The following pictures were taken yesterday during and after our ride up the mountain. We ran into Pa & Chris, my good friends and neighbors.
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Stillwater Ranch PoniesAnd this photo was taken after our ride of the Stillwater Ranch ponies!
I brought both pictures out of Lightroom and into Photoshop and dodged, burned, blurred and applied the tonal contrast filter from N...
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Not really, but I've been working all afternoon and thought I'd take a little break to post this quick little burstof creativity from this morning.
Nothing special,enjoy!
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It was a gorgeous spring like day so I grabbed the camera to take with me to the barn. The horses had their blankets on and I thought it would probably feel really nice to have the warmth of the sun on their backs instead of their blankets.
As I was grooming Indy someone fired off a round in the woods and I was lucky enough to get this shot,her ears forward, eyes wide and body alert.
I played around ...
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It must be the rain or maybe I've just come to find a new passion. Here is an old photo of my step mom and dad from 6 years ago. I only had the 600x480 version but I brought it into Photoshop and changed the resolution so I could have a larger version for painting.
I really love how the expressions stayed the same but I really liked how it brought out the nice coolpastels...my dad's right cheek was a li...
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Another experiment with an old photo...I loved how the shadows and highlights came into effect once I started adjusting in Lightroom. I then brought it into CS3 and did a little pixel bending and painting :)
Smudged, painted and experimented with......
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