Something Old, Something New

Top to Bottom

Top:  Old photo, shot in Haleakala Crater on Maui in 2012, recently edited using Topaz AI sharpen software, and uploaded to my Shutterstock portfolio:  LINK to my portfolio

Middle:  Pen & Ink and watercolor of my memories of Maui

Bottom:  Most recent photo collage combining a photo shot at Brazil Ranch in Tamales, while volunteering for MALT, with three hand painted paper collage cows (from cow photos shot in Albion)

When Birds Insist on Getting in the Picture

Usually I Photoshop out extraneous birds that are blurred or only partially in the picture frame.  But sometimes I like the effect.  The reality is, these beautiful birds were out there flying around the beautiful rolling hills of Brazil Ranch, and over a ridge line of happy Angus cattle, this past weekend and deserve to be included.

The Magic of Digital Photo Editing

Lucky to have visited the Brazil Ranch in Tomales, while volunteering for MALT.  But I couldn't resist adding car exhaust, using GrutBrushes, and a jeep photographed in Salem, Oregon, to make an alternate version of the original photo.  The original says "calm, beauty of nature" while the modified version indicates "health hazards of too many vehicles on the road."