Fairy horses and photoshop

Nearly finished the photoshop class online and have really enjoyed it, even tho it meant alot of computer time when I should really have been finishing of some sewing projects over the Christmas break. HO HUM.

This one is 3 or 4 different photos all blended to look like a lovely fairy horse in a foggy paddock. I was really pleased with the end result but need to fine tune it for a neater appearance, hey its all a big learning curve for me.

Working with Photoshop

I haven't had time to post here as I have started the photoshop class with DJ Pettitt and I am having a great time. I have been on holidays so have had lots of time (and it's been needed too) for working out the Elements program. It is just wonderful, finding out how to do layers and masking and making your own brushes. Just brilliant, I love it.

Can you believe I created the above using three different photos and some brushes. It is a picture of a paddock and tree, a seperate pic of a grey horse and then a photo of a postcard that DJ supplied for the class. I am so pleased with the result.

and this one, a photo taken in Port MacQuarie on a very overcast, rainy day and from the car, so I had lots of dash in the foreground - I added in the flowers and a clip of an old letter and blended.

I think it is okay. I am sure as I practice I shall improve. It is a bit addictive, oh no, another thing to become obsessed with.

A wet and windy Port Macquarie

Tony and I travelled up to Port MacQuarie for a few days this week and found the place soaking wet with some amazing rain coming down.

Our aim was to have a good look around and find an area that we liked and could live in for 12 or so months. It is holiday season so everything was fairly busy but it is a very lovely place and much grown since I was there last, some 25 years ago. LOL.
We stayed at a lovely B & B and even though it rained most of the time we did get one lovely and very long walk along lighthouse beach (above).

And (below) looking out from the top of Town Beach (sitting in the car knitting, LOL). Well what else do you do on a wet and wild day? We did have enough dry time to get around and enjoy some nice food at different places and plenty of great coffee too.

I was trying to get some good photo's for the photoshop workshop I am doing soon with DJ but it was hard to get anything of much interest, I wanted some cows and horses in paddocks but they all seemed to be along way away. Oh well, I shall have to keep trying or use some web photo's instead. As I look at the greyish photos I managed to take, I can start to see some possibilities so may be not worthless after all.