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Seeing the Light

Though it doesn't happen often, I played with Picassa for this shot. 
I played with contrast, shadow, highlight, and sharpen.  Cool eh? 
The original isn't nearly as exciting.

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Heavenly Days - Patty Griffin
Try Your Wings - Blossom Dearie

Our feet rarely leave the ground on An Island Walk.

Seeing the Light

Though it doesn't happen often, I played with Picassa for this shot. 
I played with contrast, shadow, highlight, and sharpen.  Cool eh? 
The original isn't nearly as exciting.

Click to Play:
Heavenly Days - Patty Griffin
Try Your Wings - Blossom Dearie

Our feet rarely leave the ground on An Island Walk.

comments (10)

This is great: you couldn't have planned it better!
Mary MacADNski: We were amazed that this was happening at my beach.
  • vintage
  • Australia
  • 16 Oct 2008, 10:08
Great sun
Mary MacADNski: It was a fun experiment.
  • Alan
  • Southampton, on the sunny south coast of England
  • 16 Oct 2008, 12:53
Good for you for having a go at this. You're done agreat job with it with the sunburst and the paragliders.

None of my images I publish are straight of the camera; they all get some sort of tweak!
Mary MacADNski: I only straighten horizons normally but had fun doing this.
This photo has everything really; person on the beach, paragliders, trees silhouetted on the horizon, sun sparkles on the water and that wonderful sun (or sun flare some people might say).

A very successful experiment, I would say, especially as you had fun doing it.
Mary MacADNski: I have to get out of my box sometimes. Thanks.
  • FLOOG
  • The ample bosom of Mother Nature
  • 16 Oct 2008, 19:08
Wonderful, Mary. Nothing wrong with a little tweaking and twiddling when the results ars as superb as this smile
Mary MacADNski: Aren't you nice! For me, photography is all about the moment so this is cheating a bit.
AHA! Caught twiddlinggrin And to very good effect Mary
Mary MacADNski: Thanks, Bill. From the king of twiddlers that's not a bad compliment. I did a couple more that you might like better. They were pretty wild.
  • Aussie
  • Brisbane
  • 16 Oct 2008, 23:11
Very cool Mary
Mary MacADNski: I took so many shots that I thought I could waste a few and treat it like a toy.
  • Ray
  • Thailand
  • 18 Oct 2008, 15:38
Looks like you did good Picassa, Mary.
But, I think the pic might have been OK anyway.
Mary MacADNski: The picasa made for the colours in the sun rays. They weren't visible before.
Despites the extremely bad lighting situation, you managed very very well to get such a decent result. Bravo!
Nice continuation with the previous one !

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