I've been playing some more with Photoshop Elements and having a great time! Here are some of my "altered" pictures, along with the originals. I've enabled comments to the blog (I think!), so let me know - which ones do you like? Or dislike, for that matter!

(By the way, sorry about the funky spacing on the blog. It looks fine when I type it in, but then changes a bit when I post it. I may have to learn HTML at some point!!)



Somehow, this makes the original look bland! If only I could remember exactly what I did to get this effect. I think it involved increasing the saturation and adding a warming filter. Maybe.









Again, the original pales by comparison!!






















Yes, well, we have to get a prairie landscape in here, don't we?! I think I used "diffuse glow" to brighten this one up. It's not exactly realistic, but I think it's kind of cool.









Here's another shot that I like even better with the Photoshop manipulation.


















This next one didn't come out quite the way I expected. There's a filter that's supposed to make the picture look like a watercolour, but I don't really see the effect here. (I think it might look better on a larger scale.) I do, however, like the canvas look.





And now, starting with a pretty flower picture ...



... and going wild and crazy!





So those are my latest experiments. I really love the extra intensity. I've just signed up for a digital photography class at the IMA in September - I'm looking forward to learning more!

(I've also posted a couple of black-and-white shots to my other blog - see the link at the right if you're interested.)