Showing posts with label gaussian blur. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gaussian blur. Show all posts

a weekend voyuer

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a groundhog sits 'mong 
tall green grasses, mountainside
a weekend voyeur

Saturday my daughter and I ran some errands in town. During which time we past a local pizza joint. When I looked out the window I saw this groundhog nosing around the mountainside. Once we got turned around I didn't see him anymore and thought I had just imagined seeing the groundhog, until... I saw movement again. Sadly my camera settings weren't set on the best setting to capture the moment and what came out was an underexposed picture. The SUV's movement didn't help either... but, I wanted to share him with you anyway as I thought it odd he was on the mountain instead of lower ground. 


Later, red-orange blushed the evening sky as geese flew into the sunset breaking v formation only once to reform. It was a great way to end the day.   

Monarch Butterfly

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male monarch butterfly: open winged

male monarch butterfly: closed wings

Emu

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Tonight I played in PSE with an emu picture that I'll be presenting at my photography club in August. I'm rather impressed with how it turned out considering the original (below). I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to use the gaussian blur on the background's image instead of the emu itself but... otherwise, I cropped the image and used the cloning tool.  If anyone uses Photoshop Elements 8 and knows how to use the gaussian blur on the background please let me know as I'd like to make the emu the prominent figure.