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Sunday, October 21, 2012

A West Virginia Ride-By ~ Barn Charm ~ 10-22-12


What fun I had with this ride-by capture of the main homeplace and the little barn building just down the hill. First I started with iPhoto, then I went to PSE10, to RadLab, and finally I ended up with iPiccy...I LOVE that free program.  The texture from iPiccy in the first shot makes me think of Van Gogh and his skies with their circular movement. It took an awful lot of time, but it surely was fun. I did not take out the big, bold power lines because I think of them as a part of the "picture of life." Without them we would not be enjoying many of the comforts upon which we have come to depend. Therefore, I leave them and actually like the linear aspect they add to my pictures. I am amazed at the 3 different sizes of the lines.  My watermarks were almost washed out, but I will watch out for that in the future.


I love experimenting with different frames.

This is the main house up on the hill.

This post is linked with Tricia's Barn Charm.

Please consider doing away with word verification. Those of us who are older with eyesight not what it was when we were younger, have real difficulty identifying the words and numerals. I blow them up at least three times, and I still have to click for a new one 3 or 4 times. After I have written a comment and type in the wrong verification numerous times, I finally give up and move on. I am so sorry not to be able to share my thoughts with you. I have had not one problem since I said "No" to word verification.


26 comments:

  1. i do like the 'starry night' swirls in the texture. those are some mighty powerful power lines. but i'm glad you left them.

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  2. Absolutely, I despise them too-a waste of time for me! C

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  3. Great old barn and setting! I love your editing, too!

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  4. Hmmm I love the results of your experiments, especially the first one.

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  5. Thank you for for your enthusiastic response to my lucky capture which happened yesterday! There were several leaps across that puddle and I managed to shoot the last one....then, as I said, I forgot about it for early Sunday! And yes, I agree with you about the word verification - it is such a silly security scam that often doesn't work even when one does it properly. Then it becomes even more irritation....Thank you Genie. I believe you made my day to day!

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  6. Great processing with these shots!

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  7. What a nice old place! I love your processing too.

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  8. Oooh! I love what you've done with these images! Tres cool.
    Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment (in spite of the fact that I do have word verification).

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  9. Oh that's fun. You could really hang either of those pictures on your wall for a special wonderful memory. Just great.

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  10. Great job of editing! I especially like the first one.

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  11. Wow, your pictures are stunning! Thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving a sweet comment - I do appreciate it! I hope you have a wonderful Monday!

    Hugs,
    Stephanie

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  12. I love these wonderful, bright autumnal view, colors and textures such as an oil painting, very nice pictures. Greetings.

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  13. Interesting... I have not tried iPiccy yet.

    I agree that word verification has gotten way too hard to read. I've done away with it too.

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  14. That really is a little barn. It's amazing how we all can become artist with the aid of computer software.

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  15. Oh, these are wonderful....I sure love what you done with them.

    I HATE word verification...after I was told how to do my settings, I have not had any problems either.

    One or two blogs, I just simply don't even visit because of it.

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  16. these quite lovely and thank you for the visit to my blog today!

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  17. oh, i love what you have done here. great "different frames." so pretty. (:

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  18. Very very beautiful place... Fantastic view, too!
    Cool texture =)

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  19. Genie
    Neat picture edits. The house shot looks like a painting.

    Thank You for visiting my blog and leaving a sweet comment.

    We have had short cold spells, but winter is not here yet. We have had several hard freezes and a little snow.

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  20. Beautiful edits Genie!
    Of course I love this WV barn and it's lovely setting!
    We were down your way last weekend. We had to make an unplanned trip to Virginia. Coming back it was getting late but coming up the mountain it was gorgeous. I stopped just before the Goshen exit and took some photos and kept snapping until the sun went down.

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  21. Genie both pictures are gorgeous! I love iPiccy too! They have some great textures. I am good with power lines, they are part of the scene.. :) That is just a beautifully charming little barn and the trees are charming too.

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  22. Both of these are stunning shots and so wonderfully edited. The painterly effect is very pleasing. I'm your newest follower, by the way!

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  23. Beautiful! I love how you have made them look like paintings.

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  24. Great post-processing effects! I particularly like the first image.

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