills: Modify my Pic

Good morning from Hastings.

This week we have been given the photo from Ed for this challenge and it is fun seeing how everyone gets to edit it in their own ways.

I have just added a frame to the image downloaded from his blog.

http://sundaystills.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/sunday-stills-the-next-challenge-modify-my-pic/

Here are my fun interpretations of this photo using FX Photostudio Pro

Ok.  So I went a little overboard but the possibilities are endless. It is a fantastic shot to start with.

Here are some other great posts for this challenge.

http://bastet1952.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/playing-with-sunday-stills-modify-my-pic/

http://sustainabilitea.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/sunday-stills-modify-my-picture/

http://nadiamerrillphotography.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/sunday-stills-modify-my-pic/

http://nowathome.wordpress.com/2014/04/28/sunday-stills-the-next-challenge-modify-my-pic/

Thanks for visiting.

Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Large Objects

Good morning from a damp Hastings.

It is funny how you can walk through a park so many times and never really notice what is there.  Yesterday the rain finally eased up I decided to go for a walk to get rid of the cobwebs in my brain.  Actually I am now able to use my arm to manipulate the lens on my camera so rather than doing physiotherapy I would rather take photos.

I headed down to Cornwall Park for some more autumn colours when I passed this.  I though this would make a great subject for this challenge.

As you can see it is a memorial to a visit back in 1927 of the then Duke and Duchess of York.

Actually it fits in well as at the moment we have the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visiting New Zealand and I am so in love with baby Prince George.  He is so adorable.

Anyway back to the challenge.  I edited these photos with ColorStrokes using the soft filter.  This just adds a little more contrast to the photos so that they so look so bland or flat.

I just love the regal look on it’s face.

When I first did this photo I didn’t like it as there was just too much detail in the background which was rather distracting.  So I used a vignette filter to soften the background in FX Photostudio Pro before using the ColorStrokes app again.

Same with this photo.

For more information visit Cee’s blog here.

  http://ceenphotography.com/2014/04/09/cees-black-white-challenge-big-subjects/

Thanks for visiting.

 

Steve’s Snap & Zap Challenge: The Great Gatsby

Good morning from Hastings.

I was saddened to see that Sonel has closed down her photo editing challenge.  I really loved that one as it made me be more adventurous and daring with my photo editing.  Steve was also upset but decided to set up his own challenge.  The Snap & Zap challenge.

Here are rules copied from his blog.

Each week I will suggest a new theme so take a new photo or use an existing photo and edit it with any software you like, so…

Create a new post showing the original
What edits have you made?
What software/techniques have you used?
Link back to the current week’s page
The theme for this week’s “Snap & Zap…” is Movie Titles.

So this week’s theme is Movie Titles.

So what else could I do except The Great Gatsby.

This is one of the photos taken from the vintage car show in Napier last February.

First I went to GIMP for the cartoon filter.

Not much difference other than some more definition.

I wanted to get rid of some of the unwanted detail on the bottom right so I used the vignette 2 filter in FX Photostudio Pro.

Then some colour to make it look more vintage.  I ended up choosing Crystal River  to make it more over the top.

Finally I added a frame and then used the Andes font to add the film title.

This could almost be Daisy hiding her face from the cameras.

Check out Steve’s post here.

http://steve-says.net/2014/04/01/snap-zap-stand-by-me/

Thanks for visiting.

Sonel’s Photo Editing Challenge: Song Titles

Leaving on a jet plane by John Denver.

Good morning from another hot sunny Hastings day.  I hope everyone is keeping warm and dry up north.  Hopefully the weather will remember soon that spring should be coming and start to dry out and warm up.

This week’s challenge by Sonel’s Corner Photo-Editing Challenge is song titles.  I did look up some songs from the 1930’s to go with my Art Deco theme this week but couldn’t really find any titles that suited my photos.  So I have to make do with some more information about Napier instead.

Yesterday I had to go to the airport with my parents as my father was flying down to Wellington for some medical treatment.  While I was there I thought of this song title.  Especially when I saw this small twin engine plane being towed by a small tractor.  Note there is a man sitting on the steps.

Anyway this land that the airport sits on was actually part of the sea up until the 1931 earthquake.  The earthquake then lifted all this up and created this estuary which we passed on the way. (I was dying to take photos but we were driving too fast).   It is now completely solid ground where this airport is situated.

Enough of the information, here are some other photos I took yesterday to go with the song title.

The last photo shows Bertie.  He is the face of Art Deco and he drives around in his vintage car and is always interviewed when it comes up on TV. A nice way to greet visitors to the Bay during this Art Deco festival.

For the editing I went to GIMP for the cartoon filter and then to FX Photostudio Pro for vignettes and vintage filters to fit my retro theme this week.

Thanks for visiting and here are some other great posts for this challenge.

http://sonelscornerphotochallenge.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/photo-editing-challenge-song-titles/

http://hopethehappyhugger.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/sonels-corner-photo-editing-challenge-song-titles/

http://emiliopasquale.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/sonels-corner-photo-editing-challenge-royals/

http://firebonnet.com/2014/02/18/photo-editing-challenge-song-title-drive-my-car/

Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Older than 50 years

My contribution to Cee’s Photography challenge this week.  This silver tea set was given to my parents when they got married in 1960.  So it only just scrapes in.  I wanted to give the photo a vintage look.  First I used ColourStrokes and it’s dreamy filter for the black and white edit.  Then to GIMP for the cartoon filter before using FX Photostudio Pro for a vignette and frame.

