Daily Photo ~ 3-8-11

 Experimentation with Light and Color

The Weekend in Black and White ~ 3-5-11

This is an old wooden water trough we discovered last weekend while wandering along the James River at Eagle Rock, VA. It looks like a mini-Noah’s Ark or an oversized baby cradle to me. It is so full of that old vintage farm look I wish I had one sitting here on the property to use for a flower bed.

This post is linked with “The Weekend in Black and White,” the home for

 monochrome maniacs.

Daily Photo ~ 3-4-11

Back to Back

Nature’s Gifts ~ 3-4-11

James River ~ Buchanan, Virginia

Stop by Skywatch Friday to see more beautiful skies from around the world.

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 Skywatch Friday 

Newtown Area Photo - Weekend Reflections

Daily Photo ~ 3-2-11

Thinking Spring

Camp Maxwelton ~ Rockbridge Baths, VA

Daily Photo 2-9-11

Having Fun Learning PSE 9

Daily Photo ~ 1-20-10

The Beginner with PSE9
More Experimentation ~ 3

My husband and I are taking a class TOGETHER in an attempt to learn how to use PSE9. There are 3 of us in the class, and we are all having the best time. Of course, since we are the two with Apples we only complicate things. Tonight our lesson was to learn how to select portions of photos, move them into a new background, and then manipulate their sizes and colors within that background. This is the beautiful lake up at the Peaks of Otter taken last week with the addition of the hand rising from the ice and the bathing suit gal flying above the tree...a bit silly but lots of fun to create!

The Beginner and Photoshop Elements 9

The Beginner with PSE 9
The Flying Door

Heaven only knows what I am doing...this is part of my Rednesday and Ruby Tuesday posts on my other blog, Buttons for Baga. The picture is of a section of the old Stonewall Station placed on top of the background from another picture. It is all trial and error for me at this point, but this one composite gives me a little bit of hope! This is my first try with Photoshop. Several years ago I used bits of pieces of PSE 2.0 when I was doing our middle school yearbook, but I remember nothing from those days. THIS IS SO HARD!