Tag: gallery

Dusty road part 2 (Altered)

I’ve created a new section in the gallery, called Altered. This is where I’ll be putting any photos that I’ve manipulated beyond shrinking and labeling. For example, the dusty road picture attached to this post is one that I had been thinking needed some sort of work to make it pop (for lack of a better word). So I fired up GiMP and did the roughly1 following:

  • Copied the entire image into a new file, to preserve the original.
  • Created two layers in the image containing the entire image.
  • Selected the bottom layer and applied a 5px Gausian blur.
  • Selected the top layer and set it the mode to multiply.
  • Flatten the image to save it as a JPG.
  • Resize and label.

I really like this altered version vs the original one. Also in currently the altered gallery is a picture I took of some clouds and that tonight I ran through the same basic steps to enhance it. This version of the image also really pops! 🙂
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Throwing my wicked GiMP skills out to AWelkin.

What Would Super Kuma-san Do?

For those of you obsessed with checking this site frequently; you might have noticed that the image has been changed. That’s because the original… well, it sucked serious dingo-kidneys. When I got home from work; I completely redid the image and now I’m much happier with it. If somebody absolutely insists on it; I might be persuaded to put the original back online but that might require some bribery. *grin*

Wet Daisy

I was going through some of my photos from earlier this year when I ran across this one. I took this in Mom’s yard just after it had rained a bit and I really like how the water drops show up on the petals of the daisy. Plus, I’ve noticed that Ariesna has been using some of my posted photos as her wallpaper and I know she loves daisies. *grin*

Leaf on sidewalk

As we’re heading into Autumn here; I’ve been walking around with my camera taking pictures of the leaves. I’ve added a few new images to the gallery of the leaves. To the left, you can see one of my favorites. I walked over to my Mom’s place1 and saw this leaf on the sidewalk. I crouched down, set my camera on the sidewalk and snapped it. I’m vain enough to say that it’s vaguely arty and I like it. 😀

Oh and if you’re curious about this photo. I’ve had it for a while and I’ve been meaning to add it to the gallery but kept forgetting.

1Hi, Mom!