Thanks for visiting and here are a couple of other blogs to check out.

Cee’s Black & White Challenge: 50 Years or Older

http://emiliopasquale.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-50-years-or-older/

Cee’s Black and White Challenge: the back of things.

Good evening from a coolish Hastings.

This week the  black and white challenge by Cee’s Photography is the back of things.

I was searching for another photo of the back of my husbands classic car, but as usual I didn’t find it (no doubt I will find it when I don’t need it – Murphy’s Law.) But I found these photos of the backs of roses and another flower that I am not too sure about.

Edited with Colour Stroke and FX Photostudio Pro.

Here are a couple of other great blogs to check out in this challenge.

http://ceenphotography.com/2014/01/29/cees-black-white-challenge-back-of-things/

http://woollymuses.wordpress.com/2014/01/30/cees-black-and-white-challenge-back-of-things/

http://deelusionsphotography.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/cees-black-white-challenge-the-back-of-things/

Sonel’s Corner Photo Editing Challenge: Unusual Angles.

Good evening from a windy Hastings.  We have got over the excitement of the earthquake yesterday here, but my heart goes out to those who suffered quite significant damage to their homes with smashed TVs, china and even houses.  It was also hard to watch my old hometown been hammered by that Tropical Cyclone June in Auckland.  The rain stopped here at lunch time but the wind has now picked up in the past couple of hours.  I have nothing to complain about compared to others.  So take care everyone.

This is my entry for Sonel’s Corner‘s photo editing challenge. This week it is unusual angles.  Once the rain had stopped today I rushed out to take some photos of all the drops of rain.  It must have looked funny to see me down on the wet ground looking up or right over top of the bee looking down.  It was so wet it couldn’t move at all.

Poor thing.

Here are some others I have edited with FX Photostudio Pro.  Mostly I used a vignette and then just played around with the different filters until I found something I liked and appealed to me.

I still haven’t really mastered the art of the droplets but with practice will get there.  I think that the sun needs to be shining to really make it pop.  It was still cloudy and overcast for these ones.

I was looking up at these grapes.

Here are some other great blogs to check out.  There are some really awesome photographers out there.

http://sonelcorner.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/photo-editing-challenge-unusual-angles/

http://hopethehappyhugger.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/photo-editing-challenge-unusual-angles/

Jaunty Eiffel Tower

http://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/photo-editing-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-875

http://sonelscornerphotochallenge.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/photo-editing-challenge-unusual-angles

http://firebonnet.com/2014/01/20/sonels-photo-editing-challenge-unusual-angles/

Thanks for visiting.

IPhoneography Challenge: black and white.

Good morning from a very soggy Hastings.  We have survived yet another earthquake.  It was rather tame here compared to those south of us.  We aren’t called the Shaky Isles for nothing.  We are still getting a lot of little aftershocks but nothing serious.  I know because I have an app on my iPad that keeps notifying me of them.   One blessing is that we have rain but no wind with it so I am happy.  We need the rain as it was getting very parched here.

So, onto this challenge by Lens and Pens by Sally. The Phoneography Challenge.  This week it is black and white.  This is harder than you think as we live in a colourful world. But then black and white gives a completely new angle to photos.  I chose these photos as they can change into something completely abstract.

First I went to Colour Strokes and changed them all to black and white.

Then it was over to FX Photostudio Pro to tweak it a bit and add a frame.

They look so different to the original images.  Two look more like something out of science fiction.

Thanks for visiting. Here are some other great blogs to check out as well.

http://lensandpensbysally.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/phoneography-challenge-the-phone-as-your-lens-black-and-white-black-vs-white/

http://forestwoodfolkart.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/phoneography-challenge-the-phone-as-your-lens-black-and-white-2/

Phoneography Monday Challenge: Black and white

http://completelydisappear.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/alone-in-the-dark/

http://sustainabilitea.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/phoneography-challenge-black-and-white-2/

River Of…..Nightmares

Sonel’s Corner Photo Editing Challenge: Trees

Good morning from a sunny Hastings.

Sonel’s Corner Photo-Editing Challenge: Trees

This week I have gone for photos of the oldest poplar tree in New Zealand.  I have always been fascinated by this tree.  The fact that it is hollow but still standing and still leafy.  It is fenced off now but I can imagine children would love to play hide and seek around it.

First I went to GIMP where I used the canvas filter and cartoon filter.  Then it was over to FX Photostudio Pro for the ancient canvas filter.  Since the tree was old I felt that it needed to have an antique feel to the photos.

Thanks for visiting.

Here are some other great entries:

http://sonelscornerphotochallenge.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/photo-editing-challenge-trees-andor-tree-trunks/

When You Can’t See The Woods For The Trees

Red Snake Bark Maple

Photo Editing Challenge: Trees and/or Tree Trunks

http://iamlostinthot.wordpress.com/2014/01/14/sonels-photo-editing-challenge-trees/

http://livingwithmyancestors.wordpress.com/2014/01/14/photo-editing-challenge-trees-andor-tree-trunks/

Photo-Editing Challenge : Trees and/or Tree Trunks

http://zombieflamingoes.wordpress.com/2014/01/14/sonels-photo-editing-challenge-trees-andor-tree-trunks/

http://ladysighs.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/sonels-photo-editing-challenge-trees/

http://jamescollettphotography.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/sonels-corner-photo-editing-challenge-trees-and-or-tree-trunks/